General Chat

Morning Vera ,morning all,

Dreary old morning here and raining so I think I'll go through with the hoover too Vera ,you had a good night for a change and I had a terrible one woke about two and was stil awake at four o'clock.

Anng it can't be just the over 75's getting covid jabs ,I'm getting mine and I'm 70 ,I think they lowered it last winter .

Up late this morning so just having a cup of tea . :-D

Good morning

I slept well last night for a change and feel I could have managed a stint in the garden today but, as forecast, it’s wet and miserable. It looks as though tomorrow will be similar before turning windy on Sunday. I don’t think we will be going out anywhere this weekend. Perhaps I will manage to catch up on some h/w. The house could do with a good vacuum round.

Stay dry and have a good day everyone.

Thanks, I think it is going to be a wet journey which will slow us down it is normally not that lon a journey. I am having to adjust to being in the back of a different car, we only went a short way today and the ride is different so fingers crossed.

Good that the bedroom man has found a match for you. Yes everything is getting much more expensive.
Good too that your OH seems to be improving. I a, sure his daily walks will be doing him good.

Yes, that is right, Covid jabs are only for over 75 year olds. And even vulnerable people don’t seem to be being given them. Daughter got all of them in the past because of her diabetes.

The bus coming along just then was handy AnnG. Good timing with your hairdressing appointment. It does look as though you might have a wet drive tomorrow. It looks as though it might get worse as the day goes on so it might be a good idea to get away as early as possible, though I think you usually do make an early start. I hope the drive isn't too stressful for whoever is at the wheel.

Mandy, I think my funny turn was more worrying for OH and daughter than for me. With my odd sense of humour all I kept thinking was that I hoped the wind wouldn't change or I might stay like that, which is what my mum used to say if I pulled a face when she asked me to do something. In fact I'm a bit achy today but otherwise I'm walking normally and my brain has "unfogged" itself. It's good that your jabs are booked now. Ours are on Saturday week as well but we have both at the same time.

What did you cook for Stu this week Mel and how are you getting on with the new car?

It's good that your bedroom furniture man could match the wood of your wardrobes. It will look great when it's all finished. I'm so pleased you are on that landscape painting course. I always enjoy seeing your pictures and now we can look forward to seeing more in the New Year.

This afternoon I've been sorting out some papers, getting rid of some and filing others and also reading a long application for a licence to sell alcohol and sending a carefully worded email to the council about it. I think I told you that there had been a little general store on the corner of the cul-de-sac that our cul-de-sac turns into. My old English teacher would be tearing her hair out at that sentence construction! This shop closed a few years ago and has been empty ever since. Now it has been bought and it looks as though the plan is to re-open it as an off-licence, open from 6 am to 11 pm 7 days a week.. For various reasons I don't want to register a formal objection but I do have a number of concerns and want to bring them to the attention of the licensing department so I have been taking my time to get the wording right. I doubt if it will have any effect but you never know.

I sent my email off late this afternoon but my faith in our council's abilities sunk even lower than usual when I got an automated response telling me that the licensing department would not be available until 30th September. If they haven't even got the nous to update their own automated response, what hope have I got that anyone will even read my email?

I'm getting a bit tired now so I think I shall get myself into my jim jams and find something good to watch on iPlayer. Sleep tight everyone.

Yes Mel I posted yesterday , shopping all done , no I didn't find any bargains but I did buy a tin of shortbread to put away for Christmas last week I bought a box of chocolate biscuits.
We called In to the doctors as it was time for Colins annual review so I nipped in to book that which will be December and while I waited in the queue I saw they had a board out saying they are now booking the flu and covid jabs so I booked ours in ,flu jab Saturday week and covid two weeks later, I did notice that have taken lots of the chairs from the waiting room so they can't be seeing that many patients, not many sitting in the waiting room this morning either .

Ann thats good the chap can do a good match with the wardrobes and it will be easier for you to reach the window ,I find stretching now can give me a pain in my side ,I had that the other day and I was only going through my tin cupboard to see what I needed and check dates on the tins..

That was good the bus came along just as you were ready to go home Anng ,safe journey tomorrow.

