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General => The Stay Safe Board => Topic started by: Roobarb on Monday 06 March 23 14:54 GMT (UK)
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No-one seems to have started this week so here's a new diary week.
Snow forecast here, hope it doesn’t arrive. We've had a little light rain so far, I can put up with that.
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Well done Roobarb!
Just commenting on last weeks post from Viktoria… sorry to hear your son has covid and we’re all keeping 🤞that you’ll be ok.
Miserably cold day here today… no sunshine just grey clouds.
Pilates this morning a good start to the week… hope I can move tomorrow!
Going with two friends to ‘Angels’ tomorrow … I’m driving so hope the snow stays away! They have 10 miles of costumes 😳😳!
The oddest thing is we’ve got to take a lateral flow test and show proof when we get there….
Hope everyone stays warm and cosy this week with this blast of cold weather around.
Caroline
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Greetings from a warm and sunny Auckland. Having lost a large part of our summer to cyclones, we're now into autumn, and so far, so good. Each day when I wake up it's a little bit darker; our clocks go back to winter time on the 2nd April. Although I'm officially retired, I do still occasionally do a bit of work for my old company which means travelling into the cbd. Let's hope I'm not asked to work before the clocks go back, I find it so depressing driving to work in the dark! I don't know how others feel, but I don't always cope well with the thought of "being retired", I only stopped work because I lost my job due to covid, not much call for an ESL teacher for international students during two years of lock-down. I now do relief work so I only work when I want to, which seems a good compromise.
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Griffo99
Sounds a good idea to me to pick the day you want to work, I would find that preparation for retirement to cut down gradually
Viktoria, hope your son doesn't suffer to long, you yourself ought to be careful as well , covid seems to be creeping up on people , today I have been out to a centre and not worn my mask for the first time , I hope I haven't taken a risk to soon.
After my car accident on Friday I have tried to fill out all the details online, gone are the days when we could go to the office to discuss it all, I did drive today but am losing my confidence very quickly, sounds dramatic doesn't it? nothing has happened like this to me before, I am finding if very stressful and so is my passenger, the fact he admitted liability and I have a witness is not good enough, no independant witnesses, so it is his word against mine.
Snow expected in this area tomorrow, been very damp today not cold at all, will see what tomorrow will bring , I am supposed to be meeting a friend for her hospital appt but she won't let me go if it is snowing.
Hope all is well with everyone
LM
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No snow as yet so I am off out at 09.30 to go with a friend to have her scan, then she wants to go to the pie/eels and mash shop, that will do me nicely, seems more of these are popping up in various places
We had rain overnight and although it isn't cold I wonder if it will snow, as long as I get back ok without a snow fall I will be happy
Viktoria, hope you are trying to keep away from Covid and hope your son is doing all the right things to help him but of course sharing a household it is difficult.
Nice to hear Auckland is getting some decent weather, thy have suffered enough like lots of other places
Take care
LM
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Morning all
It's very very cold here but sunny and there was a hard frost last night, but we don't have any snow yet. From the news it appears it's currently further north and nearer the coast , so RTL may have some on her commute .Often the coast doesn't get snow, something to do with the salt air , but they showed pictures of Whitley Bay, Tynemouth and Cullercoats this morning on the news and they are all on the coast. Hope she's managing ok.
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Louisa Maud, perhaps booking an assessment session with a reputable driving school instructor may help you regain your confidence?
For a very different reason I wasn't really able, and didn't need to drive myself for over a year, at all, and then I didn't get on with the super-dooper automatic car my OH bought, but when I was able to get behind the wheel comfortably I got in my old landrover and it purred away! Try not to lose your nerve. Is there anyone who can help you with the online claims hoo-ha?
Don't give up.
TY
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LM - I'm very sorry to hear about your recent accident and all the trouble with getting the car problem sorted out.
I sympathise with you as I dislike filling anything in online. It is such a nuisance when computer says no, which can happen. I had to fill something out the other day online and it wouldn’t let me put in anymore than the first two letters of my first name. Sometimes I wish we could go back to the days of speaking to a person.
I hope the car won’t have to be written off and I also hope your confidence will come back soon. It wasn’t your fault but I daresay that it is probably natural that your confidence will have taken a little knock after this experience. Yes, as Threlfallyorky says - don't give up!
Viktoria I also join LM in hope your son does not suffer too long. Also, commiserate about Diana’s son having to return to work with Covid. Sometimes life feels a bit mad! In an ideal world he ought to be able to recover and still get paid whilst doing so.
Caroline, I’m looking forward to hearing more about your trip.
