General Chat

gosh it is bitterly cold out there. Went out to get the recycling bin in and stopped talking to Cynth, really cold PC is saying 5 degrees, feels colder than that. No sun either.

I have dusted spare bedroom, 'Ts' office and lounge. dining room and washed down the paintwork etc in the front door hall where there used to be curtains, so have a clean house now. Windows could do with a clean but I will give that a miss for today. Quiet on here this morning.

wonder how Gill is getting on, hopefully she has made some progress.

Morning all,

Quite bright here this morning and there was a frost last night so I expect it was still here this morning early.

Shopping day today and the big wipe down. Yes I still do it ALL.

Good morning all, frost again here this morning but quite bright, I expected to see a mist or fog but it is very clear. Can see both Robinswood hill Gloucester and Churchdown Hill clearly this morning. Again nothing planned for today. slept really well again last night must have had over 7 hours altogether. Better dust downstairs today, I did dust my bedroom yesterday. I seem to be doing the rooms in relays, not doing a whole one at one time. Still as long as the house is clean.

Mel. I.O.U an email. Later.

Nice to see you Island hope your both keeping well. Have you done your seed order for this year? <3

Blimey, you know how to live it up Mel LOL

Just done the ironing........

Thanks for the reminder Mandy. I got it all recorded and am really looking forward to watching it. The Aldi pasta sauce with your additions sounds very tasty and easy to do and something OH would love. :-) I must remember to clean the bedroom window inside now I've nearly finished the sorting in there.

Funny boy he is wishing he could get a biscuit out of that tin. You can see from the picture his mind working. If I look at it for so long perhaps mum will give in and let me have a biscuit.

Afternoon all,

It's been a lovely sunny day ,I got two loads of washing done and then cleaned the kitchen window outside and two windows either side of the back door on the conservatory, I had a good sweep up round the back door too.

Oh dear Vera I hope your not knee deep in suds I wonder why you had all the suds did you double up on the detergent easy done if your mind is on the next job .

Ann don't forget the Water colour challenge is on today at 4 o'clock on channel 5

Pasta for us tonight, I buy the pasta sauce from Aldi ,Tomato and mascaponie and add a little cooked ham and grated cheese on top its a nice easy meal .

Vera I have just had an email saying I have ordered a test. Well, yest I did and it was delivered. I assume this is the same glitch that you had. :-D :-D

that is strange Vera as I am sure you will have done exactly how you did it before. Maybe there is a blockage somewhere (lost any socks lately?) Hope it is an easy answer but a bit od a worry for you. Sorry you had another sleepless night.

O dear Vera what a todo with suds everywhere. I wonder what went wrong. Did you use the wrong powder?

I noticed this mroning that I have flowers on my Hellibore.

I have washed the bird feeders and filled them up too.Fed the chickens and picked up more leaves in the corner of the orchard as they were over the snowdrops and my crocus which I like to see each year.

Washed the plastic holly wreath again and just letting it dry to see what else needs going over on it. If its wet I can't see the white stuff has come off when its wet as it was up the potting sheds and the walls are either painted with lime or distemper. Thats a blast from the past!!! I don't think we have distemper now. It was horrid stuff to paint over with modern paint as the new paint would'nt stick to it and just peeled off. I had it in the cottage and tried to paint a small area and it kept coming off till I sanded it right down and washed it well after and then painted it.

Enjoy your walk to the post box while the suns out Anng as it could well disappear this afternoon.

I am now going to do lunch. Oh is up the caravan with the pressure washer washing all the green off the van and windows.

You must have needed your sleep AnnG. I had a dreadful night again but can’t work out why. I was comfortable and warm and my mind wasn’t buzzing or worrying about anything. I gave up at 4 am and got up for an hour. I eventually dozed off sometime around 5.30 and woke when OH came in with a cup of tea at 8 am. So I am a bit heavy headed this morning.

I have managed to do several jobs. I did 3 loads of washing but haven’t hung it outside. It’s sunny but cold and hardly any wind so it won’t dry outside. Then I tidied a bedroom that has been used as a dumping ground and that looks a lot better now.

I also set my machine up for a “maintenance wash” which I do every 3 months. It’s an automatic programme which basically does a wash with no clothes in the drum and only using a minute amount of detergent, no more than 10% of the normal amount. OH suddenly called me and said there is foam all over the floor in the uti. Well, I don’t know what has gone wrong but this foam was everywhere. He has mopped it up for me but I can't stop the programme part way through so I have to keep running out to check it’s alright.

Oh, here comes OH with our lunchtime sandwich. Better check the washing machine before I sit down.

Well I have cleaned the bathroom (except the bath which is only used as a shwer and is more difficult for me to clean these days), hoovered the lounge and dining room and done a load of washiing, half of it dry and the other half in the dryer. Sunny today but it is much too cold for washing to dry outside. Also filled the bird feeders. I did dust the end of last week but I might have another go round downstairs in a minute. Ought to walk to the post box as well but will see if I do that later.

Cleaned both loos and a wash has just finished so that needs to go on the line before the sun goes round.

good morning, late up today. frosty out but not too hard, lovely sunny morning. I woke at 5.30, back to sleep until 0645 then back to sleep until 9am, must have needed a long sleep to make up for Saturday night. Better get dressed and put some washing in. nothing planned for today, bathroom needs cleaning though.

Morning All,

We have a very hard frost and everythings white but the sky is blue and the sun is shining so I hope it stays like that and we will have a lovely day.

Nothing planned for today so will see how it pans out. Probably some hoovering and dusting as the sun shows it all up.

While it was nice this morning I cleaned the big girls out and then it was time to get the big breakfast. We had that and then the clouds came over and when we had finished it rained.

Pc says rain to stop with a pic of an umbrella.