General Chat

Good morning all, the sun is shining and it is now 8 degrees, when I got up we had had a frost and it was 0 degrees.
I was going to go into town to visit the large winter market at the docks. But I had a really bad night with hardly any sleep and absolutely no idea why. I feel very 'washed out' this morning so will wait until another weekend to go to the market. they are there every weekend thorough until the beginning of December. Instead I will potter and also walk down to post daughter's birthday card.

Not a good weekend for me as tomorrow it will be three years since T was taken into hospital, the last time I ever saw him or spoke other than muddled messages on the phone. Today is the anniversary of the continuing falls. These memories are so hard as I always will wonder if I could have done more for him.

Morning all,

Very frosty here this morning but the sun has soon lifted it .
I have just made two Christmas puddings so they are steaming away ,I usually do smaller ones rather than one big one as I find the basins fit in the steamer better ,I do four small for us here as we have the family for Christmas as usual and then I make two for them to have .
I need to get my Christmas cakes made this next week too ,one for us and one for family .

Vera thanks for letting us know as we always wonder if everything is OK when there's no posts for a while ,hope you get things all sorted .

Let's hope you've caught all the mice now Mel the little blitters can do a lit of damage to things .
Yes you've got the right day for the shop lol ,it's strange how you get into your head it's a certain day last week both Colin and I got the days muddled up .

Anng thats good you found homes for some of your pots ,nice to know they are of use to someone .
Do you see much of the cat now the weathers colder ,Mel perhaps you need a cat that would keep you mouse free .
I wonder if Jane's Thomas is still going strong .

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Morning all,

The sun is up and it looks to be a promissing day and its 9 degrees and no wind that I can see of.

Now I do have the shop to do today as it is Saturday unless my pc is wrong. It is also Sam's birthday so I shall drop him in a card but he most probably has football this morning.

Not looked in the trap yet.

Right we won't worry then and thanks for letting us know.

I hope Mandy and Gwyn will post and Annx as we will be very thin on the ground won't we Anng?

No more mice in the trap so far today. Its blimmin cold out there but we have had a nice sunny day with just a couple of short sharp showers. There's been a lot of rain in the night though as by the side of the chicken run theres a lake which I paddled through in my wellies to give them a good wash.

Ok Vera but it will be very quiet on here without your newsy posts. Hope you can get everything done. :-)

You are way ahead of me with your Christmas shopping AnnG. I’ve barely started. You managed to get rid of quite a few of your pots.

Let’s hope you’ve caught the last of the mice Mel. I quite like mice outside but definitely not in the house.

We’ve been busy the last couple of days and this is a short visit to say I may not be posting for a few days so don’t worry if I’m not around. We have things on and I am trying to help OH with a couple of his commitments so time is short. Added to that my iPad, which I use most of the time, is playing up. I’ll be keeping an eye on what you’re all getting up to by reading your posts on my phone and I should be back within a week.

That sounds nice Mandy can I come for dinner please?

Hi all
It is a nice dry day here, not really cold although temp is showing as 8 degrees. I went in to Cheltenham and did a bit of Christmas shopping. Not much more to get now, then there is all the wrapping to do.
Mandy I put 17 pots out in the end and was left with 7. One I have put back in with those I have that I might use. One I took with a few other bits for the charity lady. I only took one as they are quite heavy and I was on the way to catch the bus for Cheltenham. I guess all I bought I could have got in gloucester but I wanted to have a look in the larger M&S and also John Lewis.

Afternoon all,

Dull start to the day but now I can see blue sky and sunshine ,very nippy out though
Jake should be calling in later when he finishes work ,he'll stay until its time for his dad to leave off work and get a lift home with him , it will be nice to see him for a chat .

Oh Mel I'd have forty fits if I had mice in the house I hate them ,I hope you've caught them all now and there's no more ,no telling where they been crawling about so I suppose to need to have a good wipe down of everything in the room .

