General Chat

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

Good morning, I hope everyone is well. We had a nice thunderstorm last night and lots of rain which the garden will be thankful for It looks like we have a very high chance of rain from the middle of the day as well, so we will go to reassemble the play equipment this morning. I am sure that there will be plenty of boxes to empty after that.

Oh Linda <3 i too am exhausted reading your post. You and OH really deserve a medal and as for SIL....words fail me :-(

Its been raining here all day and foggy so cooped up inside. Made a small chicken curry for me tea, naan and tzatziki and rice of course.

Started knitting a chunky bobble hat, its awhile since I did one so had to google a pattern.
Argyll Gran, I iron everything and love doing pillowcases, very therapeutic.

And yes, when i hang out my washing, its colour coded and all hung the same way.

Whites on one line, pink on another and darks on another :-D :-D Thats the bit of OCD in me lol

best see to finishing off tea now and pop on the oven

What a day, and having to move in that heat. I was going to refer to Linda’s SIL as a being as useful as a chocolate teapot - but unwise in this heat ;-)

Oh LInda, I am out of breath reading your last thread entry, what a day you had, I reckon your son in law should get back to yout house as soon as & help you & your hubby to get your home back in order.
They are sooo going to miss you & hubby but especially you deserve medals.

At last the sun has gone in here, what a hot day & no breeze.
I did venture outside to tackle a couple of large Ferns that have become too big, we have 7 Ferns dotted about but 2 of them were starting to encroach on other plants.
I managed to cut them down as far as the dead strawy growth underneath where the fresh fronds emerge but they could do to have a bit more top growth removed.
They will come back next year but hopefully they won't be a high as they were this year.

That's all I did in the garden today other than watering the newest plants this morning.

Joan.

It’s 28 here, far too hot to be doing anything. It is so quiet and peaceful

:-)

The move happened yesterday. The removal van arrived just before nine and it took them all morning to pack everything in. They had to leave the large Barbie house and a few of the bigger toys behind as the van was full. My daughter had to take Esme to Durham this morning to get some new glasses. Not ideal timing, but as Esme is only partially sighted, she needs them. She got a new prescription from the local optician but they don’t have suitable frames. Her eyes are quite far apart and the bridge of her nose is very wide. The glasses she had were making her nose very sore. My daughter managed to track down and optician in Durham who specialises in special needs frames. It is a bit of a trek, but at least she will be comfortable. She called here on the way back and we got the Barbie house in the back of their large car and we will take everything else tomorrow

We were all shattered after yesterday, well except SIL who flitted about for most of the day pretending to work. He eventually turned up at the new house about 3pm. My daughter and I were taking turns in directing the removal men to the correct rooms as they were lbringing things off the van. She had to leave to to do the school run and bring the girls back, so I asked him to do the directing while I got the girls bedrooms sorted out. That was a big mistake as he kept wandering off and the poor removal men were having to shout for him to come back. He also told them to put the large number of boxes of books into Esme’s new play room instead of the lounge at the other end of the building. Never mind, my daughter will move them all :-|

The only contribution he made to the unpacking was to start to empty some of the kitchen boxes, but only because he wanted to find the champagne flutes, so he could open the bottle of champagne he had bought. Having unwrapped glasses, he then started putting them in a cupboard we were putting food in :-S. Luckily after I found the glasses he needed, he went away and I moved the glasses to a different cupboard. Honestly while I was dripping sweat, unpacking stuff for all I was worth, he was drifting around discussing the finer points of the champagne he had bought.

The biggest annoyance about the day was Esme’s medical bed. The council offer a service to dismantle it and move it on the day you move We we’re pleased when a man turned up about 11 am and started to dismantle it, but part way through he said that he had to leave to deal with an emergency. He said that he would arrange for someone to come later in the day. Of course despite numerous phone calls no one knew anything about it. Luckily they have a very large car, so SIL and OH managed to get the heavy mattress in that, so that Esme could at least sleep on the floor. By late afternoon we finally got someone sensible on the phone who said that she didn’t know if she could get someone to come that evening, could they leave it until Monday? My daughter was so fed up by then that she said yes. Not an ideal situation as Esme needs to be tilted because of her reflux. I can’t believe that the man just went off, what would have happened if it had been a normal move where you leave the house and the next family move in?

I managed to get both of the girls bedrooms set up as best I could before they got back from school. I especially wanted to do my best with Eve’s room so she had her own domain to go to with the bed made and the box of her most important things unpacked.

We didn’t get home until about 9 pm and I was aching all over. We are just pottering today to recover. We are going tomorrow so OH can build the trampoline and large play swing in the garden and do numerous other jobs. I am leaving this house for a few days, then I need to deep clean every room and move all of our things back to their correct places. Looking round I can see that we need to have the whole house repainted, that will cost a fortune no doubt.

