Chitchat thread #24

[Bren In Pots]

Evening

GF it was a good day to do laundry here the towels were dry by 2.30.
Bramble that was good news from the specialist, pleased for you xx
Enjoy your evening LD

[Florence Fennel]

Evening All That's good news Bramble I wish I had done the washing today, It's been fine and breezy here too. Bet it rains tomorrow! Enjoy your evening - I'm looking forward to the GBBO Final tonight.

[lottie dolly]

he gone,dinner was a hit,it was hard work,but well worth the flavour upon the taste buds,i ended up over cooking the ast 2d0ze or so of sausage rolls,never mind,got more stuf in the fridge ,will do more tomorrow,good news about your eyes Bramble,night night all

[Snoop Puss]

Morning all.

Another bright day on the cards perhaps? Hope so as the mixer will be doing sterling service today I hope. In fact, not much on the cards today except cooking and washing-up I suspect. That and watching a man with a machine do some land works for us.

Glad you had a good time, LD. And good news about your eyes, Bramble.

Have a great day, everyone.

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning Snoop and All I was right, it's raining! Got a hospital appointment this morning anyway, so laundry can wait. I have been waiting since July! Have a good day

[Bren In Pots]

Morning

Rain here for most of the day, but sunny, dry with a breeze tomorrow is that the same forecast for you Flo ?

It sounds like you all had a good evening LD

enjoy your day

[Florence Fennel]

Apparently we could have snow showers Bren. It's certainly cold enough!

[greenishfing]

Good morning all.

It feels very cold here. The car was frozen solid before we went to bed and the forecast at the moment is sleet/snow showers. (not yet) with sunshine later. I'm still snuggled up under the duvet waiting for the central heating to do it's magic. I'm sure the allure of coffee will entice me to the kitchen shortly.

Today is hopefully a grory hop. Aldi is supposed to have some of my favourite cheese in today, Bleu D'Affinois, and whenever they have it in it's gone in no time.

Good news about your eyes, Bramble.

Flo, hope you hospital appointment goes well. What did you think to the GBBO final result?

I am suddenly getting lots of emails from delivery companys today. It looks as if all the goodies from my retail therapy of a few days ago will will be arriving probably tomorrow or Friday, including a new warm everyday jacket for me. I must be getting old as my first criteria was warmth rather than style. Mind you I did catch myself peeking at a red leather jacket on ebay the other day. I had a beautiful, slightly padded, below the hip, blouson style black leather jacket, back in the eighties that I loved, and wore until it eventually fell to pieces. I would love another, the same style, in any colour. Having measured, however, the ebay one was too short. Probably just as well. The words mutton and lamb spring to mind.

Time to get coffee now.

[bramble]

Good morning all. It's a beautiful sunny morning but it's just 2 degs.
Jack Frost visited overnight and the place was white and sparkly first thing at minus 1.

Flo, I hope all goes well for your hospital visit.

A visit to the local shop and post office this morning.
Looking after my grandson this afternoon.
Domectics in between.
Have a good day and stay warm.

[lottie dolly]

good day all,i did not wake until nearly lunch time,i had a realy,realy good sleep,GF wear what you are comfy in,age has nothing to do with it,i like to dress when going out somewhere nice,we are still a woman,only the make up and lengh of skirts need adjusting,if you want,get it,
Hope all goes well at the hospital FF,Bren there was just 2 off us ,just wanted to do something different,am now thinking of other naughty little deserts made with mascapone mouse,like ginger either cake or buistcuts or both,with a cheeky little ginger wine,i am now druling,anyhow have a nice afternoon and stay safe,i am off to the kitchen and play domestics

[Nicos]

Afternoon n’alln’all
I could have sworn I’d posted earlier!,… clearly not

Just sitting in front of the wood stove with rain lashing against the windows.
OH has had to go to work for a few hours so our friends have gone with him to keep him company on the 40 minute drive each way…and wander around the town whilst he’s working.
Me?…well, I’ve just taken out of the oven a gratin dauphinois and have a mixed garden fruit crumble almost ready.
Wow…the house smells lovely

I’m sorting out a package for our friends to post for me once they are back in the uk….mostly for our granddaughter, but a couple of homemade wheat packs for my daughter. Tis sooo much cheaper that way!

Good news Bramble, and fingers crossed for Flo.

I need to crack on with this parcel so I can enjoy the last evening with our friends.

We’ve booked in a tree surgeon to look at our apple tree, the mahoooosive pine tree with its precariously split crown , and the old, very imbalanced sycamore hanging over both our cars on the driveway. Going to cost a lot I guess…but better sorted now eh?

Enjoy the day peeps…I think I may well be hogging the warmer weather?…Tis 15C here at the moment…talk about a difference in just a few days.

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[Florence Fennel]

Thanks All for your good wishes - they worked for the travel. My eldest GG took me. We set off an hour before the appointment as we thought we would have to drive around for ages (the parking is nigh on impossible at RHH), but we found a spot straight away, across the road from the main entrance. We were longer waiting for the lift to an upper floor! We were told by someone else in the lift that the multi-storey car park was closed and they had been driving around for an hour!

I was a bit disappointed in the GBBO final GF, which to my mind was decided by one cake.

Was it a blind date Lottie?

[rary]

Good evening, it has been cold with occasional sunshine today, I bought a storage battery to work off my solar panels six weeks ago and yesterday and today is the first time there has been any sunshine, I have a funny feeling OH thinks I'm response for all the dull weather, first of this morning OH said it was too co!d for me to be going out to do anything in the garden, stupidly I agreed with her,which immediately let her come back with " good we can get this cupboard cleaned out" how could I be so stupid as to agree with her in the first instance😣. You would think someone of my age would have known better,but I need to know how you older folks avoid getting caught by your OHs.
Just waiting on a phone call from oldest grandson to collect him from work, then I will need to go and collect his brother at six, he has been working in Edinburgh today and by the time he gets dropped off there are no buses to get him home, its been a day of running after grandchildren today, my sons two missed the school bus this morning, so I had to take them over to school, then daughter phoned to see if I could take he and granddaughter to the train station as they were going to Glasgow for a day out as its granddaughters birthday today. Right need to go have a relaxing evening and smile 🙂🙂🙂

[lottie dolly]

FF no,a new man ,just getting to know each other ,apox a month now ,life is to short at my age

[1batfastard]

Hi All,
To all Christians on the forum God Bless you all and as for remembering All Saints Day I now know that it is a deeply emotive day for those who are stronger Christians than myself. I do believe in God and say prayers I thank God for every day I exist and ask for his protection of my family and all believers no matter where they are on the planet.

I realised a few years ago that God exists after reading ( FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND ) what I thought originally was a psalm but learnt later it was just a poem. I looked at certain events that occurred through my life where I should definitely passed from this life to the next and the following lines struck home.

So I said to the Lord, “You promised me Lord, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life there have only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, you have not been there for me?”

God bless you all.

Geoff.