Hello Everyone

[url=https://servimg.com/view/20094517/2518] Hi Ladies. I have been up since 6 and it is now 7.30 and still dark and damp outside. Today I want to get those tablets sorted with the surgery, phone friends Bob and Mary and see if they can get here on 5th, sort out the finances after spending yesterday, pay the power bill (which fortunately isn't too bad and I was expecting worse) and continue on with the clear out, plus repot some of the indoor plants as I bought the fibre for that yesterday.

Hope all of you have an enjoyable Friday, even if the weather isn't too good where you are

   Good Morning Ladies.

Yesterday got Sunday the 5th all sorted with Mary, so now I know how many people to cater for.  Eventually decided I couldn't be bothered wth any further phone calls yesterday, so on Monday morning before I go to the club, I am going to call into the surgery and sort out that review of the medication - far easier to ask all I need to directly with one of the receptionists (and the staff there are very helpful and friendly).  Got on with more shredding - went through paperwork kept for Residents' Associaton, Community Association, etc., and got rid of heaps - also went through all of the stationery I have got and really don't need so much now, so a lot of the files and notebooks will be offered to family when they are here and after they take what they want, then the rest perhaps can go to Margaret at the club and after that to the charity shops.

Making loads of room in the sideboard cupboards  and today will be shredding more paperwork (which I am keeping in a separate bag, as bin is completely full and not collected until Tuesday), so there will be a good start again for the next collection.  Also managed to look at one of my DVDs while I was doing all of the sorting and that was film 2 of one I had already watched, so both of them can go to the charity shop, next time I am up there, together hopefully with some clothes, because some of them need to go - in good conditon, but not worn for a while and a bit large for me and because I have put on a bit more weight, by keeping them I just might be encouraged to forget about dieting.

Dian thank you for the new emails and had a laugh at some of the comical advice and cartoons, loved the music and as you can see I have saved some of the photography and used one for today's gif.  Just couldn't save them in the easy usual way and had to take screen shots and then save from them, but well worth doing.  Some of them I had already, but a lot of new ones I hadn't seen before. That was another thing on the list that I ran out of time for, repotting the indoor plants, but will get some of them finished today.  You enjoyed your usual shopping trip with your daughter yesterday and got your glasses tightened at Asda and then had a shock at the price rises, in particular the bread.  My local Tescos has its own bakery so I always look out for their own sliced bloomers that are reduced and always keep some in the freezer and that does help to keep the prices down, but cost of shopping is certainly well up.  At least at our ages we do have the time to look for the bargains, but must be awful for busy families with only a short time to do shopping in and with a family to feed.

Jean good to read you got out to The Lakes shopping area and found some bargains - Can understand you being shattered after that - I have been there twice and find it is such a large place to actually get around.  Hope you got through the week okay, because I know it is the first anniversary of losing David. I can say that when I was going through the paperwork with regard to my Mum, it did bring back lots of memories, but can say as time goes on, it does get easier. See you are getting Peanut trained - can't be easy with a rehomed dog and hope it works.  Can understand you cancelling the newspapers - far too expensive these days and as you say, something has to give.

Barbara, that was enjoyable, another day with your sister visiting on Thursday, then on Friday back to the usual tasks with the gloomy weather (same here, but at least temperatures up until the evening).  Hope those warm tights help you, that Davd got for you yesterday when he went into Croydon.  These days I always wear a pair of leggings under my trousers when I go out and find they are helpful with keeping warm.

Well Ladies I will away and make a coffee first and then on with the jobs - they might seem boring, but think such a good clear out helps to make us feel better.  Enjoy your day everyone.

   Good Morning Ladies.  That gif shows that I was breathing fire and snarling this morning - yesterday received a request for renewal that had already been put through by me on 8th (in fact a month ahead of when I needed to, just to get it out of the way), so had my time wasted emailing them with a copy of the receipt from them.  Don't you get so fed up when people don't do their jobs correctly and create extra work for you?????

