General Chat

Yes car was ok I started it up and let it run for a while before I left and it started fine when I came out of the docs.

I have had DaVE HERE AND HE HAS FINISHED OFF NOW AND PUT THE WOOD THAT WAS OVER IN THE LEANTO. Sorry hit the cap lock. I told him to leave all the old wood and I will get the trailer round when BIL comes and move that myself to save a bit of money.

Just made a tray of sausage rolls and having one with a cuppa. Still 10 degrees here but the wild birds have been feeding like crazy again so it may be a cold night.

I could never understand why Gill did'nt get a new laptop when they sold the house as they must have spent an awful lot having the new bathroom, front door etc.

I expect Gill has had a lot to pay out for with all the alterations on the bungalow and the garden so the laptop has had to wait .

I see on the news that they have found a body in the river in Norwich where that lady went missing ,her poor family having to wait all this time ,so sad.

Mel hope your car is OK for you this afternoon, sounds like it might be the starter motor playing up .

We nipped out for some milk and it was so cold ,temperature should be up a little tomorrow.

Nice that you heard from Gill Mandy.

Been up the post van and did the little parcel came out and went to start the car and it would'nt start! Tried three or four times and it did'nt sound right so I rang Stuart my car man who lives down the road from me and while his son was getting him I tried it again and it started. Had to tell Stuart I was ok but I do hope its not going to do it to me when I go to the docs this afternoon for my toenails.

Thanks for the message from gill Mandy. that laptop has been broken a long time I think. Wonder what is wrong with it.

Yes I will probably do that eat a late proper lunch so I only need a snack this evening.

Morning all,

Another dull morning here and a bit chilly .
Sounds like you have a busy day Mel .
Anng could you have a good lunch so you can then go out to the neighbours get-together.
I had a christmas card from Gill today she said her laptop is still broken and that she hopes to come back on line when she can get it fixed ,so it's nice to hear that she is OK.
I have stripped the bed so thats in the washer and I want to give the upstairs a good hoover and dust today .

Good morning all. slept better last night, finally woke around 8am. 7 degrees here and very grey. Yesterday turned out to be a nice sunny day, no rain. Meeting went well 8 of us. Mince pies and sausage rolls went down very well.

Sorting for packing today. Then may go to a meet the neighbours get together this evening. It is awkward as it is for 'any time after 6pm'. which clashes with when I eat and then you don't know how long it will go on. I will have to see. Fairly new young neighbours with two under three year olds.

Morning all ,

Builders here and I was still in bed but I heard the door of his van shut.

Its 8 degrees here this mroning and pc sayas near record high for the 16th Dec.

I have to go to the post van this morning and to the foot man this afternoon so a full day for me and I don't know how long Dave will be here.

Mel I think it is not something you should have clicked on. google secure web search and it will hopefully give you advice. It is some sort of suspicious extension.

I clicked on it and now I can't get a page up

11 degrees Mel? That's nearly tropical weather. It's only 4 degrees here. It's very brrr...

Can't help you with your green screen message as I have never seen that. Maybe someone else can advise you or could you contact whoever you get your virus protection from - Norton? McAfee? - and see if they can help?

Morning Girls,

Its dull here too this morning but now its 11 degrees. There was a frsot last night after the lovely day we had yesterday.

I have fed the girls and the wild birds just need to clean thier bird bath out and do some house work.

This morning I have a green screen come up in the corner of my screen which tells me my secure web search is off shoiuld I click on it or not?? When I turned the pc off last night it updated could it be to do with that?

Morning all,

We had a beautiful sunrise here this morning ,I was so surprised when I pulled the curtains back and saw the sky now its as dull as dish water .
I did sleep a little better last night I soon went to sleep where as the last couple of nights I laid for over an hour or more before I slept ,I did wake a couple of times but soon went off again.
Anng it could be related to covid , I still feel so tired at times it just seems to sweep over me .
We're off later to see Colin's sister and take christmas cards.

Good morning AnnG and all
It’s cold here today, 3 degrees and drizzle. Only a week to go now till the shortest day. I slept better last night so am a bit more “with it” today. I’ve not got much to do, just a bit of tidying and then our friends will come for lunch.

good morning all. 4 degrees here this morning still darkish outside with heavy cloud cover but not raining. Not that I am going anywhere today. Meeting here this afternoon so a bit of tidying and chair shifting this morning. sort of slept ok but still woke three times.

Sound like a nightmare journey in both directions Vera. Hope you had a nice time with your friends anyway,

Strange isn’t it that so many of us have trouble sleeping. If I remember correctly my sleepless nights only started after zcovud. But I can’t think that had anything to do with it. Maybe it is an age thing. Which it could be for me and maybe Vera but not Mandy

Sorry to hear you’ve been having bad nights as well Mandy. I hope you sleep better tonight. I wonder why several of us aren’t sleeping well at the moment. I had 2 appalling nights which meant I had a stinking headache all yesterday. Last night was just slightly better so I’ve lost the headache and just feel tired and zombie like.

