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That is sad Joan. Nature is being a bit cruel this year. What a shame about your Daffs Joan, hopefully the snow won't last too long and maybe the daffs that are bent not broken off will spring up again after a thaw.

It is 5 degrees here and quite bright not even any rain. I do hope that we don'e get any snow.
Florence hope your daughter can ger to her appointment safely

Oh Joan, how sad about your flowers. Last year I had pots of tulips and daffs in full bloom and then we got a gale Mar/April time and the whole lot were flattened and ruined and its so disheartening but unfortunately its the very nature of where we live!

My tulips and daffs in the pots havent flowered yet as a bit behind...as usual so I may be lucky but i wont hold my breath. Snow showers are on & off just now and the road looks clearer for now.
Daughter arrived safely at the hospital, so thats a relief and hope that by the time she comes home this afternoon, the roads will still be clear. I can hear the wind whistling through my kitchen vent above the cooker and the draft is terrible.

Just looked out lounge window and the snow now is coming down hard again!

Lets hope it wont stay for very long otherwise my visitors will need to bridge a sledge with them for my nephew :-D :-D

Off to make a cuppa as my hands are feeling cold typing!

The weather looks to be dreadful in your area Joan. We haven’t had any snow yet, it is just bitterly cold. There was snow all along the coast yesterday, but it didn’t come this far in land, OH’s sister lives in Filey and we rang her yesterday as it was her birthday. She said they had a good covering in the morning, even the beach was covered, but it all went very quickly and there was non left in the afternoon

We might get some tomorrow which could be a pro as my daughter is due to get the train to London at 8 am. What could possibly go wrong?

Afternoon chit chatters.

Well like you Joan, we had more snow overnight and quite deep in my garden.Just some footprints of neighbours cats and the pigeons spoiling the white carpet. I hope you son in law can clear a path so postie etc can deliver to you.

We are also on alert for more tonight!! I am waiting a delivery of a bedside cupboard from local shop in town later today. With no delivery chg its cheaper than Amazon! It matches the other drawer unit I bought for daughter so her bedroom has had a makeover and looks very modern now.

I have also ordered a black printer table with a cupboard & 3 shelves to fit nicely beside my computer desk. That will complete my "office" at one side of the lounge.

Joan, I tel my electricity company and got a proper explanation. If you pay by d/d, you get back your monthly d/d amount back to your bank account. So I pay £100 a month. I received £100 back to my bank account but had to apply for the other £100 to be recredited to me bank account. That will take about 7-10 days to get that back.

So do you pay by d/d? have you checked your bank to see if you received anything?

If you dont pay by d/d and pay the bill in full each month etc, then you would need to ring your electricity provider as maybe the money has gone direct to your electricity account?If the money has gone direct to your electricity account, you can then request it to be transferred back to your bank account.

Linda, so hope your daughter catches her train without delays. My brother is in Pembury, Kent and they had quite a bit of snow overnight.

Making a pizza for me tea tonight. Its just a base packet mix and i then cover with whatever I choose. Quite tasty for a quick tea.

With the airports on strike again, no blooming post! Its beyond a joke as they will cut services for 6 weeks soon so no idea what happens with our post then, its a lifeline service for medical supplies, hospital appointments, bloods for the hospital. I so hope the 6 week strike is cancelled as i fear this could cause deaths in some people as cancer treatments and tests on the mainland will not be available here and consultants coming from the mainland will cancel their clinics.

Hope anyone else looking in is ok and keeping warm.

Florence in the hebrides

good afternoon, it is 2 degrees here and my feet are freezing here in my office/craft room No heating on at the moment not due on until 4.30 but I might be tempted to advance it today. Busy tidying and cleaning this morning and making a few Easter cards this afternoon.

:-D :-D :-D :-D@ Mark Longhurst. Maybe he needs to go to Specsavers!

Oh dear Joan sounds bad. No snow here, hopefully we had our share in December. I keep bread in the freezer and UHT milk in the cupboard but it is worrying if you have not got any. Hope your daughter can get through to you.

