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I don't take dares.
Or challenges. Unless you come over here personally and slap my face with a gauntlet.
Erm. Fresh out of gauntlets.I did find a left hand llama wool hand knitted glove in the pocket of a pair of trousers I last wore when in Peru a few days ago. No idea where the right hand glove is.
I'm happy to smack you with the trousers. Or the glove. Or the wad of tissues I also found. The tissues were crispy.
Evening all,I have now finished at the office, i get to work the last 3 weeks of my notice at home. Now i really need to find a job!!
Got my father in law coming round tomorrow to help me take down an old shed and put some railway sleepers around my vegetable garden to keep a certain little boy off!!
Hope everyone is ok.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Feel free to give us blog post previews anytime, Mary.Gotta say you lot are always a tonic to my soul.
You make me laugh and also make me count my blessings when things feel too much.
You also ..."
Will reply properly tomorrow, but I fully agree with this
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Erm. Fresh out of gauntlets.I did find a left hand llama wool hand knitted glove in the pocket of a pair of trousers I last wore when in Peru a few days ago. No idea where the right hand glove is..."
No, its ok Patti. I'll wait until you find a proper gauntlet. I can live without crispy tissues!
Lindsay wrote: "Evening all,I have now finished at the office, i get to work the last 3 weeks of my notice at home. Now i really need to find a job!!
Got my father in law coming round tomorrow to help me take d..."
Be careful of using sleepers, Lindsay. Last thing you want in your garden is anything soaked in creosote.
Morning all, no lie in, but I feel fairly human which is good! Got loads of housework to do, and the sun is shining, so if I get it done quickly enough, I can sit outside and read. Didn't come back with a purple ring last night, I came home with one on blue wire, will post pics later. Thanks for the good wishes Jim and MT, have been having stabbing pains in my bunion since having my foot prodded!!Glad that you don't have to go back to the office Lindsay, good luck with finding a new job. So sorry that you have had a bad week with your parents MT, do hope you get some help soon. So glad OH is so supportive though.
Morning all. Another nice day from the looks of things, though I've got lots to catch up on.Good luck on the jobsearch, Lindsay - these things are always a trial.
Hope you keep feeling better today, Desley.
Morning all,Thanks for the warning Patti, luckily these are untreated sleepers so should be fine.
Beautiful day here, gonna be nice out in the garden.
Hot and dazzling bright here. A bunch of my friends are getting together to drink Pimms, eat cucumber sarnies and watch the wedding.
I shan't be joining them.
Funny, there's not a Brit in the bunch. Kiwis, Ozzies and Canucks.
Morning all, it's another fabulous morning (that's a whole week now). Been out and watered all the planters at the railway station and now enjoying second breakfast. And third coffee :DNo royal wedding fever here - this is Scotland. Although the wee village of Markle just along the road here have decorated their town sign with a couple of love hearts. Apparently there is also some kind of cup final later as well but I am even less interested in that (if that's possible)
Good morning, hope everyone is well, baby had a better platelet count so they didn’t do the biopsy under anaesthetic. He’s got ITP which affects platelets, but they mentioned leukaemia to his mum and as they’ve not now done the biopsy she’s still very concerned. It could have been a flawed blood test but they’ve cancelled their holidays anyway. I was quite relieved to be away from the wedding hoo haa but French tv was nothing else last night. Half of it wrong. Princess Meghan etc.
Hope your foots better Desley. Enjoy your gardening Lindsay, chin up Mary, keep going strong girl.
Morning. Wish I had as much foliage and flowers as they do for their wedding arch! They can keep the dress. I'll see enough of the flowers on the news, I think.
Lovely day in the sun, gardening. Also wrote a blog post about the sad stuff which made me feel better. Cheers
MTM
Ps link for anyone who wants it. It's a bit grim. https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2018/05/19/de...
Grim but a damned good blog and it says what needed saying
Jim wrote: "Grim but a damned good blog and it says what needed saying"Bless you, thanks. I felt a bit worried replying to one of your mates. It was one of those comments where someone tells you what you're doing wrong when a simple show of support might have worked better.
It came across as a tad snide and preachy. Hopefully that was unintentional and it was well meant.Good morning.
If it wasn't for my Facebook, I would have been completely unaware of the wedding.
I did manage to to remain completely ignorant of the cup final. I don't even know who played.
Out for dinner tonight. An ex-colleague is in town. I've made Thai fish curry.
Good morning all. Hope everyone is fit and well.
Morning all, had a lovely day yesterday, bit of housework, went shopping, sat in the sun reading a book, wish they could all be like that!! Did watch a bit of the wedding, popped to my neighbours and she had it on. I knew about football as one of the other neighbours was shouting a lot, so guess he supports the losing team, not that I know who was playing. Bit of housework today, then taking a friend out for birthday lunch, trying a new place, so hope it is nice.Jim said it perfectly MT. Enjoy your dinner Patti
Morning all. Had a peaceful day yesterday using the royal wedding as an excuse to eat cake and scones.
Too much excitement this morning, dog was very poorly and needed vet. Good job our vet was there and told us to bring him in straightaway. He’s feeling very sorry for himself so we’re going to sit on the bed and read all afternoon, always happens on bank holidays. It’s Pentecost tomorrow. Bit of a contrast to see a GP isn’t it.
