General Chat

O I forgot to wish Lewis A Very Happy BIrthday <3 <3 Hope you have a great day with lots of nice things and chocolate.........

Been to the nurse. They are having more security put in down the surgery and there was a big van parked right outside the entrance and people queing at the window but the man I spoke to outside the nurses place said he was for the nurse so I waited with him when I should have gone to the window and said I was here. Anyway I went up there in the end and told them I was here and been waiting. I went in after a while and all she did was listen to my chest and put the reader thing on my finger to measure my oxygen levels and told me it takes a while to recover from flu and did I have the flu jab and I said yes and she said just think what it would have been like if you had'nt had the jab!!! Did'nt think that really helped but I did tell her I hav'nt been smoking.

Hope hubby gets on ok with his x-ray this afternoon Vera, I shall be thinking of him. <3

Iv'e had a slice of toast and honey, the good stuff, and now I want a nice hot drink.

raining here now, washing in the drier and the windows have just been cleaned. They always seem to come to us when it is raining.

Hope all goes well with the nurse Mel.

Happy eleventh birthday Lewis. Hope he has lots of nice presents and has a lovely day.

Good morning all

Dark and wet here with a yellow warning of flooding. Yesterday it seemed as though spring was on the way, today spring has turned its back on us .

Happy Birthday Lewis. I can't believe he is 11 already. Do you still make them all birthday cakes Mandy?

I hope the nurse is able to help you with your cough Mel. OH has his X-Ray this afternoon. I'll go with him. Thankfully it's at the Health Centre which is less than 2 miles away and not too far from Tesco so, depending on the weather, I might pop in for a couple of bits of shopping.

Morning girls,

Late up today and I have the nurse this morning so a brief post . Dull and 6 degrees and pc says its raining.

BBL

Good morning all very dark and damp here, not currently raining but it is forecast. Fortunately I don't need to go out. I should reall take 8 books back to Irene, but that can wait until a dry day. I read 7 books while at daughter's.

I have a load of washing in. Not sure where it has all come from this week. I seem to have done three weeks wash in one week.

Morning all,

Very cloudy but dry so far ,we should have rain later and it should get heavy so we're off to get the shopping a bit earlier so we don't get to wet.

Lewis is 11 today ,where have those years gone ,it only seems five minutes ago when I asked him what birthday cake he would like me to make and he said a Bin Lorry lol
Can't remember what I made now but it wasn't the bin lorry .

Good for you Mel. You’re doing really well to avoid smoking.

It seemed to turn cold here this afternoon as well.
Well done Mel if you can find something that you enjoy doing to put I place of when you would have a smoke that would help. And would probably help your breathing as well.

Oh Mel your doing so well not smoking keep it up you don't need them and with the money your saving give yourself a little treat .

It turned really cold this afternoon, we were later lighting the fire and the heating came on about half four but I couldn't get warm ,perhaps because we were outside a while this morning.

Done another wash this morning and did a load of ironing so I feel as though today has'nt been wasted.

I watched lost and found on BBC 1 at lunchtime and found it very moving. I have now watched a couple more of those programs.

Meat pie for dinner tonight sprouts and mash and thick gravy.

No I have been good and not smoked since 26th December. Keep thinking when Iv'e finished the ironing I'll have a cig and then tell myself NO be good. I miss going out and feeding Robby while I used to have a smoke. I do go out inthe morning to feed Robby but forget during the day when I am doijng other things.

Done a bit of casting today the first of the new year. They need to dry right out before drilling.

Afternoon all,

It was sunny here after a frosty start but that soon disappeared and its been a bit hazy ,we got the tree all chopped up and in the brown bin and we were glad to get in for a coffee to warm us up .

That was good the traffic was a bit easier so you got there and back OK Anng

Our market place is closed to traffic now for 12 weeks while they alter the bus stops so the buses can pull in better sometimes there's four buses at once and they hold all the traffic up behind them as they can't pull into the stop .
They are taking a couple of disabled spaces from outside the co op and moving those across the other side of the road then the buses can pull in the disabled spaces ,but in the mean time all the buses are going into the car park just a few minutes walk away so it's muddled the whole town up ,I expect the poor shops will suffer as people will stay away .

I hope the rest of the tests for your OH go OK Vera it's going to be a busy rest of the week for you both .

