General Chat

Got the grass cut and filled the garden bin and that's now out for emptying in the morning ,still dry here and the suns been shining on and off ,looks like the rain is on the way then if Mel and Anng has it ,its suppose to be here late afternoon.

Raining here and 13 degrees, not very warm indoors though. I have vacuumed and dusted lounge, dining room, hall and kitchen so do feel I have done something with my day. Ought to give the bathroom a clean too I suppose.

I said in reply to your email Ann, the photos of the leaves are lovely. aren't the colours beautiful.

I am hopefully going to Hidcote garden on Tuesday with the U3a garden visits group. I am just hoping it won't rain all day.

It has been raining and the patio is all wet so its blown in right up to the back door.

Morning just,

I had a terrible night, got up for the loo still very dark outside and black going back to the bedroom and back in bed. Thought I would drop right off again but no I lay for hours and just could'nt get back to sleep and got cross with myself which made it worse. I even tried turning over which |i don't usually do and that did'nt work either. Must have dropped off for a while in the end as I woke up at 11am.

Its 15 degrees here and cloudy but I don't think its rained in the night.

The pics of the Red Oak are lovely Annx thanks for sending them.

Morning Anng, morning all,

Grey here but dry and irs 12 degrees ,hopefully we can get the front grass cut this morning before the rain comes ,the garden bin goes out today for tomorrow and the cuttings will top it up .

Anng thats handy that alarm your daughters has on her phone for her blood sugars ,there's so many apps and things you can have on the phones now but I'm afraid it all goes over my head .

Ann I think that second photo of the oak tree with the beautiful colours would make a lovely painting ,I showed it to Colin and he said the same ,one to save until you get your brushes out again I think .

Just had a knock at the door and it was the post lady with my hand mixer and Max's joint tablets I ordered from amazon, I didn't know we got amazon post from royal mail on a Sunday ,just got Max's biscuits to come from Amzon today too.

Good morning all, still dry and 11 degrees but very dull. Nothing planned for today, Doesn't look very inviting for pottering in the garden. Might be forced to filll my time with housework. Arms not bad and I slept well covid arm is a bit stiff, hopefully that will wear off. I do have a list of admin jobs to do so maybe I will work down that.

:-D I had noticed the error but knew it was an error.
Mandy daughter always carries fruit pastilles. And at night has biscuits in the bedroom as her phone has an alarm that goes off when her blood sugar drops too low. It is a really loud alarm.

What am I like Vera! I've just corrected it now. I usually read my posts after writing them but missed that error so thank you for saying! Not as bad as a spelling error I read about recently where a woman meant to text that she could still smell her boyfriend's cologne on her pillow. She spelt cologne as colon. You did have a bad night and I know I feel like a zombie when I'm awake most of the night. Hopefully tonight you will sleep better. Our nearest IKEA is 34 miles away but it is nearly all motorway travel. We used to go there then carry on another 11 miles to McArthur Glenn retail outlet, but neither of us manage all the walking at both now. I must do a stint in the garden in the morning. I think we are due the rain midday.

I must look at the Range and Aldi now then Gwyn. Your brother was determined to 'get his man' wasn't he to sleep under a hedge a couple of nights can't have been nice. It worked though!

It might be next weekend Mandy as I think it's the last weekend in October. It's a good idea for your son to explain to the children what to do for Jake if needs be and won't frighten them if they know what it is and know what to do.

Evening all,

Well it's been another grey day and tomorrow we should have rain , only seems a short while ago we were all going Phew it's hot .
We went to see son and took them some fruit and the cakes ,son had been and got some sacks of potatoes so we brought ours home ,they will store in the shed and last us a good few weeks , we've always bought the sacks for the winter saves lugging potatoes home with the shopping .

Oh Mel I'm glad you like the crochet bits ,I'll be interested to see how your using them .
Has the battery charged OK now .

Anng hope your arms aren't to tender ,I found my arm was tender for a couple of days and I felt really tired ,we have the covid jab next Saturday.

Ann you asked if the girls do knitting , no they don't but I did teach them all when they were younger so they do know how to ,even Jake wanted to have a go when he was little and use to watch me knit , it was funny because when he asked he said Nanny do you think I could learn to knit with the sticks :-D I said Jake they are called needles lol.

Vera Jake does have to watch what he eats , son said he was going to sit the others down and explain that if they saw Jake was shaking or a bit confused to get something sweet for him ,at the butchers where he works a couple of the chaps there are diabetic so they know what to do .
Son is diabetic too but he's on tablets like Jake was.
Hope you can get a better nights sleep tonight .

