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I'm pleased the trousers have come to light and I should think with ll the upheval he should get them shortened at a cut price. If they could'nt have found them what would they have done then?

Had a sweep and now I am tired but I hav'nt picked it up yet. I have a barrow load I swept up ages ago and BIL has'nt emptied that for me. He usually puts it in the big trailer and dumps it round the wood by the bonfire which I hav'nt had for over 18 months. I can't light it when the weathers wet and I don't lie to do it when the weathers nice as all the neighbour are in their gardens.

I think I shall do some fruit, just cut it up for tonight and have one of the meals for one out of the freezer. They are only small so with the fruit that should do me.

Sorry to hear you’re all snuffly again AnnG. I hope this cold gets better quicker than the last one.

All this talk about weight made me go and weigh myself and I was surprised to find that I’d lost a bit more and am now under 10 st. As I’m tall I wouldn’t want to lose any more and would feel more comfortable with about another half stone. And can anyone tell me why my arms are getting thinner and my neck scraggier but I still have a spare tyre round my middle? It’s just not fair.

I didn’t get back after my early morning post yesterday as within a couple of hours I had developed an horrendous migraine. Although the pain was everywhere it was centred, as always, on the left hand side of my head and face and was excruciating. Even my teeth on that side hurt. So the rest of yesterday was spent in bed with just a few sips of water. By this morning I was able to manage some porridge and a cup of weak tea.

As luck would have it I had a telephone review of my meds booked for this morning so I was able to tell the lady at the surgery how I was feeling and how the migraines are getting more frequent again. She is upping the dosage on my migraine prevention tabs and said if after a while on the higher dose there’s not much improvement I should see the doctor. I wasn’t sure what to expect as my review has usually been carried out by the GP and this lady was a clinical pharmacist but she talked everything through thoroughly with me and really listened to what I said and obviously is able to do some prescribing.

After that I had another hour on the bed and during this time the hairdresser rang to see where I was as she had me down for an appointment. I know I booked it for tomorrow. I wouldn’t have booked it for this morning knowing I had the meds review so I think she had written the appointment down for the wrong day. She can fit me in for tomorrow so I’ll still get my haircut.

After lunch I had tickets for the film One Life at the local theatre. OH wouldn’t go without me and I was feeling quite a bit better so I dosed myself up with painkillers and went. It was very good, quite an inspiring story and the air conditioning was great. You couldn’t hear or even feel it blowing but it was a comfortable, cool temperature. I was glad I went for that alone as it was more comfortable than in the house. It’s currently 27 degrees here and looks like another hot night.

Oh yes, OH’s trousers. For his birthday I had bought OH a gift voucher for a local men’s outfitters that he likes. He chose some nice trousers but they needed to be shortened. When after about 10 days he hadn’t heard from them he rang the shop. That was on Friday and that was when it was discovered that all the paperwork was at the shop but the trousers had gone AWOL. On Monday the shop rang to check a couple of details with him and said they would take everything off every rail and shelf in the shop and storerooms till they found them. OH wasn’t too bothered as they hadn’t taken any money from him yet. Today the owner of the shop rang to say they had been found in some obscure place and to apologise so OH will collect and pay for them tomorrow. I know something went wrong this time but the owner and staff of this shop really know the meaning of customer service. They are always friendly but very polite and go to endless trouble to find exactly what the customer wants. They have even let OH bring clothing home for me to approve before he buys anything.

Well, OH will be wanting some dinner soon and I haven’t even heated the oven up yet so I’d better get my skates on. Stay cool and sleep well. See you tomorrow.

Hope you've had a lovely catch up with your friend today Ann and it wasn't to hot for you both .

Oh no Anng that was kind of Cynth to give you her cold you'd have thought she would have told you she had one so you could have kept your distance from her especially when she sneezed.
The back of our tele is a maize of wires if it wasn't for son sorting things for us we'd be in a right muddle as to what goes where ,we have a plastic box under the spare bed full of wires and chargers ,I think some are to do with the video cameras Colin use to use on holiday and he had three different ones and its something else that really needs sorting out but we don't want to throw out something that might be needed for something to make it work.

