General Chat

Morning all,

Oh Vera I hope your migraine soon eases that's rotten when it lasts so long like that and I don't suppose this bright sunshine helps .

Mel how is your mouth this morning , I hope it's not to sore you'll have to be careful what and how you eat today .

No AnnG we haven't got the canopy up ,the screws that go through the poles are so tiny and also we couldn't stretch up to do it if I did that I know I would pull my side so son is coming this morning as he is bringing us some bits .
We will sit right down the garden while he's here so no close contact ,I'll keep Max in too .

Morning girls and boy,

Cloudy here today but it may brighten up later I hope. You get used to have sun everyday and relly miss it when it dos'nt put in an appearance.

Vera I did'nt know the migraine was still going on with you. You poor thing it must be so awful. I wish you better soon and sending lots of love and wishes. <3 <3 <3

Still got a swollen mouth this morning but I don't think it hurts as myuch as it did yesterday but I've not got my teeth in yet. Just having a cuppaand then I shall go and have a good swill of Corsadil or however you spell it, you know what I mean.

Had a dream last night that I went to Holsworthy Market and there were four ladies in a little group all talking away and not keeping the social distancing at all. Then I went to the auction and everyone was sitting next to each other as normal.

Morning one and all

Another lovely day and warmer than yesterday. I am going to be cutting James's hair in a minute :-S He is getting himself quite worked up about me doing it so I better not mess it up !!!.

I do feel a lot better AnnG since I had my blood.The main thing is not feeling I want to sleep all the time.It was good to join in with the Croquet yesterday and also enjoy a couple of glasses of wine :-D :-D.

Love the pics of the girls wearing their Gummy Bear necklaces Mel. My aren't they all growing up Mandy !!

Vera I do hope this awful migraine is not going to carry on for too much longer for you.You seem to have had a few just lately.Is it worth speaking to the Dr do you think?
Is it called Cluster Migraine you are having ? It must be making you feel really rotten .
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Mandy ,that is good of your son to come and get the canopy up later.You dont want ot be risking hurting your side again just as it has got better.

Mel ,I hope your painful mouth wont get any worse.It does almost sound like it could be an abscess.A call to the Dentist might be a good idea tomorrow and you may be given a prescription for some antibiotics.I doubt very much you would be allowed to actually go for a face to face appointment. Janice had this problem a couple of weeks ago. She had a loose crown with an abscess under it. The crown has actually come off now and so she is pain free again.

I had a call the other day from the County Council saying as i was on the list as being a High Risk Vulnerable person they were just calling to see if I needed a food parcel ,transport ,or prescriptions collecting. How good is that. Lucklit I was able to say I was fine and did not need any help but that I was very grateful for the call. I get any prescriptions delivered now and we are fine for food shopping with slots at Tesco.We actually have finally managed ot get one at Waitrose for Tuesday :-D :-D.It is click and collect though so Hannah will go and pick it up for us.I am quite excited as there are certain things at Waitrose I really like that no where else does.

Right James is ready now so I must get the scissors and clippers :-D :-D Wish me luck(or maybe wish James luck :-D)

annx have you found out what the police were doing over the road?
You were not alone I could not open any of Frank's videos, I am afrraid I then delelted them as I am nervous of viseos that have been forwarded from people I don't know, sorry Frank.

frank hope your tum is better today, do you think you had the same as Roe had overnight?

Jane, that sounds like a brighter you, amazing how sluggish you can fell if you are anaemic which I assume is why you have the blood? Is it the medication or the chemo that causes that? Hope it continues to be improved for you. Glad you enjoyed your time with Hannah and the two glasses of wine as well.

Good luck with cutting Jaames hair Jane. I'm glad your feeling better now after your tranfusion. Lots more energy. If you are cutting James hair with scissors comb the hair upwards and cut it straight across and follow the line of the first cut. As the hair lays down it will be nicely layered. Comb it straight up and hold it between your index finger and the next one cut straight across. Then comb the next bit to it up and follow the line of the bit you did before. Hope this helps if you can understand it.

Suns out here now and oh is still working on the mower but has to wait for a new belt to arrive for the cutting deck. I think he's putting new bearings in today.

Mouths still sore. It ususall goes in a day but its hanging on this time. I have had it on this tooth before. Now its making my left eye ache. May take some painkillers after I have eaten something. No big breakfast for me today I shall be having eggs and bread and butter.

Right here we go again. SCREEN WENT TOTALLY BLANK.

