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I give up and am going shopping.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNG <3 <3 I hope you have a nice time in Evesham!

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Afternoon all,

Sorry I forgot to say "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" AnninG. I hope you have had a restful and happy day. Have you any plans for this evening, ?? if you have I hope you enjoy it. xxx

What am I like.?? I walked to the Drs. for my injection. They have a machine on the entrance wall where you sign in. I went through all the motions, and ir said "Can't sign you in, go to reception" The receptionist took my name etc and went on her computer. It's not today Frank ,It's tomorrow, and I can't get anybody to do it today, as we don't have a nurse on duty. So I had a wasted journey. There and back without a break, has taken it out of me. I seem very weak on my legs, and having trouble, I keep stumbling. So I am taking things a bit carefully, getting around.

Ros rang just as I got in. Carolyn hadn't arrived to meet her at the hospital. Nothing unusual about that. She is always late. If she says 10.30. You can bet it will be nearer 11.00. That's one of my PET HATES. I hate being late, and don't like people not coming when they say they WILL. JAN is one of the Worlds worse. We can all be ready, waiting to go out, and she will still doing her makeup or hair, and keeps us waiting ages.

This blooming computer keeps putting words in sentences, that I haven't typed. I just checked why I had typed, and found a word change. I wonder if that what happened the other day, when it said "I HOPE YOU DIE" instead of" I HOPE YOU DO" I must keep my eye on that.

Barry is here beavering away doing the lawns and edges. I have charged the trimmer so that's ready for him to do the bushes. He certainly makes my life easier, even though I have to pay him. lol lol

I had the error page earlier, so didn't bother. When I just came back on it took me straight through to the thread.

Iffy sort of day. Very cloudy, and seems a lot cooler than yesterday, but I suppose it could be me, not feeling on top form.

I have mince the lamb and made a shepherds pie. Will have sweetheart cabbage, and Broad beans, for Ros also. I thought there would be enough to make Tony and Val one also, but looking at whats over in the dish, I don't think there will be. So they can't have one. ;-) ;-) ;-)

Did you do for your drive today Jane,?? did you take Chris with you, or did he stay at home in a safe place lol lol. Any news on James, have they finished him, or has he got to work to the end.If he has, his heart won't be in his job that's for sure. Give him my regards, and hope he get sorted very soon.

Barry has just finished. He went a bit over the hour so he charged £15.00 instead of his usual £12.50. Everywhere looks nice so I can't complain. He won't be here for 3 weeks as he is going away with his family, so I might try to do the lawns in between time.

No sign of Ros and Carolyn, so I assume they met up this morning, and are doing their thing.

Just noticed our Magnolia's are all out and look a real picture, which reminds me I must find out how I can transfer photo's from my camera to this MAC BOOK. Conrad can no doubt show me when he comes Thursday. That's if I remember to ask him.

Have a nice "REST OF THE DAY" this afternoon. I might be back later. xxxx

Afternoon Everyone
<3 <3 Happy Birthday Ann <3 <3 I hope the sun shone for you today in Evesham and you have had a lovely day out.

Frank, who's a silly billy then ,getting the day wrong for your injection .I think we have all done that at some time or other. I know I have many times :-S. It is either the Dentist or Hairdresser.

Gosh Gill you have had a lot of rain !!!. I dont think we had any yesterday or last night.
That is a good idea to wrap your hand with a bandage.You dont need a whopping blister on your palm.

Mandy I thought Chelesa was away ..or was that Lacey? I do get muddled with your girls sometimes. I think Janice is having most of her Grandchildren a lot at the moment.I know she is so tired at the end of the days. They do always make sure though that Sundays are a children free day. It's important that they have some time on their own and do the things they want to .

How are the Beetroots Vera? I think I have only roasted Beetroot . Baby ones . I do like Beetroot but only if they are nice and vinegary :-D

I had my Physio appointment this morning and he said I was top of the scale recovery wise.That made my day :-D I have one more excercise to do. When we got home I went for my first drive :-D. Chris did come with me Frank although I said he needed.
I was fine and had no trouble moving my foot from the accelerator to the brake especially when I did the emergency stop :-D :-D So from now on I will be driving solo.

