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Busy cooking (and sipping at a small glass of merlot)Hope everyone has had a lovely day!
Just opened my mini bottle of Sangre de Toro. Very good with duck, I hear.
Evening all. In A&E with hubby. Another MI and anaemic again..... he's just having his first pint!
So sorry to hear this Flo, fingers crossed for him
Just some cheese on toast for supper :)
T4bsF (Call me Flo) wrote: "Evening all. In A&E with hubby. Another MI and anaemic again..... he's just having his first pint!"Oh no, Flo. Hope you both get home soon. I don't suppose that was the sort of pint he really wanted.
Merry Christmas, everyone. Hope you've all had a lovely day. I've recovered enough to have a little bit of pheasant and some roast potatoes so I'm happy.
Duck was very nice. Crispy skin and tasty meat. Stuffing with ginger was delicious!
Gingerlily - The other Stroopwafel Sister! wrote: "Duck was very nice. Crispy skin and tasty meat. Stuffing with ginger was delicious!"Yum.
I hope he can come home tonight, Flo!I'm so sleepy. If I get too comfy on the couch, I may be here all night.
Sorry about your hubby, Flo. Not the best day to be in places like that. Hope he is better soon, and can recover at home.
Sorry to hear that, Flo.We've been back and to all week as well, as K has a rellie admitted after collapsing last weekend - now diagnosed with vascular dementia.
Glad you have recovered enough to eat some food Loretta. Sorry to hear about K's rellie Will
Hope hubby is ok now Flo. Christmas has been interesting. Would make a pukka sitcom. Think I will have to write it up as a blog post. Christmas with father Jack. Feck! Arse! Girls! Ten a penny? Tena pants etc. Etc
Have a horrible feeling of foreboding. Am afraid we will all die on the road tomorrow but actually what it probably means is that my hormones are giving me gyp.
Ho hum.
Merry Christmas!
Night night all.
MTM
Morning all. Hubby having his second pint (and you're right Loretta, he would have preferred the other sort) overnight and now starting to look and feel a bit better. I didn't get around to cooking my turkey yesterday, so it's just gone in the oven now. Ken is scheduled for a third pint this morning coupled with some further tests and probably home tomorrow.
Good morning!Nine hours uninterrupted sleep! Now that's what I call a perfect Christmas present.
Glad hubby is doing better, Flo. Dave's mother is, as well. She's ready for discharge but can't be until social services sorts out after care, which probably won't be until the new year. I just hope she doesn't pick up anything while she's stuck in the hospital.
Sheesh Mary, sounds like we have quite the blog post in store for us. I know what you mean about hormonally induced bleak thoughts. I seem to be having 'don't be so silly' conversations with myself quite frequently these days. Was a bit embarrassing having to explain myself to Dave when he caught me muttering 'stupid cow' to myself.
It was, however, one of the few times he agreed with me, so that was nice...
Nothing planned for today, other than chipping the dried food off the dishes in the sink. Perhaps should have run water over them as I was too slovenly to wash them last night.
I didn't want to miss any of the film I was watching, okay?
I only missed the ending. :D
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Good morning!Nine hours uninterrupted sleep! Now that's what I call a perfect Christmas present.
Glad hubby is doing better, Flo. Dave's mother is, as well. She's ready for discharge but can't b..."
Hope they sort Dave's mum out soon. I feel a bit less nervous now the wind has died down. It was blowing a hooley last night grim for driving home.:-) nice to hear I'm not the only nutter.
Cheers
MTM
Morning all, I also had a nice sleep. Going to Blackpool for a meal, not sure who is driving. Really need to tackle the kitchen, its even annoying me! Bit worried about Lucy, she isn't eating much wet food and seems grumpy. Hopefully it's just because her acupuncture is due. ETA my neighbour has just cancelled today as she is poorly, so looks like I'm taking her to the GP this afternoon and tackling housework while watching TV, it's raining so won't be going for a walkGlad Ken is feeling better and can come home. Glad Dave's mum is better, shame she can't come home. Looking forward to the blog post MT
Got an email from my brother and sister in law this morning, telling me they drove home from family Christmas in a blizzard with drifts across the roads and near zero visibility for most of the way. About five hours, I expect. Certainly not the first time they've done that.
