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ArcherphileAugust 24, 2023 at 10:07 AM
ReplyDeleteJust a little boast from a proud Grandma….
Young Griff, just back from the non-jamboree in Korea, got his GCSE results today.
Been waiting on tenterhooks to hear.
Despite the deliberate lowering of grades this year he got 7 grade 9s and 3 grade 8s. The old equivalents being A* and A. So he is guaranteed a place at the Peter Simmonds 6th Form College in Winchester to take A levels.
As my daughter pointed out, he wins the trophy for the best GCSE results in family, much to his brother and sister’s annoyance!
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KPnutsAugust 24, 2023 at 11:32 AM
AP congratulations to your grandson. How does he choose his Alevels when he’s obviously good at everything? I hope he enjoys Peter Simmonds, I gather it’s huge, more like uni than school.
ArcherphileAugust 24, 2023 at 12:10 PM
ReplyDeleteYes KP, Peter Simmons is very large and has very a good reputation. Griff’s elder brother & sister went there rather than Queen Mary’s in Basingstoke where their Mum & Uncle went. It’s very easy for him to get to, bus outside the door, all the way.
He’s hoping to do Maths, Physics + one other subject, as recommended by the college for a future career in some sort of Engineering. He’s also keen on statistics ( not ‘damn lies’) so who knows?
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MiriamAugust 24, 2023 at 3:03 PM
AP You are right to be so proud..A great acheivement and a brilliant and bright future for your grandson.
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Cheshire CheeseAugust 24, 2023 at 4:26 PM
Well done Griff a wonderful acheivement!
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MiriamAugust 24, 2023 at 4:59 PM
I have just realised that it is a BH weekend. The "little one" in my family and her mum, are travelling up tomorrow, to stay with Big Sis. So looking forwards to a lovely day with them on Saturday
Today’s addition to our garden menagerie a juvenile red legged partridge, but it didn’t go near the pear tree. I presume the local shoot has diversified, we’ve had pheasants for a while, including a brood of chicks this year, but this is a first for us.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous and how lucky to have such a fantastic garden visitor.
DeleteMy highlight today was a very colourful Red Admiral butterfly, not quite the same though!
All butterflies are beautiful. And I saw a Humming Bird Hawkmoth on our buddleia this afternoon which as very special too.
DeleteA niece sent a short video of one of those in her garden the other day - fascinating.
DeleteOn a brighter note,as P tb Y mentioned, my son met up with her,Mr P tb Y and Cowgirl on Wednesday at Cowgirl's home.
ReplyDeleteI quote from the text I received from my son "Had a really enjoyable evening and the meal was excellent"
So sorry your son has been caught up in theses dreadful fires in Canada. It must be so frightening seeing such huge fires and smoke approaching your home. But he seems to be coping well so far, which must be comforting for you.
DeleteHead and heart LJ regarding your grandson - head “ I am alive oh how grateful I am for that”and a little bit of his heart understandably shocked and sad to lose his home and the special pieces he made for it (which with his talent he will be able to recreate as and when)
DeleteThe meet up sounds great doesn’t it and at least cowgirl did not call on you or me to travel to her home to cook for them 🫢😂😳
I’m pleased for you LanJan that your son-in-law Canada has been able to look optimistically at his situation, but it must be a very sad ( at the very least ) time for him.
DeleteIs this the doctor son ?
Moths : pleased your beloved cardi seems to be safe for the time being. I hope it stays that way.
And good luck with the rest.
Have you discovered, or realised what brought them into your home ?
Sorry… predictive text got busy….. your son in Canada
DeleteRealised today, just how good supermarkets draw regular customers in with loyalties!
ReplyDeleteAs you know, I mainly use Sbury's as nearest to me.
Today (I know how to shop and play the system), got £20 worth of savings off my bill, plus a further £2.50 worth points added to my points total.
I did not buy anything which was not on my normal shopping list!
To add, remember my concern about no chairs for customers use, so decided to take action? These days, there are 3 chairs available..Am sure others have voiced similar concerns, but at least these were heard and actioned on.
I have solved my shopping problems now that I can only walk short distances and was unable to do the big shop without having to rest halfway through.
DeleteI order all the heavy goods, packets, tins, jars, frozen foods etc online for ‘click and collect’
I turn up at the appointed time. A very helpful staff member loads all the shopping into the boot for me. There is no charge for this service.
Then I park nearer to the entrance and go in to choose my veg, fruit and meat (which I prefer to pick myself) take them though the scan and pack checkout, only needing 20 -30 mins and not needing a sit down.
Using both online and in-person shopping together works very well for me and means I don’t have to rely on someone else choosing my weekend joint or pick out bruised apples!
Archerphile - great minds think alike. I do the same!
DeleteArcherphile is your click and collect shop in bags? With Waitrose as with their delivery service goods are loose as I mostly use their delivery service this is not a problem as they bring the trays into the kitchen and chat and often help to unload goods, the one time I used their C&C a trolley full of loose goods awaited and I had to transfer to my bags which defeated part of the process for me. Ocado deliver in bags still and give credit for return of these however as I cannot receive my 20% M&S discount with them only use them in something like a bad weather situation. Sainsbury’s for some items I can only source there but hate the fact that they now have hardly any manned tills -: but it it’s the way they are all going. Local Waitrose has recently added a section of them they look extremely smart large oblong glass (?) screens very “Apple” looking I might try one out when I call in to collect my cleaning!!!
DeleteI always use a self scanner now. Items can be placed straight into bags as go round, and it is so quick and easy to pay - point scanner at screen, items loaded, pay and out.
DeleteNever have to queue as transactions done so quickly, even if need an authorisation.
To answer a few questions.
ReplyDeleteApparently there have been loads of moths in this neck of the wood this summer..
I had to replace a carpet .This time ,much as I hated doing so I replaced it with a man made one and a hall carpet with wooden laminated flooring.
Grandsons - sons of my elder Doctor son (he works with the First Nation people in a remote ares of British Columbia ) live in Canada.
Tom the one who lost his home is Manager of a boat hire business on the Okanagan Lake which is most of the fires are ,in the summer and is a plumber in the winter.
My younger son is a volunteer signalman on the NY Railway which is why he was dining at Cowgirl's home with Mr and Mrs PtbY.
They often meet up when he is there which is really nice.
Gardener's World showed a garden in Bishops Stortford (man with greyish hair in top- not with wife and did dancing together), but is was in fact a garden in the village in Essex, where my youngest niece lives.
ReplyDeleteWe viewed it together on catch-up this morning, so could keep pausing and winding back, as to work out exactly which property, as she didn't recognise him nor wife.
Apparatly it's a small thatched cottage, but the garden can't be seen as there is a high fence around the property.
At least she knows now, esp. as often walks past it when taking "little one" to the playground.
