General Chat

Done really well today and so has oh. Its funny how a bit of sun gets you going. I cleaned out the chickens this afternoon and swept up all the muck from under the bird feeder, pulled the grass up inbetween the pavers outside the chicken house and filled a dustbin bag with leaves oh swept up on the decking by my pond. Took some pics of my crocus. Washed the bedding and put that out and I have just brought the two pillow slips in but the cover and bottom sheet are still damp.

Oh pressure washed all round the pond and he has cut all the old netting off the sides of my pond and put the new plastic netting around but not fixed it yet as we want to cut the plants back around the sides. He then made a drink and we had that with a piece of cake. I still have to go up and bring the boxes down from the top.

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Evening all,

It's been a nice dry day and i got Max's bedding dry on the line .
Been shopping ,Aldi was nice and quiet ,Colin came and sat in the car he said it was nice to get out ,
All wiped and put away again .

AnnG sounds as if you enjoyed your walk today it must have been nice to have the sea air and see that lovely blue sky after all the wind and rain , you'll sleep well tonight .
It was nice to see the two cats ,they sat posing for you :-)

Mel you've had a busy day and your right when the sun is shining you do feel like getting lots done .

Ann was it today you were painting the primroses , it must be really annoying to have the dog next door barking when you have meetings ,you'd think they would take it in when it keeps baring like that .

How was the Marmalade cake Vera hope you enjoyed it .

Hope Frank has had his scouter delivered today and that his back pain is easing so he can have a little ride on it .

I do hope Gill is ok and that Sandra has settled with her friend again ,its been a while now since she posted .

I made Lewis his pencil case this afternoon ,i did take a photo but for some reason my tablet is playing up and won't let me send emails ,so until son can sort it for me i won't be able to send photos from it ,it's saying the pass word has changed and to put in the new pass word,but how can i when i don't know what it is ,it's odd as i can still see emails and send them my lap top ,but i take photo's with my tablet and then email them on .

Mandy did you check the cold weather payment for you and Colin? You had a lot of snow for a while and may get one if you have the winter payment anyway?

Doing pasta for tonight so nice and easy only have to make the cheese sauce and add some mushroom, toms and frankfurters and leek.

I just checked our area out of interest Mel and apparently we qualify round here for a payment for 6th-12th Feb. You have to be on benefits to claim it of course so no good to us but I might ask around and see if any of our friends know anyone who would qualify. You’ve both been busy today. I wish my OH would pressure wash sometimes but he won’t. He has a thing against pressure washers – another of his little foibles. He does go over all the paving with a sort of wire broom thing and once a year he does it all with Wet & Forget.

Lovely photo AnnG. I could almost smell the sea and feel the breeze and what a lovely blue sky. Unfortunately here it was grey skies and showery this morning with very grey skies and lots of rain this afternoon. My back has been playing up for a couple of days and I didn’t think it would do it any good to get cold and wet so no walk for me again. OH’s back is also giving him a problem at the moment so we are a right pair of old crocks.

As OH and I flit between beds I always have two to change so OH did one and I did the other but, thinking of our bad backs, I decided to leave the duvet covers another week. I’ve turned them over so what was underneath is now on the top of the bed.

The Marmalade Loaf Cake turned out OK. It’s not too sweet so suits our taste. If I do it again I’ll put in another spoonful of marmalade and set the oven to a higher temperature than the recipe said. I’d have liked it to rise a bit more and I think the oven wasn’t hot enough.

I seem to have been busy all day but I can’t see what I have done apart from 3 loads of washing. I had a shower this afternoon just to wash my hair. It didn’t really need washing but it was driving me mad. My hair is also quite thick, particularly on top, and as it gets a bit longer it goes into waves and curls. Reminds me of the old fashioned Marcel waves. I hate it. My hairdresser loves it because she says my hair stays where she puts it but I do have it cut quite short with her. Mel, I wouldn’t dare cut it myself. I am not joking when I say I can’t cut a straight line in a piece of paper. With my odd eyesight and hands that can go into tremors whenever they feel like it. I’d probably end up looking like Worzel Gummidge.

Did your scooter turn up Frank? I hope it gives you the chance to enjoy a bit of the great outdoors but do take care when you use it.

