Morning all, the cloud is just clearing so a warm day ahead. went to put the washing in the machine and there was water in the drum, this happens occasionally, I don't know why, if there is a problem somewhere why doesn't it do it all the time? It's one of those days where there is so much to do you don't know where to start and end up doing b****r all.
Quite cloudy outside. The weather has been quite mild, it's often pretty hot this time of year here. Daughter lives about an hour from Bordeaux.
I think 4 yr old grandson must be exhausted after his behaviour. He's only just woken up, though he did cry loudly at 4am and I sat and stroked his hair until he slept. Daughter and SIL are back this afternoon.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Oh dear what a shame about the disturbed nights 😞 … we had our second quiet night in a row … B seems to have fixed whatever it was wrong with his car alarm 😊
Son left ages ago … since then I’ve showered, dressed, bedrooms done, hunted out the blow up bed for son to borrow for the festival at the end of Aug. It’ll be his first overnight job … he’ll have a friend with him acting as PA/Gofer. I also sorted through a fabric stash in the big blanket chest and found some bits I knew were somewhere 👍 … and now there’s a loaf proving and a chicken in the slow cooker … it’ll be salads for the next couple of days as we’ve no idea what time son will be back tonight and OH has a medical appt tomorrow late afternoon.
When I’ve finished my coffee and noodling on here I’ve got some roasted squash and peppers to turn into a soup, and bulgur and potato salads to construct. I’ll wave Vernon the Vax at the floor and that’ll be it for today. My new knitting wool might’ve arrived by then … I’ve got a stripey baby blanket to make … 🧶
Niece and friend are on their way to Amsterdam … the first stop on their summer travels … then it’s Paris and Berlin … eventually heading for a Greek friend’s family home … hope they have a marvellous time. They’re very sensible lasses … niece has been an army cadet for years and will be going to Sandhurst … she competes at national level at judo and has paid her way through Uni by working as a licensed security guard … she worked in Berlin at the big darts championship and really liked the city so is looking forward to exploring a bit more.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Floralies, my washing machine occasionally does that if I put an ‘unbalanced load’ in the drum, according to the fault finder in the instruction book. Seems that it gets in a strop and terminates the spin earlier. Works ok next time. Sorry so many of you had a horrid weekend. We had over an hours walk with the dog in drizzly light rain yesterday, and it did us a world of good. Also did some pruning and weeding, so feeling virtuous. However, we were planning a train ride later in the week while the car is being serviced, and it looks as if the latest strikes will scupper that, very tiresome.
Morning all, grey, damp and overcast here which is a bit depressing.
Had another panic late last night, younger brother with the serious heart condition was rushed to A & E at Stoke so my sister and her partner who live nearest in Leics but who had already only just got home from Farnham, Hants, drove to Stoke to comfort our SIL and take her to the hospital. I've had a text to say they'd finally got home at 5 am and all was ok but don't know any more at the moment. Everybody must be so exhausted, especially my sister who also has a heart condition. I can't travel of course so will have to sit and wait for news. Fingers crossed.
Thanks for that information @Allotment Boy I'd forgotten you were a pharmacist?
@Busy-Lizzie. Hope your little grandson is okay when he wakes up, you'll be glad to relinquish your grandmotherly duties when your son gets home.
We've had a nice invite to a friend's big birthday do at the end of September but it's near Margate which is a hell of a long journey for us. We'll treat it as part of our WA celebration and stay somewhere for the weekend. Our friends have told us to book up asap because there's a big music festival there the same weekend. I am hoping to be much better by then.
@floralies, could it just be condensation? Otherwise it must be the machine isn't draining properly for some reason - have you lost a sock!
I'd better get up and have my shower, half the morning's gone again.
I think there may be a drainage problem sometimes or perhaps the inlet valve for the water doesn't shut off properly @Lizzie27 and @Ergates, You could write on the back of a postage stamp what OH knows about these sort of things so as long as it works OK I shall put up with it's foibles!
It may be worth getting someone to check the drainage hose isn’t kinked and the pipe the hose feeds into isn’t gummed up with residue from detergents and softeners … it happened to us .., it was almost solid! We never use softeners now and only Ecover and that’s stopped the blockages. 🤞
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Pleased to say that brother's ok and back home at 2 am this morning. Had had angina attacks so paramedics wanted him checked over in A &E, thought his kidneys might be failing. Medics did all the usual tests, wanted to do more bloods at 2 am, brother said no, he'd had enough he wanted to go home and they've written on his notes that he refused to be admitted but they didn't ask him that! They've also put a DNR on his notes without discussing it with him or his wife.
I had asked for a call back from my GP as pain very bad this morning, she rang back very quickly which was good and is prescribing morphine patches to see if that helps better but warned me that the severe muscular pain is likely to continue for several more days. Oh well, will just have to grit my teeth and put up with it.
