Happy New Week all: OH and I are off to see The Imitation Game tonight, then will pick up dinner from our favorite Chinese restaurant on our way home.
Heather: You're not living a sheltered life, or if you are, we're all there with you (and happy to be so). Seems like bad language and a general lack of civility are endemic these days - it's so depressing. And to think the English language is so rich yet people have to use the "last resort" words first. :-(
Clare: My friend's daughter is a Downs Syndrome adult now and still needs supervision. It must be a huge worry, especially as parents age. Didn't know it could also mean heart problems as well.
Brenda: Hope the Quiz was fun.
Thanks all for posts! Take care.
Hello all
LYNETTE- sorry to read about your knee, I am flinching just thinking about it.
I see that OG is flinging things and that LINDY has been to the charity shop. My contribution is that I have tidied up my underwear drawer, well the one that has pyjamas and what Sheana calls 'briefs' in. It's a start!
We had a wee bit of the white stuff last night but right now it is dry sunny but cold, just above freezing. We await the wind, apparently.
Morning all: See that more wind, etc., in store for Scotland and the North.
I mixed up my posts last night by putting a "do take care" bit (intended for Lynette) after a post to OG about baking treats for mice. No matter, but hope Lynette's knee isn't injured.
Trip to Trader Joe's for me this morning; I'll get OH to go to the supermarket coz I like the self-checkout line and he doesn't and if we get wine at the super they won't sell it through the self-checkout, which makes my blood boil - all due to Stupid California Law that seems to think self-checkout customers are more likely to buy wine illegally than folks who go through the regular checkout stand. Go figure. I mean, do I look like I'm under 21!!!? A revision to Stupid Law says kids between 18 and 21 can "sip" wine if it's part of a wine-making or beer-brewing class which, if the news reports are anything to go by, means that our local Uni is offering nothing but said classes 24/7. What gets me is that neither Trader Joe's nor Costco, who also sell wine, don't require any I.D.! (More evidence of stupidity of law.)
Really enjoying my iPhone now. It's magic!!
Stay warm and safe all.
Well LINDY this very spooky! OH and I went out at about 1.15 and he was brushing snow off the car while I went next door to ask new neighbour- very politely, if she would move her car slightly is it was near enough to our drive that OH may have hit it as he drove out or reversed in. After all the confloption the other day when somebody parked across her gates you really would think that she would have been more careful when parking her car. Anyway, I jumped in the car, OH was in it already, engine running. We drove off and when we returned, two hours later,we found the outer and inner front doors wide open! We obviously each thought that the other had done it. House was freezing but nobody had been in. What a couple of idiots.I ran upstairs to check my jewellery box and OH went to check that his TV was still in situ. Priorities,eh?
Heather - so glad that your house was safe when you returned home, I have done the same sort of thing once or twice , but luckily this is a very safe area, very little crime.
Hi, Rita........glad it worked!!
Our neighbourhood also enjoys very low levels of crime. Heather, I'm pleased you were so lucky.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
About four inches of snow in the garden today and the road has not been cleared so I did not take the car out today, I have plenty of food in but I do miss my daily paper!
Lynette - so sorry that you had a bad fall, hope that your knee has not suffered too much.