WEEKLY CHAT (non-osprey) SUNDAY JULY 12, 2015

My tablet just changed that to "files" floors! Good job I noticed.... ...My OH found the dogs collar in the garage whilst I was at the hairdressers: he had put it into a cardboard box full of screws which I took out of the car and left in the garden- so then he later put the box away without noticing it. Meanwhile, we both turned everything in the house upside down, including almost taking apart four armchairs!!

Meant to say, your afternoon Tea sounded yummy, OG, & what good value! You seem to be having a good bounty from all your earlier efforts in the garden, too. We are disappointed in our yields of some fruits and now only have one gooseberry bush, as we found we were freezing them but not eating them all as gooseberries are nice in either a calorie filled pie or a good crumble, and in the winter nowadays we try to only have puddings at weekends.

Off to do the floors now........

Morning all:

Lindybird: I suspect there's every chance Bonnie ate her collar.

AQ: I'm with you on celebrity-chef cookware. Who ARE these people? Re kettles: We have a wonderful Krups (Model BW700853. 1.75 litres, 54 oz) electric kettle that boils very quickly. I don't fill it up most of the time, but even when I do, it's fast. We had some friends over the other week and the wife jumped up from the table when I was boiling water for tea to see what make it was coz it was so much quieter than the the one she has. It was US$39.99 at Bed,Bath & Beyond (with $5 discount coupon yet!!).  Congrats on charming the twins - onward and upward.

Brenda: Pile driving in clay did you say? We've had major disruption in our neighborhood for the last 15 months as CalTrans (California Dept. of Transportation) has done major excavations under the freeway to insert huge drains to cope with heavy rain (the stuff of dreams right now). There's been a new outbreak of pile driving equipment bashing away at various locations, including one that starts up at 7:30 a.m. and goes off and on, but mostly the latter, until lunch, then starts up again until 4 p.m. (I have to schedule my garden naps with the operator's lunch hour.)  Anyway, the latest effort has been going on for almost two weeks and we got a notice from CalTrans saying there'd be a three-day pile driving project starting next Tuesday right at the bottom of our road and to expect noise. I called to enquire if they weren't referring to the one currently bashing away and he said "Oh that's not us, that's the railroad."  Ugh.  Apparently, the railroad is replacing the bridge over the tracks. I plan to have lots of "away" activities during those three days.  It won't bother OH at all.

Gray coastal overcast here today; nice and cool.

Brenda ouch on the piles and good luck with the powers that be.

We had a house built on a raft and it cost the insurers a bomb when drains failed due to builder error and they had to break it. We moved out.

Enjoying Mull not ones for group trips but everyday has given us amazing " spots".

Resting hands as no Daisy as line OG have bad trigger finger x 2. As away doc agreed to doing both but I don't think one is OK. Op to sort it is not an option as my life is too hectic to be out of action. Mind you I can bend it down to order and my girls call it my party piece.

It seem 3 Osprey have been spotted so maybe WTE GE and Osprey for Mull;-)

While Brenda warns small kettles are more expensive to run, Annette tells me small ones do exist. If I can’t find one here, obviously I should flit over to SoCal shop LOL. Last night’s meal was very ordinary. My veal just OK but the veggies were al dente hours earlier! OH enjoyed his pasta with Italian sausage. Too full to bother with dessert. Today I finish sewing up Dau’s jacket. I shall surprise her tomorrow as I haven’t been telling her of progress, not wanting to jinx it. I haven’t had to undo any mistakes! Next is a short sleeved cotton summer top for her, 4 ply, much slower. She said she felt greedy asking for two. However I enjoy knitting and don’t mind. OH has nanny duty today so shall I have a lazy day or maybe I should attack some cleaning. A bit of both?

Good morning, All. Had to sign in today, for some reason: not had to do that for a while. Sunny & bright here, plan to get my laundry out and tidy the garden (again! - pesky weeds!). Still working on baby photo albums, heartily sorry I left it this late now as although I only print out the best ones, there are a lot of pics!

AQ - what a shame your meal was not the treat you were hoping for: still, its nice not to have to cook & clear up for once. Well done on finishing your D's jacket - sounds lovely. I no longer knit but its getting popular here again now. Enjoy your "time off" whatever you do!

Good Morning Everyone. Another dull, misty, murky morning. Everywhere is wet from the mist. We did get some sun yesterday, late afternoon / evening but it was a very humid night. We had the fan on all night in the bedroom.

Annette, You understand why we are dreading the pile driving :-((  We are also having to insist on a management site plan. i.e.  No parking of their vehicles in our Close and days / hours of work. Trouble is, we have already caused the builder so many problems in the last six months, we don't see him being too considerate when he finally is allowed to start building. He doesn't have the best of reputations, when dealing with people, but he does build excellent houses. We just have to remain very alert !! Sorry you have had the problem near to you. One neighbour suggested that we all go away for a year. LOL

AQ, Have a look on line for your kettle.
Congratulations on finishing your daughter's jacket. I am sure she will be thrilled.
Sorry about your meal, but that is how we learn which restaurants we will never use again, but then your OH enjoyed his meal. LOL Some places just don't know how to cook the vegetables correctly. Either they have been cooked much earlier, others overcooked, or they are completely raw.
Enjoy your lazy/ cleaning day.

Wendy, Two trigger fingers sounds a painful inconvenience. Having seen my BiL with his one trigger finger, it can also be entertaining for his family. They never know what might fly from his hand when his finger releases.

Linda, My husband is a pain, he just likes to keep all the photo's on the computer, which is never the same as looking through an album.
Our neighbour's pup has managed to cut the back of my hand again. She gets so excited when she greets you, and I stupidly always put my hand down to stroke her, whereupon she jumps up and then her pin like claws draw blood. Her very garden proud owner is distraught at the damage her pup is doing to her fragile plants.