She's going to look for a hole in the fence, next time she goes by!
Lovely day spending time with big Sis + Hubbie, 2 nieces, 2 great nieces + 1 great nephew. What a close family we are as just gel together..
DeleteFeel so lucky + blessed.
By way of contrast, Miriam, I spent the afternoon catching up with a Blue Island flight from Jersey-Munich from whence we then flew on to Frankfurt.
ReplyDeleteThe return route was fascinating, via Luxembourg turning Northwest to skirt the border with Belgium. We flew north of Paris as far as Amiens, turning South just short of Dieppe and heading back to Jersey via Le Havre.
I have to say this is improving my knowledge of the geography of Europe no end - although I still can't quite manage the Jersey-Ibiza route without losing my bearings between Bordeaux and Toulouse!
Aha, I've just cracked it: in fact, Bordeaux and Toulouse are much closer than I thought, I've simply been overshooting.
ReplyDeleteNow I can go to bed happy!
I’ve finally walked around part of Dunkery this evening.
ReplyDeleteI’ve been here over a year and it’s taken me this long to do it.
Last time was in 1966.
My husband claimed to have read only one book. Lorna Doone.
He wanted to visit Doone valley.
I wanted to walk up Dunkery Beacon.
That was our honeymoon.
Flightradar can be so addictive!
ReplyDeleteI use it just to follow flights I know family are on, and when I hear a low 'plane go overhead, which is usually between 6-7 am when bedroom window is open, and Liverpool airport has many early morning flights taking off..
Next family flight journey to follow, is the OZ lot, leaving exactly 2 weeks today...but what a jaunt.
DeleteGold Coast (Queensland Oz), to Sydney - Sydney to Dallas USA, then Dallas to Heathrow. They will cross the date-line, so might just arrive in Dallas around the same time on the same day, they left Sydney. Can't get my head around this!!
Not for me...
I know what you mean, Miriam. Sometimes my daughter arrives in the UK before she has left NZ. I can't think about it or it does my head in!
DeleteThese BI aircraft are different, though, and the Aurigny ones. They are old friends who are in and out over my house and garden day in, day out. It's interesting to be able to see what they get up to when they aren't here
I grew up to the sound of aircraft on the tarmac leaving for the other islands and England. Now I'm in England watching them go home. I've just heard the Guernsey one land.
ReplyDeleteWould you ever want to move back to Guernsey Sarnia? I lived in Wales for a number of years and liked it there but home was always Cornwall for me. The Welsh have a word for this longing for home, "hiraeth". The music of the home area can also exert a pull I think. I was at the Wadebridge Folk Festival yesterday and listening to one group of very good male singers singing the nostalgic songs sung by those Cornish expats who in hard times left here to work in mines all over the world. We've got a saying along the lines of " wherever you find a hole in the ground you'll find a Cornishman in it". Some of the songs are very moving with this longing for home mixed with the knowledge they were unlikely to ever see again the places and people they left behind. Thankfully at least today we have air travel and things like Zoom.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I could, Janice. I need more space than it can give me and I haven't the financial freedom to escape whenever I want to.
ReplyDeleteGiven my physical limitations it would also be too frustrating with so much of it now inaccessible to me. On the occasions when I've stayed longer than a few days it's driven me mad and I've remembered why I left in the first place.
I've been in love with the place my whole life, but -
can't keep away, can't go back.
That's how it is.
My little Sis is now home-less literally. The sale of their Norfolk property was completed on Friday, but the purchase of their potential new home, is so slow. It's due to hold ups with land registfy ie. red-tape and admin!
ReplyDeleteLiving with a daughter and grand-kids at the moment, and there are also problems with the rental property, that they were due to move into in 2 weeks time.
She"s fine about it all, as the sellers of the house they are hoping to buy, have also been able to delay the purchase of their new home (a probate sale).
As all are genuine buyers/sellers and the problem is a genuine one which would have happened anyway, all are understandable and happy to wait. She's so lucky.
To add, their dog is still with them as its mouth cancer is not progressing as fast as first thought, and is still eating and enjoying slow walks. However dog is still in a home she knows well. It is a black lab. and has a younger chocolate lab. as company and knows well, so his very content.
DeleteWent to visit a lovely garden, open in aid of Cardiac Rehab, this afternoon. At Farringdon, a very picturesque small village in mid Hampshire. It was the sort of garden I love, lots of little winding paths leading to secret areas, a Romany caravan, a wonderful fruit cage and raised vegetable beds containing everything from enormous onions to artichokes. Beautifully clipped holy hedges and flowers galore. A pond with two resident ducks and a waterfall. And to top it all off, a lovely cream tea under a large gazebo!
ReplyDeleteWe took our next door neighbours and they were enchanted too. Thankfully using two sticks I managed to get round fairly well, only falling once.
Sounds a lovely outing for you AP, Mr. AP and your lovely neighbours.
DeleteNow as to the cream tea, was it jam or cream first?
I still don't get why this is such an issue as I just blob them both on together.
It's like stirring jam into rice pudding, tasty.
Sorry - Too vocal again!
Jam into rice pudding? Miriam, how could you!
ReplyDeleteEasily - with my Mum's homemade jam from strawberries,blackcurrantsraspberries, which were all grown by Dad in the back garden.
DeleteLoved the resulting mess.
..and rice pudding was home-made with a skin on.
DeleteI'm with Miriam on this one : )
DeleteSorry, too sweet for me. I like mine rich and creamy with a sprinkle of nutmeg.
ReplyDeleteI love rice pudding and my mum used to make it especially for me.
DeleteUnfortunately I don’t seem able to make it for myself but Aldi does a very good rice pudding and I buy it frequently.
And I sometimes like to put some jam with it too, like Miriam.
Yes it is very sweet with jam but occasionally just what’s required.
Well, I had my holiday in Germany with numerous family. I mostly enjoyed it even though I was very tired but being with my son was a treat !
DeleteGranddaughters were very considerate with me but I disapproved of them 'back-chattering' to their parents ! However when they were told to do anything they immediately put what they were doing and did what their parents told them so I suppose that isn't so bad.
I broke my computer out there. The screen busted ! I looked to get a new one from Curry's but Chris bought me one from Amazon, along with the same computer for granddaughters as well; as oldest is changing school to do IB and youngest one is going into 'middle school' so he said 'Ordering 3 makes no difference!'
However it is Windows 11 and I am only just getiing used to it!#
Yet again my thyroid appointment was postponed so I have another telephone call in September 27th. That makes 3 appointments cancelled!
My picture is now showing my birthday and youngest son gave me the balloons !
Lots of presents from children including a handbag from daughter with Jane Austen novels pictured on it !
Hopefully better weather ahead and then youngest son and dil are taking me to 'high tea' at Leeds Castle (In Kent !)
