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Well its positive. i have Covid :-( :-( :-(

No wonder I feel so ill!

I have let the surgery know and feel awful for the nurse that came. let my brother and family know as they are travelling back to kent today.

Daughter is feeling ok so far but she is a type 1 diabetic and so hope she doesnt get it.

Im drinking plenty but feeling sick as well.

Going to have a lay down and try and sleep now.

Florence in the hebrides

Morning all
Well the nurse came to do a full set of bloods and an ECG. All went ok until she told me my temp wass up at 37.5!
I know I caught a chill but yesterday and today, i have been coughing something awful and have been sick with the coughing. My whole body aches and i havent felt like this in years.

The bloods will show infection markers , if any raised white cells etc but will have to wait until Wed as its a bank holiday today.

So Im just drinking lots of water and eating nothing as no appetite.

JG, glad you are getting over the shingles now, horrid to have it.

Im going off to do a Covid test, just for peace of mind. We didnt mix closely with anyone as was out on beaches and open spaces etc but you never know.

back in a bit

Florence in the hebrides

Pleased you had a lovely time with your family Florence , it's always hard when it's time for them to leave. Hope your cold goes away quickly.

Linda I hope your granddaughter gets good results from the tests.

Sorry to hear that your OH is poorly with the angina as well as other issues.
We had the opposite problem as our bathroom is downstairs which was never a problem till we got older and needed the loo in the night more. Having mobility issues myself it was hard to get up and go downstairs so we gave up a small part of our room and had a toilet and basin put in . We had to have a Saniflo system as we had no water pipes upstairs at all. Cost us more but it has been so useful I wish we had done it sooner.

Feeling better now as the Shingles have almost gone although I still feel some sharp pains but Dr said that can stay for a while but on the whole feel so much better.

No Easter egg hunts here as our G/children are all adults now. Still buy them an egg though. :-)

Have a good weekend.

Ginnie

Oh Joan, I did wonder if hubby wasn't well. Poor man and poor you now having to make changes to make everything comfortable for him. At least you have a spare room and he has a nice view too so that's something.

Being so far from the hospital would make it so difficult and challenging, i can well understand why he has chosen not to have any tests.

Enjoy your lovely roast dinner today and then the film after with your feet up mrs, well deserved.

Your garden sounds a lovely picture and just love the forget me knot blue colour.

Im sure come mid summer, it will be a sea of colours with everything in bloom.

Take care
Florence in the hebrides

Good morning peeps and a Happy Easter to all looking in.

Well I had a wonderful week with my family and of course a few "adventures" as well as there will always be something to happen!

We went ten pin bowling and I managed to play with just my stick and yes I didnt fall over lol :-D

Went to a museum and had lunch in the cafe, that was very interesting although 6 yr old nephew does get bored easily so we can never stay in one place for too long.

Went out for dinner to a local hotel which was ok until one of the steaks was overcooked....twice! In the end they didnt charge us for it £25 no less and they didnt seem to understand the difference between well done & medium rare but was lovely being out.

I cooked here too and yesterday as it was their last day, made a full roast chicken dinner with all the trimmings and home made fruit crumble. They really enjoyed it.

Then of course we had to say goodbye :-( :-(

Always the hardest when you live so far away. Little nephew wanted to stay with me bless him. However he is very active and at times he really wore me out!

So clear up day as we left a few things last night after the meal. I was too exhausted to finish off and then a shower.

Sadly i did catch a chill from the windy day at the beach so full of a cold now but it will pass soon.

So how is everyone? Joan, havent seen you in ages so hope all is fine with you, AnnG, Just G.

Linda, what a lovely surprise being woken so early!!!! Bless them. We also had 2 egg hunts here at a speed of 100mph, never seen anyone run round the garden so quick to fill his bag.

Enjoy your Sunday everyone.

Shall look in later :-)

I heard my daughter getting up early to play Easter Bunny and leave a trail of small chocolate eggs around the garden. At 7.15 Esme burst into our room, putting the light on and shouting “Happy Easter”: It was a bit or a rude awakening for OH :-D

Last night she had left a carrot out for the Easter Bunny with a little note. This morning the carrot had been partially eaten and the Easter Bunny had taken her note and left a nice thank you note in return ( courtesy of Eve). By 7.30 am, we were all out in the garden watching her collect her eggs. The girls both had a pile of large eggs in the lounge as well. They have both had chocolate for breakfast :-)

I am glad that you are enjoying your family visit Florence. We will have an Easter egg hunt on Easter Sunday when the Easter bunny comes.

