General Chat

Just had an email from Asda they have cancled my order.

Don’t forget they have been doing jobs for me fog almost 5 years now

It was probably when covid was about that the working day was shortened ,its good your friend has had hers done so you can compare the cost and know its a fair price Anng ,there's so many rip off merchants ready to take advantage, especially to someone on their own ,you hear so much about people paying up front for a job then they don't turn up to do the work .

It's really cold out now I think we're in for another frosty night .

I don’t think any of the garden, outside general job men work full days Mandy. What I will say is they work non stop even drinking coffee without stopping, no going to sit in the van, stopping for a chat etc. there were three of them today all working. I don’t have a broken down estimate but they will work until they finish and if I mention other jobs they will do those as well. I would rather have it this way than have them Skimp
To get to finish in the estimated time scale. I know their price is fair as a friend has had hers done this year too.

Woods all stacked away and it was a bigger load ,he's now not allowed to sell the smaller loads something to do with health and safety rules.
Jake said he's booked his next test for next........ April :-0 his instructor said he doesn't need any more lessons and now he's booked his test he can look for cancellations.

Ann they don't seem to work for very long ,don't even do a full day ,are they charging you for full days work .

Mel hope your shopping turned up, the coffee and walnut cake must be popular .

Raining here or rather thick drizzle ,feels almost sleety.

Well they lost an hour there. Tey went off as usual, I assume to get something to eat, were gone an hour and as they got back it started to rain so they packed up for the day. Half an hour later the sun was out. But I suppose the roof was wer by then so not good to work on. They are hoping to finish tomorrow so I hope it will be dry.

Its not arrived yet and its supposed to be here from 11am till 1pm :-(

No I don't freeze it but it was on offer and I usually have one a week so I thought I would get two and have one for this week and one for next.

All ready for the shopping to come just have to wait for it now.

Want to get some more stuff on Ebay today so that will keep me quiet for the rest of the day once the shopping has arrived.

That is a lot of cake Mel. do you freeze it?

Morning girls,

Its 6 degrees here now but it was a very cold night and both car had pure white rooves. I was up a bit late this morning and the shopping comes today and I have 4 subs. I ordered 2 Walnut and coffee cakes and they have sent two carrot cakes some Christmas paper and thats out of stock and Cadburys chocolate instead of Twirl so thats going back.

They sent a carrot cake last week and I sent it back but at least I had one coffee and walnut one. Its because they are on offer.

Better get on and be ready for when it arrives its quite a big order this week.

Well they got here early at 0915 so are well away now and today they are three. they have brought a wizend little gnome with them to make up the mortar. They have all had coffee and Jake is now up on the cherry picker working. at least it is 3 degrees here now. Soon be spring!!

Morning Anng ,morning all,

Sharp frost ,the car is white and its now 1 degree ,wood delivery today ,sons coming to help barrow it round and Jake will come too as he has a weeks holiday ,he had to get his holiday in before they get busy with all the Christmas orders .

good morning all. woke at 7 and decided not to go back to sleep. I don't think Jake will be here before 0930 as riley has to battle the local traffic to get to Jakes. I think they must be on ladders today or else they took the cherry picker to store in a safe place last night, they didn't leave it here. and even when attaching it to the van they set the alarm off again. It must be very sensisitve.

anyway it is 1 degree and dry and bright so far so we will see how they get on today.

It sounds like Stu is too kind to want to hurt her feelings Mel. I suppose it will work it's way out one way or the other eventually. It's been colder where you are than here today, but I still had to mop the front windows out as it was colder than usual.

We had a home frozen chicken meal today and I added rice so it was a quick and easy one. I've spent the afternoon with the bathroom catalogue, checking if the new one still has the things I want to get. I couldn't find a shower that will fit where the bath is, so I went online and have found one now. It's a bit shorter than I planned but big enough and will leave space for a laundry basket which would be good. I'm nearly there now and will be glad now when it's booked in to get it all done.

