General Chat

I hope hope your plane is going in the morning Florence.

You are lucky that your electricians managed to find the spare parts Sylvia, it could have been costly if you had had to replace the lights.

The floorer finished mid afternoon. I had to go to Esme’s Easter service in the church next to her school as her parents were working. It was the usual chaos, but the children have a good time dancing all over the church.

I was only out for a couple of hours so we have managed to get everything back in the lounge as it should be. It looks good until you notice that there are no skirting boards, just raggy holes in the bottom of the walls. OH is priming the skirting boards in the garage tomorrow and can then put them back in place. They will need glossing of course, but he is going to do them in situ because it is so dusty in the garage.

We have been watching a very small tv which refused to show any ITV channels because the arial is not good enough. We put the large tv back together using the photos I took before we dismantled it along with the copious notes I made. At first the sound bar wouldn’t work, but somehow we sorted that out. There is an unbelievable tangle of wires behind it. We can’t see the talk talk box on the menu and can’t change channels using the smart remote, but apart from that it is fine :-( We will need son in law to sort it out.

Our new dining table arrived a couple of days ago, so we had it put in the garage. We carried it in this afternoon, but it weighs a ton, so my shoulder is aching now. OH put the legs on and we managed to turn it over. It seems to be quite big, but it isn’t, it is just that the room is small. That was why we gave away our previous set. We haven’t got chairs yet, but we have a couple of white Ikea ones which we have been using in the kitchen . We were going to christen the new table when we realised that we had thrown away all of our table mats, so we will have to buy some more before we can use it . I need to buy some new cushions for the sofas as well because the current ones match the curtain our old house. I did see some last week, but didn’t have the sample of our curtain material with me

Good morning all from a drizzly misty glos. I do hope Florence got away ok for her appointment. Makes my problems with buses etc for hospital appointments seem laughable.

Well done Sylvia on sorting the electrics. There is always something isn't there?

Linda, wow all of a sudden you seem to have taken a leap forward. Bet you slept well last night, it must be a good feeling to see things coming together.
I don't normally look behind our large TV, not being very tall and the TV being quite big it is difficult for me to see. But I recently was looking to see where something was plugged in and I saw the mass of wiring there. Of course that was T's province but so many wires. We also have a sound bar, but also there is a WII still attached but never used. I would not know where to start to disconnect it.

It is all so complicated Ann, gone are the days when you just had one plug and an aerial to connect.

It is a bright morning here, so I hope Florence’s weather has calmed down and her plane was able to take off.

My daughter and son in law are coming over at lunchtime, so hopefully he can sort the TV out and my daughter can help me choose paint colours and more blinds.

Linda, although it sounds very tiring for you, I also envy you the excitement of choosing all the new paints etc and blinds It will look wonderful when it is finished.

Good morning from a chilly Yorkshire. It is only six degrees , but it is windy, so feels colder.
OH has ventured into the town in search of his Saturday scones. In the last house, it was less than a five minute walk, here it is about fifteen, probably less for him as he walks faster than I do. He is going to have a mooch around and get some books from the library.

Yesterday he put the door curtain up in the hall, so that made it warmer last night. He has finished priming the skirting boards for the lounge, so hopefully they can go back on over the weekend, although we need to venture out to look at dressers for the dining room. We were going to have the people who are doing the kitchen make one, but they quoted silly money for that, so we can buy one cheaper elsewhere.

As Florence didn’t post yesterday, I assume her trip went ahead, so I’m hope all is well

Good morning all. Yes it is 7 degrees here but there is a cold wind as well. Not sure about gardening today. I need to go to the post as well so will wait until it warms up a bit.

Hope Florence had a good trip yesterday and is home safe and sound.

Morning all.
Well today started sunny but now it is raining so won't be in the garden today. :-(

I brought 2 plastic storage sets of 4 drawers for my little shed and now i have all my stuff nice and tidy . I have gardening thing in 1 and paint brushes etc and extra refuse bags in the other, I drawer is a odd & ends as we always have those things that there is only a couple of. Now I just have to stop OH sneaking his stuff in .lol.

OH has been discharged from his physio and is now walking without sticks and he is wanting to get in the garden but the weather has other ideas.

Easter next weekend and that will be the 1st quarter of the year gone already.

Take care and enjoy the weekend what ever you are doing.

Ginnie

Good morning all
My day yesterday started okay and then went downhill.

