General Chat

Nice to hear your news Frank but sorry you had another fall. You'lll look forward to the trip to Devon and Spain and it will be a lovely break just what you need.

We have a wasps nest in the corner of the lounge roof. Oh sprayed it yesterday and he's been and done it again this mroning.

I have done a wash and some dusting and about to put the washing on the line. Then I may go and cut myself some sweet peas and dead head them and put some plants in the tubs out the front.

Good morning all.

Very overcast here this morning, with a date bit of wind.So won't be going far from my armchair and book/TV.

I had a nasty fall on Tuesday evening, while Ros was out. I smashed my back against the lounge door, which left me flat on my back. I managed to crawl to the phone. I rang Tony next door. Went to Answer phone, left message, then rang Jonathan He came straight round, turned up as Tony arrived. They picked me up and sat me in my arm chair .When Ros came home she said " I should have waited for her to come come, and I should't have bothered the lads."

I have taken the skin off my back on the shoulder,which she put cream on. I wore a "T" shirt to stop it getting on the chair, and the bed sheets, when I went to bed.Still feels very sore, so won't be doing much today again.

All sorted for next week. We go to Devon on Sunday, fly out to SPA IN on Tuesday come home on the 18th Sept. Day before Ros's Birthday.

Have decided to take Ros out to the Collingtree pub for a meal this evening. Not too expensive, but good quality food and service.

Trust you areal well.

sun is out at the moment.

Morning AnnG, Mel and all

It looks as though it’s going to be another grey day here. The top temperature is only supposed to reach 17 degrees this afternoon but with no sun and a stiff breeze I think it might feel quite cool.

Good to see you post Gill. You’ll have a lovely home when all the work is finished. I hope OH starts to feel better soon.

I slept a bit better last night and hope I can find the energy to do a bit of h/w this morning. Then it’s off to the hospital again this afternoon.

Have a good day everyone

Morning Anng and all,

Cloudy at the moment here just grey sky and very calm not a breath of air. Hoping its going to brighten up later.

Ache a bit after yesterdays cutting down of the rampant rose but hoping I can work it off during the day.

I really need to get to a charity shop as I had just started two big bags of stuff for them when lockdown started and they are still in the middle of the uti room taking up much needed space. I know if I sort them out again I shall keep some of the stuff in them so I dare not touch them. I shall think I can use that for this or that and take it back out. Oh has already had some things out for cotton rags for working on the mowers.

Its nice to see our Gill posting. Sending a ~~~~~~~~~

Love to Frank and Island. <3 <3

good morning all, still looking grey out there but 14 degrees so not too cold.
Great to see you gill, glad to hear the dust is settling, but sorry to hear OH is still in pain. Hope it can soon be sorted for him.

At least your work on the bungalow is progressing and also on the garden. you will be pleased now when you can start to get straight.

Vera, needs must with the Christmas stuff as daughter will be going down with the Hampshire gifts mid December and that seems the only way to get my stuff down there. we would always, in the past go down in October/November so it is hard to work out what to do these days.Daughter will then pick me up on their way back from Hampshire to travel up to the LD for 3 weeks on 19 December.
Hope all goes well with OH's procedure today and it is not as bad as anticipated for him.

Yes several small gifts bought for the Christmas drawer.

Hoping the weather brightens up today and the blue skies don't get stuck down in Devon and Cornwall as we hope to go for lunch to the airport bar where we sit outside.

Lovely to see you on here Gill and for you to tell us all thats been going on at your new place.

I am going in the shower now and getting ready for bed as its been a long hard day. I am hoping its going to be nice again tomorrow and perhaps I can get up the border.
Nearly forgot to put the bin out tonight and did it after oh had gone to bed but at least its up there ready for the collection tomorrow.

Hi all

So sorry I haven't been on here for ages. Thanks Mel for letting everyone know I'm okay.

