General Chat

Afternoon all,

Nice sunny bright day here but very chilly ,we have had an odd shower but it didn't last long.
We went to sons for coffee after calling in town for the bank ,the town was quite quiet today with plenty of parking spaces .

Not like Mel not to pop in ,I wonder as Ann said if they have taken her in to hospital ,perhaps we'll hear something later.

That was a late lie in Ann. You must have needed it. Peaceful here now the young ones have gone and tidy. They do take over the whole house with their stuff??

Sunny here again and pale blue sky. Looks cold but it is a day in now as the others left so late, it was too late to go anywhere.

Oh yes, I hope Mel is just catching up with her sleep. And not still poorly. Hope she got something from the Dr. <3

Morning All,

I've only just got up but slept well. We are posting my parcel soon but no other plans just yet.

No news from Mel? I hope she's ok and hasn't been whisked off to hospital with her breathing not good. Hopefully we'll hear from her soon.

Will read the other posts later as OH is calling.

Good morning all had an iffy sleeping night but ok so must have slept enough. I hope Jake will have the extra insulin today Mandy, the hospital are hindering his progress, that is not good.

Vera I am pleased you have discovered laptops. I think mine are great.
The little dogs sound lovely and must have helped your daughter through a bad time.

I have just had the pathology report on my leg op and thankfully it was a BCC so I am feeling pleased about that,nEven if it is taking a long time to heal.

Oh Ann thats a shame about the boots ,I have a job to get bootstoo as my calves are chubby , the jigsaws were a good price they have some nice ones in The Works.
Yes poor Jake he's already on one injection of insulin and taking tablets but the hospital said he needs this other insulin injection too ,they are just so sliw dishing it out .

Vera it's lovely to know the little dogs are settling in well and good that your daughter can keep an eye on them when she's out ,they soon get to know that although she leaves them she also comes back ,I don't think they have a sense of time they are so pleased to see you if you've been gone five minutes or five hours .
We had cold meats , pickles and chips tonight .

Hope Mel gets something from the doctors .

I hope you got on OK at the doctors Mel and they have been able to give you something to help.

That sounds a nice trip to Cockermouth AnnG. I know what you mean about lap trays. OH was given one yonks ago which he never used so I use it all the time. I can do my crossword or sudoku on it and don’t have to sit at a table and I use it for my lunchtime snack which we usually have while watching the 1 o’clock news.

Mandy, you’re wise to get your outside lights in and thanks for mentioning snow. It made me check the forecast and at the moment it’s saying light snow for a few days from Sunday on. I’ve suggested to OH that he gets our outside lights down before the weekend. We only have a few strung in loops along the eaves so it won’t take long but he doesn’t want to be doing it in the snow. Poor Jake. I can’t believe he hasn’t yet got the insulin he needs. Our surgery and hospital aren’t perfect by any means but the more I hear about what other people go through the more I realise how good our service is. I hope his blood sugar can soon be stabilised.

Yes, Annx, the dogs have settled well with my daughter and are getting well trained. Maggie, the 2 year old, is very bright and learns quickly. Benji, bless him, appears to only have half a brain cell but he’s getting there. They adore our daughter and follow her around. At first she only left them for a few minutes and then gradually increased the time. Now she can leave them for long spells. She set up a camera so that she can check them on her phone while she’s away and has a couple of neighbours lined up to go in if the dogs are showing any signs of anxiety. She showed me when we went out for our meal on Christmas Eve and I could clearly see that they were quite calm and comfortable lying on a bed in the kitchen. They watch the door a lot of the time waiting for her to come home but don’t seem worried by her absence.

It’s been a cold but dry day. I’ve done loads of washing and then we popped to Sainsbury’s for some milk and fresh veg. It was very busy. There were only 2 checkouts open and long queues for them. I think they are trying to get us all to use the self service tills but the queue for those was going right down one aisle.

I’ve got an easy meal tonight; cold ham with either chips and beans or with salad. I haven’t decided yet. Then I’ll probably read or do the crossword this evening.

That's good you have an appointment Mel as it sounds like you need some help with your breathing now. It's good of Em to take you as she won't want to get it either. Yes ribena might help and the vitamin c in it helps fight infections as will AnnG's suggestions.

