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:hug: HI VALDINE ~ :hug: will send up some prayers for you PRONTO!!! You are under a lot of stress right now. Lots of big changes and new responsibilities in your life all at once. Great advice there from PURPLE; I couldn't have said it better. Step back, take a deep breath; don't forget your PILATES; and GENTLE YOGA can sure be relaxing too. I made up some of my own moves and motions, doing them along with deep breathing exercises, whenever I feel overwhelmed by life.
I do know how you feel; we've had a tough year ourselves. The landlord issues can be sorted out: there is a solution to every problem, and a relaxed, clear mind can make better decisions. As for your job, I'd give the same advice that PURPLE did: tackle only one thing at a time. Make a list of the things you want to accomplish each day and then each week; putting the most important tasks at the top of the list. Start in the morning, and check them off as you get each one done. A big desk calendar can help you keep track of things also. I am very organized and like to do things like that to help me do my bills and such. You are a smart, strong, young lady; and you already told us that you are fiesty too. Start with yourself; keeping yourself well, with lots of rest and that will help you tackle the other stuff much more easily. Did you get the apartment ready? Do you have a tenant, or are you showing the place? I would put an ad in the paper and would show it on my day off only. Set aside one day and show it to say only three people. Usually that was enuff to find a suitable tenant. I typed up some basic rules about the rental (ie how many people can live there); and gave a copy to each tenant: it was an informal kind of lease. I chose to include all the costs in one price but made sure to charge enuff to carry the place easily (including some for insurance, all utilities, minor repairs, and a little profit for your troubles). I charged a "SECURITY" deposit to all my tenants: boy, they sure worked hard to get that back. Meaning, if they wanted it back at the end of the tenancy, they had to keep the place in good condition. If they did any willful damage, I gave them an option: either fix it yourself, or I'd pay someone to fix it with their security deposit. By having the rules already set out on paper, there were less problems for me as a landlord. HEY PURPLE ~ wonderful advice for VAL there, as usual. Good for you ... notes stuck to the bathroom mirror: that's a great idea! I'm so glad your pain has gone away; nothing worse than pain like that and migraines. Keeping up my prayers for both you and Valdine. Good idea about those vaccinations: DH is down with a cold or flu that is taking a while to go away. Just sent him to bed with an aspirin and a bottle of water: poor dear! HI MEOWEE ~ gee, I haven't heard what the results were of the elections; which party(ies) won? Another minority: oh boy, lots of issues there. Our people here are all losing their jobs because of a lack of trees or wood product sales, or both, whichever is the truth ... who knows. Another lovely Christmas for the people in the north; Santa will be on a diet again this year! LOL! Gonna have to prayer a lot harder for everyone ... ANYWAY, was a bit under the weather myself, but now I am feeling better; just did stuff around the house like laundry myself today. Take good care ladies, your friend :hug:ROSEBUD :hug: |
just running by before I go to bed. Hopefully I can read up on the thread this weekend.
I just wanted to thank you ladies for the thoughts and prayers. And Purple I think you're wrong - you have and are persevering so much so dont undercut yourself. Thanks for the ego boost though. I decided not to tell my new employer that I have MS -- so I'm feeling some pressure to not use that as an excuse for anything. ever. I am joining a lunch time yoga class starting next week. And now I'm off to inject my interferon before I forget. :hug: thank you for the love and reminders to take care of myself. I'm trying. ( Rosebud I have 2 guys living in the house with me besides my brother .. now it's just winterizing the house to take care of . I missed it but did you find a place to move to yet?) |
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Just a quick pop by before I make a drink to take my afternoon medication. I have my parents here at the moment as Dad is going to hospital for a check up tomorrow. Thought today he has had his car in to have a service and MOT (a test you must have annually to show that your car is fit for the road) That MOT alone cost $80+ so not cheap but does ensure that your car is of a certain standard for the road. Not time to answer your post possibly until Saturday but nice nevertheless to drop by to catch up on the news. Today we have had big parade through London to celebrate the Paralympians and Olympians success in Bejing. Today also is the 50th celebration of the childrens Televisions shows Blue Peter. Over the years they have had different presenters but it still is as popular as ever. Time to go now wow that time just whizzed by. :hug: purpleorc :wave: |
:wave: HI LADIES ~ we had very cool weather today, but the sun finally came out in the afternoon; and we've had a big yellow moon out there tonight: so nice against the dark sky. Last night, there was a kind of multi-colored rainbow around the moon: unusual and very pretty. My camera couldn't get a pic of that as I needed a bigger zoom to get something that far away.
