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General => The Stay Safe Board => Topic started by: louisa maud on Monday 05 January 26 08:31 GMT (UK)
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Morning folks
Here we are yet again with a new week, doesn't time fly.
It is very cold this morning, more ice on the car but thankfully no snow.
Not a lot going on, time of the year I suppose, taken my cards down next job is the decorations, we didn't have so much up this year, then it is back to normal
Take care everyone, keep warm
LM
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The snow here was thawing well yesterday in the sunshine but a load more has tipped down overnight, more than there was originally. I'm in hibernation, doing jobs around the house including things like sorting out drawers, it's a bit like when we were in lockdown!
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Chilly and very cold overnight and more snow forecast for the extreme south-west tonight. We are just on the eastern edge of the forecasted snow area, but I'm thinking that venturing out tonight for choir practice might not be a good idea - icy, slippery and possibly snowy roads could be treacherous, particularly as I have to walk through the village to the practice. I'll wait and see how the day develops. :-\ A friend has recently fallen and broken both the radius and the ulna bones in her arm badly, also some of the wrist bones, though the cause of the fall was not ice, but a wayward root sticking up in the path along which she was walking.
Keep warm, everyone, and drink plenty of hot drinks. Our woodburner is crackling away in a jolly way. It's so large that it can heat the whole ground floor of our little cottage if we leave the room doors open. The layout means that you can do a circular tour of the ground floor, allowed by the fact that extensions have been added twice in the house's history (though not by us).
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It’s a chilly day here today too… more snow overnight but only a thick icing cover is the best way to describe it.
Our log burner is a real boon too Gillg.. it warms the downstairs if we leave the living room door open. They just make you feel cosy watching the glowing logs.
Indoor day for us too, taking down the decorations… I know it should be tomorrow but need to clean the house and it’s not easy with cards etc all over the place!
Take care anyone who is venturing out as can’t imagine ending up in A & E for any reason currently… doesn’t bare thinking about!
Caroline
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Lovely sunny day but very cold. No snow here but a heavy frost, all the frost has gone in the front garden but still half the west facing back garden is still white.
Biscuits put out of sight to be used though the year., just a couple of mince pies left to eat.
All signs of Christmas have been put away, cards and the few decorations I bothered with.
It’s Twelfth Night today Caroline, not tomorrow. Grandson’s birthday so easy to remember.
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Oh thanks Jebber! I’d got it in my mind it was tomorrow… my counting not up to spec!
All our food goodies have gone too.. few chocs but they’re hidden away so not to be tempting.
Lovely sunshine which does lift ones spirits but only ventured out to the bins and up the garden to the compost and collecting more logs to bring indoors.
Caroline
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And thanks from me too for the reminder!! All Christmas put away. But I have a snowy scene, with snowmen playing on a sledge, in the porch now - it does resemble the outside view today.
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All the decorations are down now and the Christmas goodies have all been eaten, though I do have half a jar of rather nice mincemeat left which I am thinking of combining with some puff pastry to make whirls (rolled up like a Swiss roll and baked).
Our choir director has just emailed to cancel tonight's choir practice. I must confess I'm quite relieved as the village roads and footpaths won't have been gritted and the approach to the church where we practise is a steep slope with steps at the top - a real ice hazard. (And the church will be cold....brrrr!) The next performance will be wassailing in the community orchard. This involves stumbling across fields in the dark and cold. :o January in Devon is nothing compared with our previous home in Cumbria at this time of year, however, when we were regularly snowed up.
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I have some mincemeat left too… but I’ve poured a good slug of brandy into it and sealed tightly so hope it’ll last!
Your trip to the choir does sound like a treacherous journey I’m not surprised you’re relieved it’s been cancelled…
supposed to have gone to local golf club ( couple miles away) to play mahjong this a/noon but the clubs closed -
can’t say I’m sorry as they don’t put the heating on for just a few old biddies!
Due to be very cold tonight and the road out of the village in the other direction is awful so won’t be going to coffee at a friends tomorrow who lives in a village few miles away.. pity as I missed her NYDay drinks as I wasn’t well..
