General Chat

You popped in before me Anng and I forgot to mention about Hot Cross Buns. Yes they were spicier than they are now and had peel in them too which made a lot of difference. I do buy Asda's ones but am not een on all these new fangled ones they keep bring out like chocolate HCB's and cherry bakewell I think I saw soemwhere this year. Did you know the Tudors had HCB's and were only aloud to eat them or sell them for Easter and soemtimes weddings.Queen Elizabeth I even decreed they could only be sold on Good Friday, Christmas, or for funerals. Known earlier as "St Albans buns" (from 1361), Tudor-era buns were often marked with a cross using a knife.

Morning all,

Nice to see you post Vera and I hope oh's back improves quickly. So much for sleep well from Vera I went to bed at 12.27pm and lay there and lay there, you know the feeling, in the end I got up and went to the loo and when I came back in the bedroom I looked at y phone and it was 4.42am. So I got back in bed and then I was hot so I tossed and turned moveing my legs in and out of bed. I must have dropped off in the end and woke at 8.15am so I have not had a lot of sleep in the night.

Beautiful morning here with sun, blue sky and big white fluffy clouds its 7 degrees and pc says partly sunny..

Good morning all 7 degrees and a lovely calm sunny morning.
HAPPY EASTER!! If you still have Easter Eggs bought for you, don't eat them all at once. Once the children had grown up we didn't 'do' Easter Eggs. And then it was, when the Grandchildren were born, Eggs for the Grandchildren. Now I don't see the Greats, they get money some of which they spend on eggs.

the wind was high when I went to bed but taking the hearing aids our solved that. I slept well last night and nobody is more surprisedthan me. I went to bed just before 11pm, woke at 2ish leg hurting a bit but not bad, back in bed tried to adjust how I was laying and went to sleep. woke some time later, leg hurt, I didn't get out of bed just massaged my leg and fell asleep again and woke at 0715. I am now ondering if it is to do with how my leg is postioned so will pay attention to that in future.

Vera I think you need to look at your to do list and prioritise the jobs on it. Tell your self the number of jobs you will do, then STOP and spend the rest of the day relaxing because I can see a migrave appearing if you don't. Some of the jobs will be able to be left until the next day I am sure, especially now your OH has proved he can keep going all day because he is not old!!!! I hope his back is better today.

I do remember that Hot Cross buns tasted wonderful, in retrospect I think it was cinnamon that dominated but definiteky spicy. I have tied all sorts this year, so many different flavours but I had a little parcel ordered for me from daughter which contained 2 scones, cream and raspberry jam and two hot cross buns, they were very close to the old ones I remembered.

At the moment there aren't enough hours in the day and I feel that life is running away with me. I didn't manage to post yesterday so thought I had better come on tonight to say I'm OK, just very busy and overtired as I am still not sleeping much. OH has put his back out again because he was gardening and when I suggested he ought to stop and rest I got told he was fine. He was out there all morning and is now paying the price.

Do you all remember the taste of hot cross buns when we were young? We only had them at Easter and they were something special. Now you buy them all year round and, nice though they are, they are just fruit buns. I've got a recipe for the traditional ones and made them one year and the taste took us back to our childhood. I seem to remember they contained nutmeg.

I hope to post tomorrow but I'll wish you all a happy Easter Day now in case I don't get on the thread. Sleep well tonight ladies.

Ann my leg (left leg) is almost healed. My right leg is the leg that is painful. Nothing to do with the op.
Lots of things it could be besides arthritis, more likely to be circulation problems. I will try and get to see someone when I get back from son’s on 20th.

I was half dressed on the top but I still had my jim jam bottoms on, at least I had my teeth in!!!!!!!!!!

Iv'e not got anything one again today either Annx. Dos'nt it annoy you when you get the chance and then don't take it while they're out? Put it down to it being an Easter holiday.

I did'nt tell you I dressed the windowsill for Easter. I have all my eggs and egg cups chickens and hares etc. I think it looks good and it cheers me up.