Shopping day tomorrow so I must check my list and I still haven't looked at a pattern to see how much wool I'd need.

Well the paths were clear of frost and the roads were surprisingly clear od heavy traffic. Still temporary lights (5 way) and temporary pedestrian lights as well but it all worked smoothly and even felt better with fewer cars being able to use the road where the hairdresser is. I quite enjoyed the walk and feel pleased that I have had some exercise. Then, while I still had my shoes on I took a couple of bits down to the shed, which I wanted to check for leaks, over a month since I last went down there. All was well in there but the storm had blown tha parasol over on the lower patio, nothing damaged so I have rolled it into a better position and left it down.

Yes Ann I hope they will change that February date too.

Mel several time in past years when I have had a cough it has lasted up to 8 weeks. Hopefully the X-ray will be clear. Have you gone back to smoking? I know that you stopped when you had breathing problems.

Better think about getting some lunch now I suppose.

I hope the nurse can sort out your cough tomorrow Mel. You must be exhausted. A persistent cough can wear you out. OH’s cough isn’t new; we both went down with a cough and cold a day or so after Christmas but where mine has been gradually getting better every day his cough has hardly improved at all. He saw the doctor on Monday and now has an X-Ray tomorrow though we’re not expecting it to show anything much. It takes a long while to recover from flu Mel so don’t expect miracles. I’ve only had proper flu twice in my life, the last time about 4 years ago. Each time it was about 6 weeks before I felt back to normal. Be kind to yourself, stay warm, eat well, drink plenty of fluids and don’t try to do too much.

It’s not very warm but it is still bright and sunny. Hope it’s sunny where you are. The sun cheers everything up. Snowdrops are showing white buds ready to open, hellebores are in bud and the early daffs are poking through. Spring is on the way though I’m sure there’ll be plenty of wintry weather to come first.

OH is on the computer ordering me a new cordless vac so I had better go and sort out some lunch for him.

Morning All,

White over here this morning too, yet I was so hot last night I shoved the throw off and the duvet down to my knees.

I think a cough with flu can last a few weeks Mel, probably more if you smoke and it can take a long time to get your energy back. Often it's the change in temperature in the bedroom that can start you coughing at night and I found taking sips of a warmed lemon and honey drink helped with the bad tickly coughs I used to get.

Your poor OH must be worn out Vera, as must you with all that's been happening lately. I see you are having a 'medical' week, but at least it's good the doctor's test for your OH was clear. I hope all goes well with the rest of the tests and that they can soon sort him out. I'm not surprised you threw your rubbish in the wrong bin. It happens when your head is all over the place. I'm intending to get rid of my big dyson this year as I never use it now. Like you say it is heavy compared with the stick ones and to think I thought it was so light after having even heavier hoovers before. I do want to get another stick one though so I have two. Then if one packs up or needs repair I have another to fall back on in the meantime.

It sounds like you will have had a tricky walk this morning with the frost and all those road repairs AnnG and have to be careful and allow extra time. It will be good if you can get your February appointment changed. I would be having visions of the possible weather and it being dark and more traffic at that time too.

OH has gone for his eye test now, but if they use eyedrops and if he can't drive, I will go and fetch him and we can fetch his car later when the eyedrops have worn off. It is less than a mile away so not far at all. A bit of HW and decide what's for lunch now.

Morning All,

White over here this morning too, yet I was so hot last night I shoved the throw off and the duvet down to my knees.

I think a cough with flu can last a few weeks Mel, probably more if you smoke and it can take a long time to get your energy back. Often it's the change in temperature in the bedroom that can start you coughing at night and I found taking sips of a warmed lemon and honey drink helped with the bad tickly coughs I used to get.

Your poor OH must be worn out Vera, as must you with all that's been happening lately. I see you are having a 'medical' week, but at least it's good the doctor's test for your OH was clear. I hope all goes well with the rest of the tests and that they can soon sort him out. I'm not surprised you threw your rubbish in the wrong bin. It happens when your head is all over the place. I'm intending to get rid of my big dyson this year as I never use it now. Like you say it is heavy compared with the stick ones and to think I thought it was so light after having even heavier hoovers before. I do want to get another stick one though so I have two. Then if one packs up or needs repair I have another to fall back on in the meantime.