I heard back about my ultra sound and they could see the gall stones ,I can have them looked at but she said there's a long long wait :-( she also said I have a fatty liver ,like you said Ann all to do with weight so I must try and lose some more ,I have lost over a stone since I had the trouble with the iron tablets which I don't take now ,I'm making sure I eat more greens and fish ,I never have been a meat lover and do eat veg,salads and all sorts of fruit and I've cut down on bread and potatoes.

We have been so lazy today just did a few jobs indoors and sat by the fan ,I did a few more poppies ,the count now is 48 ,I did get son to order me a new book of knitted dolls ,12 dolls to knit and over 50 assesories so that should keep be busy and give me a change from poppies .

I have been playing with the ponds today. I was determined to get the big one clear so I have had the air on nearly all day. I was ging to treat it with cloverleaf blanketweed stuff and thinking I had three tubs of it I opened the first one to get out what was in there and only two scoops so off I go to get a bucket of pond water to mix it in put the two scoops in and open the next bin only to find it is full of salt and then the next one was too so I only had the 2 to put in and I usually put in 10 scoops. I had to come in and go through all the adverts on Ebay to find the cheapest one and I ordered some so now I have to wait 2 or 3 days for delivery.

I have also had a scrape out the front again and am now going to go and sweep that up but came in for a glass of water.

I do have semi skimmed milk Vera and I had a big bowl of cornfakes at lunchtime and shall have a dinner tonight. I also have a nice lot of fruit now the shopping has been. I forgot raspberries but did get cherries,a pineapple, I took the pears and some lovely looking necterines all nicely red and I have two apples so I am going to mkae a huge fresh fruit salad to munch on whenever I wish. I'll let you know if it working after a couple of days and Vera you are very welcome to some fat off my tummy. I carry it all in the middle. I have skinny arms and legs so quite a throwback I think.

Right had my water and am going to corn the chickens and then sweep up the mess I have made right along the front of the bungalow.

I think this is definitely a cold not hay fever. Thanks Cynth.I usually used to get one cold a year until covid, then nothing for three years now two in five weeks. Not happy. Just hope it is milder than the last one.

I have a tickly cough and a bit sniffly. I was thinking it might be hay fever as the pollen count is very high, But Cynth has just told me she has had a cold which started Saturday. (she sneezed when we were at Norton garden centre and I asked her if she suffered with hay fever. She didn't tell me she had a cold. It is only a month since I got rid of the cold and cough I had on holiday.
24 degrees now and sometimes overcast. I did see in the forecast we were expecting 89% humidity.

Talking about weight. There is me who could do with losing at least half a stone, maybe more. And there is my sister who badly wants to put on half a stone. She is actually 3 stones lighter than me. and nearly 7 years younger.

Good morning

You were a very early bird today AnnG. I’m glad your leg isn’t too bad, at least during the day. Hopefully it’s now improving at night as well. I also got rid of a load of VHS tapes recently. Loads were recordings we made and they went to the tip but the commercial films have gone to the charity shop as they might get a customer who still has a working VHS player.

Mel, the clothes you have ordered sound ideal for your wedding. I hope they are a good fit when they arrive. I agree with AnnG about diet. Be careful to make sure you still get all the nutrients you need. I would change to skimmed milk but not cut down much (unless you drink gallons of it) as you need protein and calcium, but that’s a personal choice. If you want to get rid of excess weight perhaps you could send some this way, lol. I could do with a bit more. My arms are like matchsticks now and I’m going to need braces to keep my trousers up soon.

How can Lacey be 12 already? It was only yesterday she was a little girl and now she’s nearly a teenager. I hope she has a lovely day.

Enjoy your meeting with your friend Ann. I bet you’ll be talking away 19 to the dozen. When I met up with an old friend about 9 months ago we talked and laughed so much over the course of a day that I lost my voice for 2 days. OH thought he was in paradise, 2 days without anyone nagging at him.

I’m being called so I have to go. Might be back later in the day.

