General Chat

Good morning all. It was sunny earlier but it is 19 degrees now and white cloudy but bright sky.

Father's day today brings memories of course.

I had sad but not unexpected news yesterday. Our great friend who T joined the RN with and who we spent many years either living next door, in the adjoining towns or visiting for long stays in the summer when we and the children were all young, died yesterday. He has been unwell for several years and had apparently got very frail. we last saw him in July 2019.

Morning all,

Quite bright here this morning and the temp by the pc is 16 degrees and mostly cloudy so a more comfortable day today then.

What a good idea about the pound in the bucket. I had never heard of that one before and shall have to tell Vron who does fund raISING FOR THE VILLAGE HALL. Sorry caught the cap lock with my little finger.

Wine and dosh can't be bad for an afternoon out and a nice surprise to see your eldest granddaughter too.

I watched a little solitary bee inthe garden over the last couple of days and took some pics. YOu would never believe where it has nested so I just had to take photos.

Sorry to hear you've hurt your arm again Mel. It's so easy to move a bit awkwardly and start it all off again. I hope it improves quickly.

About 1.30 we had half a dozen large raindrops fall and that was all. We are supposed to get some thunderstorms tomorrow but we really need some nice steady rain to soak into the ground. It's getting a bit desperate round here now.

The coffee morning went well. It was very warm in the host's garden but she had put up a big gazebo and some other parasols and there was a bit of a breeze so it wasn't unpleasant. We each pay £2.50 for coffee and as much cake as you want to eat and all sat around chatting and laughing while having that. There wasn't much on the plant stall so they were glad of my contribution which was 26 pots of antirrhinums and a few buddleia plants which were all doing well and starting to show flower. I had to laugh at the raffle. There were several prizes that had been contributed and OH won one. I was sitting elsewhere in the garden and didn't see what he chose till we got home. He'd picked out the bottle of wine that I had donated, lol. We also did "Pound in the Bucket". In case you don't know about this I'll explain. Anyone who wants to take part hands over a £1 coin and their name is written on a little sticky tab and stuck to the coin. They are all put in a bucket and shaken up a bit and someone draws out a coin. The person whose name is on the coin gets half the proceeds of the bucket and the other half goes into club funds. 20 of us took part and my coin was picked out so I got £10 :-D

We got home soon after 1.30 pm, had a bit of lunch and then I spent the afternoon doing a few odd jobs and getting a Tesco order booked in for delivery on Tuesday. That took me quite a while and I got a bit fed up with trying to peer at the computer screen through dodgy glasses.

I just cooked egg and chips for our dinner tonight and then we had a lovely surprise. Our eldest granddaughter texted to ask if we were in as she was only a couple of minutes from us. She works for a company that does children's parties and found herself doing a party at a hall really near us. I think the party finished at 7 pm and she had to pack up all her equipment but got to us about 7.40. She only stayed an hour but we don't get a chance to see her very often so her visit made our day complete. The poor girl looked shattered. She lives in Essex and had left home at 8.30 to do a party in Kent from 11 am to 1 pm, then drove to Suffolk to do this late afternoon one. There's at least half an hour either side of the parties to set up and take down all the equipment, all the driving to and from parties and a lot of energy used to keep a large number of children entertained and occupied with games etc for 2 hours at each party so it's no wonder she was tired.

I'm rapidly losing energy now as well and I think I've been on the computer too long today as my eyes are feeling very sore now and the words are starting to look blurry. With luck it might be just a bit cooler tonight. I'm off now so night-night, sleep well everyone.

Why does my typing disappear? I had written a whole line and all that came up was an S.

Our shower did'nt do much just made the grass look wet and turned the light straw stuff to brown.

BIL turned up in the afternoon only to take some rubbish away but he did pressure wash the rest of the decking for me, bless him. He got bitten by a horse fly too.

Mandy all the roses are out at the moment and when we get rain they don't like it.

Oh no Mel your poor arm and it was beginning to feel a bit easier too.
Was that chap making money on what was your trailer, so long as you got whst you wanted for it and he hasn't ripped you off .

