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Hi, it’s Northern Powergrid, we recently wrote to you regarding a planned power cut scheduled for today, 15/08/2023. Due to a change in our works program, we no longer need to interrupt your power supply today as we will be connecting a generator during this work. We apologise for any inconvenience that our previous correspondence may have caused and thank you for your understanding.Typical!

Good morning. It is sunny here today, so I have a load of washing which can’t be tumble dyed out on the line.
Our electricity was supposed to be going off between nine and one so they can trim tree branches. So far it hasn’t gone off, so maybe it will just be off for a short time within those hours rather than for the whole time. Last time they said they were doing it, it was cancelled on the morning because it was too windy, but we did get messages then.
I know a few weeks ago, they were supposed to be putting it off in the town centre for the same reason. It never went off and the cafes were furious because they had closed and lost a mornings trade for nothing.

I envy you your sun Joan. It is much better when we can play out in the garden, better than being cooped up indoors

Well what a horrible rainy day, it hasn’t stopped all day. I have spent lots of time playing with Esme.
I had a go with the dishwasher this morning as you had to run it empty, it seemed to be fine. It has just gone on with the first full load now, so it will be interesting to see how it goes. It is supposed to have a couple of screws going up into the worktop to stop it moving, but we can’t put those in until we get the missing fitting, so I hope it won’t move around now. We managed to get them to send the missing bit, but it will take 5-7 days to arrive.

Oh Happy Birthday AnnG. Glad you had a lovely day out :-D

Still pouring hard here and full of midges so def have not been outside and had to shut all the windows.

Linda, years ago mum got a dishwashwer to help at xmas as she would spend all day in the sink! But noone could ever be bothered to empty it so in the end she sold it for £50 when she moved.

There are only 2 of us so never that many dishes to wash up and only takes me 10 mins so I don't mind.

Joan, the butterfly thing sounds lovely.

Feeling quite tired tonight already as last few nights haven't slept that well, so maybe tonight I will.

Happy birthday Ann, I am pleased that you enjoyed your day.

I can’t use the dishwasher until tomorrow as I need to get salt and rinse aid. I don’t normally use that as modern dishwasher tabs have it built in. This machine has flashing red lights when the rinse aid and salt need filling, so I will be good and get it some. I will be glad when I can use the thing, I am tired of washing up the old fashioned way.

The troops are on their way back home, no doubt the girls will be very tired. They were glamping last night. Eve and the friends she was meeting up with were all in one bell tent for a sleepover, more likely a no sleepover

good evening all, glad you now have the new dishwasher in Linda, it is such a performance to change things these days isn't it.

Oh dear Florence, so sorry about your carrots.

It is my birthday today and I have had a very good day. I went out to lunch with five friends and then an outdoor performance of The Mikado, not my type of music but it was fun and good to spend my birthday with friends.

The new dishwasher was delivered this afternoon, they took the old one away as part of the deal. Poor OH had a terrible job getting the old one out yesterday as we didn’t have the original fitting instructions. It was a really snug fit and he didn’t realise for ages that there were two clips on the top front sides with screws going into the sides of the units. Once he got those free he still had a long job to get it out. Since it was put in we had changed the flooring, there was cheap laminate downstairs in the house.We replaced it with much thicker oiled oak flooring.. That meant the he couldn’t just slide the dishwasher out. He needed to alter the height of all four little legs to make it shorter so it could lift over the deeper floor. Of course the legs were all seized up, so it took him ages.
He has just fitted the cabinet door to the new one, thankfully that went on easily. He just has to push it in and connect it up. Except - there seems to be a part missing. It is just some sort of plastic strip which goes across the top out of sight. We rang them, but their spares department closed two minutes before we spoke to customer services, so they are going to sort it out tomorrow. Why isn’t anything ever straightforward these days?

It is annoying about your carrots Florence, but I guess caterpillars have to live on something. We have lots of apples on our tree, but by the time they are ripe, the birds have pecked them all

Afternoon to everyone looking in.

Mixture of sunshine and heavy downpours here, same yesterday. Feel like summer has gone already and we only had a good dose of sunshine back in June!

We have now finished all the card making. Xmas, blank square and 7x5 sizes.

Just waiting on me tassels to finish off bookmarks and that's it all sorted.

Looked at me carrots yesterday and have been wondering why the 3rd box had hardly any growth! All became clear when i suddenly spied a green caterpillar eating away at the leaves!! Oh yes it had had a feast at my expense.

Not much i can do about that now as the others are nearly ready to pull up.
That's the first ever caterpillar I have seen around any of my plants.

I wonder what type of butterfly that will become?

Last night I watched Casino Royale but a remake with Daniel Craig. Must say, it was action packed and I really enjoyed it.

Well not sure what to do for tonight's meal as we had chicken curry last night with all the trimmings, so something like jacket potatoes and salad maybe.

Linda, I hope you got your new dishwasher and all working again ok? What will you do with the old one or will they take it away for you?

Joan, when I have been to the garden centre, I cant help but buy more roses and fuchsias, just love them and like you spend far more than i intend to!

Oh well better clear up the craft mess all over the kitchen table !

Florence in the hebrides

Happy new plants Joan :-D OH cleared out some invasive plants from one bed, so we need to go and get a couple of bushes to fill the space.

