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Oh Nonnie what a way to go, your lady neighbour 99 peacefully at home! We had a neighbour here who did just that a few weeks ago. We would all sign up for that!
Sorry you are feeling down because of these second lockdowns, hopefully they won’t be for long this time. Can you still go for walks in quiet areas? I think the worst was when people were told not to leave the house, obviously if people don’t mind doing that then there’s no problem.
Sorry good morning all (just about)!

Good morning all.
Annie I hope you get back to us today and the iPad is ok,
Flutterby hope today is a bit brighter for you.
Nonnie it is difficult with the lockdowns but hopefully they will be short ones that work. So many have ignored the advice it’s annoying for those of us who have stuck to the rules and others flouting them have stirred things up again.
You obviously helped your neighbour more than you thought. How nice she had a peaceful end.
Bluesky I was amazed when DH said it was 1st October today. When I look back to those first few days of lockdown and they were talking of being in for months it seemed like forever. Yet here we are and time is passing. I try and think that each passing day now brings us closer to a vaccine.
Hope everyone has a good day. Chin up, big smile, soldier on. ?

Hi all x

Finding staying positive difficult ! need new iPad, laptop not
working, no iPad and I will be so cut off. Mini tornado and I
had rather a big garage bill !

The students are moving into Cardiff university this week, Cardiff is in lockdown so I fear it may be for some time.
Most of South Wales in lockdown, causes problems for us in
Mid Wales.

We must remind ourselves-‘ this too will pass’ x

A new iPad Annie is definitely a necessity. When my DC and DGC first moved overseas I became obsessed with the iPad breaking down as it was the only way I had of communicating with them. I eventually got an iPhone not to miss any calls!

Good afternoon everyone.
‘Flutterby* I hope you’re feeling a bit brighter today. Worrying times for us all.
Nonnie No need to apologise for the grumbling. I’m so sorry that you’re struggling at the moment. I do understand how hard it is to find something positive to focus on. I think that the fact that we have no idea when this will end is what’s making it so hard to deal with. Hopefully they will find a vaccine that works soon. Sorry to hear about your neighbour but being almost 99 and dying in her sleep sounds so peaceful.
Annie I’m sorry to hear about your iPad, we rely so much on the Internet now don’t we. I hope you can get it fixed soon.
I hope everyone has a good afternoon x

Good afternoon all
Chrissy and Flutterby I think everyone is feeling more apprehensive and worried as the days go by and the darker days do nothing to help. So miss the ordinary family times that we took for granted not long ago.?
Nonnie that wasn,t a grumble you just put into words how we have all felt sometimes during this seemingly never ending time.
Your neighbour was a lucky lady to have you nearby .
Wishing you a better day tomorrow.
Hey Annie glad you,re back!! I know what you mean about i pads - I,m scared stiff of mine dying so much so I have just ordered a new one as mine is so old. Hope you are able to get it sorted soon.
Hope the neighbouring lockdown doesn,t cause too much trouble for your area. Take care.
Love to allx

Hi friends thanks for your kind words. It does seem that many of us are feeling bit low at the moment but I think it is understandable given what we are coping with.
In a previous post Annie did make a point of saying that many people are going through anxiety etc at this time which is completely new to them.
I have been a bit flat today and even making tonight’s dinner I could feel myself getting quite uptight (don’t quite understand why I was getting uptight cooking a chicken dinner that I have done many times).
On the positive I have started a new book by Ruth Jones called us three and am really enjoying it.
Take care all and let’s all hope a vaccine is found soon.
Hope your iPad is ok Annie x

Good night all x

Annie sorry about the iPad. Could your SIL not help with the big garage bill?
I’m glad mini tornado is ok and not at uni. Hopefully she will be able to continue her visits.
I hope you stay free of lockdown.
Chrissy, Flutterby, *Joce Nonnie, Bluesky Scaredycat and Lavender hope everyone is ok. There are quite a few of us on this thread now, it’s nice having some company.
We know we are all in this together. Whilst things are unsettling, as Annie says this too will pass. It always does.
We can be here for each other and support each other. We will be ok. x

I think we should be kind to ourselves, we have had anxiety,
depression etc before the virus descended.

We still have our wobbles but we must remind ourselves we are having a double dose, the second dose is what millions are
battling with. I think we are proving how strong we are.

