General Chat

Good morning all. I was up later than usual then did some family tree stuff on my computer before showering and washing my hair and getting dressed. 12 degrees here but cloudy bright. Better go and get some breakfast

Morning all,

Quite bright this morning but still lots of cloud in the sky and pc says 8 degrees and mostly sunny so it could look promissing for a nice day ahead. I may the windows cleaned. I noticed the [atio door were very dirty yesterday on the outside where the rain splashes up off the decking so I may get the pressusre washer out and do the patio and windows if it stays nice.

Should smell nice Mel.

Mandy, yes the garden group. had a good natter. It is never just about gardening and plants but a lot of general natter but we enjoy it. It went well and they were able to get out and wander round the garden and offer helpful comments and commiserations (plants lost0. It seems I was not the only one to lose plants.

I can remember spring cleaning myself when first married. That was in the days of T smoking indoors and coal fires which made the curtains filthy. so washed curtains and nets and washed all the paintwork down. Haven't spring cleaned since we had central heating and T gave up smoking indoors first, then completely.

I have just bought some on ebay and its lavender antique wax.

Not done any HW today so far. I cleaned all the windowsills in the kitchen yesterday and the midges are about and this morning they were covered in live and dead bodies. I have now put fly pen round the windows in the hope I don't get many mo9re in. I think the pond attracks them.

I have done some casting and a bit of painting though.

I used to love it when my and nan used lavender polish and its one of the things that I can use now if I go steady on it. Not the sprays though. I am not too bad with the antique wax either which is what I normaly used. I shall have to see if they still sell lavender real polish.

Afternoon all,

It's been a nice sunny warm morning here so we've got a few outside jobs done ,I sorted my boxes I have on the wall and dug the garden bit where the runner beans go,got some throws dry that we use on the sofa and chairs for max to lay on and now its raining so rain has stopped play .

So a bit of cleaning for you today then Mel ,you don't hear so much about people having a spring clean ,I can remember mum having a good spring clean ,rugs were given a good beating and everything washed and polished ,oh it did smell nice after the Lavender furniture polish was used .

Anng hope your meeting went OK was it the gardening group today ?

Hope your back is a bit easier today Vera .

Morning anng and all,

Once again its dull and miserable here this morning so think your self lucky you have some sun Anng. Enjoy your meeting and have a good chat.

Its 11 degrees here and pc says mostly cloudy and it right and I don't think we are going to even get a glimps of the yellow stuff today.

Shall carry on with my HW today as I did'nt get the windows done yesterday after all. I did wash down all the back door inside and out and the paintwork round the skirting boards so I have those to do and hoover the rest of the hall and clean the big bathroom. That lot will keep me occupied for the day I am sure.

good morning all sun is shining so far and 9 degrees I will just be getting ready for the meeting this morning. expecting ten I think so need to get chairs sorted, cups etc out ready and the two tea pots. won't take long just need to keep my brain working. BBL

I think its because I have to have the small tanker and they don't want to send it all the way from Cullumpton for one delivery so I may have to wait till the next order goes in but it may not go with the same company as Keith rings round all the companies to see which will give him the best price.

Had a huge salad tonight with tuna and boiled egg and homemade coleslaw and cottage cheese.

The next bank holiday is the end of the month ,I think I was wondering if it was this weekend again as the bin goes out a day later again next week .

Few rumbles of thunder and its now napping down with rain again .

You still waiting for your oil Mel ,maybe you need to give them a ring to see where it's got too

Mandy its been quite nice this morning and I got the wahsing on the line and hoovered the kitchen and then sucked up all the spiders and webs wiped down the kitchen cupboards and the boards under them and washed all the back door down inside and out. Not got o the windows yet as I was hungry so I did a sandwich late and watched Doctors and am now having a cuppa and must go and see if my scripts are in as I have been without one pill for a couple of days now. we have to order our scripts 5 working days in advance but with all the bank holidays I could'nt get them till the 9th and then when I went up there I forgot to ask for them in the shop.

I still hav'nt had my oil and Keith has another order out now so its well over a month since they shoudl have delivered. I must dip the tank again but every time I think of it its raining cats and dogs.

Better get on as I still have the windows to do they are in an awful state.

Did I tell you I saw my first May Fly on the 5th May and not seen once since.

Afternoon all,

Nice sunny warm day here ,boy did we have a storm yesterday it poured and there was thunder and lightning for a couple of hours .
We have been out this morning putting the little greenhouse together and I have put my Geraniums in there for now then I can put two or three tomato plants in there .
The Geraniums I bought fro Aldi a couple of weeks ago four plants for £1.79 I have had them from there before and they have been lovely plants , I bought seven lots of them .
We didn't save any from last year as they were left out for ths winter when I broke my wrists and couldn't get them up.