The children have one more week at school them it's half term, is it next Saturday we alter the clocks or the Saturday after .

Its been raining here since about 3pm and is still raining now.

Annx I don't use Majoram in cooking but the bees love its tiny pink flowers but its sowed itself everywhere. BIL cam today and took the battery off charge and said a battery for my car in Halfords with his discount would be £150 odd quid. I don't know what you mean about a stop start car?I have found that when I get out the light stays on for quite a long while much longer than my old car but BIL said when I lock it it goes out quicker. It really needs a lkong run I think and not just up the shop or to Stu's. When I start it up it locks all the doors so that more battery.

Vera I hope you sleep better tonight after a bad one. It does make a difference if you get a good night in. I slept well last night but this afternoon I could have just dropped off again. I don't like sleeping during the day as I sleep for too long.

Mandy can't remember if I said they arrived yesterday while I was up the border and they are lovely.

It's much the same here, 13 degrees and feels colder. Nothing but grey cloud all day; I'm beginning to forget what that yellow stuff looks like.

I had an even worse night than usual and eventually fell asleep some time after 5 am. I got up at 7.30 but felt so groggy that I went back to bed for a couple of hours. That meant a late start for me so I seem to have been chasing my tail all day. I did some necessary household jobs this morning and then after lunch I managed to spend an hour and a half in the garden. I feel quite pleased with what I managed to get done outside but the more I do, the more I see what still needs doing and tomorrow we are supposed to be getting rain again.

I hope you are OK after your jabs AnnG. We both had one in each arm and were fine afterwards. I had an uncomfortable night after the jabs as each time I turned over I lay on a tender spot but that only lasted one night.

I hope you find the duvet you want Annx. I couldn't manage with such a lightweight one as you in winter. I've always been a bit of a chilly mortal though I don't like it very hot either. OH was always the one who would be wandering around in a T-shirt in the middle of winter but he is worse than me now and is always cold. He was found to have a bit of a thyroid problem but it was borderline so no treatment was given. We don't normally heat our bedrooms as we both like a warm bed but a cool room. OH could have the underfloor heating going in his room but chooses not to. Being upstairs I have a radiator but only occasionally put it on for an hour to take the chill off the room. I've never been to IKEA either but we don't have a branch anywhere near us. Btw, Annx, I did have a little chuckle at your last post when you hoped that AnnG's arms got achey. I think you might have left out a negative word there ;-)

I expect the family were pleased with their sponge and Viennese fingers Mandy. Does Jake have to have a very restricted diet or can he have some of these treats? I know daughter's late partner was supposed to be very, very careful but he was quite naughty at times and ate things he shouldn't and then the blood sugar monitor he had to wear would start beeping.

Time I had a late afternoon cuppa I think. I'm just beginning to feel a little bit chilly as I have been upstairs for some while and there is no heating on up here. Sleep well tonight everyone.

Afternoon All,

It's 13 degrees here too but feels colder. OH is off to another match and all I have done yet is pop to the shop and done a bit of tidying. I've located the charger to my favourite camera at last so once the battery is charged I may go out and take some tree photos while the leaves look so colourful.

That was a bit of toing and froing to get Jake's injector pen Mandy. It sounded like the clinic hadn't included it for the pharmacy to issue it. He'll be pleased when he starts to feel better from using it. I keep meaning to ask whether any of the girls you are making the blankets for have been interested in learning to knit or crochet? I remember it was my grandmother that started me with knitting a doll's scarf in tan coloured wool. She asked me if I was trying to make a lacey one.......I wonder why!! She didn't have much money and had 38 grandchildren by the time I was born, but I loved the simple things she showed me how to do like french knitting using an old cotton reel with four nails in the top and also how to make a peg doll using the old push on clothes pegs and how to dress it with scraps of fabric she'd saved and with bits of wool for it's hair. Sometimes there would be a magic painting book for me, in summer a butterfly net to take in the meadow at the back of where she lived.

Prices for things have gone up so much Mel, I had a look at what a new battery would be for my car as the one it has is ten years old now and that was around £90 on Ebay I think. I then looked at those for your car and the dearest Bosch one if for a stop start engine was £148, but others started at just over £50. I don't know whether your car is a stop start one. I've never grown Marjoram so is it easy? What do you use it for.

