General Chat

good morning all, chasing my tail to get the house in order before daughter and son in law arrive with all their stuff to fill up empty spaces :-D

One small wash load in and down and upstairs floors done and spare room dusted for them. Can't dust mine it is full with all my packing stuff.
Also cleaned the conservatory floor, this time of year it is more like a work room for the garden.

Mandy Isle of Wight near Ryde on the Bembridge side.

21 degrees here and cloudy bright and very humid but also windy.

Morning all,

Cloudy here and its very muggy ,I didn't sleep very well last night ,took ages to drop off and woke several times .

Mel hope you get on OK today with your physio and it doesn't leave you stiff like last time .

Anng you did say a while ago where you were going but I've forgotten now .

Vera I see you had a bad night ,hope you managed to get some sleep last night .

Not a lot happening here the usual things to do in the house ,I did clean a few windows yesterday as it was cloudy and wiped the window sills down .
I potted up some yellow tomatoe plants I had grown from seed ,don't know if it's a little late for them but they look healthy plants so we'll see.
I had the little yellow toms last year and they were lovely and sweet ,these are a bigger variety.

O its 17 degrees and pc says mostly cloudy.

Morning all,

Dull and dreary this morning with a grey sky. I think we had a little rian in the night as the grass looks wet and it was trying to rain before I went ot bed I could feel it in the air.

Slept well after my stint in the gardne yesterday but arm still niggling and I have physio this afternoon at 2pm.

Just done my pond filters and left the big ponds one open so the water went down 6 inches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have the water out of the well filling it back up now. Got hot so came in its only 15 degrees here so I should'nt feel hot.

Wnt for an 'Amble this morning. a flat walk just 4 of us in a new group. did a flat walk that took 35 minutes going and 30 minutes back with a nice long stop for coffee and chat. The idea is gentle exercise and meet people. It is a new U3a group.

Morning you lot,


What a time to wake up Vera. I always think if you think about sleepig you don't if you know what I mean.

I must have fallen right away last night the moment my head hit the pillow cos I don't remember laying there for a while. Was up at 5.13 for the loo and went back to bed and woke at 8.39am. I was in bed earlier lst night too just after 11pm.

Shopping comes today and I have one sub this week and thats unsmoked bacon instead of smoked which will be going back.

I must remember to put the dustbin out torrow and I have physio in the afternoon. I hope I don't come home aching more than when I went like last time I had it.

Good morning all, yes it was cooler last night, I thought I would leave the duvet on but at 1215 I woke too hot so threw the duvet back. finally woke at 0500, dozed again and woke just before 6am so I am up and not dressed as I didn't want to oversleep having to go out at 0940. It is 15 degrees here now so cool but not that cool.

I’m going through one of my periodic not sleeping spells but I came to bed around 10.30 pm confident that I would sleep tonight as it is much cooler. I read for a short while then turned the light off and settled down. At 1.30 am I gave up waiting for sleep to arrive and got up again. I’ve had a cup of tea and just come back to bed but I am wide awake. I am so BORED. What can you do in the middle of the night but read? On my own I might even do some h/w but I can’t take the chance of waking OH. I don’t normally use a screen at night as I know the blue light it emits can keep you awake but I’m so fed up tonight that I thought my lovely cyber friends on here wouldn’t mind me having a moan. I will sleep eventually; I usually drop off around 5 am but I still wake about 7.30 with a headache that takes a couple of hours to ease up.

Oh well, back to the book.

18 degrees here and its been quite breezy today. We did have a very short shower this morning just before lunch.

Done some gardening cutting off docks round the big Ash tree and in my rockery and in front of my car on the drive by the bird feeder.I hasve a barrowful now.

Did a wash this morning, bathroom mats and a toweling robe.

Had a bit of a tidy in the spare bedroom and chucked out a couple of things for the hospice shop.

Just having a COT and a rich tea biscuit.

Well bedding washed and bed changed. garden watered first thing, brown bin out the front of the house ready to put out later.
some stuff sorted for the holiday.Trying to get as much as I can sorted before packing so I can clear out of the guest bedroom.

Can you send some of that rain here please Mel. We’re desperate for some of the wet stuff.

It was another very hot, sticky night so not much sleep again and another headachy day, but it is supposed to be a bit cooler today, no more than about 23 degrees. A couple of years ago I’d have thought 23 degrees was hot, now it seems quite cool. It’s 18 degrees already.

I hope you get on OK having your moulds fitted AnnG and your bus journey back is an easy one. Hospitals seem to be doing late appointments these days. We took a disabled friend for an appointment recently and that was at 6 pm.

I haven’t got any plans for the day. I’ll do the week’s washing and I would like to do a thorough clean of the conservatory but it might be a bit hot for that. At least I haven’t got to cook today; cold chicken and salad tonight.

Better get that washing machine on now. Have a good day everyone.

And now its pouring........

Morning Anng and all,

Grey sky here tis morning but its 15 degrees so feels much cooler.

Have to go to the post van this morning to post three little parcels and then the rest of the day is mine.

That is a funny time to have to go for your new molds I hope its not too busy for you on the way home on the bus at that time of night.

Good morning all slept ok and I think it was cooler last night 17 degrees now though at 0700 so going up again. bedding in wash so can't go back to bed.
Not got anything planned today until an audiology appointment to have new molds fitted at 5pm. what a silly time of day to have to be in Gloucester, Cynth will drop me off but I will come home by bus goodness knows what the buses are like around 6pm.

I slept in fits and starts. It was 29 here but is extremely windy and the temp has dropped to 27. I have managed about half an hour in the garden potting on a couple of cuttings that I need to move outside for when we are away so that it is easier for Cynth to water for me.

Boy, it’s hot. According to the IPad it’s 30 degrees but feels like 34. All I know is that I am melting.

I had a lovely shower and hair wash first thing this morning. It was wonderful. I have been having an all over wash while my eye has been bad but there’s nothing quite like a proper shower when it’s hot and sticky.

Did any of you sleep much last night? My OH seems to be able to sleep whatever the weather but the heat kept me awake most of the night. I just had short dozes so I feel pretty tired now. I might put my feet up and read for a while in front of my big fan. You never know I might even doze off ;-)

24 degrees here now, rising fast today. Very humid as well.

Morning Anng and all,

Hot again here this morning too and its 19 degrees here also and pc says sunny.

I need to do some watering today and feeding as everywhere is so very dry and not looking happy at all.

I have one tiny thing to od up for the post tomorrow and may do some poly clay to keep me busy today.

Good morning all 19 degrees here already at 7am and very sunny. so not much gardening today again. just little bits. Tesco shops due this morning and a bigger order than usual as Daughter expected Wednesday.

Mel strangely hot tea should eventually cool you down.