I have a conference today so not such an early start for me. Itās rained overnight and the forecast says warm and sunny this weekend!?Ā
I hope everyone is doing ok. Sorry to hear you didnāt have a more gentle and supportive person to give you your medical news @coccinella. Not everyone is warm and empathetic, even in healthcare, but it is part of the job to at least show some effort to care. Poor show that Dr.Ā
somehow I managed to sleep another couple of hours, thank you Melvin Bragg. OH has taken the car to the contrƓle technique, MOT. Fingers crossed. I picked some kale and chard and the minestrone is already on the go. Onwards.
@coccinella Ā Rude is the only word - I didn't want to say, but I get on well with my rheumatologist to the point where I gave her a jar of my home made tomato relish. Rudeness doesn't excuse the reason for having to deal with people's pain all day, does it? Ā Sort of good news about the dentistry - why are they taking so long to deal with an extraction?
Ā Will you be Granny Wonky @WonkyWomble or Granny Womble? Ā Congratulations are in order either way.
Ā Happy holiday @D0rdogne_Damsel Ā Nice that you can safely leave your business in capable and honest hands.
Ā If there are any Fleurs on this site (the biped kind) today is for you: Ā Ā Ā Quand arrive la Sainte-Fleur, pour aller au verger, ce n'est pas l'heure!
We have the launch of our new Food & Drink guide this evening, so I've written down what I want to say to introduce it.Ā The trick is to have it as a guide and not just read out what I've written!Ā I am a bit nervous - there will be around 50 people there.
Good luck@didyw ā¦ hope it all goes marvellously š¤ š š„Ā
Weāre from B&Q ā¦ again ā¦ third visit in a week ā¦ over the past year the door latch handle spring thingummies broke in the door from the hall into the siting room and from the dining room into the kitchen ā¦ āfixesā were cobbled together but were becoming unreliable so we needed to replace themĀ
Not something OH had ever done but Son had done building work with his father in the past so offered guidance.Ā
On Tuesday we went and bought replacement fittings, only to find that one of the packs was missing a grub screw so yesterday we went back again and changed it. OH fitted them and we now have doors that stay shut when we want them toĀ Ā Ā
Then wouldnāt you know it ā¦ yesterday afternoon the latch in the locking door from the studio into the garage started wobbling and then jammed! We had to remove it to be able to use the door. As this is effectively an outside door we went to bed with a chair wedged against it (having double locked the garage up and over door.Ā Ā
So today we made our third visit of the week to B&Q and bought a new lock and key pack ā¦ we also bought another doormat to double up at the back door into the garden. Son goes out there to smoke (I donāt think this is the year to chivvy him into giving up) and as the weather gets worse a bigger doormat area should protect the parquet.
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@Badly_Maintained ā¦ thatās interesting ā¦ would you mind telling us roughly whereabouts you are, so that we have some sort of context for that report. šĀ
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We enjoyed lunch yesterday although the food was a bit disappointing, very simple and rather pricey. The setting was beautiful, in the countryside in a gorgeous, huge open barn, full of character and beams.
We've been to W'trose this morning for a change. OH likes it but it's a bit too far to be our regular and the prices are definitely higher than Mo'sons. Then we went to the really old pub in the town for refreshments.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Another quiet day but didn't have time to do any gardening. OH is better today although I vetoed the longish walk to the papershop and went myself. It's been quite mild and sunnyish again. A bit annoyed that our green bins haven't been emptied again, it's now a month and we've got hedge cutting waiting to be done.
I managed to get a cancellation appointment at the dentists and thankfully he didn't find anything untoward after he took x-rays. Made me wonder why on earth GP's don't have a similar setup for say minor broken bones to save hospital appointments. If dentists and vets can do it, I can't see a problem.
The private hospital (via the NHS) rang this morning about OH's 2nd hip replacement so we naturally thought they were going to cancel it, instead they asked if he could go a day early! Of course he said yes.
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somehow I managed to sleep another couple of hours, thank you Melvin Bragg. OH has taken the car to the contrƓle technique, MOT. Fingers crossed. I picked some kale and chard and the minestrone is already on the go. Onwards.
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Indian summer weather. Ā
@coccinella Ā Rude is the only word - I didn't want to say, but I get on well with my rheumatologist to the point where I gave her a jar of my home made tomato relish. Rudeness doesn't excuse the reason for having to deal with people's pain all day, does it? Ā Sort of good news about the dentistry - why are they taking so long to deal with an extraction?
Ā Will you be Granny Wonky @WonkyWomble or Granny Womble? Ā Congratulations are in order either way.
Ā Happy holiday @D0rdogne_Damsel Ā Nice that you can safely leave your business in capable and honest hands.
Ā If there are any Fleurs on this site (the biped kind) today is for you:
Ā Ā Ā Quand arrive la Sainte-Fleur, pour aller au verger, ce n'est pas l'heure!
Have a pleasant day everyone.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā
We have the launch of our new Food & Drink guide this evening, so I've written down what I want to say to introduce it.Ā The trick is to have it as a guide and not just read out what I've written!Ā I am a bit nervous - there will be around 50 people there.
Now - what to wear?
Not something OH had ever done but Son had done building work with his father in the past so offered guidance.Ā
On Tuesday we went and bought replacement fittings, only to find that one of the packs was missing a grub screw so yesterday we went back again and changed it. OH fitted them and we now have doors that stay shut when we want them toĀ Ā
Then wouldnāt you know it ā¦ yesterday afternoon the latch in the locking door from the studio into the garage started wobbling and then jammed! We had to remove it to be able to use the door. As this is effectively an outside door we went to bed with a chair wedged against it (having double locked the garage up and over door.Ā Ā
So today we made our third visit of the week to B&Q and bought a new lock and key pack ā¦ we also bought another doormat to double up at the back door into the garden. Son goes out there to smoke (I donāt think this is the year to chivvy him into giving up) and as the weather gets worse a bigger doormat area should protect the parquet.
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central NorfolkĀ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I hope @D0rdogne_Damsel has a lovely relaxing holiday.
We enjoyed lunch yesterday although the food was a bit disappointing, very simple and rather pricey. The setting was beautiful, in the countryside in a gorgeous, huge open barn, full of character and beams.
We've been to W'trose this morning for a change. OH likes it but it's a bit too far to be our regular and the prices are definitely higher than Mo'sons. Then we went to the really old pub in the town for refreshments.
Another quiet day but didn't have time to do any gardening. OH is better today although I vetoed the longish walk to the papershop and went myself. It's been quite mild and sunnyish again. A bit annoyed that our green bins haven't been emptied again, it's now a month and we've got hedge cutting waiting to be done.
I managed to get a cancellation appointment at the dentists and thankfully he didn't find anything untoward after he took x-rays. Made me wonder why on earth GP's don't have a similar setup for say minor broken bones to save hospital appointments. If dentists and vets can do it, I can't see a problem.
Hope @didyw's presentation went well.
Hope you're now all secure @Dovefromabove.
The private hospital (via the NHS) rang this morning about OH's 2nd hip replacement so we naturally thought they were going to cancel it, instead they asked if he could go a day early! Of course he said yes.