Good afternoon on this beautiful day.

We had lunch from our local this lunchtime. First it saved me cooking, and second, it supported those nice people during LOCKDOWN. The food was excellent. Roast Pork, stuffing and crackling, loads of vegetables (to much for me) Yorkshire pudding and a pot of gravy to share. Far to much for Ros, so she has transferred what she didn't eat, to a plate for tonight. She likes cold Sunday Roast. eh, not for me though.

Have been sitting in the garden enjoying the sunshine, while reading my book and having a beer or THREE. Eos is down the garden, sitting by the pond, I think looking for the frogs, and fish. I will water the greenhouse and veg patch later this evening, when the sun gets less heat. I will also water all her pots down the drive and in the front, under the lounge window, flower beds etc.

Many years ago when we were first married (42 years ago now) Ros always cut my hair, being that she was an ex hairdresser. I can see she will have to get the scissors out again, before the lockdown ends. Or they will be calling me FRANCIS, with hair down, around my shoulders. lol.

Had a phone call this morning from VAL next door, asking if I could go round and find Tony as she had sat down on a low seat, and couldn't get up. I thought how strange, so went round and let myself. I found him on his computer, sitting on the bed, with his HEADPHONES ON. He nearly jumped out of his skin, to see me standing there. !!!

Ros has now made another 100 "SCRUB BAGS" for Northampton Hospital. Thats on top of over 100 for the NHS. Local women have been very good, giving her all these sheets, duvets and pillow cases. It's been my job, to remove the elastic from round the fitted bottom sheets.

Just looked at the time. WHERE HAS TODAY GONE. ???

Stay safe everyone. xxxx

Well Hannah and Gareth have gone. They walked here and are walking back. 7and a half Kilometres each way !!. In this heat too.Oh to be young.

The hair cut went so so.It was a joint effort with me and James LOL His hair is not easy to cut as it is curly and wiry and unruly.But it looks ok for now.
I have got Chicken Breasts with Asparagus wrapped in Proscuitto for dinner ,my own parmentier potatoes and sliced runner beans. The chicken breasts are humungous .

Just now as we were all say out there was a right rumpus and ot was a Heron being chased by a Crow !!!. We thought the Heron was going to actually come down in the garden.I dont think I have seen a Crow chase a Heron like that before.I know they chase off the Red Kites.It was quite something to see.

Ann got the pic of the stitch . Good job it was a black stitch so you could actually see it .It was a fair size too.
Thomas has been asleep in the patch of long grass Chris leaves at the bottom of the garden.He looked very comfy there :-D.He has gone off a hunting now .

It is the Chemo that has made me so anaemic .Apparently quite common.The good thing was I didn t have to have any more Magnesium .The Consultant said he think the levels of that should rise on its own now.Fingers crossed.I reallt dont want any more drips than is absolutely necessary .It is a good job I have good veins and there is never a problem getting the canulas in. I am just on the one drug now once every 3 weeks.

I think this is the last of the good weather for a while now.haven't we been lucky these last couple of weeks,especially for this time of the year.it will be back to long sleeves tomorrow I reckon.

Ann any news on Mrs O and the Police visit? I wonder what that was about.

Frank that was so good of Lewis to come and see you and clean out the water butt.I bet he looks very different now with a full beard :-D.

Gill have you heard from Sandra lately? I dont know if her little package will have arrived in time for you to send it off with your presents.The post is so erratic at the moment and it took over a week for a card I sent first class to my sister.
I wish Sandra a very happy birthday for tomorrow .Is it 31 or 32 she will be?I am sorry though that you will be unable to see her on her special day.

James and I now need to sort out the order for the Waitrose Click and Collect and also I need his help to order some Skecher Flip Flops :-D. I had a nice pair that I had left in the garage and Chris has managed ot chuck them out :-S :-| :-|

Evening All,

Sunny and even hotter today, we are so lucky with the weather. More seeds are coming through so that is good.

H & G have had some good exercise with the walk Jane.........wish I could still do it! It sounds like you are feeling a bit perkier after the transfusion which is good and that will be better just being on the one drug every 3 weeks. It's been quite an ordeal for you. Yes curly hair is harder to cut as it springs back! Did you offer him something for the weekend! lol. We don't know any more about the police visit. I hadn't seen Mrs O at all since before the lockdown but she was the one talking to the police.

