General Chat

Just having another heavy hail shower. Its all sliding down the windscreen of my car.

Iv'e done a bit of painting this morning and had a tidy up and made a big pot of soup and now I am going to get some lunch.

Mandy mind your back when you do those cupboards.

Are you enjoying the new Father Brown programs. Still think it was better with Mrs. McCarthy but was pleased to see Lady Felicia in one. Bring back the old cast is what I say.

Morning all,

Lovely morning here blue sky and sunshine but its a lot colder out .
Mel thats a lot of packing just for a little box of toothpaste, I suppose they wanted to make sure it didn't get squashed .

Vera hope your eyes are a little easier today ,was it just the drops they put in or did you need another injection.

Just turned out a cupboard in the kitchen ,I need to make a start on cleaning them all out really as I didn't do any last year and they all need a wash out .

I see there's a programme on tonight that might be interesting all about National Trust properties, channel 4 at eight o'clock.

Good morning all 6 degrees here but so far it is dry and sunny but with a really cloudy sky. Nothing planned this morning but photography group this afternoon.

Hail stones and heavy rain now and pc says light rain!!! :-(

Morning all,

Very dull and dreary this morning so much so that I have to have the light on. Pc says 6 degrees and heavy rain so no change there then. The ground is so boggy I don't think it can take any more water but it keeps coming down.

Hope Vera slept ok and that her eye is clearer this morning as the drops should have cleared by now. Do you have to put drops in your eye for a few days after the injection. I seem to remember I had to do that for mum when she was having the injections in the eye.

Can't believe its Friday again, the weeks are flying by.. Hip still really bad and I can hardly get out of bed inthe mornings I have to take it very steady and hang on to the chest of drawers and the bed bottom then the radiator and then it eases off a bit by the time I get to the hall.

Hope your eyes clear soon Vera so you can tell us all about your party.

Mel thanks for the photos. Amazon seem to send everything in those cardboard boxes even other boxes.

Sent pics. Did'nt get on so well this afternoon as I washed my hair. I have got the bottom parts of his boots on though which is one of the hardest parts.

Vera I hope you got on well at the hospital today. Rest up and come back tomorrow and tell us all about it.

I am going to send you an email. I bought my toothpaste online because I could'nt get it anywhere else. It came this afternoon and I am going to show you the packaging.

I was coming on to do a post but my eyes are still so blurry from the drops that were put in them this morning at the hospital that I really can't see well enough. Yesterday was a good day apart from the weather, today weather is even worse and the hospital wasn't much fun.

I'll try to come back later if I can see well enough.

Gosh Mel... There's hours worth of work in each of your little figures. :-0
What fun though and it will be lovely to see the finished result.

Dreary and cold now, after the sun half-heartedly made an attempt to shine about 12.30.
I managed to get to school and back in the dry, but we are forecast heavy rain and strong winds, so it will be an indoor day for me now.

Lots of children in their Brownie or Cub uniforms today as it's Thinking Day.
Lovely to see them.

Its better for you than white bread and gives you a bit of roughage.

I now have the bottom part of his boots on so now its just the top bits to do and the soles. Then I shall have to fight with his hair and then its the best bit doing a belt and purse and what ever else I decide to put on him. O and his hat, now do I give him a velvet hat or a big one with a feather in it?? I love making their hats, belts and purses and may try to do a sword belt as I have a nice little sword.

I do now eat wholemeal bread (Warburtons no added sugar) but it is the first wholemeal bread I have eaten that didn't cause me problems.

Morning all,

Dull and very dreary this morning and I was woken in the night with rain beating against the windows in the bedroom. Its so depressing out there I feel like going back to bed.

Don't know where this week has gone its passed really quickly up to now perhaps because I have been occupied a lot this week.

I don't like wholemeal pasta either and oh certainly did'nt. I usually buy the spinach one if I can get it. He would'nt eat anything wholemeal in the way of bread or pata but he would eat dark choc digestives.

Good morning all. 9 degrees and very wet hear this morning.

Ann hope you can get that warning light sorted. It is really worrying when those lights come on and you don't know why, or know there is no reason they should. It definitely seems like a fault in the car.

The chicken pasta dish sounds nice. I tried swapping to wholemeal pasta once but really didn't like it so hope that you can get on with it.

Evening All,

Woke to lashing rain and wind this morning, but it cleared up mid morning so I popped to the shop and that pesky warning light was still on, so I rang the Peugeot garage when I got home and they confirmed I can't reset it. Before I book it in and start emptying my pockets, I'll recheck all the pressures again just in case there is a slow puncture causing it to stay on. It's unlikely but you never know.

All this rain and more expected tomorrow won't help with finding that little boy as the waters are just rising more. They published a photo and named him today. Such a sweet, happy, little boy. The area where he fell in is nearer here than I thought, but the report says they were walking along the towpath which suggests the canal not the river, so that must be a mistake as the police would have been shown where he disappeared and the CCTV showed it as well. I know a lot of people don't like the idea of having reins on a toddler, but I think they were good and I saw a tot a little while ago with a new version where a strap clipped to the harness at the back between the shoulders. They can't run off then and if they fall you can lift them up. My little brother hated you holding his hand and started running up people's drives when he was walking with me and thought it funny when I kept calling him back. In the end I told him there might be a big dog living there........that worked!!

Vera I would have to empty the cane chairs out of the conservatory to seat all of those people. You are going to have a house full, but I hope that lady checked it would be ok to invite the extra people.

AnnG re the chicken, it was cooked yesterday afternoon to have for lunch today. We usually eat our main meal at lunchtime and as reheated pasta is best for blood sugar levels, it made sense to cook it all yesterday and reheat today. I wanted to use up the white pasta so we can swap to the wholewheat one which should be even better. I thought OH he may not like it with oregano and garlic in it, as he's funny about herbs and garlic, but I did remind him he eats lasagne that has the same in it. He got a small helping and said he couldn't taste the oregano and never even mentioned the garlic and helped himself to more!! Two more helpings are in the freezer now. I cooked it on high for 4 hours in the slow cooker, adding the courgettes and peppers for the last 2 hours.

It was sensible not to risk catching a bad cold and how thoughtful of your friend to wear a mask and stand well back when she called round. I hope she soon gets over it. Again you put me to shame with all you get done. I looked at the hoover and changed my mind and cleared out 3 shelves of the big bathroom cabinet instead checking the dates on things like creams and insect repellent. That was a nice surprise for you in T's old passport!

I've been trying to find out more about the camp where Dad's cousin was a POW in WW2 in Singapore. I'm amazed dad never mentioned it as both families lived in the same area. I found there were several camps in the same place, but oh the sad pictures of those poor men with legs and arms like sticks! On the first day of half term here, last Saturday in the early hours, 3 young teenage boys damaged 13 cars in the road that mum's old house backed onto. To think these men in the past risked or gave their lives at a few years older than these boys. They need their eyes opening as to how lucky they are.

Mel you are like me and don't like to give up! I hope the Tudor man turns out ok after having a break from him.

I think I have had the three as I found 5p in a pocket of his old golf jacket??

Hope it was a good lunch Vera.

Evening all,

We went shopping first thing as it was a dry start to the day but by the time we came out it was raining ,not a hard rain so we did manag to get all the shopping in before it really came down.,not as cold as yesterday but the wind is now getting up.

Well that was a nice surprise Anng and they say things come in threes so start looking for the next little surprise :-)
Has the lady got covid ,with all the coughing and sneezes that you hear you never know who's got it these days .

Vera hope you all enjoyed the birthday lunch ,bit naughty of the other birthday girl to invite the extras so they all descend back to yours ,do you know all the others she had invited .

Oh Ann I see they are still looking for the little boy that went into the water ,his poor family must be beside themselves I hope they find him soon .

Oh goodness Mel don't go falling off your chair ,you must have really tired to start to doze off .
Looking forward to seeing this little Tudor man you've worked hard on him .

My mum was like that Anng. I found money in bags and purses in a drawer, in her driving licience and jewelry box. Also odd cions in the pockets of her jackets and fleeces.Its a nice surprise when it happens though.

I have managed to get the Tudor mans cap sleeves on. Now I am going to attempt his boots.

I have cleaned the lounge diner and wiped the kitchen surfaces down and cooked and mashed swede for tonight's meal. I was just starting my bedroom and decided to empty out OH's bedside cabinet which, as far as I knew had only a few bits in it. Threw out a couple of old empty small boxes (already have his cufflinks and a watch in another drawer). picked up his old out of date passport. Guess what? one £20 note and 3 £10 notes neatly folded inside. paper notes of course and that £10 note finished in 2018.

I now have to visit the bank or the post office and see if they will take them and exchange them. He was a squirrel, this is the second time I have found money.

All change here then as the lady who was going to take me this afternoon has a really bad cold. She appeared at my door with a face mask on and stood well back. She is one of those people who seems to always catch colds but she is just back from staying with her daughter and she said the train was full of coughs and sneezes.

So I have to have a think about what I am going to do now. I have put the slow cooker on with mince, onions, mushrooms and carrots. It will be enough for two days, will possibly make a cottage pie today with it and maybe curry tomorrow.

so far, all I have done besides that is sweep the kitchen floor and wipe the work tops and sink etc and read the DM on line.