Gran Chat!

[Gemini]

Hello everyone, we are here, all is well but we are tired!
Talk to you tomorrow cx

[Nanto2girls]

Good morning. The sun is shining.

Gem, glad you arrived safely, enjoy.

Oma, pleased the boiler man turned up at the third attempt.
Sometimes it's like talking to deaf ears when trying to voice your concerns.
Like you say she'll probably end up back in hospital at some point.

Going into town this morning. Hubby meeting his pal, i get to browse around on my own, I just need a few bits.

[Nanto2girls]

Lizzie, glad you didn't up with 333 tubs.

[Oma]

Morning Nanto, Ladies.

Not as nice here Nanto it's wet and dull,
Hope you find something nice on your browse around town.

Gem
Hope you slept well and wake to lovely warm sun 😎 🌞 make the most of it , give a hug to S from us as well as you 😁♥️

We going to look at wallpaper this morning and curtains ,
I have decided I'm sick of what we have on and want a change,
We only have one wall in the whole house papered and it's the main wall in the sitting room.
I don't know what colour yet but I will know it when I see it then I can decide on curtains and cushions,
I do know I want to paint the other three walls a soft cream or a off white.
Then SIL can put my new carpet down , I have already chosen that.

I have suggested we get meals on wheels for MIL or there is a nice one called Aunty Mauds ,they have a good choice of local home made meals ,£5.99 for a main meal a dessert and a sandwich for tea,
She doesn't have to have them everyday she can pick and choose.

SIL2 is going in today she will test the waters but we just know she will turn her nose up at it.

This way she would have a hot meal delivered to her door and won't have to use the cooker.
But she would rather make life difficult for us.

[Daisy]

Lizzie, I never seem to see quark in our supermarkets these days, so no wonder you wanted to make sure you got 3! Ship the other 330 over here, I'm sure they'd sell!

Nanto, what a lovely greeting to start the day. I hope it stayed dry for y our trip into town.

Gem, so pleased to hear you've arrived safely. Travelling is tiring at the best of times, so I hope you both slept well and are in full relaxation mode today.

Oma, it would be less of a worry about MIL being at home if she was more amenable and willing to help herself. There's only much you and B can do without making yourselves ill in the process. The assessment sounds very basic, and doesn't take her confused state of mind into account. Sending hugs. xx

It's sunshine and showers here. We've just put a load of bedding out to dry, and OH commented on the approaching black clouds. Tired and fed up with the weather I said to leave it out. It's now chucking it down! Hopefully when it stops the washing will dry in the wind.

I'm sorting out a load of clothes I intended to do yesterday but didn't feel like it. So far, it's about 50:50 to keep:the charity shop!

[Plantaholic]

Oma, Would your stubborn MIL accept a live-in carer. I think she prefers that you are all (including the hospital) dancing attendance on her. I do hope that there is a solution that is not putting too much on you both.

[Oma]

Plant ,
No she wouldn't even consider it , it was one of the suggestions but she blew that out of the water instantly,
She has a spare room so it's possible , but not something she will tolerate.

SIL2 got the cleaner in today to do a deep clean and the council emergency team out as MILs heating wasn't working,
Everything is ready for her going home except us , we are not ready as none of us want her to go home .
Sadly we have no control.

We went out this morning and it was a preductive morning ,
I managed to choose paper , curtains and a new lamp and paint for the other three walls,
Got home and curtains were the wrong size so they going back tomorrow for the right size.

Sent for new cushions on line , if I don't like them they can go back.
Then we realised the mirror on our front wall won't go so now we need a new mirror,
Why is it there is always something extra you need to change .

[Gemini]

Hello everyone.

That would have been a lot of quark Lizzie

The meals on wheels sounds a good idea for your MIL Oma.


We have had a very relaxing first day. Sun(and shade) bathing with our Kindles, a sea swim for me, very short walk for lunch at the little bar next to the shop where we buy bottled water for the fridge in our room. Unpacking as we were too tired last night.
We are by the pool again, watching the sea before going in to get ready for dinner.
OH has left her hearing aid recharger at home, which is a pain. I will have to shout!

[Nanto2girls]

Oma, meals on wheels would be ideal for MIL, if she will go along with it.

I had a lovely browse in town and got the bits i needed.

Its been a day of sunshine and showers,mostly sunshine.

[Daisy]

Nanto, it sounds as though you really en joyed your shopping today.

Oma, it's exciting choosing new colours and soft furnishings. What's your colour scheme?

Sadly, it looks as though you are all going to go through the same pantomime as before if MIL is sent home with minimum care. I hope she at least accepts the meals on wheels service. At least she'd be getting one proper meal a day. You'd think she'd want to have the convenience of having a hot dinner delivered to her door.

