General Chat

Done another arrangement this afternoon both now need some bows which I can make indoors so I came in and cooked up a big lot of mince onions and carrot which should do 4 dinners. Also I had baked a huge potato and put it in the fridge and got htat out and took the innards out chopped up an onion and grated some cheese. put milk in the mashed pot and the chopped onion and grated cheese and shoved it all back in the two potato shells with some cheese on the tops so I will have those for lunch tomorrow.

I bought a huge cauli in Lidl which I am going to make into cauliflower cheese but it would feed an army so I may just blanch a lot of it and freeze it.

Afternoon all,

Not a bad day here now after a sharp frost ,the suns shining and there's blue sky ,Colin had a blood pressure and pre diabetes check up at the doctors so after that we did a bit of christmas shopping and called at sons to drop something off .

Mel thank you for your christmas card that came this morning and the little stitch markers will come in handy .

Anng hope your leg is less stiff now since you've got up and been moving ,hope you've enjoyed your lunch .

Been to Lidl and they did'nt have the two things I wanted but I still managed to spend £49.

Its pouring with rain here and its so dull I need the light on.

There was frost last night but not a bit when I got up.

Morning girls,

When I got up this morning at 7.23am and looke dout the window the sky to the east was all red not a good omen. Red sky in the morning a sailors warning!! by the time I had been to the loo and came out for my camera its was gone.

Pleased you had a better night Anng but its not good that your poor leg hurts when you are going out with friends. Hope it eases by the time you go.

Must get on with the flowers arrangements today and still have to find out if Phylis wants a ring this year. Lots to do. Its our local schools Chirstmas fare today too from 2pm to 5.30pm don't know if I will go to that.

Good morning all. slept well last night up twice for loo but finally woke at just gone 8. Trouble with that is because my leg has not moved much in the night it hurts now because is is stiff. can't win.

Lunch today with friends at a hotel we have not eaten at before. Fingers crossed.

Good morning

Misty, frosty and cold this morning. I think I’ll be staying indoors today. I’ve got plenty of jobs to keep me busy. Have a good day and keep warm.

We had a very wet and windy morning and a slightly wet and very grey afternoon.

Thank you for your pretty Christmas card AnnG which arrived this afternoon. I'm still trying to get the rest of mine written. I did a couple this afternoon but the writing was so bad because my hands were shaking that I soon gave up. I'll have to try tomorrow when I may be less tired. I'm sorry to hear you had a bad night because of your leg but pleased you enjoyed the U3A "do".

Must get on. Still got lots to do and time is fast running away with me.

We had a very wet morning and a sunny afternoon 7 degrees here now. Had a nice Christmas get together, about 20 of us, lots of chat and plenty of food.

We had a lovely sunny morning but its just clouded over as I was going in the garden to pick stuff for the arrangements.

Yes Mandy it was a very mice coffee too! Will you start another jigsaw after Chirstmas?

Afternoon all ,
What a dreary day its been raining most of the morning ,I sat and wrote my Christmas cards this morning and we did a little on the jig saw ,we're hoping to get it finished before Christmas so we don't have to roll it up as we'll need that end of the table .

Oh dear Vera I didn't read it back to check and this tablet adds its own words.and I never noticed Mel had mice coffee.

Ann that was awful that poor chap slipping in the shower ,that was what happened to Colin's brother he slipped and knocked his head ,he never came round and passed away the next day .


Anng thank you for your christmas card it came this morning ,sorry to see you had a bad night ,its awful when you lay there and just can't get off to sleep ,hope you can get a better night tonight .

Just a reminder for those that like it It's Kirsties homemade Christmas on channel 4 at eight o'clock tonight .

Morning t

Morning Anng and all,

Pc says mostly cloudy and its 7 degrees.

I had 12 female pheasents in the garden this morning and one male, what a luckky boy! I bet he'll be tired tonight.

Good morning all 7 degrees and raining at the moment and still very dark.

That will teach me not to get complacent. I was congratulating myself on having 5 really good nights. Last night was awful, I could not get my leg comfortable, then I was over tired and couldn't get to sleep, I think I had about 2 hours sleep all night. And then I was dreaming. 3 O'clock I was reading my book.

Ann, I remember the fuss over talcum powder and have not used it since.

Vera, I had a chuckle at your optimism at 'only writing a few words'. Please don't, I love your long epistles. Enjoy your coffee morning with your friends, that is what keep you 'young'. And your OH too. Those two men have the right idea, chatting is good for them.

I thought I was going to have to cancel going to the U3a social meeting today, but feel a bit better about it now I am up,washed and dressed, I will be tired later but. I will go I think. Leg is still sore, but no worse.

Good evening all

I hope you have rested your back Mandy and it is feeling easier now. The mention of the muntjacs reminded me of when we lived in our old house. OH had bought some Actinidia plants to cover a trellis behind our fish pond. We had seen some growing up a wall in Harrogate and thought how good it looked. Our plants took a while to establish but OH nursed them along and eventually they took off and were doing well. They had grown about half way up this 6' trellis. Then one day we walked into the garden and every single one had been eaten right down to the ground. We couldn't think what had happened till the next day I looked out of the window and there was a muntjac strolling round the garden as though he owned the place. OH was not amused. He never did plant any more Actinidia.

