General Chat

It is cloudy here, but still very humid. We just went for lunch at the garden centre and sat outside. I could feel some drizzle on my arms just when we were leaving, but it has stopped.
I was pleased when I checked the rain barrels yesterday and they were full. I have just checked and we only have a small chance of rain this afternoon, then nothing more until Sunday

She just messaged to say, shes bringing home fish suppers :-D :-D :-D thats one thing i dont mind her bringing home...cant wait yummy :-D

Oh and yay my compost arrived today so when the weather improves, we shall also be busy. Sounds like you are always busy Joan but far better than being stuck indoors.

I really like The Bell plant, very pretty.

Well today has been a very strange one really. I didn't sleep for the last 3 nights and also had an upset stomach with terrible gripes. I actually feel like it was food poisoning but cannot think of anything I ate except some orange juice in the fridge.

it had been there about a week and tasted ok but maybe wasn't so fresh.

I did enjoy the fish supper last night until later on when the gripes came back and kept me awake most of the night. So eventually nodded off around 6am and slept until woke at 10.00!!! Since then been chasing me tail as they say. i managed a shower and hair wash to refresh me but still feel tired.

The internet has been irritatingly slow today. When I was on earlier, took ages to get on any site. The weather is wild here and blowing a hooley, so probably that although just now it seems back to normal :-S

Was going to thin my carrots but too windy today so may have to bring the container indoors tomorrow and thin them out.

It would have been mum's 86th birthday today bless her <3 Family went up to the graveside and left flowers and sent me a picture. But the grave still doesnt have a covering of grass, just soil so looks like a fresh grave still?

Hope casualty is on later as that's my fav programme of the week,

Hope everyone else having a good day

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Good morning all already 19 degrees here so looks like being another hot one.

Florence sorry you have had tummy gripes. Orange juice can give you food if left too long. Some years ago friends on holiday in USA in hot weather left orange juice in the car and then drank it and were very poorly with food poisoning. Since then we were very wary of it. Hope you are feeling better now.

I hope that you had a better nights sleep Florence.
It is already 21 degrees here and really humid. I woke up early because it was so hot despite having the windows open. We are supposed to have thunderstorms this afternoon, but the timing keeps going back, so now it is nearer teatime and only a fifty percent chance of one. I hope we do get some rain for the garden

Morning all.
Slept until 4am and then until 9 so a bit better. Gripes were less last night so hoping its passed through now. Blood poisoning AnnG? oh my didnt know that! I shall be more mindful in the future when I open a carton.

Well its gale force winds here and....neighbours inflatable hot tub is.....strewn around the garden and my fence at the bottom. Its ripped to shreds. She left it at her washing line and I did say, a gale will ruin that but obviously paid no heed. And now its ruined. It cost about £300!!!

So its a horrid day and I'm certainly not venturing outside before the wind would knock me over. there was some thunder and lightening out to see but didn't reach us thank goodness.

Was going to thin the carrots but def a no no until the gale subsides.

Making a Chinese chicken stir fry with noodles today, one of my inventions :-D

Well better make some toast and then get washed and dressed.

Hope everyone else having a good day and no storms

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Sorry Florence no food poisoning. Senior moiment there will correct it.

Phew it is so hot (26] and humid. I have been looking at the radar and the rain seems to be missing us :-(
The girls have gone to a “This is me” festival. I went last year and it was very good, lots of stalls, dancing and activities for the disabled children. Thankfully daddy is her this year, so we could stay at home Esme FaceTimed and she looked to be so hot, but some if the children from her class were there, so she was having a good time

Oh Linda, what a lovely day out for the girls. So nice when there is a festival etc for disabled children, so great to be included and must do wonders for their mental health too.

Well the rain has gone away and the wind abated a lot, so much so, daughter has out out the washing.....have to check after this to make sure its still there as it is still breezy, just not gale force.

Prepped the Chinese chicken stir fry so all ready to cook and having microwave bastmati rice as 1 packet between us will suffice and no waste! I'm terrible for cooking too much loose rice in a saucepan so this way there is no waste.

I have counted over 20 potential tomatoes on me huge plant lol. i nipped out thee side shoots to prevent any more and nipped the top and some dead leaves at the bottom which should help it grow better.

Its only about 14 degrees here so more pleasant than 26! Thats far too hot for me Linda.

Right better check the washing is still on the line. Shall pop back later on.