What a lovely photo Spicy. Thank you so much for posting it, looks like you were having a whale of a time. Congratulations on the birthday 🎉
DeleteLovely photo Spicy, and a generous son :)
ReplyDeleteOoooh Spicy….. high tea at Leeds Castle !
DeleteHow lovely, I’m sure you will enjoy it. Just being in Leeds C is a treat in itself. One of my favourite places, and I once went to a medieval dinner there which I enjoyed immensely.
What a celebration Spicy and lovely to actually see you looking very much the birthday girl 🎈🎈🤗 Afternoon tea ooh yum and at such a prestigious venue! What on earth will your 80th bring 🤭
DeleteIt sounds like you had a lovely celabration Spicycushion. I hope that getting to grips with Windows 11 isn't too painful.
ReplyDeleteOur family celebration at the weekend went really well. The unseasonable weather on Saturday (including a thunderstorm with torrential rain and hail) did little to dampen our spirits. It was wonderful to have all 14 of us together for the first time, although cooking for everyone on Saturday was a bit of a challenge! The older children did a stirling job of entertaining the little ones so we got away with few toddler tantrums.
We went the restaurant at the veg farm, where I get my box from, for Sunday lunch. The food was delicious and the venue ideal as there was plenty of space and the children were able to run around outside between courses. Thankfully we only had occasional showers during our time there.
I'm now recovering from the exertions and temporarily ignoring the the mountain of washing hidden away in a bedroom!
Well done for having 14 at a table !
Delete14 😱 a ⭐️ for you!
DeleteI picked 20 pounds of Victoria plums today and still more for Jon to pick tomorrow. I have stewed them and will make plum crumble, as well as apple crummle I bought at Sainsbury's together with some blackberries from the garden fence between school and playing field and my garden. Probably enough tp last all winter!
ReplyDeleteAt last some runner beans. I always leave them too late!
Was supposed to begin ironing and sorting out summer and winter clothes but got caught in the garden !!
Lovely to hear you back to doing ordinary household activities Spicy.
ReplyDeleteI am so pleased for you.
CC. What did you prepare for 14 round the table?
ReplyDeleteBig Sis and I are doing a meal for 15 soon of mixed ages, 4 seniors (which includes me!), 6 middle ones (ave age about 40) and 5 youngsters (12 down to 3.5yrs).
Not sure what to do, so thoughts would be appreciated.
Luckily every-one eats everything so no diet restrictions.
We just can't decide what to do!
DeleteI wasn't so lucky with everyone eating everything. One grandchild has nut allergies, one daughter has IBS so can't eat certain things. In the end we went for sausages (bought at Tebay farm shop), potato wedges, peas, sweetcorn, carrots and roast kale. For dessert we had ice cream (from a local farm) and berries. We kept it simple as we knew we would be getting an amazing meal on Sunday.
DeleteSounds lovely CC and keeping it simple but tasty with your local produce meant maximum time spent together in a relaxed atmosphere with your family.
DeleteMiriam you also have local farm shop to hand so maybe something similar?
Washing machine died today. Tried 4 different things via YouTube to try and find/solve the problem. No good. Been to buy a new one this aft. It has to be integrated so luckily not a lot of choice to choose between. New one coming Saturday. Decided to remove the old one ready when we got home. OMG. I think the previous owners built the ruddy kitchen around the washer.
ReplyDeleteWhat a job to remove it. God knows how I’ll get the new one installed.
Be YouTubing correct way to do that when I go to bed tonight.
Oh dear ptby! Should you be doing such manual pushing and shoving? I use (and Archerphile also I believe) AO and pay them to do it all - deliver unbox, take away rubbish and the old machine, install and check running correctly. I do hope all turns out successfully for you 🤗
DeleteWashing machines are very heavy PtbY, I'm impressed that you were able to get one out, never mind putting another one in!
DeleteThat’s right Lady R. Wouldn’t use anyone else but AO.com to buy household appliances.
DeleteMust admit went to look at various possibilities in Curry’s first but ordered from AO because of the services they provide.
I’ve gone with curry’s cos AO couldn’t deliver as quickly…4 days later. I was surprised that the price at both was the same.
DeleteCC Thanks. The farm shop I use my sister also uses. There is a brilliant butchers there (spevialising in chicken and pork) and does some lovely stuff, such a skewered kebabs, chicken in marindes/herb rubs etc. Will suggest a meet up to see what might be suitable, and easy to cook quickly.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the idea - which hadn't crossed my mind.
Owias while having my lunch today I saw you on tv polishing your “big (boot) shoe” but in truth it was an advert for Amazon 😂😳😂
ReplyDelete😊 Perhaps if they want to do a sequel they should give me a call - this shoe is in need of a good polish!
DeleteI know the feeling 🫢
DeleteJust received an email from daughter number two visiting her sister in Cornwall.
ReplyDeleteLovely picture of ‘my girls ‘ together and another of my three now very grown up grandchildren.
Don’t think I’ve done too bad a job !
What a lovely sunny afternoon. I have been sitting by our garden pond watching the new baby goldfish feeding, which is very relaxing. The only problem being the insatiable desire to keep counting them, but they move too quickly!
ReplyDeleteLooks like it's going to be a lovely week as well Archerfile, just as the children go back to school. Still, it means that we'll be able to take advantage of the weather in places that will be quieter.
DeleteNot for me...it just means gardening, whilst as the saying goes, "make hay while the sun shines". So much to do and sort but can at last do this in sunshine.
DeleteNo more watering though, as its getting to that time to let plants do their own thing, as nature dictates.
Am already planning my new spring garden, as made notes last spring, as to what I need to buy and plant to enhance it.
To add - very heavy dew in the morning, so plenty of moisture for plants. Had to wait until 2.00pm to be able to mow lawns, when finally these were dry enough.
DeleteMissed the sunshine yesterday as spent most of it trying to get the blinking new integrated washer into place and the correct height. Tested out new hip by having to kick the wooden plinth, washer on top, into the tight space for it. After 4 hours of adjustments I spent the rest of the afternoon laid on sofa watching a film, knackered. Anyway it was a good workout for the hip.
ReplyDeleteThe dishwasher is also integrated, if that ever breaks I’m onto AO whatever the cost and will have someone fit it!!
Note….these were inherited appliances when we moved in. I would never get integrated after this experience.
Atta girl !
DeleteWell done PtbY, I'm sure I couldn't have done that at that stage of hip replacement recovery.
DeleteWe have had two integrated dishwashers, one in our last kitchen and one in the present one. Both Siemens which have lasted years. I hope that's not famous last words! I'm now up to date with all the washing thanks to the lovely weather. I got six sets of bedding done in the last two days which dried very quickly outdoors.
DeleteMe too...washing came off the line dry, fresh and well aired.
DeleteThe only integrated appliance I have is the fridge, which is Bosch.