HI VAL ~ glad you are getting things sorted away in your house; yah, the cold weather comes, and the storm windows have to go up; gotta get the oil tanks filled up to keep nice and cozy. And, depending on how cold it is, you may have to cover some windows with clear plastic and thick, lined curtains to keep out the cold winds. We put up 1-inch foam pieces to fit the top of our windows plus curtains and plastic where needed too. The southern folks don't have to worry about such things. Wide (2.5"), clear tape that comes in a big roll is also very handy for taping around windows and door sashes: and it doesn't look too unsightly either. You can buy that at any hardware store; and then we just peel it off in the spring when it isn't needed anymore. Let me know how your yoga classes go, I used to watch some ladies that had yoga shows on TV. I can only do the simple stuff as I don't have the flexibility like I did when I was young, but you can still do some movements if you are careful. And NO, we haven't found a place yet, but we did get some good news today; we have more flexibility to get a place than we thought. I'm concerned that I'm wasting time on wild goose chases, when we really need to focus on the renting thing for now. I don't want to make any drastic decisions because we are feeling pressured to find a place. Two months isn't really long enough to find a place in a small town when you only have a handful of places come up each week and dozens of people looking. We are noticing that the access into many places isn't very good; meaning for people with physical challenges trying to go up 20+ stairs outside a building is ridiculous, esp for me. Not to mention, that I have a terrible fear of heights/stairs because of bad falls; and most of them have this access problem. It is sad to see the line-up of seniors and middle-aged persons trying to find accessable and affordable lodgings. Our country did not prepare itself for this problem; people have been warning about it for years. Money is desperately needed for housing up here; but will it come??? :shrug: ANYHOW, that's my rant for today ~ LOL! HEY PURPLE ~ hope you have a good visit with your parents; and that everything goes well for your DAD at his appointment tomorrow. DH had to take our car to get the steering fluid lines checked; turns out one is leaking, so we are waiting for parts to arrive for tomorrow and the mechanic will fix it for us. Thankfully, it was just a line and nothing bigger than that. That should set us up OK for the winter. We may go out to look at another place tomorrow afternoon as well; it's keeping me busy just manning the phones and looking around. Baked some fruit-filled bran muffins today for DH for snacks. We had fish with salad and veggies for dinner tonight; a nice change after having turkey three nights this week already. I put some in casseroles with leftover veggies and gravy into the freezer for dinners later on. Well, time to go for now; it's getting late and I want to get my legs up for awhile. Take good care, chickies; your friend :hug:ROSEBUD:hug: |
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Woke up yesterday with a nasty pinched-nerve kind of back ache and spent most of the day flat out in bed. It's still with me, but a little less so this morning so I thought I'd try sitting and typing for a little while anyway. Now on my good news; bad news front -- after seeing quite a few double digit BGLs, I decided to bite the bullet and put myself back on insulin. The first 6 months I was off insulin held together fine because I was still taking Actos. The past 6 months without the Actos have been getting consistently worse and worse. So, it was time to do something (past time, actually, but I kept hoping for a miracle) and I know the doctor will not let me go back to Actos (nasty long-term side-effects are too possible) so it's back to playing human pin-cushion for me. Other than that, it's another rainy day around here and that is not helping with the back ache either and I won't be doing too much of anything today. We have a Municipal election tomorrow and at the rate I'm moving, doesn't look like I'll make it to the polls. Have a good one everybody . . . think this little guy is about all the moving and shaking that will be seen around my house today . . . :carrot: . . . well, other than the cats; they never sit still for too long (when they are awake). |