Evening All,

My word the Dave storm has been causing a lot of wind here since late morning! It's been quite sunny though. OH went to the match with his pal and I have been Mrs 'Dolittle'. Just not in the mood and yet I could have got lots done while OH was out. I have done a wash though, or rather the washing machine did! Doesn't it annoy you when you log onto a site, click on a window in it and then can't get back? Often you can click the window closed and you are back to where you were, but not today as it took me off the site and when I tried to log back in it wouldn't let me. Now I can't contact them till Tuesday! :-S

Yes I get a lot of questions Mel. He'll say 'I'll let you get on' then five minutes later asks what's for lunch and then back to ask when will we be having it. Then he comes in to empty the litter bin or do some shredding or printing and tells me the neighbour has gone out (do I need to know that.....no!) Then like you say, they never know where anything is and often he's been the last to use it and you have to get up and look yourself. I'm so lucky he's still around, but he does put the brakes on me getting things done and now more of his work is home based he's around more to chat or is talking loudly on the phone which is disruptive as well. I'm sure he still thinks he is doing his job before he retired and is addressing a large room of people.

You undressed again when BIL came round? He must wonder what he's going to find when he arrives! It's good the mower is fixed now and nice that you think there are Robin chicks. Do you know where the nest is?

Does your leg appear to have healed from looking at it AnnG? You must be fed up with it keep being painful. Did Jake get the fairy's water feature fixed for you? I'm surprised you and Vera still need appointments at the tip/dump! Ours stopped after covid, but appointments do avoid build ups at busy times. I'd never thought how they must have to check number plates and presumably they ask for them when you book a slot.

Better get another load in the washer now.

BIL just gone I gave him lunch and he had done the mower and we were saying goodbye on the patio when Robby flew ddown so I gave him 4 worms and he took two away with him so he is either feeding babies or his wife who is sitting. I gave him some more and he took three away this time so I think it must be chicks. :-D :-D :-D

Take a look at this crazy lady and her dogs.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IhjUGYmk15I

Scars not giving me problems at the moment. Leg still sessions of pain. Trying to ignore it.

BIL just driven up and I am not dressed.

Morning Anng and all,

Dull start here and its 11 degrees nd pc is telling me high pollen.Just the shop to do today and not sure if BIL is coming this weekend or not so still in limbo.

Hope you all slept well and that our Anng is not in so much pain with her scars and the legs.

Must remember to do my huffer today as I forgot it the other day.

Good morning all 9 degrees here quite bright. Nothing planned for today except Tesco 3-4pm. Probably just a pottering day again. I did get a bedroom drawer sorted yesterday, it is the one I keep 'holiday' stuff in so sun cream and lots of small bottles/containers of shampoo and shower gel etc.Had to chuckle, in my search for the 'pefect' purse to hold notes, cash, cards and bus pass and still fir in my coat top zip pocket there were ten discarded purses so 5 of those are for charity as they are almost unused. (and don't fit the posket comfortably. Anyway that drawer is tidy now for a while.

I always found I could get more done if oh was out, no interuptios or asking if you have something or where this and that or can you hold this. Or I just get ready for what I wanted to make and he'd decide we were going out.

I made cornflake cakes today with eggs on the top. Not many eggs in the packet I bought so they only have two on top insteaad of three. I am going to make chocolate brownies next.

Afternoon All,

A dull day now but there was a bit of sun this morning. OH walked to pay the papers and we both did a short stint in the garden again while lunch was cooking. If we keep it up (rain permitting) the bin should be full for the next collection

Your doc may not give you pantoprazole as you say Mel, but like Vera said, it might be a good idea to see your doctor about your throat now it doesn't seem the smoking was causing the soreness. If the camera uses a card, they are usually next to the battery under the sliding cover. You will just see the thin edge of it and will need to just press on the edge of it to release it. If your PC doesn't have a slot to slide it in I think you can get USB adaptors to use. I much prefer the cards to the cables for downloading photos. If it has a card it will be interesting for you to see what photos are on it.

It's a shame your leg keeps giving you pain AnnG, so it's sensible to have it checked by the doctor when you get home after your stay. I hope it stays fine for Jake to get the garden job done for you.

Mandy you are good at finding the bargains and the Aldi veg you got certainly are. Our Co-op had signs up saying they were open all Easter including Sunday, but most will shut as you say. We didn't manage to get up soon enough to be early at M&S so might try tomorrow.

I see your daughter got some bargain veg too Gwyn. That was a good game for the children to find the pictures especially as the children in wheelchairs could join in. Yes, I was pleased to get such a good win. Years ago when I think I was moving house and got a sum of money I wouldn't need for about six months I bought the maximum amount of premium bonds which I think was 30,000 then and in the next six months before I needed to cash them in I won NOTHING! This time I seem to have luckier numbers with the last ones I've bought. The prizes are due to be going down in value though.

OH is going to be at matches the next three days, so shall I stay in and get a lot done with him being out, or shall I go out with my camera? Maybe check the weather forecast first!

