What are you all up to

 Thanks 'Husky ' & you'all .

Very wet and windy day,ground over the fields and in the woods now quite "swampy" in places not good for walking (not that the four pawed one had any problems except getting very muddy

Had my flue jab this morning at our local Lloyds chemist ,glad i managed to get all my blood tests done yesterday(was going to leave them until later today) but flue jab gives false info

Drain(council property) outside our garage was blocked by leaves? and with heavy rain it was overflowing and flooding our garage ,called council  and a man with a van was there in 15mins

Then out to lunch with friends, lots of flooded roads in town centre causing problems for some

No need to apologies, ABM, I just think that it's an awfully high price on top of the inflated cost that these firms would charge for replacement part. Talking to a neighbour today who was quoted a price of over £200 for the call out and fitting of a £62 part in a washing machine which was just out of it's warranty.

Hope that you manage to fix the van and are able to get away to IOW for your X-mas trip, Tricky

Hope Pete is "good to go" for the IOW trip.

Decided to buy a new music system aka the one Goldie bought a while back, have felt like a pair of total incompetents trying to set it up... (I was impressed when I heard it working in a holiday house this year, they must have got someone in to help them, we can't really be that useless!  oh yes we are...)

We had a nice lunch at Stourhead today after a couple of hours walking round the lakes and up to the house to see the Christmas decorations.

A dry day for a change, although it has got quite windy as the evening  drew in. Went delivering some Christmas cards on our walk out with Flyte this morning after loading some gear into the van for our next trip.

We have had a lovely meet up and lunch with some good friends we met on a french camp site many years ago. They live near Stratford on Avon so we meet up a few times a year for lunch in a pub in rural Northamptonshire which is half way between us. It was lovely to see them. We now have 2 grandsons with us overnight. We have watched a Johnny English DVD (very funny) and youngest (8) is now in bed so we are  now watching I'm a Celebrity with the oldest (11).  Not something we normally watch.😕

Dismantling wardrobes at the old house went well, the extra pair of hands made a big difference.  Wardrobes are now over at the new house.

However the 3 big tall units from the study are a bit of a problem as we found that we could not easily remove the back panels, Ikea have changed to a different system of fitting the backs.  Tomorrow, with SIL also there to assist, we are going to try and get them down the 2 flights of stairs, if this is not possible then we will have to cut the backs off and get new ones later, they are only white coated hardboard.

We have been working our way through the house dealing with one room at a time and found one drawer the movers had not emptied, and a complete cupboard in the utility room still full of stuff.  Will need to remember to check the loft tomorrow.

After that there is all the garden stuff to move over.....BBQ, chairs and table, plants in big pots etc.  It is going to be tight getting it all done by Sunday night.

OH is getting to the "I never want to see another cardboard box" stage as she has been unpacking a load of kitchen stuff while Callum was asleep.  She still has 7 boxes to go.

Brue

Margaret has had one of those Pharmacists reviews of her medication. I must admit I find it a very strange situation as surely it should be the doctor who decides what you are taking? Also if you have been prescribed medication by a specialist at the hospital even your own doctor is reluctant to make changes to that! I have not yet had one of these reviews but no doubt I will!!! I am on mainly generic medication so not sure there is much scope for cost savings unless they take me off it. 

David

I had a pharmacist medication review, once, but it was more of a check to make sure I was fully aware as to why I was taking the medication and a conversation about any side effects etc.  To be honest, I didn't find it that informative and it was a spur of the moment 'offer' when I went in to collect my repeat prescription.  This was some years ago - no-one has asked me since.

On the subject of GP's changing hospital medication, in my experience, it is always good question and not to take things for granted.  My GP practice have sent me for blood tests which have only told half the story, resulting in them sending me a letter asking me to change my medication.  I have had to make an appointment to explain to them that they have ordered the wrong tests (because of my more unusual medical condition/ or history).  My GP's are happy for me to question.  I appreciate they are under a lot of pressure and tend to look for common markers.  I always try and be as clued up as possible about my medical conditions, and it has proved to be useful.

David

I agree David. You need to be alert and quite often have more knowledge about your condition than the Pharmacist and sometimes the Doctor. I do recall a good few years ago picking up FILs meds from the Chemist and checking them against those he still had at home as he was unable to do this himself. One medication was incorrectly provided at 10x the dosage and would have been a catastrophe if he had blindly taken it.

Anyway up early as sleep evading me. Would be getting some earache if I woke Mrs WN up at this time of the morning.😁