It’s a shame you have such an expense just before Christmas but the rotten wood would have made your decking unsafe Mel. We don’t want it falling to bits and taking you down with it.

Weather here has been much the same as Mandy’s, not very nice at all. Yesterday it poured all day and we had arranged to go to Southend. Our normal route is cross country through the back roads to join the A12 just south of Colchester. As we were driving along a bus came round a bend and flashed its lights at us so OH slowed down. Just as well. Round the bend there was a small queue of cars stopped by a long stretch of flooded road. The driver at the head of the queue wouldn’t venture into the water so had just stopped. Everything else had to try and get round her in a narrow road with cars coming through the flood in the other direction. I don’t know if it’s right or not but I was taught that driving through water you keep the revs up and the speed down but some people seemed to think you had to get through as quickly as possible and cars were aquaplaning and sloshing waves of water everywhere. Anyway we made it through and drove on.

Next problem: coming over a bridge we could look down on the A12 and it was at a standstill. We got to the roundabout where we move on to the A12 and the slip road was closed. No diversion signs or indication where we could join it. In the end, having driven south, we had to go a long way north again by a different road in order to get us on to another route to Southend. The journey normally takes one and a quarter hours. It took two and a half.

I won’t bore you with the saga of getting home again except to say OH planned a route carefully to avoid all the known hazards and delays. Unfortunately for us so did everyone else so for at least half the way we crawled along bumper to bumper in an endless parade of cars. It took another two and a quarter hours to get back.

When we got home our friends M and V phoned and OH blithely invited them to lunch tomorrow. Guess who’s the one sorting out the lunch? They won’t expect a full meat and 3 veg type dinner but I must give them more than a crumpet. So as well as the other jobs I had planned I’ve had to dash to the supermarket and make some soup. I’m giving them soup with sourdough bread and then salad with sausage rolls. We can finish with coffee and cake.

All this talk of food is making me peckish to I think I will go and prepare our dinner. It’s salmon tonight and that’s always one of my favourites.

I thought he was coming today to screw the boards down but he never came and I have had a day of doing nothing except feed the chickens and the wild birds which are eating me out of house and home.

I took the bin bag up a little while ago and thought I would drop off Hazel and Jonathon's present so parked in the car park and went to ring them and after faffing about becuse the phone kept giving me up strange colours and only my favorite number I at last got into contacts and rang Hazel as they keep their big gates locked because of the dogs, anyway what did it do to me? rang my SIL and when she answered I said Hi its me I'm in the carpark!! Hello said Heather are you here? then i clicked and had to say sorry the phone had rung the wrong number. We chatted a bit and by this time I was at the gates to Hazel so said bye and rang Hazel. Had a lkittlke chat with them and a couple of choccies and came home. So all in all a real nothing day. Now its time to cook dinner.

Its been a dry sunny day today but there's been a bitterly cold wind and I expect frost tonight cos the sky is still clear. Pc is telling me its mostly cloudy so its got that wrong, so much for technology (sp). its still 7 degrees.

Afternoon all,

Dull cold and wet here today but it should turn a bit milder later in the week.
Went shopping this morning got a few christmas goodies some cheeses as they had a good date on them ,we do like some nice cheese and biscuits.

Mel it sounds as if it will be a good job done on the decking ,you could have really hurt yourself on the rotten wood ,the trouble is with decking is you can treat the decking but you can't treat the wood underneath so it does rot .
Hope you can sell the fishing gear would your bil have an idea on prices for it .

The last two nights I've had terrible nights sleep ,taking ages to go off and waking up again after a couple of hours ,laying for a while before going off again ,we even had an earlier night last night but it didn't make any difference.

Good morning, 7 degrees here as well dry and very cloudy so rain coming I think. Strange PC is telling me it is sunset. Must have missed a day.

Although it is to cost quite a bit Mel, it will be worth it. Sounds as if it was very unsafe and now will be safe. Not only is that a good thing it will keep up the value of the bungalow. If the wood was rotten it would only have got worse. Three years ago when having the roof of the conservatory done, one long piece of wood cost £40.

Morning all,

Dry this morning and no frost but only 7 degrees at the moment. Builder coming back today to screw the decking down and do the bit by the filter shed. The wood alone was over £300 so a smal job that I thought it was going to be is going to cost a lot. Most of the boards he took up were rotton and the other that arn't will go to mend patches.

Slept right though to 7.10 am this morning and had a little lie in and got up at 7.58am.

Have to get up the post van again this morning so better get dressed.