It was a lovely day yesterday, so Eve and I had a walk in the cemetery and took some flowers to Little Lottie Hamilton.
It would have been my mums birthday last Sunday. I always put new artificial flowers on her grave on her birthday and a couple of other times during the year. We have got into the habit of taking the old ones to Lottie’s grave. We did the research during lockdown

https://jennywool.wixsite.com/lottie This is the link for anyone who is interested, it is quite a story

Annoyingly Esme was sick again yesterday.. She had a runny nose on Monday, but it could be an allergy again. She is having a blood test tomorrow, so they can start trying to sort it out.

After the glorious yesterday, it has been horrible today, it has been raining on and off all day. We had all of the paving stone paths down both sides of the house and the patio across the back professionallyk cleaned today. It took them all morning, They used some sort of chemical first of all, then an industrial jet washer, not the little type you can buy yourself. The result is amazing,I had forgotten that the pavers were a yellow colour, they have looked dark grey for so long now. OH usually does them with patio cleaner and a brush, but it is hard work and over the years, they have become ingrained with dirt which he couldn’t remove.

Good evening folks.

Have a lovely time with my family and so far been bowling, out for lunch, to a beach and we had an easter egg hunt in the garden earlier. nephew was so excited.

Making a buffet tomorrow with all the trimming so something for all of us. Just wish the weather was better and a bit warmer as it was grrr today and damp & windy.

Linda, hope you are all enjoying the holidays so far,

Hope everyone else looking in is keeping well

Florence in the hebrides

I hope they river safely Florence and that you enjoy their visit.
It is the first day of the school holidays, somI have been playing with Esme while her mum was working. We play ”schools” with all her dolls.It was a nice afternoon, so we took them all in the garden to play on the trampoline and swings. One day down, only two weeks to go.

Good evening all.
My visitors are on the last leg of their journey and should be here by about 9pm.
Slight delay on the A9 earlier today but managed to take a small detour so didnt delay them too much.

I have made 2 fruit loaves and a dozen cupcakes all iced and decorated.

Wont see them all until tomorrow as they will be tired and the wee one will be going straight to bed.

Weather blowing a hooley here....lol whats new its only early April!

Hope all ok with anyone looking in.

Florence in the hebrides

It's fixed Yay.....

The plumber said the joint was loose and tightened it but the seals had gone on the u-bend so he replaced them.

Had the washing machine since and no leaks...thank goodness for that. At least it wasnt full of grease and rotten food. I do scrape plates but sometimes the odd pea has vanished along with a bit of carrot before you can retrieve them.

So had better now go and put all the cleaning products etc back into the cupboard under the sink and will then need to wash down all the work surfaces.

Was going to do some baking today but i'm quite tired out at the moment !

I'm making 2 fruit loaves tomorrow anyway but daughter wanted a GF sponge cake.

Morning all

Well what a day!

Woke up to find a huge puddle of yuckky brown fluid under my kitchen sink. What a mess it was. So had to remove all the cleaning products etc first which were all soaked on the bottom. I then got daughter to mop up the mess etc which took an age.

On closer inspection with a torch and camera phone, she took a picture. The u-bend or p-trap is leaking! I tel the relevant dept for weekend emergencies and now waiting on a plumber since 9am!

And then.....my SIL's Tesco delivery arrived in the middle of it all.

My fridge is now full to the hilt as are my 4 freezer drawers.

I placed a bowl under the pipe and since then it has more brown fluid in it.

I'm guessing there is some food etc laying in the pipe and through time this is forcing out the waste through the joints, although im not actually a plumber but I looked it up on Google!

So what a busy morning and its not even lunchtime.

Linda, what a disappointment for your daughter :-( :-(

Can't imagine how down they are feeling. That's the problem when there is a chain and one deal falls through. Really hope another buyer can be found soon.

Oh my Linda, what a disaster with the bus. Yes thank heavens it didnt happen on a busy main road. So glad noone hurt and all got home safe & sound.

I was looking back over some old threads of various topics from several years ago and oh my there were so many people daily on the chat boards back then.

I suppose social media has killed off a lot with more people on FB and Twitter etc.

I never took on FB or anything else and never will. It never appealed to me and through my children, there were more fallouts than I had hot dinners lol

I shall look in later once the plumber has hopefully sorted the problem.

Hope everyone enjoying their Saturday

Florence in the hebrides

I am sorry to hear you have Shingles Ginnie. They were incredibly painful when I had them.
We had a disappointment today with my daughters house move. They were expecting to exchange contracts in two weeks on their London house and they have had an offer accepted on a house up here. Then today they heard that the London chain has collapsed. The person buying their house had a cash buyer for their flat, but that buyer has pulled out. We were hoping they would be moving out soon, but that isn’t going to happen :-(

We also had some excitement earlier. Esme comes home on a council mini bus, she is the last one to be dropped off. We had just collected her and we’re waiting to wave at the bus. It backs into a cul de sac immediately opposite our house in order to turn round and go back the way it came. It had just backed in when the front wheel fell off, it is leaning with the axle on the road. It was going to be two and a half hours before the brake down truck can come, so we have the keys. Luckily one of the women has a granddaughter who lives close by, so she collected them and has taken them back to wherever the bus is based. It was lucky that didn’t happen on the motorway or while any of the children were on it

Morning....just.
JG its blooming awful weather here too, hosing down again and windy. Typical as my visitors arrive Mon eve and looking ahead, its not looking too great.

