What are you Doing Today?

[Daisy]

Oma, they make a very nice-looking couple. What a lovely thing for her friends to arrange for her. I did a double take - the summerhouse behind them is the same as ours, only ours is a light green. Your window cleaner must have fro-reaching powers - it started to rain here about 4 pm and has been throwing it down every since!

Gem, it's nice to have a coffee and a chat after exercise. I'm sure S is ok - she would be struggling to play golf like she does if there were any issues, but good to have a check up to put minds at rest. With this rain, I might have to cut the lawn again before Sunday!

Nanto, isn't it nice to get all your washing dried like that! The ironing can always wait.

Lizzie, I'm trying to work out how "bright and early" you went out to pick blackberries to pick them and make the jam, plus getting soaked, having shower etc, etc before what you thought was a 9 am appointment! Your lovely physio does sound a very sensible young man. What a pity he's leaving.

Plant, the weather forecast for tomorrow isn't great, but at least we will be in a marquee while we're "working".

[Lizzie48]

Good morning, a lovely photo Oma, you must have sent the rain over to us, it is actually pouring down for the first time in months, I have to go to the hospital, I hoped to go on the bike but DS2 said to not be so stubborn and go in the car!!!

Gem, I hope that S is fine, when will she get the results? My neighbour was saying the other day how she misses aqua. I hope the plumber fixed the leak, a couple of weeks ago there was a leak here in the flat, the flats were built in 1967/8 and the water pipes go under the floors, it happens regular lately that they leak, an age thing the plumber told me, the person living under the leak gets the damage. The lady hasn't lived here very long and she wondered where the water was coming from, it was a Sunday as well so not easy to get someone out to see to it. It is all sorted now, waiting for the next one to happen!

Daisy, "bright and early" was cycling through the village at 6am yesterday. The physio is a nice young man, I even got a cuddle!! There are others of course to take his place. I hope that you don't need to get the grass cut again before Sunday.

Nanto, I can usually get my washing dry outdoors, I certainly wouldn't today though.

DS1 and family are having a good holiday in Croatia, a little cooler this week, they will be home on Saturday, I expect they will have a night in Germany on the way back, they usually do as it is a long drive.

[Nanto2girls]

Good morning.
Looks like we have plenty of rain overnight.
Sun is up now.

Gem, hope S will be OK. Good to get it checked out.
Hope the leak is fixed.

If it clouds over, I want to clean the kitchen windows.
A pile of ironing to do as well.

Dinner will be a homemade beef and vegetable pie from the freezer.

[Plantaholic]

Gemini, Good to have a quiet day when you have a busy couple of days ahead. Loved GS3’s birthday pictures, he is a little boy now.

Nothing planned as such but this afternoon I have an appt. At the surgery. The nurse is going to check the blood flow in my feet, I have to lie for half an hour with a machine attached to my feet apparently. This is because of the blood clot I had in my leg. My new doctor is very thorough and really nice. I m thinking H will be here today.

Daisy, are you going to be working at the show? I hope you get some sun for the BBQ.

Nanto, I had a look at the Air Fryers in JL, I decided not to go ahead and buy one, I am wondering how much I would use it being on my own.

Lizzie, shame your physio is moving, he sounds a nice person and you have been going to him for a long time. My GS2 is a Physio and he is very kind.

[Gemini]

Good morning everyone.

We have had so much rain. No hose pipe bans this summer for sure!

We have quite a pile of ironing too Nan2.

I'm glad your family have enjoyed their holiday Lizzie. Not sure about X Ray results , I think they say allow a couple of weeks.

Pergola is finished Oma! I will wait for the wisteria to be moved before taking photos.

Baby E will be here soon for his usual Thursday. This time he is staying overnight. He has slept through the night with no need to wake him for the late night 'Dream Feed' the last few days, so fingers crossed tonight!
Tomorrow is GS2 day, not sure if GD will be here as well. Baby will love to see them tomorrow morning and they him

[Oma]

Morning ladies

Gem
looking forward to seeing the end results 😁
Hope Baby E sleeps through tonight also.

Plant
If nothing else the test gives you the excuse to lay with your feet up and relax, try not to fall asleep 😁

Lizzie
Use your car better than getting soaked ,
Hope the weather stays fine for DS and family for the next few days of their holiday.

Nanto
We had slow cooked BBQ brisket last night ,
It was nice but I didn’t eat a lot of if , not my favourite meat ,
We took two dinners worth with lots of veg to MILs this morning for her freezer but she kept one out for tea ,
The leftovers I cut up and put in the freezer for the dog ,
He will get a very good dinner out of that lot 😁

MIL wasn’t too bad this morning actually , usual moans , complained about the gardener and the window cleaner and her cleaning lady ,
Told her if she’s not happy with them to get others ,
She just pulled a face as she knows they’ve are all fine she just needed to moan about them.

[Lizzie48]

Well Oma, I did what I usually do, went on the bike and got wet!!! My jacket is waterproof but not my legs! Strange enough I enjoyed it, it was very quiet on the cycle paths, could be because of the weather of that the students are on holiday. I got some good advice, called at the cheese man on the way home at the market in Delft, I felt sorry for all the tourists walking round Delft with their capes on in the rain.

I picked the wrong ID card up to use at the hospital so had to have a new one made, she asked if I wanted her to use the old photo or take a new one, there is me dripping wet through so told her to use the old one! She did have to laugh.

