General Chat

Hi all~~~

I repeat Maz's words tho it's now evening.

My ankle is up like a balloon , I dear not go out walking cos it's so icy.

Hope you all continue to have the best of the seasonal festivities :))

Sandie.x

morning all hope you all had a lovely day yesterday

Hello, all.

Just realised that one can send e cards in the hunger site - free, too.

Afternoon all~~

2 visits made to As*a this morning, first to ensure I had meat and fresh veg,
unfortunately I slipped on the icy snow and now have a very painful ankle and a grazed knee.
I hobble around the house but should go out for a walk, or even walk fast in the house .lol cos it is easier then, I think alternative hot and cold treatment is required :) Grizzle over !

Beautiful blue skies here, altho the sun is melting the snow and we have icicles about 2 ft ,it's still blinking freezing.
Son called into work early again, but only working til 7pm tonight :)

Well folks it's been lovely chatting you all year and I'd like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Healthy and Happy New Year : )

Speak soon:)

Sandie.xx

morning Happy Christmas ,stay warm and safe God bless you all
and Brian if you look in

Hi~~

Son has been out this morning and says the roads are crazy-- not icy-- but congested with traffic ! He was called into work early yesterday cos it was manic there with shoppers.
Still have my food shopping to do !
Hubby did some to go in the freezer, pop and crisps on the way home from work yesterday.. no veg tho or Xmas meat !
Son working 1 til 7pm tomorrow so may have a lift to As*s with him and leave any heavy things in his car for him to bring home.

Sandie.x

morning we have a lot of snow again am going to attempt a shop somewhere .

Hi~~~

We've had snow again :(
Main roads were really nasty at 9.30, but they seem to be a bit better now.

No deliveries of a lot of veg in As*a, guy told me they were stuck in depot in Bristol ' they should be here in about 2hrs'... no thank you , it was chucking it down with snow and didn't intend hanging around !

Sandie.x

morning we have snow again i have th elast of the errands to do

Afternoon ladies~~~~~~~~

Hope you're feeling better Paula:)
All my lot have colds:(.... they could do with some of that both you made!

Hope your car is 'better' and that your bank balance didn't take too much of dent.

We were able to get to put 3 wreaths on at one of the cemeteries, tho could get the car even as far as the gates, so had to park it up about 100yds away.
The graves are in 3 different section of main cemetery, so it took us quite a while to trudge thro all that snow most of it uphill and deep.
We didn't attempt to go to the cemetery where my parents and relatives are buried as it's high in the hills in the countryside and a friend I know lives in the village below said the road may 'JUST have been passable' in a 4 x 4 :(

The main roads seem to be OK today, no snow but freezing fog , hubby's got to work. We live about 1,000 yds from the main road with 2 hills one up one down to negotiate which are treacherous and uncleared.
It snowed almost all day yesterday, cars were stuck on the hill coming up to our street so hubby left his car at the bottom in a car park.
Son went out lunchtime but managed the hills and went to work 4pm til midnight yesterday and got his car home on both occasions, tho he did had shovel the snow clear down to the tarmac on a 90 degree bend where our street 'meets' on of hills ( this was12.15 this morning) !
He is working 4pm til midnight right up until Xmas now ,so I hope we don't have any more of the white stuff ! I hate him being out late in the bad weather.

Roll on the warmer weather. !

Sandie.x
2.17 pm

morning the broth sounds lovely Paula

car is in the garage, hope it gets fixed easily and not too expensive. Gary is at college today but off work rest of the week. Cara is playing with Lois. I have put a big pan of chicken broth on to simmer.Got our bed to make up. Hate drying bedding indoors but no choice today.Still a covering of snow here although main road out the front is clear.

Morning all Paula be kind to yourself ,I am off shopping when Andrew gets back from the school run the catholic comp finishes tomorrow so he is just doing the runs for them

very cold still here with ice in places. I'm feeling very down at the moment, not sure why.
Have got Cara tomorrow now that the schools have broken up. Ava is going to her nanas which is just as well as they squabble so much when together.
Gary has got a very heavy cold. Rochelle is having problems with her sinuses.
So many sickness and flu bugs going around at the moment.
Sorry to hear about the singing Maz :>(
Hope you made it to the cemetery $andie. I don't have anyone to visit as all our family chose to be cremated.

Hi ladies~~

Don't think it's below zero here, I've been out in a long sleeved thin cardi over a T shirt, to do my recycling boxes for tomorrow and didn't find it too bad.
My hands were frozen tho, but that's the norm for me.

Hope to go to one of the cemeteries this afternoon,don't know if we'll manage in the car ,its a steep zig zag drive to the one , never mind we can walk, if we get halfway.

Keep warm :)]

Sandie.x

BTW ...the camera turned out to only cost £35, not the £40 as I first thought.
We will have to tell hubby of the bargain we had as he will be twice as thrilled as receiving the camera

2.17 pm.

morning all its freezing here

HI all~~

That's a shame about the singing event Maz :(
The weather plays havoc this time of yr.

BIL was not able to come down from N Wales, he lives at sea level on the coast and had a load of snow, the A55 , dual carriageway, coast rd across N Wales was treacherous, with lorries jackknifed everywhere!!. They are just not used to it, same as Cardiff.

We are 1350ft and when it snows ...boy does it snow. We had a foot down on Friday and about 4inches last night. Hubby a confident driver wouldn't go out on Fri, he's got a new car and wouldn't drive it thro a foot of snow .lol. We've just sold my 5 yr old Corsa and he would drive that anywhere in any conditions.Told him we should have kept over the winter !! It was like a little snow plough .lol

I notice on the snow threads peeps are horrified at 2/3 inches of snow,,it must be unusual for the likes of Kent and coastal areas (BIL is used to it)
Bet they'd be more horrified at the Scottish snowfalls and our normal ones.We have got away relatively better off than usual so far. We don't hit the National headlines cos it's the norm and in general our council do well with the main roads, us on the side roads don't fair so well:(

Keep warm:)

Sandie.x

evening we had to call the event off as it was so cold

hope the carol singing went well Maz
$andie, sounds like you got a good bargain
Ava is sleeping over again so that she can come to church. There is a secret santa present under the tree for her.
Our car is off the road as a spring has gone. Hope we can get it fixed quickly because I was relying on Gary doing shopping for last few pressies and goodies while he is off work next week. An expense we could well do without at this time of year.

morning all we have an outreach tonight in wolsingham we are singing in the market place with refreshments in the church
so although its cold it has not snowed much yet so hopefully it will go well