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message 9951: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21812 comments I confess I had to google it to discover what they were :-(


Lynne (Tigger's Mum) | 4643 comments Sounds like something Desley would know about if they are real CATS.
I took the little spotty one out yesterday. We went to the sweet shop and the chocolate factory. I’m doing something wrong though. He refused any samples of chocolate and he’s saving his bag of sweets for tomorrow. He’s not got my genes in him 😀
It’s a rugby day here, curry and a beer. I do hope Wales wins.


message 9953: by Kath (new)

Kath Middleton | 23860 comments Morning. Sunny, cloudy, who knows what it'll do? Meanwhile, gardening calls.


Desley (Cat fosterer) (booktigger) | 12606 comments Urgh, had to go to bed early last night cos my sciatica was painful, had a disturbed night sleep cos of it, but don't feel as drained. Do have a headache and sciatic still twinging though. Thanks to the cleaner I don't have that much housework to do, when I dropped my friends shopping off she also had a money off cat food voucher that she gave me, so need to go and spend those. Might go and check out the local café at the side of the park, but might be really busy. Could do the decluttering that I didn't get round to on Wed.

Yeah, real cats I'd be good at, never heard of a CAT4 assessment though. Wow, how unusual for a child to turn down free chocolate and save their sweets! I used to make mine last, my sister would gobble down all hers then expect me to share!


message 9955: by Benjamin (new)

Benjamin Appleby-Dean (benjaminappleby-dean) Morning, everyone. Spend some time arguing with my insurance, who lost a letter I sent them in December and wouldn't admit it until now.


message 9956: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21812 comments Cutting a fallen tree up, keeping me busy in my spare time


message 9957: by Kath (new)

Kath Middleton | 23860 comments Warms you up twice, as a farmer friend of ours says!


message 9958: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Cooking, cleaning, laundry.
Four hour nap.

Usual Saturday stuff.


Desley (Cat fosterer) (booktigger) | 12606 comments Patti (baconater) wrote: "Cooking, cleaning, laundry.
Four hour nap.

Usual Saturday stuff."


Wow, would love a four hour nap


message 9960: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21812 comments Kath wrote: "Warms you up twice, as a farmer friend of ours says!"

yep :-)


message 9961: by Kelly (last edited Feb 23, 2019 09:42AM) (new)

Kelly Clayton | 1040 comments Been away all week. It's been ages since I had a longish business trip. Don't miss them in the slightest. I think my cold has finally gone. Phew!

Been a gorgeous day here, positively spring-like. Wonder how long it'll last!

I could do with a nap right now.


Desley (Cat fosterer) (booktigger) | 12606 comments Very hectic day, hopefully that means I'll sleep well tonight - sciatica is much better, but not the headache, although I've not eaten or drank enough today so no big surprise. After getting the few bits from the village, I took my neighbours shopping round and she suggested going to B & M, we ended up going to 4 places, 2 of them specifically for things for other people, then had to take the things I'd picked up for my friend round to her house, she did suggest we offered to either take people shopping or pick things up for people for a bit of extra money, but I prefer doing it adhoc really. Now in my pj's, plan is to sit with the girls for an hour before going lying on the sofa for the rest of the evening.

Glad you are home again Kelly, and your cold has finally gone. Good luck with cutting up the tree Jim!


message 9963: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21812 comments Thanks Desley
Slow and steady is my motto :-)


Desley (Cat fosterer) (booktigger) | 12606 comments Got woke up at 6.20 by Chanel, but felt relatively fine - me and Lucy did go back to med after medicating her, she slept but I didn't. Nice day to be up early though, got my usual Sunday chores, bit of pottering on the computer, then trying to figure out where to put all the cat food from this week, before a nice bath. Lying on the sofa last night wasn't the best idea, was so stiff when it got to bedtime!


message 9965: by Kelly (new)

Kelly Clayton | 1040 comments Sounds like a lovely plan for the day, Desley. I am writing and maybe going for a walk. Plus another online touch-typing lesson.

The sun is out, and it's going to be around 12 degrees today.


Desley (Cat fosterer) (booktigger) | 12606 comments How's the touch typing going?


message 9967: by Kath (new)

Kath Middleton | 23860 comments Morning. Sudden inspiration for a short story last night - never the recipe for a restful night's sleep! Better go off and write the darned thing now!


message 9968: by Kelly (new)

Kelly Clayton | 1040 comments Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "How's the touch typing going?"

