General Chat

Confused Mel. I don’t remember anything about Gwyn going for a weekend to meet her family. Although I remember she said that they usually did it. Wondering why she messaged you instead of putting it on here though.

Jake and Dad have gone off to get more sealant. For that read ‘it is time for breakfast’. I have a very large cherry picker type vehicle outside my kitchen window. Only trouble is somehow Jake set the alarm off and they had trouble stopping it. Even more worrying is not one person looked out to check their cars.

I have done a wash load and cleaned the inside of my lounge window and two of my kitchen windows. The kitchen ones are difficult to reach behind thesink unit etc and a shallow bay so quite a wide reach

Morning girls,

Sun here and its a beautiful day so far and its 6 degrees. I over slept this morning but I have an excuse, got up for the loo while it was dark and could'nt drop off again after getting back into bed and laying down my nose seemed to be blowing bubbles on bresthing in. It was so annoying I had a good cough and blew my nose but by this time I was wide awake. I must have dropped off in the end as I had three very strange little dreams. something aboiut a caravan, then laying a table for dinner and then asking for something to put a lot of things in that were on the tabel and was brought a grater with a big bubble on top.

Anyway I heard from Gwyn and she had a lovely weekend with the family at the meet up in Hmapshire.

To be honest Mandy I don't know, also don't know what time they are coming, they are not here yet but could be stuck in traffic as it is not good at the moment, lots of flooding around the river Severn. villages.

it is 2 degrees now ad the sun is shining. enjoy your shopping.

Morning Anng ,morning all,

It's 7 degrees here , we had rain overnight but suns shining now and there's blue sky .
Off out this morning to do a bit of christmas shopping ,I'm really behind this yeawdrzr so must pull my finger out and get on .

Anng hope the roof repairs go OK at least its dry for them, do they have to strip any tiles off or is it just the fillets they are repairing.

Good morning all. pale blue sky weak sun an 1 degree here at the moment so dry for Jake but very cold. I hope they can get on with it today as I don't want it taking all week.

It is always hard to find things to do while they are here because as soon as I settle down to do something they are bound to knock the door with a query. So I might try wrapping a few presents.

Just looking on line and I see Claudia has hit the usual spots around Gloucester. with Tewkesbury being hit yet again. One car park for the shoppong centre is like a lake. And several villages near the River Severn are cut off. I hope Jane's sister and family are safe if they still live where they did before. They were very near the river then I think.

We had some sunshine this afternoon and it was lovely to see blue sky again .
We've just had our Sunday roast so I'm full to the brim .

Thought you might like that programme Mel ,I'll try and remind you again when it's on .
Hope your back is a bit easier now .

Ann I was warm in the night and pushed the covers off ,we haven't got any heating on but I have had the oven going so had a bit of heat from that and we haven't even lit the fire today
We had your fireworks last night about half past nine there was an almighty bang and then all the flashes, it went on for about half an hour ,didn't bother Max at all he just looked up then cuddled down again ,who ever was setting them off must have got wet as it was raining quire hard .
Did the walk help OH's neck ,it's not to long to his appointment now is it .

Oh Anng I bet its lovely in Scotland now with all the lovely colours of the trees turning , sounds as if the weathers good for them .

Your doing the tight thing Vera you don't want to put to much strain on your other eye and get a migraine, hope you sleep well too .

Afternoon all

Mel, I hope your back strain isn't too painful. Make sure you rest it and don't be tempted to do too much. I saw your photos this morning and have responded. Sorry it wasn't earlier but I am really having to limit my screen time at the moment. Constantly having to chop and change between out-of-date reading glasses and distance glasses with only one lens is putting quite a strain on my other eye. I expect it will be nearly Christmas before everything is sorted as, if they say everything is fine at my post op check, I've still got to have eye tests and new glasses made.

I hope your daughter is having a lovely birthday AnnG. My daughter was 60 in the summer and took early retirement then so that she and her partner could spend his last few months together. It came as a shock when I realised I was the mother of a retired woman of 60!