I’d better go and find something to do with a bit of cold roast pork. I expect I’ll just do some little potatoes or some chips and beans with it. Sometimes we have our cold roast with a salad but I’ve had a bit of an iffy tum as well so don’t want things like lettuce and tomato. Poor old thing, ain’t I? Getting old is definitely not for cissies. I should be thankful that my mind is still vaguely in working order even if the body is falling to bits.

O I had'nt realised it was for people with benifits.

Lovely interesting coastline Anng. Lovely blue sky too same as it was here all day.

Where's our Franky boy. He has'nt been on for a couple fo days since he lost his post. Hope he's ok and enjoying his scooter. <3

Morning all,

Nice bright morning here the wind should get up a bit later so there will be a nice blowfor the washing ,I want to make some marmalade later and get on with tthe girls pencil cases .

Hope we hear if Frank got his scooter today and how he got on with it .

Just having a coffee and then I'll get on .BBL

Morning Mandy and all,

We have a windy day today and a grey one to go with it. The wind came up last night and has'nt stopped since so I was glad I did the big girls yesterday.

Not much in the way of aches and pains this morning which I thought there may be after everything I did yesterday.

Getting ready for the big wipe down. Three subs today and they did'nt have the sweet and sour chicken we like so I had to have the ordinary sweet and sour chicken IN the sauce. The one we like is the battered chicken but it was out of stock.

O well hey ho and on we go.

PS not found the zips yet but it sounds like you are managing with the sip roll Mandy.

Love to Gill and Frank and hope we hear fromt them soon.

Good morning after our lovely blue sky and sun yesterday we have windy wet and grey today. So no walks today. It doesn’t seem possible I have been here a week already.

Good morning FAIR MAIDENS. lol lol

Yes the scooter arrived yesterday. The chap drove it into the garage and showed me how things operated and how to dismantle it to get it into the car/boot. I was tempted to go for a spin, but as I wasn't feeling that good, I decided not to chance it.

After my fall last Saturday week, and the Wednesday in hospital, I have been trying to be careful and not to go out. My back is still very painful, and I'm not getting a lot of sleep. Last night I went to bed around 9.30 pm. Was still awake at 2.30 am. I got up and sat in the lounge, reading until 4,30. Went back to bed, but couldn't get comfortable enough to sleep. Every time I turned over I had pain in my back. By 5.45 I gave up, and got up. Sat reading again with my COT.

Ros got up around 9.00 am. She said "You didn't have a very good night did you ??"
She has gone out with Carolyn to go to Tesco and may be the Garden Centre.

In the Front lawn we have a PALM TYPE TREE. She wants to clear around the base of it, put down a plastic membrane, and put large pebbles around the base. So I expect she will be looking at prices at the garden centre. I told her to let Harvey get the pebbles, as he can get them from his suppliers, at TRADE PRICE.

It's a lovely day out there today, even if it's a bit windy. It's a nice clear day with plenty of sunshine. I thought about going out on the scooter, BUT she has left no room for me to get the scooter passed the car. She's parked it SLAP BANG in the middle of the drive

Lovely photo's of the bonnet/bobble hat and pussies. When I see beautiful cats like that, it makes me want to get another. But I don't think it would be right at my age, even though I think Harvey would take it if it didn't fit into our life style.

I'm going to see if I can get FORTY WINKS, while everywhere is nice and quiet.

Pork hock, mushy peas and mash for tonights dinner. I haven;t had that for months and months.

Stay safe everyone. xxxx

Lovely you have the scooter now Frank now you just need soem nice warm weather to be able to give it outing around the close to start with I think not too fasr away from home and don't forget to take your phone with you when you go just incase you get into difficulties and need recueing.

Waiting for the delivery. Three subs two ok and one not sure about. That one is chicken frankgurters which we have never had before but oh said to try them. The one item I wanted for tonight chinese they were out of stock of so I have had to have sweet and sour chicken in a sauce instead of the battered chicken pieces with sauce you dip into.

Mandy I have found the zips and they are in the washing machine as I type as they smelt a bit musty being in the drawer for years and years.

Evening all

Wasn’t that what Dixon of Dock Green used to say? Now I am showing my age.

It’s been windy here today but dry and bright. I still didn’t manage to get out for a walk as it’s been a bit of a busy day. The phone and the doorbell haven’t stopped.

