General Chat

That does sound dreadful AnnG and there was certainly no need for the manager to be nasty, but government advice is to go to work as usual. There’s no requirement to test or anything. I think there’s a lot of people who have Covid mixing with others. I believe our wonderful government found lockdowns didn’t work so they are now going for herd immunity. But in some cases you simply can’t work, either because you are too ill or because you are working with vulnerable people. Something like Covid would spread like wildfire in a care home and that manager needs her brains tested.

AnnG, you’ve reminded me that I bought some stollen before Christmas and had forgotten all about it. Goodness knows where I put it but I need to go on a hunt for it or it’ll still be there next Christmas.

It’s quite chilly today and yet again it’s wet and windy. It’s a day for staying in so I might do some h/w - necessary but boring :-(. I think I’ll make a start on the bathrooms.

Have a good day whatever you’re doing.

I keep meaning to say my snowdrops are up in the orchard. I spied some the day before yesterday.

Thats dreadful and should'nt be aloud especially with the patients they have there. Talk about CARE HOME, I don't think so.

Its stillo very windy here today as I went out to fill up the bird feeders. I hav'nt ventured out to the chickens yet.

I am wondering if the water people are leaving it till the date I was given previously, the 10th of Jan but its so annoying them not letting me know.

As to being on your own when people knock on the door when BIL came yesterday I was in the bathroom naked and the bathroom is in the front and the windows not that fuzzy glass. I could have pulled the bling down I suppose.

Good morning all.I can empathise re expecting callers and being in the loo. It is always during the time Tesco is due that I need to pay a visit. Hope they contact you soon. We have to wait in for a gas man here(always reminds me of the song about the gasman coming).

Stew tonight sounds lovely. Nice as chicken is it does get boring after a few days. I ususly freeze a cooked breast and curry it later.

We had the last of the gammon last night plus left over roasties reheated in the air frier and parsley sauce.

I think we are off to Lidks today for a few bits, think the Christmas food is nearly all gone except a Stollen I brought with me. We didn’t bother with a cake.

Looks dry out there at the moment. I am in my room, awake but not dressed yet. Daughter and SiL will no way be up yet.

Sorry SiL is still unwell Mel. Is it flu or Covid. SiL’s youngest daughter, in her 30s lives alone is feeling very rough with Covid. She works I. A cafe home and would you believe the manager was really nasty to her when she phoned to say she had Covid and was not going in. She was expected to go in despite Covid and just wear a mask. Which is no good because it has mainly mental health and Alzheimer’s patients who pull the masks off.

Morning all,

Pc says rain coming so that makes a change and its supposed to be in two hours. Its 10 degrees and theres a little wind.

Don't you just hate it when you are waiting for someone to come. I don't know where I am now with the waterboard. I have to go up the shop today but they have my mobile number.

I now have an annoying male pheasent who has taken over from Phil. He keeps coming in the porch and pecking at the front door and I think theres someone there as I don't have a knocker or bell so people knock on the glass. The first time he did it I was in bed and thought whose that. Got up nobody there. When he did it at ChristmasI opened the door quickly and it frightened him off so off he flew up the garden chucking up. Thought he won't be back but he is.

O forgot to say I am fiddling with my dolls house dolls. :-D

You need some ear plugs Anng when they are around or take your hearing aids out!!.

No the man did'nt come again but they did say he would ring before coming. Its so awkward when you are on your own because if you are on the loo when they come as they did before I had to bang on the window and ask them to wait a mo. BIL came this mroning just to pick up the deisel cans and I was just finishing washing so had to put my robe on and tell him but he said SIL was still not well so he was'nt coming in. He took the cans and went.

I have decided I have had enough chicken for tonight so I got a nice stew out of the freezer a home made one and I shall have some tenderstream broccoli with it and a couple of my roast pots from last night. May even do a dough boy in with the brocc.

Good value Mel

Yes it is tiring Mandy, and this morning we also had granddaughter in law who lives down the road with Inara and Senua both of whom are so noisy rolling all o er the floor little one copying big sister who spends much of her time either being a dinosaur or a Pokémon. (Loudly).

I missed your post there Vera as you posted just before me.

I'm pleased it all went off well yesterday and you all enjoyed yourselves with good cheer and laughter. Its so nice of you to do this for everybody in the close and you've not had to do lunch today either.

I am still eating this small chicken I cooked on Boxing Day.

