General Chat

Snows laying now the cars covered

Afternoon All,

It's pouring with rain here, but no sleet or snow like Mandy thank goodness.

Vera I'm so sorry your OH is so poorly he's in hospital. I echo what the others have said and hope they sort him out so he is soon home as you suggest. Make sure you eat and take care of yourself and try not to worry. <3 <3 xx

We have snow now ,quite big flakes too , it won't lay as its wet on the ground from the rain .

Oh goodness Vera. So sorry to read that your husband is in hospital.
I do hope that he is soon feeling better and back home with you <3

Sending very best wishes to you both, as you wait for good news.

Good morning all very very wet here and 5 degrees so cold as well. Nothing planned except a few admin jobs to do.

Vera, I am so sorry to hear that your OH is so unwell that he is in hospital. I hope they can find the problem and fix it. Please try not to worry (silly thing to say, I know you will( as others have said, he is in the best place.
Needless to say but look after yourself and remember to eat or you will be poorly as well. <3

Morning all,

Very grey morning here too ,its been raining since we got up and looks like it's set in for the day ,oh well we've had one day of sun .

Oh Vera sorry to hear OH is poorly ,he's in the best place and I hope they can soon get him better and he's back home with you soon .

Not a lot happening here today , just a lazy Sunday with a litte knitting , I'm doing another rabbit .

Morning all,

Looks wet and grey out there this mroning and its 9 degrees with pc saying light rain. We don't need any more thank you I think we've had quite enough to last us all year.

Vera so sorry to hear about hubby ansd hope he now feels better and they can find out whats wrong with him. He's in the best place but its such a worry. Hope you had some well earned sleep. It was good you spoke to daughter. Sending love and wishes he won't have tostya there too long before getting better.

Mel, a belated very happy birthday. I hope you have had a lovely day. I couldn’t send birthday wishes earlier as we have not had a good day. OH has been quite unwell and is now in hospital, hopefully only for a day or two. I left him at 8 pm and rang for a taxi which arrived fairly quickly so I was home at 9 pm but all I had eaten in the whole day was a cereal bar so I had to get something to eat and ring the daughter. I’ve just got into bed and am hoping for a decent night as I feel shattered.

That sounds like a fantastic meal Gwyn and you struggle to get a jacket potato for that price now! I just checked our catering college menu and prices. I've never been but was told they used to be very cheap but two courses cost £14 and three courses in the evening cost £16 now, so your meal was really good value.

Silly me I should have realised AnnG! I must have been half asleep. lol.

That was nice of your neighbour Mel. It will all go nicely with your meal as you say.

Just had another parcel arrive from my neighbour who is in Spain at the moment. Its a moonpig card, a small bottle of rose' and strawberry and cream lindt chocs which will go down nicely tonight with my fillet steak and jacket tato and a couple of choc for dessert.

What a lovely bright day today.
A bit of sunshine really does lift the mood.

We popped into town to hand in some old electrical equipment for recycling. The place is only open on a Saturday morning now, so a dry, bright day was helpful.
The slow cooker is on for a sausage casserole with shallots, carrots, tomatoes and mushrooms. The cooker will probably be on in a another couple of days for a meal to use up some Thai curry sauce, might be fish or it might be chicken depending on what looks good when we go shopping.
Yesterday we had a lovely meal cooked by the catering students at the college. They send out a menu most weeks and we can choose from a choice of 3 starters, 3 main and 3 desserts. We don't always order, but chose to this week.
Yesterday I had butternut squash cooked 3 ways for a starter, then fillets of sea bass with roasted beetroot and roasted sweet potato wedges, all with a saffron sauce. For dessert, I had a dark chocolate mousse with raspberry core. It was all very good and all for the price of £7.50 in total.

It's good to see that the various medical appointments have all gone well. It makes such a difference if people are prepared to take the time to listen and treat you as an individual and care for your particular needs.

Lovely that the weather was fine so you could get those logs sorted Mandy. A bit of sunshine was a big help too.

I hope Vera's car being returned will provide many more years of safe and happy motoring, once they recover from the bill :-0
While you can safely enjoy the convenience, it does provide so many more opportunities.

Well daughter is watching the Rugby, so I might just do an online jigsaw, before we have our meal.

Pleased that you liked your cards Mel, It is always good to hear as so many people don’t remark on their cards which is sad when people take so much trouble to choose appropriate ones.

