General Chat

good morning, bright here and 1 degree so a bit on the chilly side. this morning I have to walk to the pharmacy to see if anything has transpired about my prescription. this afternoon I have a fireman coming to fit the fire alarm and vibrator pad. what an exciting day.

did not sleep at all well last night so feeling a bit washed out this morning. Have a good day, BBL.

Gosh Gill it seems never ending. Why is that room damp are you able to do something to stop that? I hope they turn up to change your back Dior as it is forecast to turn cold this weekend. Sounds like the garden is progressing well anyway.

Hi all

Thanks for the birthday wishes and cards, sorry i didn't come on here yesterday but I've not been very well after having my Covid Booster on Sunday, I'm feeling a bit better today but still have a sore throat and headache. OH thinks I've caught his bug as he had a sore throat for a few days, I hope not as I still have some work to do in the hall as that's not finished yet. I'm doing the coving at the moment but because I'm using filler it's taking me ages to do as I can only do a small amount at a time and then have to wait until it's set so I have something to work against as I go along.

We're having our new back door installed next Tuesday, so long as they don't ring to cancel or not bother to turn up at all. We're still having problems with workmen and today I received a call from the fella who was suppose to be boarding our loft saying he's to busy, but he's passed my number onto another builder. As luck would have it OH got some old wardrobes off his mate and used them as loft boards which he think will be enough for us to put most of the boxes in the loft, then we'll finally be able to sort out the living room and spare bedroom.

We've decided to swap those two rooms over as I noticed our things were going mouldy in the wardrobes as the spare bedroom is damp, so we thought it best to use it as a living room, that way we can keep the sofa away from the outside walls. The wardrobes should be okay in the other room so we can use them again. At the moment we've had to leave the wardrobe door open.

So as you can see we're still busy and OH is still sorting the front garden, he's taking everything out of it and is almost finished so it'll be ready to make into a nice garden in the spring. He's hoping to dig all the roots out from the plants we cut down in the back garden before the winter sets in too. All he needs is some good weather.

I hope everyone is keeping well and sorry again I didn't come on here yesterday.

It was thick grey cloud and very cold all morning, since lunchtime it's been raining as well. I am definitely not a cold weather person. Brrr :-(

Those people were naughty walking on your property Mel but is there anything up to say it is private land? When we were in Scotland some years ago we walked along a metalled path with scrubland and trees on either side and were very embarrassed when we ended in someone's garden. There had been nothing to indicate that it was a private road or private land. Perhaps those people had the same problem.

It sounds as though your trip to town went well this morning AnnG. Did you buy much?

Your poor OH, Ann. He can't go on being shuffled between the dentist and the hospital with neither taking responsibility for treating him. That really isn't good enough. Is there a complaints procedure he could use as this has been going on far too long?

And now your son has gone down with Covid Mandy. I bet they are at screaming pitch by now. As soon as one of them is free of it, another one succumbs. Are Jake and Lewis still OK?

Our lunch out with our neighbours went better than I expected. As soon as we sat down she started on her favourite subject which is all to do with another neighbour's parking. I happen to disagree with her and have politely said so before so I said so again and quickly got her on to another subject and it was fine after that. It was a good job we got there early as we got the last available table and shortly after there were queues to enter the restaurant part. It was very busy throughout the garden centre but we all wore our masks except when eating and spent more time looking at plants outside then indoors so it was fine. I bought a new roll of fleece, a fold up shopping bag as one of the three secret santa presents I've got to buy and a lovely little cactus plant for my granddaughter who has got very into indoor plants over the last year or so.

In the evening our daughter rang and asked if we would like to spend Christmas at her house. There will only be her and granddaughter so, Covid rules at the time permitting, we will go to her on Christmas morning and come home late in the day on Boxing Day.

This morning we walked to our friends M & V for coffee and walked back. It's less than a mile each way but at least we got a bit of fresh air and stretched our legs. This afternoon I started on Christmas card writing but only got 6 done before my hand started shaking too much but it's a start and I'll just have to do a few each day. Now I'm just going to finish off the ironing and I think it's time the kettle went on again. Stay warm and enjoy what's left of the day.

