General Chat

Thank you all for Laceys birthday wishes I can't believe she's a teenager now ,Anng Lewis is the youngest he's 10
The tablets are Gabapentine ,I had one and now I feel like a zombie ,tomorrow I take two then on to three a day so goodness knows how I'll be after three.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Lacey! <3 :-) I remember it was quite exciting to become a teenager. The children are growing up fast Mandy. Sorry to hear you've been in so much pain and I hope the tablets will help and that you tolerate them ok. At least the stairlift will help going up and down stairs now.Thanks for the wash cloths info and I will have a look.

This shorter girl has trouble with trouser lengths! I need 25 inch trousers or I have to shorten them and cropped trousers are full length on me. Sometimes I wish I was 'average size' that the shops keep more stock of. Shopping would be so much easier. Yesterday we went to M&S and got OH jimjams, jeans and pants, all in a smaller size, which is the size he wore when I first knew him!

AnnG your front garden looks very colourful as I said in my reply. I ought to pick some Lavender for the bedroom as it's supposed to help you sleep I think. Good idea to pop to Irene's before it got hotter.

I was up at 7.00am this morning and watered the marigolds , but the pots were ok as OH really soaked them the other day. The nasty weed spray came out again as more seedlings from it were sprouting and I pulled a few handfuls of other weeds as I went around. Then showered and took this light fitting I got to the Post Office to return it. It was ok except one of the shades wouldn't screw on with the bulb in as it was tilted. (it's a round 3 spotlight light fitting). I've sent for another now.

Mel I hope that Peregrine Falcon won't be hanging around your bird feeder. They do look fierce close up as Vera says. I don't know what the matter is with these websites, but I don't like Amazon either. They try to force you to accidentally request Prime which I don't want and you have to be on the brink of paying before you can change your delivery option. I didn't find the return procedure that clear either the first time as it could almost suggest you have to choose a Post Office, whereas you can go to any. Customer service and clarity seem to have gone by the board these days. I use to be sent leaflets and instructions to read and check made sense and were understandable that the hospital research unit were going to use and often suggested changes. It was awful at work when they brought in generic letters we couldn't change at work, as they weren't tailored to the recipient. It annoys me when I get emails that tell me an account is maturing and to let them know what I want to do. Then they add, unless you have already told us! Don't they know as they hold my account and can see if I've already told them. Still, as Vera said 'It all makes work for the working man to do.' We used to play Flanders and Swann in the car when we were going on holiday. :-D

Vera those lavender bushes and everything else in the front of the house, thrive on neglect they have not been watered at all this year yet. In the back garden I lost a lavender in a pot while I was away I think it got forgetten in the watering system.

Mandy hope the new pills work. what are they called? Happy birthday to Lacey, it doesn't seem possible that she is 13. I have lost track, is she the youngest?

What on earth is happening with the avatars? They disappear, then they come back, then they go again. Sometimes the space is just blank, sometimes the box is there but it contains a blue question mark instead of the avatar picture. I don’t need anything else to confuse me - I’m confused enough already, lol.

Oh, poor you Mandy. I hope these new tablets help you. It’s horrid to be in so much pain. How can Lacey be 13 already? I suppose we lose track of time as we get older. Happy birthday Lacey.

Thanks for the photos AnnG. Your plants all look as though they’re flourishing and the lavender is a lovely colour. For some reason lavender doesn’t like our soil. We’ve tried different varieties including tough old Hidcote and they always die wherever we plant them in the garden. When the last lot was on the way out a few years ago I rescued a few bits and planted them in shop bought compost in a couple of plastic troughs and they have survived.

49 spam emails Mel!! That would worry me. I doubt if I get more than 10 in a year and I can usually work out where they have come from. Have you reported them as junk or phishing to your email provider? It sounds as though eBay is making life difficult for sellers like you with sorting out postage and labels.

I hope you are still continuing to improve Gwyn.

Well, it’s another hot day and muggy too. I did a load of ironing first thing before it got too hot. In the winter I hardly do any ironing but OH’s cotton summer shirts and several of my tops seem to need an iron however carefully I hang them. I was shattered when I finished but I plodded on with a few other jobs. It’s far too hot to work in the garden now and I don’t feel like vacuuming upstairs which is the next job on the list, so I am not sure what I am going to do for the rest of the afternoon.

I think I told you that granddaughter F had been given a 10 week contract as a singer at Disneyland Hong Kong. She doesn’t go till end August but texted me today to say that her contract has now been extended to 6 months.

I think I’d better post this in case it disappears like the post Annx lost. Enjoy the rest of the day.

13 crumbs those yeas passed quickly. Happy Birthday Lacey <3 <3 <3

I have done both pond filter this morning and now I am going to have something to eat.

Lovely lavender Anng thanks for the pics.

Is'nt it annoying losing posts before they are posted. I know just how you feel Annx.

Afternoon all,

It's been cloudy most of the morning but the suns out now.

Got through to the doctors on the email system as when I rang the queue it was full ,they got back saying there was a prescription sent to the pharmacy so son picked it up and I have just had the first one ,my knees got so painful I can hardly stand so I hope these help they are for nerve pain and restless legs as last night I just couldn't keep my legs still.
It's one the first day then two the next and three the day after to see if I can tolerate them.

Laceys birthday today she's 13 .

Just walked down to Irene's with 6 books finished with and a couple of bits, and also posted the old driving licence cut up as requested. New one came in 2 days.

Just lost my post as I'd nearly finished so will try again after lunch! At least my Avatars are back this morning.

That is done now good job it is only 20 degrees and not sunny. Shoulders across my back aches now!!!

