General Chat

Eve all
had a lovely day out today as my friend picked me up and off we went to town.

Had a mooch in Bonmarche and a couple of other shops. picked up a couple of nice tops and a cardigan so was pleased with that.

Went to a restaurant for lunch and had "posh fish & chips" lol.

last stop was the garden centre where I bought several plants and couldnt resist 2 more rose plants, one a apricot, the other more pink so beautiful.

Im feeling quite tired now so hoping I get a full nights sleep..

Afternoon everyone looking in.
Gosh what a day!! So so windy. Opened the front door and whoosh....huge gust of wind. But its dry so far so always a bonus.

The plants I bought yesterday I have hidden behind some others until the wind dies down tomorrow and then shall go and pot them up but not today.

Tried on my new clothes and all ok except for the trousers as look like 3/4 length which I hate.

Anyway found some more trousers online in 4 different colours and they should be here on Monday, fingers crosses. If they are a bit too long, I have wonder web to take them up and not away until Thursday so will have a couple of days to sort that.

Hope all ok with everyone today. Joan, haven't seen you for sometime so hope you are keeping well.

Well ironing finished and now to hoover and then sit awhile with me coffee.

Florence in the hebrides

That sounds like a good day Florence.

I went and had my haircut this morning, but apart from a quick grocery shop, I just came back home. The kitchen fitter is still hard at it, but I want to be here to keep an eye on things. Yesterday he cut a hole in the top of the unit to fit the sink. He checked that I wanted the taps in the middle. While I was looking at it, I knew something was wrong, but couldn’t think what. After a few minutes, I realised that it was supposed to be a one and a half bowl sink and he was fitting a single one. That was the one for the utility room, they hadn’t sent the kitchen one. It is a good job that it was the top of the unit he was cutting, not the worktop. He got the correct sink and the cabinet handles which they hadn’t sent either. He hopes to have everything installed by the weekend, so I thought that meant it would be finished, but it won’t. We are having quartz worktops and the people coming to cut the template for them aren’t coming until Friday, then it will be five to ten days before the actual worktops arrive. That means the hob and taps won’t be fitted until then.
He has left the utility room sink in until tomorrow morning, so at least we have been able to wash up in there. The dishwasher will be back in action before he takes the sink out, or so he says, so we will be able to use that.
OH has finished painting the second bedroom this morning, but he managed to kick the paint tray over and get paint all over the carpet. He got a bucket of water to clean that up, then dropped the bucket on the landing, so there is a large patch on that carpet as well :-( It is a good job that we will be replacing all of the carpets soon. He just has the two small bedrooms to paint, then we can replace all the carpets.

Well, it is going to be a glorious day, the sun is beating down already but according to the weather forecast, it will be raining again next week.

We are taking the car in this morning to get the air conditioning recharged. It definitely must have a leak because this is the third year in a row it has had to be done. Last year when it was recharged within a day it wasn’t working agin, so they had a second go, but said if that didn’t work, it must be a big leak. Thankfully it did work, but I am not hopeful for this year. Fingers crossed we don’t end up with a big bill

The kitchen man is still working away, this morning the man who makes the quartz worktops turned up. He is using large thin sheets of a polystyrene type substance to make the worktops, they then use these to cut the quartz. It will be five working days to make the real worktops, so until they are in, we can’t have the hob or any taps installed. Hopefully we will have get dishwasher running by tonight because we are now washing up in the bathroom .

I had to take my washing to my daughters yesterday because the unit which is going to hold the washer and dryer can’t go in until after the worktops are in, so she will probably have to do another load.

That brings back painful memories from about 30 years ago, Linda.
We were renovating an old house which only had a sort of makeshift scullery , and had to put in a proper kitchen.
While that was going on, we washed dishes in the basin in a downstairs loo - small and awkward.
Bigger items such as pans had to be carried upstairs to the bathroom and washed in the bath - such a nuisance!

Chilly, grey, and wet here today - in other words, no change.
The heating's still on, as are the fleece trousers and warm jumper.

On Tuesday I had an invasion of shrews.
At one point there were three of them running around the living room - lovely wee things, but not what I want in the house!
I caught them alive, and put them into my recycling bin which was due to be emptied the following day.
I trust they survived, and are now living new lives away from here.

Then later that evening another one appeared, which quickly joined its siblings.
There was also a dead one lying beside the back door step.

There haven't been any since, thank goodness, and there had never been any before - at least not indoors..

Morning all!

Awful. awful weather as was from yesterday afternoon. Its gale force winds, raining and my poor plants are now getting bashed.

ArgyllGran, I just wear the same clothes more or less all year round lol and yes I had to put the heating on too.

When the weatherman talks of a heat wave for the UK, Im laughing my head off looking out the window as no way up here. Its been the worse summer so far i can remember in a few years.

Yesterday was my Aunty's funeral(she passed in April !) A long time coming for various reasons but myself & daughter watched the live stream on that churches website which was lovely. I could see all the family members and cousins, so quite amazing.

Linda, what a nuisance re your laundry as I remember many years ago when my machine broke and I had to trapes down to my MIL every other day with sacks of washing, was tiring! I had to either go home and return an hour later or stay there for ages until it was done.

Oh my, shrews in the house ArgyllGran. i would have screamed. You were brave to catch them alive and put in the recycle, braver than me. Hope you dont get any more!

