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  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    morning all
    Christine you did have a good day..its lovely to see the sun and have the warmth with it :D it must have been satisfying getting all the jobs done.. :D I hope today is a good one OH is off work so we could carry on gardening..hope you have an easy day at work..
    Anyone seen bubbles around I was wounder how her mum is doing
    Today we are getting rid of a mound of soil at the top of the garden..next door is helping because they want the soil.. :D and I will be supplying tea and cake...and giving instructions... :lol:
    We are both still coughing..suppose it will go in its own time...will see you later.... :D xxxxxx
    Love
    Barbara
  • mig
    mig Member Posts: 7,154
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    morning all,Just waiting for my shopping to be delivered,daughter seems to have eaten us out of house and home,also waiting for humira delivery.
    forgot to say to get on the internet on the ship cost £35 per 100 mins,just wasn't willing to spend that amount,its a fair few gin and tonics. :o Mig
  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,312
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hello Kathleen Mig Barbara Christine and anyone else i missed.
    Kathleen i hope you have a good day.
    Mig i'm pleased you enjoyed your holiday
    Barbara how is the gardening going you rest after all that hard work.
    Christine you are doing well
    take care all
    joan xx
    take care
    joan xx
  • applerose
    applerose Member Posts: 3,621
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Yes, it does feel good getting jobs done Barbara. Did you get any gardening done today? Or just the soil moved? That'd be enough for one day I should think. Coughs do seem to hang around, don't they? Hope you don't feel ill with it.

    Mig, hope your deliveries arrived ok. That was very expensive for the internet. Not surprised you didn't want to pay that.

    Hello Joan. Hope you are ok.

    Another lovely day here today. Sat out in the garden at work for lunch again. It's raining now though. Was going to do an online shop but it's bedtime now so I'll have to do it later.
    Christine
  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,312
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hello Christine and anyone else who's in
    i have never done on-line shopping we have shops 5 mins away.
    i hope you are having a good day.
    joan xx
    take care
    joan xx
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Afternoon all
    Late today ...not a clue why unless its the pregabalin instead of gabapentin...not at all with it.. :?
    The sun is shinning and have been for lunch at a nearby pub..just a sandwich but good to get out :D oh and cheesy chips but oh had most of them...my middle GD got us on these.. :D
    Joan we have no shops nearby well not what we can get to on foot..hope you are having a good day
    Christine glad you got to sit out for you lunch I remember this when I used to work making wiring for cars, we had a little garden and was so lovely to get out, yes we got some gardening done and got rid of the soil so much tidier..but think we got rid of too much soil... :roll: :lol:
    Mig that is awful ..bet not many use the internet I remember emailing a friend and she answered and said we are just on the ship so cant stay on long..its to expensive..hope your delivery comes I do love having everything brought to the house
    Anyone seen Toady around or bubbles..hope things are okish
    Will make a cuppa and look for cuddles... :D not seen her for a while...xxxx
    Love
    Barbara
  • applerose
    applerose Member Posts: 3,621
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Joan, you are lucky having nearby shops. We have a tiny corner shop which doesn't have much and is expensive. Our High Street has a tiny S**nsb*rys which doesn't have much and is a little expensive. Hope you are well.

    Barbara, I've never tried cheesy chips but they do sound tasty. You'll have to ask for some soil back again. :lol:

    Got the bus to visit a friend and called in to T*sc* while I was there to get bread. Started filling my trolley and had to put it all back when I remembered I'm supposed to be ordering online. :lol: I'll get myself a cuppa then go and do it now before I forget. :lol:
    Christine
  • Kitty
    Kitty Member Posts: 3,583
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hello applerose, mig, barbara, joan, and everyone, hope all are feeling reasonably well.

    Mig your cruise sounds wonderful. How poignant to visit those WW1 sites. And I love Alfie Boe, you wouldn't believe that he used to live on the streets before he made his name.

    Barbara, I hope your son's scan results come back soon.

    Our next door neighbour has been promising to clear his gutters out for 2 years. It's very annoying as when it rains all the water runs down to our bit and drips everywhere. He finally got round to doing it today. :shock: and said that if it still leaks, to get some silicon sealant and he will fix it for us. I thought yeah, but what year would that be in then?? OH can't climb ladders or he would do it himself. As well as arthritis, three discs in his lower spine are crumbling so he is banned from doing that type of job.

    Oh well, the rain is supposed to be back tomorrow, so we will soon find out if the gutters need more treatment. :roll:
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  • tkachev
    tkachev Member Posts: 8,332
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Kath my OH cleaned out a neighbours gutters and brought all the rubbish home. I was not amused. He did dump it (the local dump not just any place) on my insistance.