Interesting bit of news for me from Cardiac Rehab at Alton. Mr A spoke to the administrator about me being able to go with him for a supervised exercise programme , now I am ‘a heart patient’.
ReplyDeleteIf you remember, my GP said she could t refer me as I did not qualify.
Well, that was nonsense! Apparently I don’t have to be referred at all, I can go next week for an assessment and they will create a programme for me according to how I do initially. And they will write to the GP to get my records so they can tailor the programme to my needs.
So yet another example of the lousy aftercare I have been getting from the GP!
I seem to remember ARCHERPHILE that I suggested that you approach the Cardiac Rehab directly. I did so, because of my own experience of being told by a GP that it wasn’t possible to be referred, but given different advice by a department themselves.
DeleteI hope you gain some improvement from the classes.
Yes I do remember Mrs P. Due to summer holidays, and family visits, speaking to the administrator was a bit delayed.
DeleteSo now I have to get something suitable to wear (I don’t possess any trousery-type things and some trainers!
I would complain to the GP practice if I'd been treated like that Archerfile. I'm finding that GPs who were previously helpful are much more dismissive these days.
DeleteARCHERPHILE - don’t worry too much about what you wear.
DeleteI always exercise with bare feet, but most older people wear comfortable shoes, not necessarily trainers.
Also you do not need trousers.
You are NOT going to be doing cartwheels !
Just get yourself there for the time being and worry about those other problems afterwards.
☀️☀️☀️ oh dear☀️☀️☀️ the first week of one of my favourite months ruined! all i I can do is sit with a fan on me. At least next week cools down thank goodness as we are due to meet with friends on the Wednesday I almost suggested today 😱 could not have gone….
ReplyDeleteFor those of you who love it though - enjoy 🤗
We went for an early morning walk at Teggs Nose today, before it got too hot. Then had a cuppa and toasted teacake in the tea room. They make a really good coffee there.
DeleteHaving googled both Teggs Nose and tearoom I say “ beam me up Scottie” 🤗 Lovely!
DeleteAlas, no acting career for me - shot down in flames before it began: they kept telling me I was brilliant, each audition heaped praise on my head then every time the part was given to whoever went in first, so it had obviously already been cast beforehand.
ReplyDeleteSomeone also wanted to change a word in on of my poems chosen for a reading because she said it was wrong.
That director just happened to be one of the ones who gushed over my performance and then cast someone else, so she got a courteous but frosty email about breach of copyright.
I now delete all their communications. For heaven's sake, they keep saying I'm good at it, and over the years I've already taught myself flute and organ to approximately diploma standard, how hard can it be!
Oh Sarnia, how frustrating : (
DeleteOMiaS applied for a job once that they'd told him had his name on it. A friend was once strongly encouraged by senior management to apply for an in-school promotion that again had her name on it. Both times A.N.other was appointed.
But there are other drama groups - one of them will welcome you with open arms and give you your turn in the limelight. Hang on in there.
And by way of light relief, Tuesdays used to be Bakery Day when we'd pop into the local bakery on the way home from school. One week I told the Very Small People in a Shoe that there was a Belgian bun with my name on it. They were most confused when they couldn't spot the anticipated treat in the window with OWiaS artistically written on it in pink icing : )
Belgian buns are so easy to make (as similar to making Chelsea buns) but like all yeast products, need a lot of time and patience. I even make my own lemon curd - and the kids love them.
DeleteAt least I know that there are no artificial addiditives in them.
Who was it used to go on about 'poli'ical chicanery'? I forget.
ReplyDeleteHarry H Corbett the scrap dealer?
After all this time mr and myself have gone down with covid. I blame him due to his conversing with tourists in the pub!
ReplyDeleteFeels like a thick head cold.
Washing machine delivery men/man? I do hope you both recover sooner rather than later.
Delete☹️ sending thoughts.
I hope that neither of you are too ill with it🤞
DeleteBad luck, PtbY.
ReplyDeleteIt’s no worse than a bad head cold. Come to bed with a lemsip. Hopefully be improved tomorrow. Google says to stay at home for 5 days so my ikea trip I had planned for tomorrow has gone down the Swanee.
ReplyDeleteHave done an online Morrisons shop. I hate it. Such a faff. Much prefer to go to the shop and get inspiration there. Gave up after so long. Can’t even remember what I’ve bought.
Do tell after delivery ptby 😂
DeleteJust heard family in France have also all got Covid. D.i.l. quite bad but the others no so much. Hope it’s gone before our visit at beginning of Oct.
ReplyDeleteDaughter here says at her school they are expecting a tsunami of Covid once the pupils return.
At least they don’t have to cope with RAACs, thank goodness.
Yes Covid still with us, some believe it completely died out 🫢 I do hope all is clear for you when you both visit France in a few weeks, and of course you have both had Covid so hopefully have some immunity. Please no mishaps for this holiday….
DeleteAP Don't forget the autumn NHS covid vaccine has been brought forward a week, so now starting Sept 11th, which is Monday.
DeleteI will be checking each day so will book as soon as I can. As such you will be able to get the jab before going to France.
PS My flu jab is already booked for 10 days time.
Thanks for the reminder MIRIAM - I’m grateful
DeleteI havnt yet booked my flue jab and I never did get my spring covid booster, so MUST GET IT DONE ASAP -
Please feel free to remind me again in a week.
Cheeky ?
Moi !
Mrs P. I will IF I remember!
DeleteFor me at this time of year, I just want these jabs done + dusted, so feel better protected, as autumn/winter approaches.
I was a good girl guide - Be Prepared.
I’ve booked my Flue jab !
DeleteBut also asked for, and was given an appointment with a doctor.
DeleteI along with many others on here and on SM elsewhere have been vocal about ‘ gatekeepers’ doctors receptionists.
At the end of my interaction with the receptionist today, I gave her a comment on her delivery.
She had a kind and modulated voice.
Although I wasn’t asking for it, I detected a sympathetic tone in her voice.
She asked me if I wanted to give her a reason for seeing a GP, but then immediately followed that question up with “ but you don’t have to tell me that if you do not wish to “
REALLY !
Havnt we all been more or less bullied over recent years into believing that we ‘had ‘ to tell ?
I was so impressed with all of this that I wanted to let her know how pleased I was with our interaction and she in turn thanked me for doing so.
How the nights are drawing in. Can't believe that I am now having to close curtains and put lights on, by 8.30pm, yet still so hot.
ReplyDeleteHad some light rain showers this morning, resulting in my car looking like it has had "dust measles"!
Just been reading all about the escape van used to exit Wandsworth Prison yesterday.
ReplyDeleteMy old steaming ground for much of my adult life.
As a young mother I lived a few hundred yards from the prison and pushed my pram past it several times a week. I had a friend who lived within one hundred yards of the gates too.
