Chitchat thread #24

[Nicos]

rary !!!
So wonderful to hear you are fine matey
You have very much been missed xx

[lottie dolly]

nice to see you back lad

[greenishfing]

Great to see you, Rary.You've been missed.

I've been out running some errands for my brother in law and then sorting some paperwork for him. I also called at the chemists as I'd had a text to say our prescriptions were ready.

Two of my Christmas puddings are now wrapped and boxed ready for their trip to Australia. It is expensive to send them, as I'd missed the last posting date for overland parcels by a big margin, so they're going airmail... estimated arrival 6 to 7 days. However, when I compare it to the price of a first class U.K. stamp it's probably the bargain of the year, particularly when it weighs nearly a kilo. I did save nearly £6 by buying my postage online. I printed my own postage and custom label too. Ready for sending tomorrow now. I'll either drop them at the local post office or in a parcel post box.

[Jay22]

Afternoon, it’s dark windy and wet not a nice day at all.
rary, great to see you and glad you are well.
Went shopping today trying to get inspiration for Christmas gifts for my daughter and granddaughter and came home empty handed! I have no idea!
Enjoy the rest of your day folks, hope you are having better weather than us. x

[bramble]

Good evening all,. It was a lovely dry sunny day here. Just back from a visit to see Joan...She was a little more settled.

Rary, its lovely to see you back and know you were not absent due to ill health.

Jay, I know the feeling re gift shopping...I'm dreading it.
Shopping for the little one is easy, it's the teens and twenties that's harder...They just want gift vouchers but I want to have something wrapped under the tree. I also have a daughter in law birthday in middle of December...
I am sure it will all fall into place in the end.

GF, you sound so efficient and super organised..I could do with someone like you around.

Have a good evening all.

[greenishfing]

Bramble, if I was super organised the Christmas puds for my brother in Austalia would have been made, and sent, in early November, when they could have gone snail mail and my brother might have got four rather than two. However maybe I will live and learn ..... I'll update next year...... Don't hold your breath.....

[Bren In Pots]

Evening and welcome back Rary it’s good to see you’re back amongst us.

[Snoop Puss]

Morning all.

According to the weather folk on one site, it's going to be bright, according to the other, it's going to be cloudy. According to the sky, it could go either way. Temperatures cooler than yesterday, which felt like May.

Domestics and paid work today. Very exciting. But needs must on both counts, so I'd better not be shirking. Especially as I won't get much done tomorrow, as the man with the digger is coming round to sort out our drive and do other land works after the floods. Plus we're having another big wagon load of gravel spread. By the time this lot goes down, a thousand tonnes of gravel will have been spread on our drive but you'd never know it.

Containergardener, hope you're doing OK.

Have a great day, everyone.

[Nicos]

Mornin n’alln’all
1,000 tons of gravel Snoop?
Please tell me you have a long driveway?..wow.

Everything here is looking much calmer outside.
It’s actually looking like the sun might break through- and there’s no wind nor rain forecast…so we’re thinking of having a bbq …what a difference 3 days make!

Today I’m taking my friend on a grory hop…to take back to the uk. Yup…mostly booze

Best get a wiggle on, but have a great day peeps

[Bren In Pots]

Morning

The 3 weather sites I look at all agree its going to be a dry sunny day here. Mostly domestics and laundry here today.

enjoy your day

[Florence Fennel]

Good Morning All Sunny! Have a good day

[Snoop Puss]

1,000 tons of gravel Snoop?
Please tell me you have a long driveway?..wow.

Mistake. A hundred tonnes in total. Rather a large misunderstanding on my part as to how many tonnes one of their wagons can hold... I've just phoned up to order the delivery, which is how I now know.

[greenishfing]

Good morning.

I was going to wash the bedding and attempt to dry it outdoors in the sunshine today, but the next door neighbour is having some work done and there seems to be cement dust and stone dust flying around (as well as the sound of grinders, etc). With a maximum temperature of 7°C today and negligable wind, I don't think there would have been much drying of the washing outdoors anyway.

We seem to be sliding back into the freezer again. 1°C forecast for tonight and -1°C for tomorrow night.