General Chat

Well I had a nice catch up with my visitor, she stayed 3 hours lol but we enjoyed it. She gave me some lovely flowers too which was very thoughtful. i decided against making scones as i remember she said hubby & her were on a healthy eating programme so we had some plain biscuits instead.

It was snowing this afternoon but has gone away for now, however we do have a snow warning!

Aw Joan, you be missing your roast dinner today and home made soup.

Linda, how old is Esme? Hope she is feeling better soon.
30 bags of litter, Oh my, that is amazing.

Off to watch Call the midwife at 8pm, another old fav of mine.

Take care all and keep cosy

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We are just back from the monthly town litter pick. About eighteen people turned up. We collected about thirty bags of litter, plus another fifteen and a large pile of mattresses and other assorted junk from the dumping area just outside the travellers camp. That small are of woodland gets cleared regularly, but is always a disgusting mess.
Esme has been ill all day saying her tummy hurts, she was sick twice this afternoon, but feels better now. She had refused to eat all day, but has had a little bit now. That means she can’t go back to school until Wednesday at the earliest. She will probably be full of the joys of spring tomorrow

Evening Joan
Glad to see you posting. Wow you have been very busy in the garden and those pesky sheep! When I lived elsewhere, I was forever chasing them towards the moor but they kept jumping the grid! They used to eat my hebes plant grrr

Hope your sil takes care with the chainsaw.

Well its blowing a stormy Hooley here just now and snow forecast tomorrow. I'm sitting with my torch on my lap as im sure the leccy is going to go off but i hope not.

Just watched my fav programme haven't seen in ages, Casualty.Was quite full of drama tonight.

i didnt sleep well at all last night so shall go off about 11 and hope to sleep tonight.

I think I had better make some scones tomorrow for my visitor so better get up early.

Goodnite all

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Aw AG what a shame.

I had better make my supply last and not waste a sheet lol

Thanks for the thought, Florence.
However, the nearest Sainsbury is almost 100 miles away.

I just buy whatever is cheapest in the supermarkets in the nearest town, "only" 20 miles away.

I just had a quick look online and Sainsburys sell the 32 Nicky soft touch for £9.25 and they are in stock.Not sure where your nearest Sainsburys is? The packet has a red stripe on the left hand side.

You are right AG, I just checked in my orders and now it says currently unavailable so I did well to get them.
I have been buying this brand since i couldn't get out and decided to keep a small stock.I still have about 12 rolls left from the last order so this order will last me quite sometime.

If i see it back in stock ,I shall let you know

You got your toilet rolls just in time, Florence!

There are no toilet rolls as cheap as that on Amazon today.

Afternoon everyone
Well its a bright, sunny but very chilly windy day. Its forecasting snow here tomorrow...eeeek and as per its Black Bin day on Monday!

Courier came today and left this huge box in my porch but it was so light. I opened it and then realised it was my Nicky Soft Touch toilet rolls I ordered via Amazon.
Packet of 32 rolls for £8 but minimum order of 2 packs. So I got 64 rolls for £16.00 and they are actually better than supermarkets own and far cheaper.

So today, dusting and hoovering and general tidy up. My lovely neighbour who was away xmas & new year is popping round tom at 2pm tomorrow for a coffee and a catch up so looking forward to that.

Not sure what to make for tea tonight as I have a bit of a headache so not feeling terribly hungry.

Joan, hope you are ok as haven't seen you posting for a few days, hope all's well?

Take care all
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Well linda, im sitting at the PC with a can of diet coke and a bag of wine gums :-D

Last minute decision for daughter and shes away to see her nanna for the weekend as shes off out tom for afternoon tea to celebrate the birthday.

So Im now on my own all peaceful, no dramas and long may it last. She may not be back until Wednesday so a tidy house, less washing and im the boss of the TV :-D :-D

I may well have a salad for tea...what could possibly go wrong with that? :-D :-D

Oh dear Florence, I would just sit down and not move for the rest of the day. Have a cold dinner, no cooking in case you set fire to the kitchen

Finally my shopping arrived but with a couple of substitutes but was ok.

