The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

MrsCD

Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas.

ivyleaf

Thank you Mrs CD - hope you did too.

We ordered a new vacuum cleaner on Boxing Day on Click and Collect from JL at Bluewater. Tried to collect it yesterday (ever optimistic!) but the queues on the A2 were so long that we turned round and came back Hopefully it won't be quite so bad today as some people will have gone back to work.

I'm actually rather fond of the one we've got, but it's so old now that the back won't come off for changing the bag unless OH fiddles with it with a screwdriver for a good five minutes. And the "bag full" indicator doesn't work any more, which is a nuisance. It's done us good service though

mardatha

I'd be scared to come down there in a car ivy, I've only ever been in one traffic jam in my life, for 40 mins on the Edinburgh bypass after an accident - and I found that so scary and frustrating and awful that I never want to do it again lol

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Happy yuletide/christmas everyone. I spent an unusual christmas this year, choosing to have my family gathering the week before. Was awesome and I was happy knowing that it made life a bit easier for the families. So I had several days on my own, by choice and wow it was good. Relaxation, reading, nibbling, good food and quite a few spells of meditation. So now feeling regenerated and ready for my new life.

I had enough by yesterday though and all the decs are down and packed away, short cycle ride and did pottering on the allotment. An easy way to get back into the swing of life.

Was sitting inside and garden watching yesterday and I have got a RAT. It went back and forth to my bird feeders and didn`t jump when I clapped my hands. I have sent for supplies to deal with it but at 2 am heard the loudest cat fight in the same area. Haven`t seen rat today so am thinking that I am liking nightime cat patrols in my back garden.

Had nibbles after lunch today but am having hm all sorts soup twice today. No doubt that will give me 7 a day. I need to get back into sensible food

ivyleaf

mardatha wrote: »

I'd be scared to come down there in a car ivy, I've only ever been in one traffic jam in my life, for 40 mins on the Edinburgh bypass after an accident - and I found that so scary and frustrating and awful that I never want to do it again lol

To be honest Mar, traffic jams don't really bother me - OH gets frustrated if we're stuck for ages, but I can't see the point. I just have a good peaceful think (Mind you, it's not me who's driving.)! The roads in and around London are pretty bad, you sort of learn to live with it. My brother gets into a real state about traffic jams and delays - he once set out to visit us from Cambridgeshire at 5.30 because he was convinced the traffic would be bad. The result was that he arrived outside at 7.20 a.m., when I hadn't been planning to even get up until 8.....

Anyway, all went much better today and we've got the new vacuum, which has amazing suction and tried to eat the carpet runner in the hall until I turned the suction down a bit :eek: I was pleased to find that it will sit on the stairs, which the old one doesn't.

So glad your Christmas went just as you'd hoped kittie :j but :eek: about the rat! I'd be happy to take our tree etc down, but OH likes them to stay put until Twelfth Night so I'll put up with the extra clutter for a few more days

camelot1001

You sound so relaxed and ready to take on the world kittie!
I would rather drive for an extra half hour than sit in traffic Mardatha but I'm ok if I get stuck, just a terrible waste of time!

The last couple of days have been quite relaxing, DD has gone back to her flat and taken the South Africans with her, she's back at work and they are doing touristy things. DS2 and his GF went to Edinburgh yesterday and have gone north today, she's from The Netherlands so wants to see some real mountains! As they have the car I am at home and loving it, done so much visiting lately that it's nice to be at home.

Got washing dried outside yesterday and today, the visitors bedding has been washed, line dried, ironed and put back on the bed, upstairs smells amazing!

Going out for something to eat tonight, looking forward to that, been cooking quite a lot lately.

mardatha

Kittie you must be psychic - I was just thinking of you 5 mins ago before I came on here.
I felt claustrophobic and trapped in the traffic jam Ivy, god knows why lol but I did.
We've battened down the hatches here tonight waiting for Frank to hit. Got the matches sorted out, torches & candles ready.

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mardatha wrote: »

Kittie you must be psychic -.

Yes Mar, its a strange result from what I went through. Had loads of time and gone through several meditations and into self trance a couple of times. Something has changed in me. I certainly feel content and happy, as though there is something amazing to look forward to one day. Like being in a bubble, although still relating to physical people

mardatha

That's being a spiritual person. Magic innit?!

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I wish I'd got a pound for every time DD1 and I have tried to ring each other and got an engaged signal.....because we were ringing each other at exactly the same time, that's magic!