I have various things planned but shall just have to plan by the day me thinks.

I am still waiting on DWP to do their investigation which I wish would hurry up as if the flat sells quickly, we cant distribute estate until that is sorted.

Hope your shingles has improved and you are feeling a bit better.

Drs rang about my BP figures I sent and asked if i could come to surgery for a face to face with a nurse re the readings!!! Honestly, I told them I was housebound and have no transport to bring me. I said please get the nurse to tel me and we can discuss, no need for a visit which is impossible for me!!

I wish people would listen when you tell them things as its very irritating repeating the same old over & over!

I'm finished of the chores for today as quite tired so now sitting with me cuppa on the PC for a bit.

Hope everyone else looking in is well and ok.

Florence in the hebrides

Hello all,

Florence we put the house on the market before Christmas , it took a week for the 1st offer to come in but it was way below the asking price and the agent was pushing us to agree to the sale and then started to be a nuisance phoning and asking if we had had other offers so we changed agents. We had another offer for higher than expected and agent had explained to them that contracts couldn't be exchanged until probate had been granted. By the time they had done all the surveys and legal stuff that was needed I don't think they had to much extra time to wait. Just waiting now for all the final bills etc to come in and once they are paid it will all be done. I hope your mum's flat sells quickly and everything else get sorted for you without problems. It seems sometimes that no matter how organised we are there is always something else to sort out.

Hope everyone is well and having some nice weather if you are send some to me please

Ginnie

Oh JG so sorry to hear you have shingles. Can be so painful. I hope it clears up very soon.
Good that you have the house sold, was so quick. Mums flat is almost ready for estate agent to come and do photos. Im still paying all the bills etc and cant wait until its all settled.

White seems to be the in colour according to the first estate agent so we got mums flat painted white throughout and now looks so fresh and brand new.

Im not in the mood for cooking much tonight so may just have toasties, something quick.

Hope your OH makes you something tasty though. Take care of yourself.

Florence in the hebrides

Well I felt off colour last week, headache and shivery. On Thursday my neck was hurting a bit and I had a small rash at the base of my hairline. Saw Dr on Friday and yes I have Shingles. The blisters have come out properly now and are painful Think I have seen Dr. more this year already than I do any other year. He did my BP and thankfully that was ok.

My late sister's house has now been sold so that is a load off my mind just the final bills etc to come in and it will all be done . Still have some of her stuff here but slowly going through it all.

Decorating has started we decided on having white walls again and will add colour with cushions and throws etc.

OH doing tea tonight so will be a simple meal.. lol

good afternoon all. Yesterday was a beautiful warm sunny day with no wind. today it is 10 degrees but drizzly, damp under foot and very very windy. I have just walked down the road to post a letter and it was really hard going against the wind.

I have not done much else today except clean the bathroom. Might have a dust round later.

Well a wet morning and very cold so it is.

Waiting on another small order from Tesco to finish off me order. A few chores to do today, mainly dusting, hoovering etc.

Joan, havent seen you around for a few days so hope all is well with you and hubby is ok?

Managed to lose 2lbs in weight so far but trying hard to lose another 3lbs by next week! Only had a small jacket potato last night and a yoghurt and my tummy is rumbling just now!

Better go and see if Tesco is up the rd but shall look in later folks.

Florence in the hebrides

Afternoon everyone looking in.
Well we have been very busy bees in the house today.

Sun is out, wind is very breezy but great for getting the washing dry. have stripped both beds which took me ages but all done and dusted. Some bedding already out on the line with another load almost finished.

Daughter did the bathroom whilst i tidied the kitchen and mopped the floor.

Daughter made a pan of soup too for later on as although lovely and sunny, its beginning to get chilly in the wind.

Daffodils almost in bloom, another couple of days and they will be out. Roses are coming along too and dwarf geraniums are making good progress as well.

Lets hope we dont get the snow they are predicting for next week. Eeek my visitors will be so disappointed if we cant get decent weather to go places.

I also heard this week, that Covid is rising even quicker here so really need to be careful of that. If my visitors arrive and test positive, it will be a disaster as they are only here Tues-Saturday! However when they go out, they dont mix too close with others and are very mindful still of the virus.

Hope all ok with everyone.

Happy Saturday

Florence in the hebrides