Mel, I still have what I think is a small abcess too, but mine only gets a bit sore when it gets a bit bigger and then it will be almost flat the next day. Yours sounds really bad with all the pain you are getting. I keep doing the salt water rinses 3 times a day.

I never got the pic of the gummy bear necklaces so could someone send it on please. :-D

We had chicken dijon today with roast parsnips and roast potatoes and carrots and broccoli and seem to be eating outside more than in during the past week. I cleaned out a kitchen drawer and sorted out all my packets of sauces and traybakes and know what I have now. I also tidied a big saucepan drawer that I keep cereals in and what should I find in there but a spare new wireless doorbell still in it's box!! Luckily I hadn't ordered another one yet. OH emptied out one side of the shed and we have sorted out what can be chucked away. We can walk in there now but need to do the same the other side. I have lots of bottles on shelves with garden pest stuff etc, but the labels have fallen off. so they will have to go and can be boxed up ready.

Our Asda delivery came this afternoon by another smiley young man, so it was rubber gloves on and wipe, wipe. I was at last offered a recurring slot when I found a slot last night, so have made it fortnightly and won't need to book again. :-D I managed to get some egg custards this time and OH, who isn't a fan of egg custards tried one. Now he wants more ordered next time as we both agreed they were the nicest we had ever had anywhere.

Vera I do feel for you with your migraines and hope this one soon goes. They are so draining, you feel washed out for a few days even when they go.

Frank. Tony needs to keep his mobile in his pocket set on vibrate so that Val can alert him when he has his headphones on, What if she had fallen, poor thing.

My hayfever was bad yesterday with dripping nose and itching eyes so I must remember to take the tablets!

We have discovered that the tv will work for half an hour, but the screen goes blank then, so most tv is being watched in the bedrooms. I feel so tired today I think it will be an early night.

Mouth much better after lunch. I had two nice boiled eggs and bread and butter. Been out in the garden this afternoon having a sweep up. We get lots of moss grwo on the tarmac down towards the bantams and my shed so I had a go at that. Pulled up a few eeds and nettles and took three wheelbarrow loads over to my bonfire.

Fancy Chris throwing you scetchers away Jane. Hope the new pair are just as comfortable.

I am feeling a little better now, though I still have a bit of pain and feel very tired and drained. These migraines do knock me out but they are 100 times better than they used to be. I was told they would improve as I got older and they really have. Jane, my cousin has Cluster headaches but my official diagnosis is Severe Chronic Migraine. I have medication to try to prevent them happening and medication to treat them if they do and the doctor checks it about once a year and occasionally tweaks the dosage.

Anyway, that’s quite enough about my problems which are minor compared to some people.

I have managed to read through all the posts but will be here forever if I comment on them all and I am trying not to look at a screen for too long. I hope everyone with aches and pains starts to feel a lot better soon.

Thank you to everyone who has emailed pictures and jokes. I’ve enjoyed looking at them all tonight. That was some stitch Ann!

Even though I’ve been feeling rotten a couple of good things have happened in the last day or two. OH, bless him, gave the inside of the conservatory a good going over. He got up on the steps and went all over the roof, then washed all the paintwork, the windows and the floor. So that’s a job I haven’t got to do now.

Then we had a lovely long FaceTime session with our son. He took the phone outside and showed me all the work they had done in the garden and his middle daughter took the phone upstairs and showed me how, with dil’s help, she had repainted her bedroom. It was lovely to see them. And tonight daughter phoned so I had a long chat with her as well.

That’s enough screen time for me tonight. I hope you all sleep well.

good morning, a bit grey here at the moment. waiting to receive the Tesco order this morning so conserving my energy.

Pleased to hear the headach was easing, it must be so frustrating Vera to keep getting the,. do you think the current situation is contributing to them. It is such a strange time and I am sure we are all stressed even though it is not obvious (except when looking for shopping slots).

Not sure what i am doing today but I will BBL. :-) :-)

Morning All,

Cloudy with sunny patches here so the weather is obviously changing.

Glad you are a bit better Vera, but do you think your migraines are getting worse lately? Like AnnG I think we all have some underlying anxiety and you also have had your share of things needing repair etc. I hope you improve some more today.

OH is weeding the front garden now and I have just got the worst bits up with the hoover till the charge ran out. Next I need to get the red peppers, courgettes and leeks ready for lunch which we are having with fresh salmon. I'm going to put a pack of the spinach I froze and crushed into the hollandaise (packet) sauce we are having with it. Some frozen mash for OH so easy to do. Then I may do a bit in the garden if it isn't raining!