Afternoon all,

Really dull here now with drizzle I did manage to get my shop done in the dry ,dropped some shopping off for dil as son has now tested positive so he's in for ten days .

Happy birthday Gill if your looking in , hope your enjoying your day and having a day off from the working on the bungalow.

Mel that was a bit cheeky of them walking through your grounds you'll have to put a sign out saying private property .

What a palaver your OH has had at the dentist Ann what would happen if the tooth was really aching that just badness being bounced from one to the other .
Those poor little boys losing both parents like that just awful.

Right I'm going to have a trawl through amazon now got to get going getting some presents sorted .

I assume it is not marked on any maps as a public footpath Mel. If they are not local how would they know they could get through that way,

Got back from town about 1.30pm, caught the 0950 bus in so a good shop. Not too busy and there seemed to be more people wearing masks in the street not just in the shops. It seemed to be mainly young men (20s/30s not wearing masks and not many of them. Of course come lunch break none of the teenagers were wearing masks but they tend not to be in the shops I go in. what is impressive is that I am sure I didn't see any young Mums with babies in buggies not wearing a mask.

Mixed up my Christmas cake and tidied round and fed the Chickens and the wild birds.

When I put my solar lights in the bedroom window today and looked across to the chicken run two people wlked across from our little wood with two dogs and out into the field and forest out the back. I banged on the window and they both looked over and waved!!!! Blimmin cheek they should'nt have been down our road to the garden anyway. Don't know who they were, Told oh and he went out with the digger and put a big gate across the hole in the fence which we use to go through to Ralph's field where the trees are. So they must have waklked all the way down our private road to get through the little wood and into Ralph's ground which runs right along the back of us.

Morning Anng and all,

Have a nice time around the shops and stay safe.

Dull here this morning and 8 degrees.

Shetland on the telly tonight so thats good but I bet its the last one. All the things I watch are coming to an end I suppose they are leading up to Christmas as its only a month away now.

good morning all, going to pop into town to take a cheque to pay in at the bank and, if it is not busy, have a quick look round. BBL Have a good day

Happy birthday Gill hope you had a lovely day. <3

Oh yes Gill, Happy Birthday :-) :-)

Don’t know if you are looking in Gill but HAPPY BIRTHDAY <3. I hope you have had a lovely day.

It looks as though dad was a teacher at a college, maybe IT then. And it also seems the older man arrested has been released I think on bail or under investigation while they have an extension for the younger man. I did read they were father and son. What an awful thing to happen on such a nice housing estate. Parking arguments have been mentioned. And for the two little ones so sad, and for the family not long before Christmas too. How things changed for two families in an instant. On the news the cause of death for the woman was stab wounds it did give the number but I forget but quite a few.

No it isn't fair is it AnnG. This should all have been done and dusted before Covid and delay could make any risks greater so it needs sorting now. It's ridiculous really as most of us have some degree of osteporosis by the ages we are, but have't been scanned to see, so a dentist wouldn't even know and they don't even ask do they. He never broke a bone or anything and has treatment for it and it was only found because I pressed him to ask the doc for a scan, as he had taken acid reflux medication for many years. I kept reading it could stop the absorbtion of calcium from your food and cause bone thinning. I meant to say those fold up steamers are a good idea and don't take up much space to store.

Well I've finished my coastal painting but it was too dark to take a clear photo so I'll do that in the morning now. Hopefully the teacher will see it before the afternoon class starts.

That's good you are all wiped down and also have the Mole Valley delivery Mel. Ohh are they surprise pressies for your OH? I am going to order OH a new dressing gown as one pressie I think as the one he wears is ancient now and not really warm enough. I must admit I love bread and butter with tomato soup. :-D

I was just reading about the 33 and 36 year old couple who were murdered and stabbed in their home in Somerset by 2 men aged 34 ad 67, one of whom was a neighbour. They had had a row earlier about parking spaces at their homes. Their 2 little boys aged 5 and 6 were asleep upstairs when it happened. How on earth do you tell 2 little boys that age they have lost both their mum and dad? Their dad worked in computing and their mum in customer services at a garden centre.