If the camera has a serial number Mel let us know and we can see if we can find anything out about it. If it is digital it will probably need a card to store photos but you should still be able to see photos on the sccreen.

Morning girls,

Not very nice here this morning its grey and when I got up the bedroom window looked wet. Yes there's that horrid fine rain in the air and pc is saying rainy days ahead and 11 degrees I suppose we are now in for April showers although I think March had most of them.

That was very good of Ernie to give you all that! You must have blocks like my grandad had as he was always having wins on Ernie. I have one my nan bought me as a child but don't know where it went and its probably not registered to this address since moving here in 1991. I may ask about the Pantoprazole but I don't think she would give them to me if they act in the same way. She just told me to use Gavicon. I tried that once before but it did'nt seem to work for me. What worries me is that I still have this raw feeling throat which I have had for years now and thought that was caused by smoking.

Sorry you had another bad night Anng with your leg. I hope you get some answers when you go to the doc about it.

Gwyn that was a lovely hunt for the chiclren to do. We never had anything like that when I was at school just the usual making of an Easter card for our parents. I do remember my son having to make a badge for a Chritmas at school and Making a hat. His was a bolwer hat I covered in cotton wooland put a red light in the top and a switch on the side so he could turn it on and off. Don't remember what else went on it. The bowler hat was one of those thick sort of papermache type cardboard ones we'de had one Christmas at mum and dads.

Mandy hope the hams turn out as nice as the ones you did before.

The dinnner at Stu's last night was what he calls chilli but it was really just mince with garlic, paprika, babeque sauce and dion mustard and wholegrain mustard and some kind of seasoning. All I could taste was the sauce as it was quite sweet but it went down ok with chps and egg fried rice. His son had gone off to Turkey for a week with a friend so there was only Stu his brother Joel and I for dinner.

Coming back to the camera I found up in the wardrobe I think it must have been one oh had before the bigger one he bought. I will have to have a look in the study as I put his camera in it case up on top of the wardrobe in there. It a lot bigger than the one he bought my and you cna change the lens by turning the front bit which you can't do on mine. I did put the battery on charge to see if it worked but have no idea if it needs a card or you just plug it into the pc.

Mandy
You got some bargain veg there :-)
Daughter bought a swede, spring onions and shallots in Lidl the other day and paid 20p in total :-0
It's a bit out of the way for our usual shop, so she just got a few things, when her work took her over that way.
We will probably buy some more root veg somewhere and keep them in a cool place, as you did at Christmas time. They lasted well for us and were useful for soups etc.

Morning all,

Very cloudy again but bright so I hope the sun can make an appearance later .
Nothing planned for today will just see how it goes .
On Good Friday the shops use to close at lunch time now its just another day ,I think all the supermarkets are closed on Sunday .

Gwyn it must have been lovely seeing the children all excited over hunting for clues and getting an egg at the end , I miss doing the easter egg hunt here for the grandchildren ,this will be the first year we haven't bought eggs for them ,we asked if they would like eggs or money and they all said money please , so if they decide they would like an egg they can chose what they want.
I got some of ths cheap veg in Aldi yesterday , 4p for a bag carrots and 4p for a bag of onions , oh and I got parsnips too .

I hope you've had enough rest to see you through the day, AnnG,
Yes, Good Friday in my childhood days was rather like a Sunday,as well. We always ate fish on that day too, which is something I still do.

Mel,
Sorry to read of your pain. It would certainly be worth having a chat with your doctor about this. That sounds quite uncomfortable.

Vera,
Lovely that you found time to meet up with your friends for coffee. It's always good to chat.

Annx
Ernie seems to favour you quite often, but has excelled himself this time . Well done! I hope you have luck with the jackets for OH.

Yesterday was the last day of term at school until 20th.
They are lucky to have quite large playing fields within their grounds, so yesterday morning towards break time, each child was given a sheet of paper with a grid of boxes drawn on it.
The reception class was allowed out first to run around and look for pictures of rabbits somewhere in the grounds, - on the side of a shed, behind a classroom etc. and at each one, they collected a different coloured sticker and put it in one of their grid boxes.
When all the boxes were filled, they took their paper into the hall and traded it for a boxed Easter egg. It was lovely to see all the classes join in gradually and run around searching. The children in wheelchairs were helped by staff, but the children still did most of the spotting.
In the afternoon, there was an Easter bonnet parade with the children wearing hats made at home, but I didn't stay for that, as I'd promised to let the dog out, at the house where my daughter is 'dog sitting' for a few days.

Dull and overcast here today, but still dry at the moment.
:-) :-)