General Chat

Morning all

Very wet here again today. We are just about to drive to son’s in Yorkshire for the weekend. We are picking granddaughter no 1 up in Cambridge as she is coming with us and we will all be going to see granddaughter no 3 in Tommy. No’s 2 and 4 will also be there so I am looking forward to seeing them all. Not looking forward to the journey with all the traffic and rain and spray.

Must dash. OH is looking at his watch.

Thinking of you Jane <3 <3

Morning all

Dry here today with a slight breeze, very cloudy but warm. OH and I have just brushed up a pile of leaves so that job is out of the way for a little while until it needs doing again.

It sounds like you've been busy in your garden to AnnG, if you have a full bin and some bags of rubbish to. We need to keep on top of picking up the leaves or they may end up down the grids and block the drains, it gets very windy here, so it's an ongoing job for a month or so. At least it was dry when we did it today. The sun has come out now so that's nice.

OH took the car to be fixed yesterday, the exhaust went the other week and boy did it make a loud noise, it sounded like a big motorbike revving it's engine. The garage he normally takes it to couldn't fix it straight away so he had to wait, so I think the neighbours are now pleased it's done as OH goes out quite early in the mornings so I doubt they'd of had many lie ins. At least we'll be in their good books again now.

Sandra was looking at her pink lights again last night, she opened her blinds and each time the adverts came on she'd run to her bedroom and look at the lights until the adverts had finished. She had such a lovely smile on her face and can't wait for it to go dark again tonight so she can do the same again. I love seeing her face when we do nice things for her. I think I'm a bit soft at the moment as she's already had some of her Christmas presents. I'd bought her some card and envelopes in a pack for her card making and she'd ran out so she's had those and her new pair of slippers, although that was my idea as she kept falling out of her old ones and I thought it was dangerous and then finally she had a book OH had ordered early as it was a follow on one from the one she'd just finished. I really must wrap her present up or she'll end up with them all before Santa arrives. She told me this morning she's running out of pink diamonds which I'm sure I've bought for her, so before I pass them onto her as well I need to wrap everything up. I'm so soft where Sandra is concerned and at this rate she'll have nothing to open on the big day if I carry on giving her things early.

I can't believe we're in November already, where has this year gone? Sandra is now counting the days to the Christmas event at the Garden Centre, the one where they have a choir and food and drink. It's next week and we have a great time there. Last year they had singing penguins which Sandra loved and stood there watching the mechanical very large toy penguins dancing and singing. I wonder what will be there this year. The year before last they had Micky and Minnie mouse and Sandra had a photo taken with them. Her face lights up every year as they have lots of Christmas trees and other light up Christmas things around. She takes her camera every year and has informed me that the batteries will need charging up the day before, so that's me told.

She's also starting to think about my birthday to as that's not long after the night out and of course bonfire night. We used to go to a pub each year as they had a really good firework display, but when we went last year the pub had shut down so now there's no where we know that we can take her to. I'm wondering if the new neighbour across the road will have some fireworks like she did the night of the switch on for Sandra's lights, that way Sandra will be able to see some. I've had a look around to see if there is anywhere close to where we live we can take her to, but couldn't find anything. I'd buy some to let off ourselves but she's a bit afraid of loud bangs so having them so close to her would probably upset her. She's okay at a display as they are further away, so I'll just have to keep my eye out for a display being advertised locally. If all else fails I could buy some sparklers for her, she used to love them when she was younger.

Sandra wants to make you a get well card Jane, so that should be with your shortly. I just told her you weren't well, but not what it was and she's asked me to say GET WELL SOON and to send you some kisses and hugs <3 <3 <3

Thinking of you and your family and hoping you all managed some sleep last night. <3 <3
I'm keeping my fingers crossed the MRI results bring some better news and hoping it doesn't take to long. Keep your chin up Jane and know we are all here for you.

Morning all,

I had a bad night last night and could'nt go to sleep. I think I must have had Jane on my mind. sending love again this morning and hoping the MRI will be ok.

Cloudy and wet here again this morning and they say tomorrow we will have the wind back. Its not too cold though.

