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Weather here is awful. Journey was really bad with congested traffic all the way fro Gloucester on the M5 to where we turned off to cut across country near Tiverton.mthe journey took two hours longer than it should have. Traffic going north was really bad as well and sometimes was at a stand still so hope if Frank was travelling today he didn't have a problem.

Still raining here too Mel its rained most of the day ,the wind is still quite strong .

What a long wait you had at the hospital Vera good job you took a book with you.

We're off to see son and DIL tomorrow as it's Jakes birthday he will be 16 ,it will feel really strange going into the house after all these months,we have bought him some clothes and will put some money in his card

I'm cooking loin chops jersey royal broccoli and mushrooms.

Wind dropped a lot here but its still raining.

We picked our friend up at 1.30 and got back at 6 pm. It was a long wait in the hospital car park but far too wet to go for a little walk while we were waiting. OH put Classic FM on the radio and promptly fell asleep and I read my book. It’s still pouring now.

I wonder if Frank is back yet.

I’m just cooking us some dinner. Salmon tonight.

Safe journey to both Vera and Anng and I hope tomorrow is not as windy as its been the last couple of days.

Morning all,

Windy here too it seems to have got up a lot since we got up ,its raining too.

Safe journey AnnG, you'll be on your way now, have a nice break away.

Vera hope you have a safe trip to the hospital and don't get blown about to much .

We've just stopped for coffee, we're having a go at putting the big eight foot blinds up if we can if not don will do it for us over the weekend .

Can't getto the last page and have had to go through to the first page so am posting this to see if it gets me to the current page.

Morning all,

Still very windy here and lashing rain.

Safe journey AnnG. Enjoy your break. We are picking our friend up at 1.30 to take her to the hospital and bring her home after her procedure. That’s only 20 miles each way but I am not looking forward to it in this wind.

Good morning all, wow, it is blowing a hoolie out there, just the weather for setting off on holiday. We will be leaving at about 11am and hoping there are no problems on the motorway, don't look forward to the journey in this wind As it is not that far and we can't get in until 3pm we will leave later than we normally would.

Busy day doing nothing yesterday then Vera?? Hope you soon warmed up.

I haven’t had any problems getting on but just seem to have been busy with other things all day. Did some cooking this morning and tidying of paperwork, then OH wanted some help finding some documents that he’d mislaid. I managed to get a shower and by then it was lunchtime. After lunch I did a few gentle garden jobs, things like deadheading, but it was beginning to get really windy so I didn’t stay out there for long. Then a friend called unexpectedly to drop a book in for me. It seemed strange to be able to invite her in though we still kept a sensible distance. She didn’t stay long and then I did a few more odds and ends of jobs and it was time to cook our dinner. So the day has gone, I seem to have been busy but don’t seem to have done very much.

That’s good that you will probably get grants for some of your work Gill and I am glad your electrician is able to sort your light and your power points out for you.

Good you got your ironing done Mel. I hate ironing so do the absolute minimum but there are always a few bits to do if we don’t want to go out looking scruffy.

I’ve been feeling a bit shivery all evening so I think I’m going to put a little fan heater on in the bedroom for a few minutes to warm the room up and then get myself to bed with a book.

Have a safe journey Anng and I hope the weather is better tomorrow.

I'm just about to watch Innocent now.

No no trouble getting on Mel watching Innocent so I could see the end before going away. Looks like it will be a wet and windy weekend. Stay safe everyone.

Nobody else has been on so perhaps they are all having trouble with the Error page.

Iv'e never seen it so quiet...............................

I had the same problem the first time I tried to get onto Genes Mel.

Just had the electrician here he said we need a new kitchen light as the builder got it wet which is why it buzzed and flickered, something to do with the transformer, which is why it didn't trip out as it has it's own way of cutting out, so that's another £50 to pay out now. He's also going to do us a quote for a socket in the hall and moving another socket in the living room to make space for the new doorway, the old doorway is going to be used as a way of getting to the under stairs cupboard, once the staircase goes in as we'll lose the hall cupboards when the bathroom is extended and I need a cupboard for the hoover, coats etc...

The grant fella said we should get everything on grants with no work ever being done on this place, his only concern was the loft insulation because there is a bit in there, but OH thinks it might be covered by a top up insulation. I guess I'll have to wait and see what happens when the surveyor arrives. Hopefully it won't be to long to wait.

We're also having a quote off the electrician tomorrow for an outside socket and light, so we're getting there, slowly. I need a kitchen plan so the electrician can put our sockets in the right place, he just surface mounted them when the re-wire was done as we didn't have a kitchen plan, so that's the next thing I need to sort out.

Going to get something to eat now before OH has to go to work, he's got an extra night's overtime this week.

Had the error page and not been able to get on here and it looks like nobody else can either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Done all the ironing.

Morning Anng and all,

Extremly windy here and that fine rain with it lashing against the bedroom window and I did'nt get up tilljust after 10am.

Gill I did mention once before that you could get some grants on your property but I am very pleased for you that you could well get something and lets hope its the dearest thing if not all.

My plan for today is feed the chickens and then do the ironing. There a pile of it again and I may try to sort out the uti room a bit as everything just gets bunged in there out of the way. I have two bin bags full of clothes togo to the charitiy shop and two boxes of books too.

Good morning all, very windy here so I have just been out and chopped off the last high branch of the blackberry. I love blackberries but hate this bush and intend to try and get ris of it later on this year. For now it is cut down quite low and I doubt if it will produce blackberries but they are hard to kill.

Gill that is great news, I think we all thought that you should be elligible for grants but I thought you had looked into it. Whether you will get grants for all those things I am not sure but any help at all would be good.
Good too that th electrician is coming to check the light for you. It may be that water from the plaster actually got into the fitting which would have been a bit careless of the builder.

Daughter and son in law are coming today but no idea what time, although she said she will be here in time to come to the nurse with me.

And I have a Tesco delivery due this morning as well. :-)

Oh dear Mandy what a thing to happen, I hope you're not to sore after your fall.

I rang the electrician today and he's coming here tomorrow afternoon to look at the kitchen light, so I can't use it until then. He's the fella who did our re-wire before we moved in so the kitchen light is only three months old. We both think it's the damp plaster on the ceiling that caused the light to play up, but hopefully it'll be fixed soon.

We have some good news though, OH came home with a phone number a workmate gave him about government grants so I rang it today and the fella thinks we'll be able to have cavity wall insulation, loft insulation, underfloor insulation, a new boiler and central heating all for free. How good is that? Plus he said it should all be done within a month. He's doing the paperwork and passing it onto the council tonight then we'll get a phone call to let us know when the surveyor will be here. If he's right and we do qualify for the grant it'll save us thousands of pounds, so I can stop worrying about us not having enough money to make this place a home then.

I've just watched the sewing bee I recorded, but because I didn't fall asleep until around 6am this morning I'm shattered and can hardly keep my eyes open, so I'm going to bed now. I'll try and get back on here tomorrow and catch up with the posts. Hope you all have a good night's sleep. Love the pic you sent Mel.