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Oh I never get that many cards AnnG, you did very well! It sounds like you had a nice day with some nice meals with your friend. I have wondered about getting some Echinacea. They don't seem to need staking for one thing and are drought tolerant and have some lovely colours. A good choice I think. You will be able to edge the gravel now you have the log edging too.The Gordon's when you got back was a nice surprise. :-)

OH rang to say the journey was horrendous with lots of traffic and roadwork queues. Of course I'd forgotten about the rail strikes and more cars being on the roads. He's coming home a different way so may be home later depending on the traffic on that route.

It's 31 here now but there's a bit of a breeze so not too bad. The courgettes are looking sick!

I have had a good day 24 cards I think at the last count. My friend took me to two garden centres at the first which was dobbies I used my birthday voucher to pay for coffee and cake for us both. At the second she bought me lunch. so it was a good day, very hot but nice to have company. I bought log roll in the first garden centre and a pair of sketcher's trainers and an Echinacea in the second. I have got birthday money to spend but spent my own money on what I bought today. when I got home there was a card on the doorstep attached to a small can of gorden's Gin. From my neighbour over the road.

No problem Mel, I hope your OH is starting to feel better. Sorry to hear he has been poorly

Afternoon All,

<3 <3HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANN <3 <3

I hope you are having a nice day, whatever you are doing. I hoped you would like my painted addition to your card. :-)

OH has gone to the match and taken several bottles of water, some cobs and his straw hat and brolly and some migraine tablets just in case. I just hope he doesn't end up in any bad traffic queues in this heat. He said if it gets unbearable he'll come home early but I still think he's mad!

I nipped to the shop to get a paper and a pasta salad and noticed the latest Yarn Bomb is in full swing. Elephants opposite the little park, a nice lighthouse, trees full of knitted hearts and fish and a lovely crocheted cup of coffee with crocheted marshmallows outside the Tithe Barn restaurant and lots more things they are still adding.

Sorry to hear that Mel.

Hap-py birthday Anng. I am sorry but I have not sent a card as I forgot. It was in my mind but oh has been very ill.. <3 <3

Thank you Gwyn and Mandy. Thank you all for your cards. ann love the pot of Lavender, if you had not said I would have thought it was part of the card, it is so pretty and you are very clever. :-)

<3 Mel

Morning all,

<3 Happy Birthday Anng <3 hope you enjoy your day .

Just off to sons before it heats up .

Love to Mel <3

Mel <3


Happy Birthday Ann.

I hope you have a lovely day. I'm sure the sun will be shining for you !

Enjoy your day, however you choose xx

Take care Mel and hope all is well.

Best wishes Mel, hope you are soon back.

Mel I hope your both OK, you've got me a bit worried now as it's not like you to stay away <3

I hope you're ok Mel. Sending good wishes <3

I may not be on here for a while but will come on when I am ready.

It is 34 here now and very sticky. I wore my hat walking round and it was ok. Coming back I wore the hate when I was in the sun and took it off in the shade.

this afternoon it was lovely in the car with the air conditioning and also in the restaurant. It was hot among the pots and plants so we didn't linger too long. It was a nice afternoon though and cynth treated me to my tea and a piece of cake. It is very hot in this room now so I am off downsairs.

Mandy OH has gone for a lay down and I think he is doing the same as Colin with his eyelids. He didn't sleep too well last night and a tooth near the extracted one was twinging and aching. He rubbed some sensitive toothpaste round it and took some parcetamol which helped. It is much better now but he thinks he hasn't been careful enough when eating so hopefully it will soon settle. You must have jumped when the fire engine turned up even though you were pretty sure what the problem was. They have to do all the checks before they move off gain too so it would have taken a while. It's surprising how loud cars sound when it's really early in the morning. One comes to deliver our local paper about 6.30 am and you can hear the loud music playing before the car appears. The things you are making sound good. Bandanas have become popular haven't they. Even a friend's cat and dog wear them. I bet Max was enjoying the cool tiles on his bare tummy!

How was the walk to the hairdresser AnnG? I expect the walk back was hotter, but the hat and brolly would help keen the sun off you.

I better get the beads out. It's reached 31 here now and feels a bit sticky.