Evening All,

I slept well after having a paracetamol and nipped to the shop first thing for as few bits. OH is having to record lying down and standing BP checks for a few days now, but his gp thinks his dizziness is nerves trapping. The checks we've done the last few days seem fine which is good. He is enjoying his walks across the field again now the cows have gone and watching the squirrels collecting acorns in the Oak trees along the edge.

This afternoon the bedroom furniture man came and he had a good match for the wardrobes so I'm going to go ahead and have the deep cupboards and window seat removed and some shallower cupboards put across the square bay window to make it eassier for me to reach the window. I gulped a bit when he told me the cost, but it would cost a lot more to have had to renew the wardrobes and drawers as well and as we are all finding prices will only keep going up.

I had tried to contact the art teacher from the courses I did, but got no reply to my emails and was going to message him on FB instead, but today I happened to check my spam emails and an email from him today had gone in there so it was a good job I happened to look. He's had trouble with his email domain blocking emails the past month but it's fixed now and hes' put my name down for the landscape course after Christmas. I'd better see if I can remember how to paint now as it's been so long!

AnnG that was lucky the bus arrived just in time for you and to save you the walk! I hope you have a good journey tomorrow and that the weather isn't too bad. It suggests it will be light rain here.

I'm glad your legs seem to be improving Vera and that you managed to pop out and do your errand. You'll just have to be a bit careful for a day or two and with stairs.

Mandy and Mel I kept forgetting about my arms when I turned over in bed and they certainly felt as if they were bruised then. They aren't too bad today and it's just when I lift them to shoulder height I feel it. Yes, I had a jab in each arm like last time. There's quite a mark where the flu one was done, but I can't see where they did the covid one. I thought OH might get both, but he is too young and obviously not considered vulnerable enough so just had the flu jab.

Went to the local garden centre for coffee and bought a couple of small things for Christmas presents then I had my hair cut and came out just in time to hop on the bus that would save me walking all the way home.

BIL is here and mowing so I just raked all the leaves off the top decking by the ponds and he has mowed them all up. They are falling all the time now so I suppose I shall have to do it all again later on.

Morning girls,

Bit cloudy at present but its dry and 12 degrees.

I too wish you a safe journey Anng if I don't get back on here as I have lots to do today with Stu coming to dinner toni8ght I need a good tidy round and a hoover and I have to do the meal too.

Annx hope you arms feel better today and its started to ease up now.

Mandy Did we see you yesterday? Hope the shopping goes well and you find some bargains.

Morning all,

Cloudy here but I think it should be brighter later ,shopping day and we have one or two other places to go too so a busy morning.

Vera I'm glad your beginning to feel better after that funny turn it must have a bit worrying for you , have a nice rest today after your trip out to the coffee meet.

Ann I hope your arms not to achey after your jab ,did you have both covid and flu jabs .

Anng if I'm not on later have a safe journey tomorrow and a nice break away with your family .

Better get ready to go shopping.

Good morning all grey here but not cold 10 degrees and I was hot in the night and threw back covers. Weird weather.
Pleased that you are feeling better Vera hope your legs ease soon, I know how achy legs feel.
thank you for good wishes, we know we are going to have a wet and windy journey tomorrow and a wet Saturday, but that is life and at least we go expecting it, not expecting hot weather.

Hairdresser today but at least I will get a lift there.

Good morning

It’s not a bad morning, cloudy and 10 degrees. I don’t think we will see much sun today but it is supposed to stay dry and the temperature might get up to 20 this afternoon. I had a reasonable sleep last night. I did get very hot in the night and had to throw off the cellular blanket which I had put over my summer weight duvet.

Mel, I had forgotten the numbness I used to get with migraine until you mentioned it. I haven’t had that for a long while. Half my face used to go numb and sometimes my arm on that side. I’m feeling a bit better today, my legs still don’t want to function but I can walk normally even though I’m slow and achy still. The brain fog has more or less disappeared too.

I don’t really have any plans for the day. I might pop in to our Thursday coffee meeting but I won’t be staying. I just want to drop off a present to the girl whose birthday lunch I should have been attending yesterday and a card for one of the men whose birthday is today.

In case I don’t get on the thread before you leave tomorrow, AnnG, I wish you a safe journey and a happy holiday.