Candleflame, I woke up to a blanket of snow this morning. Thankfully, no commute today I am off. We have bright sunshine though and a nice blue sky and the snow is starting to thaw already. It doesn’t feel as cold as recently either.
Very sad news at Church on Sunday – one of our Church ‘Elders’ (CP) has died recently. He was only a few years older than me. I hadn’t even known he had been ill so it felt like quite a shock to hear this news. I have known him and his wife and family since I was in my twenties. He was a wonderful man; a born leader and a stalwart in the Church. He did so much for others and was so nice to everyone. Church had a subdued air on Sunday and I for one, felt very shocked to hear he has passed; it is an understatement to say he will be missed. SiL is on holiday at the moment but we are still corresponding by email and she is sending me news and photos of her holiday adventures. She knew him through Church events I have invited her to over the years. I won’t tell her about this until she comes back as I think she will be shocked and saddened too and I don’t want to dampen her holiday.
My little Grandson went in to the big pool for the first time at his swimming lessons on Saturday. Apparently, they had to jump in and swim a few lengths. He is the smallest and youngest in the class. My son told me that my Grandson had been nervous and he saw his knees were knocking. Although, Grandson told me that he wasn’t frightened he was just “cold”. ;)
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RTL
I was very fortunate as half way through my online claim I had to ring them, fortunately the woman helped me complete the whole form whilst I spoke to her, 65 mins on the phone, exceedingly helpful, so I have started the ball rolling.
Sorry to hear you have suffered a death with a very old friend, speaking to a friend recently I happened to say that we don't have many relations who would turn out for our funerals, the longer we live less friends and relatives are still with us, not so long ago we went to a nephew and a cousins funeral, one in his 40's and the other 21, the church on both accessions was full to overflowing and spilled outside the Chapel neither had church going friends.
I think people are returning to work because they are using their sickness allowed, also I heard that people can return to work after 5 days, I was positive for 11 days and made sure I stayed at home the whole time.
Caroline, hope you enjoyed your trip to Angels.
Very cold today but no snow , I went out with a friend so was really pleased the weather was reasonable but cold, looking a bit bleak now
LM
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Sorry to hear you've had such bad news RTL, hard to deal with when you weren't aware of his illness. It's very thoughtful of you to delay telling your sister in law, I hope it's not too much of a shock for her.
Good to hear you got some help with your insurance claim, that must have been a load off your mind.
Caroline, excuse my ignorance, I don't know what Angels is. I can only think of the Robbie Williams song and I doubt you mean that! Hope you've enjoyed it whatever it is. :)
Griffo, I find the dark mornings depressing too, thank goodness we're on our way out of that in the UK. But at least you have some nice warm weather to cushion the blow. :)
It's been a beautiful sunny day here, there was apparently a sprinkling of snow a few miles inland but none here at the coast. Forecast for Thursday and Friday not looking good, hope it decides to veer off. Anyway, I decided to go to the beach as it was so lovely and I needed a lift to my mood. It was pretty cold but I was wrapped up well, on the walk back the wind was towards me, certainly had some roses in my cheeks after that. Did some tidying in the garden this afternoon, making the most of the sunshine.
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Good morning to everyone! LM, I'm glad you got help with your insurance claim. I had an accident not long before covid when someone jumped the lights and ran straight into the side of my car. Nobody hurt thank goodness, but it really knocked my confidence even though it wasn't my fault. Someone mentioned having a lesson with an instructor, good advice and I wish I'd done that as I've become quite a nervous driver now, and I have always been a nervous passenger. I try to stay positive as I'm not going to allow some else's stupidity have such an impact on my life.
RTL, sorry for your loss.
I can't believe that it's the second week of March and I'm hearing about snow! Is this normal or global warming? I grew up in Kent and I don't remember snow after January - or is that my rose-tinted glasses?! I'm planning a visit next year and was thinking of travelling in early April but I might have to reconsider!
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We did have the Beast from the East in late February, early March 2018, that certainly was a beast, really heavy snow that hung around for ages. The local news today was showing a report from the coast around Tyneside, they've had some significant snow but it doesn't seem to compare with 2018.
There's a saying that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb so hopefully the lamb would be around if you visited in April!
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Yes R.T,L, sad news indeed.
Such a long acquaintance.
I had not known our Church organist for all the years he had been our organist ,but he played for 64 years , from being a young boy, his father before him.
What a loss, I only knew him for about 20 years.
He taught my daughter piano.
How brave to jump in a big deep pool, I could not do it!
