General Chat

Hello all from N. Tenerife where we have not seen the sun for 3 days. Today it is about 19 degrees. Last May it was on average 24/25 degrees for at least 3 weeks so we haven't done so well this year. Still the flowers and flowering trees are beautiful and today we walked down into Puerto de la Cruz for lunch of garlic bread, tomato bread and avocado salad plus white wine. We sat outside and watched the world go by and it wasn't too cold. The wind has come up again now though so we are back in the apartment having bought our duty frees on the way before catching a taxi back.

Von we go home on 28 th and I have my fleece with me. Just as well as I have actually worn it in the evening here.

We are enjoying it though as we like it here and it is still warmer than home. Just wish we could get another glimpse of the sun.

Hazel sorry you are feeling poorly and that Caitlin had a melt down, hope you are both better soon.

Jude hope Vic feels better soon too. How is the photography course going.

Tec good of your daughter and S in L to help with the ceiling.

Bethan reading about your neighbours makes me realise how lucky we are. Although in our last house we had really weird neighbours. He shot another neighbour's cat, played really loud opera and opened the window that overlooked our patio, boxed our sons car in deliberately, gave his 7 year old daughter his air gun to carry into his house, and his wife would stick her tongue out at us through the window. ( He was a bank manager!).

Shaun, nice poem, hope you can soon get out into the garden.

Sylvia hope you enjoy your time with your cousin's son.

Sandie, I much prefer a wireless mouse and have not had any trouble with mine.

Diane, glad you finished your course and hope you can get things sorted with ATOS.

There must be some I have missed out but thought I had better do a longer post as I don't get on her so much at the moment.

AnnC, Sue, Sallie hope things are going ok. Pity we aren't there to take delivery of some Daphne Ann.
:-D

Bore da
Good morning.

It's cold and dull here although having said that I'm not complaining. Having seen the devastation that the tornado caused in Oklahoma I don't think we have anything to moan about weather wise.My heart goes out to those poor people.

Shaun - my son lives in San Francisco although he's making his way home at the moment via Palm Springs. :-)
I do hope you are feeling better and that M is managing to get out in the garden

Tec - Hope the decorating goes well and that the snow forecast for the weekend doesn't affect you. I expect you will be snug and warm in your cave. ;-) ;-)

Sandie ~~~~ How's you? Do hope the aches and pains are easing now. Whilst we were away we were averaging a walk of about 4 miles per day but now we are home zilch. Oh has done a bit of walking but I only manage to the studio and back :-0 :-0 :-0

Jude - How's Vic? I do hope he is better. Have you looked at the bungalow again?
I'll try and pick out a few snaps from our hols and send them to you.
How's the photography going? You'll have some good imagery to use in your textiles. :-) :-) :-)

Bethan - Do hope NFH are keeping quiet and you are feeling better. Good to do gardening. Keeps you fit as well ;-) ;-) ;-)

Ann Glos - When do you come home? Do hope you took your overcoats. You may need them when you arrive ;-) ;-) ;-)

Sylvia - Hope you had a good time with your cousins son.