    Barbara I have to think the delay for your Son is a good sign as they are not picking up anything that needs immediate treatment.

    Bubbles hasn't been on for a while now Barbara. I also hope her Mum is recovering.

    I've had a good few days and hoping it continues. Tired but getting sleep in the day.

    E xx
    Never be bullied into silence.
    Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
    Accept no ones definition of your life

    Define yourself........

    Harvey Fierstein
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Evening all
    Christine we do the same go to the shop I start getting all we need and then realize they are bringing it all tomorrow..still not got used to it :lol:
    Kath thankyou he got one appointment last week only to get it canceled the scan is for his pancreas this was pick up when they did a body scan
    Its really annoying when the neighbours dont clean the gutters we had this last year and got quite a bit of damp..but we do get on with them and they did it..hope its sorted for you..
    Elizabeth..thankyou I agree they are not in a hurry but wouldn't you think they would put his mind at rest..apparently the consultant is on his hols..suppose they need them...hope that cough is clearing up for you..me and OH are still coughing..not had one like this fora while
    My youngest son has just gone home with the baby and her sister he is giving his partner a rest... :)
    Will see you all tomorrow...hope that bubbles and her mum are ok..xxxxxx
    Love
    Barbara
  • toady
    toady Member Posts: 2,702
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hello :) just putting my head round the door to say I am around but constantly running behind the last few days for no good reason :? & that I will find time tomorrow to read back & have a proper sit down & pot of tea. Going to cook a late tea/supper out of something or other. :lol: Love to all xx
  • mig
    mig Member Posts: 7,154
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Cooking day today,Made cottage pie with cheesey mash for tea and one for the freezer kept some back which will turn into spaghetti Bol tomorrow,we will have yorkie puds and cauliflower with the pie tonite.Had a packet cake mix in so made Victoria sponge ,I use packet mix it's easier on the hands than doing them from scratch.
    It's been pouring down here since early morning.
    I always get the window cleaner to do the gutters he only charges a £1.Mig
  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,312
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hello Christine Kathleen Elizabeth Barbara Toady Mig
    Christine i hope you are having a good day.
    we have the doctors and dentist and chemist 5 mins away as well i use dial ride to go to town.
    Kathleen i hope you are having a good day.
    Elizabeth i hope everything is going well for you.
    Barbara how is your garden getting on.
    Toady take care dont rush too much.
    Mig have you tried cheese potato and onion mixed together.
    take care
    joan xx
    take care
    joan xx
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Afternoon all
    I'm late today ended up at the docs with this cough..he has given me an inhaler never had one in my life, and had to get a chest xray so that took all day waiting... :roll:
    Toady don't you worry about posting has long as we know you are okish :D and never mind reading back sometimes there is to much
    Joan I am going to look in to our ring and ride...and yes my garden looks a lot better thankyou :D
    Mig that sounds so good..I love cottage pie...this is my prob I never make enough to freeze some..I did freeze some soup once but that was it :roll: we have had the rain its miserable ..are you planning your next trip.. :D
    Will make a cuppa and put my feet up and practice with this inhaler.. :roll: see you all later xxxxxx
    Love
    Barbara
  • mig
    mig Member Posts: 7,154
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    It's already booked Barbara,we are going down to Kent in sept,it's a coach tour that we found that visits Canterbury Cathedral which neither of us has been to and Dover Castle and the dockyards at Chatham.Would love to do another cruise but that will take a while to save for.
    Hope your cough clears up soon,how's your son ?
    Just as it looked like it was brightening up the heavens opened again.Mig
  • tkachev
    tkachev Member Posts: 8,332
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Respite day. Managed a small sleep this morning but then had to get up and go for one of my rare shopping trips to W**tr*s* which I love because I can buy all the things I like, plus treats for the children and even flowers (peonies today)and birthday cake,for my Son this time. He will be 16 on Friday. I bought Mario Kart 8 this week for them all to share but they ave already opened it.

    Had shrimps on toast when I got home.

    Mig we are intending to go to Leeds castle,Hever castle and Bodium castle all round Kent area. Inland Kent is very beautiful too.

    Barbara It would be nice if they could put his mind at rest poor chap.

    Well I'm going to have a quick tidy up before Son gets home,
    E xxxx
    Never be bullied into silence.
    Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
    Accept no ones definition of your life

    Define yourself........

