We went out the back for a look this afternoon. We badly need rain. Took a photo of some of the Eucalyptus trees before they peel their yellow bark off.
Good morning all 😊 ☕️ lovely pic @Pat E 😊 we thought of you the other day when driving back from the hospital … there was a marvellous cloud … it was a running dinosaur with its long neck and tail stretched out 🦕
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Our busy day went like a dream, thankfully, as busy as any day in August, and everyone very happy. The man with the 80th birthday party said it was the best birthday he'd ever had, mind due, the roast beef joint cost 130€, a fine fillet of beef! They all said it was delicious though. 😁
Hope your ndn is on the mend @Busy-Lizzie, I'm sure your kindness is preparing for her homecoming will be very welcome. 🙂
Good to hear you had a nice day with the family @Yviestevie, just what you all needed. 😘
Thanks for the supportive words regarding my mortgage meeting on Wednesday. If I believed it to be a final decision day I'd be happier, but each time they say it's nearly done, they then ask for further details or information, I'm trying not to build up too much hope, the rollercoaster of it all is very demoralising. And, so, so frustrating, when I can see how busy CdeG is, and has been consistently growing month on month for the last two years. The biggest hurdle for the bank is connecting CdeGs success with me taking a bigger salary, I'd have to pay high taxes, which I'm fine with of course, but CdeG has to also pay a higher tax on my behalf, as my employer, so that's where they say I'm putting CdeG at risk. My argument is that all the money I've spent over the last 3 years on growing the business, the terrace, the new kitchen, the new upstairs Tearoom and all the equipment and furniture is no longer needed, so all that money won't need to be spent again, and therefore, it can afford the pay rise and the tax burden, and of course that investment has meant the turnover of the business has more than doubled. All looks so obvious to me, the bank not so much. 😬
Anyway, we'll see. Sorry to bore you all with it, just so important for me to find a safe space to live, with some privacy away from all the customers and staff, and of course the ex partner, who is pushing me to stay with him rather than CdeG, because of course it's 'comfortable and nice' and I'm 'more than welcome '. Makes it all sound so easy.....
Good day to all, especially those with personal problems of your own, not easy negotiating our way through life is it! 🙄
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
Beautiful day today it seems. My Swiss Ball lesson this morning but back aching after a bit of a dig in the vegetable garden yesterday. Found lots of rocket plants and a couple of oak leaf lettuce plants - so they are weed free.
You're a good neighbour @Busy-Lizzie Nice for your NDN to come back to a clean bed and a tidy clean house. Makes convalescence even quicker!!
@Hostafan1 You're probably en route now, so enjoy your family time. Important!!
I'm not surprised your CdeG is thriving so well with the input you give. @D0rdogne_Damsel It's always tempting to take the easy way out, but later on as your stress increases at work, it's better to be stressed and independent and alone than have to worry about pressures in the domestic area.
Morning all. Wishing @Hostafan1 a safe journey and a wonderful few days with your gorgeous grandsons - dont forget the pictures. Oh and can you say Hi to Croydon for me, although I probably wouldn't recognise it now. My Croydon was from the mid 1940's to the late 1950's, weekly shopping with my Mum (by bus of course), my school days, my college days and my very first pony ride, I was hooked and that little creature has a lot to answer for, steering me on my future path. Wonderful memories!
Good morning everyone, grey and dull start here. We had an eventful evening. SIL ended up in hospital with his mother, as she had some kind of "turn" while at their house, we were on our our way to them for a mother's day meal. The hosp think it was a possible Arythmia, she was unresponsive for nearly 20 min, but then spontaneously came too, & had no idea what had happened. Anyway just to cause you more bother Dove &Wonky you'll have to "man" the barriers now as there are a couple of grockles heading your way to Snetchum tomorrow 😉 Happy Equinox 9.20 pm this evening, spring is officially on it's way.
@AnnaB That sounds very like my own experience of Croydon, AnnaB
Mum used to make a weekly trip to Surrey St market with her basket on wheels, though we went by train as we lived in Norwood. I went to school by train too, as I qualified for the High School when I passed my 11plus. My parents moved away when I was 13, but the local council at our new home said they couldn't match that kind of education and instead they paid my train fares until I left, so I was a schoolgirl commuter! The school moved too while I was there, out to Selsdon, and I actually had riding lesson as one of the options in 6th form, a gift to me after a childhood reading Pat Smythe!
Lucky neighbour @Busy-Lizzie! I hope she is soon home.
Sorry to hear abour SiL @Allotment Boy. I hope she too gets better very soon.