Flash Harry is pressing the point home re his terrible pain after writing in school. He told the teacher it was her fault because she keeps making him write .! Well today he went to school, wore the mittens I knitted for him for
Christmas.
A phone call from the school re what had he done to his hands?
Mummy asked why,—- “ Because his hands are covered in sticking plasters!”
Anything to get out of writing !
I am not sure if he is clever or naughty!
Why he has such aversion to it I have no idea.
I know he is not firming his letters properly so he will be ready for cursive writing .. He does not seem to be corrected ,my word the teacher I worked with when there was a big intake , would not let that pass, but to be fair ours “ wrote “ in sand first ,correct formation - “ a— all the way round and up, down,flick” abut not like that a !
He is smart no doubt but so honest about it all, he “ fesses up” readily.
Glad you got through the formalities L.M. Such a worry.
We are in for a very cold night seemingly.
Son is quite ill, bad nasty cough, sweating and aching , had he not tested positive I would have thought he had the flu.
Phoned little lady who is almost blind and very deaf, and who has no proper heating in her house, to wrap up warm tonight as we are to have a really cold night .She weighs six stones!
I think it terrible people have to go back to work whilst still ill, makes no sense, however my son working from home has to carry on ,the emails keep coming regardless.
What a lovely day here,some freezing overnight ,ice here and there this morning butI got a big load of washing out ,so white and dry by mid afternoon .
Chicken breast fillets for tea, baked in foil with herbs and butter three ,so either chicken and chips with salad tomorrow tea or butties for lunch .
Well time to do milky coffees and biscuits ,then teeth and bed .
Thanks for your news, look after yourselves .
Thanks also for your kind enquiries re my son
I am just carrying on ,it is hard when in the same house ,I was not nearly so ill when I had Covid , a new strain perhaps.
However he was always a bit chesty, as a little boy , so is affected more than many have been I think.
Cheerio, I did not know whether to laugh or be a bit shocked at Flash Harry’s antics. The thing is he readily tells you ,no effort to lie but the little monkey did wear his mittens!
Cheerio.Viktoria.
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RTL sorry to hear about the bereavement from your church family.
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Morning all
Still no snow here though we had some hailstones yesterday tea time. However our daughter in Kent has the real white stuff!
Viktoria, in an earlier post did you mention you were having braised steak for tea, done in your pressure cooker? How long do you cook it for and with what in with it ? I used to have a pressure cooker until quite recently and need a new one and was wondering whether to get one or not. We love braised steak but I’ve never tried doing it in a pressure cooker, so I thought I’d pick your brains and anyone else with tips. Thanks.
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Woke up this morning here in Radstock to a good covering of snow and it looks like it is going to continue for most of the morning.
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My cooker is a Tower, but the recipe is from my old Presto but that does not matter.
One and a half pounds of rump steak.
One carrot,one good sized onion, two sticks celery.
Half pint of stock— OXO ,or Bovril or Knorr beef stock cube in hot water.
Pepper and salt.
Fat to brown meat.
Good pinch mixed herbs.
Do sliced onion and soften as usual, remove.
Brown meat ( I don’t use that much for two and I like to flour it in seasoned flour before frying off.)
Put veges in cooker ,add meat and stock,seasoning and some herbs.
Put lid on bring to steam,add weight, bring to full pressure ie 15 pounds and then lower to keep at 15 lbs and cook for 20 mins, allow to lower pressure on its own.
I mess about though and do much smaller amounts and often cube the meat,
It only needs mashed potatoes doing then as the mixed veges suffice,
It is really nice .
Any leftovers make a nice top crust only pie either ordinary or suet pastry.
Bon appetit .
Viktoria.
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I had a pressure cooker years ago, then something came in about aluminium and I threw it away, by then the modern ones seemed very complicated to me, but it was the best thing I ever had, I remember somehow releasing the nozzle and I has greasy liquid from a ham joint all up the caravan walls, my stupidity.
I often microwave a casserole, takes about an hour, always very tasty.
I won't go on about my car accident but my insurance can be thoroughly recommended, if anyone wants to know, PM me, spoken to 3 difference staff and they are all very kind and helpful but it doesn't alter the fact my Ford Fusion it is a possible write off.
Had snow at 4am, didn't lay, looked out at 8am and it had started snowing again but it has all melted now, just hope it doesn't freeze tonight
Viktoria, my lovely neighbour has covid, she was my passenger on Friday, second time she has had it and first time she eas very ill, she is like I am, masked and sanitised all the time , I suppose if we are going to get it there really is no protection, I just hope you keep clear of it.