The escape van was stopped on the Upper Richmond Road having taken a route that I know so well, as well as being able to recognise the exact spot of where it was stopped.
I have overnight been speculating where he might be hiding out in this very green part of west London.
AmbridgesMrsPSeptember 7, 2023 at 10:47 PM
ReplyDeleteI had a lovely encounter this evening.
Up on North Hill - took Lady to one of her favourite rabbiting haunts and while she snuffled around after rabbit smells I feasted on the late blackberries.
There were two camper vans parked near to each other and inside one I found an older lady reading. She gave Lady a drink and we then sat together chatting.
She is 89.
Still driving her camper van which she has had for many years.
A widow for forty years.
The van had broken down and the rescue service, unable to find a suitable pickup had advised her that nothing could be done until tomorrow other than sending her back to Surrey but without her van. She had opted to stay overnight in her van.
I offered to get her anything she might need and also offered to take her a mug of cocoa late evening.
With good humour she declined both.
What an inspiration !
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Lady RSeptember 8, 2023 at 12:16 AM
Very interesting though Mrs P. I could picture the scene so well from your description
and good on acquaintance I take my hat off to her!
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AmbridgesMrsPSeptember 7, 2023 at 10:48 PM
Oops
Sorry, wrong blog !
Miriam and everyone, thank you for reminding me about a Covid booster before we go to France.
ReplyDeleteI am expecting notification from the surgery any day now.
One further bit of health news from us.
Mr A admitted to me the other day that he had been getting chest pains when doing activity such as mowing the lawn or walking up the hill opposite. He thinks they are angina pains like the ones he got 22 years ago before his quadruple heart bypass operation. I had noticed his stamina is much lower recently and he frequently fall asleep in his chair He had been fine since the operation, thanks to cardiac rehab, but was told they would probably last about 15 years before anything else needed doing.
So it looks like the time has come and the GP has referred him to the Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic at the hospital. So we are now both ‘heart patients’ at the hospital! The GP warned that the ‘Rapid Access’ might not be very rapid - we shall see!
Oh dear Archerphile another trial to face 🤞🏼rapid will be just that, however that may mean your October family visit may have to be postponed but health first at all times of course.
DeleteI received a text from Mr R Practice today offering him both jabs together this month 18th I booked that date as the first one offered lots to choose from though. This offer was made because he is noted as a patient that has mobility issues and therefore a priority and needs assistance to attend so one visit easier than 2. Also the A31 three Practices are joining together to make it possible for people to attend the most convenient place. That’s the plan anyway….
I await my text from my Practice but of course as younger possibly a few weeks yet?
Archerphile.
DeleteKnowing about your wonderful planned holiday to family in France, is it possible to get, but then will have to pay for such, a private consult for Mr.A.
Suggest this only, so you can learn more now, so decisions can be made?
Thanks for the suggestion Miriam. We have decided to just wait for the promised hosp appt. I have been quite groggy today with chest & throat pains, feeling dizzy etc so have decided to also ring the GP on Mon to ask for an urgent appt. We are thinking it might be best to postpone French visit (we can transfer the tickets to a different date, for a fee!) and see what transpires medically. I sought medical insurance in case of problems when away and was horrified to be quoted just under £300 for 2 weeks!
DeleteBut there has been even more drama in the family today!!
Son-in-Law Dave was staying in a hotel in Marrakesh last night when the earthquake struck!
He, and all the other guests were out in the street at midnight, terrified while buildings collapsed around them.
He was due to start an organised trek in the Atlas Mountains this morning but of course that has been cancelled and he is very lucky to be alive and not hurt. He has sent photos of collapsed buildings, streets full of rubble, half buried cars and beautiful buildings ruined.
He is not sure when or how he can get home but, knowing him, he will be helping the rescue organisations if he can.
Latest figures say over 1000 dead , but probably more as they get to hill top villages presently cut off.
What a year this has been ! 😳 🥺 😭
What a dramatic time your family has been having Archerfile! I hope that your luck changes soon.
DeleteLove Morrocco which have visited on quite a few times.
DeleteHighlights were in the Atlas mountains and the Berber villages, plus many places elsewhere.
I am just horrified at the loss of so many lives, just as in the Hawaii fires, along with the fires and the now floods in Europe.
It's all quite distressing...well to me. 😪
TBH I don't care about the ancient and wonderful buildings being destroyed, it's peoples homes collapsing, which are far more important in my mind.
DeleteThat's my thoughts, only.
Anyone not distressed by current events should be impossible to find, and everyone’s views are the same as yours I'm sureMiriam.
DeleteArcherphile I am almost lost for words at the unfortunate time that both you and Mr A are having you hardly seem to get a break from trauma, and terrible news regarding your son -in law’s experience in Marrakesh thank goodness he is ok but such a tragic loss of of life. The world is certainly turning upside down….🤯.
ReplyDeleteGlad he is safe but it must have been an awful shock. It does seem as if the world is out of kilter at present.
ReplyDeleteMy son has sent what he called 'another rabbit hole' for me to disappear down, which some people might actually find useful.
ReplyDeleteIt's www.lightningmaps.org and it shows where lightning is striking all over the world.
This came about because when tracking my island 'playmates' (my nice pilot's term for them) yesterday afternoon their trails were weaving about all over the place, the local flight to Guernsey aborted its landing and flew across to France and back before making a second (successful) attempt, and two Guernsey flights were diverted to Jersey. My son, who knows all about these things, was able to tell me that they were dodging lightning strikes.
We have heard Dave has managed to get a flight home on Tuesday, in the meantime staying in a pretty basic hostel with few facilities but at least it is still standing. However there are worries about another earthquake or aftershocks so ready to move at an instant.
ReplyDeleteApparently, had his trek started on time, they would have been right at the epicentre when the quake struck.
Communications being difficult, I don’t think he realises the full extent of the devastation or how many poor people have died up in the mountains. My son In France is horrified too, as he took his family with the 2 little boys trekking on exactly the same route and with the same organisers just before Covid. It was their stories and photos of a wonderful experience that prompted Dave to book this trip.
Hm. My son and daughter-in-law enjoy going to Iceland and having breakfast on the slopes of active volcanoes. I am obliged to watch the videos, but other than that I try my best to avoid thinking about it!
ReplyDeleteYikes where are we all! Deeply depressed I am guessing with yet more terrible world news by the minute certainly hard not to feel somewhat overwhelmed by it all. Archerphile I hope Dave was able to get on a flight home today. Any news for Mr A yet from Basingstoke?
ReplyDelete🤞🏼some of you have happy news to share. We are meeting up with some friends tomorrow at a Garden Centre there will be 10 of us out of the 12 that joined the relatives group I started at my mums Care Home many years ago now unfortunately 2 are unable to join us. We have not managed a get together since very early this year because as one gets older life happens, and don’t we know it 🫢
Yes. Another catastrophe and another loss of so very many innocent lives, the floods in Libya.