Hazel - pleased to hear that Duane's eye is recovering well.
Our son is due to have the stitches taken out of his eye in August which means they will have been in for over two years. Hopefully then he will be able to get his glasses sorted.
Good luck with your appeal.
~~~~~~~~~~~~ to anyone not mentioned and anyone looking in
Take care
<3 Von

Hello Everyone, :-)

It's been a nice sunny day here in the North, a little on the cool side though. Spent the afternoon washing the grime off the back yard with the pressure hose. I find that quite satisfying, and therapeutic. The back yard is North facing so gets little sun, and the algae builds up over the winter. Now everything is sparkling again, and I ended up soaked from the knees down :-)

Shaun - I hope you are feeling better today. Me getting up to mischief? I wish I had the time and energy :-D
My daughter and SIL are coming at the weekend to emulsion the ceiling in the lounge. We have very high ceilings here, and I don't do climbing about on step ladders anymore. Good of them to give up their weekend, as they are very busy people, so I appreciate it.
Also have a repro Victorian fireplace installed soon, to replace the dreadful 1960s monstrosity that is here now. Annoyingly someone would have had the original Victorian fireplace taken out in the 60s.

Jude - I hope that you are well now, and that Vic is feeling better - I think some warmer weather would make a difference to everyone.
Hope Madoc is ok too - sending him a biscuit - just the one, as too much of a good thing is bad for him.
:-D

Bethan, Hope you are not getting too much grief from your Neanderthal neighbours. We only ever experienced that kind of trouble once, when we lived next door to a man who worked as a chef. He got home from work at 1am every morning, and immediately played his heavy metal music at full volume until about 5am, so I know how soul destroying that kind of thing can be.
Eventually he got married, and his new wife must have sorted him out because the anti-social racket stopped - thank goodness.
I hope your situation improves soon - keep banging away at the Council.

Take care everyone, wherever you are,
Hwyl fawr,
Tec. :-)

Hello Everyone.
The sun decided to shine at 3.30 so it's been a bright late afternoon but chilly with the strong breeze .
How are you all, tinkering in your gardens I expect if your not at work.:-)))

Sylvia, hope you have had a lovely time with your cousins son, and got up to date with family news.

Bethan, how are you managing, I sent you a PM earlier today regarding nuisance neighbours, hope you find the link useful.:-)))

Diane, lovely to hear from you :-)))) Sorry I did not realise that you finished your course , your adviser could obversely see that you were not well enough to work. Good luck with atos , get letters from your adviser and doctors to support your claim. Your adviser should be able to help with filling in your booklet.

Hazel, thank you for the hugs <3 Hope your new doctor will be able to help you regarding the pain and good luck with dash. Sorry Caitlin is poorly , but good news regarding your sons eye opp, hope it continues to improve.

Jude, how are you ? Hope Vic his feeling better, I don't think Jeans passing as helped his situation, worry and stress will kick a lot of things off. Hope you manage to go and see your family.

Tec, where are you and what are you up to, ``mischief `` I expect . How are the Red-Polls, eating you out of house and home like our birds , we noticed a grown-up Robin feeding a baby one this morning which is on the early side up here. Hope you and your good lady are okay.:-))))

Annie, how's your weather in the valley, sun shining for you I hope:-))))

Sallie, how are you all in sunny Derbyshire.:-))))

Von, how's you and family. I expect your up to your elbows in the studio:-)))))

Sue, hope your recovery plan is coming on okay, also hope your daughter and baby are okay.

Ann-C, how are you doing, being on your behaving:-)))))

Yvonne, you are probably a busy busy bee:-))))

Ann-Glos, hope the holiday is refreshing for you:-))))

Sandie, thank you for the chat , lovely to hear from you. <3

Done all the above on word so might still be behind with the chat.

Catch you again.

Night Night .

Shaun

Afternoon all,

Well I am a lot calmer and happier today , I have taken my anger out on the garden and played my own music at a decent level and danced around with my brush lol
I feeling a bit better but still sniffing and coughing but no more aches :-D
It's crazy to the images of the tornados in USA I think it reminds us nature is still greater than us no matter how much we evolve , prayers to go out to everyone out there and for anyone who has family and friends there x

Sylvia: Hope you have a nice time with the unexpected guest :-)

Diane: Thanks for positive thoughts :-D If the fox did go into chav town I feel sorry for the fox lol

Hazel:Sorry to read you're in a lot of pain I hope Dr helped today . Good news for Duane and his eye :-)I hope someone contacts Teri soon about Caitlin .

