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Had some horrible news from one of my Sheffield friends. Her husband was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of Alzheimer’s earlier this year, he’s lost a lot of speech, mobility and co-ordination and is now confined to a hospital bed with carers coming 4 times a day.He was a clever and witty man and they’ve been happily married for 40 years. I’m so sorry for her. What a vicious and cruel disease it is.
It is indeed, Lez Lee, and I've noticed over the last decade that more and more much younger people seem to be being diagnosed with various kinds of Dementia these days as well ;o<
Lez;
It must be horrible watching Alzheimer's taking a hold and seeing the deterioration in a loved one as it progresses :(
It must be horrible watching Alzheimer's taking a hold and seeing the deterioration in a loved one as it progresses :(
Good Morning and Good Afternoon everyone ;o>A big mug of my favourite Coffee, Java Sumatra, and Smoked Salmon Pate on Wholemeal Toast for Lunch today ... YUMMY!!!
The Trees are up! ... the four foot one is now comfortably positioned in one corner of the Dining Room at the front of the House and Dad put all the Lights on it last night so it just needs Mum to decorate it - and the two foot Fibre Optic one has been neatly tucked away on top of a small table in one corner of the Back Lounge ... Christmas is most definitely on it's way now! ;o>
Tia is having a bit more of sleepier and quieter day today but she sometimes does like to have days like these and she still seems to be absolutely fine despite that - and Mitz is currently being spoilt extra-rotten in anticipation of her having Dental Surgery tomorrow.
She has had a quarter piece of Toast with Blackcurrant Jam on it (she doesn't like Apricot and will only tolerate Strawberry Jam if there is no Blackcurrant) and a spoonful of Dad's Yoghurt already as well as also having her own Breakfast ... and any minute now she will be having a Chicken flavoured Jumbone and a couple of Markies followed by a small saucer of milky Tea ;o>
We spent this morning getting the housework done between us before I made a mess while cooking dinner - a big, thick pork chop each with loads of veg and drowned in gravy.
With all the tidying up sorted (again!) straight after dinner, we have been having a relaxing afternoon though I've got to be off to bed soon :)
Oh, while I remember - holiday update news;
I now have Boxing Day off as well as Christmas day, and also now have three days off for New Year, but not including New Years' Eve - got to work on that day.
Even better, we will now be having family come over on New Years' Day so we will be seeing the Grandkids again sooner than we could have hoped for :)
With all the tidying up sorted (again!) straight after dinner, we have been having a relaxing afternoon though I've got to be off to bed soon :)
Oh, while I remember - holiday update news;
I now have Boxing Day off as well as Christmas day, and also now have three days off for New Year, but not including New Years' Eve - got to work on that day.
Even better, we will now be having family come over on New Years' Day so we will be seeing the Grandkids again sooner than we could have hoped for :)
Oooh, your Dinner sounds good! ;o>YAYYY!!! - to Boxing Day off AND three days off for New Year - WOO-HOO!!!
AND family coming over too? ... I am SO happy for you that you will have your nearest and dearest loved ones with you at such a special time of the year ;o>
You had better start planning to buy in lots of extra goodies! - as well as buying replacements for the Chocolates and the Wine already broken into - LOL!!!
Nighty-Night x Sleepy-Tight x and very Sweet Dreams x
Mitz wants her Breakfast ... and let me just rephrase that for anyone who doesn't get how vitally important this is? ... Mitz not only wants her Breakfast but she wants it NOW!!! ;o>And how do you ever manage to explain the concept of Fasting and Nil By Mouth before an Op to a little hairy woofer with an empty Tummy and a one track Mind?!!
She is sat here on the Floor in the Lounge next to me moaning and grumbling away to herself about how she is practically wasting away from hunger in front of my very Eyes and then I'll be sorry ... !
She's going to be even more shocked in about 15 minutes time at being put in the Car without her beloved Sister as well as without having her Breakfast first!!! ... and then it'll be Tia's turn to start moaning and crying her Eyes out as well!!! ;oO
Last night's left-over House Special Chow Mein with Beansprouts straight out of the Fridge for Breakfast ... YUM!-YUM!!-YUM!!! ;o>
Yes? ... I use Dove Invisible Dry Anti-Perspirant Decorum every day! ;o>
yes, but for what?.....................................boom!