Safe journey Vera to see all your grandchildren and I know you will enjoy the show Tommy. Can you get some pictures to send us please as we would all love to see them I am sure.

Hope Frank had a good night or better than I did anyway. What are you up to today and did Ros manage to get you any of the talking books from the library? How's your eye this morning?

Sandra is really enjoying her pink lights is'nt she. Are you counting down the days to your birthday on the 23rd Gill. I bet Sandra is as its a month before Christmas roughly.

Still having just the one egg from Daisy but the two new ones are coming out more now but still being chased by the others. I have to keep them occupied with something in the hanging feeder and then the youngest ones come out and eat at the trough.

Well that is my and OH's hair cut, feels so much better when it has been cut.

Annx how kind of the lady to give you more than one pattern, you won't know where to start.
We only have one shower (no ensuite unfortunately. Our shower is over the bath but the bath is shaped (curved out at the tap end) to give more room for showering and it has a glass screen rather than a curtain. I always clean the inside of the screen after showering, even though OH usually follows me, and he has been 'trained' to do the same. The screen always looks shiny clean so is no problem re needing cleaning and it is two years old now.
Why do you use distilled water with your mop? I am pretty sure OH doesn't.

Very hope you have a great weekend seeing all your family and Tommy. Hope you had a safe journey up and will also have a safe one home. the end of half term in this area and others so the roads will be busy.

Sill only one egg Mel, has the other girl not followed through after you had the second egg? Maybe they are disturbed by the third and fourth new ones. Hopefully they will settle.

Gill, Sandra will explode with excitement soon :-D :-D I hope the garden centre is as good as before for her and she has fun. Obviously the pink lights are living up to expectations.

Well we got rid of the garden rubbish at the dump after a long wait in the queue. Not a good day to go as they are shut Thursdays, also they have now gone to 10.00
and winter opening times. We also got rid of a broken printer so that is a bit more space.

Went to Tesco afterwards and they had tins of Heroes, quality Street, Celebrations and one other two for £7 so bought two of those as we give Chocs to the hairdressers at Christmas.

Had a letter re my blood sugar level of 44 (HbA1c) Advising me to change my life style and telling me all the dietary things I should be doing. Which, incidentally I mostly do. Heve to have another blood test in 4 months so had better start tweaking the diet a bit. :-( :-(

Evening all,

I keep thinking about Jane and i too didn't sleep that well ,i do so hope that the MRI results will bring better news for them <3

It's been a dull and dreary day here with drizzle most of the day ,one of those days were you need the lights on all day .

So you did a tip run today then AnnG ,we have a few tubs ready to go to the tip but there's more to clear so we're hanging on so we can take them all together .
We have the tip just on the edge of the town now which is better ,we use to have to go well out of town to dump at a tip in a village about six miles away .

Hope you arrived safely Vera and the drive wasn't to bad with all the spray ,have a lovely weekend with the family and enjoy Tommy .

Ann that was very nice of the lady to bring you some extra patterns ,you won't know which one to do first :-D
What are you doing tomorrow at the workshop ? sorry you probably have said .

You've been busy leaf clearing Gill ,i think it's going to be quite windy here tomorrow so if it's the same where you are i can see you'll be out there clearing up again .
Ii can remember when i was little all the leaves were swept up and went on the bonfire for bonfire night .
That's good you've got the car exhaust fixed now you'll be able to drive out now with out all the noise :-D

One egg is better than nothing Mel ,Daisy is doing her best you just need the others to copy her now :-D

No Frank today but that's good as it means he's resting that eye .

Yes no eggs at all today Mandy. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

I have been doing a bit of my tree as I found some pictures of my rellies on someones tree I looked at as Ancestry sent me a match.

Oh is watching the qualifying for the grand prix this weekend.

I have hoovered the kitchen and diner and got rid of cobwebs I missed the other day. Bet I shall find some more now I have put the hoover away. Had another tidy up of some craft things nad done some painting of wands today and eyes. I want to try and make a Hedwig Owl from Harry Potter and it has yellow eyes so I am painting a pair of googley eyes which look the right size. Also have to work out how to do his body. It will probably be two pom poms sewn together to get the size right.