We don’t have any snow so far, but it is freezing. My daughter is on the way to London, her train was on time and I have just checked and so far it is still running on time , she only has another forty five minutes to go. She is staying down there until next Wednesday, so she can sort out the last of the boxes in the house and move them down from the loft. She has a long service award from her company on Tuesday evening, before she comes back.
Esme was fine going to school with daddy this morning, but I bet it isn’t long before she is screaming “ I want mummy” :-(

I hope you get your shopping Joan I used to hate the long life milk as well, but the newer version from Tesco is just the same as the normal red milk

Ooh Joan I am not even keen on semi skimmed in tea, prefer skimmed but full fat milk couldn't take that at all, besides not being good for cholestrol.

Very cold here too Linda, just crept up to 3 degrees. It is a pain when Mummy is the only person little ones want isn't it? Hope daughter gets everything sorted then.

Afternoon all.
Thankfully we didnt have any more snow over night and the sun has melted the roads clear althouygh we still have several inches in our back garden. The neighbours cat doesnt like it very much but the pigeons bless them follow their same tracks so they dont sink lol.

Joan, although I cant drink milk, i do have a splash in my coffee and it has to be full fat blue top milk as i cant stand the green milk or any other so if you came to my house, you would get a proper cuppa :-D

I do now have 2 loaves in my freezer and my baking cupboard is pretty well stocked. Because I cant always get a Tesco slot, I have got used to buying things in bulk. Cupboards are well stocked just now with tins, soup, pasta, tuna & salmon so we wouldnt starve.

The new bedside cupboard arrived yesterday afternoon but after the van went, it would appear that the unit had not been pit together very well, had chips and scratches in the wood etc I was not a happy bunny so tel the shop and they apologized and will replace it next time they are over this way...2 weeks time! Apparently to give me the item asap, they gave me the shop display unit! Hmmm not good enough I said, so they will put together a brand new one. So disappointing for my daughter too as she had cleared a space etc.

Anyway, I have done some ironing but after 1/2 hour, enough was enough and im sitting as knee was sore.

Joan glad your access rd is clear and you got shopping done, such a relief for you.

Linda, hope your daughter reached ok and Esme is missing her too much.

Ann lucky for you no snow.

Well kettle has boiled so a sandwich and a coffee and then to put the clothes away.

Florence in the hebrides

Joan, when I visit you( ;-)) I want cows milk, non of that non milk please.

We woke up this morning to a goodcovering of snow. OH drove Eve to school, it takes thirty minutes much of it on fast dual carriageway A roads. They were fine because they have been well gritted, it was just the smaller country roads nearer to the school which were a bit slow.
Esme’s special school delayed the opening until ten o’clock, that is a thirty minute drive as well, so they have just set off. Weirdly her class is supposed to be going for a farm visit today, they were still intending to go yesterday. Only Esme can walk well , the other five are all in wheelchairs, I would think they would be incredibly cold just sitting still. Maybe they will postpone the trip, we will see.

Well after the sun had melted some of our snow outside the front door yesterday and the roads had cleared somewhat, I have just woken to find several inches have fallen during the night!!! We must have had loads but I never heard a thing.

The gritters must have been out as the road has tracks so passable with care but not completely clear.

Linda, hope the girls reach their schools ok. Surely the farm trip would be cancelled? As you say sitting in a wheel chair would be freezing or even standing to be honest.

Joan, I hope you are ok and keeping warm. Maybe you didnt get any more snow and your rd is still accessible?

Well daughter and I have to tackle the hall "dumping" cupboard today as each time I open it, something falls out lol I'm sure with a bit of reorganising, it will all fit a lot better.

Slept like a log last night and I was so tired but feel good today.

So off to get dressed now etc and then the work begins.

Will look in later

Florence in the hebrides

Florence didn’t hear the snow fall :-S. Way down in the south it is usually a very quiet thing ;-)

:-D :-D :-D@names. I am a very light sleeper and so when its sleets against my window, I wake up. However last night I slept for Scotland and never woke once which shows how tired i was as i'm always awake at 3am!

What I can and never will understand is why people say, they have never seen snow like it???? And why do people venture out when they gave so many warnings???

I remember much worse falls of snow than we have just now. Most of the ones stranded claim, they didnt realise it would be this bad. Well they gave enough warnings. Even if i had to lose a days pay, I would not put my life or anyone else life at risk by travelling in awful weather.

