General Chat

Morning all,

Dull and miserable today after a lovely red sky last night and I think its been raining.

My phone messages have disappeared off the first page on the phone and are back in with the other files and I am not sure how to fix it. My pond man texted me on saturday and I did'nt know as I had'nt heard the buzz.

Must get on have to get down the post van before the shopping arrives. Its my nice Dan today. I have two subs this week unsalted butter instead of salted and I hate unsalted and a beef madalian steak instead of diced beef. How can I make four dinners out of one steak?

Well Vera, what a good trip to town you had and I like your thinking re the birthday voucher. Shampoo is grocery not birthday present.

I wish I could just see a nice black blazer style jacket I am always looking but never see one.

Anyway that sounded like a very successful shopping trip.

Sounds like you had a nice day out on your own Vera and could mosey about looking wherever you wanted to. Nice to have a bit of pampering on your self rather than buying things for everyday use.

Sleep well and I hope the back is easier tomorrow.

The miniatures are excellent Mel. It’s only when you see them against the coin that you realise how tiny they are. You must have very dexterous fingers. It’s a pity you were so upset at the surgery but it’s often the little things that set us off and there’s nothing wrong with a few tears.

AnnG, your roast lamb dinner sounded good and the film was interesting but it’s a shame the seats were not very comfortable. It takes the edge off enjoying the film if you can’t relax in your seat.

I’ve had quite a hectic day. I slept on and off but got up with a painful back again and I can’t think of any reason for it. I got on and got all the washing done and OH changed the bedding for me. About midday OH put a heat pad on my back for me and I took a couple of pain killers and had a quick lunch before going in to town.

I managed to get a card for OH. Most places either stopped at Golden Wedding or only had ones referring to Your Diamond Anniversary,not Our Diamond Anniversary. Anyway I eventually found a suitable card. Then I went to Waitrose to spend a voucher I had for my birthday. I was choosing sensible things like shampoo when I suddenly thought this is meant to be a birthday treat so I put my bits back on the shelf and bought a nice bottle of wine and 2 big bars of chocolate instead :-D

Next I spent the points on my Boots Advantage Card and got some face cream and a new hairbrush. By buying a few books in each of 3 different shops I managed to stock up on stamps before they go up. Wandering round the shops I saw a black blazer style jacket at a reasonable price. I used to have one but it eventually got shabby and I got rid of it but it was so handy when I wanted something a bit smarter than a cardigan. So I got tempted and bought it. I also met my neighbours in one of the shops so that was another 20 minutes of chatting.

I have to say I enjoyed going shopping on my own for a change and, bless him, OH said he was pleased I’d spent money on myself for once.

As soon as I got home the doorbell rang and it was a friend who just popped in on her way home from somewhere else. She just came in “for 5 minutes”. Well over an hour later she left again. Then it was a rush to cook dinner and clear up. Now I’m sitting on the sofa yawning like mad.

I hope Gill is OK as we haven’t heard from her lately. Maybe she is still having laptop and internet problems.

I think I’ll have a read for a while now. Sleep well tonight everyone.

Loved the miniature photos mel very clever, so tiny.

Its too much for my height too Anng I am or was 5ft 2 1/2 but oh used to say I was that now.

Well done on the eBay sales Mel. Are they all miniatures?

There is no way of knowing what is going to upset us is there. Sometimes it is the strangest things. Yes your BP was obviously going to be up then.
You are exactly the same weight as me. I do keep trying to lose some as it is too much for my height.

The dinner sounded lovely and it was a shame the seats were uncomfortable Anng but it was a nice day out.
Glad your dentists is over till September now.

I had a phone call this morning from our surgery saying I was overdue for a blood test and could she book me in. I said yes and she told me there was a cancelation for this afternoon at 3.15pm so I took it. My blood pressure was up a bit but I had taken all oh's old scripts there to be desposed of. Would you believe they could'nt take any of them that were not from that surgery. They gave me a bag full back to take to Lloyds chesmist which means another trip to Holsworthy. Some were out of date painkillers etc I was so upset once again as it brought it all back to me and ended in tears. The nurse (Angela) came and took me through to her room and calmed me down. Not a good time to have my blood pressure taken and it was up of course. She told me to take it at home with my little wrist one and write it down so I am going to do that when I can get the thing to work. I had taken the batteries out of it and not sure how to set it up now so I shall have to take it to Em's and see if Ed can do it for me. She also weighed me and said I had lost weight since last time in 2020 so that was good. I have been weighing myself but wanted to make sure my scales wre reading right. I am now 11st.7oz so I have lost 9lbs.

Got back home at 4.10pm and got settled in and thought I will have a cuppa now after corning the girls. Had 5 eggs again today.

Also had a message from Ebay to say I have had a bid on my Easter Treats which is a plate of hot cross buns and little rabbits with a hat on and dressed in a pretty dress holding two carrots and two Easter eggs. One sugar with flowers on and one dark choc with flowers on. I'll send a pic if I remember. So that will be three things sold on Ebay this week.

That is the dentist hopefully finished with until September. He was 45 minutes late. That is the problem with a Monday appointment and a popular dentist. Still all done now.

I didn't say what yesterday's trip out was like.

