General Chat

Afternoon everyone.
Miserable day again for us, cold, dark, wet, some wind, though it has dropped a lot, huge puddles the length of the house road & the farm road beyond that.

re the TV, I seem to be getting the SKY channels that I like to watch except for GBNEWS, just constant breaking up, not happy about that as I do like to watch that channel.

The dish is waaay up high almost to the top of the chimney stack so no-one other than an engineer can sort it, it was not where I wanted the dish to be placed mainly because of the regular high winds that we get, but the engineer insisted that he could not get a signal from elsewhere on the house !!
I have to say we had words about it as I really didn't believe him but it was that or nothing !

I do hope your dad recovers soon Florence, he's had it rough lately.
Linda, I hope your grandaughter gets better before Santas visit, nothing worse than being ill at Christmas time.

My hubby is likely to be staying in the main hospital over Christmas, not good for him or me for that matter, I just can't face the journy to Aberdeen again.
The various health people are starting to put a plan together re moving him to our local Cottage hospital but there are several others higher up the list also waitng to be transferred to the same place so goodness knows how long hubby will have to wait.

It's going to be a very quiet Christmas for me this year, we never do much at Christmas anyway but this will be the 1st Christmas apart since we first met in 1963.

I am having a sausage sandwich for tea today, found a pack of sausages on the reduced shelf yesterday, Pork sausages with Sage & Onion, new to me so I hope I like them.
Finding it hard to put a bigger meal together for just me, though I intend to make a Christmas dinner for myself, lol, can't miss that..

Take care everyone.

Joan.

Joan.

It is good they discovered the clot Florence, hopefully he will be safe now.

Yesterday afternoon, I realised that the side of my nose was very sore. I had a look at my glasses and saw that half of one of the nose pads had fallen off leaving a sharp metal wire. I had to drive to the next town this morning to get a new one at the opticians. I park in Tescos, but it was heaving this morning. I was incredibly lucky to get a space. I decided to do my shopping there instead of driving back to my usual Tesco. That was a mistake because they don’t have the brilliant scan and shop, so I had to do it the old fashioned way, putting the stuff in the trolley, then onto the conveyor belt and back into the trolley again. It took ages and I was losing the will to live by the time I got out. It is so much easier when I scan it myself straight into my shopping bags and as technology doesn’t scare me, I am much more relaxed doing it that way

Hello all,

Sorry to hear about your dad Florence , it is good they found the clot and it has been dealt with. I hope the sale of the flat goes through quickly for you.

Things seem to be going ok with OH and his new knee at the moment just has to do the exercises . He has his follow up app. the first week in the new year .

The wind was really bad last night but fortunately no fence panels down but we could hear the gate rattling last night and 2 of the wooden planters were blown over and are now broken but on the whole we seem to have got off lightly compared to other places.

I hope you all have the best Christmas you can and have a very happy and healthy 2024.

Ginnie

Good afternoon all

Well dad has just phoned and he told me they found a small clot in his heart so gave him an injection to disperse it. Quite glad they found it as at least we now now the cause of the mild stroke. His speech is a bit better but he's finding it hard to say more than 3 words at once but small steps.
He is getting home tonight when his carer will pick him up after 6pm and will be glad for his own bed and surroundings.

I got a shock this morning. Having slept right through the night as i was very tired, I suddenly woke just before 8am. I went to the bathroom and then back to my bedroom when suddenly the doorbell rang!! It was still quite dark. I hastily threw on my dressing gown and switched on lights working my way towards the porch and front door. I opened the door very slowly as was a bit nervous but there was noone there??? I looked all around and noone about but suddenly looked down to see 3 parcels on my doorstep!

It was the postman who obviously had had these in his van overnight and thought he would deliver them on his way to the main sorting office in town. But yesterday he was finished early as there were no planes so how come he kept these?

Anyway, it was the shock of being woken by a doorbell so early in the morning and he drove off before I could get to the door.

Its still windy here and was the glass bin day today(only every 3 months) so daughter managed to get it out and back in quickly as they came quite early.

Poor Eve Linda, hope the meds kick in before xmas day and she feels better poor lassie.

Hope everyone else is well and ok today

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I am relieved to hear that your dad only had a mini stroke Florence. Hopefully his speech will come back quickly

We used to have a Sky dish Joan, but we had it removed because the huge trees nearby broke the signal up every time the wind blew.