Morning all,

I have benn and gone and done it!!!! Mucked up my weekly Asda order as I did'nt pay in time. Have been trying to get into the Morrisons site all morning and it won't accept my password and was sending me round in circles. Oh is furious!!! he tried and got the same as me. We have had about three emails from Morrisons but still go round in circles. So frustrating.

Poor you Vera I hope you feel better today. Its so annoying when you can't see a doctor to see if he could change your meds.

Grey skies here today but its quite bright with it and it is dry.

All this online shopping seems to be taking me more time than actually going and getting it. I just can't seem to get my head around it and oh won't et me ring them as its a high charge phone call.

Lunch sounds nice and light Ann

Oh dear Mel, How soon before the order do you have to pay? Maybe in future mark it on the calendar or something. As you see below, our order is organised by our son or else I may have made the same mistake.

Well done Tesco. Thanks to our son getting us a delivery slot we had our ordered delivered this morning. Time given for order was 11-12 and time delivered two minutes to eleven, very good service and everything there a couple of subs that were totally acceptable. Very impressed as we have never had a home delivery before (and still can't get a slot on our own, son gets them at midnight). He has got us another one for 9 May. Not ideal as it is not convenient for them having to add and monitor the order for us. Still I shall keep trying. There doesn't seem to be any extra help given to over 70s self isolating but not shielded by Tesco unfortunately.

Afternoon all,

Ros is having trouble with the Sewing Machine. Nor thinking how she would take it, I ASKED "Do you need someone to show you, what you might be doing wrong" SHE BLEW EVERY FUSE IN HER BODY. So I am keeping my mouth shut, ongoing in the garden to read.

We have beautiful sunshine here. They do say it's going to cool down, with some showers during the week. If I felt better, I would go and cut the lawns. I haven't heard from BARRY. So I expect he is in SHUTDOWN. Silly me. I should have got Lewis to do them on Saturday.

And yet another iffy night. I got out at 4.00 am for the loo, and hardly closed my eyes again until I got up at 6.45. Ros slept in until 10.20 am. Jan and Conrad had rung around 9.30. They are both well, keeping themselves busy in the garden. They have Ella staying with them as her Mum, can't get the school work she needs to do, on her Computer. So Conrad is doing it from his laptop. Ella can now do the school work she needs to do.

Make do type of meal for tonight. I just don't feel in the mood for preparing and cooking meals at the moment.

I do think, as suggested by someone on here, that my body might be missing my Testosterone injections. I will perhaps ring the Drs. this afternoon, to see if I can take TABLET FORM. If so Ros can pick some up for me when she takes up the prescriptions later.

Stay safe everyone. xxxx

Anyone remember the 'Bobbin'?

Oh dear Frank........has she tried oiling it, it often works for my machine.....or daren't you ask. I would try googling the problem if it doesn't need oiling. Lawns seem to need so much attention I'm glad we don't have one now. I think they do look nice though and with big areas are the best thing. What I do miss is how a mower picks up fallen leaves as you mow!

Oh Mel, what a nuisance and how frustrating!! I do hope you can get sorted with Morrisons. I don't think the sites are terribly user friendly anyway and I ended up with twice as much cheese as I wanted on my first order! The gummy bear necklaces are a lovely idea and would have been a nice surprise for Mandy's grandgirls! My word they are growing so fast though but are lovely happy girls.

Still can't get through to the holiday agent or the garden centre. A friend has let me know the other garden centre I tried online before is working properly now so I may order from there and click and collect if I can get a slot! Well I looked and you should see their prices go up! A minimum order of £50 and you have to buy eg 10 packs of the bedding plants like pansies and things like 15 geraniums all the same colour. I think I will wait and keep trying the other cheaper garden centre.

Yes, after the custard tarts yesterday AnnG, I thought something low calorie today would help compensate! :-) It's not helping me with so much cooking going on while I'm trying to lose a few pounds.

Afternoon all

I've been so busy today I lost track of time, these lighter evenings don't help either. I keep thinking it's earlier than it actually is.

Sorry to hear you've had a migraine Vera, I hope you feel better soon. How nice to have face time with your family and to be able to see the garden and the new painted bedroom

Sandra will be 35 tomorrow Jane.......how time flies lol your parcel arrived just in time as I was about to go to the post office, so everything has been sent now. Lovely things arriving soon from Waitrose, I bet you can't wait?