Once when i worked in Tescos back in the 70's, we had no deliveries of bread etc for a whole week and we still managed not to starve! In other countries where they regularly have 2ft of snow, they just get on with it.

If you work for the emergency services or you are a nurse or a dr, then your journey may be essential but people trying to get into town or visit friends etc is not necessary.

I thought it was snow not sleet.

When we moved to East Kent from the London suburbs we definitely had’nt seen snow like that. I would wait for the first bus to go past cutting into the snow then I could get the car out and follow in it’s tracks Don’t suppose that the bus would run nowadays in that depth nowadays.

Our snow has more or less gone. I walked into the market square to collect the prescriptions and the pavements were fine apart from one slushy section, so I walked on the road for that part.
Esme’s farm trip was postponed, so she won’t be happy about that.

Can you see a photo on the Evri delivery to show where they have left your plants Joan? Maybe they just dumped them at the end of the drive, although knowing Evri, they will still be in the depot and they will deliver them in a few weeks once they are dead

I think their reasoning now re closing schools is that the staff don't live locally so if the roads are bad they can't get in, also the children are not, like ours used to be, local. Having said that my primary school was a short walk to the bus, a ten minute bus ride then a fairly long walk to school from the bus stop. I don't remember staying home in 1947, I suppose I may have forgotten.
In the really bad winter of 1962/3 the snow lasted for literally months. I didn't have children at school then so I don't remember what happened. I do know my OH had about a 40 minute drive to work down narrow lanes and no way would the Royal Navy accept he was unable to get in.

Recently met a lady who lives in Ottawa. they have real snow there, deep snow constant from October to april. It is so cold down to -40 that the children are not allowed to walk to school they must got on the buses and keep their faces covered except their eyes when getting to the bus or they would instantly get frost bite.

Well, yes I guess sleet does make a noise against my window but the snow falls silently.

I lived in Kent, most of my life until I was 31. Walking to school in 2ft of snow for 3 miles was a regular occurrence as the buses ground to a halt. People also walked to their jobs and left their cars at home until it thawed.

Its not a new thing to see footloads of snow in the Pennines or Yorkshire dales, just annoys me when I hear people on tv saying, didnt know it would this bad etc...

Not sure if Joan has a smart phone Linda?

We have had some more snow showers on and off and a little sun.

So hall cupboard decluttered and reorganised and filled recycle bin with all sorts. Not sure why we need to 50 empty jars???? I do make jam but really a dozen is all i need. Celebration plastic tins? Omg, I found 7 buried under things and we def do not need them as have 4 already on top of kitchen cupboards for cakes etc.

So a job well done.

We then decided to do under the kitchen sink! Well 6 bottles of washing up liquid, 3 disinfectant, 3 window cleaner, numerous wipes and dishcloths plus various other sprays empty!!!

So emptied whole 2 shelves, threw out a lot of empties etc and now looks hald decent. We def do not need to buy any cleaning products for some time!

Daughter has OCD and when she does the shopping list, she does tend to over order on cleaning things but from now on I shall need to keep a close eye on the order list online.

Right, I need me coffee and a rest now as Im quite exhausted lol

Evening all.
How is everyone today?
Well I was busy and very productive today. I had ordered a printer workstation on Amazon and it arrived after lunch.

Daughter went for a lay down as wasn't feeling well so I heaved the heavy box on my own along the hallway into the lounge. Opened the huge box and lifted the pieces one by one. By god they were heavy wood, solid.

Anyway, covered kitchen table with a table cloth and set to work putting it all together. was going well until I hit my thumb hard and said a few choice words and now is 50 shades of purple!
Three hours later and my printer station was all assembled and now looks jolly smart alongside my computer table which I also put together.

I sent a few pics to me dad and he said would I like a job? I replied, well it depends how much an hour you will pay me :-D :-D :-D

Took nearly as long to get the lounge and kitchen looking back to normal with all the packaging etc but all sorted now.

Too late for me to make a curry so quick pizza & chips and curry for tomorrow etc.

The snow is still several inches deep in back garden although the roads are clear,

Hope everyone else is keeping warm today.

Florence in the hebrides