I started the day filling in an official form to do with my brother. Then for some reason where I had to put my email address I put in an old one that we can no longer use. Why on earth did I do that? I had to go back to the computer, find the form and print that page and fill it all in again.

Then the doorbell went and it was a friend with some really lovely flowers for my birthday. Although we only live a couple of miles apart I hadn’t seen her for a long while so we stood outside, well distanced and masked, and had a good chat. She went, I came in, doorbell went again and it was a parcel being delivered. OH sprinted down the stairs and grabbed it before I could pick it up from the doorstep, so I guess he has ordered me something online.

As we were just finishing lunch another friend arrived with a pressie. That was nice and convenient as she was able to witness my signature on the form I had filled in. Then, blow me, doorbell went again and on the doorstep were some home made ginger biscuits with a note from a neighbour. Two of their young grandchildren live abroad so once a week they do cooking with them via Zoom and the biscuits were from today’s cook-in.

One more ring at the bell and it was another parcel being delivered. We haven’t got any deliveries outstanding so I guess it’s probably from one of our kids. I do have a nice lot of cards and pressies to open tomorrow.

I even managed to get the ironing done between callers.

It’s great that you now have the scooter Frank. Stay close to home until you get used to it. It will give you a chance to get out a bit, particularly with spring and summer to look forward to, but we don’t want you turning into a boy racer now ;-)

I got my Sainsbury’s order in today for delivery Thursday. They never seem to have the 6 pint cartons of milk now though I can always get them from Tesco’s.

I am concerned that we haven’t heard from Gill at all for several days. I am sure life is difficult at the moment with Sandra’s problems and Gill does seem to succumb to every bug around when she is stressed. It would be good to hear that she is OK.

Well, I had better start cooking. I’m doing a sort of throw-it-all-in bolognese tonight. I started with some mince and so far have added a tin of chopped tomatoes, a bit of onion, garlic paste, tomato purée, mixed herbs, a beef stockpot and a good slurp of OH’s favourite red wine (ssh, don’t tell him; he won’t notice the level in the bottle has gone down a bit). For some reason I can’t eat pasta. My brother couldn’t either. I can eat noodles though so we’ll have it with noodles.

I had a better night last night so I am wishing all of us a good sleep tonight.

Oh that's good the scooter arrived Frank I hope you soon feel better so you can go out and about on it ,it will be lovely for you to be able to go out when you want ,have you got your L plates for it :-D

Another wipe down Mel ,I wonder how much longer we will need to do it ,it will feel strange to just put things away with wiping them.
Yes Mel I've had a go with the zip roll my goodness there's loads of it and twenty pulls too so that will keep me going yours will probably be different colours so they will come in handy .

We sat out in the sun this morning and had coffee it was so warm I didn't even have a coat on ,hard to believe that only a couple of weeks ago the bench had seven or eight inches of snow on it.

I didn't see you there Vera ,you have had a busy day .
Could you have a little boiled rice with your bolognese .

I meant to say son messaged to say he had a shielding letter arrive today so he's now off work until the end of March ,it's because of his Diabetes, he never had a letter last time .

Just seen on our local news a lady painting on T Bags and boy could she paint they were so good .
There you go Ann T bag painting :-D

Good morning all, another wet morning out there hope the wind has dropped today.

Gosh are you all still in bed or have you got good gardening weather? Lashing down with rain here and the wind is up again.
Vera hope your day is less hectic today.

Mandy I think they have only just added diabetes to the shielding group. It is advisory rather than mandatory I think. Not good for his job though with schools going back.

Good morning Ann.

When I saw the weather forecast, I noted that you were in the dark blue area, ie. heavy rain.
I think that area's had more than it's share of rain lately.

Bright sunshine and very mild here, rather like yesterday.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 HAPPY BIRTHDAY VERA <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
Have a wonderful day and enjoy your pressies and cards. X

Morning AnnG, Gwyn, morning all ,

Happy Birthday Vera ,hope you have a lovely day .


Bright sunny morning here and still quite mild .

Arrr that's why AnnG ,they are now letting son unlock and do all the checks he has to do so he was pleased ,he didn't want to get behind with them, he has so many to do I didn't realise what there was to do , every thing from checking the heat of the water coming from the hot taps,fire extinguishers, how the doors close so they don't trap their fingers ,play ground equipment and lots more .

Coffee time now ,might sit out again and drink it in the sunshine. <3 <3 <3