Do keep posting, sharing , caring x

Good point Annie. Hadn’t thought of that before.
Sleep well x

Scaredycat Yes you’re absolute right, we’re all going through something that we could never have dreamed of. The thought of winter coming with short days and long nights always makes me more depressed but this year it’s even more daunting.
Flutterby Definitely many people experiencing mental health problems for the first time in their lives. It’s been such a stressful time for all. Glad you’re enjoying your book.
Doodle Yes it’s so nice that there are a group of us here ready to support each other, it’s certainly making a difference to me which I am very grateful for.
Annie You’re so right that people like us have been hit with a double dose so we need to be kind to ourselves.
Sleep well everyone x

Yes, BlueSky we can walk locally and have some lovely parks nearby but I am really missing my family. They keep in touch all the time but it is just not the same as sharing a meal or sitting around putting the world to rights.

Doodle same here, yesterday I had to look up what day of the week it was!

Annie would a Kindle do the same as an iPad for what you need? Considerably cheaper.

Yes Chrissy if there was a light at the end of the tunnel we would have something to look forward to.

Flutter I think getting uptight about cooking dinner is just a symptom of generalised anxiety and that we should all stop beating ourselves up so much. I am probably more guilty of that than most.

Thanks all for the supportive words.

At the moment I can still tell myself all the positive things and how much better my situation is than many but I still long for my family and something to look forward to.

Good morning all! Well really I should say ’What a day’! but everyday is a lovely day, as they say! Forced myself to do some hoovering which I hate, and cleaned the bathroom thoroughly which for me is an essential. In my books as long as kitchen and bathroom are clean, the dusting, polishing, etc can wait. Trying to be cheerful and upbeat because I realise there are a lot of people far worse off than me so I count my blessings. Have a good day x

Morning all, I am really struggling, not being helped by the nasty people next door.. it’s a constant loud music, fireworks, and now to top it all the 14 year old boy was seen yesterday urinating though his bedroom window onto my conservatory roof. They are making me so miserable if things aren’t bad enough ... sorry had my rant for today..

Annie hope you get your iPad sorted ASAP..

Bluesky Grateful for another day keep smiling...

Nonnie I never know what to do for dinner, husband doesn’t help has long a she gets fed he’s not bothered ?

Chrissy very strange time for all...

Doodle I never know what day it is or date or time ????

Good morning all,
A quick catch up as am trying to sort out my flu jab. Booked for yesterday after waiting in a que for 1hr they had run out of vaccine. I have had to book a career to take me again for later today. Good news it is not raining.
Hi Annie. I am behind times never had an i pad. Hope you sort it soon. ‘this too will pass’ It will it is the wait that unsettles me.
Things in Cardiff must be playing on your mind. Keep your spirits up. Love and prayers x

Nonnie It was a typo error G.C. so sorry please forgive me. Putting 25yrs on your age is not the best to boost your confidence. I am hopeless with clay so would certainly change for an afternoon tea sounds a delicious alternative. Have something planned for today. I know what you mean family not being able to see them in person or sharing a meal a text message just not the same for communicating.
Doodle Hope your blood tests went well. Your post about M&S prompted me to book workmen and sending parcels back.
Zentangling doesn’t require skill if you can draw a square.
Bluesky I always have a coffee before bed tea makes me thirsty in the night! We have a get well clinic each year for over 50 yrs they test for H Pylori from a stool sample.
You have been busy this morning put me to shame. Love a clean house though. Keep positive my love.
Chrissy I hadn’t realised you had a break down in the past. No wonder your anxious seeing medics. I find deep breathing helps. Hope your feeling more positive today.
Scaredycat Picnics are my most memorable enjoyable times. Food always tastes so much nicer outdoors. Fresh air does promote slept. How are you today?
Flutterby It is a downhearted time. I only watch the news as I am finding it so depressing. A funny video lifts my spirits. I hope you slept well and have a better day.
Joce has your G.D. been tested or do they isolate for 10 days? Each school seems to have a different policy usually on their web site. It is a worrying time. Your neighbours sound a nightmare. Disgusting it is illegal to urinate in public I would ask him to clean your roof. Try not to let them get you down. x