Well that rain we had hardly wet the ground ,so much for thinking we might not have to water tonight oh well, hopefully we'll get a bit tomorrow ,it will probably drop down and flatten the plants though when we do get some.

I have a sheet and a duvet but this hot weather I just have the sheet. Duvet cover is double material

ONE THE SHOP AND HURT MY ARM AGAIN opening the car door.

Got back from there and the bee man called and asked about my band saw. He told me he was after a trailer and had been to see a chap in Bideford who wanted £1,200 for the trailer he bought off me!!!! but he told him that I had a band saw I may want to sell.

Afternoon all,

Cloudy here but very bright even though we've just had a few spots of rain , it's very muggy today too.

Anng it is always a battle with the duvets trying to get the cover on is a nightmare, this time of the year we don't have the duvet in the cover I just lay the cover on the bed and its enough ,some times we don't use a cover we just have a sheet over us .

I had to smile at your buying all your stuff back again Vera :-D :-D but at least you have a chit chat over coffee a day cake .

Better make a cuppa my mouth and throat is so dry .

Walked down with two carrier bags of tee shirts and sweaters for charity. Sun is not really shining but it is bright and 22 degrees, It was about 20 when I walked down.
Came back, had a coffee then I have just fought the duvet cover back on the duvet and I am not sure who won me or the quilt!! But I am shattered and hot. A long rest now while I sort out the Tesco shop for tomorrow. Maybe a bit of gardening later this afternoon.

Morning Anng and all,

Grey white sky here too but there are tiny patches of blue between the clouds and its 16 degrees and pc says mostly cloudy. It looked like we had a tiny shower in the night as the road was wet when I got up. Yesterday we had about 10 spots of rain and then nothing which I was'nt pleased about. I really thought we may get some.

Arm still giving me pain but motly when I am on the pc. Its a bit like RSI but from my shoulder and neck down to the muscle in the top of my arm and into the elbow which then shoots down to the middle two fingers on my right hand. Yes I am right handed which is a pain in itself.

Glad you had a nice time Anng and now you have two gardens to water.

Vera I hope you can get sorted with your glasses as I was thinking if its over your bad eye that could be the casue of all the pain you've been experiensing (sp). Hope you can get sorted quickly now. Enjoy your coffee morning and don't eat too much cake. Does your neighbour still bring you cake when he bakes with his grandchildren?

good morning all another sticky restless night. It is already 16 degrees here. We have just had a few spots of rain on the windows. difficult to know if we will get more which will mean only the baskets need watering and the pots will cope. The sky is very grey/white.

Not going out and a duvet cover is in the washing machine.

Vera yes I had a lovely morning with my friend. Her mantra is ‘we are still here’. She is two years older than me, our OH’s played golf together until her OH died twelve years ago. We then used to take her out regularly until Covid. Cynth drove me there and I walked home, it took me 20 minutes about half the way was in shade and I had a bottle of water with me. I felt hot but ok when I got home and even pottered in the garden late afternoon.
Yes two gardens to water. Although I usually when it is hit, do mine twice a day I think Cynth only does hers once. I just water when they need it whether that is once or twice remains to be seen.

Hopefully the optician will do as the hospital asks now then. It will probably help when you have glasses, hopefully ease the pain in your head.

Yes we had rain last weekend.

Hope the fundraiser goes well.

Good evening

Sorry I haven’t posted for a day or two. Life seems to have been a bit hectic and by the time I’ve been free it’s been late evening and my eyes have had enough so I haven’t gone on the computer.

It has been so hot again today and it has felt very humid too with hardly a breath of wind. It’s still 22 degrees but feels a bit cooler than it did a couple of hours ago. I think it’s going to be another sticky night.

I hope you enjoyed visiting your friend for coffee yesterday AnnG. I think you said you had a lift there but would have to walk back. Was it very hot? I bet you collapsed in a chair when you got home. Now you have 2 gardens to water. That will take you a while won’t it? I think you said you had some rain recently so that might have helped the plants a bit. We are desperate for rain now. We MAY get a few showers on Sunday if we’re lucky.

How’s that arm now Mel? Have you rung the surgery yet?

