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Very quiet here last night thankfully, only a few fireworks just after the bells.
The folk involved did post on the village FB page that they were going to do a few but no big noisy ones. We have a lot of dog owners in the village who appreciated the warning.
We did see the NY in but was in bed very soon after.
Freezing cold day today but lovely blue skies and nice sunshine. Took a drive into Perth and went for a walk from the North Inch to the South Inch along the river Tay then in to town which was very quiet.
The river was flowing really fast, the pavements were treacherous underfoot. The city has had snow, then rain then ice, no pavements treated so really bad. We are only 7 miles north but no snow or rain, frost we have all day and night but pavements ok to walk on.
No steak pie for us, roast beef and all the trimmings yum yum.
Re kitchen equipment, top of my priority list is washing machine, tumbler then dish washer. We quite often do the washing up by hand rather than use the machine.
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A neighbour said his second dose was due next week so we'll see if this happens, I hope so as I can see the system getting muddled if not.
Good to see the Oxford one coming in next week.
I suppose the majority of us will still have quite a long wait.
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Not too many fireworks in the evening, but when midnight came there were quite a few close by, but fortunately they only lasted for about 15 minutes in total.
Pavements and roads were like glass with black ice this morning so just a couple of walks round and round the local green. The sun eventually broke through and most of the ice melted so we managed a decent local walk, but it's freezing again tonight.
Salmon steaks for us for dinner this evening followed by Apple pie and custard, then coffee and a piece of Christmas cake.
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Very frosty and icy when we went to bed last night, the roads, pavements and cars completly white but we woke up to grey, cloudy skies and no frost. Still very cold though. We decided to see how far we could walk in Ferry Meadows. The paths near the river are still flooded but the rest are largely walkable. Some of the lakes are frozen and we watched the swans flying over, landing and skating on them. We started off feeling sorry and worried for them but then realised they were doing it deliberately and over and over again. They looked as though they were having great fun. It was quite a spectacle to watch!
I am absolutely disgusted at the people having large illegal raves and parties. I despair. I agree they should have an immediate custodial sentance. Keep them in isolation for a period of 14 day quarantine so they cant transmit the virus to others.
Bakers2 my embroidery project is of spring flowers. I have no idea what I shall do with it if I ever finish it. Perhaps frame it and put it in the spare bedroom? Hardly anyone will see it there 😅
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Grand photo, Goldie, guess there'll be a lot more to come this month.
Have just heard that my neighbour, who I went to help a couple of weeks ago, sadly passed away on Christmas morning. Although it was expected, following the rapid onset of Dementia, it was a surprise that it happened so suddenly. Although not directly related to Corvid the effects of it obviously had an influence.
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Same here Millie. Only contact I have had was good news, my Mum’s provisional second dose date was moved forward by five days. Fingers crossed it doesn’t alter.
Sad news on your neighbour Nellie☹️
A quiet but nice day for us, just Mum and Sister bubble, but we don’t half have a good chuckle when we get together. Watched a film together on TV (OH disappeared, it was far to “girly” for him😂) Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, haven’t seen it for years. All the locations make this interesting, rather surprised that my Sister had never seen it before. Saw them off home, then a last stroll round Park with the pooch.
Tomorrow could be dishwasher day😡
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Long chat with son this evening, over an hour, which is unusual.
We discussed whether schools will open as planned, his wife is a primary teacher and their area has quite high infections, so she is not keen to go back. SIL works in the same school area, but as a secondary teacher, he feels the same.
Discussed lots of other things, from the price of heating oil to children's beds. Nice to spend time with him, so to speak.
He is worried about his sister. New baby is due in 7 weeks and she needs to be very careful now as if she is Covid positive at the birth they will not allow her to take the baby home.
She is being very cautious, especially with going shopping, and has been working from home since mid March 2020, so has pretty much only seen us and her MIL since then.
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Hello, you Happy Lot
, delighted to see that you are all chatting away, if not 'merrily' at least calmly & happily. ( Well at least Food is a Happy topic, ain't it )Had a cold but pleasant surprise today :- nephew rang to say aged One has a second duff bulb un the livingroom light fitting, so if you are going out , , , , , . Well I had decided to treat the tea pot to a new kettle / partner, so I was already to go with a second shopping list. Sadly the Ducky would not start, so Out came the new toy, the lithium-ion battery booster unit - all found and connected within 3 minutes, keys in and Chunk Varrooooom ! away the old girl went. Gave it a good run to warm up, then hunted thro' ASDA, Wilko's n B & Q to find the bulb as per the information I had been given-- totally lacking anywhere even in Wilko's where I was given instruction in using their very own check out system.
Got home & checked on the data for the bulb only to be told Oh don't fret a 60 watt clear bayonet should do Which could have been obtained from the little Co-oP across the road grrrrrrrrrrrrr x 2.
At least I could sterilise my nice new Kettle & use the boiling water to do the same to the bird baths, just as the afternoon snow shower started. Fortunately it has stopped now but very very threatening so I'll draw in & concentrate on watching BBC Football on CH 601 - well Kelly doing the EFL reports looks rather better than the rest of them
P.S. forgot to say that the 'battery booster' was hardly discharged, 10 mins at max on a USB 2.1 amp and straight into maintenance mode
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A while ago I mentioned that My Daughter in Law had a COVID test the result was that she tested positive. Fortunately she seems OK now but many of the people she works with have also tested positive. Son has also had a couple of tests but they have proved to be negative which to me seems a bit odd? Within the next week their quarantine ends. But here is the funny thing, we got them a few bits with our shopping last week to help tide them over, other son did the same. Youngest son insisted that he deliver the bits we had got. Today we were looking for what we had got for ourselves for our Sunday meal but can't find it anywhere, it seems we gave it to COVID son by mistake!!!! Fortunately freezer quite well stocked so we have plenty of alternatives.
David
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Easily done David, every week I suffer from a sort of delivery blindness with our neighbours! Good to hear the family have recovered.
We had a nice Whatsapp chat with our family in the NE this afternoon, the louder the chatter the more their budgies join in, it gets quite noisy! 🐦
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Our day started off lovely and sunny this morning, but within an hour, a snow blizzard had dumped quite a bit of the white stuff here. Time to play, we decided to pack a picnic and take Jeep for a drive, and do a bit of a snowy walk. Lots of vehicles stuck, one or two in fields. We enjoyed ourselves, some great scenery, nice walk with pooch, who loves snow, always sends him “crackerdog”🤪
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Looks like a grand day out, tda. Which Abbey is that? Good to hear that you had an enjoyable day with mum and Sis yesterday.
It's been a lovely sunny day here and it resulted in much of the ice going, but freezing again now. We managed a couple local walks, but the fields are still too soggy to use yet apart from round the edges. Plenty of people out this afternoon but only in family groups, as couples or solo and all sticking to the social distancing rules when passing each other.
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It’s Roche Abbey, Nellie, one for a nice walk for us😉 Very nice pub close by for a meal as well. EH, re opens Easter I think. Gorgeous location, it’s about four miles from where we live. Right on the edge of Tier 4 territory at the moment😱 On Earl of Scarborough’s Estate. Capability Brown somewhat vandalised the ruins to create a pleasure park, with stone robbed to make a banqueting house. Much loved by locals.
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Woken to another grey day and just for a change we've had rain AGAIN. Cold, but not the wind they forecast yesterday or today so far. Hasn't been above 3c for last few days.
Dog walk in a mo, streets again, I don't even make any money - am I out too early?
Met a friend yesterday and did a circular walk nearer my growing up grounds, she lives that way now. Even followed my dad's run to school, through the 'big house' grounds on the footpath. He and his brothers and sisters used to do it morning, home and back at lunchtime, then home after school. A good mile in each direction. Nice to have a change of scenery and a girlie chat. OH not so good at casual stuff these days 🙁.
Took the decorations down yesterday, most unlike us they are always up for our wedding anniversary if we're in the UK. Didn't get to celebrate 40th last year, 2 days before mum's funeral, didn't manage it in the giddy days of freedom which didn't last long and as tier 4 no chance this year 😢
I have 3 amarylis that were to have been gifts, I took so much effort to make them look wonderful, I'm reluctant to open them 🤣. I'll plant one up today or tomorrow and pop the others on a couple friends doorsteps so they can share the pleasure of watching them grow.
Checked on my wintersweet. I have flowers and yes the smell wonderful but you do need to be very close. As you can see tiny and wet 😪
Got a tesco delivery at lunchtime. Not had issues getting slots and booking one every 2 weeks when they become available. At the moment I'm using fixed slots, so much easier, but can choose flexible ones or priority. So I'm one of the lucky ones. I'm paying for the service monthly started before Christmas, as many deliveries as you want for £7.99 a month - its 4.50 for fixed slot or 3.50 for priority so 2 a month I'm in credit and they give 4 weeks ahead booking. I see its not available now. Lots if bribes from Iceland but I struggled to get minimum order the only time I used them - not a shop I use generally.
Stay safe folks
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B2. Just a whiff of plant scent gives me a lift, especially now, glad you have something in bloom. You'll enjoy the Amarylis...if it was me I'd keep the lot, 😈 you are being kind to your friends but be kind to yourself too.
OH is doing the dog walk, dog walks are the highlight of the day, who we've met, which person, which dog, any news. Life is very basic just now.
I spent a long time yesterday taking all the outside festive lights down and my hands were frozen. Today everything inside comes down and the tree goes back outside to take it's chances for another year, it's around five feet, we'll try to keep it going, it's done well. 🌲
Have a good Sunday everyone.
After I typed this OH returned home with a dog walk up date. Three village families have the latest Covid variant, revels on New Years Eve, one now seriously ill.
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I am going to take all but our tree down today. Want to clear house for other things, got more DIY to do. We have had a nice holiday, all things considered. Normally we would be heading off for our first break of New Year this week, so a bit different. MH is fine, really cold here, so for first time ever, we have stuck little oil filled radiator in there to keep chill off. Once scaffolding is down, it will go out for a run, local day out.