Oh, Joan, that made me smile!
I love hanging washing out to dry.
I always remember my mother showing me how to hang things on a line, long ago when I was primary school age - as you say, all nice and straight, and facing the same way.
I still do it like that.

And ironing, too. Pulling the edges straight, on things like pillowcases and handkerchiefs. Very satisfying.

Oh for the good old days of the toweling nappies.

How I loved wash day especially doing the nappies, using my Baby Burco boiler to keep them white & the mangle with a tub under it to wring them out, then hanging them on the line making sure all the nappies hung the same way with the little tags on them sitting bottom left ! LOL.

Joan.

It's still quite muggy here and dry at the moment.

Florence's post about washing the sheets, drying them, ironing them and remaking the bed all in one day reminded me of when we were in the tropics with a baby in towelling nappies. Each day the dripping wet nappies would be hung on the line, without hurrying, and when I reached the end I went back to the beginning and took them down!! The whole procedure took about 15 minutes. :-)

After several hot days, here in the west of Scotland, today is cool and cloudy, with showers.

Now I can open the windows again!
During hot weather I keep them closed to stop the hot air coming in to the relatively cool house.

Morning JG and everyone else looking in.

Well huge change here today. Low cloud and constant drizzle so very damp and windy too. So glad I did all my laundry yesterday!

Its still 25 degrees in every room so very stuffy but at least the rain has watered me plants so saves me a job.

Nothing exciting here today, daughter has gone to town so I'm home alone and finding it hard to think of something to do. Not in the mood for family tree stuff as my neck is sore and sitting for hours on the PC doesn't help the pain.

Just wish I could get away from the house as haven't been out in weeks and it gets you down but hey ho onwards and upwards.

have a good day all

Florence in the hebrides

Morning all , hope you are all feeling ok, the heat is getting to me now. Last night was so hot and I had difficulty getting to sleep . Got up at 6.30ish opened the windows and put the fans on.
Got a line of washing out shouldn't take long to dry in this heat.

Have a good weekend everyone.


Ginnie

Phew indeed Florence, it's been a hot week here even on the day that the sun didn't show, today has been really bad, about 26 inside for us & even higher outside & no wind or breeze.

Everywhere is soo dry & dusty, the birdbaths are being well used & need re filling almost daily, certainy need to be topped up, & most of my new plants need a good watering, I am very surprised the the well hasn't dried up leaving us without a water supply, it's happened in the past.

Enjoyed the usual Friday home made Fish & Chips today, a bit on the warm side for a hot meal but I so enjoy them, lol.

Joan..

Phew!! Its 27 degrees in my front room. Well i wanted sun and we have sun, about 25 outside. I have all the windows open and a fan on my desk.

So I stripped my bed, washed it all, hung out to dry and have now ironed it and put back on my bed. So sitting for a rest.

There is a good breeze which is fab as drying all the washing but too windy to sit out!

Anyway making the most of it as by Sunday we shall be down to just 12 degrees.

Linda, hope the move has gone well and everyone pulling their weight!

Joan, hope the workmen have finished and all's well with you.

AnnG, hope you are enjoying your break away unless you are back?

JustGinnie, good to see you posting and take care.

My new best friend "cat" from next door has lost his meow :-S He goes to say hello but nothing comes out so not sure if he is unwell? Is this normal for cats? Poor wee thing as he always "talks" to me even from the otherside of the window lol.

Well in need of more water to keep hydrated.

Take care in the sun everyone

Florence in the hebrides

Lol, names, I have done that in the past and had a little panic but I think you have to actually fill in a box saying why you reported the post.

Gosh Linda you certainly have restraint with your SiL but It is most likely worse it they are getting in the way when you need to get things done. I must say I applaud your patience and energy especially in this hot spell.

Sorry you seem to be getting time wasters viewing the flat Florence it is so annoying .for you.

The 2 planters came and OH is really pleased with them so happy hubby today.

:-D :-D

Ginnie.

Phew :-D ;-)

Creeping out from the naughty corner - it was Argyllgran’s but it seems ok as it is still there.

I’m on my iPad and just brushed it whilst moving down, thought something had chsnged.

Oh dear names :-S :-S Who did you report?

Oh lummy! I accidently hit the report button . Don’t know what that will do.

Argyllgran, I like that idea but that means me putting up the bookcases.

Hope all goes well in Herriot country tomorrow.

Next time, Names, ignore the kitchen stuff and unpack your books first!

If he's desperate for a cuppa he can unpack the kitchen boxes himself.

Of course, you'd have to rearrange all the kitchen items yourself afterwards - but at least your books would be on shelves.