It sounds like you will have had a tricky walk this morning with the frost and all those road repairs AnnG and have to be careful and allow extra time. It will be good if you can get your February appointment changed. I would be having visions of the possible weather and it being dark and more traffic at that time too.

OH has gone for his eye test now, but if they use eyedrops and if he can't drive, I will go and fetch him and we can fetch his car later when the eyedrops have worn off. It is less than a mile away so not far at all. A bit of HW and decide what's for lunch now.

Morning girls,

Everything was white when I got up this morning but the sun has come out and patches are now thawing. Pc says afternoon rain about 4pm and its now 1 degree.

Sorry to hear your oh has a nasty cough now so join the club. I had a better night getting up once for the loo and bacjk to sleep afterwards. I did take a couple of paracetamol before bed and think that helped with the constant coughing.

Iv'e had a chest x-ray in hospital and they said it did'nt look too bad and they actually showed me the x-ray. To begin with I had coughed so much all my tummy muscles hurt like fury but tht went off after a while. I don't know how long this flu is supposed to last but I do know its been a blimmin long while so far and I still don't feel completly right. Still don't have much energy or want to do things.

I hope all goes well with your oh Vera and he can get some relief.

Heavy frost 0 degrees and the suns coming out here.

There’s a heavy frost here but it’s sunny so hopefully it will clear soon. It’s just reached 0 degrees and there is rain forecast again. I slept reasonably well and have been up a couple of hours but I still haven’t showered, dressed or had breakfast so I’d better get on.

AnnG, the roads sound horrible round your way. Be careful when you go out.

Good morning all -2 here and hard frost on roofs but hopefully by the time I have to walk out at 11 o'clock, the paths will be ok. I have to walk, Cynth has visitors and the bus I could usually catch has bee re-routed a few days because of the horrendous road works covering replacing gas mains. goodness know what it will be like walking as I know traffic has been backed up so hope they have the pedestrian lights working.

Vers, sorry you hare going through appointment overload. It seems once we start with medical appointments it doesn't stop. Hope all goes ok with all of them.

I am just about to try and change one of my February ones which is at the main hospital at 4pm. I have visions of maybe ice or snow and very dark when I have to walk to the bus. Fingers crossed I can get it changed.

I think I saw a request for Christmas trees for an animal sanctuary as well Gwyn. I can’t remember where I saw it, might have been the local paper.

The reason I said we’re not having a good time at the moment is that we just seem to have had one problem after another lately. As I think I mentioned OH is struggling with a bad cough. He now has an X-Ray arranged for Thursday. Last night through the early hours I could hear him coughing away and then walking around downstairs and going into the kitchen. I didn’t get up as it’s been like that for several nights and he doesn’t really like being fussed over. This morning I discovered he had a problem when he went to the bathroom which worried him enough for him to ring 111. He talked to a doctor there who was prepared to send an ambulance but OH didn’t feel that was necessary, so 111 said they would notify our surgery and OH should ring them this morning. When he did he was told the doctor was set up to phone OH this afternoon. He called by 2 from the main surgery and asked OH to take a sample to our local surgery which he did. Doctor called again at 3 pm to say tests had all been OK so nothing obviously wrong. He had therefore already referred him to a urologist at the hospital for tests. If we haven’t been sent an appointment within the next 2 weeks OH should ring our surgery and they will chase the hospital up. So this week it was the surgery on Monday and today, Thursday it’s the Health Centre for OH’s X-Ray and Friday it’s the hospital for my eyes.

Added to all this my cordless vac decided to die on me so I need to get a new one pretty quickly. I have a big, plug in Dyson but it’s very heavy and I struggle to push it around and can’t manage it on the stairs at all. And I don’t know where my head is at the moment - I keep doing the stupidest things. In the kitchen we have quite a large square bin where we put the recycling rubbish. This afternoon it was very full so I took it outside and emptied it into our blue bin for recycling. As I stepped inside the back door I suddenly realised that I had just emptied all the recycling rubbish into the brown garden waste bin and not the blue bin at all. What an idiot! I then had to spend a jolly half hour in the rain getting all the recycling out of the wrong bin, disentangling it from bits of greenery and putting it in the correct bin.

So that’s my tale of woe but it’s not all doom and gloom. We had such a happy weekend that I’m still smiling. I can’t wait to see them all again.

I hope, everyone, that your day has been better than ours and that you all get a good night’s sleep tonight and wake up full of beans tomorrow.