I have not heard anything from James. I think the meeting was at 3. I am dreading him coming through the door really . In a way I just want him to leave that bloody place right now(pardon the swearing). I'll let you all know later what is happening.

Hi all Wifibwas back when we got home so we have cancelled the replacement router. It was obviously caused by Virgin as we suspected.

As I said thank you for all the good wishes and all your cards. We were lucky with the weather it was lovely and sunny all the time we were in Evesham and had been dry here too.
I had a very good day. Managed to spend £75 in Crafters’ Companion which is a great craft shop so bought lots of dies, plenty to keep me occupied.. we then had a nice lunch in the Beefeater. I had sirloin steak, chips, tomato and mushroom and OH had his favourite haddock and chips then we shared a chocolate brownie and ice crea.

Hope James is ok Jane. Gill yes thanks for the card it arrived ok as they all did. Mel that was a beautifully worked card. :-) oh yes the big box contained 16 375 ml bottles of good Frenchbwine. Should last us a while!

Happy birthday AnnG, I hope you've had a lovely day..
Hope your son is ok Jane and that the day hasn't been too draining for him.

Oh Gill what a lot of rain you had! It sounds like what we had when it was lying in puddles on the gravel and running down the road like a stream. I hope it's soaked away now. You also have lots of noise happening around you like us. I wonder how long it will take before they move on. Judging by the bath in the skip opposite they are having a new bathroom fitted and the man is having a job to squeeze his van on the front with the workmen's 2 vans and his own car. Another skip was being delivered to Jean's old bungalow next door to them first thing this morning. They seem to be working indoors now so it is quieter, but it looks like they are doing something else as well with the skip being needed.

I hope your internet gets fixed Ann and that you now know what was in that heavy parcel. I expect you came home today with some new things for your card making.

Jane I hope it wasn't too bad a meeting for James today and that they will give him a good reference. He seemed to really like it there when he started as well, but that was quite a while ago. How well you are doing after your hip being done with everyone very pleased with your progress. :-D :-D I bet it was great to be driving again as well. I bet you will be off to Rushton Lakes soon!

I used to grow and boil beetroot till a few years ago Vera. I've also roasted them a couple of times. Are you pickling yours? I used to do jars and jars of them and end up red-handed!!

Fancy getting the day wrong for your injection Frank and after the effort of walking there too. Still I know I have done it before too so can't say anything. You feel so silly when you realise though.

We have just done a few jobs today, then went to look at a couple of churches, one where some of the soldiers in the Battle of Bosworth were buried and one in the next village. Both were unlocked which was good as most aren't these days. We saw another big wooden parish chest at one that had 3 locks on it so 3 people had to be present to unlock it. We had never seen these chests in churches before and now we see 2 in a couple of months.

I wonder if Mel has remembered all her shopping? I get worse and forget to put things on my list now.

OH is calling so a bit of telly for me now.

Oh I missed your post as I took a while to send mine AnnG. I'm glad your internet is ok now and that you had a nice day and got some things from the craft shop and had a nice meal too. I see the parcel had a nice supply of wine too, so you will no doubt be trying some of that! :-)

As son gave OH gin etc I did ask him if he wa turning us into alcoholics. It is because he likes to order things on line and get them delivered to us and seems to have more money than sense lol! Good of him though and his presents do intrigue.

Got on here at lst. I had to report the Error Page as I just could'nt get on this morning after my first post and I forgot to wish AnnG Happy Birthday which is what I wanted to do.

<3 <3 <3 HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNG <3 <3 <3
Hope you had a lovely time around the craft shop as I bet you did. When you said you had a heavy parcel I thought it may be wine as mum used to buy it like that sometimes.

Glad you liked my card.

I hope James got on ok today. Sending love. <3

I have grown a few beetroot this year in a big pot. I grow the long ones as I get a nice lot then. Oh likes his without vinegar but I like Jane love it soaked in vinegar and maybe a little pepper on it. I love skinning them too just topping and tailing them and a good sqeeze and they are done.

Frank I think most of us have gone to appointments on the wrong day. Mine was at the dentists I was a week early so had to do two trips to Torrington. Good luck tomorrow if your usual nurse is away. Hope the one you get will be gentle with you.