Your recipe by the way sounds scrumptious.
Flash Harry sounds a bit of a lad
Keep warm everyone
LM
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Thanks Viktoria that’s great.
LM I remember my father saying about aluminium being bad for you and I was dispatched to buy him a stainless steel one!!!
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I was right then, but it was a big mistake not to replace it, but as I said a microwave casserole is equally as nice, reminds me I ought to do one again
LM
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Roobarb, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed a walk at the beach yesterday. I felt a lift in spirits too with the bright sunshine, blue skies and dazzling snow. Snow was mostly all gone by the afternoon though.
There were light flakes of snow fluttering down like feathers this morning but it didn't lie.
Viktoria, it does sound like your son has a bad dose of it; I do hope with rest he will start to feel better soon.
Thanks for kind messages re Church friend.
We, at Church, have now been invited to his 'Celebration of Life'. I was a bit confused about this so I googled and I think it seems like it will be a more upbeat type of a funeral. I have never been to such an event before but I like the sound of it, I think it sounds more positive than a funeral. So if nothing happens to prevent me going I plan to attend to pay my last respects.
It's Women's Day today and I went to an event at the library called 'Gan on Hinnies'. This was a most interesting talk about the Tyneside suffragettes. I posted about this event on the Northumberland board. I was very fortunate to get a front row seat. All places for the event were taken and I heard that there had been a waiting list too.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qYIHPj-3hg0
Oh, and we listened to a lovely song called 'Bread & Roses.
I am using up some days holiday this week as if I don't use them by April I will lose them.
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Yes, Dementia, but only if the aluminium was bright and shiny, if sort of sealed and dark looking by the effect of various foods it us supposed to be O.K
I did a lemon chicken dish in mine so it is bright , Must do something
like potato peelings that will seal it again on the other hand a nice new S,Steel one sounds a good idea.
The funeral sounds really upbeat, R.T,L.a celebration of a life ,I liked your account.
Hope you find a car you are comfortable with L.M.
Any changes nowadays in my life are not easy to cope with , dread a new washer etc.
Very fine sleet here today and yesterday.
Ought to go to our Heritage Society this evening but it is sleeting and even with a taxi there is a walk on possibly frozen paths.A friend and I share a taxi so £7 instead of £14+
Victirian prisons and Asylums this evening !
Well at last a little more of F.H —— he has a Lancashire accent ,as do all the family ,his Mummy’s side broader than ours .
His parents worked diligently with him through lockdown and phonics were a big part of that.
This year’s teacher has been correcting him when he reads to her——- his deep u sounds and flat a sounds are being corrected !
He is getting mixed up now with the phonics and doesn’t want to read to her but will at home.
So Mummy went in and explained that his accent was as all his immediate and extended family speak .They do not feel it is correct to change it especially as it is confusing him.
The children at school accept it and he is popular but is now not at all happy to read , and a reluctance to go to school. They wondered if baby Kyra had anything to do with it but feel very strongly he ought to be left alone , his previous teachers did not try to change his accent and even with a new baby there was no reluctance to go to school.
His Mummy is fully qualified and worked at Bury Education Committee ‘ s flagship nursery .
She wanted to complete her contract there as it was such a good thing to have in a CV. A real recommendation.
That meant his Daddy was for a few months away in the week but home every weekend and Mondays ,that was a few years ago then they were all together in Suffolk with lots of back up from my daughter (his Nanny )and her husband and his Daddy’s sister too.
He was well settled so not that.
He has been very good up to now.
In the juniors I think in September so this needs sorting out asap.
Well if it freezes we won’t go tonight , my friend has lots of health problems not least a stoma, and hip trouble .
I am battling on with my new specs ,not happy with the bifocal line .
They were not expensive £300 ,new frames but it will be £200 to have a spare pair by getting new lens in a nice frame I have already.!
So we will see.
Hope everyone is alright ,so cold and miserable her
So thanks fir your news,folks, most welcome.
Cheerio.Viktoria.
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Viktoria, I didn't fancy bifocals, so I went for varifocals, but because of all the close to Artwork etc that i do, I asked for more in the close up area, and, as the frames I chose were rimless (nylon cord holds lense in) I asked them to make the actual depth of the lense area deeper. I'm now on my third different pair, and as I draw out exactly the area I want for what, it's working well. OH has standard bifocals, which would drive me bonkers - oh, I forgot, I am already!
Go back to your optician and have a good talk about your needs. My old one replaced a pair that simply wouldn't "fit right" with my needs, a decade or two back, totally free. Pity he retired. You shouldn't have to pay if you can't use them properly.
