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We are having our flu jabs in the morning, then will go to our daughters new house in the afternoon, taking a massive pile of stuff with us.

Today has been kitchen day. I have emptied and cleaned every single cupboard and drawer and again turfed a load of stuff out. OH took out all the bottom drawers, so we could clean underneath them as they hadn’t been done for two years. It has been hard work, but worth it. I am just having a rest and a coffee, then I will go and wash down the outside of all the units.

So that leaves, all the paintwork and doors in the hall and landing, the utility room, the downstairs loo, under stair’s cupboard and the dining room. Then the whole house will have been done.

I have another ton of stuff to take to the charity shop,but that can wait until next week. OH needs to have a good go at the garage as well, now that he can get in it. :-)

Nasty night for you Florence I hope tonight is better for you.

We spent yesterday afternoon tidying the garden and cutting back some overgrown shrubs and dead heading the roses . The squirrels have been burying acorns from a neighbours tree in our garden by the back fence, they run up and down so quickly and across the sheds and tops of fences .

Been for our flu jabs today next one is the covid one when the Drs get the supplies in. OH managed to get his blood test done as well. He only asked for an appointment and the nurse said I'll do it now . So another thing crossed off the to do list.

Jacket potatoes for tea tonight with some salad and Oh will have chicken as well .

Linda I admire your stamina in doing all that cleaning in a short time .

I hope Joan and AnnG are both ok .

Ginnie

That sounds to have been a bad night Florence. It is noticeably cooler at night here. I took my thin summer duvet off the bed and put the heavier one on last night. It has been a glorious sunny day here and my outdoor tomatoes are finally ripening

This morning I reorganised the two freezers and I made four different types of soup, so the freezers are full again. I went to Tesco and managed to spend lots again. I thought it would be much cheaper now they have gone, but I have done two large shops this week.

This afternoon, I gave the lounge a deep clean. I just need to clean behind the grandfather clock, but as OH was out with his ramblers, I had to leave that. I thought it might tip over if I tried to move it myself.

Good morning all!

Well ,what a night that was. Oh my the wind got up to about 70mph and kept me awake all night. Banging and crashing outside.

So when I opened the curtains a wee while ago, i could see plant pots strewn across the garden, some of my neighbours. A tarpaulin lodged under others neighbours front wheel. The wheel trim I was going to tie to the fence has vamooshed but cant see it anywhere.

I braved the elements of the wind to go outside and retrieve some small pots and was nearly blown away. At the back door my beech tree was upside down but ok.

When this gale goes down tomorrow and daughter is home at the weekend, we shall gather all the small pots with plants that are nearly finished and move then to the shelter for the winter.

The ones with bedding plants that are also nearly finished will get emptied and then I can store the pots for next year,

Honestly, it said around 45mph last night so was taken by surprise when it whipped up a lot stronger.

So after hardly any sleep, i am tired today so not much housework for me.
No ferries either and I have a Tesco delivery on Saturday!!

Oh well better get used to the gales again.

Hope everyone else looking in is safe and ok

Florence in the hebrides

Good evening, I hope everyone has had a good day.

I have had an easier day today. I pottered in the morning, then went to get my hair cut. After lunch, I did a really deep clean of the bathroom and shower room, I was finished by mid afternoon, so took it easy after that. The shower in the en-suite is raised slightly, you step up into it. That means that OH can get to the pipe work underneath.He took the trap off and extracted a huge amount of hair, all from my daughter and Eve, how they aren’t bald, I don’t know. It does have a hair trap on the drain and I clean that out every week, but obviously lots gets past that. He last did it six months ago, when it was draining very slowly. He extracted a huge hairball then, it looked like a dead rat :-0

I envy you your easy day Ginnie. I just realised that I am having my hair cut tomorrow morning, so that us a thirty minute drive away, so I will get some time if as well.

We are having our flu jabs on Saturday morning at the local auction mart. It actually works really well. You drive in, roll down your car window and they stick a needle in your arm and you drive off, all without getting out of the car It is much better than having to go to the surgery where there is no parking.
Having said that we got a text today to arrange for our Covid jabs. They will be in October, at the surgery, but we will walk there and laugh at the silly people vying for the half dozen parking spaces.

Ticking boxes JG!

Goodness me Linda you should sleep well after all that cleaning. It's amazing how much dust gets behind furniture.

