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I started my new job today. I keep seeing my old boss around town... so I just make a point to be sickly sweet every time I see him. :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: cruise pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/springy21/ |
Good for you, VAL . . . and best of luck on the new stuff. :hug:
And a great Good Morning for everybody else, too . . . :grouphug: Sun is shining around here and the leaves are definitely starting to look their very brightest. I really :love: Autumn because of both the colours and the temperatures even though it does tend to remind us that Winter will not be too far behind. I'm also starting to feel a lot more human . . . don't know how you get so lucky as to hve only 2 or 3 day colds, ROSEBUD, but I'm very, very jealous. Mine always seem to be a week long. :p On that note, it should be completely gone by tomorrow. ;) But, I'm not taking any bets. The guy was here to do the fall fertilizing and liming of the lawn this morning and that, combined with the fact that the birds are starting to flock preparatory for the flight South, is providing lots of exercise for the cats as they run from window to window trying to get in on the action. Hope the last day of September is a good one for all of you . . . keep things moving and shaking as much as you possibly can . . . :carrot: |
Hi Ladies and good afternoon
Another grey overcast day here and we have had rain :rain: on and off. No sunshine :sunny: in sight. I have had my treatment at the MS centre today so I am feeling a little drained though that is normal. One of the other ladies whom I go in the chamber with for my oxygen therapy asked whether she could try reiki on me and another lady. She has recently taken a course and is still taking it but needs practice. I was willing as you do not learn if you can not practice. Many kind patients where willing to let me "loose" on them giving their weekly injection called a depot (stops the need for so much oral medication if any at all.) The kindest of all was when I was learning to take blood :o I was absolute hopeless when I had someone watching me like a hawk as I was being tested to do X amount before I was let loose on my own. I am very thankful they were willing to help me. Once I was not being watched and examined I was fine but taking blood while you hand is shaking like a leave is not conducive to finding a vein! So now the tables are turned so to speak and I am willing for others to learn on me. Same if I go to hospital I am willing for others to be there as students to learn. I have never had reiki but the short session I did have I found relaxing and warmth in the areas she touched but her hands where actually cold. It certainly was very nice and I would have it again if she wants a willing volunteer. VALDINE :goodluck: with starting the new post today and I hope everything goes well. Look forward to hearing from you when you have a spare minute. Love the photographs from your holiday of a cruise and the photographs of you wow what a transformation in you since your weight loss you look wonderful. Keep up the good work. MEOWEE Glad your cold is all but gone :crossed:. This reminds me that my annual flu jab is just round the corner. It is either in October or early November but I do not know the dates yet may have to pop into the doctors to find out. Normally it is on my repeat prescription and you just turn up on the day. The surgery then it like a cattle market as it is only tiny and with all these people it is hectic. There maybe a huge volume of people but they get through rather quickly as they have 3 people vaccinating at the same time. I will not have to have my pneumonia vaccine just yet as i have something like 7 years left as they last 10 years. Yes the migrating birds do remind you that winter in now knocking on the door. Not that we have many whom migrate from this country the only one that comes to mind is the swallow oh and yes the swift. I suppose that is because our climate is relatively mild. ROSEBUD http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...DSCF0062-1.jpgHere is a photograph of my oatmeal muffins sorry hopeless at photography so this is why it is out of focus :D Though it gives you the general idea. Even though I did not put as much baking powder as I should it still turned out reasonably good. They are very yummy and I will be making them again. Rather parcial to raspberries so loved them. I had 2 which is apparently equivilant of 1 serving of fruit and that was my tea as they were mega filling. I suppose it was the oats that did that. Time to trot off and start making tracks on tea. I have most of it done slow cooked meatballs in sauce now need to cook some whole meal pasta. So till next time. Hope to get on tomorrow but I am going to deliever bean bags to London so long tiring journey :dizzy: :wave: purpleorc :grouphug: |
HI EVERYONE ~ We had a cool day, but some sunshine came out here and there just in time for our drive to town to pay bills and such. Then we picked up a little lunch and had it by one of our favorite lakes. Then we got a call to go see a little house that we had been hoping to get; and the wonderful news is that ....
