General Chat

BIL popped in to see how I was and has just gone.

He took some pics of the owl and we let it go in the orchard so it is ok now.

Its quite windy here and still that very fine rain.

Tummy is rumbling so I am just having a rich tea biscuit.

Owl is ok and still in its box. I have been trying to find an owl place online but they all seem to be closed over the weekend and most of them are Barn owl trusts and miles away.

I need to get in the shower and up the shop for some bits and my paper.

Oh Mel, just seen about the owl, have you managed to check it today? Poor thing, that is the trouble with netting I suppose, it must have thought it could get to the chicken's feed.
Hope your aches improve, sounds as if you did too much twisting around with the owl yesterday.
That receptionist doesn't sound very nice. I don't think she is there to query requests like that. Is there anyone at the docs that you can mention that to?

Vera, too energetic yesterday after not doing much for a while so take it easy today. At least if it is wet you can't be tempted into the garden. Been wet here too sunce about 0930, hasn't stopped for longer than ten minutes or so, although the sun is breaking through at the moment which means the conservatory is hot but can't leave the door open because of sudden showers.

Mandy, that was generous of you. Because I needed to replace quite a few things my on line shop was over £70. Took a while to unload. Actually there was some stuff that went in the freezer for when daughter is here later in the month (angus beef mince on offer).

Morning all,

Dull and dreary here and its been raining since we got up ,yes I did get my washing dry the other say Anng and my bedding all dry yesterday .
I took dil shopping this morning as son has trouble with his back ,I think its sciatica as the pain is down his leg .
I bought a few bits and dil laughed and said is that all you want ,you could have paid for mine too ,to which I said how do you know I'm not ,so when she had finished I tapped my card for her shopping lol we treat them sometimes .

Oh Mel how's the owl today poor thing getting hooked up in the netting .
Hope your aches and pains ease ,what a todo with your scripts .

Vera thats good you've got the car sorted and your eye appointment went OK too.

Anng I saw on the weather report it should turn a bit nasty reaching here later tonight and into the morning .

Morning all

It’s rained heavily overnight and all day today. The forecast is for it to turn to light rain about 8 pm. I’m thinking of building an ark! It’s not very warm either. 14 degrees but with everything so grey and wet it feels colder. We’ve got a storm warning in place as well.

I didn’t sleep very well but got up feeling much better so went a bit mad on h/w and came over quite woozy so I’m now sitting quietly with a cup of tea. I’m not sure what I’ll be doing for the rest of the day but it won’t be anything energetic.

good morning all, overslept to 0900 this morning, lucky only thing planned is Tesco order 11-12. although that can come any time between 10 and 12 in my experience.
Still dry here but rained overnight. Storms due here (and with you Mel) later, we have a yellow warning.

Morning asll,

Its raining that horrid fine stuff blowing in the breeze from the east. Pc has got wind this morning so it says and its 15 degrees and cloudy. I thought it was suppose to cheer up at the weekend?

Could hardly get out of bed this morning as my back hurt so much but I managed inthe end and I have done the Asda order this morning for next week so on the way for getting some things done today.

9.30 and it is pitch black outside. Winter already.

Had a bad afternoon. I went down the shop for my scripts and they still were.nt there so I went own the doc but by this time it was nearly 6pm so on the way I stopped and rang them and told them I was coming. When I went in the receptionist said I had only ordered them on the 2nd so I had to explain that I ordered them on the 25 July but because I put in a special request it had taken out all the scripts I had ordered. Anyway she said the cardicor was missing but would be in on Monday but thats ok because I have some of those. Then she told me I could take the dispersable asprin with water and swallow it that way to whicjk I told her I have problems with tastes and smells (CSS) and she said well you swallow the gastro resistant ones so I explained they have a coating on them so no taste. I had never seen this receptionist before.

Came home and corned the chickens very late and as I went to go in the big girls pen there was a bird stuck in the netting over the run. I counted the girls and they were all there and by the looks of it I thought it may have been the buzzard but on inspection it was still alive and tangled in the plastic netting and it was a lovely owl. I rang Em to see if Ed was in but they were all in Westward Ho so I rang Dave round the corner. A shooting man and my local builder. He said he would be round shortly so I waited round by the pen. He is a tall man and the pen was too low for him to stand upright and he got his head in the net and then I got hung up in it too by my ear would you beleive!!!! Anyway with him holding the owls feet and myself cutting away at the netting and the owl suddenly moved so Dave had to hold his head away from me we managed to get it out of the run with netting still attached to places round its wing. and then free Dave put it on one of the post out the back to which it fluttered and landed in the long grass. Good job Dave has long legs so he just went over my fence and picked it up again. I got my carrying box out and put it in there with some water and put him in the orchard. I will go and check it later as it had been upsidedown for a while in the net and was not itself. I may ring the owl trust but I am worried it has young about that its feeding. There are rabbits running around all the time around te chicken run so he could have been after those.

Now I have bored you with my antics I shall go and get myself something to eat, I thinkj it is going to be beans on toast with cheese on top as I can't be bothered to do anything else.

