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Ooh Linda, wonder if Esme caught an infection from the swimming pool water?

The whole experience sounds dreadful. Hope they never go back and maybe stick with centre parcs next time.

I think in general Butlins centres have had their day and the buildings are old and probably in need of redoing?

Hope the cream clears the rash up soon.

Went outside to water me plants with a few plastic jugs and didn't hang about as the dreaded midges are out....flat calm!

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Good afternoon, & it is a good very pleasant afternoon, it's flat calm here as well Florence, the sun is in & out but even so it's WARM.

The baby Swallows have fledged today & are now sitting on the edge of some guttering which runs across the bedroom & bathroom above where their nest.is, they are likely to still use the nest overnight so we can't tidy up the space & block it off just yet.
Our son won't manage a visit for 2 / 3 weeks so our daughter & me will have to keep an eye on any new attempt nest building in the same spot !!
They don't ususally use the same nest immediately ?

Not been outside to work as yet but I will need to venture out at some point today & water the newest plants, we haven't had rain for a few days so I will have to make several trips with the Watering can.

Tattie soup for tea today, it's simmering nicely & smells lovely.

Joan.

Afternoon peeps.
Yes Joan like you a lovely warm & sunny day here but breezy(as always lol) It was flat calm last night hence the midges but they are away now with the breeze.
Its always the evenings when the wind drops in summer which is too late to do any garden work.

I have stripped, washed, dried, ironed and remade daughters bed plus all the clothes ironing. My feet are quite sore so sitting with a well earned coffee for awhile.

Tomorrow we are in for some heavy rain so im not going to water the plants again today as did it last night anyway.

I may make chicken and rice tonight with a popadom. Its quick and very tasty and all in 1 pan so less dishes to wash lol.

Linda, I was watching a programme last night with Paul O Grady at Great Ormond St Hospital and one of the patients a little girl like Esme got Botox injections into her feet as she had Cerebal palsy but what a difference they made. She was running and riding her bike afterwards so i hope they help Esme too.

Right, I need to finalise Tesco order as its coming tomorrow between 11-3 and I have just remembered a couple of things not on the list.

Enjoy the sunshine if you have it :-D

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It is sunny here as well, but breezy. I wanted to take the girls out today, but Esme was just screaming because she doesn’t want to go out. It will be different on Friday because we are going to her favourite soft play. It has a huge outdoor bit with fairground rides, sand, water, large bouncy cushions etc. The main draw is Dazzling Darren, the children’s entertainer who does two shows during the day. She was besotted with him last year and can’t wait yo go back again.
I have been playing on and off with Esme, but she keeps taking herself off to her bed to watch her iPad. I did get her out in the garden for a while this morning. I took Eve for a walk this afternoon as my tablets were ready to collect, we had a drink in a cafe while we were out.
I need to decide what to have for dinner, I usually plan the menus on Monday, but I wasn’t sure SIL would be here as they are getting a new car and he was due to collect it mid week. That seems to have been put off, so I have some mince which I will probably turn into a spicy bean and rice dish.

Afternoon all

Well not a great day weatherwise as its windy, damp and coolish. A few showers here and there so no good for washing.

Tesco came and took awhile to put it all away and only thing wrong was a rotten mango which I handed back to the chappie. You think someone might have noticed when they picked the order!

Anyway replenished the baking cupboard, got new marvel so i can make things in the bread maker and a few other things I ran out of.

Some more craft supplies came today, different coloured card and Merry Xmas silver and gold stickers for the cards so I may make a few in a bit.

One of my tomatoes on the windowsill is nearly dark orange now so wont be long before we can sample our "reward."

Right better make a quick tuna roll as not had my lunch yet. As for tea, think a pizza with a few chips tonight will suffice.

Hope all ok with everyone looking in

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It isn’t very good here either Florence. Esme’s parents aren’t very well and this morning she didn’t wake up until after nine, which is highly unusual. She didn’t seem very well this morning which was worrying given the fact that I have bought the non refundable tickets for the play centre for tomorrow. She spent most of the morning in her bedroom playing on her own, then getting onto her bed to watch her iPad. That gave me an easy morning :-)
After lunch I went for a walk with Eve. The radar said no rain expected, so we set off without any coats. That meant the heavens opened of course and we got wet. It was warm though, so it wasn’t too bad.By the time we got back, Esme was downstairs, so I have spent a good hour playing schools. She has just gone for a lie down again, so I am having a quick coffee

Evening to anyone looking in.

Last night around 11.45 was just getting ready to lock up and go to bed when pooooft, the lights went off!!

For a minute, i couldnt get my bearings as wasnt sure where my phone was and then I realised it was infront of me and a glimmer of light was shining as the cover was closed. Thank goodness for the phone as the electric was off til after 4am.

All of the islands plus the isle of skye were effected. Anyway, got another LCD torch and then went round turning off tv plug, lamps etc.

