I can't stand Hun either, sometimes the old man and I call each other dear. Had lunch on Wednesday at the Riverside in Lewes. Young chap when we paid,"have a good day guys" I don't have any problem with that whatsoever. When my youngest daughter is annoyed with me she calls me "mother", ,(when my late Mum said your Father, I knew I was in trouble,)
I have an English friend who has lived in France since she was 21 who calls her friends "dear". It sounds very dated. I wonder if I say dated things now since I've lived in France for so long.
I've been to the market and the SM this morning. Son 1 and family are coming to lunch on Sunday. His lovely French wife would like English sausages, I get them in the market. By the time I'd bought 2 melons, a kilo of sausages, a large pot of Bovril (for Son, Brexit has stopped me from bringing it over) and a large head of broccoli, my bag was really heavy. Then I saw a stall selling bags and he had shopping trolleys with 3 wheels on each side for going up steps, so I bought one, what a relief! I was able to continue looking round in comfort. It was easier unloading the car too.
I hope Emma does really well. I saw an interview with her on TV during the Olympics. She was lovely.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Possum has one of those @Busy-Lizzie so she could do her weekly shop on foot in Namur and get it up the stairs. I had one of the old-fashioned simple wheeled kind for my market shopping in Belgium and it was a boon when I did a raid on Maastricht's fabric market a couple of times a year. It got mangled in a bus door tho when her flatmate git caught between bus doors in Namur.
OH and I are going to a vide-grenier/flea market on Monday in Bourgenay so we'll get lunch out and a stroll on a beach too. Set to be 28C on Sunday pm, hotter on Monday and then wet from Tuesday evening but given the inaccuracy of recent forecasts I'm not believing that till it happens.
I have lots of nicknames for OH depending on the circumstances.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Afternoon all, Just got back from my hospital appt. There was a bit of a mix up as when they rearranged they told me that it would be at a different hospital. When I arrived for my appointment I was told that I was at the wrong hospital and I should be at the original one. I explained what had happened and they said that I should go across and that they would phone and explain what had happened. When I arrived they got me to fill in new paper work and I saw the doctor. He has put me on the list and said it will be done within three months at the private hospital. They must be doing ops to bring the NHS lists down. If it does happen it will be 4 months from first going to the doctors to getting the op. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Afternoon all. A fairly pleasant visit this morning. Some of the poor souls in there ! but at least Hubby is pretty settled. A friend came round to cut my hair and was rewarded with cake and tea.
Good news @Hostafan1 🤗 I expect it’ll be pretty up and down from time to time, but at least you know that there can be some relatively ok times for him there. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
What a handy bag @Busy-Lizzie - I don't think I've seen one here. Glad you have got a date for your op. @Ystevie - my OH had a hernia op. at a private hospital. It developed after his aneurysm op and he didn't get an appointment for months and months so it just got worse. This was way before covid - there have been long waiting lists for years.
I've been shopping! After drooling over everyone's dahlias in the dahlias thread I thought - I've got to get me a Waltzing Mathilda. That led to me completely rethinking the bed I've got my new roses in (which, to be honest, were a little disappointing this year - not as floriferous as I would have liked and one has black spot, but it is only their first year after planting as bare roots). There are tulips there - which were amazing - but once they died back it was all looking a bit bare and I kept popping in things I had grown from seed but mostly being perennials they haven't really done much this year. Sooooo have ordered oriental poppies to take over from the tulips and dahlias to take over from the poppies. All in dusky pinks, corals, mango and cafe au lait colours. WM will go in a pot.
Not done much today, a bit tired after a late night and too many showers which we managed to dodge during our usual walk this morning. Booked another hotel for an overnight trip in October to Surrey, inspected the box hedging - definitely box moth caterpillar, I actually saw two of them for the first time, bigger than I thought. Thousands of green eggs though. Cleaned the kitchen floor, did yet more washing and spent far too much time browsing on the laptop.
Good news about your op @Yviestevie, OH has his telephone appointment with a Physio next week so hopefully we might know a bit more. He's dragging his feet on going private but it's up to him really. Wasn't BL's OH going in for his hip op this month?
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Damp here, and cooler but not too bad. Might get some gardening done at the weekend, with any luck
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I have an English friend who has lived in France since she was 21 who calls her friends "dear". It sounds very dated. I wonder if I say dated things now since I've lived in France for so long.
I've been to the market and the SM this morning. Son 1 and family are coming to lunch on Sunday. His lovely French wife would like English sausages, I get them in the market. By the time I'd bought 2 melons, a kilo of sausages, a large pot of Bovril (for Son, Brexit has stopped me from bringing it over) and a large head of broccoli, my bag was really heavy. Then I saw a stall selling bags and he had shopping trolleys with 3 wheels on each side for going up steps, so I bought one, what a relief! I was able to continue looking round in comfort. It was easier unloading the car too.
I hope Emma does really well. I saw an interview with her on TV during the Olympics. She was lovely.
OH and I are going to a vide-grenier/flea market on Monday in Bourgenay so we'll get lunch out and a stroll on a beach too. Set to be 28C on Sunday pm, hotter on Monday and then wet from Tuesday evening but given the inaccuracy of recent forecasts I'm not believing that till it happens.
I have lots of nicknames for OH depending on the circumstances.
A fairly pleasant visit this morning. Some of the poor souls in there ! but at least Hubby is pretty settled.
A friend came round to cut my hair and was rewarded with cake and tea.
Good news @Hostafan1 🤗 I expect it’ll be pretty up and down from time to time, but at least you know that there can be some relatively ok times for him there. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've been shopping! After drooling over everyone's dahlias in the dahlias thread I thought - I've got to get me a Waltzing Mathilda. That led to me completely rethinking the bed I've got my new roses in (which, to be honest, were a little disappointing this year - not as floriferous as I would have liked and one has black spot, but it is only their first year after planting as bare roots). There are tulips there - which were amazing - but once they died back it was all looking a bit bare and I kept popping in things I had grown from seed but mostly being perennials they haven't really done much this year. Sooooo have ordered oriental poppies to take over from the tulips and dahlias to take over from the poppies. All in dusky pinks, corals, mango and cafe au lait colours. WM will go in a pot.
Not done much today, a bit tired after a late night and too many showers which we managed to dodge during our usual walk this morning. Booked another hotel for an overnight trip in October to Surrey, inspected the box hedging - definitely box moth caterpillar, I actually saw two of them for the first time, bigger than I thought. Thousands of green eggs though.
Cleaned the kitchen floor, did yet more washing and spent far too much time browsing on the laptop.
Good news about your op @Yviestevie, OH has his telephone appointment with a Physio next week so hopefully we might know a bit more. He's dragging his feet on going private but it's up to him really. Wasn't BL's OH going in for his hip op this month?