TY
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Must have had a great deal of rain overnight, dull miserable day but at least no snow or frost
FH, I am sure they can sort him out, possibly not to presure him, surely his teacher understands accents, what do they do with foreign children who don't speak English as their first language, perhaps encourage him to read more at home so that he doesn't get left behind .
Shame Topol has died, Fiddler on the roof was one of the best films I saw, I have the tape, a film on a dull miserable day to watch, I feel one coming on.
I am not going to go on and on about my accident but I hope the young man tells the truth.
Not gone to church this morning, waiting for an assessor to call, it has a lent class after the service but I am having trouble logging on to zoom, not done a zoom service for a long time.
Specs Viktoria, I have just had a new pair of bifocals but I am not happy about the distance, nothing to do with my accident I might add
Have a nice day folks, keep warm or dry whichever applies to you.
LM
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Thanks T,Y. I must go back ,I feel the older frames will be better ,much smaller and I have a small face ,I hate glittery diamanté frames, plain suits me. The new ones can be spares.
Edna Everidge am not!
Oh Heckyle Pecky! Son has leaked a black permanent felt tip on to bedding !
In the washer now with stain remover ,it is looking like the white Broderie Anglaise duvet and pillow set will be like a cloudy sky with thunder forecast!
It will be clean .
He is much improved this morning ,hardly any coughing.
But we are not going anywhere.
Well stocked so no real worries.
Cheerio folks ,take care in this dangerous weather.
Viktoria.
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Oh, that is good news Viktoria, that your son is much improved today. :) That is good too that you are well stocked and don’t need to go anywhere. There is a horrible cold wind today.
That is incredible that your Church organist played for 64 years. That is certainly some commitment!
Yes, I can imagine you would have found him a loss as we do our much respected Church Elder (CP).
Re my Grandson – yes, I agree he is brave to have jumped in the big pool (albeit I think it was the little end). I don’t think I could have done it at his age and I told my son that. I then said that I didn’t think we had a pool when I was very young and my son put on a Yorkshire accent and said “When I was a lad we swam in a puddle.. ;D” Well, no it actually wasn’t quite that bad in my day but when I was Grandson’s age we just jumped about in the sea. There was a pool at Tynemouth but too deep for us little ones I think. Grandson has a passion for super heroes and at five I think he doesn’t realise it is alright to admit to feeling a little bit scared. So I daresay his knees will be shaking again (with cold) ;) this Saturday but I daresay he will still jump in with the others. Oh, I do feel for him brave little bairn!
Re FH perhaps tell him a story about a child who did not like writing and then say I wonder why little so and so didn’t like writing. He may then come up with some answers. I tried this once with a young one and they were then able to be forthcoming when they thought we were talking about someone else. I think he sounds more clever than naughty – there must be a reason he dislikes writing but he came up with an idea to try to get out of it.
LM, yes it is very sad that Topol has died. I loved Fiddler on the Roof too. What a performance he gave singing ‘If I were a rich man’! Wonderful!
Now you talk about your accident as much as you like. I think it is good to get things off your chest when something is a trouble. (I talked a lot about my seagull trouble last year. This year I am going to start going through the park instead of down my street from May – dread being chased down the street again when they start nesting) :o. I hope things turn out well when the assessor comes. Hopefully, the young man will have had a conscience and will have told the truth.
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Well, Daughter phoned this evening ,and said she had been buying exotic fruit,Flash Harry had gone online himself ,looked it all up and said he ought to be eating more fruit!
So he read Physalis ,Sharon fruit ,Kiwi fruit etcetc.
They do eats lot of fruit and he will eat quite sour stuff .
So nothing wrong with his reading is there .
He did not exactiy say Physalis - Fixaliz - but not bad.
Well as yet no frost, hopefully none at all.
Sleety rain most of the day.
Hope it is reasonable weather tomorrow ,I am well stocked up but like to keep so.
I feel it is a good while since Annette posted, hope all is OK, miss the little girls’ photographs.
Roobarb too must be very busy ,and Pharma as well.
Hope all goes well with insurance claims etc , for those pursuing claims.
Health issues and worries, share if you feel able ,it does help .
And look after yourselves everyone,we have come a long way together and what a great help along the way has been RootsChat and the diaries especially.
Cheerio .
Viktoria.
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Flash Harry sounds like a bright boy; very resourceful too in being able to find out things so independently.
Yes, I hope Pharma and Annette are well and Roobarb not too busy. Hopefully, we might hear more about Caroline's trip soon.