Well I have done very little today as have been waiting for GP to phone me . Was not expecting a call and out of the blue had a text saying he wanted to speak to me about bp reading. It turned out he wanted to tell me the same as the other Dr had told me in a text about 2 weeks ago , No changes needed. Why both needed to tell me who knows.

Hope your daughter has a lovely birthday Florence.

Ginnie

Oh my Linda....goodness you have been busy. You need to have regular breaks though and remember to eat & drink too!

When I recently had new carpets fitted throughout we had to shift all the furniture from room to room, so each room got a spring clean which means not another one til Spring next year lol

It has turned out to be a lovley Autumn day with plenty sunshine. Not hot but very comfortable for being outside but.....with no wind the midges are lurking. I went out for 5 minutes and felt them around my eyes so hastily trotted back indoors.

Yesterday I made an old favourite for tea. Cheese and potato pie with grated carrots and finely chopped onion. Delicious. My fav bit is when the grated cheese on top goes crispy in the oven. Well there was a little left so having it with a fillet of fish dusted in lemon and black pepper and baked beans.

Daughter tel just now to tell me, she got up on a chair to clean a cupboard and promptly banged her head but shes ok because she was able to phone me! She said, "don't think I have concussion because i'm using me mobile....what is she like :-D :-D

Knitting infront of the TV tonight watching me soaps.

I am shattered with my decluttering Florence. We started at nine and have on,y just stopped, so I have given up for today.
I finished off Eve’s bedroom, then we started on the study. All the furniture has been pulled away from the walls, it is amazing how many cobwebs were behind them. We have been absolutely ruthless and got rid of most of the books and all manner of other stuff which is now all packed up ready to go to the charity shop.
We then moved to our bedroom and again cleaned behind all of the furniture. We have fitted wardrobes across one wall and they were full. Have moved all the coats, dresses and skirts back into the wardrobes in Eve’s bedroom which is where I used to keep them before they moved in. That means I have much more room for all my trousers and tops. There is a bank of shelves inside the wardrobe, so I sorted those out as well
Tomorrow I will start by giving the bathroom and shower room a deep clean. After that I can move downstairs and do the whole of the ground floor :-(

Good afternoon to all looking in.

Overcast day here but dry and just as well as it was recycling bins and organic bins today. Thankfully the wind has abated too.

Well I set to task making the bunting and found some extra thick A3 card. So I traced round the triangular template and cut out several. Found some birthday wrapping paper and covered a few until I ran out. But I had lovely sheets I use for crafting and they were perfect for covering both sides. Hole punched them and strung together with bright ribbon.

Next task I created an A4 picture with balloons etc and some text. Printed that out and laminated.

I 've put up all the things on the kitchen wall already as she's not here, so one less job to do later on.

Apart from that, did some laundry and tidied up so now sitting with a coffee for a break.

I had no internet at 8am and its no long come back. I switched off the router box and scanned the PC but was still off and then suddenly PC came back to life. Had to go on 4G on my phone although I have 13GB to use up so didnt matter.

Hope you are getting on well Linda with all your decluttering.

Joan, hope all is well with you too.

have a good day all

Florence in the hebride

Linda, every birthday is a miracle with her as we nearly lost her twice! So every birthday is really special and she's 26 this week. Not sure where the time has gone.

I am not selling the things Florence, just giving them away. I suppose I could sell them, but I never do.

Today I have given away, a computer monitor, a baby monitoring alarm, a laundry basket, a pile of disposable bbq’s, a bookcase and a Little Tykes car. Plus I donated Eve’s almost unused bike to the local community works, who check them over and donate them to worthy children.
Tomorrow I have a car seat and two stair gates to give away.plus I have quite a lot of stuff to take to the charity shop. I took three sack fulls of toys last week as well.

It will be a lovely surprise for your daughter Florence, it shouldn’t just be little children who have fun birthdays.

Well done Linda. Im sure all your things you want rid of will sell quickly.

Before I moved here, we had to downsize a lot and we sold masses and made several hundred pounds which went towards my new cooker and fridge freezer.

Im at the stage now, where I have only a few storage boxes with things I want to keep, all my college assessments and a box of postcards from family members from the 70's til now.

Daughter has left and gone elsewhere until Friday so is very quiet here tonight and place seems so empty.

But tomorrow, I have some birthday bunting to make for Sunday and that will keep me busy. I have a template of a triangle in thick card which i will make a dozen. Then i shall cover them with birthday paper, hole punch and thread ribbon to join them. On late Saturday eve, I shall hang the bunting up in the kitchen with ribbons.