I have ordered a new dishwasher and it is coming tomorrow. I toyed with the idea of getting someone to look at it, but it has plenty of water coming in and heating up. Nothing seems to be blocked up, but neither of the two spray arms are turning round when they should be. The water is coming out of them, but they aren’t spinning round. It is probably a problem with the circuit board. If one of them was not turning, it might be something mechanical, but who knows. Anyway, we decided to get a new one, we were going to go out for lunch tomorrow, but it can arrive from 7am to 7pm, so we will have to stay in. I could have paid extra to get a narrower time frame, but it wasn’t worth it.

Linda do you have anyone in the area that can repair kitchen appliances? The reason I ask is that my dishwasher is probably about the same age as yours and it was filling and heating up but not washing. I got somebody to look at it and he sorted it out for me. I was ready to get rid of it and get a new one but it was something to do with a furred up pipe somewhere. Might be worth getting it checked. (Unless you actually want a new one of course.)

The front panel comes off Florence, so it will go on the new dishwasher. The one we have is a Whirlpool, I can’t remember when we put it in 2003-5 ish, so I can’t grumble. The kitchen we took out was only about five years old, but had been designed by an idiot. We spent ages trying to decide how to tweak it, but in the end decided to rip the whole lot out and start again. We had all new appliances then. I have been measuring and will probably go for a new Whirlpool as it seems to be the same size as the old one. OH has gone out for one of his bike rides, so we will decide when he comes back. The dishwasher was full, so I had to take everything out and wash it by hand.

Oh no Linda, what a disaster for you. So you will have to empty the dishwasher and do it all by hand.

Might be worth having a look online at where you bought the kitchen units from to see if you could get a matching panel incase you need to replace the dishwasher. Gosh what a start to the day and what a nuisance disturbing your so called peace and quiet.

Hope you get the problem sorted.

Well day one of peace, but I have all the cleaning to do which I norm do on Friday, but left.
Annoyingly the dish washer has stopped working. It is filling and emptying, but the arms aren’t spinning round, so nothing is getting clean. I guess something on the control panel has gone, it is very old, so I can’t grumble. It is a fully integrated type, the door panel is one of the kitchen unit doors, so it will be important to get exactly the same size. What can possibly go wrong :-(

Morning all
Well the heavens have well and truly opened, its bucketing down!

But yesterday, a friend came and took me out to lunch. Was lovely and great to be out of the house. Met a few people I knew so was chatting to them too.

So indoors day but at least I dont have to water the plants....yay

Plenty of chores and washing...daughter is home lol

Hope all is well with everyone looking in today

Florence in the hebrudes

It is my son in laws father Joan, the girls other grandfather. There is quite a difference in ages between the grandfathers. My OH is 74 and he is 99.

It is very sticky and humid here, but we had dinner outside, that was Esme’s idea. They are going away for the weekend, leaving at 5pm tomorrow, so we will have a couple of days peace

Beautiful and sunny here today but with a keen breeze(as always).

Sadly another funeral of someone I knew, thats 3 extended family in 3 weeks and a close neighbour plus a cousin in his 50's is fading fast also! The sad thing is all of those passing were sudden and unexpected which makes it even more sad.

Sadly I wouldn't be welcome at those funerals as no longer part of the family and it would be rather awkward too as 7 years since I spoke with any of them so best to stay away.

Did a small basket of ironing so thats all up to date now.

Neighbour and I have clubbed together to get rid of some household rubbish and split the cost. So will need to get said items out on my driveway later on as the lorry comes from 8am on a Friday.

Just realised how strong the wind is as my curtains are now flapping around in the lounge!! At least no midges though :-D

Linda, glad SIL's father is being taken care of and him going into a home will ease the worry of him alone at home.

AnnG if i walk a lot with my stick, my upper arm muscles ache for days afterwards. So maybe you have been walking a lot and just need to rest a day or 2 before tackling the garden.

Linda, most of my little tomatoes are all red now just a couple left that are green but they are indoors on my windowsill in full sun. They were very sweet and am very pleased with them.

Got 1 flower on my hydrangea, its pink and has opened.

Well off to make a sandwich and then tackle the waste removal with next door.

Have a nice afternoon all

Florence in the hebrides

A shame really Linda as he has been lucky enough to stay looking after himself but the best decision as otherwise not only is he no safe, everyone else in the family is worried. I hope they find him a nice kind place.
It is sunny here too and 22 degrees. I intended to cut the lawn but my ankle is playing up. It does occasionally, I suspect it is arthritis which eventually will right itself for a while, I have done a fair bit of walking the last couple of days so that is probably the answer. resting it today then. :-) :-)

Good morning, it is sunny and humid here, which makes a change from rain. I have just been outside cutting some of the leaves off my tomato plants. There are quite a few green ones but nothing has ripened yet :-(
SIL came back yesterday as his father was stable, his sister lives fairly close by, so he is being looked after. So far he has lived at home with carers, but he can’t feed himself anymore and as he mainly stays in bed, or in a recliner, he has some bed sores. He is going to be discharged but into a nursing home. He will be furious about that, but it is for the best.

Good morning, it is sunny and humid here, which makes a change from rain. I have just been outside cutting some of the leaves off my tomato plants. There are quite a few green ones but nothing has ripened yet :-(
SIL came back yesterday as his father was stable, his sister lives fairly close by, so he is being looked after. So far he has lived at home with carers, but he can’t feed himself anymore and as he mainly stays in bed, or in a recliner, he has some bed sores. He is going to be discharged but into a nursing home. He will be furious about that, but it is for the best.