General Chat

My neighbour has just brought me down a baby hedgehog. Too small to go through the winter so now I have him in a plastic box and am stirpping newspaper for a nest and finding a cardboard box for a house. Will take a pic and send it later.

Looks like may have it for the winter!!!

Happy anniversary Annx and Mr Annx <3. Hope you had a lovely lunch. Enjoy the rest of your special day.

Sorry Ann, I did mean to say Happy anniversary to you both.

An hour late morning I won't get back. I said about ordering the new tivo box. Had to jump through hoops for that, Virgin wanted me to update my password and answer all sorts of questions that seemed to involve me going round in circles and each time having to go to my emails to agree I was me by ticking a box that said so.
Anyway it is ordered now. Just have to find somebody to help change the existing one over when it comes.

I have paid bills this morning too and entered my solar reading but not got any house work done yet.

Happy Annniversary Annx and G. <3 <3 <3

Enjoy your lunch out and I hope you get extra biccies with your tea.

I have had Gerry round here this morning she's Graham's wife just across the cross raods from me. I hav'nt seen her for years so we had lots to chat about. She got me two bags of chickens food and came and dropped them off and I gave her a bale of wood shavings Mole Valley gave ne that was two big a pieces for the chcikens I had to scrape around in the chickens egg money to pay her as I have no other money in the house. I hate it when I have no notes and not going up the post van I can't get any out. If I get it in the shop from their machine it costs me £1.50 to use the machine.

As to asking Stu to let me know I have done that but sometimes he dos'nt know what he has to do till its time for dinner anyway. He's a busy chap and then there's the Parkinnsons cliic on a Wednesday too.

Anyway my tum is telling me I need to eat so I may have a couple of crumpets so I can take my pills.

Hope you enjoy your anniversary lunch Ann.

It does feel slightly warmer indoors now but was cold earlier.

I now need to order a new virgin Tivo box. apparently the one I am using is very old and needs replacing. so Iwill do that later.

Vera my leg that has arthritis like pain is marginally better I think although I have not done a lot of walking to test it. I did need to use a stick even around the house 2 or 3 weeks back and I don't now so that is an improvement.
the main tweaky pain I have is from the basal cell because, I am sure it has to flex when I walk or climb up and down stairs.
I have done a load of washing, some still in the drier, and cooked some veg for this evening and hard boiled an egg for lunch but I have not done much else.

Mel have you actually asked Stu if he can give you a good 24 hours as to where and when you will be eating.

Morning All,

It's our 22nd wedding anniversary today so we are going to Ullesthorpe Court for a light bite and to see Sharon who always gives us extra biccies with out tea! We went there after our wedding so we thought it seemed appropriate.

Mel did they test you for covid when you saw the doctor. Your symptoms sound a lot like the new variant that is very contagious and causes more coldlike symptoms with a raw throat. It might be another cold you have picked up though.

Vera I accidentally signed up for Amazon Prime once. It is really sneaky how you have to watch what you click on. They cancelled it straightaway when I contacted them though. Your friend was lucky she hadn't accidentally bought anything with Prime though or she might not have been refunded. When it happened to me at the Co-op before I was told that the till didn't always 'ding' when they entered something, so would get repeated sometimes. The Co-op must be aware though when they stocktake and find they have a money surplus to what's been sold. I wonder what they do with that money? Oh dear I have my 'Inspector's hat' on again! I hope there will be another video and that your granddaughter will be on it for you to see.

Do any of you (like me ) find unidentified objects in your drawers? That gave me a chuckle! I was going through one in the study where my art pens are and came across a clear plastic tube that I have no idea what it belongs to, what it is for and why I would keep it. I might send a photo later. It's the same with keys sometimes. I end up with a collection, but don't know what they are for, so just hang onto them. I think I must have thrown out a strange red plastic thing once, but since suspect it probably was the key to release the door glass for my cooker so you can clean it as I can't find that and it is red. I think I need to label more things like I do with charging cables now, as I have a collection of those.

AnnG when I listen to some of the Marvellous Medicine videos a local hospital does
most months some of them turn their heads away and the mic fades away. It is annoying as you say. A couple of evenings this week I have put the heating on for quarter of an hour as it has been quite chilly. This morning seems quite warm, even with the bathroom windows and door open, but I have a fleece on and had some socks on this week.

Better get changed now to go out as OH is home.

Morning girls,

About the same here dull and dry at the moment and 17 degfrees.

I shall be doing a bit of hw today and get the veg done for tonight and finishing the pie.
I can't seem to stop sneezing this morning and my nose keeps running.

Good morning ladies

It’s much warmer than yesterday but quite dull and the wind is supposed to be getting up again by 10 am. At least it’s dry so that’s a bonus.

Stu should give you a bit more notice of when he’s coming Mel. I expect it’s difficult for him but you need to know a few hours in advance to plan the cooking.

I hope your leg is less painful today AnnG.

I’m like you Annx and always ask for my receipt. My friend M doesn’t bother and doesn’t check her statements. A couple of years ago she realised that she had been paying for Amazon Prime for about 18 months. She must have signed up by accident. Amazon were very good and could see she hadn’t used it so paid her all the money back. She hasn’t learnt her lesson as she still doesn’t check.

Granddaughter says she is in rehearsal for a few more days and debuts on Tuesday. I shall keep my eyes out for any videos after that.

I’d better shower and wash my hair now. We’ll meet our friends for coffee later but have no other plans. Have a good day whatever you are all doing.