The church service this afternoon went well, it is not a type of service which could be described in any way as normal :-D The children enjoyed it. Esme’s class were singing and signing “ Last Christmas” All the kids were up singing and dancing in the isles.

Poor Eve isn’t any better, but thankfully they rang for an appointment this morning and she was seen straightaway. She does have a chest infection, so has been given antibiotics.

Evening everyone.
Thankyou for all you kind words and good wishes for my dad.

Well he tel me awhile ago and there is some improvement in his speech. The Speech & language came to see him this afternoon and have said he should use 2-3 words at a time not long sentences to start with. She did some cognitive tests too with shapes etc and he managed fine.

He is having lots of tests and ECG's so being kept an eye on which is reassuring. all being well he will be discharged tomorrow afternoon. They have said it was a mild stroke which has only affected his speech and not his ability to eat, drink etc which is a godsend!

So thankful it wasnt a major stroke like my mum had . Even so, my nerves are pretty shattered right now and of course i will be worrying that another might happen.
So glad his friend/carer lives with him, that is so reassuring for me.

Anyway, hopefully i will sleep tonight although the wind is still at storm force and is howling.

Joan , hope your tv has settled down. Can your daughter or SIl take a look at the Ariel/dish to see if the wind has moved it maybe?

Linda, hope the viewing went well.

Right coffee time just now so take care all & stay safe.

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Sorry to read about another setback for your Dad, Florence, and also sorry to hear Joan’s hubby is in hospital. I hope they both improve and get back home quickly.

Joan let us hope the wind dies down for you and normal TV is resumed.

Florence so sorry to hear about your Dad, such a worry for you. I hope he is improving and continues to do so.

Linda more back and fro then for you. You will be glad when all school finishes.

Hello to you all.
So sorry to hear about your dad Florence, I hope he will be ok.
Fingers crossed re your house sale Linda.

Horrible day here, the wind got up through the night & kept me awake for most of it, it is still VERY windy sometimes it actually dies down but then it rolls in again just like a Tsunami (sp) & is quite violent against the windows of the house.

I got my shopping done so I have plenty of items to see me over Christmas & probably won't need anything more than the basics for New Year wee.
I will have to get some more milk once the Christmas & Boxing days are past because the date on the milk I bought today only goes to the 26th !!
Very dissapointed about that.

Having a problem with the telly/SKY today due to the high winds the picture / sound is breaking up making it unwatchable !
I won't be happy if I can't see any telly programmes over Christmas & New year, as I am going to be on my own during those times it will be pretty miserable.

Joan.




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It is good news about the flat. Florence, I hope it all goes through.

Oh dear, your poor dad. I hope he can get home soon, but with the junior doctors strike on at the moment, people are getting stuck in hospital as there are no doctors to discharge them .

That often seems to be the way it goes - nothing much happens for ages, and then it all happens at once.

Thank goodness your dad's reasonably OK.
And good news about the flat!

I hope it all works out well for you.

Oh goodness Florence :-0
So much happening with your Dad lately. I hope that he progresses well and can soon return home and be helped to regain his speech.

Thinking of you as you wait for news..... <3

Morning all

Yes the storm was and still is awful! We did lose power around 2-3am. I know this as I was still awake!

I received a tel call at 8pm last night from dads carer. My dad has taken a stroke and was taken to hospital last night. His speech is very difficult to understand as he tried to speak with me. I left my phone on all night incase anyone phoned but then the mobile signal went down.

So I have just tel the hospital and got through to the ward. His CT was clear, no clots. Echo will be done soon. It is only his speech thats affected and can eat and swallow which is a relief.

Memories of my mum came flooding back last night and i have to wonder how much more will happen? As you can imagine, I lay awake all night expecting the worst.

If he is discharged, he will get Speech & language but not in the hospital so he will be at home.

I am an emotional wreck today even though am normally the one that holds it all together. i'm just on edge wondering what next!

But..... on the bright side we have had an offer on the flat and the paper work is in the post :-D :-D It was several thousand less than we wanted but accepted it as just want it sold. No chain so could be all sorted before Spring, 2 months they said as straightforward.

Oh my it's all happening at once.

Well Im off to shower and get dressed now and hope dads speech improves as the day goes on.

Hope everyone else who had the storm is safe and ok

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I hope you are all battened down Florence, the storm sounds as if it going to be bad.

