General Chat

Good morning

Happy Birthday AnnG, I hope you have a lovely day <3

Busy getting stuff ready for the garden party today so in a bit of a rush. Might be back this evening.

Morning all,

<3 Happy birthday Anng hope you have a lovely day <3

Oh dear Mel you had a day yesterday but you had a lot on your mind <3

Family coming this morning so be back later .

Been thinking of you Mel xx <3 Your mind would be distracted today, but you got the tyre changed in the end.

Thanks for your kind thoughts girls.

I am in so much pain today I don't know what to do with myself. Then I got readyo go up the shop reversed out and turned to go up the road and hit the bl**dy wall at the edge of the lawn. Burst the tyre and as I was in the middle of our road I had to reverse with the flat to get the car out of the way. I have ruined the tyre. The shop shuts at 2pm and this was 13 minuets past one. Rang my little garage man but he was shut so rang Em to see if they would run me down the shop. No they are away for the weekend. Rang my neighbour up the top and he was having lunch but rusxhed it and took me up the shop. Just having some lunch so I can take more painkillers and BIL turned up.

He has changed the wheel for me but can't stay long.

Sorry Mel been in town so didn't check and didn't connect the date. Sorry but of course I know how you feel about the days so I am thinking of you too. <3 <3

Oh Mel thinking of you today <3

My thoughts are with you Mel <3

Thinking of you Mel <3

MEL <3

Ah, when I stay at son's it is a bed on a pine slatted frame and also when I stay at daughter's the same. It is difficult to tuck the sheets in as the mattress slides on the frame.

Just had a lovely surprise a day early from granddaughter in law. a potted lemon baby rose, lemon shortbread and lemon jelly slices.

Morning all,

Grey and windy here so look out if its coming your way. Now its raining.

Bad day for me today.

Anng I do that its the matress I can't lift up to tuck the sheet under. The bed is a wooden frame too.

yes Mandy a two pin.

Good that they have identified your kidney problem as at least they will keep an eye on it.
What BP pills are you on now?

Morning all,

Sunny and bright here ,it was so muggy in the night I had quite a restless nights sleep .

The doctor rang yesterday my kidney function test is showing a little kidney disease so I will need yearly tests to keep an eye on it ,I also need another blood pressure tablet so that will be three I'll be taking ,she also wants me to stop one of the tablets I take for arthritis as they can affect your kidneys .

Vera thats a good weight for a new baby ,any name yet .

Oh Anng thats a nuisance needing an adapter for the new slow cooker ,is it a two pin plug on it ,I suppose it's so they can be shipped abroad .

good morning all. Quite grey here and very windy and at 7am itis 15 degrees so not cold.

Mel when putting on fitted sheets, if you have a problem have you tried doing the corners diagonally? Now memory being what it is somebody on here may well have told us this but I will repeat it in case you don't know. Try putting the top left hand corner on first, then the bottom right hand one. that seems to hold the sheet in position when you pull the other corners on. It works for me most of the time anyway.

Vera, that was quite a big baby for a first child. But not unusual I think nowadays. two of my great grandchildren were around 9 pounds. Sad that your daughter can't get to be with her daughter for a while though, that is the trouble with those of us living so far from families I suppose.

I do have an ankle support and wore it all day yesterday and it does help a lot.

I have Tesco delivery this morning and then I need to go into town. I had the new slow cooker delivered yesterday and the plug on it is a continental one so I need to try and buy an adaptor. I am hoping the little shop in our indoor market will be open as he probably sells them. It is a Morphy richards one, exactly the same as I had before. No idea whether they all have them now but it would be a hassle to return. Just a bit aggravating really.

Its been lovely and sunny and comfortable today but just now it rained and it really poured down and now its stopped!!

I was restless last night as it was so hot and sticky and I don't think it will be much better tonight. It has been a "heavy" day, as hot as yesterday but without yesterday's sun, just overcast with the odd gleam coming through. I've been busy as well so I'm feeling whacked now.

We went into town again to pick up my meds and then bought a couple of nice "baby" cards, one for the new Mum & Dad and one for my daughter as the babe is her first grandchild. How can my daughter be a grandmother? It's only yesterday she was a little girl :-) Then we popped into Iceland. I rarely shop there but thought I would get a dessert or gateau to take to the garden party on Sunday. I got two smallish cheesecakes but then carried on looking round and ended up buying 3 packs of frozen fruit and 3 packs of sea bass fillets as well. We're going to try one lot tonight.

When we got back we had a coffee and then I decided to give the downstairs cloaks and OH's en-suite a thorough clean - not before time! We had a sandwich in the garden and I walked down to post my cards before spending half an hour cutting back and dead heading. Next it was making a shopping list to cover roughly 3 weeks and getting an order in with Tesco for delivery Monday.

In between I kept stopping to answer texts about the new baby and look at the photos I have been sent. She was 8 lbs 12 ozs so a really good weight for a first baby though not an easy birth for the new Mum. Because of distance and a 2-week holiday just coming up my daughter won't be able to see her for at least 3 weeks but the new parents have said they will face time her so she can see the baby close up and moving about.

I know what you mean about the bed-changing Mel. I am 5'8" and I struggle with it though I find it easier to do on my own than with OH's help, lol.

You did well to get the grass cut and must feel you've achieved something AnnG. Would one of those ankle supports they sell at various chemists help you when you are having to do jobs like that? It sounds as though you were busy in the garden yesterday as well Mandy.

I'd better go now and see how I have to cook these sea bass fillets and then I am on pot watering duty next door as neighbours have gone away for a few days. They have a lot of pots!

I have just finished changing the bed. Its such an ordeal for me being as I am only 5'2" nd its a king sized bed. I do it in stages now I have to do it on my own. Oh always helped me and it did'nt take long.

Washed the bedding and its blowing on the line so it should dry ok today.

Going to have a fiddle with my crafts now as I think I have earned it and I hav'nt touche dmy Tudor lady for well over a week..

Well ankle is still sore but just cut the lawn. worried that if I left it (and it was quite long) it would rain so, had to be done. I haven't done the edges yet. I really need to get a new edging tool, the one I have is about 50+ years old and really heavy and needs sharpening.

Morning Anng and all,

Pc is very noisey gain at th mo I hope it quietens down soon.

Its dry but cloudy and 17 degrees. It rained a little last night before I went to bed that fine stuff that gets everywhere.

Anng I was thinking of tryiing those turmeric pills so I shall also have to ask the doc if its alright to try them with my meds.

Arm and hip still hurting but the pc has just shut up so we are back to normal now with no buzzing.

Good morning all, 17 degrees, dry but cloudy here. Nothing planned for today. Need to be here for when Amazon deliver my new slow cooker.
Ankle still painful as is thumb. I mean to try Turmeric pills as I have a friend who takes them and has been pain free in her painful ankle since taking them. But I want to check first if that is OK with my pills that I take