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Just popped by after a long day of visiting the hospital at the outpatients department then out for dinner. Then on to my parents home out playing cards tonight then back to my house. To say the least I am whacked. Oh yes I have made a casserole for tomorrows lunch to slow cook over night ready for tomorrow. All I have to do now is steam vegetables of our choice. Oops I forgot I managed to put the washing on as well strip and make our bed. So forgive me if this post is some what packed with spelling and grammatical errors ;) Will leave answering your posts till tomorrow when I will have more time and it will make more sense I am sure :D I am going to try and have a relaxing weekend as possible as next week is very busy with two delivery jobs and my oxygen therapy to name a few. Going to the computer fayre on Sunday and the local shop to buy some bits and pieces for making cobs (bread rolls or bun or baps called many things depending where you live). Been great catching up on your posts to see how thing are going or not as the case maybe. Time for me to start making tracks for my bed I think I am definately :tired: tired tonight and will not take much rocking to get off to sleep. Nite all and take care :wave: purpleorc :grouphug: |
Goodness gracious, PURPLE must be sleeping in . . . :lol: . . . enjoy it Chickie.
Looks like a beautiful sunny (but cold) day around here. My back is feeling almost normal again and I'm debating about the wisdom of popping out to vote and to pick up a few staples. Fear it might not take much of a wrong move to lay me out flat again. Otherwise SSDD . . . thanks to the wonders of injected insulin the BGL numbers are looking good but the weight is still stuck on the ticker number and, unfortunately, shooting insulin will NOT help to get that moving in the downward direction any too quickly. Have a great Saturday doing lots of fun stuff, gang . . . see you later . . . :wave: |
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All for my plans of a relaxing day I think I found more jobs than enough and there is still more to do as I did washing so there is the dreaded ironing. I took no rocking in bed last night as I was so tired :tired: I think I could have slept on a clothes line. I made some cereal bars from a recipe on here, which I put nuts, apricots and dried fruit. I did cut the amount of sugar as I did not have brown sugar only white and it is something called half and half which is half granulated and half sweetener. I cooked a beef dinner with plenty of steamed vegetables and then did some stuffed baked apples. DH did not look very keen on having the baked apples ( I think he though they looked too healthy to be a pudding :lol3:) Though when he had ate it he asked was we having it again today ! :nono: it was to be yogurt today so a big let down :D Been to the computer fayre today which was very busy but I wait in the café reading my book as it is took much going round there as I lose my balance easily so not good in pushing crowds a recipe for disaster. I also baked again today some oatmeal cakes which I have now popped in the freezer. I am sure I have some frozen blackberries in the freezer but I can not find them. I wanted to put them in the oatmeal cakes instead I used frozen raspberries. DH has just been watching the Chinese grand prix as there is a British drive whom is doing well at the minute called Lewis Hamilton. There is one more grand prix in Brazil in a week or a fortnights time so he will be watching avidly then. purpleorc |
:hug:HI LADIES ~ I'm finally in here to post; we had a busy, busy weekend looking at places again. We also received two more offers today but only one is good for us; it is for December and a nice place, so if the others don't pan out, we have one more to add to our list.