Nice to see you picking up your social life again Annx Have a lovely get together with your friend
My leg seems not too bad so far and it was not the leg that woke me up, I think it was the heat.

I have watered the plants on the patio as the pots there get very hot. The ones down the garden on the gravel I will do this evening.

The only thing I have to do today is to clear stuff out of the way for when my friend and her daughter come tomorrow. Daughter is going to disconnect the Wii and take it all off my hands. I had not realised how much stuff was connected to the thing.
When I turned out a drawer container that is inside the cupboard of the TV table I found about 10 videos. Old style VHS. They are now in the bin. Typically of course we do have a VHS player but not sure if it is working. It is upstairs connected to a spare TV. (actually this house is a bit like a historic branch of Curries.) I still have another small drawer containing VHS videos taken by us.

Morning All,

Sunny and 21 degrees already here. I slept better last night but took hours to drop off. OH was up at 6.00am to shower and smarten up as he has 3 meetings today and left early for the first to avoid traffic.

he did drop chocolate on the bed Mandy! lol. He managed to clean itoff with a wet cloth before he told me though. It wasn't the best of news with your scan then, but at least knowing about things often something can do something to prevent things getting worse. The gall stones won't have been helping and I think I read somewhere that people like me who are overweight may have fatty livers, which isn't good, but we don't usually know about it. It will be good to see what the doc says. OH has a similar phone chat booked with his doc following his scan. The result says satisfactory, but reading up what they suspected, it might be something that needs monitoring, but we'll see what his doc says.

You were awake early AnnG. That's a nice healthy breakfast you had too. How is the leg today?

I must dash and get ready to meet a friend at a garden centre now. we haven't seen each other since before the pandemic so there will be lots of chat. I was pleased when I looked online to see the cafe is air conditioned, but I'm dressing cool anyway and would rather be chilly than too hot. BBL.

O gosh Lacey twelve aalready.

Happy Birthday Lacey have a lovely day.

Its brightened a lot here now and its 18 degrees and pc says partly sunny.

Not done a thing yet but need to get the washing amchine on.

Morning all,

Gosh Anng you were about early it is hard to get back to sleep with the heat .
Alexa is saying its 19 degrees and should get to 26 so another hot day ,I got the fan in yesterday for the conservatory but I need to get the bigger one in for the front room it does help to keep Max cool as well as us .

I've stripped the bed and its all now spinning so I'll get them on the line ,they won't want long out there today .

Laceys birthday today she's 12 <3

Sun is shining here and pale blue sky 17 degrees now. Showered, hair washed Mail on line read now going to have breakfast. (yoghurt and raspberries.)

Morning all,

We've still got grey skies and its 16 degrees and not a breath of wind again.

I have five subs on my order today and most of them will be going back. They have sent the pears I can't touch with the rough skins, No Lamb and Colcannon mash to they sent swedish style meatballs and for the steak in ale they have sent sausage and mash, both I have never bought. I did order 2 of the lamb and see I have got one of them. Ham and mixed pepper pizza instead of the pepperoni one which I thought would be good for when BIL comes but I don't do peppers. I ordered Cherries and they have sent the cheap ones so I will look at those and may have them.

Don't know what else I shall do today apart from feed the chickens and clean the pond filters.

O I think it may be brightening up as I can see a faint blue inthe clouds.

very early morning here 0337 and 13 degrees, just dropped to 12. got up for the loo and couldn't get back to sleep so wandered in here. Nobody around of course so hope you are all sleeping well.

Mel don't cut down too drastically. cut down all carbs and eat fish, meat, veg, salad and fruit but some fruit is fattening. google for list of fruit that has carbs.

Yes Ann I hope so.

I went in the bedroom to change the solar light to the west facing window and saw something on the grass by the chciken pen aand it was plucking something. I took a few picsand I think it was a sparrow hawk but it looked bigger than one of those. When I went round there it had had a blackbird as there were only black feather left.

I can't believe how much weight I have put on so its no cakes or biscuits and hardly any milk or bread so I have ordered lots of fruit.