Afternoon everyone.It has been a busy week with eye tests and GP appts. Himself has been referred to both the memory clinic and the neurologist attached to the stroke department (where he's been before) as both mental and physical agility are deteriorating. Apparently there's nothing wrong with his eyesight but he has developed an alarming tendency to drive uncomfortably close to the nearside.
I had half an eye on the wedding while in my current role as maid of all work - I thought I heard Meghan is now also the Countess of Dunbarton? This may explain why our Scottish neighbours had Union Jack bunting around their decking while they were barbecuing.
Had a lovely meal and catch up with friend, would definitely go to the place again. Sorry that you had an emergency vet visit Lynne, do hope he's OK. Sorry that OH has had to have lots of tests Elizabeth
There was a ridiculous amount of food at dinner this evening.I can proudly say every scrap of my Thai red curry was eaten, though.
Glad we left early. My head is thumping.
Lynne (Tigger's Mum) wrote: "Good morning, hope everyone is well, baby had a better platelet count so they didn’t do the biopsy under anaesthetic. He’s got ITP which affects platelets, but they mentioned leukaemia to his mum a..."Thanks for the updates on the baby - it has been so tough for all of you.
Morning all, Sun is shining again. Hopefully quiet day at work.
Does it hurt your hand if you punch somebody?On second thoughts I’ll just hide his iPad. That’s three times he’s had a video clip with sounds on which has set Billy off barking. It really echoes here. Stone floors no big carpets to muffle it.
To make my life more joyous my big toenail has just fell off after the damage the dog did to it a few weeks ago. He shoved a heavy piece of furniture over it. He jumped from the settee to a footstool and skidded into me, 80 lbs of dog plus Ercol chair, I was lucky he didn’t do more damage. Since I had my op I’ve got screws and a pin in that foot so I try to be careful with it. Sod’s law that’s the one that gets trodden on the most.
All in all I’m not moaning (much). There’s a lot of people with real problems out there. It puts these little niggles into perspective.
I frequently think the pain would be worth it.What's happened, Lynne?
I think the flat is ready for the shippers to come to do the estimate.
With an hour to spare, even!
Good morning all. Nothing much to report.
Morning alls. Another beautiful day here! Long may they keep coming!!
It's a bit humid here. Glad i'm deskbound until later.
Morning, all. Beautiful day to be stuck in a stuffy office. I've wedged the windows open with a wad of paper.
Morning.I'm on my own for the next two weeks! The girl I have been shadowing is away on holidays. Needless to say, I'm feeling a little lost and bewildered. There's so much to do and I literally have no idea where to start! Going to bed earlier last night might have helped *yawn*
Big hugs Mary, you are doing a great job and your parents are lucky to have you as their daughter. There are many who wouldn't do the half of what you do for them.
I didn't watch the wedding either. I was out getting the kids feet measured and trying to get their hair cut (the place was closed until 2pm and I suspect they just wanted to watch the wedding). Their feet haven't grown so no new shoes needed, well Nathan's have grown half a size but we have a hand-me-down pair of shoes in that size. No hair cut either so I trimmed Nathan's fringe myself, with some success I might add, I only did the bare minimum though, to prevent any disastrous results.
Now I really must get back to work
Morning everyoneDry but no sun here. Just beginning to get a bit stressed by the state of the back garden - seems most companies have their books full. I could buy a strimmer for the grass = we're on a slope so lawn mowing is difficult and I can't manage a hedge trimmer nor can I reach the top of the (cypress) hedge.
I'm with you on being at odds with your OH, Lynnne - I have to remember that himself can't help it but I'm afraid patience isn't my middle name.
How's your house search going, Alicia? If we could up sticks and retire to the sun, I would, but Brexit has left everything so uncertain.
Best wishes to everyone feeling under par for one reason or another.
The Triffid is definitely doing something now! The flower or whatever it is, has been opening up over the last day or so, no doubt to cast it's spiny spoors using the wind on the rest of Cornwall!!Now topping out at around 5 metres!
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That's really quite terrifying.
We planted a sunflower in the back garden at the weekend, I wonder if it will grow as successfully as your Triffid! I never have any luck with plants, indoor ones that is. I haven't tried growing outdoor ones before.
Good luck with the sunflower Jud. We can do Triffids but never had much luck with sunflowers!Mind you it's the first time in the twelve years since we planted it as a 6 inch baby it's done this.........
I've just googled "how to grow a sunflower" it looks pretty fool proof. I just need to get a plastic bottle around it to stop the slugs and snails from eating it before it has a chance to grow. Our garden is infested with the things.
The ELC garden here was infested with slugs and snails a couple months ago.We sent the kids in to collect them and the garden is doing well now.
Guy has been and gone. He reckoned we don't have enough to bother sending it by sea. Said airfreight will be cheap for us.Coolio.
We are, Jud!In a few weeks!
Where are you going? Can't believe I didn't realise this before.
Afternoon! That triffid is phenomenal!
Jud wrote: "Where are you going? Can't believe I didn't realise this before."UK for the summer then Cyprus if all the paperwork ever gets sorted.
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I think we may need a 'challenge GL for a picture' thread.
Go on, GL. Open one.
I dare you.