Yesterday went well, Eve bought lots of nice presents, which are all now wrapped and hidden in her bedroom. She is not at all well, I think that she could have a chest infection, but getting a doctors appointment would be impossible, so hopefully she will get through it.
It is Esme’s carol service in the church next to her school this afternoon, so that is another trip for us. It would have been so much easier if we had moved.

The house viewing went well yesterday, it was a mother doing preliminary viewings for her son who lives in Gloucester. He is coming up for Xmas and has made an appointment to come on the 28th. So fingers crossed, although he wanted her to check if the kitchen could be extended to make a big kitchen diner. The answer is not easily, so I am not holding my breath

Afternoon from a watterlogged and very wet & windy village! Its just dreadful. So much rain today and now the wind is picking up to bring us storm PIA I think its called later on.

Waiting on Tesco, time given 5-6pm, 5 stops away so may be sooner.

I asked daughter to get me an orange and bless her she got everything else except the orange is a grapefruit!! Haven't the heart to tell her yet as she has been doing all the extras that were out of stock with Tesco in the coop. It just came with 3 bags.

She is now on the bus coming home, so no more going to town now, that's the food all sorted thank goodness.

No ferries, no post but we are safe and well stocked and the house is warm and cosy.

Always feel a bit guilty at this time of year seeing people begging on the streets sleeping rough. But i do give to various charities throughout the year not just at xmas so I do my little bit for those less fortunate.

Hope your day out is going fine Linda with all the mileage etc and hope your hair looks nice too.

Hope you are ok Joan and cosy inside today.

Anyone else looking in, take care in the awful weather.

better keep a look out just now for me delivery.

Back later on

I am glad that your children have managed to see their dad Florence.

I went to Esme’s Christmas concert today. It was a real shambles, but the children enjoyed it <3. Seeing them performing brings it home just how severely disabled the majority of the children in the school are. I will go to the croak concert in the church on Thursday afternoon as well.
Tomorrow via m taking Eve out for the day. It would be so much easier if we lived near them, but I have a half hour drive down the motorway to pick her up. Then we will drive the half hour almost back here and continue north for another half hour. She will come with me hike I get my hair cut, but that doesn’t take long. Then we will take the holly wreath to my parents grave. We take water and a cloth, so she gives it a clean. After that we will go to the retail park for lunch and to that she can buy presents for the family courtesy of my credit card. Then it is an hour to get her back home and half an hour back for me. I will be up and gown the motorway like a yo yo, you wouldn’t like that at all Joan.

Aw naughty but nice Joan :-D :-D

Hi Florence.
Yes 5 children, lol, we had some lovely times when they were little but as they have got older they have drifted somewhat from each other !
Son has just phoned to tell me he has reached home (NHL) so that's good news, he said his dad was in good spirits when he saw him this morning.

I had a wee chuckle re your Fish supper, I was treated to a fish from the chippy on Sunday when the youngest daughter visited, & treated to another last night when 2nd son arrived !
I did sooo enjoy them but 2 in 2 days, that's naughty . LOL.

Joan.

Getting a real treat for tea. Daughter went to the chippy and i'm getting haddock and chips...yummy :-D

That has brightened up tea time and no washing up lol

She's on her way now and should be home about 4.45.

My the sky is black and very angry looking with torrential rain and the wind is in full storm force. At least if the electric goes off, we wont go hungry today.

Ive had the heating on awhile so at least the house is warm and cosy.

Hope all ok with everyone

Afternoon Joan and everyone else looking in.

Well you have had some nice company Joan seeing your sons and catching up with your daughter too. i didnt realise you had 5 children! Hubby would have enjoyed their company too. Hope your plants do survive and then in the Spring you will have a good show in your new planters.

Its so blooming wild here with hailstones and showers, sooo cold too. Glad i didnt have to go to the hospital in one way as it wouldn't have been pleasant being shifted in a wheelchair from door to ambulance!

I finished of the laundry so just a small basket that needs to be ironed. Had 5 cards today which was a surprise as not had any since a few days ago.

Daughter will be back around 4.30, no doubt with lots of bags and more laundry lol.
Just finished off my Tesco order coming tomorrow and saw some things out of stock but managed to find alternatives so its all ok.

I have just noticed that my Amaryllis has grown about 2 inches :-S I didnt notice that yesterday so it must have grown overnight lol

Oh another heavy shower of hail, hope it doesn't turn to snow!

Better pop on the heating, then vacuum the whole house before me coffee break.

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