Anyway, happier now I have sent that off and can get on with more sorting. At last yesterday I did the last lot of shredding needed from the present update and clear out and as the recycling bin is completely full for collection on Tuesday, I already have two large bags full again, ready to start off the next lot when the bin is emptied.  I am now getting a lot of spare stationery and colouring books down from the craft room, as they can be used by my two gt. grandsons, along with pens, pencils, colouring pencils, crayons, etc.  What I left in the craft room was all of the art materials, including sketching pads, canvases, and paints.  Really getting sorted as to where all types of things are being kept in the same place.  It has been a long job, but gradually getting there and carrying on with that today.  

Yesterday while I was sorting all of that lot in the lounge I did manage to watch another couple of DVDs, unfortunately not two that I could get rid of, because decided I might just want to watch them again, but have got two out that I think I will be happy to get rid of after seeing them, so they will go on while I carry on getting a lot of things (that have now been sortd) back in the sideboard cupboards and there is a lot more room in them now. Also spent about 10 minutes in the garden pulling up weeds and grass where they were sprouting and surprisingly got a lot done in that short time, but soon went back indoors so I wasn't sidetracked from the main tasks.

Dian, used another one of the photos this morning and that fitted in well with how I felt after getting that wrong request and having to deal with it. See you too need to be getting on with the shredding and getting rid of some clothes - there is always something that needs doing and we keep busy with it all.  See you got a small amount of washing done yesterday, but not a lot of drying in the air.  My laundry is up-to-date at the moment, but ironing does need tackling.  Received a notification from the site to say that both you and Jean had posted while I was typing my post and see you have already been working this morning and because it is dry, you are going to get rid of more winter debris from the garden and good luck with that.

Jean, hope the rest of yesterday after the walk with Peanut, went well for you and wondering if you got your usual Saturday chicken and chips. Just as I was posting this, the site told me that you had posted, so could alter my post and add onto the answer to you.  The smoke alarms certainly are a nuisance when they start the bleeping, but glad that Paul changed that for you, because although the bleeping had stopped, it did mean that the batttery was on the way out.  More trouble for your sister-in-law I see, with her pills being wrong again and that is why I think it is best for me to tackle that problem about mine, directly in the surgery tomorrow morning. See that Peanut got you up at 2 in the morning and then it was difficult for you to get back to sleep again, so hope you have a restful day lined up.

Barbara, usual things for you and David yesterday and David also went back into Croydon to change the tights for a new size and hope they are okay for you.  Your walking around indoors is certainly a help with keeping mobile and avoiding more problems with arthritis playing up from too much sitting around.  

Off to get a brunch today, as didn't get any breakfast early, but straight down to sorting the emails and posting on here, so think it will be poached eggs on toast, a cup of coffee then on with the jobs.  Hope all of you enjoy your Sunday.

   Hello Ladies.

Early start for me this morning and still getting on with shifting stationery out of the craft room i.e there was a paper stapling machine, plus staples, more bulldog clips and pens that I came across and they are really needed more downstairs, so have shifted the small set of filing drawers they were in and getting that all sorted.  Doing all of this actually means altering the shelf height in all of the sideboard cupboards and there are 3 of them, so taking up a bit of time, because I want to be able to get to everything easily.  Will get ready about mid morning to get out, because I want to sort things over the surgery and then off to the club.

Barbara,  thanks for your remarks about people not doing their work correctly and causing us more work - think we all feel the same on that one.   Usual things for you and David yesterday, but he got in more time with the trains and watching football and you also did some reading, plus watched Laura K's programme - yes I watch that too.

Hope the weekend went well also for you Jean and Dian and you can see that I used one of your crystal photos as a background this morning.  I have three lovely large crystals and would love one like that, but bet that is expensive.  You all mention Rita and when I email her I do send your good wishes, but at the moment still waiting for a full reply to my email, so I can post some up-to-date news from her on here.

well it is still fine. Barry not too good so sad to see. he is a lovely man

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