DeleteMy theory is SO wacky - the massive earthquake which caused the tsuanami in 2008 (?) caused the world to tilt slightly on its axis, so all is now not what is was!
As said - weird!!
Well who knows Miriam maybe not so wacky !!
DeleteWell done, Lady R, gold stars for you today.🌟🌟🌟
ReplyDeleteI'm going to a get together tomorrow Lady R. It's a group of work colleagues that I started when I retired. We usually meet up at a Garden Centre but are invited to one of the group's house, she's hoping to serve tea and cake in the garden. The weather forecast looks promising 🤞
DeleteHave a lovely afternoon CC looks like the ☀️ will shine on you and your friends. Tell all afterwards ☕️ 🍰
DeleteSarnia thank you for my gold stars a boost to the old confidence 🤭
I had already posted both these replies but disappeared !
Lady R, I totally agree with you. We live in a state of perma-crisis, it is sad and exhausting.
ReplyDeleteOn a personal note, I put my house up for sale last Thursday, already 5 viewings booked in, and I have made an offer on a beautiful small flat in Devon, so fingers crossed for me. It has taken me two years to complete work which I would have had done in a few weeks at one time, but I am very un-motivated and lacking focus and energy, but I have got here at last and hoping it will be a quick sale. I wouldn't have thought of a flat until Mrs. P. got one, so that was an inspiration, thanks Mrs. P!
Your welcome Mistral, I hope both sale and purchase work out for you.
DeleteAnd well done.
Like you I am lacking in motivation and focus but life continues from day to day nevertheless.
Are you willing to say what part of Devon ?
That's a long way to move, isn't it, Mistral?
ReplyDeleteIt is Ashburton on the edge of Dartmoor, very small town, all independant shops, about 10 miles from Totnes, 25 mins to Exeter. My daughter is an organic farmer living near Exeter, she has a 5 month old daughter and I want to be closer to see them and help out. Also the south coast will be more convenient to get to and from Jersey to visit my son, he is in remission (cancer) and it will be great to jump on a ferry as and when. I will be leaving my other son up in Durham, with his two toddlers, but it will be exciting when they visit, and he will be pleased to stop being my part-time gardener, decorator and general handyman...
ReplyDeleteI have been talking about this for so long and not doing anything about it, no-one is more surprised than me that it is actually happening. I hope it will be sooner not later.
Oh, dear, Mistral, it will be a long and tortuous journey from Ashburton to Poole before you can 'jump on a ferry'. Wouldn't it be less stressful to fly from Exeter?
ReplyDeleteHope everything goes smoothly for you mistral.
ReplyDeleteMistral well done and I wish you a smooth and happy move 🤗 🏡 just be sure any flats you view are as noise proof as possible. Mrs P is the one to advise on this as she has been successful in this regard.
ReplyDeleteAh Ashburton !
ReplyDeleteI took a look at property there Mistral. I think I did a drive through too.
A friend in Stroud had moved from Ashburton and had loved it there.
I wish you all the best in your new home.
But more than that, all the best in the next month or two.
What a wonderful future lies ahead for you in Ashburton, Mistral - a lovely part of the country, it sounds ideal.
ReplyDeleteIdo hope everything goes smoothly and I must congratulated you on making that big decision and doing something positive about it.
We took the decision today to cancel our trip to France as I simply cannot face the journey or the difficulties of staying in our sons house with my particular symptoms. Don’t want to go into details but despite their kindness and the chance to see them all again, my situation at present makes it difficult not to be at home.
Never mind - there’s always Christmas!
Sorry to hear that life is off kilter for you. Hopefully you’ll see them at Christmas which will be on is before we know it
DeleteMistral. What wonderful news and hopefully you will get a buyer quickly and all goes smoothly. Well done for making the decision and now acting on it. I wish I was asbrave, but there is a ceiling price on where I live, so can't afford to move on. Still I am happy, bit do get itchy feet at times!
ReplyDeleteGood news - OZ niece + family arrived in the UK yesterday after an awful journey due to delays and missed connections, not helped by an hour wait for luggage at Heathrow. It was 46 hours door to door.
I won't see them for a couple of weeks yet, but at least I will...
Will be eating the last of my runner bean crop tonight. I have left some on the plants so can harvest the beans to plant next year, as such a good variety, prolific, tasty and stringless.
Thanks to all for the kind remarks.
DeleteSarnia, it would be easier to fly, and I might do, but am going by ferry this November to try it out, I am not in a hurry and hope it will be a relaxing start to my holiday, anyway I doubt I would meet your Captain Knight (?), so hardly worth the effort....
Archerphile, sorry about your cancelled holiday, you are not having much luck. Are you planning to go over Christmas, or will your French family visit you?
I hope you feel much better soon.
Well, the Exeter-Jersey flights are Blue Islands so you never know your luck.
DeleteOh ARE they? I will re-consider.......
DeleteHands off, Mistral, I saw him first - or rather, he saw me.....😂😂😂😂
DeleteAll's fair in love and war Sarnia.....
DeleteEnjoy!!!
DeleteA mixed day today; a small win with the successful appeal of a parking ticket, I’d made a genuine mistake and was able to prove that I had paid .
ReplyDeleteLess pleasing was the realisation that my car which is only 8 years old with 69k on the clock is burning oil a lot faster than is acceptable. I think I may be looking for a new car in the near future which is a hassle.☹️
Where did your parking mishap occur KP? We’re you local at the time?
DeleteSuch a shame about your 🚗 hope you get sorted soon.
So much going on. Mistral, I hope that all goes well with the house move.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that you have had to cancel your trip to France Archerfile, it must be very frustrating for you both.
Things are starting to look autumnal in the garden now. The summer veg are coming to an end and bedding plants starting to look sorry for themselves. Having said that, we had a lovely time this afternoon. The husband of the friend who invited us has just finished building a very fancy gazebo at the bottom of their garden complete with built-in BBQ and fridge. The garden backs on to a river so we had afternoon tea with the sound of running water in the background. She did also supply us with insect repellent spray as well!
What a relaxing and charming location for your afternoon meet up CC 🤗
DeleteWe enjoyed our get together too unbelievably nearly a year since this has happened. The Garden Centre recently refurbished and table service 👏🏻 by a lovely young man and lady both very happy and friendly people. We left feeling much uplifted in spirit, at one point Mr A left us briefly whizzing off to look at the plants (and everyone was thrilled how he could now independently do this!)
CC That sounded so idyllic
DeleteThat sounds idyllic, CC, wish I could have joined you! The one shortcoming of my garden generally acknowledged is that it ought to look out over the sea. Sadly this is an oversight I can do nothing about.