Gem, your holiday sounds idyllic, and exactly what you and S need to relax and enjoy yourselves. Is there a travel company Rep around? If so he/she may have or know where to get a recharger for S's hearing aids. I'm sure she's not the first person to forget hers.

We've had a day of sunshine and downpours. Both loads of washing dried, eventually, but I timed it badly taking Eva for a walk. The rain felt more like sleet at one point. I was literally soaked to the skin even though I was wearing a light mac. Eva was less than impressed that it was so wet!

I still haven't finished sorting out clothes, but at least I've made a start.

No plans for tomorrow, so I'll try and finish the sorting out then.

[Nanto2girls]

Good morning. Its absolutely pouring down.
A day for doing inside jobs.

Daisy, good luck with the rest of the clothes sorting.

[Oma]

Morning Nanto,Ladies.

We have sun Nanto ,
I'm sure you will have lots you can get on with indoors today ,
You never know it might clear up.

Gem
Sounds lovely although there is always something you forget isn't there,
Hopefully the hearing aids hold out for the week,
Relax and enjoy xx

Daisy
We have gone for soft green,
I'm in my green faze I think 😁
We had torrential rain and if anyone could see me they would think I was mad ,
I was out with my PJs on and coat watering the Hydrangea,
Despite all the rain the foliage is so thick water wasn't getting to it so it was flagging,
Within about 10 minutes of watering it had perked up again .
I on the other hand had to change my PJs.


GS wasn't very happy yesterday ,
He received his results and he has a 2.1 he is delighted but one of his modules at no fault of his hadn't been submitted,
His tutor rang yesterday morning and said he has no idea why as everything else was ,
Worst case scenario he will have to resubmit it but that will mean he doesn't graduate till September,

Tutor said it wouldn't make much difference as he already passed, but GS is angry he put all that work in for nothing,

We tried telling him it's not an important piece but he's so disappointed,
Not with his pass just that this has happened right at the end and he wasn't informed.

If he does decide to re submit graduation will only be 2 months later and he got fantastic scores so he hasn't done anything wrong ,
He feels he should have double checked so blaming himself,

I have always told him don't stress because no matter the problem it can be fixed.
His tutor was very apologetic but that doesn't make GS feel any better at the moment .

Mind you if it was an important piece I think DD would have been in all guns blazing 😁

[Lizzie48]

Good morning, Oma, when the GC were born DIL1 studied further, she said DS1 was away most weeks so she could study, she did her exams, they were misplaced, discoverd but too late for marking, so, she had to wait a year for the results!!!! She passed cum laude so worth waiting for!!!

[Daisy]

Good Wednesday morning, everyone.

Nanto, the flowers are lovely - definitely brighten up my day. I hope the rain stops even though you're doing things indoors.

Oma, hydrangeas really do need lots of water, don't they. I love the mental picture of you out there in your PJs, watering a plant in the pouring rain! If the neighbours saw you I'm sure they would be in fits of laughter.

Congratulations to GS on getting a 2:1. I can well understand why he's so upset about one of his modules not being submitted. His Tutor is minimising GS's frustration and upset, in my opinion. He's put time and effort into all his work and for one module not to be submitted is inexcusable. If he has to resubmit it, that's what I would do. This time next year it won't matter a hoot that he graduated in September instead of June, but that doesn't help your GS right now, when he should be celebrating 100%. Is there anyway it can still be submitted at this stage so he can graduate with his friends? I don't want to stir things up, so don't ask him, but did GS say the missing module has affected his degree classification - would he have got a First?

The soft green sounds beautiful, and in tune with your new kitchen cupboards. We've got light green in our living room, and it's not a colour I would choose normally. But I was sitting having a coffee one morning. It was cold dark and dreary and I suddenly wanted "Spring" in the room, so we got a light green sofa and chair, green curtains and a pale green striped rug. We got a mixture of different coloured cushions and a grey armchair to stop it feeling like pea soup!! I still like it, which is unusual for me.

It looks as though we're having yet another day of sunshine and showers. It's frustrating when I can see jobs that need doing in the garden. There's no excuse though for not finishing sorting out clothes. I'd better get on with it!

[Daisy]

Lizzie, you posted while I was typing.

Your DIL1 must have been so upset. It's not easy studying when you have a family to care for as well, and for her exam papers to be misplaced must have been awful for her.

Sadly there seems to be little redress when things go wrong that aren't the fault of the student. The son of a friend of ours was 20 minutes late getting to one of his final exams because he'd been sent to the wrong location. He had to get a taxi to the right place, but of course he was upset and worried, and his carefully thought out exam technique was ruined by the loss of 20 minutes. He graduated with a 2:1, but would otherwise have got a First.