Slow! Doesn't help that I get carried away with what I'm thinking and want to type it as quick as possible so I revert to the two-finger stab!


message 9969: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21812 comments A glorious day here, warm enough to work without a jacket :-)
Looking across the bay, England is gone, disappeared into a bank of haze


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments Jim wrote: "A glorious day here, warm enough to work without a jacket :-)
Looking across the bay, England is gone, disappeared into a bank of haze"


They have Brexited and left you behind!!


message 9971: by M.T. (last edited Feb 24, 2019 10:17AM) (new)

M.T. McGuire (mtmcguire) | 8049 comments It was lovely here, too. Went to church for the first time in a while, it was grand. We basically worked through my favourite hymns and my vocal chords appeared to be unaffected by the chest infection so I was able to sing lustily to all of them! Especially for those in peril on the sea which is a cracker! I mean, it has the word 'walkdest' in it for heaven's sake! mwahahahargh!


message 9972: by Ben (new)

Ben Bruce | 40 comments Had a good weekend out and about in York, with friends, watching Nuneaton Borough, now back home with the family, watching more football and a bit of early in the year gardening. Busy week ahead with work, so nice to do something before all that.


message 9973: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Morning!

Lovely weekend.

I'm now in my classroom trying to not interfere as my year 3s do some recount writing. Its difficult to not hover!


message 9974: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21812 comments I can see that being an issue :-)


message 9975: by Benjamin (new)

Benjamin Appleby-Dean (benjaminappleby-dean) Morning, everyone. Fog seems to have cleared up after yesterday.


message 9976: by Jud (new)

Jud (judibud) | 16799 comments Morning!

We were at a Puddle Jumping Championship on Saturday, the kids loved it and I was the one who ended up covered in mud. I took waterproofs for them and not even a pair of wellies for myself. I shall correct this error for next year.


message 9977: by Kath (new)

Kath Middleton | 23860 comments Morning. Chilly but sunny again here. I see the garden beckoning but it'll have to warm up a bit first!


message 9978: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Sat through a meeting that should have been an email after work. And it started ten minutes late!

Lack of professionalism pisses me off no end.


message 9979: by Jud (new)

Jud (judibud) | 16799 comments I feel like that sometimes, I feel like we have a lot of meetings just to decide if we should have a meeting about something


message 9980: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21812 comments In cases like that there ought to be a premeeting meeting to set the agenda!

All meetings should be held in a pub, and the person calling the meeting has to buy the drinks for so long as the meeting lasts.


message 9981: by Jud (new)

Jud (judibud) | 16799 comments Jim wrote: "In cases like that there ought to be a premeeting meeting to set the agenda!

All meetings should be held in a pub, and the person calling the meeting has to buy the drinks for so long as the meeti..."


That would certainly change the culture here!


message 9982: by Philip (new)

Philip Whiteland | 3396 comments Jim wrote: "In cases like that there ought to be a premeeting meeting to set the agenda!

All meetings should be held in a pub, and the person calling the meeting has to buy the drinks for so long as the meeti..."


Some years ago, I was the Chair of our local social club. We held meetings on Sunday mornings but our ambition was to finish before bar opening time because if alcohol was introduced into the mix the discussions could go on all day!


message 9983: by M.T. (new)

M.T. McGuire (mtmcguire) | 8049 comments Apparently, BMW doubled productivity and halved meeting times by making employees have all meetings standing up.


Desley (Cat fosterer) (booktigger) | 12606 comments Woke up to an e-mail from Zooplus saying they didn’t need me to return the damaged litter tray, they would just send a new one ASAP – I also complained that the treat box was damaged, hopefully I’ll get another one of those too. Thought it looked lovely out, so came in my spring jacket with no gloves, regretted that when I got in the car to find it was 3! The filling I had done on NYE fell out this morning, so had to ring the dentist on the way to work, they have got me in on Thu. Need to ring the docs on the way home, when I went the other week she did two medication reviews, on Fri I got home to a letter asking me to contact them to make an appointment for one of them, opened my prescription yesterday to find that also tells me to see the dr/nurse for a review for the other, so need to point out I’ve had both, and can they update the records. Have found a random bruise on my arm, have a vague recollection of hitting it on Sat and thinking it would bruise.