Afternoon all,

The wind seems to be getting up again and irs a lot colder today ,the night before last was really windy and I woke every hour with the sound of the wind buffeting on the house .
I nipped up the town this morning and went into Boots to get our tablets and then to Bon Marche to have a look in the sale got a nice blue top for ten pounds and a new nightie for six pounds ,as I passed the Card Factory I bought some Christmas paper half price and some Christmas cards .

Vera it sounds as if your evening went off OK and the food when down well with leftovers for an easy meal today .

Mel I hope the men have turned up today and can get things sorted ,it's been going on so long now and that bill isn't getting any smaller is there still a leak .

Anng your right about the young ones eating well I don't know where they put it ,they must have hollow legs I think :-D it's surprising how tiring all the chatting can make you I was worn out after they had all gone home.

Hope Gill is OK we haven't heard from her since before Christmas.

Vera exactly. Sad to see them go but they have so much energy, talk a lot and eat enormous amounts.

Mel, possibly until the 10th. Not sure yet.

Are you staying for the new year Ann?

Suns out here and the wind has dropped but its still cold at 8 degrees and pc says mostly sunny.

I am hungry and my tum is rumbling so I better get something to eat.

It’s still breezy but the wind has eased quite a lot. It’s dry but there’s not much sign of blue sky or sun.

I hope your water people turn up and sort you out Mel.

AnnG, if you’re like me you love having the family around and enjoy the noise and bustle but heave a sigh of relief when they go and it’s quieter again.

Our “do” last night went very well. Two people who had accepted dropped out at the last minute as they were both unwell but everyone else came. There was a lot of laughter and the food went down well with enough left over to make a good lunch for us. Mel, everyone loves these get-togethers which only happen at Christmas or for a special occasion but there are only 2 of us who seem prepared to host them (there are 7 dwellings in our little cul-de-sac).

I hope anyone who reads the thread and has been unwell is feeling better now

I’m having a really lazy day today. For last night we moved furniture around and moved the Christmas tree so we have put the room straight again and I have done some tidying up. OH has gone out for a little while so I’m just going to relax for a while with the newspaper and a coffee..

Good morning all, still a bit windy but not so strong and blustery. A bit showery too. Young generation go home today so it is a bit chaotic here at the moment as they collect all their bits and pieces ready to pack up the car.

Hope the water board men come today Mel.

And hope the drinks and nibbles (which sounded more like a light meal to me) went well.
We used to do the same with Cynth and Phil when both he and T were alive but they never ate very much. I assumed they had eaten before they came to us.
It will be strange here to go back down to three again when the family have left.

Morning all,

Not quite as windy today I think but it is raining. Pc says 8 degrees and cloudy so not a lot of change there then.

Now I don't know if the water men are coming today or not but they said they would call me before they come but do they ever?

I have to go up the shop for my scripts today as the receptionist said she would drop them in before she went to work so it must have been Steph I talked to as she lives in Shebbear.

Anng I do hope the boiler is ok when you get home and that it was just the thing that happened before so can be mended.

He squirrels them away does he Vera? Hope you have a lovely chat with your neighbours. Does anyone else do this sort of thing for the neighbours in your little close?

It’s good that the water people are going to come more quickly Mel.

It’s not good that your boiler seems to be on the blink again AnnG. I hope it doesn’t prove to be too costly.

I’m now waiting for the neighbours to arrive. I invited them for 7 pm. Everything is ready. I had a panic this afternoon as I had cooked little sausages and cut up other stuff to go on sticks and I couldn’t find the sticks. I had a big box of 2000 and they disappeared so it was a trip to Sainsbury’s where they had one box of 150 left on the shelf. As well as the bits on sticks we’ve got little sausage rolls and duck spring rolls, mini crustless quiches, cheese straws, crisps and nuts, little tomatoes and cucumber sticks. Then there are mince pies and chocolate biscuits. I only invited them for drinks and nibbles so I think that’s enough.

I’d better go and make sure OH isn’t eating all the nuts before any one arrives.

I have rung them again this morning and they said they would send someone today or tomorrow. I said I had an appointment with them for the 10th January but thye said they will send someone before then and they have put the bil on hold again.

Done the washing in the machine today and had to drain it many times but at least its all done.

We've had a heavy shower of rain but also had some sunshine today and still the very high winds whihc have broken my little plastic greenhouse. I just hope once the wind drops and I can get down to it I can fix it. Its bent a couple of poles.

Oh gosh it is mounting up. And another two weeks at least before they come to fix it.

I have had a bill from the water board now for £2,046.24