Shaun :Thanks so much for the link you sent me I have had a look and think if something not done by next week I got grounds to contact them :-D Sorry to see you're having a down day *hugs*

Sandie/Tec/Jude/AnnCardiff/AnnGlos/Sue/Von/Annie and anyone not mentioned a Tuesday Hello :-D :-D

Will try and pop back later .
Bethan <3 <3 <3

Not read back yet folks but can see hugs from Hazel at top of screen , thankyou <3

Reason for posting just heard the news regarding the tornado in America , those poor people.
Von, hope your family are not effected , I know you have just come back from there after visiting your family .
Thinking of anyone that have family in the area <3

Catch up later

Shaun

Sending you some very big {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Shaun

Hazelx

Hello Everyone.
Just a quickie, will read back and post tonight, bit of a downer today.
Grey and the odd shower over my little mountain today and quite nippy.
Hope you are all managing the best you can.
Shaun

Hi Shaun and all

Just popping in to see how things are, I am in a lot of pain again seeing new doctor tomorrow hope they can give me some other tablets, and my sick note so can get some money.

Duane's eye is ok he is seeing allot more now, But getting him down that he cant work still been signed off until October.

Was back at the hospital again with Caitlin she had a bad meltdown and couldn't get her out of it. Hospital was no help as it was Friday night the team they needed to come out to her not back in until Monday so was sent home Was told they cal Teri on Monday, She hasn't heard from them at all. So she phoned them and still no one about to talk to.

I have a apt tomorrow afternoon with DASH for them to help me fill forms in at the moment I have 5 to fill in. One of them is to have another ATOS medical. :-( But this time lets hope they listen and look at me and give me the right points I need. I live in hope,

I meet one of my brothers yesterday last time I saw him was 5 yrs ago. We phone each other but just haven't been able to meet.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~to everyone take care

Hazelx

S'mae pawb ~~

Can't remember what I said that went into the the black-hole !

Hoping that Sue is improving and soon will be without any crutch and have a new board name :-D

Like AnnC said I had some comments about my hair in school, Its wavy rather than curly ,some generous lad used to call me his Grecian goddess I was on his dinner table, he was 4 or 5 yrs older than me..my first yr in senior school !
Blinky heck I think something has to to be done to it , cut and colour toned down !
to match the grey or even white !!!
My Eyes are closing slowly...
so nite nite
Take care all~~
Luv
Sandie.xx

Hello everyone :-)

Shaun I'm ok thank you, I finished my course a on the 19th of April and because my adviser doesn't think I am fit for even part time work rang ESA from her phone and told me to put a new claim in, I have done this and received a letter saying I am on ESA but the same day I received a letter off ATOS Healthcare asking me to fill in one of those booklets they send out. Well you know how things go from here, but this time when they send that letter saying I'm fit for work I will appeal the decision.
Hope you soon get a reprieve from the pain you are suffering :-)

Hi Sandie~~~~ hope things have improved with your back :-)
Congratulation's to your son on his new job.

Jude, glad to hear things seem a little better with your sister, good to hear Jean's funeral went well, please pass on my best wishes to Phil and you and Vic take care.

Bethan, sorry to hear there is some upsetting issues in the family and I am sending positive thought's to you <3
Well done to your BF on getting that job he went for and I hope he is enjoying it. Maybe Leo should have chased the fox into the Chavs garden and hopefully the back door may have been open :-D :-D

Hi to all other's not mentioned by name, hope you are all ok :-)

Hi Shaun, and everyone


The weather is rather strange ............. cloudy, sunny, some showers, etc etc

I am not surprised ......................

This is a long weekend ..............

............. good old Queen Viccie's birthday is being remembered yet again.

Her birthday was May 24 ................ we now have the May 24 holiday on the Monday before.

Actually ................. this weekend is treated as the start to summer all over Canada............. people go camping, open up the summer cottage / cabin, sort all the summer "stuff", etc etc

Plus it is the day when traditionally farmers begin to sow their seed, or begin to prepare the fields, and home gardeners start planting.

It is commonly expected that most of the country will no longer be getting night frosts, or at least not severe or long-lasting ones.


I got an unexpected email last night ................. my cousin's son is making an unexpected business trip to the Vancouver area ........ he works for some big company in Sweden.

He was arriving late last night ................ so very unexpected!

My server then refused to link up with his computer, but OH managed to get his university email to work.