Poor Jake being without the insulin through the hospital cancelling his appointments Mandy and now still being without till the pharmacy receives it. The hospital sounds like OH's saga with his eyedrops. Worrying for him and for the rest of you too. Fancy them both still being at the hospital at 1.00am.

Yes we popped to the garden centre a few miles away after the blood test which the nurse said was just a bit high for one thing but not a worry. At least it wasn't busy and plenty of parking. I wanted a small bag of alpine compost from the garden centre but forgot all about it! We had a breakfast bap in the cafe then looked in The Works. Some of he 500 piece jigsaws had been reduced to £3.50, so I bought two and OH found two books he liked that had the reduced price halved so he got those.

My boots came this afternoon but will be going back as the calves are too tight despite being described as widefit. It's a shame as the foot fitted really well. but being biker boots I expect they are designed to fit lower on the leg of taller people than me and not higher up where the calf is wider. Full length boots are too long on me and dig in the back of my knees. Oh to be of average height instead of short!

It was good you got the lap tray you wanted AnnG and had nice views of the mountains travelling there. Your mention of breastfeeding the little one reminded me of something I read the other day where a bride about to get married stumbled across her MIL to be breast feeding her groom to be!! What a shock that would be.

Better get these boots wrapped to return now.

Em's coming for me at 4pm so I may have a hot ribena first.

Afternoon all. It was 2 degrees this morning some su but mostly cloudy. However still dry.we drove to Cockermouth and the views to the distant mountains were lovely. We had coffee in Lakes a department store and zi bought a new lap tray that I wanted. I waited to get it there as I have one from there already. I find them very useful for doing all sorts of things. Writing some parts of crafting cards and I wrapped the Christmas presents on the one I have. After Lakes we went to Sainsbury’s. For more food and milk. Littler is still partly breast fed but also gets through a lot of milk.

Mel if you are drinking milky cough while good to give you something instead of food it won’t break the plegm. Hot blackcurrant or orange will though. Hope you can get an appointment.

Afternoon all,

Dull here again but at least it's dry ,I got all the lights off the outside tree and the lights I put across the rose bushes ,I thought I'd get them all in while it was dry as later in the week snow was mentioned on the weather forecast.

Last night son had to ring 111 as Jake's sugar levels had been high all day, they had to go to the hospital ,they waited ages for blood results and to see a doctor, the outcome was they would electronically send through to the doctors the prescription for a second lot of insulin he should have had from the hospital five weeks ago .
The hospital kept cancelling the appointment for Jake to get the insulin.
Son went to the doctors this morning for the insulin script and they had had nothing through from the hospital ,they told him to go back on Wednesday so he's still without what he needs .

Mel I hope you can get to see the doctor so he can give you something to ease your breathing and make you feel better.

Ann hope you manged to get to the garden centre and it wasn't to busy ,we went into Aldi and it was quite quiet but was getting busy when we left , I wanted cream for new years day when the family come but the dates were for the 30th so I just bought some long life cream which I can whip .

Having a nice rest today as I didn't sleep very well thinking of Jake ,I was still awake at one o'clock as they were still at the hospital then and I was messaging son .

They are trying to fit me in with Nathan at the surgery and Em will take me.

Morning all,

Still feel dreadful and can hardly breath. Need to cough up flem but it won't shift. Going to ring the docs in a mo after having a coffee.

Morning All,

It's 5 degrees here and dry and we were going to a garden centre early, but OH got a call from the surgery first thing to have a repeat of the blood test he had on Chrstmas Eve so that's where we are off to first. Not sure what we will fancy doing after as everywhere will be busy with people by then, so we may just go to the shop and come back.

I hope Mel had a good night and feels a bit better today. BBL

Evening All,

We decided this morning that we would wait till tomorrow to go out as well as we were tired. OH did the short walk across the field and I put the tablecloth through a wash. I want to get it back on the table and some thick clear plastic over it before OH puts his laptop and 'office' back on there and it's the only one that fits the table opened up. Bits from his papers and newspapers and crumbs and other mess he makes despite using a tray will be easier to sweep off plastic than the cloth.

