General Chat

It rained all day but here at 6pm the sun is shining. Driving up the drive coming back from our tea there were baby and slightly bigger rabbits all over the lawns.
We were supposed to go over the lake via the car ferry but unfortunately when we got to the ferry it was closed because of strong winds so we had a forty minute drive instead,

We all look so different in early photos don't we.

Its raining again now just as I was going round to corn the girls its 15 degrees and still very windy.

Thinking of having a salad tonight Iv'e boiled the egg.

Afternoon All,

We had a bit of fine rain early this morning but it is, dry, sunny and breezy now. I managed better getting in bed and by hanging onto the sink and side of the bath, and raising each leg slowly I managed to get in and have a shower and hair wash. I could use the ensuite shower, but trying to wipe two showers wouldn't help matters either. I decided to try my car and wouldn't let OH come with me to the shop, as I felt I would be ok, so he got me to drop him off in the village to get something he wanted and said he would walk back being as the rain had stopped and he needed to do a walk.

It will be lovely to catch up with your granddaughter Vera and hear how she is getting on. I wonder what sort of costumes she wears? I do admire her confidence to go and do these things in another country.

AnnG it sounds like some pet bunnies have escaped to the wild life and bred with you seeing a brown and white one and a black one! I hope the weather stays fine for your trip today, but as you rightly say, there are plenty of places to go and see or eat anyway.

Mel, the obvious answer would be to have a fortnightly delivery from Asda like I do, but you don't seem to want to do that. The alternative, and what I do sometimes is add things like notepads, pens, baking tins, kitchen foil or rolls or a big pack of toilet rolls. It's good that stopping the ciggies mean the night time wheezing has stopped and means you are sleeping better. You did well to raise the baby goats. What breed were they? It seems your mum didn't fancy having any escape artist goats around!

Mandy you are doing well with your garden again and will soon be having cues, runners and toms ready to eat. We are like you and like no fuss or anniversary dos other than a nice meal together.

I've come across a photo of a cousin's wedding. She is the daughter of the only sibling my mother kept in touch with. ( she had 9 siblings, but 1 died in childhood). I had only ever met the cousin a few times before the wedding and had never been to a wedding before, didn't attend the rehearsal as we lived over 50 miles away, so it was all a bit new to me. My cousin had asked I, my sister and little brother to be bridesmaids and page boy and she had two other girls about my age to be bridesmaids too. I remember worrying whether the long, blue satin dress would fit ok as with the distance I didn't get chance to try it on till the day but it fit fine. I remember it was a buffet afterwards and a nice young man called Ivan was next to me and asked if he could sit and chat to me, so we moved away from the boring parent chat to sit and talk. I remember looking up and my father was looking across glaring at me and red in the face and my mother noticed and managed to stop him making a scene because I was talking to a boy. I was aged 19 !!!!. When we drove home my parents couldn't find the door key, so I had to unpeg my pair of jeans drying on the line and put them on in the outside toilet. The little top window of my brother's bedroom was open a little, so dad got the double ladder propped up the wall and I shinned up it and managed to hold the top of the ladder with my left hand and reach up the glass to hold the bottom bar of the top window and then stand up (notlooking down!) lift the small window pane up above my head and poke my head and shoulders through and slither inside. My aunt used to write to mum and soon told her that Ivan was very taken with me and wanted to go out with me. Of course that could never be if my father got to know, and I had started meeting my first husband secretly by then. I'll send the pic with me as a bridesmaid.

Sorry about the long post................ :-0

Just started raining here but its also very windy.

Still get out of breath walking far. Mainly because of the hips and knees. I used to buy my baccy once a fortnight so on a week I needed it and it cost £30 odd poundI could only have a small amount of essentials which worked out well. Now I still have to have the forty pounds worth of shopping when I don't always need it as the cupboards are full and so is the freezer.

Afternoon all,

We've had a few showers and some sunshine and it's a bit cooler today,waiting for the benches to come so don't feel as if we can get on with anything .
Did some ironing ,Colin hoovered through and did a bit of washing which I did get dry before the showers started .

Hope you enjoy your afternoon tea by the lake and it keeps dry for you Anng .

Mel you must have saved some money as those presents would have been on top of your normal shop ,that's good too that your breathing is better .