That's good you have had your jabs AnnG and I hope your arms don't get too achey or sore, but it's a good idea to get on with making your cards today so they get more of a rest.

It is 13 degrees here and quite bright and dry so far, we are forecast rain for tomorrow. Not sure what to so today, don't want to put too much strain on my arms so maybe just a bit of card making and not too mych typing.

Well thats a good job over and done with and I hope your arms are not too sore tonight in bed.

Not done much this morning but I may put the washer on in a mo.

Barometer has dropped and pc is saying rain and 13 degrees. I can't see any rian yet but I suppose we have had a nice long spell of dry weather even if it has been grey nearly all the time.

good morning all. I have had my jabs, Cynth took me down and it was very quick, the longest time being the queue to register. Hopefully there won't be too much arm pain but we shall see. I only seem to know people who have had just the flu jab so far.

Morning all,

It looks as though we may get a brighter day today as the suns coming up now but the sky is still grey out to the north.

Mandy thank you so much for the little acorns thye are lovely and I love the littel mouse and toadstool. They arrived yesterday while I was up the border so I had a nice surprise when I came back down.

I think BIL is coming today to take a look at the car and take the leads offf.

Anng that was good that you still had the old hearing aid to use until your appointment.

Ann Jake had a 9.30 appointment and son rang as they were coming home about twelve o'clock.
Jake was shown how to inject with a pen like thing and they were sent down to the hospital pharmacy to collect the insulin but they wouldn't give him the pen bit so they sent him back to the clinic and they sorted that out and then back they had to go to the pharmacy to collect the pen .
Its one Injection a day so I hope this will help him to feel better ,he went Into work when he got back .

I think I have said in a previous post the car had a new battery last year as did my old car but they are very different. I looked at it when I corned the chickens and it is now flashing green so is charging well. BIL says the battery for the new car would be about £200 I am begining to think I have bought a car thats going to be very expensive in the future.

Yes I did mean Marjoram!! silly me, sometimes I just can't think of the spellings and my fingers take over.

I think its about time I had a new quilt. Mine is a 4.05 I think and I usually put a fleece throw over it in the winter.

Hope you all sleep well tonight.

Afternoon Ladies,

Chilly and dull today but we went to the Factory Shop and they had no duvets less than 10 tog so I'll order online. They have stopped their loyalty cards now and it's all by app, the same as the garden centre we called in after to see the Christmas decorations and have a coffee. I did get a pair of trousers though and OH got some underwear and a mattress protector for the other bed that I forgot to get yesterday. Anything more than 3.5 tog is too hot for either of us now Vera and a fleece throw on top of a duvet in winter to cover just my legs on colder nights is hot enough. I have a top sheet though and have just that when it's very hot in the summer. The heating is off by 7.00pm usually. The thyroid affects your temperature control and I find if I get cold I can't get warm easily but worse is getting too hot and not being able to cool down easily as I can start to feel ill. OH has had to take me outside some hot theatres we've visited to cool off in the past. Years ago on the frostiest days when we went for walks, OH would be wearing hat, scarf, gloves, T shirt, shirt, jacket, anorak, jeans and 2 pairs of socks, while I would just have a T shirt and jeans on. Ten minutes into the walk I would feel OH's hands and they'd still be freezing and mine would be toasty! I did get some funny looks and comments too at times. Old dears would tell me I'd catch my death!

It's good to hear things are going the right way with your health now Gwyn. Hopefully you will be free of so many appointments soon, but it must be good to be feeling better.

Does the battery charger charge other batteries like the one on your old car Mel? I hope you won't need another battery, but Stu will be able to tell won't he.
What is Margarm? As you mention other herbs did you mean Marjoram?

I've usually moved Fuschias in the spring when they start to shoot, but I have two in the front garden that I am moving over the winter with as much soil as I can. I've done it before and it was successful.

I hope the hairdresser didn't cut a lot off your hair Mandy as it's nice if it's a bit longer in the winter. Mine seems to cut mine a bit shorter each time!! I hope Jake did ok and is happy about doing his injections now. I expect it will soon become routine like any other medication is.

AnnG I wish I felt more motivated to get out in the garden like you. You have done well in getting your garden sorted out.

OH will be late as he's at a match in Rugby so I'm off to bed once I've emptied the washer.

Mandy, yes my sister has hearing aids from spec savers but I don’t think just anyone can take them in for repair, mine have to go back to the hospital. But it would have been a quicker appointment if it was just an adjustment but I think they might want to retest my hearing so a longer appointment with an audiologist.