General Chat

Morning all,

Did it again woke at 8.15 for the loo and the heating had only just come on so went back to bed for a 5 min warm up, woke at 10.15am.

Last nights snow had almost gone this morning but theres still half an inch on the roof of my car. It is either very fine rain out there of fine sleety snow. I had a look I think its raining so it will soon all be gone.

Nothing planned for today but I may do some ironing as that ususally warms me up. I am trying to get through this month on the oil I had so am being careful.

Mandy oh bought me a cordless hoover and that only good for crumbs on the floor. It picks up the grit that comes off the road outside but when you turn it off it leaves it all on the carpet even on the turbo setting.

Well I have got the new vacuum together and working and I am very impressed with the suction. I just did the lounge carpet and then have put it on charge. It is very light to move around which is just what I wanted as I have a meeting here tomorrow I will do the floors tomorrow morning it should take a few hours to do a full charge.
I then decided to check over the hoover that I have moved upstairs. It is a very good cleaner but very heavy and wasn't cleaning properly. T always did the floors and I was wondering where he got the bags, but when I read the booklet I realised that it doesn't have bags, it just has a tank and a filter for dust. when I opened it up it was obvious why it was not cleaning. Goodness knows when he last emptied it as it was completely clogged up with dust right up to the pipe. I cleaned the tank and the filter and it is working well now so will be fine for upstairs. so I have hoovered all the upstairs now.
Time for a coffee I think.

Morning all,
Frosty here ,no snow but we did have a few flakes yesterday so I decided I'd go shopping as we might get snow tomorrow.
Monday I had my arthritis review ,had my blood pressure taken and they thought it was a bit high so I now have to take another new tablet ,what a performance getting that three times I went to boots yesterday the first two visits it hadn't come through from the doctors the third time it was there but hadn't been checked so I had a wait .

Got the bed stripped so that's all in the machine and I need to hoover the bedrooms and dust so thats my morning filled.

Anng hope you manage to get your new hoover together ,the pipe bits do take some clicking together but once you've used it a few times they get easier to pull apart, mines a shark hoover ,we went back to a plug in one it seems to have a much better suction than the rechargeable we use to have .

Vera thats good your back is feeling a little easier today ,mined what your doing today ,take it easy.

How much snow did you have Mel .

Good morning AnnG and all

We had some snow overnight but it’s sleeting now and the snow has already melted from the paths. The forecast is for sleety showers all day. Oh good :-(

I dosed myself up with painkillers and went to the Ladies Group AGM yesterday afternoon. It was a bit of an effort but I was glad I went as chatting and laughing with other ladies took my mind off my back a bit. The business part of the meeting was followed by a social event with substantial nibbles and wine. We only meet in the afternoon during the darkest time of year so it’s back to evening meetings in April.

I haven’t any plans for the day. My back is a bit better but I still need to be careful so another day of taking it easy for me.

Good morning all 0 degrees here just had a few snowflakes but stopped now. didn't sleep as well last night, no idea why, woke up around 4 and couldn't get back to sleep.

1.12am snowing here........................................................

That is only the handle put together, I have not tried to do the rest yet.

meanwhile I had a longish document to print and the printer ran out of ink halfway through, It is an epson printer so has all separate coloured inks and I had three to change so that has taken a while.

Soap would have done the same job I should think Anng. Glad you have it together now, have you tried it yet?

Hopefully our surgery will notify us when this is available. I had seen this before but then it seemed to go quiet.
Mel there was kitchen paper over the eggs, there were two of them and I often poach them in the microwave, often a few little pops but this was a huge bang and that egg was out of the poacher and sitting on the microwave turntable still whole It shifted the paper right off.

I have managed to get those two pieces together now, had lunch then had another go when still could not shift it, then in exasperation I wiped a small amount of WD40 on both ends of both pieces and it suddenly clicked into place with a loud click

O dear there's always something that stops us doing what we want Anng. Do you think Cynth could help you?

Not good an exploding egg in the microwave. Did you prick the yolk? If I do egg in the micro I alway cover it with kitchen paper.

Shopping came with jolly Carl. We had a little chat. I had done a little bit of casting before he came and done a wash which is now on the line as the suns has come out and theres a bit of a breeze. I was going to put it on the airer but put the fleeces out as they dry quickly so changed my mind and put the lot out.

