The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

burtha

Hi all,
Playing catch up ,life always busy , forced rest time due to a sickness bug that I really haven't got time for . 2nd day now and I don't like it anymore , ...never mind hopefully will be better today .
Otherwise no change 3mw does the same stuff , he's off this week , but can't see the kids till Friday , and then it's because I told him he had to give them a lift somewhere ... Most go back to solicitor and chase up what's going on , solicitors seam to have one speed and that's very slow ...
Hope everyone has stayed safe with this lovely weather . It's very grey here.
nice to see chickens back , glad your doing ok
Hugs to all xx

ivyleaf

Oh burtha, you poor love! Get well soonest xx

Softstuff

Catching up takes some doing, I'm always sorry I've been absent and sorry for missing sending hugs, but tend to have mitigating circumstances.

Sorry you've been rough Burtha, fingers crossed you're near the end of the bug.

Monna, love your thoughts for the day, the sausage one made me giggle. Hope your viewing goes well. I do imagine though, some sort of explosion in the garden storage, where all those things you stuffed in fly out, just as the viewers ring the doorbell...

Knitwitch, sorry to hear about your strife with the DWP. I can't understand how they see fit to torture people who are already suffering enough.

Mardatha, sending you a virtual jelly baby mountain, hope you feel better too.

Hester, I too would love to be a fly on the wall when they get back after the break with no you to do everything. I'm sure you'll love retirement and wonder where you ever found time to work. I read on your blog you were worried about getting out and doing things, I'd echo the suggestion of U3A. I tried to get into their classes but wasn't old enough!

As for me, been short of breath with a cough for a while. Cue a CT and a series of blood tests. Nervewracking. In the end up, now have an asthma inhaler and apparently severe iron deficiency. It seems like I'm collecting types of anaemia like some people collect trading cards Anyhoo, strong supplements, more bloods, then if that doesn't happen infusions. Hubby should be nervous, if the amount of trouble I get up to when my bloods are this bad is any indication, all hell could break loose if I get up to speed!! Work meanwhile sucks. Nuff said.

As for reno, am part way through the construction of a delightful built in wardrobe. We do have a tendency to over engineer. The hallway shelves we put in previously could cheerfully hold supplies of lead weights, and we're suspecting the built in wardrobes may hold up longer than the rest of the house. We have it in mind, that should we ever need a cyclone shelter, there would be the spot. If that doesn't eventuate, the hanging rails could be used for some sort of trapeze training.

An aside for anyone in England who may not be enjoying their weather.... https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/rain-records-have-been-smashed-parts-of-queensland/3240099/
it's a wee bit damp ere.

MMF007

Hey Softstuff :wave: Blimey, you will feel much better when the anaemia is sorted!
A friend of mine has a son on the Gold Coast, he is a chef in Runaway Bay, he said the rain had been really bad but I had no idea HOW bad!! I'll send you some virtual wellies

Burtha, hope you feel better by the minute. Take care of yourself.

Well I have finally got back to a 3 day week this week after being far too busy for my liking for about 2 months. So, I have rattled through the housework and am planning a raid on unloved items for a CS visit tomorrow. I started the charity bag off with a book my friend gave me. It is soooo big I simply can't hold it to read so never even opened it. I txtd her this morning to ask if she wanted it back or if I could donate to Barnardos. Barnardos it is! That spurred me on to seek out a few other things that are lurking. Feels good to release things and reclaim the space!

monnagran

Burtha, I see the leopard is not changing his spots. The kids must be getting used to it now. So sorry that you have succumbed to the sickness bug. I don't think that you are accustomed to being ill and I bet it makes you furious. Hope you feel better soon.
As far as I know solicitors have two speeds. Dead slow and stop. They definitely have no sense of urgency.

Softstuff, good to hear from you again. Sorry work is a pita. Just keep in mind the cheque at the end of the month, it might make things more bearable.

I imagine that if your bursting with iron and vitamins behaviour is too much for your DH he can always take up residence in the wardrobe. It sounds like the ideal nuclear shelter. My ex used to do things like that. I always reckoned that when he put up a shelf it would outlast Armageddon.

Is it wrong of me to feel very mirthful at the thought of you exchanging your healthy Australian suntan for a dose of good old British rust?

The viewing went well but then most of them do. Well, I suppose no one is going to say, "What a pathetic excuse of a house. You're asking WHAT for it? Ha ha ha!"
We'll see what the feedback is.