Well? - to décor my rum of course! ... but you wouldn't ever know anything about that as it's exclusively just one of those girl things ;o>Make mine a double in a long tall Glass topped up with Coke Zero plus Ice and a Slice by the way ...
MITZ IS HOME!!! ;o>Apparently she had suffered more hidden damage than we had all thought and has had to have a total of 4 loose Teeth taken out?!! ... and I feel terrible for her although the Vet says that these things just happen and we mustn't blame ourselves for it ;o<
We have never had any Pet with Dental problems before and we have had Dogs and Cats in our family my entire life so far.
She is all snuggled up on her Furrybaby Blanket on the Sofa next to her devoted Sister who is just in the middle of washing her Face and her Paws for her. Her precious TV is on and she is currently happily watching Pointless ;o>
I used to live above a restaurant in a fairly rural area just outside Hamburg. Although it was ostensibly an Italian restaurant, the chef seemed to have a special liking for local game that would appear in not-very-Italian (i.e. quite German) dishes in the autumn. Consequently, local hunters would often drop off some of their haul outside the kitchen on their way home. Outside the kitchen = at the bottom of the steps leading down from my flat. I would often have to step over the carcass of a deer or a wild boar in the morning to get to my car. I tried to avoid getting too close, knowing the animals would be likely to be infested with lice.I quite like venison but I much prefer wild boar.
"Venison's dear, isn't it?" - Jimmy Carr
We are extremely spoilt for choice here on the Cheshire and Derbyshire Border for large Country Estates and Farms that specialise in Deer, Wild Boar, Rabbit, Goat, Pheasant, Ostrich, Buffalo, etc ... you name it and they'll surely be somewhere not more than just 40 miles from here that either farms it or manufactures it.I guess that's why we tend to have more slightly 'unusual' things for sale, even in our smallest Corner Shops. It isn't at all hard to find all kinds of places, including the big Supermarkets, selling local Artisan Breads, Ice Creams, Cheeses, and Game Pasties/Pies around here - and they have to stay competitive on their prices which makes it all that much more affordable ;o>
Oooh Christmas is coming! ... and I know this to be true too because Groupon have just told me so! ;o>And what an amazing offer they have?!! And I can just picture the scene now! ...
Little tech sat cross-legged in his brand new Christmassy Jim-Jams by the Christmas Tree and all of a tremble with barely supressed excitement as he frantically tears open the Envelope and? ... ! ! ! OHHH YES ! ! ! ... tickets for the 3rd of May 2019 and UB40's 40th Anniversary Tour at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow!!! ... YAYYY!!! ;o>
Ohhh, what an extra-special present for such a lucky lucky boy!!! ;o>
Awww, are those Tears that I see glistening on his joyful little Face?!! ;o>
those are tears - tears of joy! because if i fold them three times, it's the exact thickness needed to sort that shoogly table leg! it'd be beyond my wildest dreams (and not the ultimate nightmare of ewe bee farty in their '40 years of pain and bad reggae' tour)!
HA HA HA HA HA!!! - I just knew you'd be thrilled to bits!!! ;o>
Nobody in? ... well, I shall just sit here underneath the Christmas Tree, open ALL the presents, and eat ALL the goodies myself then! - LOL!!! ;o>
OI!!
Gerrout from under that tree right now, madam!
(How many times do you think that's been said in our house this past fortnight?)
Gerrout from under that tree right now, madam!
(How many times do you think that's been said in our house this past fortnight?)
Seven hundred and thirty-nine and three quarters million billion zillion times?!! ;o>
But? ... are you addressing the rear end of a certain Mrs Grizzly as she rummages through all of the gifts trying to guess as to what might be in them?!!Or, are you telling Phoebe that Father Catmas won't be coming if she doesn't behave herself?!!
;o>
I would be referring to the madam who, just the other day ran across the lounge at full pelt on her hind legs, whilst juggling in her front paws a candy cane which had "fallen" off the tree and who also delights in repeatedly unwinding the lowest piece of tinsel from the tree :)
Ahhh? - the Furry Feline Christmas Tree Trasher strikes again! - LOL!!! ;o>
Well? - you should have got yourself a Phoebe-proof Christmas Tree! ;o> ...