I have taken a pic of the ivy necklace I made the other week. I ahd to put it on the fan with a twel over the fan as it dos'nt lay flat to get the right idea of it. I'll send it later.

AnnG I doubt OH would be easily 'trained' to do that properly! He does wipe any condensation off the bathroom window after showering now though. He got oil from his tin of sardines on my tray tonight, but it was 'How did that get there', 'I'm sure I never .....etc'. I'm pretty sure my mop instructions say to use distilled water, but they aren't to hand just now. We have hard water here so it seems a good idea to help stop any scale building up and ruining it so quickly. You have done well with all your extra garden rubbish bagged up and taken to the tip. I could do with doing some pruning now the biting insects seem to have gone. Do you find it a bit chilly after a hair trim?

Mandy, we are making a quite thick lariat style necklace tomorrow. (I doubt it will get finished in the time we have!) It looks nice and she had done one to show us in black and gold. My friend with the big cats made a lovely wool felted little mouse with a bag over his shoulder at a workshop at a textile exhibition at the racecourse near here last Sunday. She told me the lady who ran it is appearing on Kirstie's Christmas this year and is decorating a tree, so I shall be very interested to see what she makes.

Gill I'm sure the neighbours will be glad the 'tractor' is now a 'Rolls Royce' again! lol They make such a racket when the exhaust goes like that. :-D It sounds like Sandra is loving her lit up garden now. I think it will keep her happy for a long time! We are still getting fireworks each night here for Diwali although I think they are only supposed to let them off one night now.

I hope Vera didn't have too much rain on the journey. Yorkshire is one of my favourite counties. She is going to enjoy seeing all the grandchildren.

Hello Kitty was sitting in the road in the dark when I got back from filling my car up. I can see him getting run over as he barely blinks when you drive past him, even with headlights on.

Those girls are so mean to newcomers aren't they Mel. It's a good job they can be distracted so the new girls get a look in with some food.

I hope Jane is managing to get some sleep. This waiting for the scan results must be awful.

A very wet start here this morning. Hopong to go to town on the bus later though.

Annx Actually my OH is quite good at cleaning, takes a lot longer than me to do it. Despite the mud on the mat and carpet the other week he is usually very careful coming in from the garden and is always getting the hoover out to clean up crumbs (probably dropped by me!). He solved the mud on the mat problem which wouldn't quite come out, it was a very light fawn colour, by buying a new mat :-D

I am a refuge from the rugby up here in my craft room. We won't go out until that has finished.

Morning all

Dull and damp here today and more leaves around that have just been picked up and thrown away. So you were right Mandy. Hope you've managed the rest of the clearing in your garden. We have lots of trees by us, so I imagine it's going to be an ongoing job for the next few weeks keeping up with clearing the leaves away.

Had a very late night last night, I had to go and sit outside for about an hour as it was the only thing that would calm down my migraine, I had it for hours and just when I thought it was going it came back again, so needless to say I didn't have a good nights sleep. Thankfully it's now gone, but I feel drained, so may end up having a little sleep later on.

Yes, Sandra is enjoying her lights and loves the fact it goes dark earlier now Ann. Loved your comment on our car going from a tractor to a Rolls Royce lol It does seem strange being so quiet again now, I was getting used to hearing OH coming and going. It sounds like you're making all sorts of nice things lately. Funny you should say about the lady being on Kirstie, my aunt will be on "Home is where the Art is" at least I think it's called that with Nick Knowles in the spring, they went to her house to do the filming a few months ago, so I'll be keeping my eye out for that.

How is the weather down by you Mel? I thought I heard it was quite windy, I only caught the end of what was being said so wasn't sure if I'd heard it right. I hope it's not to bad and your girls and you are okay. Are the older girls still picking on the new ones? Have you had more eggs today? It sounds like you have some more good ideas for your crafts. I like your Ivy necklace, how do you think of these things. You're very clever with your ideas. How did you get on with your family tree? I'm still plodding on with OH's and should be finished by Christmas, well as finished as the tree I'm copying anyway lol

Are you having a nice time with your grandchildren Vera? I remember going to York as a child and found the area very interesting, it's a nice part of the county.