The wind is whistling here and it feels sooo cold.😬 SiL has made me feel jealous as she sent word saying she is very warm on holiday and sleeping with only sheet!! Alright for some! ;)
Goodnight All.
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My grandaughter is in 30 plus degrees now whist we are possibly 3 or minus 3, degrees, out time will come hopefully this summer
Goodnight all
LM
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Thanks R.T.L,yes FHmight give his own reasons if the question is posed supposedly about another child ,as he might not imagine others’ reasons.
That is a really good idea.
Gosh the wind is getting up , dustbin day tomorrow,they are wheeled to a collection point at the end of the lane.
If they blow over there will be rubbish all over the place.
Blue one for bottles ,tins and plastic, so pretty heavy and may be O.K.
Well note out for milk lady ,lock up,wash supper cups ,clean teeth and a wash in case I die in the night .
On that note I say Good night and God bless.
Viktoria.
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Summer usually lasts two days on Tyneside .. well that's my version of it and I'm sticking to it. 8).
Goodnight LM, sleep well. :)
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Yes, sometimes I think children struggle to express their own feelings but if given a 'story' about which you seemed puzzled I think Flash Harry just might fill you in with the answer. He does sound a very bright boy and I think he will want to help you understand a given scenario. Then hopefully you might find out why he doesn't like writing. Let us know if it works. :)
It did work for me once. I won't say too much about circumstances but a young one had done something really quite naughty and it was blatantly obvious it was them. Using the story idea, they did actually give the reasons why they (the story person😉)might have done the deed.
Goodnight and God Bless too Viktoria. :)
.. the wind is whistling so much now I almost feel like Emily Bronte living on the moors ..
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Morning all
We have the white stuff - about 3 to 4 inches but the sun is now out and it's starting to melt hurray.
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Good morning all
Wet and very blustery day , rained all night but we haven't got the white stuff, as long as it doesn't freeze we are ok,
You are right RTL, we haven't heard from Annette lately, hope she is ok
Take care everyone
LM
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Winter storm here today, supposed to get 10 to 15 cm by tonight. OH made a doctor’s appointment yesterday for this morning, despite the snow he wanted to have something looked at that he is worried about. Said the roads were fine, no ice, and traffic keeping the busier roads clear.
Was at the family history centre yesterday, busier than usual. Did a bit of work on my own, after many many years have tracked down a relative by checking for her on an Ancestry tree. I then double checked his data. No wonder I couldn’t find her, she was living as wife of her future husband in 1901, they married bigamously in 1907. Another can of worms opened!
I won’t be doing my stint there for 6 weeks as I will be at my arthritis clinic Monday and Thursday mornings. Fingers crossed it will help! I have been feeling better recently, have been sleeping better which might be the reason.
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Nasty snow and ice here, made a visit to pharmacy a bit of an expedition. Brrrr. Hate cold, always have.
TY
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Really nice today, sun out but chilly
Off out to take pics of where my accident took place , already sent diagrams but the legal beagles want more, sounds as if someone is not telling the truth!,, I cannot tell you how stressed out I am and that is not a word I use.
LM
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Oh LM,how nasty , how such people can live with themselves I do not know!
Let’s hope it all comes right.
TY,
I Went back to Opticians’ this morning ,wearing new specs, I had taken old ones to have the new prescription lens put in.
The assistant asked how I was coping with the new ones,because I had asked that the second pair have bifocals the same height as those that were in as the height was perfect,I was struggling with the new ones .
She got my details and measured the new bifocals ,They were 3mm too high!
So stuck with old ones for about another ten days.
No cost to me,for correct lens in new frames, well I should think so !
Honestly >:(
Grandson ( FH’s Daddy ) phoned to say the school had accepted they ought not to be giving FH elocution lessons .
Coincidentally a routine questionnaire was given out by the PTA, to all parents.
So G,Son told it as it was,many good points but the few negatives were important .
Seemingly other parents’ answers agreed so a meeting and things will be hopefully improved.
Grand daughter in law( F.H’s Mummy ) is much respected - she is very quiet and calm and her training college is well known for excellence.
That will be why FH likes sticking plasters!
Oh dear France wopped England - rugby-
No idea what to have for tea, cheeseboard at lunchtime .
Perhaps a butterbean casserole or tuna pasta bake?
Hard to think when not hungry.
How many people would be glad to have that problem ———
Hope your specs get sorted TY.
Look after yourself folks.
Viktoria.