OH had to go out for a couple of hours this morning so I tacked some h/w. I vacced and dusted all the downstairs and did a few other jobs and by the time he came back at 11.30 am I was very hot and shattered.

My head hasn’t been too bad for the last 2 days. I think I may have worked out why I still had the severe pain on the left side of my head and face when the migraine itself had gone, though this is my own non-medical view. My migraine is always centred above the left eye and is caused by blood vessels narrowing and constricting. I think the vein behind the retina in my left eye may be causing the same kind of pain as it is blocked and swollen so also causing pressure. I could be wrong but it seems a possible explanation.

I rang the hospital today about not being able to get the damaged lens in my glasses replaced. I wasn’t sure who to speak to so I explained the situation to the receptionist at the eye treatment centre and she said the doctor I have seen the last couple of times wasn’t there but she’d ask one of the specialist nurses to ring me when they were free. The nurse rang shortly after. She said I should ask to speak to the manager at the opticians and tell him that, while it is acceptable in normal circumstances to insist on another eye test before putting in a new lens, these are exceptional circumstances. I am under treatment at the hospital and the doctor wants my damaged right lens replaced with the same and the left lens not touched. When I went in on Wednesday I told them all this but I didn’t speak to the Manager, though I did speak first to a junior and then asked to see a more senior person. I shall have to go in on Monday ready to fight my corner. I refuse to believe that a computer (or the techie who programmed it) can decide my medical needs. There must be a way to override it.

I also asked about driving. The nurse says that once I’ve got the damaged lens replaced I’m OK to drive as my right eye is quite good and I should be able to meet all the DVLA requirements. Then it’s up to me to decide whether I feel comfortable driving.

This is getting a bit long and I have to go anyway and sort out cakes, plants, raffle prizes etc for a coffee morning tomorrow. It’s the main fund raiser for one of our clubs. It’s a bit daft really as members provide stuff for a plant stall and a book stall, provide raffle prizes and cakes and then we go and buy it all back again! It would be easier just to raise the price of the annual subscription or meeting entry money but it’s more fun to all meet for coffee and cake. So I’d better go and get my banana loaf out of the freezer and let it defrost overnight.

Morning Anng and all,

Its 19 degrees here at present and pc says mostly sunny.

Arm still niggling this mroning and no I did'nt ring the doc yesterday as I forgot. Slept well but had a strange dream that I cna't remember all I knoiw is that it was odd.

Hope Vera is ok as I missed her yesterday too.

Good morning all 14 degrees here at the moment. Another hot night but I slept quite well just under a sheet.

Mel did you ring the GP about your arm?
Didn't see you yesterday Vera, hope the heat has not given you a headache.

I woke early so up but not dressed. I have two gardens to water for nine days now as Cynth is away.

Morning all,

20 degrees here at the mo and pc is saying again a record high and is goping to be 26 degrees again.

Arm still hurts so I think I will ring the surgery today and see what they say about it.

Leccy went out as I was typing at 8.13 so I am now finishing the post.

Have a nice day looking at your friends garden Anng. I wonder hwat changes she's made since you were last there.

Good morning all. 13 degrees so more or less what is normal for this week. Which means another hot day to come.
One good thing, I think I may have said I was going to a friend's for coffee this morning. we don't see much of each other these days, she is 2 years older than me and doesn't drive. so I am making what seems to be a more or less yearly visit to her on foot. Well it was intending to be and I was not looking forward to it in this heat. However the problem is now halved as Cynth will give me a lift down there this morning so I only have to walk home afterwards. Anyway I am looking forward to seeing her garden.

Well done on the weight loss Mel. Definitely cutting down on bread and potatoes will help but all that exercise in the garden helps too.

Yes I feel the same Vera but my bungalow is very cool so I stay in when I can. Its quite chilly out there now and pc says mostly cloudy but 23 degrees. Theres a breeze now which is why it feels colder as I have just taken the washing in.

Well done on the weight loss Mel.

Just done the ironing as it is fractionally cooler than it was earlier. I feel shattered now. The heat does seem to drain me of all energy. I expect most people feel the same.