Old Style Daily Tuesday 13th February 2018

Hollyharvey · 13 February 2018 at 7:19AM

This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet up (although check the fence hasn’t just been painted first!) and join us for an Old Style natter. The more the merrier!

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Hollyharvey · 13 February 2018 at 7:21AM

Morning everyone

A cold start here again today. I’ve just had a look at the Met forecast for this area and they forecast rain from mid-morning until early evening, so I will go out early before it starts.

I want to go to the bank this morning, I’ve got a cheque to pay in. If I get there early they shouldn’t be a queue. During the school holidays the town doesn’t get busy until about 10.00am, so I try and get in and out before then.

There is a new caf! opened in the town, and it is being run as social enterprise to raise money for three local charities. It is the first of its kind in this area and I will call in and have a coffee while I’m up there. I would like to see it do well, so I will try to support it.

Have a good day whatever you are doing.

nmlc · 13 February 2018 at 8:02AM

Morning everyone

Hollyharvey - thanks for starting us off x

Hugs to those that want/need one x

Happy birthday to those with a birthday x

Now light, cold and frosty again, but windy too.

DH up and gone to work stupid early, both DS's still in their pits, will wake them in a bit.

Dinner last night was smoked sausage and mushroom pasta in a creme fraiche sauce, menfolk had a breaded chicken portion with theirs. Tonight will be fish, chips/jacket potato, beans/veg.

Yesterday work wasn't too bad, but we had the normal all or nothing scenario on several occasions.

Feeling a bit better with this lurgy and my nose does seem to have stopped running like a tap, although now I have a voice that sounds like gravel - nice not. I've been dosing myself up with stuff overnight and then a dose of flu tabs first thing and then another at lunchtime, then something before bed - it's enough to keep me going without too much discomfort, once I've got through today and tomorrow I'm then on days' off, so will have several days too recover.

Electrician came yesterday to install the portable thermostatic gadget for the new boiler, all seemed fine, but then last night didn't work, but the instructions are virtually non-existent and I think it's more a situation of I don't really know how to use it and it didn't seem to be picking up the signal from the portable unit to the receiver. But as the boiler is so easy to control, when it was too cold last night I just turned that part off and turned the boiler on manually and it fired up straight away and in 10 minutes we were getting warm. If I can't figure it out, I'll get him to come back so it's not a problem.

Keep safe and well x

nmlc x

Gers · 13 February 2018 at 8:07AM

Good morning everyone.

Thanks for the thread HH.

The w8nd has been battering the house all night and the rain sounded like needles bouncing off the windows.

Yesterday was a good day. Only three students turned up (out of nine), none from Oban as I think they had bad snow. Today I only expect two.

No shopping needed and no washing to be done. If the snow holds off my day will be practically perfect. Watching Shetland will round it off well.

I wish everyone a happy Tuesday.

redruby · 13 February 2018 at 8:16AM

Morning all

Very windy and pouring with rain here a very blustery day it will be very quiet at work today.

All went well at the Dr yesterday so that's out of the way for another few years.

Off to work today but it will be very quiet so we will struggle for things to do with the clients today.

Burgers for dinner tonight will maybe do a few chips with them too and a bit of salad.

Washing to do tonight and a general tidy round.

Have good days all xx

TravellingAbuela · 13 February 2018 at 8:20AM

Morning folks and thanks HOLLY. Brr another cold one but fortunately not as many snow showers forecast as yesterday. We were getting bombarded all day.

Mr TA has his pre-op assessment today prior to his ureteric stent change. No date yet for the op itself but it is due. The op will be in Leeds as usual but the appointment today is at Wharfedale hospital. We had no idea where that was but a search revealed it was near Otley. Hope we find it ok. We will treat ourselves to a very late lunch on the way back home.

My blitz on the 2 youngest DGD's bedroom got underway yesterday as planned and I was filling rubbish bags and cs bags at a rate of knots! It looks so much tidier now and I have made room on the run of drawers for a "new" (our old) much neater tv and dvd player. The big numb tv they had will go to the tip along with the rest of the stuff.

I shall be glad to be out of the house today as it was complete chaos outside yesterday with all the gas vans, diggers, muck grabbers etc to-ing and fro-ing all day. They worked through all the blizzards and must have been frozen stiiff poor souls.

Have a good day folks and ((HUGS)) for all the poorlies, carers, sad, worried or lonely. CSARINA especially as it seems two steps forward and one back with your DH, ELONA I think that was an inspired choice, I too would be more than happy with the Reiki crystals (although I am always happy to receive candles too!) DUMPLING have an extra ((HUG)) hope the black dog soon moves on. Take care all xxx ps SPEKY I too am old enough to be your grandma!

ScarletRibbons · 13 February 2018 at 8:21AM

Morning, and thank you HH.

Starting to get light here, and it's dry, with a light frost. Yesterday was a lovely day, but bitterly cold.

Hope you get your thermostat sorted Nmlc.

It's tai chi for me this morning, buy one or two things on the way home, and who knows what delights this afternoon will bring - nothing but a bit of housework probably.

Our usual quiz will be on tonight, so that's today really.

That off meat I was talking about yesterday - I took it back to the store, explained, and they gave me a double refund, can't say fairer than that I suppose!

Take care folks, have as good a day as you can.

ScarletRibbons · 13 February 2018 at 8:27AM

Speky, I'll be 70 next week, so at a pinch could be your Grandma as well! You've got all these spare Grandmas!!

I_Love_comps · 13 February 2018 at 9:13AM

Morning Everyone,

Raining here today - so a bit warmer than yesterday.

I have work - then from there I will go and visit my mom.

Will call in to Iceland on way back to buy some milk - 4 litres - they are cheaper than the other shops.

Telly night 'EE'. 'Holby' and if I can get into it 'Trauma'

have a good day everyone x

camelot1001 · 13 February 2018 at 9:46AM

Morning All

I'm back from my jaunt, had a great time, lots of walking and a bike ride - that was hard as it was bitterly cold and quite windy! It was good to see DS2 and his lovely GF, they have had a fantastic time away.

I've come back to snow on the ground and rain battered the windows last night but I slept really well. All the washing is done, just drying round the house. I'll drop DDs off when I go out later, she doesn't know I've got it, I took it out of her washing basket when I went to check on the flat last week!

Another day off here for half term, my friend and I are going for an Indian meal with a voucher I got from one of the on-line offer sites, been before and it's amazing.

Hope everyone is well and keeping warm and dry. Have a good day. Take care. XX

LaineyT · 13 February 2018 at 9:51AM

Morning everyone,

Hopefully this will get to post, we are having big problems with our t'internet connection and have a BT engineer coming out today. Due to the location of our cottage our connection comes via a telegraph wire and we always have a problem when it's windy

but BT don't seem to accept this and have tried new routers etc in the past. Well it's windy today so hopefully it will prove our point!
My DOH will be dealing with it as am off for some massage work on the tendonitis in my elbow this morning, am hoping that it will loosen up the muscles around it to make it a tad easier, don't want to go down the injection route.
Tea will be turkey and ham pie, still eating up the christmas excess am afraid.

Hugs to all with worries and cares, especially our Dumpling and Csarina, oh and hello to Polly :hello: sorry missed you the other day.

Have a good day folks x

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