But isn’t the shopping the same as when you smoked? And if you are buying gifts in with the shopping that is what you have saved from the money you would have spent on cigarettes. You may not have piles of cash but you have still saved money.

It is raining here today but we knew it was going to as it was forecast before we came.

Morning Anng and all,

Grey and miserable here and a bit windy too and its been raining in the night.

Had a strange dream but can't remember it, I find that so annoying.

Nothing planned for the day but I may a bit of HW. I have some ironing to do as well.

As to your questions Anng no to both parts. Not saved any money as I have to have £40 on the shopping or I don't get it delivered but I try and buy things for Christmas presents or Stu's cider and have a meat week. As to the breathing I don't wheeze when I lie in bed at night which I always did when I smoked and it kept me awake, O thats broken my dream!!! I dreamt I had a puff and someone called so I had to put it out.

Good morning all, no idea of the temp but it is dry but heavy cloud. This afternoon we have afternoon tea booked by the lake just outside Bowness at 2.30 so will stay here reading etc until time to go.

Enjoy time with Granddaughter Vera it will be good for you all to see her..

Mel I should have said well done on not smoking for all that time. Have you saved the money it would have cost you? Does your breathing feel any easier for not smoking?

Just seen two baby rabbits running around I. Front of the house, one all black and one brown and white.

I didn’t manage to get back earlier and I’ve only just got back from the Ladies Club. I’m quite tired now so will be going to bed shortly. Just wanted to say congratulations to AnnG on the new arrival and of course congratulations to the new parents. I hope Mum and babe are doing well. Ann, granddaughter is over from Hong Kong for just a few days. She’s staying at son’s Wednesday to Friday so we and our daughter are going to see her there.

Mel, you have done brilliantly with not smoking. You deserve a medal.

Eyes are drooping now so I will say goodnight.

ITS GOT CHILLY HERE TONIGHT. i WAS OUT IN THE GARDEN DOWN AT THE SHED FOR AN HOUR OR SO. Sorry did'nt mean to shout must have hit the cap lock by mistake and I have cut my fingernails today too.

The squirrel or the bird are eating my strawberries even while they are still white. Iv'e been backwards and forwards with a couple of pots at a time and put most of them in the little greenhouse. I'm hoping they will be over by the time my tom plants get big.

Robby came and fed at the shed while I was in there today. He had two lots of mealworms and a lot of pink fat sticks,pellets whatever you'd like to call them. He's not touching the sunflower kernels at the mo.

I meant to say I have little red flowers on the runners ,tiny flowers on the toms and I can see two or three half inch cucumbers beginning to form. :-D

Oh congratulations Anng a new baby how lovely ,hope mum and baby are OK.

Ann we've had heavy showers here all day but no hail ,perhaps it was just as well OH
didn't have the windscreen done those hail stones can do some damage if they are big .That's a devil with the lap top working in the store but not at home ,very odd , oh you'll be able to treat yourself with your winnings :-)

Vera hope you enjoy your time away with your family and Happy birthday to your granddaughter., safe journey tomorrow .

Mel thats very good no smoking for all those weeks ,very well done keep it up

Some of you asked if we're going to have a celebration on Friday, no were not ones for big do's lol we are having the family here on Saturday for a nice Chinese meal .

Still waiting for these blessed benches to come DHL have them and I now have tracking ,the lady I spoke to again said they should be here by Wednesday and she apologised again saying the courier had had some problems after the bank holiday , so we went out today for a few bits of shopping and then tomorrow we'll be here in case they come but I'm not holding my breath .

How lovely to have a new stepgranddaughter born this morning AnnG. Have they a name for her yet?

We've just had the worst thunderstorm for hail here I've ever known. The conservatory is 14 feet long and OH had left the door at the end open and the hailstones had bounced the full length they were coming down with such force. I'm glad I left spraying some of the nasty weed till tomorrow now.

OH's laptop is working perfectly in a different room Mel , but mine was no better in any of the rooms I tried it in, or the plug sockets, or using no plugs and just the battery. Well I have managed to sign in now by leaving it longer to load than before and ignoring the cursor freezing when I put my pin in as it shows it being entered now. The chap did say he'd done some more updates on it so maybe that helped. It's still slow to load when switched on and with the keyboard not all working so I have to use a plug in one, I think it's time to buy another laptop before I get more problems. The problem is which to buy and the hassle of setting it up with short cuts etc and saving my docs and pictures off it to transfer. I was told it is high spec, so don't want any less on a new one or it will be outdated after a year or two. ERNIE's £400 this month will help!

I need to get rid of my rollerball Dyson. It's ubused and taking space up. To think it seemed so light in weight when I bought it compared to the previous hoover. Now it seems so heavy.

Yes today

Yes today

O Anng how lovely was she born today??? the 2nd of June was also my sister in laws birthday, the sister of my first hubby.

Annx I had no text. What a nuisance with your lap top, sounds like me and my rollerball Dyson vac, works in everybodies house except mine. It knocks my leccy out every time I try to use it so now its retired to the uti room.

I had not realised that you were going away Vera, hope you have a good journey and manage to get everything packed..
That is strange about your laptop Ann. Hope it is ok with a different keyboard.
It has been a lovely sunny day here which made our drive to Beetham very pleasant.
I can add to birthdays today as we had an audition this morning a new little step granddaughter.

Afternoon All,

Sunny but with black clouds here. I sent Mel a text yesterday to let you know my laptop was going to be hopefully repaired as I couldn't even sign in with it freezing, but think I must have used a wrong number. Anyway the chap who runs a business from the little industrial estate the other side of the village plugged it in and it behaved perfectly for him, so OH went again to go and fetch it for me. I tried it and still couldn't sign in, so rang them again and they said to drop it in again with any devices I plug into it. OH said he would take it in this morning after he had taken his car in for the new windscreen at 7.30am. Then OH wasn't well with the trots, dashing to the 'white friend' through the early hours and daren't risk taking his car and waiting an hour or more so had to text and cancel, as I'm not able to take it for him either at the moment which I would have done normally. The earliest they can now do it is the 18th June! As he seemed ok by mid morning today he took my laptop in again and they showed him it was working perfectly for them so couldn't do anything!! They also gave him one of their 'nicer than mine' plug in keyboards for me to use and didn't charge a penny either for their time or the keyboard. OH has managed to sign in on it by ignoring the freezing, so I'm leaving it on now till I've done what I need to do. Last week I bought a bead pattern I like of a holly bracelet and theres just one of the beads I need to order for it as I already have the rest. Hopefully I should have it finished by Christmas!

My back is improving a bit each day and I think it's like you say and being careful and rest as soon as it aches. I had to get in the car lying backwards and hotch across the seat with my legs down the side of the seat and almost trapped in the narrow gap at the front of where the door opens. It bent my back at 90 degrees to my legs and then I twisted it sideways to get my knees under the steering wheel. I shan't be doing that again!

That was a good idea and way to use the water off the canopy Mandy. A handy bit of multitasking.

Vera the paramedic sounded really thorough with asking questions about your general health too. I have had my blood test results back and they all look normal except the blood sugar which seems to stay in the prediabetic range. Once I'm more mobile I need to see my doctor about the results and probably a different kind of compression socks she hinted at.

It's good you contacted the doctor and got a call Mel. Sometimes the risks with meds are less than the risks of doing without them. If you remember, our Jane had acid reflux for months and would talk about taking gaviscon before she had trouble swallowing and was diagnosed. (I still miss her and her cheerfulness.) It is one of the risks with acid reflux. It will be nice to enjoy your food more now, but bear in mind that the tablets reduce the absorption of things like calcium from your food, but you probably already know that having been on them a long time. I seem to nearly always get subs from Asda now and keep getting the Actimel bottles with short dates, so I can only use four of the twelve bottles. I'm not complaining though as they refund me for the twelve pack so the four I can use are free. Well done on keeping off the ciggies!

When I lived in Suffolk and had the pet shop in Boxted I had two goats that were going to be put down. A girl Katie and a boy Barny. When I moved down here mum would'nt let me bring the goats so I gave them to my friends mum who had lots of animals. I raised these two kids from the day of their birth. Vet said I would'nt do it as they had'nt had much Colostrum but I did and Katie was a maiden milker and I milked he in the shop once they were too big to take each day in the car. Hubby built then a stable outside the back of the shop. I used to sell the milk in the shop and hubby drank it as he could'nt have a lot of cows milk. Lactose intollerent he was.