Good morning all. wet here and dull but 17 degrees although still feel chilly indoors. I was so cold yesterdday that I put the heating on low for a couple of hours in the evening. turned it off when I pulled the curtains.

Nothing planned for today so probably a bit of H/W
Vera I have had several things ordered from amazon that have gone through the letterbox. due, I think to them now usung stiff cardboard 'envelopes' for packaging instead of cardboard boxes. Much easier.

Evening All,

It was pouring with rain when I drove to the Factory Shop this morning. It's supposed to be dry the next few days so I will go out and do more in the garden then. I didn't buy anything and there were hardly any other shoppers there, but the shop was well stocked with new things. I might go next week and get some new pillows and measure my baking trays that need replacing before I go. I called in the Co-op on the way back and someone had left a newspaper on the counter. When the assistant came she just picked the paper up and charged it to me without asking if it was mine, so I told her it wasn't as mine was in my basket with other things I'd bought. She took it off again and it's assumed we don't want a receipt now unless we ask for one, which I always do having been charged twice or wrongly charged for things in the past. Someone behind me was in a hurry, so I stuffed the receipt in my purse and headed for the carpark. Blow me when I got home and looked at the receipt she'd charged me twice for a magazine! :-S I'll have to make a special journey there tomorrow now as I don't usually go on Fridays. I just wonder if the people who don't get receipts realise??

My small HW contribution today was to hoover and mop the porch and bathroom floors. I'll tackle the rest of the bathroom tomorrow as it was getting too dark then. I wait till OH goes out before mopping floors!!!

I did a bit of FH looking at my maternal Gt Grandfather's family and his 9 siblings on my mother's side.. One lived to 101 which is good going for the mid 1800s.

I hope there will be another video that will include your granddaughter Vera, so you can watch/hear her perform. She is so much more confident than I would have been at her age. I hope you have had a nice lunch.

I see you have a plan to see the doc AnnG. I got my thyroid test back and I'm still in the 'normal' range so my tiredness obviously isn't caused by that. I must look up the link you gave us.

Yes, you need a bit more notice of him coming Mel so you can get the food sorted. I've just had some soup, but I did have Scampi, croquette potatoes and mixed beans for lunch.

Just got him on the phone and he's coming tomorrow night. I wish he's let me know sooner as I need'nt have made the pie today could have done it tomorrow. Now I have to find something for tonight for me.

So you were pleased with the talk then Anng. Nice to know it was well attended too.

Just made the innards of a chicken, mushroom, broccoli pie in a light cheese sauce. Still don't know iif he is coming tonight or not.

Meeting was Ok There were a lot there (we have over 200 members), she was a good speaker and would have been more interesting if I (and others) could have got all she was saying as she was not usung the mic correcltly. Still it was interesting to know (some of it was on the screen) what happens to the incinerated waste Which sounds to be so much better for the environment than landfill.

their web site is quite interesting

https://gloucestershireefw.co.uk/

Thats a good idea Vera it will begood to know if it was her or not. Enjoy your lunch and Anng enjoy your meeting.

After scrolling through dozens of YouTube videos I have found the one I saw last night. It was made 6 days ago BUT now I've seen it on a large screen on the computer I am not convinced that it is granddaughter. The tall, slim build is right but there is no close up of her face and I think the video was made on a phone from someone in the audience so not the clearest. She is also wearing a wig. I was told she had 2-3 weeks rehearsal so she wouldn't have been on stage 6 days ago. Now I feel very silly!
I'll look again in a week or so and see if there is a more up-to-date video.

My parcel has arrived and I didn't need to wait in for it anyway as it went through the letterbox. I am now going to go and tidy myself up a bit to go out to lunch.

EDIT: Thanks for your offer Mel. The show is in the theatre at Disneyland, Hong Kong and is called Mickey and the Wondrous Book but as you'll have seen I have found it and don't think it's F anyway. I think I'll message her to ask if she has started yet or if she is still in rehearsal.

I emptied all the waste paper bins as it dustbin day tomorrow. Wiped out the ones I can and dusted the hall truink and little wall table. I have to get something out of the freezer for tonight or tomorrow but he has'nt come back to me yet so it may be beef stew and dumpling or chicken and mushroom pie roaties, creamy leeks new pots and carrots.

Vera that is so very annoying when that happens Iv'e done it myself and get so cross. Whats the show and perhaps one of us can get it up. Where is it and whats it called.

Good morning all

It's a very dark and gloomy and wet day. It's not very warm either, 14 degrees but apparently only feeling like 9. OH has offered to take me out for lunch to a pub at Long Melford. Of course I've said yes but I really feel like staying in. Everything seems a real effort today. I can't get motivated to do anything. I have a parcel delivery coming between 10.30 and 12 30 so we can't go out till that has been.

I am feeling very cross with myself. Late last night I was googling something about where granddaughter is in HK and came across a video of the show she is in. The show is only about 30 mins long but is performed 5 times a day. This video shows the whole 30 minutes and F's bit is about halfway through. I stupidly didn't bookmark it and when it went to show OH this morning it was nowhere to be found. I found plenty of videos of the show - it's been running intermittently for years - but I couldn't find the one that's been recorded in the last week or two so F appears in it. I am so cross with myself. I've found an 8 minute "highlights" video which was recorded last week and she does have a brief appearance in that so better than nothing I suppose.

Enjoy your U3A meeting this afternoon AnnG and your meal with Stu, Mel, if he comes tonight.

Dusted the bedrooms and cleaned the mirrors, wrapped Chelseas presents and now having coffee before I go up and hoover ,then I need to do a shopping list for tomorrow.