Lez wrote: "She could be a star on YouTube!"Absolutely! ;o>
Even if I ever managed to film her antics, I wouldn't have a clue about how to put it up on YouTube - putting up pictures on my profile on here is about as technical as I get :)
Desperately want to do a Portal Christmas... wife'd probably ration my mince pies if i did :(
WoW?!! - a Portal Christmas Tree?! ... that's quite mindblowing! ;o>
Today has been a good day - I managed to finish work at a reasonable time (A.M. rather than P.M.) allowing me to do a bit of shopping for the essentials we were getting low on.
In the supermarket, I got my bananas for free as the scales on the till were broken - the supervisor was called over by the cashier, had a quick look at fixing it then, seeing the queue of people behind me, passed me the bananas and said "there you go, sir, free this time."
Best of all, when I got home, amongst the daily mountain of fanmail I had a letter from HMRC informing me that I was entitled to a tax rebate, accompanied by a cheque for just over £100 :)
(Thought about putting that last bit on bo**ocks as tax rebates are unheard of!)
In the supermarket, I got my bananas for free as the scales on the till were broken - the supervisor was called over by the cashier, had a quick look at fixing it then, seeing the queue of people behind me, passed me the bananas and said "there you go, sir, free this time."
Best of all, when I got home, amongst the daily mountain of fanmail I had a letter from HMRC informing me that I was entitled to a tax rebate, accompanied by a cheque for just over £100 :)
(Thought about putting that last bit on bo**ocks as tax rebates are unheard of!)
And you fully deserve a good day too, Poppet ... and don't you ever forget that either ;o>
And apparently so do I?!! ;o>I've always known in my Heart that Father Christmas really does exist ... I just never knew before today that he doesn't actually live all year round at the North Pole?! ... he lives in Wales! - LOL!!! ;o>
You know who you are! ... (*HUGE HUGS & A VERY BIG KISS*) ... X ! X x x
"- the supervisor was called over by the cashier, had a quick look at fixing it then, seeing the queue of people behind me, passed me the bananas and said "there you go, sir, free this time."Now, THAT is what I call using common sense. Give that supervisor a Christmas bonus. How many narnas do they simply chuck away?
Chrissie spirit gradually building up - school (at which I am a governor) carol concert monday gone, very possibly carols round the village Chrissie tree when we visit our no 1 son, and meet ups with ex-work colleagues today. Always like the pre-Chrissie build up when there is an air of anticipation - just so long as you are ready and sorted. (Buying and wrapping presents and writing Chrissie cards in January, anyone? ;0) )
There is nothing anyone wants in our House! - so I've put my practical nature to good use and bought some essentials things M&D talk about and then tend to hum and hah and prevaricate over getting. It's taken me weeks to track down a highly rated Radio Alarm Clock for them because they aren't good with gadgets and technology - and they have absolutely no need of Bluetooth or USB Ports, Headphones, and Docking Bays and all with so many extra and confusing Function Buttons.
I was hoping to buy from John Lewis and get their Two Year Guarantee thrown in as well as nothing seems built to last anymore unlike their current Radio Alarm Clock - a 25+ year old GEC Starfinder one! It's cream Plastic casing has badly yellowed over the years and it's been buzzing and crackling for at least three years (though M&D can't seem to hear this like I can) and of course it doesn't have DAB.
When I first looked on John Lewis I saw nothing that fitted the bill and so I tried Amazon and searching through various listings on 'Tried & Tested' and 'Best Buys of 2018' on several websites. And the more I looked the more expensive and fancy they got and the more poor the Ratings and Reviews got as well?! Did you know, for instance, that some of them are apparently known for not even being able to manage to keep the correct time?!! ;oO
Finally, having pretty much given up on finding the 'perfect' one - I went back to John Lewis and, this time around, there it was! It definitely wasn't there before and so I think that it must have been 'Out Of Stock' earlier on in my search? And it's a very attractive looking John Lewis own brand with extremely good Reviews to it - and it is also basic enough in it's functions to be really easy to use ... HALLELUJAH!!! ;o>
You honestly wouldn't think in these days of such amazing technology and vast consumer choice that it would prove to be SO damn hard to find what you want, would you?!! - LOL!!!
I ordered it to Store at Teatime yesterday and I can go and pick it up after 2pm today or anytime over the next 7 days ... job done! ... and that's M&D treated to and upgraded on something else without adding to any frustrating bewilderment on their part as to how on Earth to switch it on, set Alarms, and use it! ;o>
P wrote: " How many narnas do they simply chuck away?"