I sorted the cooled Turkey from the bones and it froze it and it should do us two meals with additions and pasta or rice, so quick, cheap and easy! We'd both had enough of it and had fish in crumb with mixed veg, mashed potato and Hollandaise sauce for lunch.

AnnG I think you do have a lot of energy compared with me and are lucky to have so much. Is there anywhere near where they live that would be nice for a stroll and to explore for you?

I have ordered me some of the calf height, black, biker boots online which I hope will fit round my calves. Next I could do with a padded waterproof jacket of some sort. The non waterproof fleecy coat I'm wearing at the moment I had a few years before the pandemic so it's old and needs to be relegated to garden jobs!

Our doctors won't let you go in their waiting rooms if they think you may have covid or flu now and meet you to take you to another room. OH said masks were being worn when he went for his recent blood test. Hopefully you might feel a bit better by tomorrow Mel. A warming Oxo drink is nice with bad throats.

Now people have mentioned those spare envelopes I must admit I have them too!

Vera it was handy you have those things in the freezer you can have now and it sounds as if you had an enjoyable time at your daughters and the little dogs seem to have settled well and were good too. It's great your daughter has given them a good home.

I can't tell what day it is this last week, but will be off to bed now and see whether I can get up soon enough to beat any sales crowds, although there shouldn't be many at the garden centre first thing. Sleep tight everyone! :-)

Evening all,

It's been quite a dull day here with no sun ,I was hoping for a quietier day but I've done three loads of washing ,stripped the bed and hoovered through downstairs and got the meals , we've still got lots of turkey left and dil took a big chunk home there's also gammon and sausage rolls too.

Oh Ann thats the sort of thing I would do with the cards ,but really who looks to see if there's the year mentioned on the card ,bet you will now though .

Vera I have envelopes and no cards so I must make a mistake when writing them and end up with the envelopes.

Mel I hope your feeling a little better but it's a good idea to try the doctors tomorrow you might need some antibiotics which they might prescribe over the phone as they gave me some over the phone just before last Christmas when I had my chest infection .

We're off to sons tomorrow for coffee we were going today but both of us were tired after two busy days so I messaged to say we'd go tomorrow, I also need to get a new 2026 calendar ,I've been writing things on the back of this years and I usually buy Christmas wrapping paper in the sales too.

Good afternoon

I'm sorry you still feel so bad Mel but it's good that you were able to sleep. Rest is a great healer. It might be worth ringing your doctor tomorrow. All the symptoms you have mentioned are also symptoms of Covid. Take care and get well soon.

I laughed at your rediscovered cards from last year Annx. It's just the sort of thing I do. I had a few cards left from last year that were fine to send this year except they were oddments from different packs so all different sizes and none of them had envelopes. How do you think I managed to use all these different envelopes without cards? Perhaps I addressed envelopes and posted them without writing the cards and putting them in. So if last year you received an envelope with no card in it, it would have been from me.

As I made sure there were a few Christmas things in the freezer in case we didn't get to daughter's we are now going to have to eat them up so today's meal will be roast gammon followed by apple and mincemeat tart. Daughter did cook a ham on Christmas Eve but it wasn't used as we were all so full up with other food so a bit of ham today will make a nice change. Having said that I'd better go downstairs and see how it's cooking and whether I need to get veg on yet.

Young ones have gone to visit friends now so all is calm and peaceful. We are just reading. It is a lovely sunny bright, cold day a walk by the sea would be nice but daughter and SiL are very good at sitting in and reading, doing nothing. I think I and my friends have more energy than them??

Mel it does sound as if you need to be checked by the doctor but if you go to the surgery you probably need to wear a mask to prevent it spreading. Maybe they can prescribe something without a visit. Did you have both flu and Covid boosters?

Morning Anng and all,

Feel awful this morning but I slept better if that makes sense. Still got laboured breathing. Up once in thenight for the loo and slept till 1040am.

May have to ring the docs tomorrow.

Hope you all slept well amd are enjoying the holidays whatever you are doing.

Good morning all in my room at the moment as chaos in the kitchen the you g people are not good at tidying after themselves. Bbl

Gawd flipping fireworks being let off again!