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Yikes Ann.I hope it isn't too painful a visit tomorrow.I think we all hate going to the Dentist.In fact I don't know anyone who enjoys it lol.Lets face it who would .

We had a really nice day out at Art in Action today.It is quite a long drive ,and like last year the Marquees were sweltering .There are some amazing things to see there but so expensive to buy.Some things a couple of thousand pounds plus :-S
I don't think we will go next year .It was interesting to see some of the exhibitors demonstrating how their work is done.
My daughter bought me one of those Intricate colouring books for my birthday so I bought some new colouring pencils,and a roll to keep them in .The man who was helping me with the pencils said I could hang the roll on my EASEL !!!!!!.Well I nearly creased up.....I said I am not an artist ,I just do colouring in LOL.But he knew exactly what colouring book I have ,so I didn't feel quite so stupid after all :-D

I Need some more pencils, Which ones did you get? I have a couple of those colouring books. I really want one with scenes though all these complicated designs don't do much for me. I am pleased you had a good day out. Maybe return when you win the lottery :-D

Ouch Ann, they always have to get that bit extra, don't they ? They never seem to be happy unless you go out with blood dribbling down your chin !!

The last four times Himself has been, she always has a good poke about and every time he has lost a filling within a couple of weeks. Not too hard as every tooth he has is filled.

My halo is shining here, I only have three fillings. Luckily the kids have taken after me and not one of them has ever had a filling or extraction, apart from eldest son who had his Wisdom teeth out.

kandj, i retired today and then celebrated by going with my daughter for an anti natal appointment and heard my grandson's heartbeat.

Everyone has gone back to their various homes. We will see a lot of eldest son and his wife for the next few weeks as we will spend most of the Summer in Somerset. Apart from when we are in Italy.

Youngest son went on a school trip to Iceland, he loved it.

Sounds like you had a fun day Jane, I have wondered about those colouring books, I can see someone small getting their hands on it though. She loves getting in my make up bag and comes down with about six different shades of lipstick round her face. Nothing else just the lipsticks, finished off with a dash of lip gloss.

Thunder and lightning here at the moment.


M. :-0

My teeth problems are part genes, my Dad had awful teeth, and part the result of being a war baby, diet not so good for teeth followed by bad school dental care.

We had an almighty thunder storm last night, lasted a couple of hours or more, torrential rain too.

My grass really needed it.

Sunny today, haven't seen much sunshine for the last few days.

Some men turned up this morning, at 7.30, with pneumatic drills and a digger to take up next doors patio, she is having a small extension built.

Why did they have to start today ???? I was looking forward to a lie in too.

M.

Well that is a bit thoughtless. If I was having it done I would have shown a bit more consideration for the neighbours and not had them start at that time.

I thought that work like that was supposed to start at 8am., maybe I am wrong. We never let anyone doing noisy work that could be heard by the neighbours start before 8am or even 8.30. It is right by our bedroom window.

I suppose they wanted to get started whilst the weather is reasonable..Big lorries have been delivering bricks and taking away what they have dug up already, there is no room for a skip.

With any luck by the time we get back from Somerset they will be well into the building and the noisy stuff will have stopped.

M.

Hello all

Ann, I also have receding gums. Dentist was quick to tell me it was because I was getting old.... hmm.... well, I can't argue with that Good job he is a lovely patient dentist or I would have told him off for being so rude ha ha.

Jane, my daughter bought me an adult colouring book at Christmas. I had never seen one before but she assured me that they are quite trendy?!! It is Enchanted Forest by Johanna Basford, and has good quality paper. I also had pretty postcards and notelets too. Colouring in is relaxing. I'm sure you will enjoy using the new pencils and produce beautiful pictures that will surprise your family.

Maryanna, what a shame you were disturbed so early this morning, no doubt you would be looking forward to having a sleep in on the first day of your retirement.
Finishing work and going with your daughter to see the baby scan was very special
With two pregnancies and a little granddaughter already, you are sure to be kept busy now you have finished work. Sounds like lots of fun times in the future for you.

7.30 making that racket is not on Maryanna :-S :-S :-S...I think 8 am is supposed to be the time when noise like that is allowed to begin.You deserve a bit of a lie in now without that disruption that early in the morning.

Kandj the colouring book I have is also by Johanna Basford.Mine is called the Secret Garden.It is definitely the 'in thing' :-D :-D

Horrid to be woken so early but I think the prohibited times during the week are before 7am or after 8 pm. They are different at weekends.

We were woken one morning at 6.15 by a delivery of topsoil. We knew it was coming that day but hadn't expected it so early. I felt awful about it and I went round to the neighbours and apologised. One had already left for work and no-one else had heard it.

