General Chat

I don’t think that it has stopped raining all day here. Not torrential, just a steady drizzle, it is very cold as well. I haven’t been out all day. I have been working on the top of my family tree and have managed to add another generation. Tonight I looked at the results for the Ancestry thru lines, where the DNA shows definite matches and realised that there is quite a lot I can safely add in lower down the tree. I haven’t done much in the last couple of years when the girls where living here, but now, there are a lot of good DNA matches to catch up on. That should keep me busy during the winter.

Well chit chatters, 2024 is nearly here. So whatever you are all doing to celebrate, just take care and look after yourselves if you are out & about.

My migraine has finally begun to ease and my neck is less sore so thank goodness for that. My temp is down now too at 37.5 so slowly getting back to normal!

I may stay up to watch the fireworks from around the world on the BBC news but shall go off to bed afterwards.

Hope Joan all is well with hubby and you got to see him today.

Linda hope you enjoy the family gathering with your daughter etc.

AnninGloucs not sure if you are home yet but hope you too enjoy your evening.

JustGinnie, good wishes to you & hubby and hope all is progressing well.

ArgyllGran our wind has gone right down so flat calm but very cold here. Hope you have a good evening too.

And to anyone else looking in tonight, have a good one and we shall be here tomorrow to hear about all your celebrations.

Florence in the hebrides

Just looking in to wish you all a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year <3

Well it might only be 8.20, but we have just had a full on New Year celebration using the London fireworks from last year. Esme has made us all come up to bed. As soon as she is safely tucked up, we can sneak back downstairs and do it all again at midnight :-D

I hope that everyone will have a good year, leaving all our problems behind us. <3 <3 <3

Happy New Year to all!
I hope 2024 turns out to be a good year.

Happy New Year every one.

So hope 2024 is a better year for all of us and better times ahead <3

Florence in the hebrides

Happy new year to you all. I am just off to bed my late night last night has caught up with me

Well, not a good start to the year health wise as I have caught Eve’s cold . Our second New Year at the real midnight was fine, I went to bed after the fireworks, leaving them to watch the last twenty minutes of a film we had been watching before midnight.
Yesterday OH and I went into Harrogate with my daughter and Esme to go to Claire’s Accesories shop to by a couple of gift vouchers. My daughter had bought them online before Xmas for her cousins girls. They were supposed to be delivered direct to them by the useless Evri company. Not surprisingly they had lost them, so my daughter got her money back. She bought some in person which she will send direct. Esme was absolutely amazed that there were so few people out and about in the town. New Year sales don’t seem to have hit Harrogate yet. We found a lovely cafe which we hadn’t tried before for lunch .
We came home in the afternoon and by last night, my cold was even worse. I feel like I have been kicked in the ribs by all the coughing. I hope you are feeling better Florence.

Hello all looking in and happy new year to you.

Sorry to hear that you have caught a nasty cold and cough Linda the coughing is always the worst I find.
Florence I hope you are feeling better now.

Joan I hope you and Hubby are ok , hopefully the move nearer home has been beneficial for both of you.

My OH is doing ok and is walking much better now, he has his follow up app. this week. . They changed some of his meds in hospital so he is having a medication review as well this week with the GP.

Would like some better weather please if anyone has some spare. lol.


Ginnie.

Afternoon everyone looking in.

JustGinnie, glad your OH is progressing well now. Sorry but our usual weather has returned grrr, Had 2 days of calm and now up at gale force and cold too. If we should find where the sun has gone I will let you know ;-)

Oh dear Linda, sorry to hear you are now not well. It's miserable isnt it. I am now over my sore head and my glands seemed to have gone down too which is good. I also slept better last night and was only up at 3, then slept til 8am.

Glad your daughter got a refund on the missing gift cards. So much goes missing over xmas, you wonder where it does go to!!

Joan , if you are looking in, hope all is well with you & hubby as haven't seen you about for a few days. Hope you have power.

AnninGloucs, hope you are enjoying your break away with your family.

Argyllgran hope its not too wild with you but I'm guessing you have the same wild winds as we do further up.

I have been busy yesterday and today completing all the sols form I received, pages of them. Had to make some phone calls to get info too which took ages as keep getting cut off???

Spent an hour in the queue for Br Gas, got through, got transferred, explained my query and then it disconnected grrrr I tel back and same thing happened so annoying as this is the last thing I need to sort before sending the whole lot back in the post. The sooner it's sent the sooner we get it sold.

Buyers want to know when the boiler was purchased and when was it last serviced??? mum had a care plan and it was serviced every year up to Jan 2022 but I have no evidence of that. But I found a Ref number on her list of d/ds so hoping they can still access the care plan even though we cancelled it last year?

If we can't, the buyers may insist on us either buying a new boiler eeeeek, or getting a full service. So there is an urgency to speak to Br gas about it. I shall wait until after 2pm and try once again.

Another public holiday here, so no post or anything moving. Roads are very quiet as children not back until Thursday.

I have plenty to keep me busy as my ironing box is overflowing, all the decs need to come down before Friday plus the house needs a good dusting. Oh well no rest for the wicked. So better crack on.

Stay warm all

Florence in the hebrides

Filling all those forms in is a real nuisance Florence. As I have done it once, hopefully it will be easier the next time around. Having said that neither of the people who vowed last week want it, so we won’t be moving anytime soon.

