General Chat

Good afternooon.
Another dry sunny day here but colder than yesterday.

I spent the morning in the garden clearing up leaves from other parts of the garden, I filled up 2 garden sacks again today, just a couple more sections of the garden to do then I will probably have to start all over again.
Clearing the leaves here is a bit like when they used to paint the Forth Rail Bridge, by the time othey got to the end they had to start all over again, LOL.

What a busy lady you are Florence, always on th go with so many things.
The next storm due isn't supposed to affect us, hiope that's true !!

I hope all is well with everyone on the thread.

Joan.

Afternoon all
I have done my ironing and housework and now sitting as Im so out of breath!
We have found a new solicitor and he is very reasonable too!

Spent an hour too sorting out some forms that dad has to complete, then emailed them to him and he is not feeling good today. That's always a worry but hopefully his stomach will settle.

Blue skies and was sunny but now a heavy shower on. I was out at the bin but it was very windy and by golly it was ccld brrr.

Hope you and hubby Linda are feeling better.
Joan, hope all ok with you.

There is a very bad storm called Ciaran heading towards the south coast Tues eve/Wed am and winds maybe 80mph!! My dad is opposite a harbour on the south coast and I told him to stay safe indoors and not venture outside until its safe.

Think its then heading towards Wales and NI. So if anyone is in its path, please take great care.

Florence in the hebrides

Florence I did enjoy the darts . I didn't see it all but what I did see was good.

Good to here you have your app. for your test and hope all goes well.

Not doing much today , did do a bit in the garden yesterday but today is very cold so will be staying indoors .

Got a bag of sweets for tonight in case the little ones from next door do Halloween .

Ginnie

Linda, mon tv for me is brill.

Eastenders 7.30pm BBC 1

Corrie 8-9pm ITV

Masterchef 9-10 BBC1

So that took care of my evening!

That is good news Florence, hopefully things will be fine.

Well that is the end of a lazy day. I managed Tescos, but was glad to sit down after I got back. Monday night is always a to watching night as Mastermind, Only Connect and University Challenge are on straight after each other.

Well....result!

Just got a tel call this afternoon from the medical secretary. She had received a tel call from my GP and so they have given me 21st Nov for my Echo. Amazing what a tel call does!!

Still daylight here but heavy black clouds. We had a few heavy showers today but a massive rainbow.

Off to eat leftovers from the cheesy pie from yesterday with some baked beans yummy.

Good afternoon everyone.
Well it's a much better day here today, after a dry night the leaves have started to dry up nicely making it easier to sweep them up.
It's a nice dry today & bright but there is a chilly wind, but I have been out & cleared the leaves from the front path,the flagstones around the P shed & some from one side of the front garden.

Done quite a lot, I am now having a sit down with a cuppa but Ijust might go out again & lift the leaves from the other 1/2 of the front garden, that will then just leave the side area & the drive to be done another day.
No doubt though & will have to start all over again at the beginning once all the first lot have been swept up, LOL.

I hope you & hubby are feeling better Linda, a bit of "fresh" air might actually help !

Joan.

Our flu jabs were about a month ago Florence, so it isn’t that. I am not that bad and we need some milk, so I will go out this afternoon

The post just came and we got our letters for the winter fuel allowance, £250 each this year.

JustGinnie, what did you think of the final? Really good and entertaining I thought.

Morning all.

Oh Linda, do you really need to go out? Can you manage a couple of days until you feel better otherwise it will set you back? Whatever this is and it sounds like flu has really knocked you both back.
Just a thought, did you both get flu jags recently? Its usually 10 days later when you may feel fluey after the jag.

I didnt sleep well either last night but not because Im unwell. I cant seem to get comfy as my left leg fidgets and i have to change position a lot. I think its always about 2am before i nod off and then wake at about 3am. I have been used to only sleeping for 4-5 hours for the last 20 years so guess I have got used to it.
Well its a gloomy day here and looking like the heavens are about to chuck it down. The wind is less but still breezy and daughter said its freezing cold brrrr.

Nothing special on today just usual tidying up after the weekend. A couple of emails to reply to and a letter to type.

Also waiting on a call from a sols with a new quote but so far noone has rang!