I am going to make her a birthday cake and decorate it on Sunday and make a buffet tea. Ive put extra treats on the shopping coming on Saturday.

The Beanie hat is half done, so should finish that in a day or 2.

Right coffee time now.

Hope everyone ok and well.

Good luck with your sales for tomorrow Linda

Florence in the hebrides

You will have to keep a look out for a Renault car missing a wheel trim

I have started the deep clean of the house. I have only done two bedrooms so far, but have taken everything out of the fitted wardrobes and got rid of a huge amount of stuff. I will continue tomorrow, I am going to do every room in the house and have a brutal cull of all our belongings.
I advertised four things on the free Facebook site and they were snapped up. I still have lots more to give away tomorrow

Morning all.

There was a beautiful double rainbow when I opened the kitchen blind this morning. So vivid and bright, was amazing.

Showery and overcast and so much cooler now at 12 degrees.

Sometime between Fri & Saturday, a strange thing happened. A wheel trim appeared in the middle of one of my parking bays :-S :-S

I looked up the logo in the middle and it belongs to a Renault of some kind. As we have our own service rd away from the main road, I'm struggling to understand how it came to be where it is?? Unless someone was driving quite fast, went over a bump and the wheel trim was loose and therefore sprung off and was flung into our garden?

So I have left it on our parking bay as it is very greasy! I went to pick it up and my fingers got covered in black yukky stuff.

Anyway, the ironing basket is awaiting me as yesterday, I had a very lazy day and did absolutely nothing. I just felt like sitting, knitting and surfing the net with no enthusiasm to do anything that required energy :-D :-D

However after a hot shower today, my energy levels have been restored and so I'm off to do all me chores and a few bits of paperwork.

Hope everyone well and cooling down today.

Florence in the hebrides

It has been incredibly humid here and about 25 degrees. This morning, I helped OH to reassemble the play equipment. Eve was almost on the trampoline before we had finished it. :-)

I then went on box duty. I got all Esme’s clothes put away and the rest of Eve’s The house they have bought is a barn conversion and the bedrooms were unbearably hot, but it had to be done. I also had to play with Esme and keep her occupied.

I am shattered again and glad to be home.My daughter has taken the next two days off, but SIL hasn’t :-S Anyway we are leaving them to it now.

There is just Esme’s bed to go now, that should be tomorrow. I have quite a few things to give away on the local Facebook sites, three stair gates, Eve’s bike which she has outgrown, a baby monitor and so on.

I can start on cleaning and reorganising the house then. All of the rooms look so spacious now that all of their stuff has gone. I am looking at one of Esme’s sticky hand prints on the patio door and feel sad about having to clean it off

Aw Joan , bless you for putting hubby first. Yes a roast in hot in hot weather isnt great but if he eats all of it, it will help to build his strength up and thats what matters isnt it.

Its started raining now but thats ok and not going outside today and as you said linda, no need to water all me pots which takes ages.

I saw 5 swans yesterday on the water and was a lovely sight as havent seen them in ages. Glad the bird flu hasnt got to them.

Just remembered I have to finish off me Tesco list, how could I forget? lol

Off to make some toast for lunch and then try and be proactive this afternoon!

Good morning.
The day started off with thick fog & coolish but by 10-00am it was gone & the sun is now shining & it has started to warm up.
Looks like it's going to be "hot" once again !

I think I have chosen the wrong meal, again, lol, hubby fancied chicken & so we settled on Chicken & all the trimmings, lol.
With hubby not in the best of health I tend to cook the things that he fancies & so we usually end up with meals that are not really suitable for the really hot days, but if it is what hubby wants & helps him to eat better then so be it.

I hope all is well with everyone, take care Linda, it's time to wind down.

Joan.

Morning all
Flat calm here and quite cool now at 14 degrees, looking very autumnal.

Thankfully no thunderstorms here, wasn't hot enough lol.

I started knitting a beanie hat for someone but had to google the decreasing bit as couldn't remember. But i found a free pattern on google and a much easier way to sew up the seams using " mattress stitch", giving a much neater finish.

I also have 2 scarves on the go. Well I needed something to keep me occupied!

Hope you have a good day Linda and get the girls playthings sorted!

Not sure about tea today as last night I made a curry with grated carrots, chicken & mushrooms and it was very tasty but i'm still full up. So something lighter tonight.

Hope everyone looking in is well and ok

Florence in the hebrides