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Oh, LM I am so sorry that you are having to go through all this additional stress. This is awful that it seems you are having to jump through hoops to show that you did not cause the accident.
I hope this can be dealt with soon and that your account/evidence will clear things up.
Hang on in there LM, hopefully this will be all sorted out soon. :-*
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LM you could do without that but try and stay positive . Hold onto your knowledge that your own driving and insurance record will speak volumes.
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Thank you Candleflame
His insurance is saying I am to blame, how can it be when he was trying to pass me on my right as I was exiting left and signalling left, he what I called, undertook me on a roundabout at a reckless speed, my passenger can't be
used as a witness
I mustn't go on an on about this episode but it is very stressful
LM
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No trouble to us I am sure L.M, if you need to talk about it ,it does help.
We “ listen “ to all sorts of problems and actively contact those we worry about if we have had no posts for a while from them.
I hate injustice, and there is so much in daily life.
A lovely sunny morning .
A gammon joint for tea .
Son still positive yesterday but feels much better.
Another test tomorrow I should think.
He has worked all through .
Well ,hope all are as well as can be expected and managing to keep warm .
Cheerio,Viktoria.
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Sleep is beneficial Diana, I need to partake more of it too! … Our old week having now ended and start of a new and burning midnight + oil.
Seems you still had some immunity Viktoria thankfully, with your son having nasty symptoms of the virus in household and he's done well to work through it and good to hear he's feeling a lot better, that is positive!
LM the saying that a trouble shared is a trouble halved probably is more about not bottling things up, only wish it meant that we could actually reduce the actual problem and understandable that it is of great concern and so much on your mind. No need to apologise referring to it at all and writing it down or speaking about it can be helpful as has been said, plus you're keeping diary and us up to date with developments.
Sad news for you RTL re your friend, celebration of life is a term we quite often hear in NZ and see in notices re funeral announcements.
Also with the restrictions as well during pandemic, delayed memorial services or celebrations of life held when possible or on anniversary of the date.
Stopped myself in summery of week before writing a screed now of this and that with candle needing blowing out sooner than later :)
Leave you here with just a thumbnail peek of our little 10mth doll from this week ...
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Viktoria, my specs are fine - I was suggesting varifocals and care in the proportions given to each lense to you! It does make a difference.
I've always carried a real camera in my handbag, LM, and in the few accidents we've had - none our fault, thank goodness, I've been out with my trusty camera, and recorded everything - vehicles in area, so they could be traced, a large dog leaping around..... I even "arrested" a 'bus that ran into the back of us, by hanging onto the doorhandles, so he couldn't leave until the police arrived. The driver was trying to get large male passengers, (he seemed to have a good supply of them) to lift me off so he could continue. I said I'd have them all for assault if they tried it, and him for incitement as well! So relieved when the police motorbike arrived, a really nice man.
Actually a lot will depend on how the lanes were laid out on your roundabout. Get those pictures - and it's worth checking with nearby businesses if they have relevant cctv.
Hope things work out okay for you both.
TY
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Thank you TY
Well your account is my laugh for today.
I photographed each car with my mobile phone but obviously not enough, it doesn't have any shops nearby.
The lanes are marked so no problem there, half of me wished I had called the police, he was a nice well presented young man, if he thought he had a quiet silver haired old lady to contend with he was mistaken, but it was quite amicable between us, I am not aggressive in any way, I suspect he was relieved I wasn't a burly 6 footer or more, but it wasn't aggressive on either account .
What a nightmare with all the paperwork to fill in.
LM
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LM, hope this situation works out in your favour, am not surprised you are stressed.
Mare, love the photo!
Good sleep last night, clocks changed, hour ahead. Doesn't bother me, but OH grouses about it. He has gone to gym, we might go out when he gets back, to a hardware/building store. The nurse practitioner told him the other day to eat a big McDonald's meal as he has had trouble with stomach pain. Well, we might stop there, but it sounds a little questionable to me as a diagnostic tool!
Changed my picture here, this is a painting of our dog my daughters gave to us for Christmas in 2015. It was taken from a photo I used to use here, I have always thought it was a wonderful likeness and a great keepsake when he crosses the Rainbrow Bridge!
