Morning everyone, sorry to hear of more health worries. The carpet men arrived promptly and are upstairs, old carpet new going down at this rate it will have taken us longer to get the bed apart and out of the way. 😆 Was hoping to get to Allotments but it's just started to rain. Have a good day all.
Gosh @D0rdogne_Damsel - what a lot you have on your plate. Hope Charlie's dad is soon on the mend. But agree - he ought not to be left home alone. Now is not the time. Glad Wonky is ministering to you @Dovefromabove and it must do Rob good too, knowing that his sister is helping out. I always like to hear life as normal going on if I am ill in bed - I enjoy hearing the washing machine and hoover going; doesn't disturb me at all. Ooh, new carpet @Allotment Boy! I love that smell. We could probably do with replacing our downstairs carpets but the thought of all that upheaval, moving stuff about, puts us off. It'll do. Sorry to hear your NDN is still in hospital @Busy-Lizzie. But good her grandson is going to sort some of her stuff out. Our elderly NDN died a few months ago and her house is now on the market - for a lot more than I thought our, very similar, house is worth. Some things are better in her house (open fireplace, whilst ours is still the old 40s/50s tiled job that always slips down the list of major jobs to do) and some better in ours - the kitchen and bathroom. We'll see if the family get the asking price.
Afternoon all, it's been infuriating weather here all day, short bursts of lovely sunshine then frequent, short, sharp showers - I've been in and out like a yo yo! I did manage to prune the hydrangeas and a dead (I think) early clematis but that's all. Most frustrating.
Did anyone watch the AT new programme the other night? He mentioned using a 50/50 mix of water and white vinegar to clean paving which interested me so I've bought a small bottle to try on a small patch. Has anybody ever used it? We've got Indian sandstone so I'm a bit nervous of ruining it.
That's quite a dilemma @D0rdogne_Damsel, hope you can persuade Charlie to stay with your friends just for your peace of mind and hope that his Dad will be ok. Good news on the mortgage though.
We had new carpets throughout the house last year @didyw and yes the upheaval was hard work but it was so worth it. We reckoned the longer you put it off, the worst the thought becomes so bit the bullet before we became really old!
Nearly Friday - just the small matter of a long shift tomorrow to get through 🥵
I hope everything works out @D0rdogne_Damsel. Very difficult when the ‘patient’ is giving you limited information as the Drs can’t fill you in without permission when the person is awake and capable.
I am back. Or I was back on Thursday but had so much to do. Weather is unsettled here: heavy black clouds and sunshine at the same time. Ireland was wet but we also had some good weather and walked a lot. It was good to be in the open and somehow in company the rain didnt' matter.
A lot has been happening and most of it good. I will start playing with the seed packets tomorrow. The Amelanchier is about to burst into flower and the fritillarias are all out, the Imperialis ones I was worrying over are now 25 cm, such a change in a few days.
Reading about the scam made me very cross, a friend in Italy has been duped over the phone to hand over 4000 euros. I just don't know what to think, she is in her mid seventies, how could she fall for it I just don't know. I fear that she will have PTSD, she is very upset.
Our son and his team are booked to photograph the bike race in the snowy mountains this weekend, so since he has to drive through our town today on his way up there, we’re meeting him for lunch. That’ll make a nice change. 😁. We don’t get to meet up much nowadays.
Heavy rain kept me awake. Sky still laden with rain clouds, might have to postpone the gardening jobs, but it will be nice to start planning the seeds. OH has been part of a study to search for links between sleeping patterns and Parkinson's disease. He was randomly picked, I answered the same survey but wasn't called. Anyway, he had to spend the night in hospital so that they could monitor his sleep, wired up to cables attached all over his body. He hasn't called me yet, I doubt he slept at all.
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The carpet men arrived promptly and are upstairs, old carpet new going down at this rate it will have taken us longer to get the bed apart and out of the way. 😆
Was hoping to get to Allotments but it's just started to rain. Have a good day all.
Glad Wonky is ministering to you @Dovefromabove and it must do Rob good too, knowing that his sister is helping out. I always like to hear life as normal going on if I am ill in bed - I enjoy hearing the washing machine and hoover going; doesn't disturb me at all.
Ooh, new carpet @Allotment Boy! I love that smell. We could probably do with replacing our downstairs carpets but the thought of all that upheaval, moving stuff about, puts us off. It'll do.
Sorry to hear your NDN is still in hospital @Busy-Lizzie. But good her grandson is going to sort some of her stuff out.
Our elderly NDN died a few months ago and her house is now on the market - for a lot more than I thought our, very similar, house is worth. Some things are better in her house (open fireplace, whilst ours is still the old 40s/50s tiled job that always slips down the list of major jobs to do) and some better in ours - the kitchen and bathroom. We'll see if the family get the asking price.
Did anyone watch the AT new programme the other night? He mentioned using a 50/50 mix of water and white vinegar to clean paving which interested me so I've bought a small bottle to try on a small patch. Has anybody ever used it? We've got Indian sandstone so I'm a bit nervous of ruining it.
That's quite a dilemma @D0rdogne_Damsel, hope you can persuade Charlie to stay with your friends just for your peace of mind and hope that his Dad will be ok. Good news on the mortgage though.
We had new carpets throughout the house last year @didyw and yes the upheaval was hard work but it was so worth it. We reckoned the longer you put it off, the worst the thought becomes so bit the bullet before we became really old!
Nearly Friday - just the small matter of a long shift tomorrow to get through 🥵
I hope everything works out @D0rdogne_Damsel. Very difficult when the ‘patient’ is giving you limited information as the Drs can’t fill you in without permission when the person is awake and capable.
I am back. Or I was back on Thursday but had so much to do. Weather is unsettled here: heavy black clouds and sunshine at the same time. Ireland was wet but we also had some good weather and walked a lot. It was good to be in the open and somehow in company the rain didnt' matter.
A lot has been happening and most of it good. I will start playing with the seed packets tomorrow. The Amelanchier is about to burst into flower and the fritillarias are all out, the Imperialis ones I was worrying over are now 25 cm, such a change in a few days.
Reading about the scam made me very cross, a friend in Italy has been duped over the phone to hand over 4000 euros. I just don't know what to think, she is in her mid seventies, how could she fall for it I just don't know. I fear that she will have PTSD, she is very upset.
Take care everyone and see you tomorrow.
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Our son and his team are booked to photograph the bike race in the snowy mountains this weekend, so since he has to drive through our town today on his way up there, we’re meeting him for lunch. That’ll make a nice change. 😁. We don’t get to meet up much nowadays.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Heavy rain kept me awake. Sky still laden with rain clouds, might have to postpone the gardening jobs, but it will be nice to start planning the seeds.
OH has been part of a study to search for links between sleeping patterns and Parkinson's disease. He was randomly picked, I answered the same survey but wasn't called. Anyway, he had to spend the night in hospital so that they could monitor his sleep, wired up to cables attached all over his body. He hasn't called me yet, I doubt he slept at all.
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