WE HAVE A HOME!!! YEAH! HIYA VAL ~ I bet you have been hyper on your first day; and good for you, not letting your ex-boss get to you. That's very professional of you, and best wishes for the rest of your week as you get familiar with your new position. I always love to see pics of all kinds; hope you and your friend had a blast on your trip. HI MEOWEE ~ I really don't know how long my colds last, but that's what my doctor says anyways; I guess it's a subjective point of view. DH and I have had one for more than a week, so we assumed that it was a flu; but it had all the symptoms of a cold, just a lot milder (sneezing, stuffiness, and such). We had two flus this spring and they were doozies where we lost all our sense of smell and taste; don't want those ones ever again, becuz we felt horrible. HEY PURPLE ~ those oatcakes look simply yummy; I'm glad they turned out OK for you. Yah, learning to give needles and take blood would be nervewracking, I think. I remember a nurse friend of mine who had to practice giving needles on oranges at first. I have heard of REIKI, although I really don't know what it is. I imagine that if it is a kind of massage that might help someone with MS; my sister had a massage recently and says that she loved it so much she fell asleep. That's very nice of you to let them practice on you; and there are benefits for you too. I hope you have a good trip to London tomorrow. We've had a huge flock of BLACKBIRDS here the last few days, I guess they are filling up on their way down south for the winter. We still have some songbirds that stay here all winter; they look like a kind of sparrow and some of them have a kind of a dark mask on their face. They sing beautifully and I love to watch them; they are the main thing beside the lovely rainbows here that I will miss where we move to. I will put up my feeder, but I don't know how many birds will show up there. We went to see another house today; it was very nice but much bigger, but Dh was worried about the fact that it had propane heat, so he wanted to take the other house in town instead. We have heard some really scary stories about propane and oil prices lately. ANYWAYS, we are just elated that we finally have a nice place to live; so take care ladies ~ your friend :hug:Rosebud:hug: |
So happy to hear your good news ROSEBUD . . . :hug:
Well, gang . . . it's October . . . let's make it a great, great month for all of us. See you all soon . . . :wave: |
Hi Ladies
I am back from my travels to London the trip went extremely well so no complains on that front. I know that I will be going to bed early tonight after the travelling plus getting up at 7:30am and that for me has been for 2 days running getting up early. Unfortunately I took a little fall in the ladies toilets on the return journey in the service station. I fell against the separating walls of the toilets. It has hurt my shoulder and hip but my shoulder is the one that is worse. I know it could have been far worse if it was not for the wall divider I would have gone crashing to the floor and maybe broken a bone. So really I was blessed so I am very grateful really. Yesterday at the MS therapy centre I tried what is known at the wobble machine but I think it is really called a balance machine. It is run on electric and you control the level of vibration that you can manage. I went up to level 6 and I was on the machine for 9 minutes. My legs felt I jelly (jello) afterwards but soon recovered. It helps build up the core muscles and muscles in your legs. Also has an added benefit of burning fat so I kind of figured that I have nothing to lose by giving it a whirl. Maybe I will have a washboard tummy and rippling muscles in my legs NOT but I can dream ;) MEOWEE It is unbelievable that it October already. In this month I have 2 family birthdays my Mum and then my sister. Hope you are getting up to full steam after your horrid cold. ROSEBUD :congrat: on getting your new house I am so pleased for you. Looks like your prayers were answered. Yes I understand that there are concerns about it being bigger and the heating bill because of it. I lived in big Victorian house prior to this bungalow which was big property. We to keep fuel bills down just heated the rooms that we need to and that way the fuel bills have been no more than this property which is smaller. I know it is not ideal but it was a way a solving the fact if we heated the whole property we were wasting fuel in rooms we were not using. It worked for us the only time we had more heating if we had guests to stay and then we used it for the rooms we needed. We put up thick curtains and draft excluder's at doors all made the room cosy. We are lucky in this home we have great loft insulation and walls insulation. Reiki is not exactly a massage it is just laying of hands on certain parts of the body. The laying of the hands on the body the pressure or touch is very light. It is suppose to heal you I was reading last night and is based to some extent on the Chinese philosophy of chi. Other than that it was a bit complex for me to understand. Time to go and sort my mail out and reply so till next time lady take care :hug: purpleorc :wave: |
SEE YOU ALL IN THE NEW OCTOBER THREAD ...
I was so busy yesterday that I forgot to start it; I'm sure MEOWEE will be by soon to make it into a red sticky for us! See you all there ... |
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