We did get away albeit was very very windy and a bit of a bumpy ride but was ok.

Got to the hospital and the consultant took me in before his next patient bless as he knew we had a plane to catch. Lovely man. examined me etc and said doesn't look like anything has changed really but is going to decide whether i need a repeat MRI on my spine at a later date so shall have to wait & see.

We managed to the shopping centre but oh my, the rain pelted down and it was freezing, was almost snowing!! My feet were already badly swollen and i began to feel not too good so only managed to get 2 things and then I sat on a bench and let daughter go off to all her shops.

I had been sneezing for 2 days but didn't feel ill so thought it was just a sniffle until...I started coughing at the airport and felt quite ill. Head was pounding and I just wanted my bed and home.

But the wind was gale force and we did eventually get on the plane but then the captain said it was in doubt we would be able to fly as far too windy to land!!!

We sat there for 1/2 hour before finally he said, the wind is on the limit but has come down a tad so we are going to take off but if I cant land we will turn round and head back to Glasgow :-(

When I heard that, i was nearly crying. The thought of coming back to Glasgow nooooo. So we took off and as we approached, the plane swung from side to side. I was nearly sick, was awful. However somehow we landed on the runway and I was never so happy to be on home turf. Gettng off the plane in a wheelchair was so horrendous as the wind just bashed us about.

Thankfully our taxi man was waiting and he wheeled me out to the car bless him and lifted the bags for us. Once in the car, i really felt awful. my chest was so tight and by the time we reached home around 8.30 I was coughing so badly it hurt. temp was 38.4.

Straight into pjs and bed but was up several times during the night. This morning I haven't felt so awful in months. Temp went up again and still is around 38.2 but im shivering. I did a covid test but very glad it was negative so that's a bonus.

So today im drinking plenty, def no hungry and just resting.

Daughter went off to get bread if she finds any as no ferries again! She needs to get me glycerine so I can make a honey, lemon and glycerine drink to help break the cough up.

Glad everyone else is doing ok.

So for now im off back to lie down and hopefully feel better later on.

Oh dear Florence, I am sorry that your day turned out so badly but at least you got home. Stay tucked up nice and warm.

We have had a frustrating day. We had been on the search for a dresser for the dining room and found just the thing in the Cotswold company sale - or so we thought :-(
We went into Harrogate to the shop to look at it and it was ideal, a nice smoky blue colour. You have to put the bits together, so we needed a large sideboard, a separate dresser top and a narrow sideboard. Annoyingly, it turned out to be a limited range and they aren’t getting any more. They had the small sideboard and the large dresser top, but didn’t have the large sideboard to go under that. They did have an extra large sideboard which would have done, but didn’t have d the extra large dresser top to go on it. We felt like banging our heads on the wall.
T here is lots of stuff available on line, but with furniture, I want to be able to see it. The main problem in the other shops is that their small sideboards are too wide. We need 80 cm and most of them are 90 cm

Very frustrating Linda but you have to wait and get what you want or you will never be happy with it.

Florence has not made an appearance yet. I hope that you are feeling better Florence, sounds like you have caught a nasty bug from somewhere. I guess your immunity must be low as you do seem to catch these bugs. Feel better soon.

I spent al day googling Ann, but couldn’t find anything I liked in the correct sizes. The only thing we vaguely liked had a delivery of 25 weeks, so that was out.
So we decided to change colour and go for a grey from the Cotswold Company. Of course the ones we want aren’t in the sale :-( Anyway we went back this morning and bought them. They are in stock so should be delivered within ten working days. With Easter coming, that will lose two days of course.
We still need to find some dining chairs, so will get some colourful ones, maybe blue to jazz it up a bit.

OH put the skirting boards back on the lounge today, so that looks better. The skirtings and doors need glossing and the walls repainting, but he is going to put the skirting boards on the hall and dining room first. Poor thing has all the rest of the ceilings in the house to paint as they are still bare plaster. He is determined to do them himself to save some money.

I hope Florence and Joan are alright as well

Ah, pleased that you got something you liked in the end Linda, It all sounds very smart. I don't envy your OH with all those ceilings to do.

Linda .............. glad that you managed to find something that fits your space and in a colour that you could work with.

I also hope that Florence and Joan are well.

There are all kinds of bugs around at the moment ............ I've had 3 colds in sequence since January. Just recover from 1 and then get the next.

Ann ............. I'm sorry that your op was delayed, and hope that you hear from them soon with a new date.