Morning everyone (just).
Nonnie Same as you, I know a lot of people are a lot worse off than me but still feeling sorry for myself. I think I’m doing ok and then cry over the smallest thing.
BlueSky I’ve just finished the hoovering too but I quite like doing it. Cleaning the kitchen is my least favourite job closely followed by the ironing.
Joce Your neighbours sound horrific, I’m so sorry that you have to put up with that.
Hi to everyone else.
Have a good day everyone x

Lucyanne GD has to isolate for 14 days but my other 2 grandkids can still go. Dads going into work late so he stay with GD so mum can take the other 2 to school then I go sit in the garden so mum can go pick them up again tea time... I dare not report neighbours it worries me what they would do... I have always had lovely neighbours till this. I have lived hear 45 years now I have always loved it now I’m at my wits end at what to do.. it no good talking to mum because her boys just tell her to fxxx off.

Afternoon all. Wet and windy here.
Housework day today then crafting weekend I hope.
Chrissy I prefer to clean the kitchen than the bathrooms. I don’t like ironing either. Do you have some coloured lights or something you can put up for winter? In Norway they have things called happy lights. Different coloured bulbs on a wire. They put them up to give a warm glow round the house to make it look more cheerful.
Nonnie Your family are just trying to keep you safe. It’s hard when they are young and you just want to give them cuddles. This fiasco will pass and we will be able to meet again but in the mean time we have to cope somehow. At least we are able to communicate with our loved ones. How they coped during the war without contact for months at a time I don’t know.
Bluesky I am one who puts off the dusting too. In fact I am sitting here now instead of continuing with the housework ?
Joce what on earth is going on with your neighbours. Is there no one who can help? Have they bought the house or are they renting?
lucyanne hope you get your flu jab sorted today.
It was DH blood test and he was in and out in no time. Results later today hopefully.
I quite often stop watching the news and reading papers if I find it gets too much. Sometimes it’s all doom and gloom and nothing uplifting.
Joce is your DGD on her own then, if she is isolating, that must be hard for her. I’m surprised her siblings still go to school. It’s so confusing the rules these days. Hope all the family are ok.
Hope you are ok too Annie . Take care all x

Doodle my neighbours are council we own ours. I have just spoken to the council they want me to report them to the police, that worries me there would be consequences. She has said they will wright to her. They have already had some complaints about them, but I live next door to them..
My daughter would have to leave her on her own but she is only 10, she has to isolate it all her year that’s has to isolate, I go and sit in the garden when my daughter goes to pick up the other 2, one comes out quarter of a hour before the other one it’s so hard no one knows what they are doing any more.
Hope everyone’s had a good day...

Be careful about reporting anybody to the local authority. When I wrote to them many moons ago about my concerns about the school bus provided, they only forwarded my letter with my name and address, to the bus company in question!

Yes that what’s worrying so I won’t be doing that Bluesky...
I’m so fed up with feeling like I do and things like this just make it all worse, that what it feels like. I can’t cope with much more..

Hi everyone hope you don’t mind if I join your group. I have been widowed for 42 years and left with twins 5 years old and a son 7 years. I come from a large family where I got no support or help. Let’s say they did everything to destroy me. Life was hard but I survived. I am very lucks as I now have 4 wonderful grandchildren. Not sure why I became depressed 3 years ago. On medication it does help but depression keeps coming back

Scrapgranny Welcome you will get plenty of support hear..
Lovely people always hear for one another..?

Evening everyone
lucyanne What a pain queuing for all that time for nothing, I hope you managed to get it done today. I’ve had 2 breakdowns in the past. I’m trying with the breathing, teaching myself that, when I get anxious, I need to concentrate on it to calm myself down.
Joce I really feel for you having to deal with such terrible neighbours. I understand you being worried about reporting them. If others have reported them then they wouldn’t know you had as well.
Doodle Weather the same here, been terrible all day. I’ve never heard of the coloured lights. I have a SAD lamp but unfortunately not allowed to use It anymore because of a problem with my eyes. I hope that DH’s results came back ok.
BlueSky That’s terrible that they revealed your name when you reported the bus company. I think if Joce reports them to the police hopefully they will not reveal her name.
Scrapgranny You are more than welcome here. It sounds like you’ve had a very difficult time of it. How sad that you couldn’t rely on your family for help. How lovely that you now have 4 wonderful grandchildren, they must be very precious to you. Sometimes there is no obvious reason for depression, it just hits you. I hope that you find being here helpful, we all do our best to support each other.
Have a nice evening everyone and sleep well x