I seemj to have done a lot of nothing today. I did go to Stu's as I said before and I have got all the banking sorted for taking down the post van tomorrow. I have cooked mash pots for tonights dinner and some left over for the freezer and cooked runner ( the last of them) and sprouts. Some for tomorow and some for tonight. I'm having mince and mash with the sprouts. I have got the meat out for tomorrow when Stu comes and done a bit of sorting and chucking away done the dustbin and thats about it.

Vera that sounded a nasty turn you had and it could have been migrain connected. When I used to get them sometimes half my body would go numb or one arm. I never had headaches with mine but did start with a fuzzy spsot that got bigger till I could only see the one thing I was looking at. I used to lie on the bed with my head hanging over the side near the floor in a darkened room.

Hope your arms are not too achey Annx. Iv'e not heard when mine is yet.

Right dinners ready so I hope you all have a good nights sleep and feel refreshed in the morning.

Daughter and SiL are here now, they wanted a rest day between travel days. We go Friday.

Vera that sounds strange, hope it didn’t spoil the break for you all. I wonder if it might be a good idea to check with your surgery if it could have been a migraine.

Ann hope the arm is not too bad.

Glad the dentist didn't find any work to do AnnG. I hope your legs soon recover from the walk.

Vera that sounded like an unpleasant exerience on your walk. I just mentioned it to OH and he agreed that migraines can affect your whole body and cause strange things. He used to get a strange sensation happen years ago, but not so often now where he would be walking along and suddenly lurch forward and duck his head as he had a sensation of a weight being on his head and that he would lose balance. He never did get an answer as to what might be the cause. It was a good idea to miss the birthday do today though and take it a bit easy. The easy weeder gift you got sounds like a good gift for the Secret Santa.

Mel couldn't you get at least half a dozen banking envelopes at a time to save you having to make more trips if they run out? My bank is a building society so the Post Office won't deal with my cheques to pay in.

My shoulders are aching a bit now after the jabs.

We had another lovely day yesterday, although I had a strange “funny turn”. It was more overcast and a bit cooler than Monday but dry and quite pleasant. We went to Felbrigg Hall which is only 5 minutes drive from where we were staying, arriving at 10 am when they opened. The house didn’t open till midday but there are gardens and parkland to explore. There is a very large walled garden and we spent a lot of time in there. Then we started off across a field to find a church and a lake shown on the map. Suddenly. I couldn’t walk normally. My body from the waist up was leaning over to my right while my feet were trying to walk to the left. Talk about having a list to port; it was most peculiar. If I tried to make myself straighten up I got terrible pains from the waist to my ankles. OH and daughter wanted to shove me in the car and hurtle back but I was determined to enjoy my few days till we had to leave. We made it to the church with OH making sure he hung on to me and kept me upright and daughter carrying my bag.

I decided the lake would be a step too far. I could see a path straight across the field to the house, cafe, shop etc so we took that and got something to eat and drink at the cafe and I took a couple of my migraine pills which did help a bit. A Quick Look in the shops with daughter helping me and where I bought a book and a Secret Santa present of a “Speedy Weeder” and we drove home. We got back about 5.30. Daughter had a coffee and then dashed away again as she had to be at Witham at 7.30 pm.

The iPad insists on putting Quick Look with capital letters. I have retyped it with a lower case q and l 3 times and each time the iPad has changed it so I’ve given up and it wins.

I am more upright today but still don’t feel very good and am wondering if it was a strange form of migraine. I still have some pains in my legs and my head is foggy and migraine can do strange things to your body. I was supposed to be at a birthday lunch today but cried off as I just couldn’t face it, particularly as I would be driving and didn’t feel I was very safe.

I think that’s enough looking at the screen for today so this is your odd friend signing off and wishing you a good, sleep filled night.

Our bins have to be out by 6 am so they go out the night before as well. The bin lorries can’t or won’t come up our narrow, private road so we have to wheel the bins down to the recreation ground at the end of the road and line them up there. First person around after the bin lorry has been brings everyone’s back It can be a real pain if the weather is bad and you’re going up and down for 6 bins.

