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Oh right Ann. Oh well nevermind. Everyone is welcome on this thread.

Another wet and awful day here. My grasscutter has had to cancel and hope tomorrow may be a better day.
Feeling everybone in my body aching today but best not to sit too long. A huge pile of ironing needs doing and some cleaning as well.

Whats everyone elses weather like today?

Take care
Florence in the hebrides

I think Barbra said she was taking time out a while back, around the time you started this thread Florence.

Afternoon peeps.
Its a showery grey day and a little chilly too.
I put out the bins last night for collection today and strangely they have not been emptied. I tel the depot and lady said, a few drivers off sick and on holiday so they are very late. if not emptied by 3pm ring us back. Well still no sign and never in 29 years has a collection not taken place.

Didnt sleep to well last night as my head was throbbing but its just now im feeling tired so think i will chill on the recliner for an hour and see if that helps.
Hope all ok with everyone else.

Did anyone hear if Barbara is ok or has she left maybe?

Florence in the hebrides

Good evening peeps
Ann a belated happy birthday to you and so glad you were bale to enjoy it with your family post covid.

Yes the shelves are depleted here in some areas. No tins of diet coke for 6 weeks and toilet rolls are quite short in supply too. Think this problem is widespead all over the uk.

I put out my bedding today as was bright first thing but suddenly looked up about an hour later and noticed the rain lashing at my back door!! i could have cried as kingsize duvet was probably dry enough to tumble. Anyway left it on the line and was windy and another shower came.
Eventually left it for a while and then decided to take it all in and tumble...what a hassle!

It feels like summer has gone for good and we are well & truly in the Autumn. Children went back to school last Friday so their holidays are over.

Had a lovely piece of fish for tea. Its sole,in a box lightly dusted as opposed to breadcrumbs or batter and a splash of black pepper.Did garden peas and a bowl of salad.Was so delicious and quite healthy...no chips in sight lol

Quiet week as daughter away til wednesday so home alone. Gonna restart some family tree research and also i have a scarf that didnt get finished last xmas!!!

Have a good week everyone

Florence in the hebrides

Hello to everyone, a dry day here but a little cloudy, garden is still looking good . OH is busy doing something to his fish pond so he'll be outside most of the day. Quiet day for me then. lol.

I have had problems recently getting shopping both on line and in store which I assumed was a problem with deliveries to stores. Always something going on lately .We have some small local shops that are quite good but are more costly but I am ok with that if the produce is good.


Enjoy the rest of Sunday.

Good morning all quite bright here this morning. Have to settle down again now after a lovely break with son and family being made a fuss of and celebrating the first birthday without my lovely OH. This house seems very quiet now.
First job if it stays dry will be to cut the lawn, then a general tidy out there, I did see that two lovely cosmos I planted the week before I went away have stopped flowering. Need to look at them but I don't think it has rained much here so maybe they just need watering. I also have my tesco delivery due 11-12.

That made me smile Joan when you said on line shopping had taken over the store. when my on line shop is short of items I blame store customers for taking precedence. what I think it is at the moment is there is a general shortage in all stores because of the lack of HGV drivers so goods are not getting delivered to stores. this is caused by drivers having to self isolate after being in contact with someone who tested positive, and drivers having left when furloughed in the first lock down and not returning to their former jobs.

My local Tesco always has lots of assistants in the isles doing the online and click and collect shopping. They get in the way a bit, but are very useful when I can’t find something. I do community shopping for the elderly. People who don’t have an computer so can’t do their own online shopping ring the community care office and read out their shopping list. The office then emails the list to the volunteers, we go and do the shopping and deliver it for them. It is sometimes difficult when they ask for a thing I don’t normally buy myself and I can’t find it, but there are usually plenty of assistants around these days, they are always helpful

It's owned and run by supermarket staff.The lady serving is the managers wife!It's actually classed as a Nespresso bar not a cafe...

It seems a lot of places have let their service go downhill.

Another place I was in for lunch,got my order wrong so I politely pointed it out and requested it be changed.staff member snatched the plate walked away in a huff as if it was my fault.
If i had dared treated my customers rudely making them complain,I would have been on a warning or worse.but we took pride in our work then and in today's society something is lacking in the standard of service ,yet no one seems to care and if we dare to complain,we are made to look stupid.

Florence in the hebrides

Is it a national supermarket? If complaining to supermarket management doesn’t help, see if you can find out who the caterers are, they are often National like ‘Compass’ they should display contact numbers in the cafe. If not the Supermarket May help.

That is disgusting. I don’t need that sort of help but often see people asking and getting it.

You should complain to the supermarket management. Even if the cafe is a franchise all complaints would mean it would be difficult for them to get a renewal.

Afternoon peeps from a very wet and windswept place. Howling force 8 and feels like summer has well and truly gone even though it hardly started!

Went on bus to town today with daughter and am quite upset as to what happened in the cafe of the supermarket. I cannot lift anything heavy and neither can daughter as she fell headfirst down the stairs awhile ago and injured her left shoulder.
Since my surgery etc, we kindly ask if the person serving could carry the tray to our table. Up until now, its never been a problem.
Today the lady refused. She said she had seen my daughter carrying a bag so how come not the tray??
She explained about her shoulder and the lady said, she had a bad shoulder too and she had asked the boss and he said no to carrying any trays.
The boss is the lady's husband!
Daughter struggled with the tray and was nearly in tears and that upset me too.

