What are you all up to

Spent  most  of  the  day  banging  away  at  my  Photo-slides.  only  left  the  house  to  get  newspaper ( for  the  puzzle  pages - not  yet  tackled    ),  and  feed  the  birds.  All  this  after  a  horrid,  much  disturbed  night { Really  must  ensure  my  eyes  are  sealed  when  passing  butchers  displays -  sossigis  looked  much  better  than  they  really  were   !! }  Loads  of  slides  translated  onto  P.C.  from  the  old  one,  but  Microsoft  have  much  updated  Word  so  it  keeps  telling  me  that  the  spellings  and  grammar  can  no  longer  be  given  markers,  'cos  they are  that  bad .  Dammit,  I  hate  being  blamed  for  doing  an  accurate  transfer  of  others  English,  but  at  least  I'm  no  longer  getting  Red  / Green  zigzags  across  my  work.

Hope  you  all  are  adjusting  well  to  these  dark  evenings  --  17:15  in  Cheshire  and  its  jet  black  out  there  now - Must  check  torch / handlamp  batteries  are  in  good  nick.

Back  here  later 

After TDAs enquiries about family History research on another thread I thought I'd take a look in Ancestry after several years break...well, it's awash with other peoples family trees that connect with mine and some are so bizarre I can't believe what I've seen! I suppose it's lazy research and any old person with the same name will do. Anyway that was a good way to spend a wet afternoon and one lovely result, a photo of a Gt Gt Uncle whose name has been used in our family and now I can see what he actually looked like. 

I got back as far my g,g,g grandmother  Mary and Father Joseph (farmer)  but cannot get further back,even after a visit to the library at York University  where all the old records are kept

Tammygirl sounds like a wonderful weekend, making memories in modern speak believe.

Nice weekend with son, he's texted to say he's home. Dog didn't even look up as he left 😲😂😢. Went were going out for dinner last night to celebrate OH birthday tomorrow  but things changed, what's new? So I did a spag bol, lots for the freezer too 😉. So booked lunch today at our 5th choice, everywhere was full until after 3pm, normally acceptable but wanted earlier today not impressed it's now a Vintage Inn very slow service, got my drink wrong dry martini if you've not got it I don't want a cinzarno, it was! Ordered at the table at least 15 minutes wait 😲 We all had roast beef, not the best. Son paid bless him. Off to make a salad for my tea now.

Fireworks going off all around luckily dog not bothered. Some sound like bombs and are rattling the windows 😲😲😲. I'm not keen on them. OH said loud bangs as he walked her as it was barely dark. They made him and the dog jump. Why are they so loud these days? Why do they have to be used so often? They seem to be available all year round. Keep your pets, and yourselves, safe.

Oh you're so right. I've listened to some tales that fall apart on the first generation back .

There was a "spokesman"for the firework maker was adamant that today's fireworks are not as loud as in the past

We got back from our lovely trip to NI on Tuesday afternoon and OH had his carpal tunnel op on Wednesday (I had to get him to hospital for 7.00am!!). All went well and he was home later in the day. Sling discarded yesterday and he was allowed to take the large and cumbersome bandage off today so he feels much more comfortable. Stiches out next week so hopefully he will be able to drive again then. A recent routine blood test threw up some problems so he had an appointment with a urologist at Stamford hospital first thing Thursday morning. The consultant was quite reassuring so we feel a bit happier.  He still has a kidney scan and a bladder scan to come so fingers crossed.

We had a smart meter with our previous energy company which never really worked properly.  I felt it was for their convenience so that they didn't have to come and read our meters.  Having moved to So Energy a few months ago we were told that the smart meter doesn't transfer.  So Energy say they are not going to supply smart meters until they are all transferrable which suits us.

Sounds like a wonderful weekend with your grand-daughter TG. Isn't it great to be able spend time with them.  I loved spending time with 2 of ours in NI, especially 10 year old grand-daughter who is such good company and a real little friend.

Your house must seem very quiet and empty now brue. Our daughter and eldest grand-daughter lived with us for nearly a year when our grand-daughter was 6 and I really missed them when they moved into their own house.  I hope your son and family get the keys for their new house on time.

Our little female cat (the real Millie ) was terrified of the fireworks last night and hid under her blanket in her igloo bed. She doesn't agree that the fireworks are no louder than they used to be. It sounded like WW3 out there.

The Cathedral had a special Evensong for all the volunteers this evening with tea and cake afterwards.  It was such a lovely gesture and a great opportunity for some of us to meet up and get to know each other.

Hope everyone has had a good weekend.

Nice to catch up with your news Millie, as you say, fingers crossed for Mr H that the tests are ok and I hope the op is a success, good to get the stitches out soon. The evensong for all the volunteers must have been enjoyed by all the volunteers, something in return for all your efforts.

We've hardly had any weekend fireworks, unusual for round here but I suppose there's tomorrow coming up for a few more.

Glad you had a good time with the family milliehull. Shame you had to hit the ground running, but at least it's done now hopefully recovery will be straightforward. Thinking of you both with regard to tests. The evensong sounds lovely. 

Just let the dog out to use the facilities and was pleased that we weren't in the way when this arrived! M use have been going some to stick in the ground it isn't soft 😲😲. Whoops forgot to resize photo. Back in a jiffy. Phew made it with loads to spare!

Glad that you had a good trip to NI, millie, and that your OH's op has gone well. Hope that the test results are fine. It sounds as if your Evensong was a great way for all your volunteers to meet and get to know each other, as I guess you'll not have met quite a few of them yet.