Dear Lady Elizabeth, thank you so much for your good wishes. I appreciate your kind thoughts.

~~~~~~~~~~ A quick wave to Annx, Mandy, Gwyn and anyone else who looks in and then I'm off. Sleep well tonight everyone.

Afternoon Everyone,

I was boiling in the night and threw the duvet down for a while and was still awake gone 3.00am. I didn't hear any fireworks for a change last night so that was good but maybe I was still anticipating them. I had a lie in this morning and keep yawning now and have runny eyes.

It's just been weak sunshine here, no rain though and I did a towel wash. I chivvied OH to go for a walk, just a short one, as he hadn't been for one the past two days and his neck was hurting this morning.

Thanks for the photos Mel and I have answered now, but the last one went in my spam folder for some strange reason??

More tidying up in here now.

Happy Birthday to your daughter AnnG! It sounds nice where she is staying. :-)

We have a weak sun hereI have just spent an hour in the garden picked up a large black bag full of the leaves off the tree at the end of the garden They absoletely covered the patio there and the slate bed. I have left them to rot on the slate but managed to pick up most of them on the patio usinf a rake. I emptied the black bag first of last years leaves into the compost bin they will go in nicely to what is in there already and be good for pots for next year. I did also use some of the leaves as a mulch. And moved some geraniums in a pot into the conservatory. I don't have room for all of them but can save a few I hope.

Daughter will be enjoying her birthday, they are away for five days inthe lodge I stayed in with them 2 years ago near Castle Douglas Scotland. Lovely place to stay and this morning they had clear blue sky over the lake, beautiful. I am very envious I loved that area.

Mandy I have been waiting for another miniature program after the last one with Sandy Toksvig. I shall have to look out for that. I once bought a plate I liked in a hospice shop and have it up on the plate rack in the kitchen and I did a miniature of that. Don't htink I could do it now though.

still miserable here but I think it is dry.

Afternoon all,

Dry here no sun as such but it's quite bright ,just been out and swept up a few leaves and moved the bins ready for a log delivery on Tuesday.

Mel this might interest you I see there's a programme called The Marvellous Miniature Workshop starting on 1st December BBC1 2 pm ,it follows expert modal makers as they turn cherished memories from the past into miniature creations ,hosted by Sarah Cox ,might be worth a look .

Happy birthday to your daughter Anng, Hooe she has a lovely day .

Happy birthday to your daughter Anng hope she has a wonderful day. <3 <3 <3

Morning all,

Dull and dreary and pc says rainy days ahead and 10 degrees.

Having a slopy day today and I have somehow strained my back on my right side. t today it seems worse.

Fotgot to say good morning, 8 degrees and very dull here, a bit chilly too.
Dish washer is playing up, mostly washing OK but not completely dealing with some stuff. I had more salt in my Tesco order so, after actually hand washing several bits I have added more salt in case that is the problem.

Daughter's birthday today never thought I would have a daughter in her 60s. :-D

yes Mel my email reply was a combination reply to both emails. I mentioned the turning of the leaves from the first email and the rainbow from the second. Why are you worried? Vera said she read posts but wouldn't answer because of straining her eye. The same probably applies to emails.

Yes I know you two did but I sent 10 on two emails so did you get the 20 pics???

I saw them Mel and replied .

I saw your pics Mel and responded to the email.

I am wondering how many of you got my email with the pics?

Vera you certainly went through the mill with your longer op. I hope things start to clear quickly now and you can see colours again. Thats a long while to wait till you can get knew glasses and it must be strange without a lens in one side.

Hi to EOS long time no hear. Sending love and wishes. <3 <3

I'm glad that's done now Vera and each day should be a bit better. I remember taking OH to have a lens taken out of his glasses. He was very short sighted so had one eye long sighted and one eye short sighted till the second eye was done. I remember making him a lens cover from paper I painted black at one point so he could do his work and I drove him to some meetings. Those little bottles of drops with the tiny amount in don't look as if they will last long at all do they and what a cost for the parking!! :-0

I went through Littlethorpe where I lived as a teenager when I went out They raised the road years ago by the station which has the river next to it due to floods and originally the pavements each side were over two feet higher than the road. Even after raising the road, today there was a road width river of water running across it and cars were going slowly in single file down the middle. On the way home I decided to go a different way past the packhorse bridge by the tip. I thought I might have to turn round and go another way, but the water was covering the field each side of the road and just lapping at the road each side. There seems so much traffic lately and all going far too fast through the villages with cars parked on the pavements both sides of the road. I saw a man jogging down the single lane remaining down the middle of the road and noticed he couldn't go along the pavement as a lady walking towards us with a pushchair hardly had room because of the cars half on it.

Evening all,

Its been a dreary old day and so dark again ,it's been that fine drizzle all day so we haven't been out .

Vera glad it all went OK now you need to rest the eye ,it must be strange with only one lens in your glasses it reminds me of the time when we were on holiday and BIL laid on the sunbed with his sunglasess on and had only one lens in and he never even noticed it was gone .

Ann those fields near you always seem to flood ,I think we're lucky this way ,hope you've managed to get your shoes on ebay .