What are you all up to

If she has the power, she would no doubt use it!

Maybe the Americans will deal with him themselves before then.

Freezing here again, we woke to about 7cm of snow, and thick mist.

Had to make a quick trip to DD's garage to finish checking our tiles, have reported 10 damaged ones, tiles now all home, though today's 5 boxes can stay in the car till tomorrow, too slippery on the drive to risk carrying them in.

Did our shopping on the way home, tomorrow we need to go in the other direction to collect my tablets.

SIL reckons schools up here will be closed longer than the end of the month.  He was in school on Monday, working from home yesterday, in for a short time today, and will now have to be available for normal working hours at home.  

Nurseries are closed up here, DD still has to work till the end of the month, but they have managed to secure an "essential worker" nursery place for Callum for this month, and have decided to pay the extra to have him there 5 full days per week so that we grandparents do not have to be called upon at all.  He seems to be enjoying the extra time with his friends!

I am sat next to a whooshing, purring dishwasher🥰 Deepest joy. All we did was turn it off, then turn it on again, that good old IT favourite. However, we have had to dismantle the blinking kitchen to get it out, as the plug in the back came out, so had to pull it all the way out, check all the hoses (nothing kinked, nothing blocked), only to find that it’s plugged in behind our cooker. Which is one of those Rangemaster monsters that weighs a ton, and has had the floor built around it😱

Team work is ongoing, OH is doing the rebuild, I pass the tools, provide the tea and encouragement, and make sure the dishwasher doesn’t fall over as it’s currently in the middle of the kitchen floor. 

And the scaffolders have been in touch.......tomorrow apparently. I shall check the sky for a flying pig tonight, but you never know....🤷‍♀️

Ooh tomorrow TDA...should we be hopeful?! 

Well work has started on our kitchen, all the slot in lights are dangling down from the ceiling and all need replacing! However the main ceiling and backdoor lobby ceiling have been done, just the boiler room to go before the more awkward walls see some new paint. I decided to do the tall bookcases in our sitting room, far too many books, I must now sift through them and see which ones can go and stop reading others as it slows progress ...😊

I do hope that the scaffolders come tomorrow Tda. Also that you get both your dishwasher and cooker back in place with no injuries!

Good news that Callum is enjoying full time nursery Kjnn. You must miss looking after him though.

OH had his 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccine this afternoon. All was much better organised this time, no queue, lots more staff and volunteers, in and out in 30 minutes which included him having to sit for 15 minutes after his jab (he wasnt asked to do that last time!) They are running a 7 day week service. I was pleased to see that some of the staff were also being vaccinated. I was ear wigging while waiting for OH and apparently they cant just pop in, they are being contacted with an appointment on their phone but good to see that they are on the list. I think it will be a month or 2 before I hear though. After hearing the news I think supplies are slower than hoped.

Son in NI has rung most evenings. The mother of a very good Dutch friend of theirs is very ill in Holland with covid. She has been told that because of her age she will not be hospitalised or ventilated. She has just been given antibiotics and steroids and told to stay in her flat in her sheltered housing complex..How harsh is that. Their friend has booked a flight to Holland and had a covid test and should be allowed in as it is an emergency family matter. Fingers crossed. We met her mother when she was over in NI  last Christmas. A really lovely lady. 

Had a couple of interesting days. Yesterday got my "Nothing detected" Covid test result, 42 hrs after the test, so that meant good to go. Lovely sunny had so had a couple of decent walks, around the old sports fields and round the local lanes. Woke this morning to freezing fog, having to drive through to Westmoreland General Hospital at Kendal for my minor operation. All roads were clear and quite quiet but the ground and trees were covered in frost, most spectacular. Op seemed to go ok, but I now look as if  I've been on the wrong end of a Mike Tyson haymaker. (Some might say that that's an improvement!!). As it does ache a bit I can't keep my glasses on for long so won't be posting much tonight.

Hope you feel better soon Nellie. We've had frost and heavy fog all day, not good driving weather, I expect you were glad to get home!

Hope you feel better soon Nellie. I am glad the op seemed to go well. Fingers crossed for a good result.

Glad it’s over and done Nellie, fingers crossed for a swift recovery. I bet that was a lovely scenic drive up there.

Terrible news about the Dutch lady Millie. Shades of Italy back in March. I recall that there was a bit of speculation about what might happen to elderly here. The early oxygenation procedures were very invasive. Pray that things don’t get that bad over here, especially now the vaccine is out there.

Very cold here, Heavy frost already, we actually have snow forecast. Will it, won’t it. 🤷‍♀️

Woke to  a sprinkling of snow, very cold overnight again and freezing all day today. Cars and caravan have not defrosted for days. Nice blue skies again.

More decorating today, plastering and ceiling done, first coat of paint on all walls and second coat on 2 of them.

Got a phone call last night to say someone would be with us today to do our swabs, thought at first it was a wrong number, then remembered that months ago we volunteered to take part in the ONS Covid 19 survey. Bit of paperwork to start with then swabs handed over and done. All pretty straightforward, to be repeated every week for the next 5 weeks then once a month.

We were watching the goings on in USA last night and this morning. OH thinks he should be arrested for inciting a riot. I have always thought him to be a bully and on the verge of madness.

MH, Good to hear your OH has had his second vaccine. According to Boris all over 70s and vulnerable folk should receive their first one by mid Feb. We have been told that half of the care homes in Scotland have been done and a good number of care staff and NHS staff. 

Still no info as to what's happening with our village GP, not sure if they are taking part or if joining up with another practice.

The village hall is perfect for it as it has 2 entrances and plenty of space for folk to sit and wait. Much bigger than surgery. We also have village pharmacy but its very small so they wouldn't be suitable. We've had a letter and booklet from NHS to inform us of what to expect but that's it.

According to Nicola today, they hope to complete the care homes in the next 4 weeks then move on to the general public. I can't see us getting it before Easter.

Strange that all areas seem to be seeing lots of cars on the roads still. It certainly doesn't feel like a lockdown, just like tier 3.