I've had a horrid day. Went by bus to a nearby town, traipsed around for four hours trying to find something to wear to a wedding, didn't get anything except a blister on the ball of my foot and then just missed a bus back so I had another hour to kill

:-(

One nice thing that happened while I was waiting for the bus was that a red admiral butterfly fluttered across and landed on my chest where it sat for quite a little while before flying off again. I'm not sure whether it liked my white shirt or the blue beads I was wearing but I felt very honoured :-D

Lovely to see one Vera they are apparently becoming a rare sight.

Sorry you had a wasted shopping trip. When is the wedding?

Vera i have given up going around shops to find something special to wear .We don't have any decent shops near us.I always go on line and find something with fingers crossed .It's just so easy if what you buy doesn't suit of fit to send back.
How lovely to have the Butterfly land on you.That was an honour :-D :-D

I often buy on line too but hadn't seen anything I really wanted so thought I'd hit the shops. Trouble is I really want a dress but my top half is a size smaller than the bottom half so if a dress fits one bit of me it doesn't fit the other bit. Also everything is either knee or floor length. Why is no-one making in between any more?

So it'll be skirt and jacket again. I've got a good black skirt and pale blue jacket that looks pretty good with a pale blue patterned top and matching scarf that I already have. Maybe I'll treat myself to a new bag.

Wedding is 5th September but I wanted to get sorted as we are pretty busy in August.

Perhaps he was suggesting you wear a butterfly brooch Vera !!

That first September weekend has turned out to be a busy one for us, we have an 80 th birthday party, a wedding and a housewarming to go to.

The last weekend in September is the same with another birthday, wedding and a Christening. Oh and maybe a baby if she arrives a few days early !!!!

Just off to a Garden Party Darlings, lots of Champagne to be drunk, apparently ..,,,,,,,, hic.

The builders were planning to start again at 7.30 this morning, I heard them all planning it before they left last night. " unfortunately " the man with the digger couldn't make it so they sat around shouting and drinking tea until 8am and then got on with making a start in the brickwork. All credit to them, the concrete came Thursday afternoon and today they have got two rows of breeze blocks down already.

M.

Maryanna ,you will be all partied out soon.You have had, and been to so many !!!!!!!
The last garden party I went to was for Victim Support and held at the Police Headquarters in Northampton.There was a raffle,and Prince William and Harry's uncle was there(Lady Di's brother).He had a winning ticket and won 3 pairs of ladies pants :-D :-D :-D.

Hello All

Quite a nice morning so far, although a few rain clouds hovering nearby. The gardens really do need a good soaking, but I'm not wishing for heavy rain as I have a line of bedding and towels out needing to be dried.

Nothing very new around here lately, I kept shooing a big fat pigeon off the top of the window feeder yesterday. He comes often now but rarely eats the food but has managed to dislodge a window sticker, so I must go and re-fix this before it crashes.

I hope everyone is well and will have an interesting day today.

Not a lot going on in our garden either at the moment ,except a visit from the Green Woodpecker.
I am still getting Goldfinch sitting and singing on the TV ariel.They just don't seem to come down into the garden except for a quick drink from the birdbath.

Talking of TVs .We need to unplug ours tonight including all the leads for Sky,Broadband etc as we are having a new one delivered tomorrow :-D.I think a big dust and hoover too :-S

Hello All

Woke early this morning and drew the curtain to see the back lawn with lots of hedge sparrows. A lovely surprise and a good start to the day. We have the occasional sparrow but I hadn't seen so many together for a very long time.

Bin emptying day today. I went to put the last bag in and had a nasty shock!
Maggots were inside the bin and the smell was just awful. I put on the gardening gloves and emptied the bin bags and hosed out the smelly bin with bleach. I put the few bags back in the clean dustbin after double bagging them and the bin men arrived soon after I had finished. Another hose inside and out of the bin and more bleach to make sure the horrible maggoty smell had gone .
We only have this bin emptied fortnightly and the hot weather doesn't help, but all is clean and fresh again. I will keep my eye on the inside of this bin in future.
What I thought was a good start for the day soon changed. Maggots make me feel itchy and dirty BUT I can cope with them so much better than MICE!!!

I hope everyone has had a less "eventful" day that I have today.

oooh Kandj ,Maggots !!...Now I cope much better with Mice lol.Maggots just give me the shivers.I suppose it just takes one or 2 Blow Flies to get in the bin and Boom....Maggots :-S :-S..Our bins are emptied fortnightly too.One week it is the recycling stuff ans the next the household rubbish.Some people have a small one for food waste I think .But we don't have one of those.3 wheelie bins.One Black,One Blue and one Grey .Then a red plastic box for Paper and a blue for glass,plastic etc.
Good job we have room for all of them !!!

Ugh, maggots. We have three wheely bins, brown for garden rubbish, green for non recyclable waste and blue for mixed recyclables which includes, paper, plastic and glass bottles etc, yoghurt cartons tetrapaks, meat and veg trays, foil, cardboard and card. We also have a weekly collection of food waste, the rest is collected fortnightly with brown and green together one week and blue the next. Had this for several years now and thankfully no maggots so far.