OH has been trying for three days to get a sick note for work and some stronger painkillers and the only doctors appointment he could get was for 1st September. The doctor was suppose to ring him yesterday but he didn't get the call so he went to the doctors himself this morning without an appointment, they said he would get a call today but all he got was a text with the next available appointment to see the doctor, so he took himself off to our local hospital to the out of hours surgery. He's managed to get a sick note but it runs out on Friday as it had to be backdated, he only saw the nurse so he couldn't get very strong painkillers, but she did give him ones that are stronger than paracetamol so at least that's something. Poor OH has to go into work on Saturday even though he's still in pain as that's when his sick note runs out, so he rang work earlier to explain things. Hopefully he'll be on light duties and if he still needs time off he will get another sick note next Wednesday when he sees the doctor. So all in all he's not a happy bunny.

I spent all day yesterday cutting down all the shrubs in the front garden and a large tree as it was more like a jungle than a garden. I can't get over how big the front looks now. The next job is digging all the shrub roots out which OH and I will do between us when he's fit enough as it's to big a job for me to do on my own.

I've just watered all my indoor plants as I couldn't get anywhere near them when the bathroom was being altered and they were starting to droop, so that's a job out of the way. I'll be mopping all the floors again tomorrow as the dust is still around. I think it's coming up through the gaps in the floorboards as we have no floor coverings yet. I tried to ring the electrician to move the light switch over to the other side of the bathroom door but he didn't answer his phone so I'll try him again tomorrow. We can't have the new wall plastered until the electrics are done and we also want to have the electric sockets sorted in the kitchen to as they are only surface mounted at the moment. OH wants an outside light and some sockets so the electrician is going to be busy.

Once all that's done, we can start looking for a new bathroom suite and kitchen and we'd like a gas fire putting int he living room, but we'll need to have the loft boarded first as all the boxes are still in the living room as it's been far to dusty to unpack.

I can't believe we've been here six months, the time has gone by so fast, I hope all the jobs are finished before the winter is here as I'd like to decorate and buy the floor coverings before it goes to cold.

For now it's quite warm as we had a grant for, underfloor, loft and cavity wall insulation and also a new boiler and radiators. We do need to order a new front and back door so that's something else I'll need to look into, but at least some of the jobs have been done and hopefully it won't be to much longer before there all done and we can finally unpack.

I'll try my best to get on here more often now most of the dust has gone. I hope everyone is okay and sorry for worrying you all.

We had a few gleams of sun this afternoon but mostly it was cloudy. It did warm up a bit. OH got the hose out late afternoon as everywhere had dried out again.

You got a few bits and pieces at Gloucester Quays then AnnG. You are well ahead with Christmas this year.

They sound like big developments round your villages Ann. There have been more and more estates built round our town too but there is no extra infrastructure so the town centre is getting clogged with all the extra traffic, the doctors are struggling to cope with the extra population and they will soon run out of school places. You have been busy in your garden.

So have you Mel. I hope you are being careful. You don’t want to set your sciatica off again.

I’ve had quite a busy day. We got to the hospital at 8.55 and OH went in for his scan while I waited in the car with my book. He was back at the car by 9.30 all done. Now he has to go through a more unpleasant test tomorrow and then I expect we’ll have to wait for the doctor to phone or write. This is a bladder problem and isn’t causing him any pain or serious problems at the moment but must be checked out. The pain he’s in is a different thing altogether. He manages it OK during the day but it is worse at night so he gets little rest.

We were back from the hospital in time for me to grab some cereal and dash off to the hairdresser. After lunch I made a big red cabbage casserole - red cabbage, onion, apple, spices, garlic, red wine vinegar and brown sugar. Cooked it in a low oven for about 3 hours and have now divided it into 6 2-portion bags for the freezer. Then I sorted out my order for delivery on Friday and prepared and cooked our dinner tonight. I don’t know what I’ve been doing for the last hour and a half but I’ve only just sat down with a cuppa and I feel shattered. I think I’ll be going to bed shortly though I’ll probably watch something on iPlayer or read for a while.

Even if the sun didn't come out for you AnnG you had a good shop! I like Sketchers...so comfy!

We've had a lot of sunshine this afternoon and I went outside and weeded the top island bed, then pruned quite a bit of the bottlebrush and viburnum and put 2 big humpersful in the garden bin. OH came out and cleared away the cucumber plants and the sweet peas and the petunias from the 2 pots near the corner arbour, so at least we got some things done. I picked more toms, so I might freeze a traybake with those, some courgette and onions.

You have been busy as well Mel and it's nice to relax afterwards watching your fish, especially now you can see them. They are growing well aren't they. F&C sound nice and no work to get them either!

