beautiful country Scotland, tis on my bucket list to vist one day 
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Keep smiling for your hubbie, Colleen, and your pups would love to go visit, too, but I'm sure that is not allowed. I'll just bet their dad misses the pups as much as they miss him, too.
No snow here, thank goodness. I'm not ready for that yet. They ARE saying that we will get cold weather next week to make sure we know it IS fall, though! Trees here are sure getting pretty, and my newest favorite tree is turning burgandy/purplish now, it's called an Autumn Purple Elm. Evidently some years back, it was banned from Illinois, as it had a borer type of bug. Now they allow them again, but the growers are not growing them or don't have them large enough for selling. Nursery lady told me to drive around in the country, find a small sapling, make sure I put in some good root stimulator, and I should be good to go! Sounds free to me!!!
No snow here, thank goodness. I'm not ready for that yet. They ARE saying that we will get cold weather next week to make sure we know it IS fall, though! Trees here are sure getting pretty, and my newest favorite tree is turning burgandy/purplish now, it's called an Autumn Purple Elm. Evidently some years back, it was banned from Illinois, as it had a borer type of bug. Now they allow them again, but the growers are not growing them or don't have them large enough for selling. Nursery lady told me to drive around in the country, find a small sapling, make sure I put in some good root stimulator, and I should be good to go! Sounds free to me!!!
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Something about finding the plants you want in nature. And when you take them home and they flourish, it's a great feeling of accomplishment )
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My hubby's name is John, we've been together since 1991! He never misses my birthday, our anniversery, or valentines day. John's the sweetest person I know, never said any bad words or called me down ever. I Love him more than anything or anybody on this planet, so when he got sick I took it very hard, would have been easier if he was mean and nasty, then it would not hurt to see him with so much pain. When John is happy, I am happy, when he is sick, I worry and cry. I just want him healthy and home. I called the nurse today at the hospital in Calgary, he made it up and to the bathroom much better, and they tell me he is getting better. I'm going back up to Calgary on my next day off, which is Friday. I all probally go up on Thursday night after work and sit up with him and watch TV together and hold his hand, if it's not snowing too bad....
Were supposed to have snow and rain mixed tonight, and snow tomorrow night, and a light freeze maybe tomorrow. I have not got everything out of the garden, but it should be fine tonight, won't freeze is it is raining and snowing. Supposed to get very close to freezing, got to work all day again tomorrow, will get the tomatoes out of the garden right after work.... haven't had a lot of time for garden with John being sick. Going to take better care of him and make him lots of fresh vegetable juice and lots of good homemade soup. Johns going to have a liquid diet for quiet a while, till he learns to eat and speak again. I'm going to get rid of that pipe and get rid of his beer in the fridge before he comes home, so he's not
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Leaves just fell like crazy today....
Were supposed to have snow and rain mixed tonight, and snow tomorrow night, and a light freeze maybe tomorrow. I have not got everything out of the garden, but it should be fine tonight, won't freeze is it is raining and snowing. Supposed to get very close to freezing, got to work all day again tomorrow, will get the tomatoes out of the garden right after work.... haven't had a lot of time for garden with John being sick. Going to take better care of him and make him lots of fresh vegetable juice and lots of good homemade soup. Johns going to have a liquid diet for quiet a while, till he learns to eat and speak again. I'm going to get rid of that pipe and get rid of his beer in the fridge before he comes home, so he's not
tempted.
Leaves just fell like crazy today....
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hey big lou, ime not actually in scotlans, i live in the lake district cumbria, which is right on the border of england/scotland, wow now why would a guy from texas have a glasgow rangers scarf ???? lol
My job in America posted me temporarily in Scotland to examine a iron castings factory. While there I lived in the village of Lower Largo in Fife, north of Edinbourgh. We traveled about the country sighting and on occasion to Glasglow. My Scottish host was a tremendous fan of the Rangers so I too became a Glasgow Rangers football fan.
Actually, during my twenty military career and follow-on corporate work I lived all across the world and United States. North Texas was our last posting so this is where we retired. The beautiful woodlands and coastal area of South Alabame is my native homeland. My wife is the from the culture rich French Acadian region of Southwest Louisiana.
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Colleen, your John will get on well and he surely has wonderful care at the hospital. Don't hurry for him to come home, as he is getting the extra medical care he needs right now. Know that when he is ready to come home, he will get the loving care of his wife that he will worship more than ever. You two have a great relationship, it's so wonderful to hear about couples that are so deeply in love with each other. I can understand how hard it is for you to have to stay home and work, but the weekend is near, and you need to get things done in your yard before going up there, so bet you "hop to it" tonight!