I am glad you all found the photos interesting. You can imagine what a long scarf would look like done the same. As those little squares of silk cost people £5 before they were decorated you can see how expensive scarves would be. And more time consuming of course. As it was we had to have two sittings with small squares.

SIDS Ann should be aides the perils of a and s being adjacent.

Mel I know what your cards like as I had one like that from Ann too mine had butterflies popping out ,they are really pretty .

Woods all stacked and it was lovely to be out in the sunshine although it was only 6 degrees it didn't seem that cold .

Afternoon All,

It's a lovely springlike sunny day here after an early frost.

Thanks for the email and pics of your lovely flowers Mel and <3 <3 <3 HAPPY BIRTHDAY <3 <3 <3 to you! I'm glad you liked the card and thought it would cheer you up after being in hospital. I love to see Snowdrops in a drift like that where they find their own places. I think you should treat yourself to some pressies. I was nearly in the same position last year and decided that's what I would do on my birthday and at christmas. The inhaler should help you breathe more easily and I suppose you are still recovering from the nasty bout of flu.

I hope Vera and her OH have the car back now. The birthday tea sounds very moreish too. I know what you mean about your OH and driving distances now. I've always been a bit twitchy with the large distances OH would drive in his job, but since what happened last year my imagination is worse so I'm happier he mostly goes with a friend to distant footie matches now.

AnnG what are 'sids?' Now my hearing is borderline in one ear I need to start to understand these things. The silk printing looks more colourful than I expected it to. It is something I had never heard of being done like this so thank you for sending the pics.

It's a good opportunity to stack more wood while the suns out Mandy. It will be good if you can make sure the slow cooker meal will stretch to tomorrow as well! It's nice to have a restful Sunday with less cooking. :-D

I would just like to thank you all for your wonderful cards and the big envelope was from Annx with the most beautiful basket of flowers that opened out.Hard to explain but its beautiful and one I shall be keeping with your others. Vera's was most appropiate with all the wildlife on it and toadstools which I love anyway. I have taken pics of the cards so I can look back on them from time to time. Iv'e had really lovely cards from everyone this year so thank you so very much they mean a great deal to me. <3

Morning all and thanks for the birthday wishes,

Its frosty here this morning and 1 degrees but the suns shining so it will soon burn the frost away.

Just had my coffee so now I am going to open my cards. Yesterday Em gave me a bunch of yellow tulips which are on the windowsill and a parcel arrived from my SIL. she always buys me something which is so nice as thoe are the only pressies I get now.

Glad you liked the snowdrops and good to know Vera's car is now done and Anng's aids are working well.

BBL

Morning all,

<3 <3 <3 Happy birthday Mel <3 <3 <3

I hope you have a lovely day with lots of cards and presents.

Very chilly here this morning but I can't see any frost ,we might have a few showers ,I don't know if they meant snow but last night when I let Max out it was a bit sleety

Anng thats good your aids are working well for you , Colin's are the best ones he's had , they get them tuned in on the computer with no waiting ,when he thought one wasn't working as well they just took it and tuned it in again .

We are going out to stack a bit more wood while the suns shining , I need to get the braising steak and veg in the slow cooker first ,hopefully there will be some left for tomorrow.

:-D Happy Birthday, Mel :-D

I hope you have a lovely day.

It would have been my grandfather's birthday today too <3

Really chilly out there today, but no frost, snow or rain for us.
I think the sun might even be trying to shine.

Hopefully, I'll bbl.

Good morning all. -1 out there but there didn't seem to be a frost on the roofs. Feels colder indoors as well. slept quite well last night. Not dressed yet.

Nothing planned for today except Tesco delivery at 3-4pm


Vera it did make such a change to have somebody really interested in what I thought, how I coped with tinnitus, etc. Actually there was a different procedure. When I received the booking confirmation, there was a form to fill in, It was a sort of health form concentrating on hearing mainly but also general health. I noticed that he referred to the form as he asked me questions, it seemed to give a more in depth consultation, he was definitely very thorough. I do suspect he was more senior in position than the previous young man I saw. But he was also technically able, the testing equipment was a lot more complicated, while still using the same headphones etc, but giving him more answers via the computer. The sids certainly worked well with the TV last night as I had to turn the TV down.

Yes the craft side of the meeting appealed to everyone. I chose not to do it as I wanted to be able to watch them all.

Rosalind had photos on her lap top of how it is at home (Ontario. The snow is so deep and crisp and white, so pretty but it stays like that until late spring now


<3 <3 <3 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEL <3 <3 <3

Thank you for the email Mel. There is a spring after all. lovely flowers.