ReplyDeleteAgain?? Nearly 2 days this time!
ReplyDeleteA lovely sunny day today popped out for lunch to make the most of it as rain forecast for the weekend. Everyone else??
Lovely day here too, clouding over slightly in the afternoon. Friday morning is NZ gossip time with my daughter. Folded up large number of socks washed earlier in the week. Managed to get hold of surgery and ordered repeat prescription. Need appointment with the nurse, but have to ring again at 8sm on Monday for that. All meals on the small deck I had built on the terrace outside the dining room. Sat out there till 9pm, appreciating my lovely screens by the light from the kitchen window. The two outer ones are now festooned with passion flower and Chinese Virginia creeper, the leaves of which are dark green on top and burgundy red underneath, all now gradually turning to crimson.
ReplyDeleteWonderful day for plane spotting, even after dark. Heard an ATR overhead, saw all the various lights flashing and thought, that's the West Atlantic evening flight from Guernsey to Nottingham.
Some of us really know how to live!
It all sounds wonderful Sarnia and a beautiful description of your garden 🤗
DeleteSo glad I popped back in to find 3 new posts 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I think that sounds lovely and peaceful Sarnia, apart from the aeroplane noise, but it sounds as though you are becoming a expert tracker. Instead of Am Dram, perhaps you should be looking at Air traffic Control.
ReplyDeleteI spent the morning cleaning and hiding 'stuff', the afternoon charmingly showing people around my house, and the evening messing it all up again. I don't like being forced to be tidy.
Oh Mistral - messing it all up again. That’s given me a laugh.
DeleteFellow travellers !
Mistral your very honest post delighted me regarding hiding “stuff” from prospective buyers and then after all that effort messing it up again 😂 meaning returning it into a proper lived in home!
DeleteSarnia in Air Traffic Control - brilliant 🛫🚥🛫🚥
I found the oven a good place to hide things, along with the airing cupboard (hiding things under towels etc.) plus in waste bins!
DeleteBrilliant. I would never have thought of hiding things in the oven!
DeleteI rearrange the dust now and again, but have so much clutter I doubt I could ever move even if I did want to. My son tells me not to worry about it as he and my daughter will get rid of it all after I have gone. Hmm, I had better make the effort to label some things not to be thrown away, as I am not sure they fully realise that some old things can be valuable.
DeleteMarvellous post, Mistral, made me laugh too.
ReplyDeleteThat particular aircraft was not particularly intrusive; the Birmingham and Nottingham flights pass overhead at 17,000 ft. My friend and I gave up with the Amdram. They kept saying I'd done a brilliant audition but the parts still went to their friends. Anyway, it was a long way to the ONLY local drama group; now I sit tight and the planes come to me!
That post was far too particular!
ReplyDeleteSorry we’ve been letting you down with few posts Lady R. My life is mostly tied up with trying to cope with this wretched heart problem at the moment so nothing exciting - or even interesting - , to report. I don’t want to keep posting negative things but am still reading daily and appreciate everyone else’s news
ReplyDeleteAs we appreciate yours AP otherwise we worry about you (both) I take it no news yet for Mr A from Basingstoke? Did Dave get home safely?
DeleteAll are wishing You + Mr.A well. Keep posting and if you want to be negative and just moan, I for one wouldn't mind this at all.
DeleteIt often helps to get things off your chest with those, who you have never met, but "know" you frome here and care...
Don't bottle things up and talk if you want to.
Well said Miriam.
DeleteYes...to talk to others, rather than family + close friends who are basically "anonymous" can sometimes help, but doesn't suit all and so understand that.
DeleteI just want to say, am here. 😍
Shanah Tova - to AP + any others.
ReplyDeleteThank you Miriam, yes we are welcoming in 5784 today! So Mazel Tov to all my friends here and good wishes and long life to you all. ✡️
DeleteAnother proud grandmother here.
ReplyDeleteJust had a call from daughter arrived in Newcastle with middle G daughter for her inception day tomorrow.
She has two friends, both like her have taken a gap year also starting at the same time. They will be housed in the same residential block but each doing different subjects, though all science based.
I am so proud oh her, and the schools that have encouraged these girls into science subjects.
Still grieve that my eldest refused to go to university despite her having had an excellent career in her chosen path. She would have made a fantastic forensic scientist IMO.
Good luck to them all Mrs P. I think that science careers for girls are looking a lot brighter these days, especially now we have joined the Horizon programme again.
DeleteAnd in reply to Lady R. No, Mr A has not had an appointment for the chest pain clinic yet, nor to see the dermatologist at the hospital. We are not very surprised!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, thank you, Dave has returned safely from Morocco, late on Tuesday. He and my daughter are busy trekking across the Isle of Wight this weekend as compensation for a lost holiday!
But now the news from Libya sounds even worse - poor Africa is really suffering.
Oh dear hardly rapid is it? and has not been seen for his head condition either yet!!! Our neighbour Mike has been back and forth to Basingstoke quite a few times this year and has even been seen once, and next week it will be twice in The Candover Unit as NHS patient.
DeleteWhich makes the parking easy as you just press the intercom to be let in to that area and once inside are offered a hot drink……His GP appears to always be on his case even when Mike doesn’t ask specifically for things just rings up and says I would like you to have xyz
He is not all that keen on his Dr but we know him through Mr R as he is the main skin Dr and he is knowledgeable and very approachable. Says more about the patient in his case 🫢
Our new neighbour suddenly pops his head up above the 6 foot fence between us and says hello when he must hear I’m in the garden. He nearly gives me a heart attack every time. Makes me jump and let out a bit of a scream! It reminds me of victor meldrews neighbour on “One foot in the Grave” where the neighbour kept opening a fence panel.
ReplyDeleteThey seem a nice enough retired couple but so far the husband knows everything and really doesn’t want to listen to anything we try to say.
We keep ourselves to ourselves so probably won’t see them one autumn sets in.
I am sick of picking up beech nuts. Latest addition, Audrey, will eat them and they are supposed to be bad for dogs. They certainly made her fart!
She stopped stinking when I started picking them up. Today proved too much. They were dropping as quick as I was picking em up. So the temporary winter mesh fence has been erected earlier than usual. Now they can only go on the gravel and won’t be chewing up the lawn, or nuts.
Going to the cinema tomorrow to see A haunting in Venice. It’s a new Kenneth brannaugh hercule poirot film. Really looking forward to it. I’ll let you all know if it’s any good.
I suffer from a sister in law like your neighbour PtbY. Whenever you start saying something, she finishes off your sentence for you, but often with the wrong interpretation! Eventually I just give up trying to say anything!
DeleteAnd yes, I would love to hear about the new Poirot film, sounds just up my street.
I also have A Hauting of Venice on my radar. I haven't been to the cinema for ages, but am tempted to go for an afternoon (or morning if there is one) viewing, when hopefully quieter.