Nice to see you pop in Gwyn ,no I haven't got anything crafty started for Christmas yet ,I must have a go soon as it will be here before you know it .

Anng thats good your hedgehog box has been used ,I expect it will soon be back in it to hibernate for the winter .
Did you get rid of some of those pots with the gardening club .

I've made a shepherd's pie ready for tonight and we'll have carrots and green beans with it .

Not got the shop to do today as I have just realised its Friday not Saturday. Silly old fool.

Morning all,

You will be pleased to hear the trap was stll set this morning and still had food in it but we will see how it goes today.

It very very wet out there this morning but the sun is trying to shine out the back and the front sky is blue with big white clouds. How long it will last I don't know.

BIL may come today but he never lets me know just turns up after he's been to Exmoor with his camera. Anng you may be interested in his wildlife pictures they are on facebook. I'll send you his name.

Just the shop to do this morning and clear some more of the spare room where the blimmin mouse has been. This time it walked all over the dressing table and wee'd here and there.

good morning all, a bit grey but more or less dry I think. May go to town this morning. Another Mouse mel. Better put the trap back again.
Meeting went well yesterday 8 of us and very noisy as usual.

Just checked the trap and I have my third mouse.

Now we have hailstones.

The joys of country living Mel, they have got too cosy in there. Hope you can find the others now.

I have the garden interests group coming today so need to give the kitchen the once over and do the lounge floors etc. I think there will be 10 of us but it is raining so I will have to put extra mats in the hall for their shoes to be clean. Trouble is it is a small hall so if they all arrive at once it is awkward to shed shoes so they usually get away with it.

Nothing in the trap. 4 deer in the garden this morning and now it dark and raining.

Morning girls,

Well it looks as though it may be a nice day today but pc says rain coming soon and its 7 degrees but bright.

Just before I went to bed last night I looked in the wardrobe and saw a mouse disappear down the corner of the floor so there must be another hoe there. On coming out after popping the trap near the corner I noticed two boxes of Christmas chocs onthe floor. They had only had a go at those too. I bought some cho9c ginger for myelf, peppermint creams for SIL and Mon Cheri for me also as oh used to buy me those They had nibbled the edge of the box of ginger and there are tiny teeth marks on Lorraines mints. So thye had to come out and I shall put them in a tin. It had been all over the side drawers and the dressing table. This is getting just too much and I hav'nt been in there yet today.

I think Annx has got rid of her mice and they've come down here.

I am now going to have a look to see if I have caught another one.

I don't dust upstairs as I don't have one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One way of keeping warm. Just sorted out my winter trousers and put away the summer ones. I would rather be doing it the other way round but I tell myself it is not long until March. And I am here to do it.

After that I made three more Christmas cards. Made almost 100 now. I need around 80 but I just go on making them for next year. Never know when aches and pains make it harder to make cards so I like to have a good stock.

Also dusted downstairs and up.

Hello Gwynne, lovely to see you calling in.

I am having a wooden shed again as I prefer the look rather than the other sort. I am sure Jake will find a good one for me. Then I have to think about shelves versus shelf units. Nothing is simple any more.

Vera, the trouble is that I did have quite a lot of sleep but I seem to have been very restless. Maybe sheds were on my mind. Despite the sleep I do feel tired today.

At least your OH listened as to why you said which bulbs to plant in which pot. Hopefully he will pay more attention to what you say next time. It sounds as though he thought his ideas were the best ones!! Lesson learnt?

It feel very cold here, especially out. I got really cold walking to the pub, although I was lucky it did stop raining. It was not that warm in the pub either but we enjoyed the meal, seniors meal two courses for £5.49 small plated for the main course. I had fish and chips and although small it was plenty for me. then I had a sweet and I couldn't eat it all. It was a chocolate brownie with ice cream and chocolate sauce and was very large and rich. Nice though.
then got cold again walking home so the heating is on really low. Early for me to put it on but I needed to warm up.