O Jane well done with your driving today. There will be no stopping you now and not long before you can have a nice bath. You have been such a good girl doing all your exercizes (sp) and keeping to your regulations for sleeping etc. You have earned that praise you had at physio today.

Morning all,

Dull dreary windy and raining and thats all I am going to say about our weather.

Slept like a log last night and did'nt even get up for the loo which is very unusual for me.

Morning Mel, morning all

We have similar weather to you Mel, it's damp with a little light drizzle every now and then so not as much rain as we had the other day. OH is taking out some grass that has grown in the corner of our border in the front, it spoils the look of the garden even though it's not much, but grass being grass if he doesn't take it out now will soon cover the whole border which he doesn't want. He's hoping to finish the painting tomorrow as it's forecast good weather.

Pleased to see you had a good nights sleep Mel, I did to, I was so tired last night I was in bed by 10pm and thankfully awake before the workmen started knocking and banging.

Hope all went as well as it could of done for James yesterday Jane. Well done on your driving, there'll be no stopping you now. It sounds like you're doing well with your recovery. How is Fitz doing?

I had a laugh yesterday AnnG when I read your message wrong and thought you had 16,375 bottles of wine, I'm still smiling about it now :-D :-D ;-) I realised it was only 16 bottles when I read it again. Like you said that'll keep you going for a while. :-) Pleased to see my card arrived on time, I wasn't sure it would with it being a weekend and missing the last post on Saturday. It sounds like you had a nice day. Good that your WiFi is back on and you didn't need a new router.

Good luck with your injection today Frank. I don't think you're alone in getting appointments muddled up, but it is a nuisance isn't it when you have to go back again.

I've had a tree match contact me about her tree and needs some help, so I'm going to help her out once she lets me see the whole tree, at the moment almost everyone is hidden so I can't do much to help her. From what little I can see it looks like she's made a few mistakes, but hopefully I'll be able to sort them out for her.

Going to get a cuppa now and get the post, I hope it's not yet more bills, but no doubt it will be :-|

Have a good day everyone, the sun is trying it's best to come out, so that'll please OH while he's sorting out the garden.

So much for the sun coming through, it's pouring with rain now. Luckily OH had just finished taking the grass out of the border before the rain turned really bad. He's going to buy the rest of the paint later so if we're lucky enough to have the dry weather tomorrow as predicted he can finish that job. He's then going to make a start on the inside, as everywhere needs the paintwork freshening. Hopefully by Christmas everything will be done and look nice. We are then going to buy a new carpet for the living room and maybe the hall, they're years old and look awful now, especially in front of the two sofa's where everyone puts their feet. I tried cleaning the carpet but it ended up wrinkled so I don't want to do it again. So plenty to keep us busy for a while, as I need to sort out the screening down the side of the bungalow to, I want to put a few pot plants there to so Sandra has something nice to look at through her bedroom window. Can you tell we like to be busy lol ;-) My foot is better now and my arm should be fully healed soon.

Good morning Ladies,

What a PIG of a day. The rain has been relentless, there is NO WAY I am going to get soaked going to the Drs. I am ringing up to Cancel, and make another appointment. Ros couldn't take me as she had a hairt appointment at 11.00 am and mine is 11.30.. Another few days won't matter wither way, and who knows Louise might be back when I go. Then I know she will b gentle with me ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) I have just cancelled the appointment and got another for 10.10 Monday Morning. Ros can take me even if it's not raining.

Not a good night again last night. My body aches all over. I can only put it down to Arthritis. but Ros keeps insisting I see a Doctor. I don't like to take up their time, with something that I am sure is what I think.

How did James get on yesterday Jane, I have been thinking about him, and was tempted to ring you. But I don't like to intrude, on things that really don't concern me.

I think the whole County is in for this bad spell of weather. I know Mel is having it.

Mandy I hope your grand daughter is coping with this rain on her adventure. When is she due back. ?? DIL will have the Washing machine on standby, for all the dirty and wet cloths. But I hope she enjoyed herself, which no doubt she did.

Simon rang this morning to let me know, my niece and nephew are coming to Sally's party on Saturday with their husband/wife. He's not sure about Susan (Bills daughter) as her Mum Fran is still not recovered from her broken ankle. OLD AGE iso fun is it. ?? Simon, has booked a coach to take a lot of guests from his house, and onto the Hotel to pick up more, where a lot of them are staying for the night. We will go straight to the venue, as he said there is parking available. Also if we decide we want to leave early, we can do so, without upsetting the arrangements.