This morning thinking i had done a good job from the night before of switching everything off,I realised the kitchen light was still on lol Oh well there is always one.

Just had a quiet day, listened to the funeral service on computer, first time for everything!

Made a few cards this afternoon but have run out of coloured card in pink & purple so ordered some more.

Mums flat isnt selling so we have had to drop the price again. Thats 30k now dropped since June. 2 viewings but no offer although said well decorated and spacious but not what they were looking for. We are now paying council tax again so its costing us money the longer its unsold!

Hope everyone else had a goo day

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good morning all, bright and a bit sunny here and 17 degrees. I am under the weather as I brought a cold back from Milton Keynes. Strange that none of the family there seem to have it so I am assuming they are all immune to MK germs and I wasn't.

Better get on, despite not feeling great loads to do as I have next door to look after for three days again and two gardens to water.

Linda Hope all the family are better today.

Morning all
AnnG, hope you don't have Covid? Is it worth doing a test maybe?

Sunny here but black clouds are looming so am sure rain isn't far away.
Daughter back today so i no doubt will have plenty of washing to keep me busy!

Made a huge mistake with the card cellophane sleeves. I ordered 6x4 size but the cards are 7x5....very annoying but totally my fault so I shall now have to order some more.

Hope every one looking on today is well today

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Hope your cold is getting better Ann. I don’t feel well now, it seems to be the same thing the others have had, so presumably a virus. I feel sick and have a head ache and am generally aching. SIL had it first,he thought it might be food poisoning, but then my daughter got it, then me.
We had a good day out yesterday with the girls, we went to a large soft play centre which has a huge outside bit. They have lots of animals which we didn’t bother with. There is a fairground, large bouncing pillow, inflatable slide, sand pit etc. They also have a children’s entertainer who Esme loves. He does two funny magic shows during the day. This year they also have a foam party, we knew about it so had taken spare clothes. Esme absolutely loved that. It is outside on grass, so much safer than indoors where the floor gets really slippy. It is incredibly good value for money, even more so because I found a 20% discount code before I booked.
We usually take Eves friend with us, but she was on holiday, so Eve had no one to go on the more grown up rides with. She was very kind to Esme and took her on lots of the small rides. I rashly said that I would go on a sling shot ride with her. I was dreading it as I have always hated rides such as Waltzers, but I braved it and what a mistake that was. I was desperate to get off and thought that I was going to be sick. I probably was starting with this virus, so that didn’t help, but felt dreadful for the rest of the afternoon

Oh dear Linda, I hope it is just a 24 hour one and that you will soon feel better.
Florence I did a test, of course, and was negative. There are a lot of colds around and with covid there are usually more symptoms but I tested to be on the safe side as DiL who I had been staying with needs to be avle to visit her Mum in a home.

Happy Yorkshire Day, to me anyway :-D

I hope everyone is OK. I haven’t been feeling well this week, but have soldiered on regardless.

I wish summer would return, but listening to the weather forecast, that doesn’t seem likely. So playing mostly inside is the order of the day.

good morning. hope you soon feel back to normal Linda.
I returned from my week with son last Friday with a horrible heavy summer cold which has now morphed into a cough. Yesterday it was not too bad and last night I managed to sleep quite well. But since I got up I can't stop coughing which is pulling my stomach muscles. This is the first cold I have had since 2019 which is probably why it is worse. a shame as I had a lovely time at son's but I now feel ten times worse than before I went. And none of the family there had a cold/cough.

Happu Yorkshire Day to me & you as well LInda, lol.

Not been the best of summers has it Linda, apart from the odd days here & there.
It's a dry but dull day here again today so far, but looks like it might rain at some point, not holding my breath for getting outside today !

I think I might do a bit of housework today but not really in the mood for that, oh my the sun has just come out, maybe I won't have to do any dusting or hoovering after all, lol.

Ann, you cold sounds really bad, coughs can be so debilitating, take care.

Hello to all those looking in.

Joan..

I hope your cold gets better soon Ann.

I needed to go to the supermarket this morning to get the food for this week’s recipes, so for once OH came with me because I still feel ill To be honest, it would be quicker on my own, but he was keen to help.

He is itching to get outside to cut the grass, but it keeps raining so he can’t do it. He is hopeless at doing nothing, he likes to be doing jobs.

My daughters house move is going from bad to worse, they were supposed to be moving in in a couple of weeks, but now it looks like the whole thing might be off.
The house they are supposed to be buying is a barn conversion. The original farm was split into three properties. They share an access road which opens out into an area where the gates to the three new properties are. As well as the barn and garden, they also have a large outbuilding which was built in 2000. At the moment it is just storage, but they want to split it in half and make a home office. They also want to put solar panels on the roof. Their conveyancer noticed that according to the ordinance survey map that the boundary between their property and the one next door actually runs half way through this out building. How it wasn’t spotted when the current owners bought the property two years ago, I don’t know. I suspect it was, but the American couple just decided to ignore it. Normally you would take out an insurance policy against any claims, but they can’t because you can only do that if you don’t know who might make a claim. Obviously the neighbours could ask for money for that bit of land, so no insurance company will issue a policy. Also the conveyancer by law has to inform their mortgage company if any boundary dispute, so that might affect their mor offer.

