General Chat

O I meant to say its the shortest day today so the evenings should be drawing out after today. Hooray..... :-D

Morning All,

Quite a bright morning here today and there is blue sky mostly with some white clouds and pc says 9 degrees with a cloud and a red dot above it to the right? So whats that about I wonderAfter yesterdays trip to Hatherleigh and walking up the hill to look at a shop that was closed when I got there my hip is giving me what for, come to that the right ones a bit sore too so I am hobbling around this morning.

Slept well after all the driving and walking so that was one good thing.

So how are you lot this morning????? Anyone there to keep me company today?

Its present wrapping day today. I hav'nt done any yet but there's not much to do.

Evening all,

Another mild dry day and I nipped to town to get some bits and a nice F&C for our lunch .

Anng glad you arrived safely ,enjoy your pasty and chips .

Vera a Golf Trolley!!!! Could you have bought anything bigger lol has your granddaughter got a tow bar you could tow it lol probably wouldn't have any wheels left on it though by the time you got there. :-D

Gwyn that's early for the Forsythia, I didn't get my Geraniums out of the pots with my wrists as they were so they will have to take their chance ,they were from the year before so I'll probably get some new ones for next year .

We need to take a few cards out tomorrow and get some eggs from the farm .

Glad you all arrived safely AnnG. I meant to come on the thread first thing to wish you a safe journey but it’s been such a hectic day that the time has rushed by and I’ve only just found a few minutes free. Have a lovely time while you are away.

You’ve been busy Mel. It’s good you could get out and get your wreath finished.

You are doing well with your garden Gwyn. Are you in a very sheltered spot? I haven’t noticed any bulbs coming through here. I had a look in my little plastic greenhouse today to check on the geraniums I lifted a while ago and some of them don’t look happy. I always keep them dry but the soil in the pots feels quite damp I’m not sure why. I may be buying some new ones in the spring.

I’ve done quite a lot of present wrapping today and still have 3 to do. Mandy, I read out to OH what you said about shoving me in the car and he thought it hilarious. Having seen the great piles of presents that have got to go I think they will be shoe horning me in. One of our pressies is a golf trolley for goodness sake!!

We had a good evening at our Club yesterday. Lots of good food so we ate far more than we should have done, lots of laughter and a couple of silly games and our Secret Santa gifts. Most people had either been very clever or very lucky with their buying or they hadn’t stuck to the £5 we were supposed to spend as there were some lovely gifts. I must admit mine had both been half price in a sale so looked more expensive than I paid. I received a pretty floral garden set of a trowel and a hand cultivator and OH got a bottle of port so we were both well pleased.

Well, I’d better go and sort our dinner out. OH’s stomach is making rumbling noises.

Afternoon all Arrived at daughters ok. Five hour journey but that is good as we had two stops. Traffic was really heavy. I assume we have the rail strike to blame for that. But there were also a lot of lorries on the road.

It feels colder here than at home but the heating has only just kicked in so it will get better soon. Just going to have a cup of tea and mince pie which is nice. And this evening we have Ann’s pasties and chips, mail order from Cornwall. Mmmm!

Good that the weather was better to get the wreath done Mel.
You have been busy ...well done :-)

My garden doesn't know which season it is.
I have lots of yellow flowers out on my forsythia :-S
No flowers yet on the bulbs in pots by the front door, but some of the leaves are about 10 inches tall.

Gosh its very quiet on here today.

I have been to Hatherleigh and got shopping and came home and made the wreath which is now waiting to be delivered.

Wasit today that Anng was going away???Hope she had a good journey.

Sending love to all.... <3 <3 <3

Morning All,

Sunny here this morning and 8 degrees trurely tropical.

Hope you all slept well .


Lots to do today so I shan't be around as I have to do the wreath while the weathers good.

Oh and still no cards delivered here today.

Vera, All the cards I sent were hand made. I don't remember what the pictures were though but if many's was similar it must be from Annx. I think I often put Ann in glos on mine as well.

Afternoon all

What a difference in ths temp so mild ,Katie came after lunch and we went up to town ,hot in the card factory drop and the lights went off ,all the power was off in the whole precinct so as we had been in the shops the other end of town where the power was on we came home ,Katie went across to the school where her dad was just finishing work and went home with him.

Oh glad you got the card Vera ,I think that card sounds like the one Ann sent me mine had hens on too so mystery solved lol

We were out early to Aldi and we were surprised how quiet it was ,I got most things I wanted just a few odd bits to get nearer the time now.

Vera I can just picture the scene with you trying to get in the car packed to the gills and OH shoving you in by your bottom saying your nearly in your nearly in lol
Enjoy your evening .

I hope you get some post before you go AnnG or you’ll have a long wait. We are not away for very long and will probably come back Boxing Day. Our kids don’t like OH doing really long drives now but it does mean we are tied to when they are available to chauffeur us.