It has been in the 50's F here with a bit of sun, but today it was raining all day. We had a small bonfire on Friday night until about 9 pm as the winds started to pick up on us, and it was very cold. We spend some of last night and today cleaning up the building and yard, to spiff the place up for the landlady. Some tenants left a lot of junk behind; we sure hope they come back to get their stuff out as that won't look good for them to others. MEOWEE ~ I'm sorry that you had to go back on insulin injections, but it is better to get those numbers under control. Too bad you can't get those kind of needles that is a pump; they use that a lot for kids today so they don't have to do needles anymore. HI PURPLE ~ you've been very busy baking and cooking up a storm. Hope your DAD's appointments went well. Did you win anything at cards this week? Hope you can catch up on your sleep soon. We have been losing some ourselves trying to find a place, but we have an extension now; our landlady says we can stay a bit longer if we need to, so that should help us out. HI VAL ~ hope you are having a great weekend and things are going better for you at home and at work. Take good care ladies, your friend :hug:ROSEBUD :hug: |
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Blood sugar numbers are still great -- appetite is also great (unfortunately another little side effect of the extra insulin) so I don't expect to be seeing downward movement of the ticker for October. :mad: Yesterday was an eating disaster. Luckily we get a fresh new start everyday. Over the years, I've gotten used to the insulin needles, ROSEBUD. They actually hurt less than the finger pricks for testing the BGL. Insulin pumps are more commonly used for type I's and are great for a type I who often needs 4 to 6 injections a day. I'm not sure that I'd want to be constantly attached to a needle mechanism that way and the whole kit has to be changed on (I think) a weekly basis anyway. Wowee, PURPLE, you are just baking up a storm there, Chickie. Sounds yummy, but believe me, I don't need any extra temptations right now. :lol: We have a product called "Splenda for Baking" that comes in both white or brown and that sounds a lot like what you are describing. Actually for most baking, plain Splenda (Sucralose) works very well anyway. Hope everything is going smoothly for you VAL . . . :hug: See you all later, gang . . . :wave: |
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Though I would drop by in my busy schedule of this week which by the end of the week I will not know whether I am coming or going :D Today we went to do two deliveries in one round trip. Well that was the plan but the van really did not feel right and kept over heating yet the water gauge did not come on. We limped on and did the first delivery which was 115 miles away. The next delivery was 111 miles away from that point. Then by this point the van was just about died a death we turned around and headed back home. Though realised that was not going to happen so we managed by some look and someone looking over us I am sure to get to a service station. So at least I could use the rest room and stretch my legs safely. Also exercise and toilet our Rizzie safely. So all in all great place to stop to wait for the AA to come and look at the van. The AA are a company or one of them here in the UK which do roadside assist if you have broken down for a small fee per month. Seeing as it was a hire vehicle it was the hire company whom had paid the fee. So we were towed back home to drop me, the clobber (food bag/ doggy stuff/ sat nav and sheets to cover the seats) and Rizzie off. Then DH was towed to the lock up of the company who hire the van and pick up his car. So I know today was going to be a long one and tiring but this was very draining on me. Especially when we got home when it was about 6.30pm so most drop in eating places are closed down by this time. Only restaurants and take aways at this time at night. Restaurants tend to want booked reservations and take aways the food is none to healthy :nono:. Plus it is too greasy for my tummy :yes: . So on arriving at home I had to try and cook something up that was reasonably healthy. So did pasta in tomato sauce and cauliflower cheese grills. It was the least thing in the world I wanted to do was cook, I was whacked but I knew it had to be done otherwise the other option was DH cook who had driven or eat greasy food (no thanks gives me too much pain for one and nightmare on the scales :lol3:) We have another trip on Thursday going North this time to Cumbria somewhere not sure until I get the postal code etc. Fingers :crossed: crossed that this goes more smoothly. Tomorrow is my treatment day at the MS centre. Will be going to bed very shortly :tired: as I am worn out but thought I would drop by as I was not sure as the week went on how fit I would be to come on here. Excuse my bad English and grammatical errors tonight as I am sure there will be a few faux par's ;) Great news MEOWEE that your blood sugar level as levelled out nicely shame about the pesky side effects. I think I will be very careful about making the cereal bars as my DH is very fond of them too fond if you get my meaning ;) So I think I will make them once in a blue moon as a bit of a treat else he will put back the weight he has just lost in the past few weeks then blame me :D So I will nip it in the bud and just not make it. Dad's appointment went well at the hospital thank-you ROSEBUD . Though he has got to have a CT scan on his appendix to see if it is safe to leave it as it is as normally the procedure would be a planned appendectomy to stop any further infections in that area. They still do not want to operate on Dad unless it is necessary due to the high risks. So on the 3rd November he is to have a CT scan at the same hospital so I will have them over again for a few days to make it easy on all of us. As my DH will take Dad to hospital ( mum and me will go also) Night all time for my bed :wave: purpleorc :grouphug: |
:wave: HELLO EVERYONE ~ we've had a very productive weekend and today, as we went to see another place and loved it ... SO, WE TOOK IT!!! And yes, it is for sure, because we gave them a security/holding deposit.