We were both made to feel so small. Ive been going there 28 years and all the staff are lovely until today.Its the only place we can get a nice coffee and a snack but now we wont be using it anymore..how sad is that.

I know they dont offer a waitress service etc but surely as we only go in there twice a month, a little bit of help isnt much to ask.

Anyway, had to move my roses as the wind was blowing the pots about.I put them into some shelter and hopefully no damage.

Better put the shopping away now as table covered with food etc, coffee break over lol

Hope all ok with everyone

Florence in the hebrides

Ty ZZzzz for your hugs and good wishes.

Florence in the Hebrides

Healing hugs from me to you Florence, I don't know what else to say except I hope you are better soon.

Good afternoon peeps
Well i am in quite a lot of pain especially in my knees. Yesterday, daughter and i had to go to town so we went on the bus, but oh my!
There are 3 small steps onto the minibus and of course i put my left foot first and god it was sooo painful. I eventually managed up but crikey was so sore.

I am now trying to put my right foot forward if i have to go up or down a step. So glad i am in a bungalow now.

Appointment for surgeon came through today, 8th sept 2.15 so not too long.

My left hip, leg and side still frozen numb!

My gp said i shouldnt drive although i havent driven since the dizzy spell but im worried now the battery will go flat again and will i ever drive again??

I hope i get through this and can then drive because the thought of no car anymore would just about finish me off.

Anyway its a lovely sunny day with a small breeze and no midges. Washing out and drying nicely. Dug up a few new red potatoes yesterday and had them with a salmon en croute. They were very tasty
Gonna leave the rest of the plants awhile to grow a bit bigger for later on.

Hope everyone else well. Hope you can get to finish off your garden joan whilst the good weather lasts.

Havent seen Barbara posting of late anywhere on here, wondering if shes ok?

Off to sort out tea for tonight, nothing heavy as not too hungry today. Take care all.

Florence in the hebrides

Not a happy time for you Florence, worrying at the best of times but more so now.

Hope you don't have to much pain.

Hoping here that OH next appointment comes through quickly.

Take care all .

Oh Florence so sorry to read what you have been through and hope you are better soon, <3

Sorry to read that you've had this setback just as things were beginning to settle for you. I hope your waiting time is not too painful, while you wait for your next assessment of what is to happen next.
Maybe when you are feeling up to it, you could gently make some tasty treats to put in the freezer in readiness for a day when you don't feel like cooking much.

Enjoy the good days and don't be too tough on yourself if there are days when you don't think you've achieved much.
You have achieved SO much in the last year or so.

Poor you Florence and not good news just as you were beginning to enjoy life in your new home. Hope the pain does not get any worse, maybe try not to overdo it. Must have been frightening with all the panic over suspect covid. g;ad it was all negative anyway.
I am up early as I have somebody coming to check out how water is getting into the garage and occasionally onto the boiler. We have had some torrential storms so I guess they are the why but need to find the how. I am also going to my son's today in M Keynes, he is coming to pick me up at 12 o'clock

Oh Florence I am sorry to hear your news <3. Osteo is no joke and causes a lot of pain. I hope you get some treatment for it very soon and that you are not too uncomfortable in the meantime

Hi peeps
Well guess who landed in hospital on Wed afternoon? When i spoke with dr in the morning it was because i had no feeling in my hip and upper leg for the last 3 weeks. I had thought it was just a trapped nerve but Tues , the numbness spread to my groin and lower down.
Dr said she would tel hosp for advice. She phoned back within 1/2 hour and said an ambulance was on its way!!! I packed a small bag for the"just in case" as i always do.

Anyway ambulance arrived and taken to Assessment unit which was full with men & women 6 in all and one nurse in charge, it was manic. Sat for nearly 5 hours before a junior dr saw me. Went over what had happened and then he went away.
About 7pm, was told staying in, scans next day.
Never got any sleep, 2 emergencies and covid PPE stuff thrown into action as poss 2 positives.Eeekkkkk, i was so worried. They drew all the curtains so you couldnt see what was going on.

Fast forward to Thursday morning 11am. Nurse announced 2 negatives thankfully and PPE could be removed in the room but any visiting drs had to wear masks etc.

Well i sat all day and still no word of any xrays. I was demented staring at the walls.I finished my book etc and was so bored.
Then got tr for the night to surgical. Oh my what an experience! Think I was in the dementia ward as it was....welll lets say "out of this world."
I never slept either that night.
Finally on Fri am.I was sent for a lumbar and lower back xray. Returned to the ward. Within the hour, i had the report and then surgeon came to see me.
I have 2 displaced discs which could be trapping a nerve, some crumbling of the lower spine and the beg of Osteo Arthritus behind both hips.

So I have to return to surgeons clinic in 4 weeks but if the pain becomes a lot worse before then, i will get an MRI in Glasgow straightaway otherwise 6 weeks as a long wait,Jubillee is where i had my heart surgery but they are also the hip Specialists too.

So there we have it. Really thought, i was slowly regaining some normality in my life, but obviously the body has decided otherwise.
i shall now keep an overnight bag ready for the just in case at anytime.

Was so pleased to get home yesterday teatime and last night slept all night.
Not done much today as limping about but got my washing done. I shoved every single thing i wore and spares too on a hot wash. at least my test was negative,

Been a funny day weatherwise, sunny, foggy, showery and breezy.
Hope everyone else keeping well.

Florence in the hebrides