Think my craft room will be in for a good tidy up tomorrow what with sewing for the Christmas Fayre, then card making it’s looking rather untidy ..
Caroline
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Yes, there will be a great deal of tidying up to be done now. The house looks so bare without the Christmas decorations, doesn't it? :(
Keep safe and warm, everyone. :-*
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Looks really bare and just when you think you have swept up every shred of tinsel another piece appears!
I made jam tarts with the spare pastry and they were nicer than the mince pies.
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Yes, the house does look bare..
I miss the lights from the tree in the corner of our lounge and the LED lights I have wound up the banister.. hey ho..
I’m sure this year will evaporate just like last year.. why is it the older you get the faster they go?
Still have our son and wife visiting in March so something to look forward to.. not seen him for 6 yrs!!
Then hoping my brother (half) and wife will be over in April…
can’t thank whiteout7 enough for finding him 11 years ago for me when I couldn’t..
it’s been great to establish a relationship in our latter years..
good old RC, so many wonderful knowledgeable people on here.
I shall be eternally thankful.
Caroline
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I miss the lights up the stairs too, thinking of getting a strip to fix along the bannisters permanently.
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The snow has thawed a lot today although it's still been bitterly cold. It's raining now and forecast tomorrow morning too, no sub zero temperatures in the forecast tomorrow so hopefully the road and pavements won't freeze, they'll be like a skating rink if they do. Seems there's still a lot of snow over the west side of England and in Wales and pretty bad in Europe too. Also reports of a forthcoming storm, whatever next! I suppose it's to be expected in winter.
How wonderful to have your son visiting Caroline, I bet you'll be crying buckets when you see him! And then your half brother too, it's going to be a very emotional time for you. :)
Why do we still have the Santa emojis, should have been taken down with the Christmas decorations!
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Enjoy every minute Caroline.
LM
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Hello All
I hope you are keeping well, or getting better (delete whichever is applicable). Do you remember Forms like that?
I feel like this Winter has been a bit tough, so nice to see the Sun and so glad to get beyond December and looking forward to a nice Spring.
I am going to try the:- Tai Chi For Beginners in the next few days.
I suppose they make the money from the amount of views, likes and comments and advertising.
The movements suggest it looks like it would be good for inflammatory conditions too, because many movements are covered and the way it is done draws the energy in and then away with the arms and there are breathing exercises as you go.
My inflammation is back in my right forearm, with numbness toward wrist (cleared at moment) and a rash trying to clear and my right knee needs a Sports support bandage for a short time when out walking, it usually clears in a few days.
So there is movement, relaxation and a psychology to it as well in Tai Chi. Nothing strenuous like a gym.
This evening though, a nice shower and an earlier night and dream of the Bounty advert on the 'Island of Paradise' (and being the only man there) came into my mind today for some odd reason.
The only thing is, knowing my luck a coconut will drop off a palm and just miss my edd with a thud in the sand in my dream!
Like this morning I was in dream sleep (can't remember what) and a single thud on the front door ... I shot upright and thought oh Sainsburys! ... No, not an expletive, a delivery, so I was at the door in my Boxer Shorts, my bed top and a hastily grabbed sleeveless waistcoat fleece zipped it up.
I opened the Front door with the Hall light on and said I hope you have not been here long and he said with a chuckle only 59 minutes ... really? I enquired. He replied, not really - just arrived and we had a quick laugh.
Sainsburys didn't have to send a man dressed like Shackleton the Polar explorer, but it was extremely cold as the house warmth started a reaction with the severe cold and frost from outside.
Only one Rump steak, I ordered 5? As I counted the salmon and meats (Substituted for 1, so there is a shortage).
Probably send UK into panic buying now.
He said ... you ain't going to starve are you and I replied no, I don't think so, with a smile and then thought of some of the unfortunate who would be pleased to receive this.
Yesterday was Vit D day, out for a walk in the midday Sun.
Mark
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Thank you dear friends ( Roobarb & LM ) for your kind words, yes we’re really looking forward to seeing him..
think he’ll see more of a change in us than we him! Of course we FaceTime but not the same as putting your arms around a human!