It is too hot for me as well Florence. It is cloudy with a bit of a breeze, but still incredibly hot and humid. According to the radar map, there is heavy rain to each side of us, but it is going to miss us, so I will have to water some small plants I put in the garden as well as the pots.
My daughter bought a chicken yesterday which I have just put in the oven but it is too hot for a traditional dinner. I will think of something to do with it

It went up 29 degrees here but has dropped to 26 we also have a really strong wind. So strong I have had to take my basket tumbler tomato into the greenhouse.

It was really odd this morning, I had gone to my slimming class and it suddenly got so dark that we had to put the lights on, then there was a torrential downpour. When I cam out the car and ground were very wet, but I had only driven a hundred yards and the ground was bone dry. There hadn’t been any rain in my garden either which was annoying

Linda, that is so annoying your plants didn't get free rain!

Well my grasscutters came and the lawn looks much better now after no cut for a month and the bit of rain we had.

I am sitting after getting hot & bothered thinning out my carrots on the kitchen table. Daughter not back til later so I couldn't wait that long. I managed to drag the 2 rectangular boxes to the front door and then put an old blanket underneath and dragged them 1 at a time through the hall to the kitchen.

Took a deep breath and lifted them up onto the kitchen table. Not sure where I got the strength as they were mighty heavy but I did it with a few huffs & puffs.

So I filled another box and now have 3 with 15 plants in each box. I forked out the strongest plants and threw the rest as some were very tiny anyway. A few are already decent and a little orange carrot has formed.

So cleared up but daughter will have to put them back outside for me as I did nearly fall getting them in but shan't tell her that!. I am very independent and its only when I really cant manage, I ask for help.

After a showery start, its now bright, sunny but breezy and quite warm at 19 degrees.

Hope everyone looking in is well and ok

Stomach is just about ok today and the culprit was def the orange juice!

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Well the heavens have opened and the torrential rain hasn't stopped all day! The garden will def get a good soaking and the newly cut grass will get a well needed water too.

Just been tidying up and gathering all the candles and photographs and put into a box ready for next Monday when next carpet is being laid in the lounge. Beneath the tv unit are all the photo albums which are very heavy so they need to be lifted one at a time and boxed.

Not sure about food tonight as not feeling too hungry however some comfort food is calling so maybe a pasta dish?

Hope everyone having a good day

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It has been raining all day here as wellFlorence. Not torrential, just a steady drizzle, but the soil is getting damp.
It is certainly a lot cooler, only nineteen degrees, it was certainly much better for sleeping last night

Joan, when my brother came to visit in April, he brought all my mother's photos, many many boxes! But I went through them all and made 3 piles and brother took 2 home and gave 1 to my middle brother.

It was lovely seeing us as kids on family holidays etc. I just wish that my mum , bless her had written some names of the cousins on the back!! Writing this" doesn't mums cousin look like her."???? Nanna had loads of cousins on both sides and I have no idea now who it is and no one to ask which is a bit sad.

Its still raining hard here but well needed as the loch's water level is low now and we have been put on the 2nd highest alert for water scarcity! Not sure in view of that why hosepipes haven't been banned to conserve water yet. We just use a small jug so none goes to waste.

Decided on a cauliflower cheese grill, small roast potatoes and peas. The little pots have been on the bottom of the freezer, so need to use up and make space. The grills are very tasty and only recently found them again.

I've also been trying to trace some DNA matches on my family tree but its proving a long task!

Right better check the oven now or it will be burnt offerings and we cant have that lol

Yes Linda, def better for sleeping being cooler, very much so.

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Afternoon chit chatters.

Well we needed rain and we def have had lots of it and already had another downpour today. Sadly daughter was waiting for the bus outside and then the heavens opened so she was soaked bless her.

For now its stopped and a little sun poking through but the sky is very cloudy and heavy looking.

Joan, if you have had heavy rain, hope it will fill your water butts for you.

Well today I noticed 3 tomatoes on my plant in the lounge window...Yay :-D :-D

Dead chuffed and several more just appearing.

My lounge is looking bare as now no bits around just the furniture but actually looks so neat & tidy, minimalistic you could say but I prefer a more homely look. Bare looks so clinical!

I have dusted and polished today so everything all shiny and gleaming.

Hope everyone looking in today is well and ok

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Today my oldest granddaughter became a teenager. She has already finished school for the summer, so her mum took her with three of her friends to York where they did an escape room experience. They seemed to enjoy it, then they went for lunch.
Esme was at school, she doesn’t finish for a couple of weeks yet.
We went out for dinner as well, then had birthday cake, so I have had far too much to eat

Ah what a lovely day for you all. A teenager, wow where do the years go to.

Diet starts tomorrow then Linda ;-)