DeleteMy problem is the smell of, and the crunching of popcorn, the slurping of drinks, the crunching of sweets, others commentating on the plot, plus I always find the volume too loud! I often wish to have ear-phones with an individual volume control..
Heads up !
ReplyDeleteHousewife 49 - streaming on ITVX at the moment - thought some on here might be interested particularly Miriam I think.
Sorry about the beech nuts PtbY. Lady likes the hazelnuts that are abundant on every corner here it seems. She cracks them open then I pick the insides out for her.
I’ve collected a handful each day ( along with each days picking of blackberries ) and have a small bowl of them now but can’t crack nuts any longer due to my arthritic hands. Will have to get a hammer to them and share them with her.
Oh, I loved that Housewife 49 series with the marvellous Victoria Wood. I shall certainly watch again, and also read the book if I can get hold of it. It was so instructive about what it was like to be a civilian in the last war.
DeleteAgree completely AP what an all round talent Victoria Wood was - loved her.
DeleteMrs P. Yes I loved that, but have seen it so many times, I know it almost by heart now.
DeleteAnything Victoria Wood did, I just loved and still do. Dinnerladies is another which I can watch over + over again, but then it had a brilliant all round cast.
I’ve watched it.
DeleteOn a wet Sunday afternoon.
Excellent !
I think I did not have a television when it was first shown many years ago.
I never did take to Victoria Wood, but she was certainly very good in this.
I think I would have preferred her as a serious actress.
Neighbours - I have neither seen, nor have had any contact with "the boys" next door for ages now.
ReplyDeleteThey are there, but never hear nor see them now. In the hot weather they never went into the garden but stayed indoors with blinds closed.
Sadly their garden with trees, lawns, hedges, is now getting very overgrown. This doesn't cause a problem for me, but just sad to see.
The grass in their adjoining front lawn must be at least 4-5" high now (and choked with weeds), wheras I mow mine every 7-10days. I am also slowly and sneakily cutting back their over hanging crab apple tree, which is over my front garden, causing shade and dropping fruit + leaves.
They go out for work as usual, but it's strange, and also no-one has seen them (others neighbours have mentioned the same).
At last the other neighbouring "Empty House" is being revamped and it's ongoing work, and it will will be awhile before any-one moves in.
Is anyone watching Strictly this year?
ReplyDeleteYes CC at least it is a few weeks of colour and cheer 🎼 💃🏼 I am expecting Annabelle Croft to do well (and as she only lost her husband in May and within a few weeks of diagnosis I am sure Wimbledon and throwing herself into SCD has and will be a great help to her) I also have fingers crossed for Angela Rippon who shares my birthday although she is 3 yrs older - which will make her 79yrs soon wow no way could I even attempt what she is about to!
DeleteCertainly she still has those legs we saw on The Morecambe and Wise show all those years ago, and I love Kai so 🤞🏼
What are your thoughts so far?
CC YES! Love it.
DeleteI really enjoyed the show last night. It has such a feel good factor, which is so beneficial as the nights draw in, as the weather gets colder.
As someone who lives alone, I so love this as it so brightens up my Saturday Nights, which otherwise would be quitevnon-descript.
I have danced, be it many years ago now, so appreciate what I see.
As this is not a Strictly site, I will just say those who really caught my eye:-
DeleteEllie + Vito
Amanda + Graziano
Angela + Carlos.
All did so well and are so brave.
I was interested to see Craig dance after his hip replacements. I noticed that he didn't do as much as the other judges. I was sorry that Nadia hasn't got a partner this year, I'm also sad about Amy as I really like her.
DeleteI'm waiting to see how the pairings work out.
Miriam why is this not a SCD site? It is for general chit chat covering many topics ( books, cooking, gardening, holidays, films, theatre and of course TV etc etc and also our personal ups and downs) this is the reason we all appreciate it so much ⭐️ to KP!
DeleteSo SCD away as much as you wish after each show Miriam, I’m sure CC and myself will join you 🤗
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DeleteI get very involved and vocal about SCD, so believe me, you would not want to read my very many thoughts about it.
DeleteI will though mention it, knowing others love it as much as I do.
A haunting in Venice.
ReplyDeleteWe were disappointed. Wasn’t as good as the previous 2 with Kenneth B. It was also set at night in a big palazzo so was very dark for the whole film. I wouldn’t go and see it again. I wouldn’t really recommend it either which is a shame. I’d be interested I anyone else’s opinion of it if they go.
Watched strictly. Will record it so I can whizz out the ones I don’t want to watch.
What a shame ptby 😕
DeleteGood idea re SCD particularly in the early stages 15 couples!
Mr R will be having both his jabs today Flu /Covid 🤞🏼 the mix will go ok, and I have just had a text from my surgery offering appointments for same starting from next Tuesday (our friends Anniversary) so have booked for Wednesday lunchtime so thrilled not to have to travel to Basingstoke for the first time ever (a round trip of approx 22 miles plus all the parking etc). Although to be fair Mr R goddaughter was kind enough to take me once the location was transferred to the shopping mall but I always insisted on recompensing her plus the car park fee I was just so grateful but it did mean leaving Mr R too so all in all very thankful for this change.
ReplyDeleteI’m off for my B12 this morning.
ReplyDeleteFlue jab in a week or so.
Bit late coming in on SCD - but yes, we watched and will be watching every week
ReplyDeleteCommented to Mr A last night that we are back in Autumn/Winter mode now - Saturday nights means a lovely beef casserole with dumplings while watching Strictly!
As usual didn’t know half the contestants but will get to know them over the coming weeks.
And Hooray! As a dedicated fan, I am thrilled that Neighbours returns today having been axed by Channel 5 last year. We can now watch the new series on Amazon’s FreeVee channel which you can download as an app. No need to be a Prime member, it’s all free. Thank you Amazon for taking me back to Ramsay Street and the doings of Toady, Karl and Susan! 😃
I thought of you immediately I heard this Archerphile 🤗
DeleteI was meant to have 'flu jab today, to get a message this morning that appt. had been cancelled.
ReplyDeleteI did though find the NHS app. was now taking covid bookings. I could have had one done anytime, on any day this week, but decided not a good idea as I have a busy few days and full weekend coming up, and as always react in some way! All booked for Weds. next week.
I know some-where where I can get a flu vaccine on walk-in, but this can wait for a couple of weeks as covid is the more important one, in my mind.
Also did not want both together!
My B12 was also cancelled due to the nurse calling in sick, but replaced with another appointment tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteHad first fire of the season tonight. Just a small one to get a nice layer of ash in the bottom ready for a proper big fire when needed. Oh I love this time of year. Lamplight and flames. So relaxing.
ReplyDeleteGlittery new thread opened
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