Sorry to hear about disturbed nights. Glad Rob is able to get back to festival working @Dovefromabove - albeit with help. But sorry to hear about even more hospital scares in your family @Lizzie27.
Feeling a big fraught today - as the Festival gets closer and there are so many little niggly things that are still up in the air it's bound to make us all feel more anxious. And the forecast still has showers in it.
And I'm out of the picture on Thursday as that's when I have to take my OH to the hosp. for what we think is an angiogram. Oh well, just gotta keep on going and get through it all.
🤞 🤞 🤞 for your OH and your festival @didyw. 😎 I had thought that son and I would have a gentle summer doing things together, me accompanying him to gigs etc … but I should’ve known better 😆 Not for nothing did he earn his nickname on Load-outs etc … everyone knows him as The Human Forklift. At least this summer he’s promised that he’ll be the one just shouting the orders and he won’t be showing the others how to do it while they stand back open-mouthed 🤪
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It's one of those days where there is so much to do you don't know where to start and end up doing b****r all.
Quite cloudy outside. The weather has been quite mild, it's often pretty hot this time of year here. Daughter lives about an hour from Bordeaux.
I think 4 yr old grandson must be exhausted after his behaviour. He's only just woken up, though he did cry loudly at 4am and I sat and stroked his hair until he slept. Daughter and SIL are back this afternoon.
Son left ages ago … since then I’ve showered, dressed, bedrooms done, hunted out the blow up bed for son to borrow for the festival at the end of Aug. It’ll be his first overnight job … he’ll have a friend with him acting as PA/Gofer. I also sorted through a fabric stash in the big blanket chest and found some bits I knew were somewhere 👍 … and now there’s a loaf proving and a chicken in the slow cooker … it’ll be salads for the next couple of days as we’ve no idea what time son will be back tonight and OH has a medical appt tomorrow late afternoon.
Niece and friend are on their way to Amsterdam … the first stop on their summer travels … then it’s Paris and Berlin … eventually heading for a Greek friend’s family home … hope they have a marvellous time. They’re very sensible lasses … niece has been an army cadet for years and will be going to Sandhurst … she competes at national level at judo and has paid her way through Uni by working as a licensed security guard … she worked in Berlin at the big darts championship and really liked the city so is looking forward to exploring a bit more.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sorry so many of you had a horrid weekend. We had over an hours walk with the dog in drizzly light rain yesterday, and it did us a world of good. Also did some pruning and weeding, so feeling virtuous. However, we were planning a train ride later in the week while the car is being serviced, and it looks as if the latest strikes will scupper that, very tiresome.
Had another panic late last night, younger brother with the serious heart condition was rushed to A & E at Stoke so my sister and her partner who live nearest in Leics but who had already only just got home from Farnham, Hants, drove to Stoke to comfort our SIL and take her to the hospital. I've had a text to say they'd finally got home at 5 am and all was ok but don't know any more at the moment. Everybody must be so exhausted, especially my sister who also has a heart condition. I can't travel of course so will have to sit and wait for news. Fingers crossed.
Thanks for that information @Allotment Boy I'd forgotten you were a pharmacist?
@Busy-Lizzie. Hope your little grandson is okay when he wakes up, you'll be glad to relinquish your grandmotherly duties when your son gets home.
We've had a nice invite to a friend's big birthday do at the end of September but it's near Margate which is a hell of a long journey for us. We'll treat it as part of our WA
celebration and stay somewhere for the weekend. Our friends have told us to book up asap because there's a big music festival there the same weekend. I am hoping to be much better by then.
@floralies, could it just be condensation? Otherwise it must be the machine isn't draining properly for some reason - have you lost a sock!
I'd better get up and have my shower, half the morning's gone again.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I had asked for a call back from my GP as pain very bad this morning, she rang back very quickly which was good and is prescribing morphine patches to see if that helps better but warned me that the severe muscular pain is likely to continue for several more days. Oh well, will just have to grit my teeth and put up with it.
Feeling a big fraught today - as the Festival gets closer and there are so many little niggly things that are still up in the air it's bound to make us all feel more anxious. And the forecast still has showers in it.
And I'm out of the picture on Thursday as that's when I have to take my OH to the hosp. for what we think is an angiogram. Oh well, just gotta keep on going and get through it all.
I had thought that son and I would have a gentle summer doing things together, me accompanying him to gigs etc … but I should’ve known better 😆
Not for nothing did he earn his nickname on Load-outs etc … everyone knows him as The Human Forklift. At least this summer he’s promised that he’ll be the one just shouting the orders and he won’t be showing the others how to do it while they stand back open-mouthed 🤪
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.