You've just got to keep going, even if it means crawling along with the door open on the passenger side to make sure you're not driving into the ditch.
Said they didn't need to use 4 wheel drive too often, so wasn't too bad. And was daytime, so they didn't have the time travel vortex of snow in their headlights as you do at night.
Wow, that doesn't sound pleasant
Just a part of life back home.At least the township is plowing their road once a day now. My brother had to do it himself for years. Three miles, about three hours, looking backward over his shoulder cuz the blower was on the back of the tractor.
On the plus side, they rarely have unannounced visitors.
I've got a photo of their place, taken a few years ago..
Morning. Slept in. Head not too bad . . .
Patti (baconater) wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/photo/group...The front deck is under there some place."
if it's any consolation we might be having our first dry day since Monday 18th
Patti (baconater) wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/photo/group...The front deck is under there some place."
Wow! I have to say Jim, this is the only time of year I like rain, as the alternative is snow. We've had something slightly harder than rain today
They say it snowed in Cumbria last night, making it an official white Christmas . . .
Lovely here! If you're inside. Car thermometer read four degrees but with the wind chill it felt like minus four. Turned out to be a pretty short walk we had.
Haven't been outside since last-minute shopping on Sunday . . .
Tim wrote: "They say it snowed in Cumbria last night, making it an official white Christmas . . ."My oldest daughter is a member of the Lake District Ski Club, https://www.ldscsnowski.co.uk/
She had a great day skiing on the Raise on the flanks of Helvellyn last week, so Cumbria has had snow for a while
Morning everyone ; ) hope we're all continuing to enjoy the festivities and the poorlies are still improving. Just a scattering of snow outside which is melting away in the bright sunshine. Might even go out after dark on foot for the tacky tour - always a Christmas highlight (no pune intended).
Even more sad news - one of my other sisters died this morning. We knew this one was relatively close, but so soon after the other sister is really heartbreaking.
just hoping things will pick up for you soon Flo,there's a limit to how much grief anybody needs :-(
How awful Flo. This isn't a good Christmas for you. Hugs (((xxx)))
Flo, I hope you can feel all our hugs. So sorry x
Oh dear.I'm so sorry Flo.
Jim wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/photo/group...The front deck is under there some place."
if it's any consolation we might be ha..."
You didn't need to send the rain south, you know.
Oh Flo I'm so sorry. I hope 2018 is kinder to you. Hugs.
T4bsF (Call me Flo) wrote: "Even more sad news - one of my other sisters died this morning. We knew this one was relatively close, but so soon after the other sister is really heartbreaking."I am so sorry, Flo. It's been a horrible year. Please accept my sympathy and condolences for you and your family.
So sorry to hear that Flo. Best wishes from all of us.
I'm so sorry to hear this Flo, do hope things improve for you x
Oh Flo, this all must be heartbreaking. I'm so sorry. You have all my sympathy.
When I took my neighbour to the doc, I was surprised to see white hills! Had to call in Morrisons for her prescription and some milk, spent a fortune, came back with a top, cat food, some tombola prizes and some stuff for this time next year, then popped to the retail park, came back with a birthday present, more cat food and treated myself to a Costa. Now eating yesterday's leftovers plus stuffing balls that I got today, not done that much housework, Lucy thinks its still Christmas and I should be sat on the sofa with her! Think I've pulled my shoulder, can't stretch well - or could be the slight cough I still have
Still trying to get the brain to come on today to write. I don't do interruptions well!
Sorry to hear that Flo, lets hope 2018 is better for you. It was dry this morning here, first time in a fortnight, but the last couple of hours have been horrendous. It’s more torrential rain on already waterlogged ground so I’m sure there’s will be flooding. Husband even put his waterproof trousers he walks in just to take the dogs out for a wee.
It's been rather sideways here, too.
still fine here, been out for walk, quite pleasant
Huge hugs Flo, I'm so sorry. I really hope 2018 is a much better year for you.
Made it back up north again, Narla was a little star, not a peep out of her in the car and she settled back in right away at home. She was so good while we were home. Back in work today, see what's going on out there.
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