Annx Ah yes, the perils of making appointments by phone. Sounds like he is still getting the run around. It doesn't seem right does it that they can pass the buck like that?

Vera hope you enjoyed your trip out, you will be home by now as well.

Its just not good enough with these back and forth appointments with hubby Ann. What is everybody doing?

Well the sunshine has gone and its all cloudy now and its blimmin cold out there. I have done the wipe down had the delivery from Mole Valley and oh started lunch so all I had to do was dish it up and make my toast which I like with soup.

I managed to hide a couple of pressies from oh on both deliveries which was good.

Now I am just having a little sit before maybe doing a lkittle bit of crafting.

Salad tonight as oh has some nice king prawns and I can have a couple of boiled eggs with mine as I bought some today and guess what? yes I had an egg in the nestbox this morning, hip hip hooray first one for a week. Not from the new ones though and its a nice big one.

Afternoon All,

It's chilly and back to dull here. The heating has been on a few times today already. I put out some old bread and some old nuts for the birds and a Blackbird was watching me from the bottom fence.

OH rang to make the appointment AnnG, otherwise he would have got an appointment card. He got seen today but is no further ahead. He felt the dentist was sidestepping the issue of the hospital referrals when he asked, saying there was no date on the reply from them, but OH saw the date on the letter was January 2020. That was after he had seen and been referred by the dentist and seen by the hospital the first time, so it is now about 2 years since he was told the tooth needed extracting, yet the dentist won't do it despite the hospital saying there is no reason why he can't. The dentist said he has 2 loose teeth and a cracked one needing attention, but all he suggested was for OH to phone the hospital to see if he could get seen sooner. The earliest date the was given to be seen by the hospital a few months ago was next May!! I think the dentist should be chasing it up being as he disputes what the hospital want him to do. It's really not good enough keeping someone waiting over 2 years while they pass him back and forth. If OH gets nowhere when he rings the hospital I think I will contact PALS and see what they can do. OH has to see the hygienist tomorrow for a clean, so that will make the third day at the dentists. Before his appointment we will make the early morning trip to the factory shop for more of those joggers as we were both too tired to get up early enough this morning.

Your Narcissus are well ahead Gwyn. It is a flower I love and the scent of them as well. I must try some in a pot next year. They look too messy in our small garden after flowering, but a pot of them could be moved out of sight after flowering. That was quite a trip of 300 miles and I think I would have been weary on the way back too.

Your wellies from Aldi were a bargain Mandy! I suspect I might have an old pair in the gararge under all of MIL's things and our own stuff, but they would be over 30 years old and squashed so not any good, especially if the mice had made a home in them! :-0

I'd better finish my homework now as it has to be sent today. At least I got the bed changed and the mattress spun around while OH was out. Tomorrow I can dust in there once the dust has settled again.

Bright sunshine and 7 degrees here, though that’s about as warm as it’s going to get.

I hope the dentist has sorted your OH out Ann and not sent him on elsewhere.

Enjoy your lunch AnnG. We are off at 12 noon as neighbour wants time to look around the garden centre and be back in time for a 3 pm appointment with the nurse.

I’d better go and get some shoes and a coat on and lock up. Might BBL

Not bright here Mel, still grey and 3 degrees. I am being picked up at 12.30 to go out to lunch.

Gwyn love Portchester Castle, brings back memories of our courting days as we often used to catch the bus there for a walk round. I doubt I could find my way round Southampton these days as so many roads have changed and new one added. Our Grandson lives in that area and we were ok visiting him when we had worked out the route, until they had a detour in for roadworks, we got lost that day.

Morning Gwyn Anng and all,

Very very frosty this morning and I have fern patterns on the car windows. Mole Valley have just delivered so much for ringing me before the delivery but theyu seem to do that each time now.

Brilliant sunshine now but only 4 degrees but the main thing is we have a lovely bright day.

Shopping delivery later on so I shall be doing the big wipe down.

Hope hubby gets his dentistry done this morning Ann thinking of him.....lets hope they get it right today and he has some treatment instead of being pushed from pillar to post.