However whilst waiting, daughter nearly flooded the kitchen!!! She put her new fluffy fleece duvet into the wash with far too much washing liquid which then started to come out the machine. the suds were terrible. I grunted a few choice words at her and 4 washes and rinses later its now all back to normal.

Oh my just need one more thing to go wrong as they come in threes lol

I could do with a stiff drink except I cant have alcohol with my meds but....no better not ;-)

Ah, that would explain it Florence

Oh well, just had a message from Tesco's to say my delivery has been delayed until 2.30 due to a broken down van!! Grrrrr

And then I realised it's Friday 13th!!!! ;-)

Yes Linda I guess I could do that. Mind you so far since before xmas, the postie hasn't been seen much. So far once this week!!

I'm currently fed up with waiting for my Tesco delivery since 9am. I got up jolly early today but no sign yet. The window was 9-11am.

Its just cant really get on with much else until they have been.

Its flat calm here....for a change but its forecasting snow for us on Saturday and -1 degrees. it is only 3 degrees just now so pretty brrrr.

Oh well a hot coffee to keep me warm me thinks.

Back later on

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Florence to weigh a parcel, weigh yourself first, then stand in the scale holding the parcel and do the Maths.

The parcel people have said that they want me to use DHL, but I can wait until it is convenient for me.

We had a really wild night, the wind and rain were buffeting the windows, so I woke up several times. I slept through the alarm, but luckily OH woke up and roused me so I was only about ten minutes late in getting up to sort the girls out

Yes to all the first bit but I have never tried to send a huge, heavy parcel by post.

We don’t always keep the same postie as they get moved around a bit because they all loath trawling around the outlying villages. But our most usual one is very friendly.

Our biggest problem is the post box is timed for one 9 am collection. We just have to walk into the village to the post office counter or a bit further to the sorting office. Not such fun at the moment with all the rain.

Names, I think they do have this service as a card was put through the door awhile ago. But im guessing, you have to weigh the parcel yourself, download and print a label, and pay online? But how do you weigh a huge parcel on bathroom scales accurately?

My worry was if I have weighed the package incorrectly, the recipient would end up having to pay extra.

My local postie isn't too friendly as often I hand a letter to them complete with stamp for posting and I always feel they dont want to take it as it wont go until the next day.

Im thinking I shall be sending my xmas cards and presents in September this year in the hope they may arrive by December!

Florence, done here in the soggy south the Post Office are beginning to offer a pick up your parcel from home service.

Doesn’t help with delivery companies drop off being miles away but great if you have to use the post.

Added: it’s called Parcel Collect

Afternoon all.
Well my breadmaker i ordered just a few days ago on Amazon was delivered by Royal mail today along with a box of bread mixes as well. I have already put a cheese and onion bread mix into the breadmaker but it wont be ready until about 4.15pm. Smells divine and so cant wait to eat it.

Yes the Amazon site in Gourock is closing but there is a centre in Dundee which is where most of my goods come from so not sure what the effect will be on us up north?

I have been sorting out my boxes in the bedroom as since xmas, all my gifts etc and some spare ones have been cluttering the floor. So we have sorted a box for the charity shop, broken up about 10 boxes for the recycling which exhausted me.

I finally received from dad, 3 Mirano rainbow fish which belonged to my grandma. I washed them in soapy water very carefully as they have been wrapped in a towel for years! They are now on display on my filing cabinet and look quite at home lol. i think they are from the 60's and are worth a few pounds now but its just so nce to have them on display like they were when i was a child.

Oh Linda, what a palaver trying to return things!Our main PO is 30 miles away and an hour by bus so I hate it if we order things and then have to return them.

Joan if you are looking in, hope you and hubby are ok?

Well Im in need of a cuppa after all the tidying we did.

Florence in the hebrides