It is a terrible mess, so now they are going to see another couple of properties in the area which are for sale chain free. Even so it will be quite a long time before a new sale will go through. Just when we were looking forward to getting our house back :-(

So sorry to hear that you are still not feeling well Linda, & the dreadful news about that house won't help, it all sounds to be a right mess, & like you say just when it felt as though all was going through nicely & you & hubby would soon be enjoying a more quiet life.
Let's hope something can be pulled out of the bag to put things back on track.

Well the day got better once the sun came out & so I was able to get into the garden & do some bits of tidying & weed pulling, I always feel better for doing something outside,& it won't be too long before the summer is past & the dark nights are upong us, not looking forward to that.

Joan.

Afternoon folks

Well like AnnG and Linda, I too have been out of sorts last few days. Temp on Sunday was 38/100 and I was shivering. Migraine developed and was dreadful as always.

Monday was coughing and still had a sore head. Today I feel back to my normal self, temp down and migraine away but I feel tired.

So must be a summer cold that's doing the rounds except, I haven't been near anyone and only walked around my garden?

Oldest fam member has been told he is a type 1 diabetic. No surprise there as I have been telling him for ages to stop eating "tv dinners" and eating out instead of cooking. So he had his HB1AC done and its up at 16!!! So now will be going onto injections and he's not a happy bunny. "I told you so" is probably ringing his ears.

Anyway, hes seeing the nurse again soon and she will explain it all but will he listen?.....wait and see.

Making a blueberry and white chocolate cheesecake later. i prepared it all, did the base and then realised, I don't have the white chocolate so shall have to wait until daughter comes home with some. Just fancied a change and its dead simple.

So hope everyone else is feeling better now.

Linda, cant believe the house fell through!! Your peace and quiet will have to go on the back burner yet again. Hope this next house goes through smoothly.

AnnG, nice trip away for you, makes such a difference getting away for a few days.

I haven't been out of the house since my friend left on 15 May!! Promises from friends to take me out in the holidays haven't materialised so its beginning to get me down staring at the walls especially as daughter has been away quite a lot recently.

I really need a change of scenery and to see others.

New coloured card arrived today so I can make some cards tomorrow to boost up the numbers.

Weather here last 2 days has been warm and sunny but today its rather grey and overcast but not raining or cold so cant complain.

Joan, hope you managed out in your garden for a bit, weather permitting.

Well that's me folks , better clear the dishes I used and tidy up.

Salmon fillets, new pots and peas for tea, easy dinner...yummy.

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It poured down all through the night, it hasn’t stopped since. I had to go and get my hair cut this morning, it is a thirty minute drive along fast dual carriageway. The side if the roads were flooded and the water was standing in the fast lane, so cars were aquaplaning. The spray was terrible and the wipers could hardly cope. I was really glad to get home.
I thought I would have an easy afternoon as they were going out to see a couple of houses in case they can’t sort the boundary problem out. Unfortunately Esme didn’t want to go, so has stayed here. After twenty minutes, she started screaming for mummy, having an absolute tantrum, throwing everything around. She isn’t like an ordinary child, so you can’t reason with her at all. She has settled down a bit, but we still have a couple of hours to go :-(

Linda, does she like music? Maybe some soft relaxing music and would she lay on a cushion maybe?

When my charges were upset etc, we had a room with soft fairy lights and music to help them settle. It worked most of the time.

Oh dear Florence, so sorry to hear your are not too well,& Ann I hope you are feeeling better than earlier in the week.

Linda, what a busy life you have caring for your family, especially young Esme, it can't be easy for you, I really hope your daughter get's things sorted & gets settled down in her own place very soon for your sake.

I have been outside again today, it was chilly first thing & very little sun but I managed to plant up some cuttings from my Geranium plat ( cranesbill) such an easy plant to deal with.

I then decided to re paint the back pporch, got most of it done, jquite easy really as it's finished with shiplap so it doesn't really matter if you stop at some point, just a top section to do that sits above the windows & an end section that requires the small steps for me to reach, so I decided to stop there & hopefully finish it tomorrow.
And I needed to get out of the way of the Swallows who nagged at me th ewhole time I was outside.
Thankfully they have left the nest abover the porch door & are now building in the garage/steading, but it's close enough to the house for the birds to tell me off whenever I venture out, lol.

Mince & tatties for tea, & maybe make some Yks puds.

Take care everyone.

Joan