    Harvey Fierstein
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Morning all
    Mig..how lovely to be going to Chatham..I did my SILs ancestry for her and found out her Grandads name is on the memorial...and I found the name of the ship he went down with..it was so sad..Dover and Canterbury its something for you to look forward to
    Elizabeth..glad you got some rest but even better retail therapy.. :D hope your son has a lovely Birthday on Friday..sweet 16 they used to say... :D my son has rang them again and they are looking into it..like you say hopefully it means good news for his pancreas..and they are keeping an eye on the lump.. :roll: just w3ish it was all over with..
    I tried the inhaler last night there is certainly a nack... :o but getting the hang of it...OH is poorly with it but he wont go to the docs... :roll:
    Will see you later and leave the kettle on for anyone that comes in... :D
    Love
    Barbara
  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,312
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hello Barbara Elizabeth Mig
    Barbara good luck with the inhaler i've never had one. i hope your son
    finds out soon you must all be so worried.
    Elizabeth and Mig i hope you have both had a good day.
    take care
    joan xx
    take care
    joan xx
  • toady
    toady Member Posts: 2,702
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hello, finally.. wrote half a post last night on the laptop and the power adaptor, which is playing up (having been replaced not long ago) :roll: decided to cut out dead on me so that was that.

    Nice to get in for a sit down. Bit of an annoying day, only trivia, late buses etc. Have skimmed back over & I know no-one minds if you get out of the flow of the thread but I've picked up the gist.

    Barbara hope the inhaler does the trick to the horrid cough & sorry your OH won't go to the docs, (not that I can blame him mind you but still), & that your son's docs are humming & hawing, hope they get back to him now he's chased them up.

    Got some of my painting done, so it's coming on.. & looks cleaner.. you reminded me of the Norman Wisdom & Bruce Forsyth wallpapering sketch too barbara, saw it first on tv a long while back & I expect it's on the net.. dear old Norman :) he was brilliant. I won't be tackling the hall etc anytime soon, it's just at the thinking stage, so I won't be hanging off any rickety ladders myself, thanks Toni. :)

    Rained torrents yesterday and was as 'black as your hat' as my mother would say, so I was lucky it let up today for me to go for bloods. Better not comment on gutters mine need doing so in this instance I am one of those bad neighbours you've got. :oops:

    Glad you got some shopping done TK, I used to love W**t**e too but don't have one now.. used to like a good browse round their stuff. Glad you got all the things you wanted - ooh lovely peonies :D - and a cake - a very big Happy Birthday to your son for tomorrow. :)

    Picked up a few nice things in town anyway, fruit seemed to be reasonable today so got some cherries, blueberries & apricots, and some nice bread & cheese, and biscuits for the tin. :wink: Unlike mig I don't cook much (as I expect I've said) so you won't be surprised I don't make nice things to freeze either, not even frozen soup. Maybe when I get a new cooker I will become inspired to do more. Hope you got all the online shopping you wanted applerose even if you did do half a shop in person. :lol: The checkout girl today started to put the next person's shopping through after mine, it was only when I noticed a 2nd pack of tomatoes coming along that I noticed. We had to stop & sort it out.

    Joan thanks for your good wishes I will make a point of slowing down over the weekend now as I don't have anything vital to do. :) Wish we had some handy shops here like yours or at least a Post Office, I'm still so cross they took ours away. :cry:

    Oh the funny thing is the mousetrap finally turned up in the post just as I was about to let them know I hadn't had it. No mouse now & the neighbours have 'belled' the cat so with a bit of luck the trap won't get used. :lol:

    Best to everybody & hope marrianne & bubbles are ok, xx
  • applerose
    applerose Member Posts: 3,621
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Kath, hope the gutters are coping with the rain now.

    Elizabeth, hope you are still feeling better and getting your sleep.

    Toady, I find the same. If I do something extra, everything runs well behind. Seems to take days to catch up.

    Mig, I love cheesy mash. Mmmm and cottage pie and spagbol.

    Joan, cheese patato with onion? Sounds yummy. Will have to try it.

    Barbara, hope the inhaler is helping with your cough. If you are having problems, there is a tube-type thing, called a spacer, you can get from your GP which fits on to the inhaler. You then squirt the inhaler in to it and you can just breathe normally from the tube. How long will it take to get your x-ray results back?

    Elizabeth, glad you enjoyed your shopping trip. Sounds as if you bought lots of nice things. Happy birthday to your son for tomorrow.

    Didn't get in here last night. In the middle of the afternoon, I was feeling a bit peckish so I got up to go and get a snack. Decided to go to the toilet first. While I was upstairs, I decided to move the chest of drawers and tv unit in the bedroom so I could start painting the walls. Then decided, as I was there, I might as well do a little bit of painting. Before I knew it, it was nearly 8pm and I hadn't had my dinner. After dinner, I had to clear everything I'd emptied out of the drawers on to the bed so ended up going straight to bed. Bedroom's a mess but at least, I got the first coat on 2 walls. Been in a lot of pain today but things need to get done, don't they?