Hope all is well with everyone else

Have a good day

Florence in the hebrides

Darts is something w have never had an interest in. We don’t really watch much sport, just the England Rugby Union matches and some of the test cricket matches. We did watch quite a bit of the new format cricket matches which were on to this summer.

I took ages to get to sleep last night, so couldn’t be bothered to get up this morning. I feel generally achy, so won’t do much today apart from a trip to the supermarket. OH still doesn’t feel well either .

What a cracking semi final. i want Wright to win but both GB players eeeek

some of my younger family are the same JG. I think it is very sad that they don't choose appropriate cards to send. Cards are so personal. Texts and emails are the opposite.

Hello all,

Yes Florence we watch the darts as well . OH used to play darts for a local team . Nearly all the men in his family were dart players for their local pubs/clubs. In my family nobody played darts but were all avid readers . Strange how folk get together when they are very different. They say opposites attract and it did in our case.

Ann I used to make lots of cards as well but no longer do any at all. I still have craft stuff in a cupboard but stopped about the same time as covid hit . I used to make for a couple of friends who liked to send personalised cards but sadly they are no longer with us and I have a really small family that bother with cards at all. Most younger ones just send a text or message on fb.if they do that. lol.

Joan hope you and hubby managed to get your roast sorted and you enjoyed it.
Also hope the weather gets better so you can get a good nights sleep.

Hope you and your OH feel better soon Linda.


Ginnie

Joan, thats good that hubby can peel the veg for you and also makes him feel useful too. Im making cheese & potato pie for tea with breaded fish for me and sausages for daughter. We havent had this for awhile so looking forward to it.

Im ok to eat but the gum is still a little sore so have to be careful.

Right back to the darts!

Anyone else on here a fan of darts? Im sat on tender hooks watching the semi final and later the final of the European Championship. Its on ITV4 just now til 4pm and then again from 6pm.

Gosh AnnG, you do loads of cards, shame you dont have an outlet for charity ones but maybe something else will come along.

Florence, I make and send out about 80 Christmas cards, I also make all other cards I send out which adds up to a lot as I have quite a large family. I have been making cards for over 25 years now, This room is my craft room/office and is full of papercraft stuff. Up until about 6 months ago I used to make lots of cards that a friend in the village would sell for various charities. Sadly she died this year so, at the moment no outlet for charity cards.

Morning all.
Yet another awful day here. high winds & lashing rain all night & still going on, I'm going round in Zombie mode today having not had much sleep due to the wind & rain banging against the house.

I am trying to put together our Sunday roast at the moment (Chicken etc) but I'm not really in the mood for cooking, I would rather get back into bed & hibernate, lol.

What a lot of cards you have made Florence, I hope you manage to sell them.

Best get back to the kitchen & see whats what, thankfully my hubby will peel the tatties & carrots for me, just need to take them to his room, at least he can still manage to do that,just, a good job as well because my hands are not good when it comes to gripping the knife.

Joan.

So sorry AnnG, I never noticed your post!!! Glad you are well and ok. How many xmas cards do you make? Do you make any other cards, ie blank or thankyou cards?

I counted them yesterday and we have 224 I think! If we sell half, I will be quite happy.

Happy crafting :-D

Morning everyone.

Its a very windy day here 40 mph and more so a strong gale really with showers.

We had no plans to be outside anyway so glad we are cosy indoors. I put my alarm clock back last night but still have 4 other clocks in various rooms on the wall that need changing! I don't bother with my cooker clock as I switch it off at the mains after I have finished cooking, same with the microwave.

I have some more wrapping to do later on and just putting the fayre boxes in order plus I washed 2 table cloths for the tables. One is xmas red with a runner, the other is a black linen one plus we have little lights to decorate.

So cant wait, I love these kinda of things. In my banking days, I could sell anything to customers as I am quite persuasive when i need to be lol. My manager said I was a Natural born Sales Woman :-D

Think today will be a gentle day, nothing to strenuous.
Linda are you sure you & hubby don't have Covid? It sounds like you have same symptoms? Either way, hope you feel better soon, its sounds awful.

Well I suppose I had better try and something productive else the day will be gone and wasted.

Take care all

Florence in the hebrides