Sorry Anng but we have had a beautiful day with sunshine all day and its been quite hot. There's still not a cloud in the sky here.

We got the rest of the rose down and off the two rhodo and oh cleared it all away. There's still some to sort out and cut off but it won't be so bad a job with all the other growth out of the way. There's also a few brimbles to dig out but they are right by the rhodo's.

Its fish and chips night tonight so no cooking for me. Hip hip hooray............... :-D :-D

Just had a G & T by the pond and fed the fish. The water is clearing nicely since I bought the filter a new uv light. The fish come up to be fed when we go over there now and we can SEE them. The little ones have really grown and are now about 2 and a half inches long or more.

Its good you found some more presents and have them all wrapped up so they can go back with your daughter Anng.

Well we have not had a glimpse of the sun today after the lovely day we had yesterday. Still we had a good shop, got trainers in Sketchers, Christmas wrapping paper in m&S and several bits and pieces for the Christmas bags for Hampshire plus a hooded cardigan for the expected new baby.

Came home, had lunch then wrapped all the presents.

That's good Mel! I put them in the plastic for the journey in case they got wet, but they will store better in paper now you have them. Is the rose you are chopping diseased or just too big?

I just looked up the plans for the development and it stops just short of the new bungalows and access will be from the main road not the lane. It will double the size of the village though and the next village to it is to have 2000 houses built as well increasing that village by a third. All building will have focus on cycling and walking and not cars. I wonder how all the overweight youngsters will cope when they become less mobile at even earlier ages though?

At last I lost the signal on my mobile today and have swapped the SIM. I can't use the internet on it even if I wanted to as the settings they tell me to enter info on don't all exist on my very old phone. :-S

OH is off to another match tonight. There were only 20ish spectators at last night's match so this one should be the same. Then tomorrow he has a meeting at one of his schools. The children have gone back to school here, but cases in the county in children are 25% higher than the average elsewhere, so it isn't ideal and I hope there will be plenty of ventilation. :-S

We stated to cut down the big rose past my pond this morning thne cam ein for lunch. Just going back out there but waiting for oh to stop watching the back of his eyelids.

Seeds arrived safely this morning thank you very much I shall sow some now and save the restr for the spring. I shall alos put them in paper packets like I sent you.

Afternoon All.

It's weak sun here after fine drizzle earlier. We had a trip to the factory shop for opening time to give my car a run. I got some new teatowels as we keep running low but nothing else. I managed to walk past the chocolate bars! lol. We then came a different way back past the farm shop. Local news said travellers have moved in on their car park the other day and were threatening and demanding money to leave! The Police had moved them on though and everything was back to normal today. Then we went through another village where they are building a close of new bungalows at the edge. It down more of a lane really and very peaceful with fields behind and opposite. OH was quite taken with them but thinks they plan to build 2,500 houses on adjoining land so it wouldn't be so good then.

Good news on the car front then Vera and I hope today's hospital visit goes well and that your OH is seen with too much waiting around.

Gloucester Quays sounds good AnnG, bargain shopping and the old docks too. Hope you all find some nice things to buy!

Glad you feel better today Mel. Good idea to be careful though, you don't want any setbacks.

I wonder how Mandy is doing with the scarecrow?

Morning Anng and Vera and all,

We have lovely sunshine at the mo so I hope its the same for you Anng.

Hope they can get to the bottom of hubbies problems with this hospital visit Vera its been going on some time now and oh must feel exhausted not getting proper sleep.

Nothing planned for today so if it stays nice I may do some gardening as I feel a lot better today. Nothing to bendy down though and no lifting heavy things.

Hope all goes well Vera. Good that the car was OK so well done there. I am sure OH is more worried than tired. <3

Morning AnnG and all

Very overcast here and the forecast is for cloud all day and cooler temperatures. The car was fine and delivered back at about 4 pm yesterday. We’re off to the hospital at 8.15. OH looks tired but says he had a slightly better night.

Have a good day everyone. Might bbl

Good morning all, weather forecast showed just our part of the South West under mist/cloud and it is cloudy out there and 13 degrees. Hopefully the cloud will blow away later. we are going to Gloucester Quays though.