I hope your jabs this morning are not making your arms ache too much Annx. Yes, parking at the doctors’ surgery is a bit of a nightmare. I try to go to our local surgery if I can as I can walk there but if I have to go to the main one in town I go into the pay car park at Roy’s and then walk through town.

AnnG, I’m glad your dental visit went OK and Cynth could take you. You’ll be off on your hollibobs in a couple of days. Does your daughter arrive tomorrow? By the way our car with the gear change on the steering column was also a Renault.

Mandy, Holt does have some lovely independent shops. I nearly bought a dress there too. I like dresses but I’m not a standard fitting so usually have to buy skirt and top outfits. This dress would have been just right for me and I really liked it but then I found out the price and decided I didn’t like it that much.

I’ll be back later but am going to do a couple of other jobs now so I’ll post this in case I lose it.

Ooops, I came back to do another post and found I had forgotten to send this one. My head is full of cotton wool at the moment.

I glad yu got to the sentist ok with Cynth and hope you enjoyed the wlk home even though your legs ache.

I went to the post van this morning and they had the banking envelopes so I got two for me and two for Stu. Then I went round to Stu's to ask him for a paying in slip and said I would pay it in the van in the morning. He had his Wayfare cheque sop I said I'd put that in for him too. He looked and looked for a paying in book through two cupboards and two drawers and after a while he found on ewith his old address on it but I said that was ok as long as I had the sort code and account number which he knew off by heart. So thats another job for tomorrow now.

The sun came out about 10am and its been nice and sunny since.

I always put my bin out on a Wednesday night as our bin men come at some rediculous hour in the morning. They come once a fortnight. This week I have sorted a few nmore things to throw away so its quite full this time. Still not put the recykling bin out and it must be three weeks now.

Had two eggs this morning and putting one in the egg tray I smashing the end in so I may make a cake this afternoon.

I put my bins out the night before.

Dentist was ok. Just the deep clean to be done now, as he only works one day a week he gets really booked up and because I have commitments as well, the next appointment for one side of the deep clean is 12 November, and that was the last appointment on that day.

Yes our surgery car park gets full. There is a dedicated Doctors car park which is always overflowing.

Anyway, Cynth took me round to the dentist and I walked back. Legs are sore now.

Morning All,

We were up with the lark to be showered and at the surgery for our jabs at 7.30am! The nurses must be starting earlier this year as we've been among the first at 8.30 am before. We thought being so early we would sail the couple of miles to the surgery, but there was more traffic than ever to hold us up queuing. We'd thought parking at the surgery would be easier too, but only two spaces were left. Karen, the nurse doing our jabs, was in a tizzy about the new rules from today and was already behind. My right arm is starting to feel a bit stiff in the shoulder and that was the covid jab she said normally causes less aches than the flu one. We came home, had our pills then went for the coffee and cob deal down the road and called in the shop. When we got home I hoovered through and tidied the bedroom ready for the wardrobe man coming. Blow me, he then rang to say he couldn't come as his child had to be fetched from school as she'd fallen. He's coming tomorrow afternoon now. These things can't be helped but it is hard to make other plans when things get cancelled and then another day is disrupted. Friday the blind man is here fitting rails and the blind.

It's stopped now but was raining here earlier AnnG which I didn't expect. Too wet to do anything outside though, so I am doing paperwork just now. OH is happy as the cattle in the field have gone, so he can walk across there now without having eyes in the back of his head! Good luck with your dental appointment.

We tend to put our bin out the night before now as well Mandy unless it's very blowy. To think the binmen used to come round the back of your house to carry your bin on their backs and then carry it back again. No rules about what you put in it either. Now it has to be put at the kerb and have the handles facing the road, but they don't put it back there.

Our parking at the surgery got worse when they needed spaces for more doctors, due to so many deciding to work part time. When it's busy people have to queue at the entrance till another patient drives out of a space. I feel so sorry for the very elderly with all these rules. It must be very confusing and put some off seeing a doctor. One very old lady with a stick walked in and didn't know how to use the booking in screens and another patient in the queue waiting to book in helped her and then explained how the big screens in the waiting room would tell her when it was her turn and which room to go to.

I hope you are bright eyed and bushy tailed after your good sleep Mel. I think AnnG is right that your mind was relaxed now you are sorted with a car.