I have hoovered a bit and fed the girls and wild birds and now I am hungry.

Pc is saying 4 degrees and cloudy and the weather thing on the pc is saying snow and ice on Wednesday and Thursday it says its going to be raining and 11 degrees!

Now I have just spotted this:-

Coronavirus

People aged 75 and over, those in care homes and vulnerable people are to be offered a spring Covid-19 booster jab.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said it has advised that certain groups of people should be offered the vaccinations, with options including the Pfizer, Moderna, Sanofi/GSK jabs.

People aged 75 and over will be offered a jab, along with care home residents and anyone aged five and over who is immunosuppressed.

People will be offered the vaccine around six months after their previous dose, with NHS England setting out the specific details of the programme at a later date.

The Novavax jab will also be available for use only when alternatives are not considered clinically suitable.

All I feel now is sore painful hands and totally frustrated. The handle is in two parts of four pieces (the handle collapses for storing if necessary). I fitted the two upper pieces together, no problem and then tried the lower pieces. they are supposed to click into place and will only go in one way to fit together. So far it has taken all my strength and it is within a MM of clicking into place but I just haven't so far had the strength to do it. I am going to have to give up for now and try and re-gain some strength in my hands

Well I had ordered a new vacuum cleaner from GTech at the weekend and that came at 10 o'clock this morning. After fighting the packaging (such thick solid cardboard my hands had trouble getting it open) it is all spread out in the kitchen and I have been having a rest before tackling putting it together. There seem to be lots of bits so I need to look at the booklet to see what is what. Since I got up and showered and washed my hair I have washed the bedding and the second lot of that is in the drier. I have also cleaned the microwave after I had an exploding poached egg. DPD had said they would deliver my parcel between 10 and 11am and it arrived at 1005am.

Morning AnnG, Mel and all

2 degrees and sleety rain. The iPad is telling me that it’s not getting above 4 degrees all day and tonight it will go down to -5.

I didn’t manage to rest yesterday afternoon as my neighbour rang just as I got settled. She’s clearly worried about her OH and needed someone to talk to so I felt I couldn’t cut her short.

Several bad nights plus the back pain tiring me meant that I took a couple of strong pain killers and slept like a log. I didn’t wake till after 8 am and felt fine till I moved. Then I realised the back problem hadn’t disappeared overnight. I shall have to dose myself up again this afternoon as I need to go to our Ladies Group AGM.

Enjoy your h/w ladies. I won’t be doing any today ;-)

Morning Anng and all,

No frost here either and its 3 degrees now and it has been sunny but it seems to have disappeared now and the sky is grey.

Shopping day today so I shall have that to wipe down when it comes.

Slept really well and did'nt get up in the night but woke at 7.30am and the heating had'nt come on as I had turned it off at the switch. so its still heating up now and then I am going in the shower.

I too have HW to do today so you and me together Anng. I have some ironing and want to change the bed too. I do that in stages as its so hard for me to do on my own.

Good morning all. slept quite well and awake at 7am. 1 degree and a bit dull but dry so far and no frost.

No idea what I am doing today, Probably change the bed, wash the bedding and a bit of HW. Not going out anyway.

Thats nice Anng to have a grandson's birthday on your mums.

I have had sun and rain and I have washed the car with the pressure washer and the kitchen windows and some of the guttering but I was getting wet so I have given up. Now I need to do the insides of the kitchen and dining area windows as they do need doing badly.

Must corn the chickens first though.

Hsav'nt thought what to have for dinner tonight either shall have to dig down the freezer and see what I can come up with.

Going to have a cuppa after doing the girls.

I can see out of my windows now thank goodness they really needed doing.

It would have been my Mjm’s birthday today (born 1909).
And also one of my Grandson’s born 1992.

We are expecting the window cleaner soo. they sent a message to say after 3pm. but it has just started to rain after being dry all day. It did feel warmer than yesterday when I went out earlier but the sun soon disappeared so no tan today vera. I wonder if you got could out looking at the garden vera, maybe bending over to look at plants. Hope it loosens up soon for you.

My pc is saying Humid and 8 degrees now but feels like 4 degrees going down to 7 by 3pm up until 6pm when we get rain and more rian up until 7pm. then its going to rain till 1am.

My hands are freezing I have just made a cuppa so I can put my hands round the mug.