Although they said it would be very cold last night it didn’t seem to be and strangely enough the outside temp this morning -.08 was warmer than yesterday -2 but the house was colder 🤷♀️ not sure how that works! The snow has all slid off our conservatory roof too.
Think we might be in for some bad weather on Thursday/ Friday though.
Tesco came this afternoon with a shipping load to save me going out..
I can’t believe I had no missing items or subs.. especially when I’d got all the ingredients to make a Thai Green Curry as there’s usually something vital missing
I did have to laugh Mark at your attire when opening the door to Sainsbury’s this morning.. I’ll bet the drivers seen far worse sights though 😂😂.
Stay warm all
Caroline
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It will be lovely having
distant family living distantly to visit Caroline, my sis in Brisbane is coming over here in March ::) She had said when we went over in February for her 80th that she wasn't keen on much international travel now and her children are also settled in Australia, it's particularly the airports but she has enjoyed visiting various countries including her most recent to India in 2024, also lived for a while in Canada before marriage.
Expecting eldest daughter back this weekend, quick visit from the north to celebrate her goddaughter's 21st birthday which was on the 2nd last weekend but having a get-together on her late maternal grandmother's birthday and a small gathering, an only child of an only child and not really a party person. We had a full house when daughter came down with her 3 girls late Christmas Day to New Year's Eve, often something gets left behind despite her trying to be as organised as possible! Last minute scramble to locate an inhaler which was accidentally put away in the bag the girls' costumes for the highland games were in when they were set out for the day, also a hunt for hairbrush 11yr old couldn't find ...'always puts it back in bag' ... but no, found in car from trip 2 days prior ... kids!
Anyway, only found something small of theirs after they'd gone, cold drink for trip not left in fridge etc ... then when I went to wash the stripped bedding piled up on one bed, a kit containing daughter's washing overlooked by all!
Luckily good days for getting washing done and walks etc ... but no thanks all, I don't want to keep any warmer ;) 26C this afternoon and bearable enough, we do have air con but I like a through breeze in preference mostly.
A contrast to your walk Mark, a nearby street on my circuit this morning before heat got up a bit ...
... ps, I've noted I was a whole year behind in dating pic! 2026 not 2025 :) won't be the first and only time I have to correct myself I expect :) ...
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Such nice news to start the New Year,Caroline,mare and Caw.
Snow all gone now , I ordered extra salt but the cheap packs were sold out so more refined packs,more expensive !
But it does melt ice just as well.
Decorations all away and the store cupboard tidied.
Some home made mincemeat left ,but sister in law will visit soon so I will save it for then ,either one big tart or mince pies.
Sunny day here but of course cold Brrrrrr!
Son not back yet , he is going to his sister’s where he has stuff in a container ,how good it will be after a couple of years!
There is my grandmother’s bedroom suite from 1894, he loves it ,but would not be top quality ,they were quite poor people .
So 132 years old.
I never met her ,she died in 1916 ,my Dad had just been called up for Military Service, but was give a few days delay until after her funeral.
Well washing to put out for a blow, it won’t be dry but will be nice and fresh.
Look after yourselves.
Viktoria.
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Hi All
Oh Mare, that looks nice and pleasant early on, I bet in the middle of the day you would be roasted?
Viktoria, You go steady on any ice or wet surfaces. I do hope the family furniture and items stored in a container are alright.
Roobarb says she has been tidying her drawers, I wonder if there was method or a reason (lost 'phone number, Invite, or a Prize Draw ticket to the Ball).
L.M., I hope you are fighting on and managing to keep as well as possible.
Caroline enjoy your family, having family living away is a quite wrench.
Gillg, take care walking across the fields, it is still cold and it could take someone a while to find you, if you stumbled.
RTL, I do hope your situation improves and you can get some well earned sleep.
Jebber and BumbleB, hope all is okay and you are looking forward to the new year.
Milliepede, good idea to keep the stairs well lit, don't do what I did ...
I have two-way switching for landing light, but went up my stairs in the dark quite recently with hands on rails and thought I had one more step to go, put my foot down and nothing there (my other foot was already on the landing) and I stumbled and reached forward hitting my hand hard against the bathroom door frame and got away with it.