@D0rdogne_Damsel. Couldn't you try another bank if they still beat around the bush next wednesday? I remember when we arrived here one bank wanted quite a substantial amount to open a simple bank account. We just walked to another one and we are still with them after 30 years. Sometime it is down to the single individual ... who knows? Fingers crossed then for Wednesday. For the other business, well I don't know your circumstances but if you are not attracted by "comfortable and nice" and "you are always welcome" then DON'T. You know best.
Have a good day everyone.
PS I have seen the ORL this morning. I have to do a scintigraphy and they will call me for the appointment asap. I am not in any danger of dying soon apparently. It is more of a question of dying "with it" rather than "of it". Papillary Carcinoma of the thyroid that is is. Pheww now I said it. I hope you don't mind.
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lovely pic @Pat E 😊 we thought of you the other day when driving back from the hospital … there was a marvellous cloud … it was a running dinosaur with its long neck and tail stretched out 🦕
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Our busy day went like a dream, thankfully, as busy as any day in August, and everyone very happy. The man with the 80th birthday party said it was the best birthday he'd ever had, mind due, the roast beef joint cost 130€, a fine fillet of beef! They all said it was delicious though. 😁
Enjoy your grandkids hugs @Hostafan1. 😍
Hope your ndn is on the mend @Busy-Lizzie, I'm sure your kindness is preparing for her homecoming will be very welcome. 🙂
Good to hear you had a nice day with the family @Yviestevie, just what you all needed. 😘
Thanks for the supportive words regarding my mortgage meeting
on Wednesday. If I believed it to be a final decision day I'd be happier, but each time they say it's nearly done, they then ask for further details or information, I'm trying not to build up too much hope, the rollercoaster of it all is very demoralising. And, so, so frustrating, when I can see how busy CdeG is, and has been consistently growing month on month for the last two years. The biggest hurdle for the bank is connecting CdeGs success with me taking a bigger salary, I'd have to pay high taxes, which I'm fine with of course, but CdeG has to also pay a higher tax on my behalf, as my employer, so that's where they say I'm putting CdeG at risk. My argument is that all the money I've spent over the last 3 years on growing the business, the terrace, the new kitchen, the new upstairs Tearoom and all the equipment and furniture is no longer needed, so all that money won't need to be spent again, and therefore, it can afford the pay rise and the tax burden, and of course that investment has meant the turnover of the business has more than doubled. All looks so obvious to me, the bank not so much. 😬
Anyway, we'll see. Sorry to bore you all with it, just so important for me to find a safe space to live, with some privacy away from all the customers and staff, and of course the ex partner, who is pushing me to stay with him rather than CdeG, because of course it's 'comfortable and nice' and I'm 'more than welcome '. Makes it all sound so easy.....
Good day to all, especially those with personal problems of your own, not easy negotiating our way through life is it! 🙄
Beautiful day today it seems. My Swiss Ball lesson this morning but back aching after a bit of a dig in the vegetable garden yesterday. Found lots of rocket plants and a couple of oak leaf lettuce plants - so they are weed free.
You're a good neighbour @Busy-Lizzie Nice for your NDN to come back to a clean bed and a tidy clean house. Makes convalescence even quicker!!
@Hostafan1 You're probably en route now, so enjoy your family time. Important!!
I'm not surprised your CdeG is thriving so well with the input you give. @D0rdogne_Damsel It's always tempting to take the easy way out, but later on as your stress increases at work, it's better to be stressed and independent and alone than have to worry about pressures in the domestic area.
I hope you all have an enjoyable equinox today.
Anyway just to cause you more bother Dove &Wonky you'll have to "man" the barriers now as there are a couple of grockles heading your way to Snetchum tomorrow 😉
Happy Equinox 9.20 pm this evening, spring is officially on it's way.
Lucky neighbour @Busy-Lizzie! I hope she is soon home.
Sorry to hear abour SiL @Allotment Boy. I hope she too gets better very soon.
@D0rdogne_Damsel. Couldn't you try another bank if they still beat around the bush next wednesday? I remember when we arrived here one bank wanted quite a substantial amount to open a simple bank account. We just walked to another one and we are still with them after 30 years. Sometime it is down to the single individual ... who knows? Fingers crossed then for Wednesday. For the other business, well I don't know your circumstances but if you are not attracted by "comfortable and nice" and "you are always welcome" then DON'T. You know best.
Have a good day everyone.
PS I have seen the ORL this morning. I have to do a scintigraphy and they will call me for the appointment asap. I am not in any danger of dying soon apparently. It is more of a question of dying "with it" rather than "of it". Papillary Carcinoma of the thyroid that is is. Pheww now I said it. I hope you don't mind.
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Grey, dull, drizzly and chilly. Feeling very uninspired.
What a good neighbour you are @Busy-Lizzie.
Sounds like quite a few Mothers days went awry this year, not just mine!