I now have my tom plants in the little greenhouse with the cue. Don't know if they will be any good this year as I sowed them so late. I bought the cue plant and one of the toms which is a Shirley. I sowed two of the seeds from the great big tom my neighbour gave me last year and three seeds of Sungold to which one came up. Taped all the canes together in there to hold them up. That took me back to the polytunnel when I used to do that in there. Oh always taped the canes up he said its quicker than tying each one.

Evening all,
Phew hot again I was glad son had the air con in his car so I wasn't to hot for my appointment, they did a full abdomen ultra sound she said she could see my gall stones then she had a look at my liver which she spent ages on ,I was told by the doctor that I had the on set of liver disease so I hope it hasn't got worse, the results will be sent to the doctors and they said if I hadn't heard from the doctor by Thursday to give them a call.

Mel the trousers sound just right for a wedding and the top sounds nice to ,I hope they are just what you want and fit ok .
I'm glad your feeling better today, yes get more water into you ,I think people think the more water I drink will mean more loo trips but it doesn't work like that as you sweat it out in this heat .

Oh Ann I hope there's no chocolate dropped on the bed or you'll have more washing lol
We had a nice pack of lollies from aldi they were fruit sorbet on the outside and ice cream in the middle they reminded me of the Mivi's we use to have ,I liked the strawberry and the pineapple mivi .

Anng you've been busy filling your brown bin ,have you tried putting a pillow under your knee at night it might help your leg as your leg wouldn't lay so flat in bed .

Vera hope you managed a little sleep in the end ,I would be like a zombie if I didn't get my sleep ,I have been waking more and find a do wake once its light as I open the curtains to let some air in over night and the birds start up to once its light .
Still waiting to hear what happened to the trousers :-)

They sound nice Mel. Hopefully they will be alright!

Afternoon All,

It's reached 24 degrees here, but the sun isn't as bright as earlier and there is a very faint breeze making it more pleasant. Yes, I was up late last night as I had the bedroom windows open before I went to bed and was waiting for it to get cooler in there. I even pushed the sheet off me last night. I keep waking up between 5.00am and 6.00am bcause it's so light by then, but wasn't up till 8.30am this morning. OH was already up and had watered the pots again, opened the patio and back doors and was doing some of his work.

I popped out to the shop and got a punnet of perfect nectarines with a good discount on their bargain shelf. They have some great bargains with veg too just because they are a day out of date. I've just eaten one and it was so juicy. I brought OH a white Magnum back which made his eyes light up and he's flopped on the bed reading and eating it now. I also got some coleslaw to go with our salad. Silly me though came home a different way and forgot they had gravelled the dual carriageway one side. At least everyone was crawling along though, but my car is covered in that dust now.

I've paid the home insurance having found nowhere else is much cheaper and most are dearer.Then I did an ISA on line for OH and filed stuff away. I noticed through the window that the plants I put in the front wall pots are definitely on the their way out as well and they are Cali (you know what I mean!) so it's not just the marigolds. I think I will just have to empty every bit of the compost out of the pots, even though it was mixed with some old compost and start again, if I can muster some enthusiasm!

Yes, more water Mel! When I had the chest infection a few years ago and my heart racing, they told me in A&E it was due to being dehydrated. That decreases your blood volume so your heart rate has to increase to keep your blood pressure up. I didn't know that before. I was glad to see you were ok today. :-) My word I see the extensive housebuilding has reached you as well, which surprised me. When we moved here there was a 17 year restriction on building in the old strip system fields at the back of us. That has ended now and we fully expect if the warehouse hub gets built further along, that they will apply to build more of the same behind us. Since the farmer that leased the fields passed away recently, there have been no cattle so it has become a meadow like it used to be again. We have even seen the return of a Kestrel recently and years ago they would be there every day when it was hay fields.

You have been tieing up a few loose ends with jobs too AnnG. It's good to not have them hanging over you though. Do you think your leg is gradually improving as the days go by, or might it need some physio? It's a nuisance when these things interfere with what you want to get on with as I know too well. I hope you get that appointment soon.

Well I'd better go and see what to have for tea now!

Hope they fit ok then. Let us know when you get them.