We're meeting up with A tonight for dinner!

We last saw him 16 years ago, almost to the very day, when he stayed with us for a few days, and attended our daughter's BA grad ceremony :-)


take care everyone



s
xx

Hello Gang,
How are you all?

Wet windy and cooler today folks on my little mountain.
Looking at my last post , it should read 50 / 60 feet NOT yards, like I said once back and legs are sorted it will be no problem.

Sandie, get that computer sorted, hope you are okay.

Bethan, sorry to read about all the hassle your having to put up with, just take care.

I'm afraid that's my lot, ~~~~~~~~~ to you all.

Night Night

Shaun

Afternoon all ,
I am close to tears tbh :-( I am so drained it hurts , I am still not well and cough been keeping me awake last few days I have stuff to help which is does for short period of time and then boom feel like rubbish . Chavs next door .... they were away for weekend and it was bliss they got back last night , music was playing until 5:30 am :-S I have had no sleep , I rung council and by time they rung back it had stopped , I ended up watching 2 films and shopping online as no sleep .My dad rung me this afternoon and is he is so angry as he said he could hear how ill and how down I was , he is looking into legal side as council aren't helping and not to sound like a wuss but we have rights to a nice life .
What did make me smile was I let cats out at 4 am I looked out window at 4:30 and could see Nutkin not looking amused so I went out and could see Leo was chasing something .... It was a fox lol The fox was running away from Leo he must of thought this cat is mental lol
Family issue sadly it's not improving more member are coming down to help out , there so much stress on that part I don't want to worry them with my issues which seem very minor , all I can do for now is pray for improvement or for the person to be as comfy as they can .

Sylvia: Thanks . How's the weather with you ? I can't believe how weird the weather is around the world at the mo. !

Shaun : Thanks I really am trying to find "me" time but it feels the same as trying to find a pot of gold at end of rainbow lol It's boiling here today but sadly can't go to garden due to next door .

Von : I am a vitamin c nut at mo got the fruit with it in and the extra pills to boost me lol How's the art stuff coming along ?

Jude: I think there is a cold bug going around everyone I speak to either has had it or knows someone who has it lol Hope Vic better soon x What a charming lad that chav of yours ... not lol One of the friends of the chavs flicks the V at people randomly in the street he did it to me and I did the peace sign and said "Peace out man , peace out" he looked so confused lol

Sandie: Dau has right idea I always find when taking pills suddenly it's like I forget how to swallow and suddenly the pill starts fizzing in mouth ....ewww :-| I pick up phone with right and place to right ear but I tend to find if a mate is going on and on and on I place it on my left ear lol Your son is better than bf when he cleans the car this means £5 hand wash place where he sits with a coffee and other clean it but he does get a frog shaped air freshener lol

Annie: I advice always put the washing out when I don't as the rain seems magically appear when I put my stuff out lol

AnnInglos : How's the trip going ?

Hi to any not mentioned hope all are well.

Bethan <3 <3 <3

S'mae Pawb~~~~

Just wrote a screed and my cursor disappeared, I'm home alone ,so I checked the mouse connection,checked the mucky moused feet and whey hey it seemed to go again, but all my typing had gone.
I don't want a cordless mouse they can be iffy.

Depends on the weather I'll get hubby to put son's old stuff asap ,don't mind about a black mouse , but want to keep my Silver and black keyboard and tower processor ..they will have a good cleaning when he changes them over.
Edit ..hubby says he he has a new 'mouse' same as this one

Since GR have stopped us deleting posts from files, this one was running slow.,but chucking off 'stuff 'and compressing files has made it faster.
But if there's a better tec hanging about I may as well have it on mine, no point in it hanging around.
Just a matter of putting one into another..so he says.

Tho mine is MC XP it's not should what his is .Certainly not 8 ,most peeps have grizzled about that.
Probably take a few hours to change over..I'll have to go for a long walk ;-)

Enough about IT.
Hope everyone is as well as you can be .

I'll have to remember what I posted before :-(

Hello Everyone.
What a change from yesterday , wet and grey, I can hear thunder in the distance.

Jude, glad you like poem but putting it on here as driven the sun away :-(
Sorry that Vic his not feeling is best. The poly-tunnel is only 50 / 60 yards from the house once this inflammation as cleared up in my back and legs it should not be a problem to get to it. Hope you find that Phil his managing okay, it must be very strange for him at the moment after being together for 55 years.

