Gran Chat!

[Daisy]

Good Tuesday morning, everyone.

Nanto, I'm sure pots and pans multiply in the cupboard. I got a new, much needed grill pan yesterday, so I must get rid of the old one, not keep it "just in case"! Hopefully if it stays fine, we'll be able to see the blood moon tonight and the lunar eclipse.

Oma, I hope your appointment goes ok, and the journeys are trouble-free. Eva quite likes the water, but she always tries to drink it and where we live the stream is brackish, so not very nice.

Gem, I think a lot of children's films and programmes passed me by in the 80s, as mine two were older, and it was some years before any GCs were around. It's sensible to take that later appointment for your massage. I do hope it helps and you can take it easy for the rest of the day. You have such a beautiful relationship with all your DDs, but I can see why it is even more special with DD3. It will be good to have her with you for the week-end if possible. I'm also sure she feels the same way about her amazing Mum. xxx

It's sunny here again (yay!) so I've got bedding in the wash, and hope to do some more gardening later on. OH is going to repair the doors on the summerhouse. They've rotten and are currently held together with masking tape - it's not a good look.

[Oma]

Eye appointment done , lots of tests eye x-rays etc
Said letter will be sent to DRs in a couple of weeks if I need any treatment.
It was very busy but quite a quick turn around considering.

We then went and picked our car up and dropped the hire car off with them,
And called into Sainsbury's.

Daisy
I have sent you a WhatsApp message about Plant
It seems it's only here she is having trouble with.

Gem
I hope the massage helps ,
Be nice to have DD staying again , let's you be a mammy to her if you know what I mean 😁♥️

[Nanto2girls]

Well the pan cupboard is done, and it looks a lot better.
I have had to put some things in the outhause,all nicely wrapped up.
Banged my head twice when i was washing the inside. I said ouch.

[Oma]

I bet you said ouch or words to that effect Nanto🤣

[Nanto2girls]

I certainly did Oma.

[Oma]

Poor Plant has tried all day again with no luck,,
Her GD has been so busy with work and H she hasn't had time to help ,

She has given up for now .

[Daisy]

Oma, I'm sorry this is the first chance I've had to come online. Poor Plant. I hope we can sort it out for her.

[Nanto2girls]

Good morning.

I've got a load of lights in the washer, and i think it's a good weather forecast, so hopefully will get them out for a blow.
The weather was lovely yesterday.

Hope Plant can get sorted soon with her ipad.

[Gemini]

Good morning ladies.

We got washing dried on the line twice in the last few days Nan2, so I think Spring may have sprung!
I forgot about the blood moon last night, did anyone see it?

It must be a relief to have the car back Oma.

Daisy we are pretty sure Plant has the log in details right aren't we so hopefully we or a family member can sort whatever glitch is preventing her from posting here. Fingers crossed!

Aqua morning for me. My friend will give me a lift in, then OH will pick me up.
Just is because the first of OHs hospital appointments is at 12. If I don't have to drive home to go out again I will have time for a quick coffee after class. As well as the hospital appointments there is a 3.30 hearing aid clinic one for OH at 3.30, in town. We will have lunch somewhere in that gap.
I think the new sofa at DD3's is arriving today. They have plenty of help today and tomorrow, which SIL had asked for. We have the appointments today and little E tomorrow so are off the helpers list!

[Oma]

Morning ladies
Nanto
Hopefully the weather stays nice and you get all your washing dried,

Gem
A busy day , isn't it always the same appointments fall on the same day ,
Enjoy lunch out
I hope DDs sofa is delivered early then they can relax on it.

I text Plant and suggested she unInstall GRU and start again ,
I don't know if she has tried that or not but it's worth a go.

B's Cousins funeral for us at 9.30,
I have just steamed B's regimental blazer and Tie ,
His three cousins were all in the army together so they are all wearing theirs,to honour him.

Not much else planned .

[Lizzie48]

Good morning, it is lovely weather here as well. I haven't seen anymore of the mice, I wonder where they are now!!

I have done the hostess work for the men that are filling in the tax forms, Monday evening and yesterday morning, this until the end of April, the men are busy 4 mornings a week at the other locations.

I hope that Plant manages to get help, she seems to always have family round her so someone must know how to help.

Gem, you have a busy day today.

I was at the physio on Monday, theydrained the bakers cyst again, must easier now and no pain whilst walking.

I have just got the washing hung out, it will soon dry.

[Oma]

We are back from the funeral
It Was a good military turn out ,
But why are crematoriums always sited up on a hill where the wind whistle's around you.
It was freezing standing outside waiting ,

On the way home we called into Aldi,
B said we a bit over dressed for Aldi aren't we 😁

He scrubbed up well in his regimental blazer and Tie .

[Lizzie48]

Very smart Oma!!

[Daisy]

Good Wednesday morning, everyone.

Nanto, it's nice to think you can get load a of washing dried outside. Apart from anything else, things are easier to iron, aren't they. The forecast looks good for a few days, fingers crossed.

Lizzie, you must be so pleased that you can walk without being in pain. Is the cyst likely to come back? I hope not, but I know you've had it drained before. The men working on the tax forms must welcome their coffee. What a mystery that the mice have disappeared. Are there many cats in the flats?

Gem, what a busy day you've got today. I do hope all goes well with S's appointments. I suppose it's good to get them all over and done with, but it must also be exhausting for her. Enjoy your lunch. DD3's new sofa might help to keep her spirits up a bit. I hope she finds it nice and comfortable.

Oma, I'm glad B's cousin's funeral went well, but I agree, it always seems cold waiting outside the Crematorium, even when if isn't at the top of a hill. I'm sure B's cousin would have been pleased to see his brothers in arms in their military blazers and ties. Thank you for the photos. B looks very smart and handsome. I think Aldi should be welcoming such smart looking customers, raising the tone my old headmistress used to say! I should think you need to put your feet up a bit this afternoon. Funerals can be exhausting.

Thank you for messaging Plant. I sent her some information on email last night, but it's hard to know what to suggest without seeing her iPad. We do miss her.

OH didn't have to wait long for his eye appointment. Yet again they've changed the seating round in the waiting area, which is huge. They seem to keep reducing the number of chairs and you get moved from one colour chair to another as your check-up proceeds. The latest arrangement placed rows of chairs facing each other, far too close, given that a lot of the patients have mobility problems, and it was quite uncomfortable because you were eyeballing each other. I'd love to redesign the area - lighting, seating, access, noise and communication. Patients' names are called out but most voices aren't loud enough to be heard in the vast echoing space and I'm sure some people must miss their turn because they just don't hear their names. It will be a month before we hear the result of the scan.

Our lovely next door neighbour has been round and cut the lawn again. He said he'll do it again next week and hopefully get it to a sensible length. It's still very wet, though.

I hope everyone is enjoying some sunshine. We certainly need it after all that rain.

[Lizzie48]

Daisy, I don't think that there are many cats in the block, one young lady has 4 or 5 but they never get out on the balcony, indoors all the time.

the cyst in my knee will probably fill again, this in the 3rd time it has been drained.