Ros has bought her a nice little Silver necklace with diamonds on the drop. Together with a HEART shaped stone, that is for AUGUST born people. (NEVER HEARD OF THAT BEFORE) anything to make more money, from the gullible public.

She bought about SIX christmas presents yesterday, as DOBBIES who have taken over our local WHYE VALE (sp) have a clearance sale, as she's saved quite a bit of money. Good old Ros, always looking for a BARGAIN. ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

Stay dry if you can today, whatever you are doing. and I will see you all later. xxxx

Good afternoon all, just done the Tesco shop they had money off petrol if you spend over £60 so we did, well would have anyway but I did buy a bit extra and found it was actually £80 so well over. I have noticed that the shelves are not as well stocked as they used to be which is a bit of a concern, if it is like this now what will happen in October I wonder.

Frank better to be a day early than a day late.
Yes it has been raining here ever since we woke up this morning. Doesn't look good for our weekend away.

Mel, Yes I had a lovely time in the craft shop, not had time to use any of it yet even though I am itching to get at it.

Gill, yes your card got here ok. That would have been an awful lot of wine :-D :-D

Frank it sounds like the do is going to be a good one fo rthe family.

I was so cross when I went to the pound shop yesterday to find it had closed down. I was going to look for some lilac wool and some flowers but did'nt get any so my latest project is on hold now till I can get what I want.

AnnG what di's did you buy. I have a couple but not the di cutting tool. I have a lovely one of a stags head.

Mandy how are you gettig on with the unicorn bag??????? We hav'nt heard anything about it lately or have you not had time with the grandaughter saying over the last couple of days.

Washing machine has stopped. Not sure whether to put it out of not as its fine drizzle here and the winds blowing it onto the patio under the roofing.

Mel, If you were here you wouldn't consider putting out your washing, it's absolutely horrible. I was thinking of putting the heating on earlier, but put a jumper on instead.

AnninG, Ros has mentioned that there are a lot more spaces on Tesco's shelfs than there use to be. I wonder whats going on there. Supplies not getting through for whatever reason,???

Ros's hair looks very nice I hope it stays well till the weekend. She has a blood test at 9.15 in the morning, then taking me for a haircut, I must ask the hairdresser to do my eyebrows, as there are getting so long. I can see my right one in the corner of my eye. Eos was going cut them for me, but never got round to it. I will be looking like DENNIS HEALEY before long.

Not sure what time we are to expect Conrad and Jan,tomorrow. Will give them a ring later to see. Eos has just mentioned, that we should have asked Harvey and Lewis up for the Chinese tomorrow evening. I suppose it's not to late to get a table for 8 instead of 6, as it's a Thursday, and I don't expect them to be to busy. I'll ring him later to see if they are both available.

Chinese Pork steaks tonight with Jacket potato, and coleslaw for Ros, and B. Beans for me.

When oh when is the rain going to subside, ?? I can see me growing gills and fins, before to long, if this keeps up. ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

COT time and a bit of fruit cake. We will eat around 6.00 pm as usual, I expect.

Mel the dies I bought yesterday were two Background dies for Christmas cards, One stylised Christmas tree 14cms tall and 10cms across the bottom so quite big, One set called Parisienne so has the Eiffel Tower church and houses and one of a fairy sitting on a crescent moon. I have a Gemini Junior die cutting machine which is electronic and doesn't need any handle turning

Frank my OH has to have his eyebrows trimmed, he has always had bushy brows.

Oh won't let me near his eyebrows but he is happy for me to cut his hair just at the wrong moment when I want to do something else.

The dies sound nice annG. I would'nt know how to use one of those machines to cut the dies. I shall have to look out and see what I have and maybe send them to you and maybe you could cut some for me and send them back? Wold love the fairy one as I am mad on fairies. I think I have seen that one on Amazon.

I cleaned the bathroom this morning and have had a go in the kitchen too and now I am going to do my little loo. Feel I have achieved something today now instead of playing. Its surprising how dirty the place gets when I am crafting!!!!!!!