I got home and received a message from GD1, I have always arranged their oyster cards through my account as they got them when they used to come and we went out on the light rail etc, I have always done new ones etc for them, GD1 lost hers, I asked if she needed a new one, "no nan, I will get my student card soon", the message said that she needed a new personal one to be able to get her student one, I said I would get her one, but, she would be better with her own account then if (when) she loses it again she just can log in and block the card. I managed to get an account done for her, she was doing all the accepting etc whilst in the sun in Croatia!!! It is all settled now, she has her own account and her new card, including my choice of photo, will be delivered within 5 days. I will get an account done for GD2 when she is here then they can use them. Then a friend said to me " I bet you are missing them whilst they are away"!!!!!!

Oma, your MIL sounds so much like the lady I was telling you about, she was at the coffee morning when I called in on Monday and moaning about the joint meal they can go to once a week, it is never any good according to her, nothing is!!! Just lately she manages a smile for me, I must have done something right.

Gem, enjoy your evening with the baby, the waiting room at the hospital is next to the maternity unit waiting room, so either hugely pregnant women or women with tiny babies waiting for a check up.

[Gemini]

Lizzie what would they do without you!

Your MIL likes a moan for mornings sake Oma!

Baby E has been a delight all day. OH was particularly glad of him when she got home as her friend passed away last night.
Only 2 months ago we were all on an afternoon tea outing arranged by her, and she played golf more recently than that. She has only had about 5 weeks of illness, the last 3 in hospital. A shock to all the suddenness of it, but a blessing as she was a busy vibrant lady who wouldn't have wanted to linger.
OH visited her 3 times, the last been this Tuesday and she always enjoyed listening to golf club news from her
RIP Carol O

[Nanto2girls]

Oh Gem, sad news about OH's friend. At least she won't have to suffer.

Oma, if your MIL didn't have a moan, it wouldn't be her,if you know what i mean.

Lizzie,us Nan's certainly come in handy.

[Gemini]

Thank you Nan2.
She was 76 so not a great age.

Picture of baby at bathtime to make us smile bath.jpg

[Lizzie48]

Gem, that is sad.xx A good thing the baby was there to cheer S up, a happy baby always works to cheer someone up.

Just seen the photo, lovely!!!

[Daisy]

Hello everyone.

Gem, it's so sad about OH's friend. Seventy-six isn't that old, but she's at rest now, and won't suffer. I hope having little E around helped her today. Isn't he a bundle of cuteness.

Lizzie, your GDs don't give you chance to miss them, do they. I bet GD1 was so delighted to get her Oyster card sorted out. How lovely cycling around when it's quiet - even if the weather isn't great. It's a bit of a worry about the leaks in your flats. Fingers crossed you are ok, and the other residents as wel.

Oma, you'd worry about your MIL if she stopped moaning! At least it wasn't directly aimed at you or B today.

Plant, did you get any feedback from the nurse this afternoon about the test she was doing, or do you have to wait for results. I do hope everything was ok.

Nanto, did you get that ironing done, as well as the kitchen windows?

[Daisy]

As I mentioned yesterday, today we were at the New Forest Show - it's a very large agricultural and country show. Before Covid it was getting rather too commercial for many people, including me. More like a big shopping mall without a roof! However, it seems to be finding its way back into the countryside and is better for it, as far as I'm concerned.

We had heavy rain all night so we knew it would be muddy underfoot, but I wore my dog walking trainers which are comfortable and black! We got there just before 9 am but there was already a large section of the car park filled up. To answer Plant's question, yes, I was helping some friends on their charity stall. The charity is called Olivia Inspires. Olivia was their beautiful and multi-talented daughter who was killed in a horrendous, avoidable accident when she was in her first year at University. She was their only child and the centre of their worlds. She was one of those people who wanted to be kind and help everyone, and was also the Head Girl at the school our GD1 attends. The charity they've set up in her memory helps local youngsters who just need a bit of a leg up in life, eg helping with sports equipment, they donated lots of laptops to youngsters to help during lockdowns, and lots of other things. They are so brave and running the charity takes up most of their time these days. So it was a privilege to be able to help in some small way.

After lunch with OH, we had a walk round - there's always a lot going on and interesting things to see. I bought Eva a 'dry bag' which will hopefully help keep my car a bit drier in the winter as well as drying her off. We got two collapsable stools for use in the caravan, and met a friend who was doing teas in the Church tent.

We were also quite naughty - bacon baps for breakfast and fish and chips for lunch - all delicious. The rain held off until around 5 o'clock when we were just leaving, so we were very lucky. We went to pick Eva up and got home about 7 o'clock, so quite a long day with a lot of walking.

Just off to do my Sainsbury's order for tomorrow.

[Oma]

Gem
How sad about S's friend but at least she didnt linger.
Photo of little E in the bath is enough to make the saddest person smile 😃

Lizzie
What would our GC do without us 😁

Daisy
How fortunate the rain kept off till late afternoon
Sounds like you had a good day.
Awful for your friends to lose their DD but at least her memory will live on in all they are doing.

[Gemini]

Good morning everyone.

Daisy I think you deserved those 'naughty' treats

A good night with the baby. He was asleep by 7.30 and I heard him chatting to himself at 6 am. He's had his morning bottle and is playing now. Porridge and banana for his breakfast soon. GS2 will be here at some point and maybe GD.
This evening we are eating out with friends.

Happy Friday everyone.