Sandra sent Jane a get well card yesterday and showed it to me before it was posted, she'd signed it Love Sandra and my mum.........bless her cotton socks. I hope Jane receives it okay and it cheers her up, Sandra said she hopes it makes her happy.

Hope Frank is coping okay with his eye, the rest will do it good. Hopefully he'll have some talking books now so he's not to bored.

Our Tesco's had the two tin's for £7 offer the other month AnnG, so we bought a couple of tins of Quality Street, we've been very good and haven't opened them. I'm putting one away for Christmas and the other one is for OH's friend, the one who spends Christmas on his own. We've offered for him to come to us, but he always says "no" maybe this year he'll change his mind and join us, if not he'll enjoy the chocs we give him and the present we've bought for him to open. He doesn't have any family so never has any presents to open, apart from the one's we give him.

Just noticed my cup of tea, better go and drink it before it goes cold. I'd forgotten all about it.

Morning all

We had a reasonable journey here yesterday. Rain on and off and heavy traffic but no real hold ups. It’s dry so far today.

Ann, I am also a rugby refugee. OH quite enjoys watching a game and the rest of them are rugby mad. There is son, dil, his 3 girls, her 2 boys and the granddaughter who travelled up with us all cheering for England but the partner of one of the boys is South African, so she is a bit outnumbered.

I’m being called so I might be back later.

Jane <3 xx

Morning all,

Only just got up at a few mins to 10am. I don't seem to have got used to this clock business yet.

Got really windy here last night and this morning is wet wet wet but the winds dropped a bit for now.

I have just turned the chickens mash on and it stinks. They have tato peelings and carrot peeling from the sheep sh*t pie I made last night. They will enjoy that with their pellets and perhaps it will warm them up a bit and mkae them lay an egg for me.

Gill I get my ideas from Pinterest. I just like to see if I can make the things that are on there. Its like a challenge to myself if you like.

Not dressed yet so I better go and put some clothes on as I am a bit chilly sitting here in my jim jams.

O dear Vera you are going to have only one happy bunny today as oh has just told me that England lost in the rugby. It just goes to show that the outnumbered one will be the happy bunny today.

Oh said not to wind the boys up about it when I take the eggs round. He also said one bloke mortgaged his house to go out there to see it.

There's going to be an awful lot of very sad people about today...........

Afternoon all,

I noticed Janes post. Oh what terrible news. I am sure with all the technology they have today, they will be able to treat it. Thinking of you my sweet. xxxx

The eye has been a right pain in the backside. I can't help but to try it out all the time, to see if there is any improvement. But of course there isn't. just a BIG BLUR, I can't even see an outline to anything.

Bad night again. I was sitting watching T.V at 4.00 am. Ros looked in at6.00 and went back to bed. She was up around 8.30. I am as tired as anything, but don't want to sleep, as I know it will spoil my night tonight.

The new DYSON arrived late yesterday, so this morning I have put it in to the Electricity plug, to charge. I took down the old wall fixing, and the new one fitted the screw holes perfectly. So now need to sell the old one.

Went for my ECG yesterday, she took my BP and it was very high. Why, I do not know. She was unable to read the ECG, so will pass it on to the doctor, and she will ring me.

HORRIBLE WET DAY HERE. xxxx

I see you had a bad night like me Frank, I tried to have a sleep before, then heard a bang, Sandra had dropped the milk carton on the floor, she said it slipped out of her hand but I don't think she had hold of it properly. Luckily the carton didn't split and the lid was on so no mess and it's back in the fridge now. So your new hoover has arrived that was a spot of luck the holes in the wall matching. Good luck selling your old one. Sorry to hear about your BP, maybe it's something to do with you worrying about your eye, that might also explain you not being able to sleep as well. I hope it comes down for you soon and the results for your ECG are okay too.

I love sport Mel, (cars and motorbike racing) but I'd never mortgage my house to go and see it, I think that's taking it to far. Pity England didn't win the Rugby, I don't follow it, but for those who do it must of been disappointing. So you find all the crafts online. Good idea to copy them, especially if you can make a few bob at the craft fairs. So it's not to windy now at yours, I wasn't sure what I'd heard on the news as I only caught the end of it. We've had rain all day but the sun is trying it's best to come out and it's quite warm, so that's good. It sounds like you had a good nights sleep last night. I hope I have one tonight, I haven't slept well for almost a week and I feel so tired during the day.

