What are you all up to

DK, we bought it in 1990 when we came home from Germany to live in our house. I don't remember a decor frame on the front. It was white with I think a dark brown panel across the top of the door, to open it there was a recessed grip handle in the middle.

Dark and grey here today. Plasterer came at 9am to do the kitchen wall this morning, he has put a 2mm skim on it so it's all nice and smooth now. 

I tackled the knitting machine. It's been playing up a bit so I stripped it down gave it a good clean then tried out a few different stitch settings. All performed well so attached the rubber bed to it and tried that. Success, all worked as it should. Now all I need is (a) the time to work at it and (b) decent enough light to see what I'm doing.

Not going to the shops over the weekend as it will be mobbed, best to wait until next week.

Quiet weekend then it is. 😊

Not a bad day here today cold but dry. So we have taken to opportunity to get the outside decorations up also gave the Volvo a wash it hadn’t been cleaned for about 4 weeks all nice and clean now doubt it will last long with the salt on the roads. Out for a meal tonight with friends from the local pub. Attending a carol concert tomorrow.. On the subject of dishwashers ours hasn’t worked for about 2 years don’t know what the issue is but we are maybe getting a new kitchen soon so will replace it then 

Hope everyone else is having a nice weekend 

Damp, grey, but not cold here, hardly been generating 1kw per day via the solar panels, thankfully most of the Christmas light are led so very low power. Just delivered all the local Christmas cards, it was good to have a walk around the neighbourhood and see all the different lighting, even the village square is looking good, but i think the local church contributed some of the decorations just to add to what the council provided which was probably not a lot, but we do have a tree.

we have a Beko dish washer, full size, i think 12 place settings, we bought it online at AO.com, it is a Which best buy, i think they are made in Turkey, 2 years old touch wood been good so far, we did have a Hotpoint but the tablet dispenser broke and could not find replacement part, but when the guys came to deliver the Beko they said "why did you not just chuck the tablet in, that is all the dispenser does" now you tell me I say when you have already installed the new one.

At last a dry sunny day after a slight frost great to see some sunshine and managed to get some washing done and dried on the line but the ground still muddy so a wellie job again and have cleaned our display cabinet out this afternoon all done  and now enjoying a sit down an mug of tea and coffee for OH who does not drink tea, did think about a walk but as it is that time of year a lot of noise around the surrounding woods so decided to leave it.

OH had some new electrical bits from Amazon today so new controller for bedroom lights as old one had failed and installed in the loft this afternoon rather him than me cobwebs etc.

Looks like this weather will last until next Wednesday which will be good and not sure what is will be like over xmas period yet.

It is very tight to get onto the grass pitches especially for big units, Rufs. The grass pitches are closed off for the winter but there is a hardstanding pitch above the house that is used at this time of the year. The pub you mention, The Lion, is closed and someone is building houses on the land behind it, using the old pub as their sales office. The Clog etc is at Pleasington, so not far away.

Good to read that you arrive home safely if later than anticipated, tda, and that you had interesting  drive back.

That's an interesting sculpture,  WN. Glad you had an enjoyable day out at the Nature Reserve.

We had a fine sunny day today and had a walk along by the Roddlestone Reservoirs this morning with another after lunch around the local golf course. We had quite a spectacular sunset this evening and have clear skies tonight so I might spot a Geminide or two.  It was their peak last night but much too cloudy, although  I did see a couple two nights ago through a partly cloudy sky.

The view below is from the caravan at 4:30 this evening.

I had a phone call out of the blue last Monday about my operation to remove 2 of my parathyroid glands (we all have 4) that have gone mad and are allowing too much calcium into my bloodstream.  I have been waiting about 96 weeks for this operation (according to NHS Scotland) and now they want me to have it on the 21st.

Think they must have had a cancellation as notice very short, but I am keen to get it over with and I should only be kept in for 1 night, assuming all goes well.

So, from looking forward to a relaxing run up to  Christmas, I now have a meeting with the surgeon on Monday at the big hospital in town, which is not far to go,  then a "pre op" appointment on Tuesday at a different hospital on the other side of town, and the operation on Thursday, hopefully at the big hospital.

If it is elsewhere, OH is  going to be very unhappy at having to drive all the way across Glasgow several times, the traffic is pretty heavy at the  moment, and she is unfamiliar with the roads on the south side of town

Hopefully I will  be home on Friday as we have the Christmas food orders  to pick up on Saturday.   I will not be allowed to drive for a couple of weeks, but OH is fine driving locally.  Can always get DD to go with her as it is a Saturday, she is on holiday from Friday lunch time.

Meantime, we realised that we had been so distracted by all these craft fairs that we had not sent any Christmas cards, so have been trying to do that.  We may have left it too late?  Trying to do as many as possible via e mail, so only about 10 to send now.

Hope it goes well Kj. Lots of things seem last minute with the NHS at the moment but you can't look a gift horse in the mouth!

Re tablet dispensers in dishwashers. You can of course throw the tablet into the dishwasher and if you have set it to a programme without a rinse it should work perfectly well. Could be a bit more difficult if you have set it to have a rinse first, or a programme with a rinse, as that could technically dissolve the tablet and wash it all away. Also from a historical perspective in years gone by we used to put power into the dispenser before tablets were a thing. 

David 

Good luck Kj, I hope it all goes well 👍

Go with it K, you have a loving family around you that will sort things out, as you do daily for them. Hope things work out for you all.

I am wanting to “do Christmas” less and less these days. We are simply going to have a nice home cooked meal, a stroll with the pooch. We had our special week last week.