AnnG I thought they must have clonked your house alarm with the cherry picker! It's good they managed to stop it though. You've reminded me of the big moth that kept setting my car alarm off a few months ago! That was an unexpected treat to be taken out and you got some things that you wanted too.

I didn't get the photos taken Mandy as it seemed dull for taking them and I couldn't decide what background to use. I'll have to look online and see what other people have used! The blankets you are crocheting must be near the finishing line now. :-D

Gwyn emailed me and told me they had been to Hampshire for the family meet.

that was nice Anng to have an unexpect trip out.

Its 2 degrees here and both cars have white rooves. Pc is saying rain tomorrow.

Meal for one tonight sweet and sour chicken and egg fried rice.

It was not my house alarm Ann it was the alarm on the cherry picker. They finished for the day when they reached the end of one side at about1.30 Luckily Louise over the road offered to take me out anywhere so we went to the local garden centre just quickly to get a voucher for part of daughter’s Christmas present, then to the large Tesco Extra which is very smart now and has been completely fevsmped. There I was able to get liqueurs for part of son’s present and another couple of bits I wanted so that was a good unexpected trip out.

No she dos'nt join us every week he did try to get rid of her but she still keeps popping up and she came to his for his birthday and stayed the night. He also went to hers at Torquay last weekend and said they walked on Oddicombe beach.

Went up the shop to post a little parcel late morning and coming back the long way I saw Rachel who I havv'nt seen for years. She is the same age as my son and I saw her hubby the other week too.

Not done anything else today except feed the chickens and corn them and pushed them out of the nest box when it was getting dark and hope they don't go back in there again as they make a mess of it.

Posting this before it disappears again.

ter Iv'e done the girls.

Lost the lot again.......................................................

Afternoon All.

Sunny here now but chilly. We popped out for a coffee and egg and spinach cob at 9.00am and drove past to Asda first, also on the Retail Park, as I wanted to see if there was plenty of parking free near the scanner for my mammogram on Wednesday. It's an early appointment and there were quite a few end parking spaces for my big doors so I should be fine. OH said he would take me, but he has a Council breakfast meeting he likes to go to then if he can and I didn't want him to miss it. We called in Topps Tiles opposte afterwards, as I need to sort some smooth, but not slippy, floor tiles for the bathroom next. The young man in there was very helpful and directed me to ones that wouldn't shred floor cloths or give me a pedicure walking on them! I took a few photos to see which will be best to go with the wall tiles I want. They let you buy a single tile to take home to check you like it and will refund the cost when you take it back which is good.

I remember watching the Miniatures prog with Sandy Toksvig and it was good how they decorated the rooms. I watched the knitting prog again last night, but am beginning to think they are being asked to make things that are a bit big to make in the time.

Mandy a walk does seem to help OH's neck and back. He had a letter with thr findings of the MRI scan, but nothing about seeing the Rheumatologist. He's been trying to get hold of his secretary to see what happens next. It's good that Max isn't worried by the fireworks. He's a sensible boy! I read once that if a dog does get scared, to play fireworks on youtube with the sound very low (ideally from when they are puppies) and increase the sound as they get used to it and not make a fuss yourself which they pick up on. The fireworks seem to have stopped now here thank goodness.

I hope it stays dry for your workmen and that they are back soon to use the sealant AnnG! It will be good to get the roof watertight again so it won't cause any problems. That was a surprise your alarm going off and odd no-one came out to see what it was as you say. I agree it's hard to focus on doing anything when workmen are needing to interrupt to ask things. I decided to cancel the art course I booked for the same reason, as I knew I wouldn't be able to concentrate on it. The teacher will be doing others so I can always join another time. The floods here had gone down in the fields this morning but we are due more rain tomorrow which won't help.

That was a strange dream Mel! I meant to ask whether Stu's girl still joins you for your weekly meals?