Your leaves are a mess, I'm sure, but they sure are pretty! Keep us posted on John's progress. Bet he's looking forward to tomorrow night or Friday for his sweet wife to come back to sit with him. Prayers continue for his speedy recovery.
Your leaves are a mess, I'm sure, but they sure are pretty! Keep us posted on John's progress. Bet he's looking forward to tomorrow night or Friday for his sweet wife to come back to sit with him. Prayers continue for his speedy recovery.
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Colleen you and John sound like such a loving, caring couple for each other. I hope you have a nice visit w/ him and hope you see a good improvement on how he's progressing. It will ease your mind to see him getting better.
We are getting colder here.................had our first frost last night................brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, it was cold but days continue to be sunny. Off to do wood cutting w/ hubby for the next several days. My aching bones! We started yesterday, it's just down the road from us. I do the clipping up of the branches and pile them up so we can chip them all for the guy who's property it is. We get all the wood for free...............I know how much you all love free :razz:
We are getting colder here.................had our first frost last night................brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, it was cold but days continue to be sunny. Off to do wood cutting w/ hubby for the next several days. My aching bones! We started yesterday, it's just down the road from us. I do the clipping up of the branches and pile them up so we can chip them all for the guy who's property it is. We get all the wood for free...............I know how much you all love free :razz:
yes its really starting to get cold here now, lucky we are having new external insulation installed as i type, well it will take them a week or so to get it finished, its like slabs of compressed rockwool that getts glued and pinned to the outside of my house then they get cement rendered over, my walls will be 55mm thicker when they are finished, but they reckon it will save me £350 approx on my fuel bill each year ! we will see after this winter,
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Sounds very different than what we do here in Illinois for insulation, Mogsie, very interesting! Here, they have what's called "blown in" insulation, loose stuff, use a huge "blower" to pack the stuff between the roof rafters for added insulation. And, then they use similar stuff to blow in between the wall studs on old houses that don't have enough insulation. Or, put up wall boards of insulation value on the outside, then put siding (vinyl, aluminum, steel) on after the insulation board. Your way sounds much more complicated, but it's probably the common way where you live!
In the mid 70's today, low 80's tomorrow, then fall is going to hit with 50's for highs. Ho hum ... Illinois, if you don't like the weather today, just wait until tomorrow, it will be different!
In the mid 70's today, low 80's tomorrow, then fall is going to hit with 50's for highs. Ho hum ... Illinois, if you don't like the weather today, just wait until tomorrow, it will be different!
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We put up new siding and added better insulation behind it. Had to tweak the window frames to make them work. Anything you do will help.
yes they have already fitted the cavity insulation which is injected into the cavity between the internal walls and the external walls of the house, they are coming soon to fit the loft insulation which is blown into the roof space of the house, this internal stuff is additional to the existing insulation, it is a new system in the uk, they have been doing it for years in eastern europe thus the workmen that is doing it are all romanian, as they have lots of experiance with this type of insulation, tho none of them can talk english which can make things a bit difficult, but i have learned how to offer them tea and coffee ! lol. plus we are getting it fitted for free as the company who we buy our fuel off, British Gas are paying for it.
this is the stuff......
this is the stuff......
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How neat, the gas company sees it as a chance to help them out and save gas.
We have pretty cheap bills here, winter, our sun room windows keeps the house warm all winter. We usually just flip on the heat first thing in the am.
Cooling in the summer is a little higher, I put insulating shades on the sun room windows which helps, keeps the sun from blasting the room in the am. We average 150-200 / month year round even with the pond running. All electric house, no gas darn it.
We have pretty cheap bills here, winter, our sun room windows keeps the house warm all winter. We usually just flip on the heat first thing in the am.
Cooling in the summer is a little higher, I put insulating shades on the sun room windows which helps, keeps the sun from blasting the room in the am. We average 150-200 / month year round even with the pond running. All electric house, no gas darn it.
well addy i think it is more a case of british gas wanting to clean up their image as they where getting critisised by the government because of the huge profits they where making, so instead of reducing their fuel prices, they have pumped billions of pounds into this free insulation project, on the grounds it will save people money on how much fuel they use, but in the future they will probably still raise their prices because people are using less !