Glad you had a good weekend Ben, I do like York. Sounds cool Jud!

Jud wrote: "I feel like that sometimes, I feel like we have a lot of meetings just to decide if we should have a meeting about something"

We have loads of those - and we seem to be incapable of starting things on time, we changed the meeting room we use to the one next to our desks so we don't move till other people turn up! We had our charity meetings in a pub, didn't stop us talking too long though.


message 9985: by Lynne (Tigger's Mum) (last edited Feb 25, 2019 08:26AM) (new)

Lynne (Tigger's Mum) | 4643 comments I’m glad you sang for those in peril on the sea yesterday. Roger took the dogs out early and nearly got run over by the coastguard flying down the lane. The coastguard was too late as he’d already seen the rescue of a person from a yacht on the rocks being winched up by the helicopter and life boat. Exciting stuff that for a Monday morning. Diving into a ditch to avoid being run over by a would be rescuer wasn’t nice though.


Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) (nosemanny) | 8590 comments Comment 10000!


message 9987: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21812 comments tiptoeing very very carefully :-)


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments Jim wrote: "tiptoeing very very carefully :-)"

Through the tulips?


message 9990: by Alicia (new)

Alicia Ehrhardt (aliciabutcherehrhardt) | 4841 comments Hi all, and so sorry you have the sciatica, Desley.

Just got back from a four-day trip to visit middle son and his partner and their new home in Boulder, Colorado.

It was so easy to leave this place behind, and came right back in time for lunch in the dining room. No worrying about house and plants and pets and yard and snow removal and the post office and package deliveries... It felt like coming home.


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments Thats wonderful to hear Alicia! Home is a good feeling :)


message 9992: by Benjamin (new)

Benjamin Appleby-Dean (benjaminappleby-dean) Morning, everyone. The weather's actually too warm - my winter bedding feels out-of-place, and I woke up at 5am.


message 9993: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21812 comments Yes it's a bit like that. Luckily we're at least two or three degrees cooler than London and the South at the moment
Still yesterday I was working with my sleeves rolled up because it was so mild :-)


message 9994: by Kath (new)

Kath Middleton | 23860 comments Morning. Off out to look for new comfy chairs to replace a now uncomfy sofa.


message 9995: by Jud (new)

Jud (judibud) | 16799 comments Yesterday was so mild it was almost warm and then today it is 2 degrees. I thought I was mad wearing a woollen dress but I'm glad now I did!

Morning :o)


message 9996: by Kath (new)

Kath Middleton | 23860 comments Chairs duly ordered. Now to wait six weeks - and attempt to get somebody to take away the old sofa.


Desley (Cat fosterer) (booktigger) | 12606 comments Wow, can’t fault Zooplus’s Customer Service – e-mail at 5.50am saying they would replace and send ASAP, e-mail at 1.55 saying it had been dispatched, e-mail from DPD at 3 saying they were going to deliver it today! Have had to defer it till tomorrow, neighbour has plans today and I’m off tomorrow anyway. They are replacing both the tray and the treats. Another lovely blue sky, although the car said 1 when I got in it! Got the vets after work. Was watching a detective show set in the 1920’s last night and one of the suspects was diabetic – they were just doing the human trials for insulin, and I was shocked when they were saying he was old for a diabetic – he was only 24 - one of the detectives aunts died at 22 from it!

Glad you had a good time with your family Alicia and enjoyed the feeling of coming back to no worries. Glad you have found new chairs Kath - is the old one still usable or not?


message 9998: by Kath (new)

Kath Middleton | 23860 comments It is, though it's a three seater and the outside seats are recliners - and one no longer reclines. the middle one is pristine!


Desley (Cat fosterer) (booktigger) | 12606 comments Wonder if a charity would take it?


Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) (nosemanny) | 8590 comments I suffered what was presumably a sudden rush of blood to the head today - perhaps filled with the joys of spring - and decided to wash my car. You may think this is unremarkable, and even when I point out I have owned said vehicle for over a year and this was its first wash there is not much to note. However, I had my last (first) car for eleven years and never washed it, no not even once.
In fact I believe this is the first time I have ever washed a car.


I think I maybe hosed down my moped once in my youth.


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