With Tesco, at least one truck every day will take back any waste food (separated as bakery, produce, animal by-products and general food) as well as the cardboard and plastic for recycling and I must admit that I have rarely seen any bananas going back, plenty of oranges though. All the waste produce is then sent on to a place which recycles it as animal feed.
Not sure about Sainsburys, which is where I got my freebies, but I would imagine that they have a pretty similar set up.
With Tesco, at least one truck every day will take back any waste food (separated as bakery, produce, animal by-products and general food) as well as the cardboard and plastic for recycling and I must admit that I have rarely seen any bananas going back, plenty of oranges though. All the waste produce is then sent on to a place which recycles it as animal feed.
Not sure about Sainsburys, which is where I got my freebies, but I would imagine that they have a pretty similar set up.
What a glorious day it's turned out to be today - blue skies, bright sunshine and temperatures just into double figures. Hard to believe that Christmas is only five days away :)
suzysunshine7 wrote: "There is nothing anyone wants in our House! - so I've put my practical nature to good use and bought some essentials things M&D talk about and then tend to hum and hah and prevaricate over getting...."
Persistence pays off, suzy. Well done on managing to get what you were after for your mum and dad :)
We've been through the usual "What do you want this year" and reply of "Nothing", but I've actually settled on a book that took my fancy. Mrs Grizzly still hasn't decided, so tomorrow after work I'm taking her shopping and we're not going home until she has picked something. She is currently unaware that she has a personalised necklace due to arrive sometime between now and Christmas Eve :)
Persistence pays off, suzy. Well done on managing to get what you were after for your mum and dad :)
We've been through the usual "What do you want this year" and reply of "Nothing", but I've actually settled on a book that took my fancy. Mrs Grizzly still hasn't decided, so tomorrow after work I'm taking her shopping and we're not going home until she has picked something. She is currently unaware that she has a personalised necklace due to arrive sometime between now and Christmas Eve :)
my son texted to ask what i want for christmas, and got the standard reply (i really don't know why he bothers),i want a death-ray gun, a machette, knuckle dusters, the anarchist's cookbook, nunchucks, a flame thrower and peace on earth and goodwill to all men....................or the twin peaks season 3 box set, whichever's easier!
WoW?!! - Mrs Grizzly is in for a fabulous Christmas! ;o>
Tech wrote: "my son texted to ask what i want for christmas, and got the standard reply (i really don't know why he bothers),i want a death-ray gun, a machette, knuckle dusters, the anarchist's cookbook, nunc..."
Yeah? - I think perhaps that Mrs tech needs to keep you under much stricter supervision and maybe she also ought to ask Father Christmas for a Taser Gun this year?!! ;o>
And have you got any idea at all as to just how much Gift Paper it will take to wrap up 'peace on earth and goodwill to all men'... ?!! ;oO
yay! beardies! actually, had we as planned to get a companion for lux (far too late now, she's far to spoiled and used to her own way) she would have been called ivy (as in,)www.fanpop.com/clubs/psychobilly/imag...
Okay, well I'm going to guess before clicking on your Link ... Poison Ivy? ...
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There was me on my Crutches trying my very best to encourage and also to distract Mitz, Mum clutching a small Saucer and following her all around the Lawn almost crawling on her Hands and Knees, and Dad stood anxiously waiting on the Patio with the Vets Piddle Sample Pot at the ready! ... and to cap it all it then had to start raining as well! ;oO
And all that the Neighbours could hear of us was ... "Come on, Moo, you can do it!" ... "Be clean, Moo" ... "Do wee-wees for us, sweetheart" ... "That's it! - if you do a nice big widdle-diddle for us I'll give you a whole Biscuit!" ... ! - LOL!!!
And poor old Mitz kept squatting whilst also trying to peer over her Shoulder at us ... then getting more and more suspicious of us and completely paranoid about doing any piddling ... and repeatedly suddenly changing her Mind as we desperately tried not to seem to pounce on her just so that we could get the Saucer in position at exactly the right moment!
We managed it in the end! ... HURRAYYY!!! ... but Mitz is still keeping on with eyeing at us all in utter bewilderment over two hours later! - and has very probably had a long telepathic discussion with Tia as to just how weird we Human Beings really are?!! ;o>