Thank you for your card Mandy. Another that arrived today is from “Ann”. However I know 6 ladies called Ann. I can discount 2 of them but that still leaves 4, so if either of the Anns on here sent me a card with a lovely picture of 3 hens, thank you

Lucky you Vera, still no post here and no sign of a postie. Last day for me to get anything before 5 january!!!

Enjoy your evening meeting Vera, hope the secret Santa present is nice, Some people seem to be very clever at choosing good presents so hope you have one of theirs.

13 degrees but heavy cloud and a stiff breeze.

I envy you Mel. I would love a lie-in but seldom sleep beyond 7.30 and OH is the same. Some of our friends say they are sleeping more now they are older but we seem to sleep less, though OH does catnap sometimes.

OH was putting a few lights up outside but has just come in and said it’s raining again.

I like the idea of the portable turkey Gwyn. As AnnG says, maybe you cook the best meat. It reminded me of when I was little and we lived one end of a longish road and my aunt lived the other. Food would be transported between the two for any big family event, as would crockery, cutlery and chairs. Those were the days :-)

I’ve done quite a bit of washing this morning and wrapped one more parcel. Why on earth did I buy big presents and awkward shaped ones? Next year everyone’s getting vouchers lol.

Mr Tesco is coming this afternoon; one sub but just for a different size of the same product, one thing unavailable but I had said I didn’t want a sub if they hadn’t got it in.

This evening we have our Christmas meeting at our Club. Everyone takes nibbles or finger foods and a secret Santa present for up to £5. It’s surprising what you can get for that if you keep your eye on special offers or sales.

HOORAY, POSTIE HAS JUST BEEN. 1st time for 12 days. We have 11 cards and three official looking letters. I know there will be plenty more floating around out there that might get delivered sometime but at least we’ve got something.

I’m going to have lunch and enjoy opening our post now.

Well I did sleep well but must have been tired when I went to bed as when I went downstairs I had left two side lights on all night and, although all locked up I left the keys in the door which I never do.

s I was'nt that late to bed last night. I got up to a nice waarm house

Morning all,

I slept in late this morning and I don't know why becasue I was'nt late to bed last night got up at 10.23am!!!! I got up to a nice warm house as Echo turns the heating on for me in the morning at 8am.

Lost the first bit of my post so the first line is all that was left. pc says 14 degrees! Wow tropical!! but loudy and it really windy out there too.

Think I will have a lazy day and tomorrow get lots done. ell that is the plan anyway. Still have to finish this wreath and at some point get to Barnstaple to drop something off at the bank.

I have just done the local card delivery which was a relief as I thought I wouldn't get it done before going away. Very windy out there and bins travelling a bit as they are all still out because of the snow and tonight the second bin is also due to go out.

Sounds complicated with a travelling turkey Gwyn but I am sure you have it all under control. Maybe Mum cooks turkey the best?

Good morning from a wet and windy corner of the country.
It is so mild and such a welcome after the bitterly cold days we've had recently.

I'm pleased for you Ann that the weather has warmed up so there is not the same danger of falling on the snow and ice. Better for a journey too. I hope that you and Vera manage to find room to travel safely surrounded by parcels !

We will meet together as a family on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, but no long car trips involved as we all live within about 8 miles, so it is not too bad.
I can't think when or why it started, but we are going with the usual plan of cooking the turkey here, then transporting it to whoever is hosting dinner, so that will have to have it's own special place in the car.
Actually, thinking back,it may have been done this way, because my son is in Fire and Rescue and is sometimes on call, so perhaps it was to ensure that everyone had dinner that year.!
The team tried to work their shifts so that the men with young families were off on Christmas Day or at least the major part of it and the other staff would pick up the swapped shifts.We have had Christmas dinner around the shift commitments rather than a set time in the past.
This year, it should be a 'normal' dinner time meal.

Today, I am hoping to do a local card delivery, just walking, so I hope the rain eases rather than the 'heavy rain soon' which the computer is telling me about. I'm not sure where the computer thinks I am located today and we have had such a variety of weather in this south east corner recently that I think I will just go with what I see happening out through the window !

Safe journey for all travellers.

Good morning all, still dark here but it is 11 degrees and I think all the snow in the road has gone, it rained quite a bit yesterday evening. Up early as I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep. annoying as I don't have much to do and would have liked to sleep in a bit. It is actually raining now.

Sounds as though you will have lots of room in the car then Vera. Just looking at my lot I hope it all goes in but they will come with very little stuff so hopefully there will be room. I also, of course have all the presents that grandson brought through the snow last Sunday to take up.

Been raining here most of the afternoon and it cleared nearly all of the frozen snow away. Both pond are clear of ice now so thats a good thing and the koi have been swimming around so I gave them a little food but they hav'nt eaten it.

I did a bit of wiring for the wreath for a friend but thats about it. I did put a few coats on some things I am moulding and painted one thing and the next one I had painted most of it and broke it!!! It was a plate but I have managed to stick it back together and shall keep it for myself.