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We took our Christmas decs down yesterday and they are now all packed away in the loft. The usual good clean and tidy followed. I was feeling quite positive on New Year day but have fallen into a bit of a sloth today and don't feel like doing anything. I really should be tidying and filing a load of paperwork. It is still bitterly cold here but no wind and no frost. Heavy wintry showers this afternoon.
I love your snowy photos of Roche Abbey TDA. That looks like a good trip out for you and the dog. I also love your amaryllis boxes Bakers2. - I wish I was your friend
. They fascinate me - they grow so quickly. That's worrying news about the 3 families in your village with the latest variant brue, especially as they were having New Year revels. I fear we shall hear more of this in the coming weeks. Why do people think 'it won't happen to me'?
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Millie, the thought that 3 families have got it and they've all been lax about the rules is really horrible news, we're a small village and no doubt they've been out and about everywhere. Don't think I'll be going into the village shop for awhile. I looked up how quickly the symptoms can develop and it can be just a couple of days. I expect neighbouring families are worried, I gave the area a wide berth today! We've had a few cases but three adjoining families is grim.
I hope we get news about the Oxford vaccination tomorrow.
I've just been writing to my cousin in NZ, they are enjoying a summer relatively free from problems but she said there had been cases.
Roche Abbey looked beautiful in the snow TDA.
I've booked an early walk around Montacute tomorrow morning although I think it's going to be a bit chilly (I'm hoping others will be put off, but I bet we won't be alone!!)
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Been a very grey day, we had some heavy rain overnight which luckily didn't freeze.
Brue, sorry to hear you have families in your village with covid, very worrying. I just can't get my head around why with all the reports from hospitals that people still mix. Our cases locally are the highest I have seen. Our neighbours daughter only went home yesterday after a fortnight stay.
Our days all seem the same at the moment, have only been out to walk the dog locally. Its back to work tomorrow but as the drivers have been off since Christmas I'am hoping it will be quiet.
Our decorations have been down a few days, OH even took all the outside lights down. Perhaps we will put them all up again to celebrate when we have beaten Covid19 into submission!
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Phew! Nice to sit down for a bit!
We have the shower tray for the bathroom project supposedly arriving tomorrow, so we have spent the afternoon packing up some of the pile of caravan stuff, and bits and pieces cluttering up the downstairs front bedroom to make space to lay it flat as it is quite a while till it will be fitted. Will need to unpack and inspect it for damage too as soon as it arrives.
Have also put the new toilet pan and seat in there to make space elsewhere for the 23 sq m of tiles that should come on Wednesday
The shower tray is not huge.....1200x900.....but when we get the door and end panel, and the new towel warmer, and the new radiator, they will all take up a lot of space on the floor. Have not even ordered them yet.
Still several bags of van contents to sort through, everything was removed from the van in a bit of a hurry last spring and has just been lying in that room ever since. After the van is serviced in a couple of months time, necessary items can be replaced.
All the bedding and cushions are in Dimpa bags, just need to move them into the big cupboard in the upstairs bedroom.......another room that OH has decided will need sorted out soon as we will move upstairs while our bathroom is being done. Meantime it has a cot in it , which will need to move out, and a pile of other stuff.
There is a lot of furniture to be swapped around, but until we are allowed to go and finish DD's spare room, which will be the new baby's room eventually, we cannot move anything. We have been storing some items for her, so there is a large sofa bed, some bedding, and several bags of books, plus whatever china and glass that belonged to her grandmother she wants, all to be moved from here.
That will then let us put our own furniture where it ought to be!
Our son also needs to come and pick up anything he wants, then we can dispose of the rest. Most will go to charity shops, but there is some very old china which may be of value, so we will keep that till we can enquire at an auction house.
Otherwise, there are a few items of MIL's furniture still here, that need to be rehomed, mainly good quality G plan items in teak veneer from the 70s and 80s. Some we have kept as they match our stuff, but we do not need a second TV unit, or quite as many coffee tables!!
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We are de Christmased! Even took tree down, all away now. House doesn’t look as bare as I have moved some of furniture round for a change. Most of snow has now gone, and forecast for week ahead has changed, wet rather than snow.
Some January family birthdays to remember now, so I am going to get crafting again. Sister has made us some fantastic new cushions and bolster cushions, and even little iPad bean bag rests to match. I have new curtains on order, and hopefully, Covid restrictions permitting, we might get our new shower in by end of this month. Mum’s house needs some decorating as well, so plenty in the offing for me.
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Otherwise, there are a few items of MIL's furniture still here, that need to be rehomed, mainly good quality G plan items in teak veneer from the 70s and 80s. Some we have kept as they match our stuff, but we do not need a second TV unit, or quite as many coffee tables!!
wow......don’t let your G plan go for nothing K, particularly teak. It’s fetching good money at the moment, depending on age, style and condition. Check out eBay 👍
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Yes I agree TDA. G plan furniture is much sought after these days and get fetch very good prices. Do make sure you get the right price Kjn. Many years ago I sold my parents Ercol dining room suite for very little money. I regret it now but we didnt have room for it.
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