Just taking another look at OH's tree, I'm still on the American ones, but lucky for me there are a lot of images and information on them on familysearch, so I'm using that to add more people for him.

After the rugby finished. (Bet one young lady had the last laugh Vera). We went in to town on the bus, by that time it had stopped raining. We had coffee in M&S as we still have some free vouchers. I then decided on a pair of ankle boots because they are a style that fits me and are comfortable. The pair I was wearing must be 10 years old now and almost past it. I do have two other pairs but they were bought when my feet were more swollen and are a little bit big for me as they are wide fitting. anyway, I am worried that they will stop producing these at some point (foot glove) so, despite them being $59 I decided to have them. When I got to the till the assistant checked our smart card and lo and behold one of the offers was 20% off women's boots. So they were only £47.or thereabouts. so a good bargain there.

Next we walked round to see an exhibition by Gloucester camera club. Wow, looking at some of them I wonder why I call myself a photographer. There really were some excellent photos of all different sorts of subjects.

Our next visit was to Gloucester cathedral which is just round the corner from where the exhibition was held.

(As part of the Strike A Light season, Museum of the Moon takes up residence at Gloucester Cathedral
16 October - 4 November )

(In the year that marks the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, wonder at Luke Jerram’s internally lit replica of the moon as it floats in the Nave)

This interstellar exhibition from artist Luke Jerram, displays a 3D replica of the Moon, internally lit and floating in the Nave of the Cathedral. The lunar imagery will be accompanied by immersive surround sound composed by BAFTA award winner, Dan Jones

This was well worth a visit although we may have been better to choose a weekday instead of a weekend. Luckily we went in fairly early as when we left, the queue was enormous. Entrance was by donation which is a bit of a cheeky way to force donations for the cathedral but it was actually worth it. I will try and send a photo round. I only had my phone with me but I am quite pleased with the photos it took.

Frank, sorry you had a bad night, were you worrying about your high BP. The nurses don't usually tell us in our surgery the results of ECGs, if there was anything worrying they would call you in. So there is me with BP too low and you with BP too high. Never satisfied are we?

Mel, I can remember way back during the war when we kept chickens the mash smelt horrendous Ugh!!
Strange how it takes a while to get over the clocks changing isn't it? Almost like jet lag.

Gill, you may as well leave the leaves for a day and do two lots at once. although I know you are worried about the gratings. Is it leaves from trees in your garden? Lots of leaves down on the pavements near us where there are a lot of trees and that makes walking a bit dangerous as they are slippery. But no leaves in our garden yet, the apple tree is clinging onto its leaves.

It looked like you were enjoying being with the family Vera, hope you continued to have dry weather and enjoy the weekend.

Raining again here now.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 Jane xx

I have sent a photo out. Let me know if you get it ok.

Its been raining here all morning and still is and the wind is horrendous It blew me up the shop and I had to be careful getting out of the car opening the door incase it blew off. The road is flooded in places it dos'nt usually flood on the way in to Shebbear.

The girls table I put over their food had blown over on its top so I picked it up and put it over their pophole to try and keep some of the rain out of the house.

The boys were upset about the rugby. they have a friend who has and English mother and a South Afican father so I think that was a split family today.

Have suddenly come over chilly so I think I shall turn the heating on for an hour.

Sorry you had another bad night Frank so perhaps tonight will be better. Try to keep awake during the day.

Family tree took up a lot of time yesterday and this afternoon I want to do a bit of crafting so I had better washup first as I have left it when I got sidetracked with something else. :-(

Good buy with your boots AnnG lets hope they last as long as the last pair did. You'll have to wear your others with thick socks in the winter I am sure they will be much warmer being o the big side.

I'll go and have a look at the photo now.

Wow what a sight. It must have been lovely to actually see in in the flesh so to speak but the phots are just great.

Thanks Mel, yes it was quite a sight and of course the cathedral was an awesome place for it to be. The moon is travelling all over the UK and all over the world so we are very priviledged to have been able to see it.