We had a really lovely lunch. Being Sunday it was roasts on offer either chicken lamb or (I think) pork. The lamb was delicious, really tender, large pieces of meat, roast potatoes, roast parsnip, stuffing, yorkshire, cauliflower and leek cheese, carrots, broccoli, broad beans and red cabbage with a nice gravy. It was a large portion but we all enjoyed it so much all our plates were clean! We then shared a sweet. Two of our group shared apple crumble and two shared black forest gateau and ice cream (I had the latter) But there were a lot of other sweets on offer.

Afterwards we went to Tewkesbury to the Roses theatre where we had booked for the studio. We saw a very good film on the life of Cezanne, monitoring his paintings and his life from when he started painting until he died. Most of his paintings were portraits, (Many of his wife and son) the film was produced by visits to various Art galleries such as the Portrait galley, London, The Musee D'Orsay Paris (which has more than portraits and has a lot of impressionist paintings) and a gallery in New York. As well as the paintings various people from those galleries spoke about his life and it was supplemented by a narrator reading letters from Cezanne to various other artists of the time.

Our only complaint was the seats my friend and I were in were on a type of settee, so for two of us and the actual seats were really hard and, after a few minutes, really uncomfortable so we were having to shift around a lot to relieve the pain in our lower backs and backsides.. There was a lady usherette who was in the room all the time and we spoke to her about it and she was interested to hear how painful the seats were. She said she thought they were due to be re- upholstered which will be good. After all while not extremely expensive it was £7 a ticket for unreserved seats.

Morning Anng and all,

Its bright here this morning and the sky is sort of blue. Same as you Anng 3 degrees and theres been a frost as the car has the remnants of fern p[etterns on it.

My magnolia and forsythia are both out up at the south facing wall so a little later than the one Gwyn saw in Kent.

I am dying for my coffee and I have made it too hot!! Better put more milk in it.

Had a horrid dream about borrowing mums car which was a Ford in gold but this one wa metalic blue and I stopped somewhere and when I went back to the car it had been pinched. I went back to a shop I had been in and asked if they would call the police and they did but they could'nt find it. I went bak to the car park and a man and I found it in a ditch covered in moss. I pulled some of the moss back and said yes its my mums car as the tudor bricks are still in the back. Now where on earth did that all come from??

Good luck for the dentist and hope its not as bad as you think its going to be. Oh always told me to take some paracetamol before going for a clean.

Good morning AnnG and all

I hope your dental appointment isn’t too uncomfortable

It’s also 3 degrees and dry here. At the moment it’s bright but I don’t think it’s going to stay that way.

We haven’t heard about our spring Covid jabs yet. We had our last one on October 2nd so are shortly due for the next.

I’m hoping to get into town today but otherwise I haven’t got any plans

Good morning all it is only 3 degrees outside I think we are going backwards now. At least it is dry so far and hoping it stays that was as I have to walk to the dentist this morning for my second deep clean appointment.
My spring covid jab is booked for Sunday 22 April so that means I can't extend my stay with daughter which is a nuisance.

I cleaned the big girls out this morning and half the bantie and came in for a COT and forgot to go and do her run so she has a nice clean bedroom but not downstairs. I shall have to do that tomorrow.

Just written in my diary and saw that British summertime began today!!!!

We did'nt have a bad day here at least the wind had dropped.

Glad you managed to get a little sleep Vera now take it easy and I hope you get osme well earned sleep tonight too.

We hav'nt heard from Gill for a while.

Going t o watch the new Dickensian thing on BBC now so see you all in the morning.

Good morning AnnG and all

Bucketing down with rain again. The courtyard in front of the house is like a giant paddling pool.

I lay down at about 5 pm yesterday and slept for an hour and I got some sleep last night, though I was very restless. Still feel a bit shaky so I’ll be taking it a bit easy today.


Enjoy your lunch and film AnnG. It sounds as though it will be a good afternoon out.

Morning Anng and all,

Have a nice lunch Anng.

Its quite bright here this morning and pc says 6 degrees and cloudy. I can see a tiny bit of blue sky out the front.

When I got up and looked out the window there were two deer out the back and 3 female pheasents and Phil out by the big girls run. They have got to know the times I feed the girls and are waiting for thier corn too.

good morning all 5 degrees but bright and dry so far. Nothing planned for this morning but being picked up at 1pm to go to lunch at a restaurant called the Aviator which is on the perimeter of Gloucester airport. then going to Tewkesbury theatre to see a film about the artist Cezanne.

And its blimmin cold although the winds dropped.

I can't get into anything either. The suns gone and its been raining. Iv'e had some lunch so I am now going to get the castings out I did this morning.

BIL did'nt come and I think thats thrown me for today.

hopefully you are jus over tired Vera. Hope you will be back to normal tomorrow. I don't have much enthusiasm for anything today, no reason, no excuse, just can't settle. I have re-potted a couple of plants I had waiting, there are still four more needing to be done. I have given up on the frosted geraniums. they are not going to recover so I am emptying and re-using their pots.

I think part of my problem is I have the dreaded dentist appointment hanging over me for Monday now. :-( :-( :-(

I did make the effort to go to the garden centre with OH. They didn’t have what he wanted so all we came out with was a birthday card for grandson. OH suggested going on to Dobbies, another 20 miles away, so we did that. We nearly got blown over just walking from the car park. The wind was really gusting. He got what he wanted and suggested we had a coffee there but the cafe was packed so we just came back home.

I still feel very strange and disoriented, as though I’m wearing someone else’s head :-S. I think I am functioning normally but feel as though I’m on the outside looking in, if you know what I mean. I’m sure a good night’s sleep will make all the difference so I’m hoping for the best tonight.