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Just to say I'm home again after another 2 week stay at my sisters. Was only home a week before things got worse. Felt so bad. Will have been home 2 weeks tomorrow so faring better this time. Vertigo treated by medication and (touch wood) the dizziness abated 4 days ago. Hope it stays that way. Trying to see, or even speak to a doctor, is a nightmare at my surgery. Have to phone in at 8am, told you are 52nd in the queue (or whatever) and just to have to hang on the line which can take forever only to be told doctor will phone you before 6.30pm. Due to current problems have had to phone on numerous occasions and had calls from doctors I've never even heard of before. Alas, mostly Asian and for whatever reason I find it extremely difficult to understand them. By the time you get a phone call they've already made their decision re. the facts you've reported and really don't listen to you. My sister is a receptionist at another surgery and knows how things work (or how they're supposed to) and suggested I use e-consult instead of phoning. Have done this twice now and things were much easier. Since my vertigo medication would run out on 13th, and I'd not been told whether I should continue with it or not, I used e-consult again to check this out. Doctor phoned at 9am the following day. To my amazement and delight, he was my 'own' doctor, Dr.M. It felt so very different to be able to talk to someone who knew me (my doctor for over 30 years). He actually listened to me, asked questions, etc. and said that I need to stay on the medication. If I continue as I am I can reduce to 2 tablets a day (instead of 3) and so on. At the end of the consultation he said how nice it was to talk to me again after all this time (last time I actually saw him was some time before the pandemic started). He treated me like a human being instead of just a name and tel. no. as the previous doctors who've phoned me have done. It makes such a difference.
Tomorrow my nephews wife is picking me up and we are going out to lunch which I'm looking forward to, Wednesday afternoon my niece (mother of the twins) is picking me up to take back to hers and I've been invited to dinner too. Then on Tuesday the following week Jo (plus the twins) is picking me and the 4 of us are going out to lunch.
My sister and b-in-law (together with his brother and wife) left on Thursday for a 2 week cruise to Norway. The thought of the North Sea in winter doesn't bear thinking about for me. A friend very recently went on a 1 week cruise to Norway and had 2 horrific nights with winds and 30m waves. Amazingly, she slept through the first one but was awake all night with the second one. Had a text from my sister the first night saying all was good and that they'd just been given a menu for a 5 course meal. Haven't heard from her since though (nor has anyone else in the family)!
Sorry about your car accident, LM, and the trouble you are having. My car while parked was hit by a car reversing out of their drive way, just on the corner of my sisters road. It was dark but as luck would have it I was actually standing outside my sisters at the time, heard/saw it happen and knew which house it was from. They stopped, looked at my car, and then just drove off. Whilst I was looking to see the damage the car suddenly appeared from the following direction having driven a circular route. It stopped right by my car and they got out to look at the damage not knowing I was crouched down at the rear of my vehicle looking at the damage myself. However, they completely denied they were the car involved and that they'd only stopped because they had seen me and wondered what the problem was!!!! They never drove down the section of the road my sister lives on, always approaching their home from the other direction. Luckily for me, one of my sisters neighbours had seen their car speeding up the road and duly noted as they never previously used that part of the road, their driving erratic and out of character. I reported to the police and this neighbour volunteered to tell them what she'd seen, confirming my account. The whole thing took a long time to sort out because they continually lied to the police.
The girls had their first baking lesson with Mummy making scones. Attach 2 photos - Macy mixing, Darcy glazing.
Annette
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Dear wee girls Annette, little ladies already. Fingers crossed for you that things stay better, good you have been able to stay with your sister rather than on your own and how good that you had your 'own' doctor to talk things through with.
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Lovely to hear from you Annette, hope the car is sorted ,L.M is having trouble too with an utterly unscrupulous driver so good results for you both we all hope.
Glad you are getting proper treatment now.
Thanks for the photos , charming.
Very best wishes for continued health improvement.
Viktoria.
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Mare, what a gorgeous little 'doll'. What a happy smile and she looks so very striking in her red tartan dress. :)
Annette, it is good to have you back and to see some more lovely pictures of the twins. I can't believe how fast they are growing up and into baking scones already! What team work !:)
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Had a laugh at myself today ,on Saturday got a nice gammon joint for yesterday .
It cooked really well, crisp crackling and meat very tender but it really was very salty .
There were no directions for soaking .
I went back to Tesco today ,with the label,said was not complaining as we had eaten a good part of it but it was very salty and it really needed soaking yet no instructions re soaking .
The assistant at the desk asked where had I bought it ?
I said “ Here” ,then—- looked at the label —- Morrison’s
Oooer! “ I brazened it out and Said” Does this mean you are not giving me my money back?”
We had a laugh .
Rain rain and more rain today.
Son much better but not negative yet .
Not much news so will say Good Night,and hope things are justly dealt with for those anxious about accidents etc.
Those with health worries ,hope you feel much better soon .
Goodnight everyone.
Viktoria.