I lifted some family history notes on the table and found a safety pin that I knew I had mislaid and couldn't find.
No outside photo today, been in bed this afternoon with first cold (or whatever it is) for quite some years.
Opened a tin of Pineapple (not suitable for some types of blood medication) for the Bromelain in the pineapple, also had Ginger Green Tea and Pure Green Tea (contains Epigallocatechin Gallate). Ginger and Tangeretin are both on a long list of covid (immune response) natural neutraliser names.
Also opened tin of peaches and rinsed off juice (as I suspect it has sugary syrup in) for the Vit K mainly (clotting), as I have a slight trace of a nose bleed, but Blood Pressure fine.
I'm glad I wasn't on that flight to Tenerife from Birmingham (BHX) UK, near the end of December last, involved in a turbulance incident. I heard they were serving, one had a seizure, a few had minor injuries and others suffering severe distress and the Pilot requested a return to the UK.
But after my 2020 illness my immune system is triggered a lot more easily, it would only need someone to get on the plane with the wrong perfume, to have used certain fabric softeners in their clothing wash, a cold, or if the aircraft was new and the furnishings, plastics, fabrics and carpets were releasing synthetic odours or manufacturing chemicals.
Twenty years ago some Insurers refused me Travel cover back then.
It is easier to tell people I don't like flying.
I did my travels when I was younger and really glad I did, most countries of Europe.
Here I am 40 years ago in Corfu, on a hired Honda, I had no gear, no boots and I don't advise the footwear, nor riding bikes in bare skin.
Take care all, Mark
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Wow, like the picture Mark.
You are very considerate like most RC's concerned about how they all are, I think we are all like that, friends, but we can't put faces to the names, one I can who I met a few years ago.
I went out on a rampage today, first time out really but I was on the look out for my Christmas stall for the church, I was like a thing possessed, in one large shop I bought goods to the value of £19.00 for 1.90, how's that for bargains, ? soft toys in a card shop 75% off, I have done so well, sadly I had to BUY carrier bags, against the grain for me as they say, I took 3 with me but came home on the bus with 5 bags , must have looked like a bag lady
Sleep well, sure I will after todays rampage
LM
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"Roobarb says she has been tidying her drawers, I wonder if there was method or a reason (lost 'phone number, Invite, or a Prize Draw ticket to the Ball)."
Cheeky! ;D Nothing so interesting Mark, was just staying home and getting on with things I don't often get round to, due to the icy roads and pavements and a prima donna of a car that refuses to go anywhere when it's the least bit slippery. :-\
Happy memories of Corfu eh? I love the Greek islands.
Fantastic bargains LM, well done.
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Goodness me Mark.. you have to go some lengths to stay healthy..sorry to hear that.. but you have a good sense oh humour and that goes along way!
LM I’m impressed you managed to get on the bus with 5 bags.. good bargains too.
Mare, my son lives in Brisbane..well south of it in Birkdale… they’re having very hot humid weather, hope he’ll be prepared for our weather in March.. it can still be changeable..
Mark - Fab pic of you on your bike 40 yrs ago… carefree days in the sun and it’s great biking around the islands… we’ve done that .. no helmets, flip flops on or sandals happy memories.
Well it absolutely poured last night so all the snow ( icing sugar covering I’d call our) gone.. not sure what the next few days are going to bring but no golf for OH tomorrow as course is closed..
House looks spick and span after a thorough clean.. well downstairs. Upstairs tomorrow oh what an exciting life 😂😂.. then the ironing to do..
But I did enjoy cooking today.. I made carrot, sweet potato and bean soup and our Thai green curry which was delicious, I make a cucumber, red pepper, carrot and sprung onion salad with roasted cashews and a hot red pepper dressing.
Tomorrow it’s tempura tiger prawns and noodles.
Off to read my book now ..
hope all is well with everyone.
Caroline
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Enjoy your visitors Caroline, the menu sounds delicious.
Committee meeting cancelled tonight as bad weather expected, well it is dull and quite mild in my opinion, cancelled for next week.
LM