I chuckled at your mice coffee Mel and, although this wasn't funny, I did have to think twice about the lady in Mandy's post with bread cancer. It was so sad to hear that such a friendly lady had died. It was also tragic to read about that poor man who slipped in the shower, Annx. A terrible decision to have to make. I can't imagine how bereft his family must have felt.

It's been dry and bright all day though I have felt very shivery. I keep putting another layer on. I did one or two little jobs this morning and then OH said he wanted to go to Tesco to fill up on diesel so I decided to go with him and get one or two bits and pieces. The car park was packed and there were long queues at every checkout. Needless to say I spent far more than I meant to though some of it was Christmas stuff to take to my daughter's as we will be there for a couple of nights.

This afternoon 3 of us went to another friend for an afternoon cuppa. I am so behind with things at home that I didn't really want to go but I've recently turned down two invitations from her because I had other things on so I felt I couldn't refuse a third time. Anyway, it was a pleasant couple of hours.

We'll go to our Thursday coffee meet tomorrow morning, partly because we haven't been for the last two weeks and partly because our friend M asked if we would be there. Her OH, V, is in very poor health and she has noticed he perks up mentally if she can get him to go out a bit. He doesn't want to come out for coffee just to sit with a lot of women but he will come if my OH is there. They get on well and sit themselves at another table and chat. There is another man who sometimes comes but not very often. Anyway that will be tomorrow morning gone so I must spend the afternoon trying to write a few cards and maybe get a bit of cooking done.

I only intended to write a few words so did this straight into Genes instead of my usual copying and pasting from Word. I'm now going to press Submit and hope it posts and doesn't get lost.

Afternoon All,

Lovely sunshine earlier here but quite chilly. I took ages to get off to sleep, but then slept till after 9.00am this morning.

Thank you for your card Mel which arrived this morning as did a four figure tax bill for me!! ERNIE has also forgotten me this month as well. :-( I see you are drinking mice coffee now. Can't say I fancy it.

AnnG I'm sure the hospital would be aware and only use contaminant free kinds. It was because someone else said they used it that made me think not everyone knew. The same happened with talcum powder which I stopped using in the 70s when I first read about it. I was surprised MIL still used it when we cleared her house, Now I think they use cornstarch instead for the baby powder. I hope you had your trip out with a friend and daughter.

I'm not surprised you had backache Mandy after doing the lights then shopping. Lots of bending and carrying. I bet the tree and bushes look nice when it gets dark though. Those little Muntjacs are getting more common now and are what OH saw on one of his nearby walks recently. It would be amazing to watch them jump a fence like that.

The Co-op I go to was still in a mess this morning with them re-organising it. Lots of shelves completely empty with stuff all in the gangways. The magazine rack was emptied, but I did find some fish today. They seem to be building a mountain of beer and lager cans near the tills.

A friend sent a photo of an albino squirrel on her birdfeeder today. I wonder if other squirrels accept him like his mother obviously did?

Sound like you have overdone things a bit Mandy rest now! <3

No I don't think it's real Mel , they have a sign up saying please don't touch the horses as they may bite and they shout at people if they touch the reins.

Decided to go shopping so we're just back ,got to put it all away now ,I have got the fridge stuff away just they other bags to do after I've had a cuppa , I just had to sit down as my back was aching , I got all the Christmas lights sorted this morning and they are on the tree and the rose bushes.

Do you think this is real?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BDS4m7YXntA

Yes they are very agile and being so small thyean jump greatheights.

I have been up the post van and banked the 10 old pound coins and popped in the shop and got two bags of 20p's and two bags of 2p's changed up. I asked for two fivers as I always give the posty Tim £5 in his card for Chirstmas. Then went down the woods past the big house and into the forest bit and collected some cones. I forgot to take a bag with me so only got about 15 and they were so very wet I put them on the rubber mat. As I went down past the big house there was a huge cable laying across the road I wondered if it was electric and thought I better report it when I got home but when I drove up the hill I could see a man in an orange coat dragging it up the road. I stopped and said to him I was going to report it when I got home. Hesaid it had already been reported and it was safe for me to drive over it as it was'nt electric. Have no idea what it was but it may have been to do with Openreach.

Morning all,

It was very foggy this morning but the suns peeping through so it might be a nice day , I want to get the lights on the tree outside and put the lights on my big rose bush along the fence ,should be wrt for the next few days so i need to get them on today .

Oh Mel it must be lovely to see the deer in the garden ,son was saying they have a Munkjac in the school grounds he settles in the trees behind the school bus they have as a library reading bus , my friend that died a few years ago lived right by the school playing field and she had a lot of Munkjac in the garden and has seen them jump her fence into the school field ,the fence was really high ,must have been at least six foot .