It has never stopped raining all day, so you won’t want our weather Ginnie. It is good to hear that your husband is doing so well.

We just did our Covid tests for the ONS survey we are part of. Both were negative, so I just have some other sort of horrible bug. I can’t stop coughing and my nose is very runny. I am tired because I haven’t slept well.

Afternoon all


Another grey day here but we had the two Great granddaughters this morning so they kept us occupied. Ages 7 and 2.
And daughter had to stay in for the smart meter man to come. They had new smart meters in April and since then the gas one has not worked properly. Daughter has phoned regularly each time to a we will get back to you reply. Needless to say they never did. In the end she complained to Offgem (I think). About two weeks ago and the man came this morning. He thinks he has fixed it apparently it was not installed correctly. So we will wait and see if it is OK now.

Sorry your cold is worse Linda but pleased yours is better Florence.
And good that your OH is progressing Ginnie.

Florence, I know, of course, you're not exactly next door but this might help:


https://www.glowgreenltd.com/help-and-advice/how-old-is-my-boiler

Names thankyou so much for this as it may be a solution to date the boiler. I have asked my brother to go and look at the boiler and screenshot it for me. Very helpful of you :-D :-D

Florence in the hebrides

I don't think you'd want our weather either, Ginnie.
Grey, damp, and chilly - but not windy and not actually raining, so could be worse!

I've even ventured out to do a bit of tidying up in the garden today.
My cough is finally showing definite signs of improvement at long last - over a fortnight now.

Tomorrow I'm going to Edinburgh by bus (total of approx 4 hours, on two buses) , for a funeral on Thursday, and until today I wasn't at all sure if I was going to be able to go or not.
Definitely didn't want to be seized by a fit of uncontrollable loud coughing either on the bus or in the church, causing an embarrassing disturbance.

I hope your cough clears more quickly than that, Linda. What a pity about your house sale.

Goodness, I hope y cough doesn’t last two weeks , but I am glad that you are starting to feel better.
This afternoon we got another couple of house viewings booked in. One this Saturday and one the following Saturday. The first one is sometime who has already completed the sale of his house, so fingers crossed he will like it

Afternoon everyone

Damp, wet cold day here so pretty dismal. We got off lightly this time and didnt get Storm Henk. Hope anyone in its path is safe and well.

AG, hope your cough is getting better, 4 hours on 2 buses, that's a long trek!

I tackled Mt Everest today and was so glad to see an empty basket. Now having a clear up and going through the fridge seeing what's lurking around.

I had the bests night's sleep last night in ages, was just brilliant and makes such a difference.

Decorations and tree are on my list although may just wait until daughter back tomorrow.

Not seeing anything from Joan, so hope nothing amiss there.

Well better crack on.
Hope everyone else ok today

Florence in the hebrides

I envy you your sleep Florence, I am coughing too much to achieve that. My ribs are so sore, but so is my throat. It feels like I have swallowed razor blades when I cough.
OH is getting it now, so he has cancelled his Ramblers walk tomorrow.

I sent him off to the supermarket this morning clutching a shopping list. I only gave him the few things we need so he wouldn’t get overwhelmed. The other things can wait until I can go.

We got another two house viewings booked in today, so I will have a little potter before the first one on Friday. I put all the Xmass tuff away before New Year, very early, but the house looks less cluttered without it

Good morning, I hope everyone is doing well, my cough is still dreadful
I have just been through the house doing all the dusting in preparation for the house viewing tomorrow. It is crazy that I feel so worn out just doing that. In fact, I still have the lounge to do, but have had to sit down for a rest before I can tackle it.
This afternoon I will clean the bathroom, shower room and downstairs loo, so in the morning I will just need to have a quick tidy up.

We haven’t seen Joan for a few days, so I hope everything is alright with her.

Afternoon Linda and anyone looking in.

Goodness Linda, you could do without a viewing when you are not well! However it could lead to a sale but you will be exhausted. Just do a bit stop 10 mins and carry on with lots of breaks otherwise you will become worse with coughing etc with all the dusting.

I made a start today taking down all the decs, 2 trees and umpteen ornaments all over the house! So top of filing cabinet all back to normal. Dusted computer desk and surrounds, hall bookshelves needed dusting badly!

But daughter just messaged to say, she is not coming back until tomorrow now!!! My coffee table is full of everything as not sure where she put the boxes in her bedroom and Im not digging around in there. So many boxes everywhere so it will all have to stay there until shes back.

Yes a bit worried for Joan as shes not been on, hope you are ok and hubby Joan if you are looking in.

Hope AG made it to Edinburgh as she wasn't well herself and such a long journey with 2 buses.

Im just sitting with a coffee as was getting breathless. Was trying to rush everything and i just cant rush so having a sit down for a bit.

Dad is ok but he sounds quite frail on the phone. Im sending back all the docs to my brother today so one step nearer to selling.

I got through to Br Gas yesterday after waiting 45 mins, got date of last service Sep 2021! I asked him if he could email that info to confirm the date and he said he would have to enquire and would tel me back. Famous last words as no call back and no email.
Im beg to think we should just get the boiler serviced and then we have peace of mind and so do the buyers, just need to convince my brother!!

Well I shall carry on being busy and Linda, take your time.

Shall look in later.

Florence in the hebrides