Yes we use a hose pipe Mandy, a watering can would take forever. I think by the time I'd finished, I need to start all over again lol. Is the gazebo up yet? Are you going to put your swimming pool up this year?

Oh dear Mel, I hope you sort your shopping out soon. Hope your mouth is feeling a little better now, OH broke his tooth again the other week and when I rang the dentist for him they said they weren't doing any face to face appointments until lockdown was over. They said he could get some glue for it from the Chemist, but it wasn't very good, so he still has a gap right in the front. At soon as lockdown is over I'll ring and make him an appointment to have it fixed.

I'd love to see the picture of the gummy bear necklaces could someone send it to me please?

That stitch was very long AnnG, no wonder it was giving you some pain, hopefully now it'll heal nicely and you don't have to worry about getting an infection.

On dear Frank, I hope Ros can get her machine working again and it's nothing serious. Did you manage to get any tablets off the doctor?

Sorry to hear you still have got through to the holiday people Ann, hope you get through soon or the date will be here and we might still be in lockdown. That's a bit much expecting people to buy all those flowers and only in one colour, they should remember they're the garden centre not you. I hope you have more luck with the cheaper one. My garden is looking okay at the moment, I said to OH every year we buy plants but if we just leave the garden to itself it still looks nice. Mind you it always looks nice in the spring, it's later in the year when we don't have as much colour, not that I can do anything about it at the moment as no where is open.

I think I'll take another look at my family tree, I found one who married someone from the Netherlands, although I don't have a marriage date, but luckily have the birth and death dates so that's something.

Evening everyone

Thank you all for your concern. I am feeling much better today. I don’t think there is any point speaking to the doctor as I am pretty much on the best medication there is, originally prescribed by a consultant neurologist, and the attacks are really not nearly as bad as they used to be. Incidentally, did you know that, depending on which authority you read, globally migraine is the 6th or 7th most disabling condition. This is why I have to bite my tongue and try to stay polite when people tell me how to get rid of my “headache”, usually on the lines of “when I get a migraine I sit quietly with a cup of tea and take a couple of paracetamol. It soon goes away”. Grrr....I feel like screaming. They have no idea. OK, moan over. I’ll be getting a reputation as the thread misery guts.

Oh dear Frank. Mr Tactful or what. It’s just the sort of thing my OH would say and he’d have got a flea in his ear from me too. I hope you are back in Ros’s good books again now.

Don’t machines still have bobbins Dermot? Mine does but it is quite old so is probably out of date now. When my Great Aunt Maud died in the 1960s I had her old hand sewing machine. It was old then and had a bullet shaped bobbin. It may have been antiquated but I made all my daughter’s clothes and a lot of mine on it.

Oops Mel. You have had problems with yourAsda order haven’t you. Is it that you timed out in completing your order? I can only speak about Tesco but once you book your slot you get 2 hours to complete the procedure which should be ample. It’s probably a case of getting used to using the online site. I find the Tesco one easy to use and can whizz round it quite quickly but I have been doing it for years. Very frustrating for you.

I am glad your Tesco delivery went well AnninG. I’ve always found them very efficient and the odd occasion I have had to ring the customer service people they have been very helpful. The problem at the moment is getting a slot. Like your son I am going online just before midnight to make my bookings and it’s a real pain.

I hope you manage to get your holiday and your plants sorted out Ann. I know these aren’t normal times but everything is such a hassle at the moment. That garden centre put a lot of conditions on purchasing. My brother was telling me that he wanted a couple of bits from a local place that came to about £20. When he went to pay, the bill said £70. They wanted £50 for delivery! Needless to say he didn’t buy from there. I was pleased with my order from Beth Chatto. They asked for a minimum of 6 plants but they could be anything. I bought 7 plants. They were in litre pots and were a decent size and cost, I think, about £32. There was a £10 delivery charge but they send everything on an overnight courier service so the plants aren’t waiting around. Have you tried somewhere like that?

Has Gill been around the last couple of days? I don’t remember seeing her but with this migraine I might well have missed a post or two. I hope she’s alright.

I did 3 loads of washing this morning and a few other jobs and this afternoon I felt OK so I did just over 2 hours gardening. I think the fresh air did me good but I feel a bit drained again now so I don’t think I’ll be looking at a screen again tonight.

Take care and stay safe everyone.

Think you posted when I was typing Gill. Glad you’re around and OK. :-)