~~~~~~~~ to all friends, hope you are all coping okay.

Shaun

Morning everyone:)

Bit grey here, muggy but also abit chilly....weird weather...lol

Bit worried about Vic, he had this awful cold last week, well its probably been 10 days now and he's feeling rough still, he had Dr appointment anyway last wk so told him about the cold etc, he had an xray Fr pm (cancellation came up, that was lucky) and this am ecg. But he's just not himself, he has very mild COPD and is on mild inhalers, been told to up the dose and is on antibiotics, they are helping to break up the cough, but his generally feeling of not well that worries me. Will update you when l know more. May not go to sons tomorrow:((((

Shaun....lovely poem.
How far is your polly tunnel from the house? Knowing you you will soon be back in there and helping the Misses :) Take care.

Sandie...Well done son on cleaning his car :))
How are you today, hope your back is abit better atleast.
Ref the house, l have just made an appointment for ours to be valued:) This is too good an opertunity to let go without trying having ago:)....it will need work on it, but that won't be difficult:). Its a smaller garden which would be better really apart from Madoc:( but then we will be so near the field etc:)
Your daughter sounds like my friends daughter, but withher all the piles will become one and its horrendous!!!
My curser (from the mouse), keeps running up the page, well its not done it for about a week, but does sometimes..... :-P

Bethan....how are you both and your family, hope all is better than last week and that you are over your cold??
Our chav situation is better....seems the dad has moved out, the son is hardly here now, so less cars...yehhhhh. Son did the V sign to me the other day...NICE!! but then l was nearly choking on the fumes from his car and held me nose...:-P

Von....bet you are still busy with the exhibition work, hope it goes well:) and that you are both well?

Hazel...hows you doing and your son, not seen you here for a while?

Diane...hows you doing, do hope things have improved?

AnnG...you'll be home soon, hope you bring some of that sun with you for me Shaun, we gave him some of ours, so we're cooler now :-|

AnnC....hope your weekend was a good one:)


Ok must go, having a big tidy session in kitchen, the table is covered with craftstuff:)))))
Seeing Phil this afternoon:)

Take care everyone and sorry for not mentioning you all.

jude xx

Hello Everyone.

Hope you have been having a good weekend , health and weather permitting.


It's been lovely and sunny here today 72 f in the front porch, had a steady walk up to poly-tunnel after lunch and it was 106 f , no good for man or beast, sat on one of my raised-beds for 10 minutes then headed back in-doors.


Von, I don't think your under the duvet today, hope the sun is shinning for you. Good luck with your exhibition .


Jude, thank you for the blue sky and sun today. Are you saying that Sue his a great great then?
Happy to read good news about your sister , lets just hope she improves with time.


Sandie, thank you for educating me regarding typing. I have got to look at the keys all the time then stab the key I wont with index finger , simples. Yes we have had a unsettled week weather wise, OH unable to get in the garden so she as not been her best. As son finished cleaning the car, send him round here please.


Ann-Glos, hope you are having a lovely time.


Annie, how's you, lovely to see you. Tell Sandie to keep the clouds .


Tec, hope you and your good lady are okay.


Sallie, I expect you are busy in the craft room, hope you are all okay.


Yvonne, hope you are all okay.


Sue, are you behaving and taking it easy, hope you are not in to much discomfort.


Hazel, hope you are not over doing it, don't forget the me-time.


Diane, how are you managing, hope your course is going okay.


Bethan, how's you and family getting on, hope things are sorting them selves out for you.


Sylvia, hope you are okay and looking after the toe.


Ann-C, I bet you have been in your garden today, don't over do it, there's always another day.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


A Summers Poem

Listening to the summer chimes,
Of summer sounds of summer time,
Bringing all that nature is,
That shows and sounds like,
Summer chimes,


Chimes of soft winds,
Chimes of soft river streams,
Sounds that say of that time and season,
That summer time sounds so sweet,
It rings the sounds of summer chimes,
With rays of sunlight streaming by,


Summer chimes with summer wines,
Can be the momentum interludes of summer times,
When summer time is to be,
There in natures places,
Full of bloom and hidden places,

Where,
Listening to the summer chimes,
Of summer time,
And sitting and drinking,
A summer wine,


With the summer chimes,
And summer wines,
With summer and its nature sounds,
Bringing out the musical chimes,
Of summer sounds.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


You all take care and have a lovely week.


Night Night.


Shaun
<3

Hello Everyone,
Just making a few notes for posting later.
Hope you are all okay.
Lovely sunshine over my little mountain.

Chat l;ater

Shaun

S'mae pawb~~
I cant believe It but I've seem it with my own eyes... son is cleaning his car.

Had the little Dyson out in the week for the inside and now is doing the outside and giving it a good going over !

Father has been advising on certain things ! Under the engine I guess ?

Cos he's only an amateur ...after all ..I could clean the Citroen C2 ( black) being able to reach the roof ( he was in Uni then so spent a lot of time on the PC at home in the daylight hours,) but when he had this Audi (White) when he started work I refused to clean it ( he did do the Citroen a few times ..bless him ) ;-)
Still can't manage the iron !!...One day!

Hopefully catch you back in a bit.
~~~to all
luv
Sandie.xx