Vera I didn't realise the carbon monoxide alarms have a shelf life, we just put new batteries in ours .
Rest that back now so you can enjoy the family get together ,didn't you have to come home early last time because OH was poorly or have I got that wrong.

Just got our recycling bin in Anng they are always a day late with the bank holidays ,is it another Bank Holiday this weekend too .

Mel I hope you get a trouser day and not shorts lol

Thanks for that Vera, it is in my head now :-D Hope he soon comes. don't you just hate waiting for somebody to call to do a job?

Pleased there is some improvement with your back hope that continues and yes, continue to rest it.
It was lovely and sunny first thing but now it is pouring with rain although it is 15 degrees. I just managed to get outside and cut off all the dead tulip flowers when it stated to rain. No hope of doing any more in the garden before the meeting tomorrow. what a pain!! heavy rain yesterday late afternoon and evening too.

I couldn't do anything while it was sunny as I was busy dusting downstairs and cleaning the cloakroom.

Now I have my and Cynths recycling bins to take in and they didn't come until it started raining.

We never did get our coffee. Before I could put the kettle on the phone went and it was the gas man to say he was on his way. The boiler is only a couple of years old so we knew there would be no problems with it but he changed our carbon monoxide alarm as he said it expires this year. I didn't realise they had a limited life. The one he has put up now should last till 2033!

OH is getting our lunch and I am really ready for a cuppa now.

Morning ladies (and any gentlemen that happen to look in)

Beautiful day here so far. It’s sunny, 15 degrees and with a light breeze. We had a lot of heavy rain yesterday evening and overnight and we are due more rain this afternoon so I’m enjoying seeing the sun while it’s here.

Like Mel and AnnG I ought to be doing h/w but I am a bit limited at the moment with my back. It is slowly improving but I don’t want to risk making it worse again as in just over a week we are supposed to be going to a family gathering of OH’s family and staying with his sister for a couple of days.

At the moment we’re waiting for the gas man to come and give the boiler it’s annual MOT. He’s supposed to be coming some time between 8 am and 1 pm. While we’re waiting OH is potting up some tomatoes in big pots for me, with me supervising of course ;-). They can stay outside now. We’re also going to put the geraniums out. I lost most of mine this year but 10 flourished and are blooming in the conservatory. As it happens 5 red and 5 white survived and they will go nicely in 2 troughs and soon spread to fill them.

OH drove me to Sainsbury’s yesterday to get some fresh veg and salad stuff plus a few other bits. The veg was appalling. It looked as though it had all been sitting on the shelves for weeks. The outside leaves of all the greens had gone bad so the insides probably weren’t very good, the parsnips were tiny, shrivelled things, the broccoli was yellow and the leeks were well past their best. What has happened to Sainsbury’s? I ended up going to the freezer section and buying a load of different veg there.

No sign of the boiler man yet so I think I’ll go and make a coffee. Anyone remember Flanders and Swann singing “ ‘Twas on a Monday morning the gas man came to call”?

Morning Anng and all,

Grey sky here but there is a promise of a better day as there is enough blue sky to make a sailor a pair of trousers. Lets hope they're not shorts.

Think it will be HW for me today as BIL should be down this weekend and I'd like to be tidier. I always seem to be in a mess when he comes also I need to clean the windows in the kitchen at least inside and out!! So looks to me like its a HW days all round then.

Had my coffee better feed the girls and get stuck in.

Good morning all. Very sunny here at the moment and 8 degrees so a bit 'sharp'. Not a lot to do today, rest up a bit as it was an energetic day yesterday. Mainly getting the house ready/tidy for the meeting tomorrow.
slept well last night, must have been all that fresh air. BBL :-)

Well we had a great day at Lydney Park gardens. We were all prepared for bad weather as showers and storms were forecast. But it was warm and stayed dry and eventually the sun came out. The Rhododendrons and Azaleas were absolutely beautiful and we had not expected there to be so many bluebells which were beautiful. After we finished our walk we went to Taurus craft centre for lunch in their restaurant. Taurus is run under the umbrella of the Camphill Trust.
Driving home in the sunshine we could see really thundery black clouds ahead and by the time we got to Churchdown there were spots of rain, five minutes after I got indoors it tipped down. We were so lucky and we had a great day,

Shopping came and I went down the post van and then into the shop for a loaf and forgot to ask if my scripts were in!!!!!!!!

Brightened u[p a bit here and now its 11 degrees and cloudy by the pc.

Morning Anng and all,

Can you send some sun down here please Anng as its as dull as dishwater here this morning and pc says cloudy and 12 degrees.

Enjoy your day out and I hope the weather is kind to you.

I have four little parcels to post this morning if the post van gets here so I better get myself ready to go.