I like Anthisan too though neither of us have had to use it this year. Other than ants, slugs and snails which are always present we haven't had much problem with bugs and mossies at all. They must all be round your areas.

I hope all your hip, back and arm pains ease soon Mel. It's very tiring being in pain.

Things are improving slightly here. OH seems pretty much back to normal - I can't believe how quickly he has recovered from such a nasty upset.

I had an appointment early this morning with the eye doctor. My eye problem seems to have stabilised which is the best I can hope for. He told me on my first visit that it wouldn't get better but the treatment was designed to stop it getting worse. The upshot is that I will have the injections on an "as needed" basis. They will continue to see me at lengthening intervals and if at any visit there are signs that things are getting worse again they will do an injection there and then. I'm fairly happy with that, It's about as good as I could have expected. My migraine has drained me completely but I am now beginning to eat a little more so I'm clearly getting better.

Things are also moving with the car now. Would you believe that after messing us about for 2 weeks the dealership body shop came back and said they "couldn't accommodate" us. They really only deal with land rovers there and their Volvo body repairs go out to another company. Fine, but why couldn't they have told us that straightaway? They offered to send our details on to this other company but OH told them not to bother. What they didn't know was that OH had already found this company himself and they saw the car Wednesday afternoon and sent us a quote this morning. OH has emailed them with a question that needs answering and once that's sorted we'll tell them to go ahead and order in the body parts that need replacing.

Next problem is that it won't be done till well into September and they need the car for 2 weeks. The MOT is due this month. So OH rang the servicing section of the Volvo dealership. They have been looking after the car for years and have always been very good to us. They asked him to take the car in for them to look at and that happened yesterday. There doesn't appear to be any structural damage, the car drives the same as before, the doors close properly and there are no sharp edges so they can legally do a full service and MOT even if the bodywork is a bit of a mess. That's now booked in for 16th so things are looking up.

It's a funny old day, heavy rain one minute and sunshine the next. Every time I think I'll try and do a couple of garden jobs the rain comes down again.

Now I've bored you all silly with our health and our car I'd better get on and answer some emails that have come over the last few days and decide what to feed OH on tonight.

There's no good years for mossies. Done a white wash and have just washed the washing line. Its just finished so I should get it out but my arm is starting to ache so I thought I would pop in and see who's posting.

Picked a lb 2oz of blueberries this morning so need to sort those and make some blueberry buns for when BIL comes. May see him tomorrow but will see as it is only a few days since his op and I don't want him mowing and getting dust in his eye even though he says he has an eye patch. There is'nt much he can do here that dos'nt envolve dust and dirt. Iv'e just thought I don't think I looked at the stuff Mandy sent a pic of!! I seem to remember seeing some tubs with stuff in but it has'nt registered so I better go and look through my emails.

Hope Vera is a bit better today.

Me too with Anthisan cream Mel/Island. I am using it all the time at the moment. I think it is a bad year for mossies this year. (or a good year if you are a mossie).

Ann, Jakemans are widely available too - newsagents, petrol stations..... and won't break the bank if you don't like them or they don't work for you, although I would be surprised if the latter. :-D
Morning Mel. I swear by Anthisan cream for bites, takes the itch away quickly.
Next! :-D :-D

Morning Island, no I haven't will look out for them. I meant to say earlier, I also bought some Strepsils which I usually have in and they cost £6 too.

Morning all,

Not very bright here this morning nd I did'nt sleep well and got up ast 6 am for the loo wet back to bed and woke at 10.15am so thats my morning gone. Pc says 15 degrees and mostly cloudy so no change again but it is supposed to get better next week. I hope it does as they say we have had 6 weeks of rain.

Been bitten again in two places and they itch like anything so I am going to have a shower and put some cream on if I can manage to get in there ok. Arm and back still hurting and the hip too so I hope I can get socks on today.

Morning Ann, have you tried Jakemans? I always have some in the fridge (to stop them going sticky) Just the job for a tickly cough. Lots of different flavours too.

Good morning all. 13 degrees at the moment and dry. but who knows when it will rain........... Because it will!!

Mandy hope you got your washing dry yesterday. I have bedding washing at the moment but it will get put in the drier as usual.

Mel, did you find anybody new, or are you just tidying up information that you already have?

Slept ok last night. Still coughing a bit but it is a loose cough and doesn't often end in a coughing 'fit'.

I have done some work on my family tree today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not done much else but I did clear the floor in the uti room and hoover it and I shot a rabbit today.

Afternoon all,

Bit brighter now after a very wet start ,I have chanced it and just hung some washing out so I hope it stays dry for a while so they get dry.
I had to go into town for a few bits so I nipped into Bon Marche as they have a sale on ,I bought a couple of tops a pair of cropped trousers and some socks all half price .

Oh better post this my tablet needs charging

Well I do have a bit of energy back so I managed three quarters of an hour in the garden. Just going to dust downstairs and then have lunch so BBL.

Vera hope all is well with you both today.