My daughter was 50 today!

Where have all those years gone??????

Good morning all. appointment is today Sylvia, when I find out the 'surgical options'. Not sure I want to.

gosh your daughter is young compared to mine who is 62.

I hope all goes well today, Ann, and that Florence's bug has gone, and that Joan is OK.

She'll have been able to get out in the garden if her weather's like ours, with a nice dry spell for the last few days.

No Florence? That is worrying, I hope that she isn’t very ill.

I am waiting for the TV aerial man to arrive, more expense no doubt. Of course the TV is working fine today, but some days the signal is breaking up and it won’t show the HD channels because the signal is too weak.

We went to sign up for the kitchen this morning, sadly it will be the middle of June before they can install it :-(. In the meantime I am trying to cope with an incredibly old oven. All of the numbers have worn off the dial, not that it seems to make any difference if I turn it down. It is only cooking on one temperature and that is —- incinerate

Linda, you'll have to take a leaf out of our Ghanaian cookboy's book. Many years ago OH was attached to the Ghana Navy and we had a houseboy, while I did my own cooking. When my second son was born we had a cookboy for a few weeks to give me a break. We had an oven with a thermostat which worked fine, but I discovered that the cookboy "regulated" the oven temperature by opening the door!! I might add that his cooking was very good. :-) :-)

I think I will have to do that Andy’s mum :-D
It is very difficult trying to coordinate the various bits of the meal. Yesterday the chicken was ready when I hadn’t even turned the veg on. Luckily the chicken was fine, but when I tried some beef the previous week, it was overcooked on the outside and extra rare in the middle.

Hello to you all.
I hope those of you who have not been very well recently are now feeling much better.

Linda, what a busy pair you & hubby are, take care, slow down a wee bit, LOL.

Well still no further forward re hubbys Pr pension, I had to send my original Birth certificate to R Mail the other day, sent it by special delivery ata cost of nearly £8, I am not sure what they will get from actually seeing & handling it, it will only tell them that my 1st birth name is shown as Evelyn & my 2nd name of Joan.

They have actually seen it before & also seen my Marriage cert via the on-line claim forms, actually seeing & handling it doesn't change anything !!
Such a hassle.
I was told it could take another 3 months before it is all sorted !

I got a very nice surprise at the weekend when a cheque from the Tax office arrived re money that hubby had overpaid, the grin on my face didn't last long however when I noticed they had got my STATUS wrong on the letter AND the cheque !!
Instead of MRS they had written DR, unbelievable.

Daughter telephoned them yesterday & was on hold for an hour, after explaining the situation & answering varous questions we were told the re-issued cheque "should" be with me by the 17th of APRIL but could take a further 3 weeks after that !!
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Changing the subject, the weather has been changable for several days now, with some rain most days whether it be showers or downpours, & a very coldwind, so I have not been able to get outside to do anything in the garden.
I have 10 Primrose plants waiting to be planted into my new flower bed that I started last Autumn, I hope I can get them into the ground soon !

Our youngest daughter was here at the weekend with her youngest little boy, it was lovely having them here, really enjoyed her company.
It was such a wrench when she went back home to Lanark yesterday.

Well now, the sun has come out but everywhere is soaking after the rain through the night & it's still a bit chilly, hope it warms up soon.I hope you all have got some nice weather & will have a nice day, take care.

Joan.

Good morning all!

Oh my I have never felt so ill. My temp went up to 39.2 and daughter in the early hours of Sunday was ready to call an ambulance butIi said, they cant really do anything except intravenous antibiotics. I cant take para, aspirin or Ibruprofen as i'm extremely allergic to them as asthmatic.

I was being sick on a empty stomach as couldn't keep any fluids down and that was just dreadful.

It was Upper respiratory infection so every time I sneezed it make me cough which was awful. Anyway last night temp started coming down and this morning i turned a corner. I slept from 11-7am( a miracle) but was exhausted. i managed to shower and finally wash hair. took me quite a while but at least now I feel and smell clean and fresh and have washed the bugs away.

I'm still coughing so not speaking much but there is an improvement thank goodness. I'm still none the wiser as to how I got this which started with a sneeze last Wednesday so nothing I picked up whilst away. :-S

I haven't read all the last few days posts yet but will catch up with all of you The screen is making my eyes sore as does any bright light so cant stay on the PC very long.

Hope everyone has been keeping well

Florence in the Hebrides