Hope Joan is ok as we haven't seen her in awhile, so hope she's ok

~~~~~~waves to Joan :-D :-D

I have a lot of paperwork to sort and lots of little unfinished jobs to deal with and then going to sort out my clothes for going away next Thursday, I like to be organised lol

Shall look in later

Have a good day all looking in

Florence in the hebrides

Hello all,
Sorry that some of you are having bad weather still, we have had a few dry days and today has been lovely . We have been able to get out in the garden to potter and tidy up. OH has been out and about with the dog it's lovely not having to deal with a wet dog after they have been for a walk. Hope it lasts a bit longer.

So fed up with all the sport on the tv at the moment so glad I have a supply of books and some dvds I can watch.
OH is enjoying all the football though.
:-) :-)

Take care all.
Gina

I wonder how on earth the Shrews managed to get in the house?

Sorry to telly you that it has been really sunny hear today :-D

We took the car to Kwik Fit and discovered that because we had had it recharged last year by them, that it was under warranty. They checked it out and said that they couldn’t detect a leak, so they recharged it. It didn’t cost us anything which was amazing. It was lovely driving back in the cool. I hope it lasts, we had to have it done a second time last year.

good morning all. 14 degrees here already at 0700. Yesterday was lovely, even though we had been promised rain. It does look as though it has rained a bit overnight but I think I will still need to water the pots this morning.

I too am fed up with the football being on more than one channel. Why can't they have it on BBC2 and Channel 4. Luckily I have a lot of programmes recorded so have been watching them. And reading of course.

I do so agree, Ann.
It's all football and frustratingly repetitive politics at the moment!
The politicians just keep trotting out their standard lines, over and over again.

I know what they're going to say before they open their mouths.

A phrase overused by Labour politicians during the run-up to their win in 1964 was "Thirteen years of Tory misrule".
That stuck in my brain then, and still pops up in my thoughts when I hear politicians of any party slagging off the others - and there's far too much of that.

Afternoon all
Windy and overcast here less said the better!

I agree about the tv, I'm not into footie or the tennis far less golf lol I've been watch ing the older series of Shetland with Jimmy Perez and cant remember some of the episodes so its been great watching them back to back although its on late around 11pm but I'm a night owl anyway.

I've done all me chores for today and sorted out my clothes for going away but we are only away 2 days, so really don't need much plus something for the "just in case" lol

Trying to use up stuff in the fridge especially some carrots that are past their best but would do in a stir fry or something. Might throw something together for a quick tea tonight.

Very quiet around here just now except a constant flow of motorbikes and motor homes!

It is windy here as well Florence, but warm and sunny at the same time.

I have been trying to unpack some of the kitchen things into the new cupboards, but the fitter hasn’t finished putting doors and side panels on some of them, so I am limited to what I can do. I can already tell that it isn’t all going to go in :-( I have a lot less cupboard space here than in the old house. That is because the large fridge and freezer are taking up room in the new kitchen, but they were just through the door from the kitchen into the garage in the last place. I will have to keep shuffling things around until I can find homes for everything
I have just ordered another shelf for the fridge. It has a silver bottle rack which I don’t need as we don’t drink copious amounts of white wine or Champagne :-) It would be far more useful to have another glass shelf. The spares department were rather bemused by the fact that I was ordering a replacement shelf for a brand new fridge.

Warning! One it two of you are going to need to get your earplugs ready - cos some of us are going to be composing of the heat next week :-D

Monday and Tuesday are supposed to be 25 °C here,but then by Wednesday it starts raining again, so I won’t be complaining about the short heat spell, or composing about it either :-D

don't you feel a song coming on Linda?? :-D

:-D :-D :-D what song will it be? " I'm singing in the rain,"

Afternoon all. Well its warmish out of the wind but only 15 degrees but pleasant. I do have washing out and I stripped my bed too so the wind will dry it all :-D

Think it may rise to 18/19 degrees by Wednesday and then when I return on Saturday, its raining and 11 degrees....back to normal!

My first red poppy has bloomed and I'm so chuffed as thought they were all dead. There are several more tucked inside the plants ready to burst open as well. :-D

Im noticing the grass has started to grow again and the daisies are fast appearing so at least the rain helped new growth. It was looking very bare and brown in places.

Was decluttering the fridge trying to use up stuff and realised a whole punnet of mushrooms unopened, So making a huge pan of mushroon bolognaise which will mean plenty to freeze for another time. I'm using a pasta sauce with chunky veg and adding extras to it. Cant wait for that later on.

Well machine is nearly finished, so better get on with hanging out the bedding whilst the sun is shining....yay :-D

Florence in the hebrides

I hope that it is hot enough for everyone :-D

It is 25°C here. I am pleasantly surprised with the house as it is staying cool. Only the dining room was in full sun this morning, but with the patio door open and the curtains pulled across, that stayed cool as well Some houses seem to be like greenhouses in the heat, but this one isn’t thank goodness.

It is going to be hot overnight. I do have a few tower fans, but I managed to get one of the bladeless ones a couple of weeks ago while they were an Aldi special. I have just set it up and it seems to be good, so I will give that a try tonight.

It's good that you have such a well insulated house, Linda. Is it better than your previous one?

Today we were supposed to have a cloudy morning, which would clear and reach about 21 degrees.
We've had the cloudy morning - but it still hasn't cleared, at almost 3pm, and the temperature is 17.5 according to my car.

However, it is dry, so I'm going out to spray weed killer on my gravel drive.

I hope you enjoyed your mushroom bolognaise, Florence!

Afternoon all

I just typed a post and it whooshed :-S :-S

Anyway was saying to all those experiencing a heatwave, take great care and stay hydrated. use good factor sunscreen too.

My grandma always drew the curtains mid summer to keep the rooms cool and also stop the sun from fading her good furniture!

Florence in the hebrides

:-D :-D :-D :-D what a numpty I am as just realised I posted on another thread about "heat alert" and not this thread doh!!! Senior moment lol off to have coffee.