I feel exhausted today. Presenting an idealised version of your home for the enticement of strangers really takes it out of you. I think knitting is the most energetic occupation for me today.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY.

Unhealthy: What thin people call you when you are fat and fat people call you when you are thin.

ivyleaf

Aw Softstuff, sorry work sucks I don't suppose the weather is helping as it's bound to make everyone fed-up. I hope the iron supplements work quickly xx

monnagran I'm not surprised you're exhausted! Please take good care of yourself xx

Just thinking of nursemaggie - I hope you and DS are all right, nm, and haven't had a power cut due to the winds.

Oh and Floss --i trust Blackpool is still in its place! And mardatha I hope the winds are calming down.

pollyanna_26

burtha Give yourself enough time to get better . When you are tackle that solicitor , there seems to be much dragging things out happening when you need action .

SS Sending get well soon vibes . I often wonder if we were all operating at maximum health whether we could rule the world .
I love the over engineering that's me too . Good luck with work , think of the money!

Good news on the return to the 3 day MMF and the decluttering . I used to buy most things in hardback but buy more paperbacks now . One of my favourite books is the RHS encyclopaedia of plants and flowers , I've had it for years and it's the best version they did . It's referred to often but it's the biggest and heaviest book I've ever owned . I sometimes think I need a couple of people to lift and hold it as I peruse the pages .

monna If I was allowed I would thank your thought for today 100 times . Since my late teens I have had the same measurements 34/24/36 childbearing hips according to my mum . Dad was tall and slim , DD1 is exactly the same size as me so it must be in the genes . I've had a lifetime of people telling me to put a bit of weight on .
I eat healthy balanced meals and can handle a lamb shank , large roast , stew and dumplings , puddings and custard with the best of them . It just burns off . Oddly enough an old friend was here a few days ago and said I see you still need a bit more weight . I could gorge my way through all the cream cakes in M&S chiller and wouldn't gain an ounce .
It's timely today as I've been weighing up a winter skirt online and my mind has been on the stupidity of UK sizing nowadays . No manufacturers have a standard system anymore . I found the skirt on JL but their sizing is different to the manufacturer . It was the elusive size 6 but on the manufacturers site that is now 26 inch waist rather than 24 . Seems we are meant to wander naked or make our own and I've had too many years of that . Sorry for the long rant but thank you for highlighting the judgemental comments freely given at both ends of the spectrum .
ps Never start me on the modern day light bulb and the hours trawling the shelves for them :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

polly

Nargleblast

Pollyanna - it is a pain in the derrière, the whole business of clothes sizes, how they vary from one item to another, from one manufacturer to another. At the end of the day, it is just a number in the back of your frock, not worth people getting all stressy about it ("OMG! I am NEVER a size 12!!!" Oh yes you are, lady, your head thinks one thing but your @r$e says another...) .......although I agree, it would be awfully nice if all clothes manufacturers sung from the same hymn sheet!

pollyanna_26

Nargleblast wrote: »

Pollyanna - it is a pain in the derrière, the whole business of clothes sizes, how they vary from one item to another, from one manufacturer to another. At the end of the day, it is just a number in the back of your frock, not worth people getting all stressy about it ("OMG! I am NEVER a size 12!!!" Oh yes you are, lady, your head thinks one thing but your @r$e says another...) .......although I agree, it would be awfully nice if all clothes manufacturers sung from the same hymn sheet!

I so agree is it so hard to navigate all the random sizes . Once there was a standard and we need them all to start singing from the same hymn sheet asap . A first world problem but I don't buy a lot of clothes as I like things that will last for years but I'm sick of returning stuff or as I used to do adapting things to fit properly , it shouldn't be like that .

monna I hope you've had a bit if a doze to recover from all your recent hard work . Not going to jinx things so will zip my lip

polly

VJsmum

Nargleblast wrote: »

Pollyanna - it is a pain in the derrière, the whole business of clothes sizes, how they vary from one item to another, from one manufacturer to another. At the end of the day, it is just a number in the back of your frock, not worth people getting all stressy about it ("OMG! I am NEVER a size 12!!!" Oh yes you are, lady, your head thinks one thing but your @r$e says another...) .......although I agree, it would be awfully nice if all clothes manufacturers sung from the same hymn sheet!

I don't think there's too many would complain about being size 12 :rotfl: