Good Morning Early Birds

[emmie]

i hope that you are in good health and spirits, and that your day is a good one.
i have given up on the notion of more sleep, so perhaps those of you who are awake early will keep me company,
i am off to a picnic later today, which could be interesting considering that it's supposed to rain. but it's local and i will have the trusty brolly just in case.

[emmie]

i have had a fairly stressful couple of weeks, and yesterday my washing machine decided to give up the ghost, and stopped working.
which is a pain as i have washing in it, so if anyone knows how to empty the water then you would have my eternal gratitude. I do have an engineer booked in tomorrow to fix it hopefully so that is one good thing.

[emmie]

anyone have any plans for the day, doing something exciting.......

[Barsel]

Mornin' emmie. You don't often see me here at this time of the morning but haven't been able to sleep so thought I might as well get up.
Did you get your new furniture and old furniture sorted?

[emmie]

morning Barsel

[emmie]

welcome to the thread, yes i did, the Bright Sparks charity collected all of my (6 months old) furniture, and i got my new stuff sorted, only the console table at 130 quid is a total disappointment, as its way too small for the living room. In fact its so badly made i am considering sending it back.

[emmie]

why can't you sleep, are you like me, in pain?

[Barsel]

I have in the back of my mind that to drain the washing machine you have to get to the hose which is probably at the back of the machine , then empty the hose into bowls etc.
Don't know how you would pull the machine out though, it would be pretty heavy I expect.

[Barsel]

No emmie, I'm not in pain, just got a lot of stuff on my mind.
Sorry you're not happy with your console table, you should send it back.

[emmie]

think i will leave it to the engineer.... its got a blockage so i was told on the phone, going on the code that came up on the machine.
will get sorted tomorrow and then no more hassle, fingers crossed.
i have no plans for the rest of the week, are you doing anything...

[emmie]

sorry to hear you have worries, i guess we all do, anything we can help with?

[LadyCG]

Morning. Husband has been sick in the night. I seriously hope I'm not next - I hate being sick. Little one was sick a week ago and in-laws were sick just after.

I've only just woken up and I feel drained.

[LadyCG]

Are you okay, Barsel?

Always here if you want to talk, on or off site x

[Barsel]

My worries are health related so Monday I have blood tests, Wednesday I have a scan, and Friday the doctor will phone to let me know if he wants me to go into hospital.
Trying not to worry but when you're lying in bed you're thinking about all the different case scenarios and that is what's keeping me awake.
Daughter and 2 young granddaughters are coming round this afternoon so that will take my mind of it.

[emmie]

morning Lcg, sorry to hear this, stay safe, well

barsel let us know how you get on, same advice, is stay well and safe.

[Barsel]

Thanks LadyCG. Sorry to hear your hubby has been sick and hope you don't get it. Is there a sickness bug going round?

[emmie]

i guess the problem is when people are in close proximity, then illness can go from one to the other.

[Barsel]

Thanks emmie, I'll probably post on Body and Soul on Friday when the doctor has phoned.
Hope you are ok.

[LadyCG]

I'm not entirely sure, Barsel.

FIL was sick around Tuesday and then OH was sick around 2am this morning so I don't know what to say.

[Barsel]

Sounds like it could be a bug rather than what someone has eaten.

[emmie]

in some pain barsel i can't deny it, i have some ibuprofen, but need to get some more, this osteo arthritis is horrible. bending, kneeling just out the question. and walking yesterday my right knee was giving me lots of gyp.