Phew!!!

Well, the iron still works. Can't remember the last time it was used and I have to admit to having to clean cobwebs off the ironing board. (Just reaise the oroning board is almost 65 years old. Quite big and fairly heavy but still working.

I had to iron the new quilt cover which was crumpled when it came out of its packaging and that didn't go away when I washed it. Luckily it ironed nicely but it is so big I was not sure how I was going to do it. The ones I have in use don't need ironing when they come out of the tumble drier. Hope this one doesn't every time it is washed.

Next job is to get it on the duvet. I have got the old one off so that is a start..

That is a lot of spam Mel. Were they all from different 'people'? Have you given email details to anyone new lately?

I'm in and I had 49 spam emails!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Morning Anng and all,

I am having trouble getting into my emails this morning. I can get on here but something went wrong last night while I was watching tv and now I can't get into my mail.I can get on Ebay and here but not the mail. I think its a case of going upthe top and checking to see if the ivy has grown into the box again or perhaps because I used the ipaad yesterday. Something is definately not right.

Its partl;y sunny and it has just rained a bit and we have had some blkue sky this morning and pc says partly sunny and 18 degrees.

I did some ironing yesterday but got hot so did'nt do that much.

Good morning al. 17 degrees here but very cloudy and dull. No rain as far as I can see. Yesterday when I checked the bucket I left out there was about one inch of rain in it from overninght so better than nothing.
This weather is proving fatal for my outdoor tomatoes which have always done very well in previous years. Yesterday being pleased I had one ripe tomato I picked it only to find it had blossom end rot. This, I know is caused by uneven (arratic) watering, unavoidable in the latter day temperatures. I am hoping I am not going to lose all the tomatoes. shall have to wait and see.

Vera, yes I checked Bonmarche on line and noted the 31 length so maybe it has been introduced on line but not in our shop.

Mel Ebay is becoming a problem with its labels etc, for you. Hope you can get to grips with it. To print from your tablet, I wonder if the printer has to be set up for that. (maybe it has to be connected to Wifi?)

Nothing planned for today except I do need to have a go at ironing the new duvet cover which I don't look forward to.
And I have stuff to be walked down to Irene so should do that before the heat of the day.
First job though is to set up the food order for next weekend before I forget.

You've acheived more than me today Vera. Iv'e just washed my hair and am now going in the shower and thats me done for the day. A bit of telly while I eat my steak in ale mash and sprouts and a piece of coffee and walnut cake for dessert or strawberries. Not decided yet may have both.

Us shorter girls don't have the same problem with trouser lenghts.

It took me all morning and the help of Em and Ed to get a label for this parcel I want to send. I had to download the QR code and send it to Ed and he printed the label for me. I can't ask him to do it again so I need to find out if I can do it on my ipad.

Hope Mandy gall stones are getting easier for her and her knee dos'nt hurt as much.

Not getting on at all well as that upset with the parcel put me all out and Em was here with me when the shopping arrived and there was a lot to put away today.

Last time I looked at Bon Marche online their trousers definitely only went up to 29" but I've looked today and they do have 31". Isn't that odd? I wonder if they have had some complaints and so have started doing them in 31". Thanks for mentioning it Mandy as it made me look again. I might send for a pair and see what they are like.

I hope you enjoyed your garden visit today AnnG. It's always interesting to see what other people are growing and what design ideas they have.

I hope your sparrow hawk never gets to Robby Mel. They are such big, vicious looking birds but I suppose they have to feed themselves and their families too.

We had some overnight rain though it's hard to judge how much. It's been dry all day and is hot again now though it is still very windy. The forecast is for the temperature to be up in the 30s again by the weekend. I'm not looking forward to that.

OH was told that the medication for his eyes would be at the pharmacy by 11 this morning so we went there at 12. It had been delivered with a big box of other stuff which hadn't been unpacked so he had to wait while they went through everything to find this tiny bottle of drops. I stayed in the car and was beginning to wonder if he had left home! From there we went to Pets at Home and bought another great bag of sunflower hearts for the birds and then into town to go to Iceland and take advantage of the over 60s Tuesday discount. I got plenty of the frozen stuff I wanted, some juice and cereals and some salad stuff. I bought some McCain oven chips and had a moan because they hadn't got the very big one I usually buy so I bought two smaller ones. When they were going through the checkout the assistant reached under the counter and produced a chip baking tray saying that it came free with 2 of the smaller size packs of chips. It's quite a nice non-stick tray so that was a bonus.

By the time we got home it was 1.45 and I was getting peckish. Since lunch I've tidied the kitchen, paid a couple of bills, written a letter, prepared tonight's dinner and found a missing USB for OH. It's surprising how much of his stuff goes "missing", lol. There must be a naughty elf who comes in the middle of the night and hides it all. I still have to hand deliver something locally and then I am going to relax for a while before cooking dinner.

I have never seen 31 at our Bon Marche. Maybe there are no 'tall gals' in gloucester. I am sure a notice actually said 25-29 in the shop when I was looking for trousers but I didn't look yesterday.

Its quite windy and the rains blowing right in the patio. Just been outside and fed Robby and suddenly a Sparrow Hawk flew across the pond and into the wood out the back and Robby started doing a long whistle really repedative for a long while. I think he was calling the alarm. He stayed with me on the patio for ages.

I now have to sort out the postage for a parcel and its the first time I have had to do one on Ebay so wish me luck.

Morning girls on Midsummer day,

I would have been my friend Di's birthday today so a bit sad for me. Its 17 degrees here and cloudy and it looks as though its been raining as the grounds wet.

BBL