Afternoon all,

We had a very disturbed night, the heat kept us awake and I got up a couple of times for the loo then at quarter past three we were woken by blue flashing lights from the fire engine ,one of them hopped out the engine and walked up to the flats next to us ,the fire alarm seems to always be going off up there when there's no fire , and the engine turns up all hours of the day any way just dozing off again when a neighbour started up his car what a racket that made at five in the morning ,its one of those with a big exhaust .
Finally dropped off and woke just after seven .

We're in in front of the fans again ,Max is under the table on the tiled floor in the conservatory, I might do a bit of stitching I've been making some head bands and elastic bracelets and I'm going to have a go at a Bandana this afternoon.

Vera your probably busy with your family now but I hope you all enjoy the weekend together and can manage to keep cool .

Ann you were out nice and early ,I hope your arm is not to sore after your jab but at least your getting them done .
How is OH's gum now after his extraction ,I suppose he has to watch what he has to eat for a while with nothing to hard to chew to dig into the gum .

Anng how was your walk to the hairdresser did you use the brolly, I actually saw someone out today walking with a brolly up and I thought of you wondering if you'd used yours .

Oh Mel I hate those old flying Ants ,I was going to say you should have chucked some water over them but with the water situation it would have been a waste .

31 here now ,better get up and do my stitching or I'll be dozing off ,Colins looking at the back of his eye lids :-D

I hope you enjoy your get together Vera and manage to keep cool. Stick a bowl of icecubes or some water in front of the fan tonight. It might help a bit.

Yes it's a massive shop AnnG and 2 storeys high as Oldrids the furniture people are there as well. I'm thinking of going back next week once it's less hot and while their sale is still on. I will be able to browse better without OH, although he does wander off to look at other things a lot of the time. At the other end of the car park is a massive garden centre, but it wasn't air conditioned and a bit much for me to walk around as well as the rest.

Thank you Vera, enjoy your visitors and I hope the heat doesn't get to you too much.

It is 29 degrees here now and I am just anticipating the walk to the hairdressers. I have a hat and an umbrella ready to go with me.

Ann, Ah, all different shops. Still must be good for a look round to see what they have.
Hope you don't have any reactions from all the jabs.

I actually slep quite well last night from about 12 to 0615.

We all seem to have struggled with sleep last night. I had sorted out my bedroom and en-suite for our visitors so had moved into a twin bedded room which is probably one of the warmest rooms in the house. I had a fan going all night but it was like trying to sleep in a fan oven. So this morning I have a stinking headache and feel like a wet week. Never mind, I'll plaster on the smiles for our guests who are due to arrive about lunchtime.

At the moment it is 28 degrees but the app is telling me it feels like 31. Phew, it's too much for me.

In case I don't get back on the thread for a couple of days, I hope you all have a good weekend and that you have a lovely birthday AnnG.

Morning All,

Phew it was a hot night and I got up and splashed my face with water once. The hot water bottlie is going in the fridge for tonight.

The shop is a Boundary Mill outlet AnnG and they have dozens of different makes in there so a size in one make can be bigger or smaller than in another make. Yes by eating healthily and like a mouse I lost 3 stones last year. Then the endocrinologist was concerned and ordered more tests so I thought I'd check if I could gain weight again and before I knew it I'd put half the weight back on! Now I'm getting back on track, as it really helped my knees, but it does cause sizes to fluctuate as well. I need to shorten the trousers as I always do. M&S sizes are usually reliable.

I hope the sticky heat doesn't move up here next. It is 24 here at the moment but expected to be hotter still today.

Yuk I hate those flying ants Mel and it makes me itch even thinking of them crawling n my hair! I wonder what they like about your car roof? My car gets covered in those red spider things earlier in the year. I think they like the white colour as they go on the window frames too, yet leave OH's car alone.

We were out by 7.40 am this morning for me to see the nurse. She did another jab today, tetanus, diphtheria and polio vaccine. I think it will be the MMR one next time. OH handed in his form to be registered online. We can both start ordering our scripts online next time. It will save a trip to the surgery and be a small saving on fuel which all adds up.

I'm going to do the braclet now. Lunch is salad with ham and boiled eggs today. I must add some things to the food order as well.