    Watching Channel 4's Comedy Gala. It's quite good and Alan Carr is popping up in a lot of the adverts. :lol:
    Christine
  • applerose
    applerose Member Posts: 3,621
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Just spotted you there Toady. There must have been a lot of rain here too last night. There were rivers running down both sides of the road. i was rather worried walking to work in case a car drove through and I got half drowned. I always put up one of the 'next' signs at the end of my shopping so the next person knows that's the end of my shopping. Some people think the person behind should do it but I think they don't always know you've finished putting things on the conveyor belt. Good to hear you are now mouseless.
    Christine
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Morning all..the sun is shinning.. :D
    Good news my sons op is on for next Tuesday the surgeon is back from his hols...scared but glad it is going ahead... :shock: he is so laid back you would think he was having a tooth out..not the typical man..
    Toady I have only froze food once I sought of got into the mode...like you do and then it wore off :lol: I bought freezer container and all sorts..
    I remember Norman and Bruce well..Norman wisdom made humour look so easy.. :lol: we did a lot of fruit shopping yesterday we have a little shop opened in town...most of them have closed :roll: but this is a farm shop and have lovely fruit and veg and lots of other stuff..no don't you go climbing ladders I have the ones with handles at the side and I nearly feel of them.. :o
    Christine I will have a look foir the gadget you mention I cant remember ever having a bad cough like this..but suppose it can come with age :o ..blimey you have been busy..bet you feel quite pleased with yourself..but shattered...pity you don't have a day off today...
    I am watching D-Day on the TV my late dad went over in the tank regiment later on ...they lost two of there tanks in France and his was blown up but most of them survived just one killed and he lost his papers in the fire and it says on the little book duplicated because lost in fire..
    Sorry a bit maudlin...today OH is working so I will potter and maybe get something done...see you all later hope you have a goodish day...xxxxxxx
    Love
    Barbara
  • tkachev
    tkachev Member Posts: 8,332
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Good to hear he has finally got a date for his op Barbara.

    Your poor Dad being blown up in a tank and by the sounds of things very lucky to survive. My Dad was in the RAF as an air gunner but you know I hardly ever spoke to him about it, something I really regret.

    Son is 16 today and had his exam this morning. I'm waiting for the relatives to visit and hopefully Charlie as she said she'd come for the weekend for his birthday but not sure if that meant Friday or Saturday.

    Take care all. I've been sitting in the sun while I can but I don't think it will help with the itching.

    Elizabeth xxxxx
    Never be bullied into silence.
    Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
    Accept no ones definition of your life

    Define yourself........

    Harvey Fierstein
  • toady
    toady Member Posts: 2,702
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi all :) quieter day today & it feel like Saturday so with a bit of luck that means I'll feel I've got an extra day tomorrow.

    Barbara that is good but scary news for your son, even if he is taking it in his stride. I have everything crossed for you both. I hope your cough is improving even if it's a little, will be good if the inhaler can at least start poking it in the right direction. That's a lovely shop you have by the sound of it. :) There will be a lot of memories coming to the surface with the current events to mark the 70 years.. Always emotional especially to see and hear the veterans being interviewed and their recollections. People have such a lot to be grateful for but very sadly they are not for the most part, such a short time after in real terms, but there will be less & less thought given to what was done. In addition, war is so difficult to hold a simple viewpoint on, so many elements & arguments for/against.

    Happy Birthday again to your son TK & hope all's going well, & that various family visits work out & aren't too tiring.

    Applerose you seem to be living my life :shock: as you described your going off track & getting late with meals etc is exactly how I go on here. Meals & eating sensibly should be a priority but I begrudge the time which is really bad, it comes of being permanently behind & giving in to the instinct to 'just get on' & catch up. Still you got some painting done :) & hopefully not paying too much today. I think the conveyor belt divider thing was there alright at one point so either the lady behind removed it too soon or some things crept round the side.

    Hello joan & anyone reading :)
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Evening all
    Elizabeth hope your daughter gets there and your son has a lovely 16th..my dad only spoke about certain things and it was when he was quite poorly..and he would talk and tell us little bits..like you say wouldn't it have been good if we could have documented it..yes next Tuesday...like I say its me doing all the worrying
    Toady you are so right when it comes to war nothing seems to be gained and still young people are dying,..today I have been thinking of the poor people on the German side that lost there life's...like our solders they were just taking orders :cry: maudlin again I am...My cough is getting there thankyou...and like I say about my son its me worrying..hope you have been in your garden it has been a lovely day :D
    Be aware I have just bought some sunglasses..so don't expect sun tomorrow..might be wrong though..no Joan today...and missing Marianne and bubbles..will put the kettle on..anything sweet in the tin :?: xxxx
    Love
    Barbara

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