We can start moving in on November 1, 2008. It's a nice duplex and the rooms are a nice size, so all our furniture will fit, which was a concern. It's all ground level, and we have a back yard for NIKO, which we are so pleased about. Our new landlords are fun and cheerful people to be around: they just felt so very right. A lot of my prayers were answered here. I just knew that it was the right place for us as soon as I walked in; it had everything that I felt we needed to feel comfortable, so that had to be an answer to our prayers. THANKS SO MUCH to all our faithful friends here, who have been praying for us all through this stressful time. I had forgotten just how harrowing that house-hunting could be. But now we can relax for a bit too, as our present landlord gave us an extension so that we could move at the right time as well. Anyways, it was a nice way to spend a rainy day; thankfully, it stopped by the time we went out. Then afterwards, to celebrate, we when to a RIB & STEAKHOUSE for my 50th birthday dinner and it was healthy and delicious too. ANYWAYS, I'm so tired that I am falling asleep at the helm here; will talk more tomorrow. Take good care and thanks again ... :hug:ROSEBUD:hug: |
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Well slept like a baby as you would imagine, though did not want to get up when the alarm went off at 7.30am I could have gladly laid in bed. I get a lie in tomorrow you watch I will be a wake with the birdies ;) Then up again early for Thursday as we do a delivery to Cumbria to one of the chain of cinemas which are opening thick and fast here. ROSEBUD Great news to wake up to that you have a home and it feels so right. Glad your prayers were answered you so deserve a nice home to live after all the heartache and worry. Here in the UK we don't have duplex's well we do just not called so :D. The homes that were put into duplex's where many of the old Victorian builds own by a bit more wealthier families and had many children (8 or 9 was not uncommon then). So hence the house was quite big too big for one family today without domestic help. Victorians like big spacious rooms with large windows and high ceilings so all on a grand scale. So these houses lend themselves well to being divided into 2. Some were divided into 3 or 4 depending on the scale of the house. I lived in one for a while that was a one bedroomed flat. It had a lounge, dinning area, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. All rooms where a good size inside the flat the only reason we moved was to have more bedrooms to have family to stay over especially mine as they live away from me. I did not know what a duplex was until recent years when a film came out by that name but even then I know the film came here under the title our house. Why we do not use the word I do not know as I think it is a great word to describe a flat in a house. Time for me to get a move on and get myself shifted at break neck speed as I am to be off very shortly. Also need to check that I have taken all the bits and pieces needed for today. Put the dinner on in slow cooker ready for tonight ( meat balls, then only have to cook pasta later tonight). Will have a banana or yogurt for sweet. I am going out tonight to play cards over all the past week we have not done bad wininng bacon ( rashers for grilling) with bean x2. Won $4 in a raffle and won a bag of cooker/ eating apples which I took 2 and did baked apple. Dh won a small tin of biscuit which we donated to a christmas whist drive for the raffle. They were nice butter biscuits with chocolate chips in all very nice but not very good for our waist lines ;) Bye ladies and take care xxx :wave: purpleorc :grouphug: |
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So thrilled for you and your DH (and the furbaby), ROSEBUD . . . you see, all the frustration was meant to be because the perfect place was at the end of the stressful journey. Have a good move, Chickie. Oh my, PURPLE, all your talk about those butter biscuits is making my mouth water for the annual Christmas Shortbread. I'm trying to restrain myself this year because I can't even give my baking spree to my buddy LouLou since she's been diagnosed with Celiac Disease. She can't handle the flour; I can't handle the sugar; nobody needs the butter. :dizzy: But, darn it all -- I make great shortbread. :drool: Speaking of things we don't need . . . my BGL was almost too low this morning and, since going back on the insulin, it has been getting too high by dinner time -- guess I need to do a little tweaking. May drop the evening dose a bit and then add a daytime dose and eliminate the oral diabetes meds all together since they don't seem to be doing much to keep me stable. The other side of the coin -- and not a happy one -- my weight is moving in the opposite direction. Hopefully some of the extra two pounds I see this morning is www from too much salt and too little water yesterday. We'll see. :crossed: Weatherwise, it's pretty dull and dreary this morning plus cold and windy as well. At least there's no white stuff in the current forecast. Last night our local weather guru was saying that on October 21, 1974 Halifax received better than 39 cm (over 15 inches) of snow -- please, please, no repeat anytime soon this year. :crossed: Okay . . . have a great day . . . see you soon . . . :wave: |
HI LADIES ~ thanks for your well wishes; it sure was a relief after the roller coaster we were on. We found out that the ad that I had wanted to put in the paper in the first place was the clincher: the lady at the newspaper office told me I had to write it differently. DH thinks she just wanted more money. So I then insisted on the original ad I had first given her be put in (after all, we were paying for it); then we got calls every day, sometimes two a day; and that is how we finally got the place.
Today we went shopping for fruit and stuff; and to transfer the things like hydro and phone and such. The gas office is just there for show; there is really no-one there ~ lol (it seemed so odd looking). Things are sure complicated these days. MEOWEE ~ tsk, tsk, you shouldn't say such things; the sky is clear with zillions of stars really close, but man, is it cold; last time I looked, it was -5 Celcius. I'm praying that GOD will stave off the ***stuff*** because we can't move until November 1st. Maybe those things were allowed for a reason so that we would end up with the right place for us. Hope you get those sugar numbers more balanced real soon. HEY PURPLE ~ Hope your DAD's appointment went well for him; and congrats on all the wins you've been having on your game nights. Over here, we build DUPLEXES all the time; these places are usually identical on each side with a thick concrete wall between them for sound and fire safety: that is what ours is like. You are right, many people will divide a big Victorian house here down the middle and make a duplex out of it. Well, I did manage to also get some laundry done and we had leftover turkey casserole for dinner. We want to make a run up to our lot this week just to check on things and have a fun picnic day, but the weather isn't exactly co-operating with us. HIYA VAL ~ how are you doing this week? Hope everything is going good for you, especially at work. Well, it's time to get ready for some shut-eye; take good care ladies, your friend :hug:ROSEBUD:hug: |
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I think last night we may have had our first frost of the year it was cold enough to be one with clear skies with the stars twinkling away. I suppose it is a sign that winter is coming thick and fast. Though my winters are very mild compared to you in Canada and parts of the US. I think it is cold if it gets to anything like -1 but the worst I have ever seen is -8 here in the UK but that was a many years ago and that was a freak cold spell. We many just dip below minus but only about -3 at its worse. I did no good at cards last night but I was asked to cut the cards by the MC (master of ceremonies) and I cut a 9 for the people who where playing in a position of gent. I had finished uncannily with my DH and the first thing I said to him well that is not the right number for you. He had a torrid time last night and was the "whooping boy" (ie every one was taking a good score out of him). Though some how he won that he had four 9's and he had not got round all the tables and there was 8 1/2. It turns out though if he had not got the most of a number he would have the lowest for the gent position with 140. Today I am going shopping for a few bits and pieces but not a great deal mainly the staples like milk and bread. I am lucky this week I have a $8 voucher off if I spend $40 plus when you shop with this store you get points on your card (not credit or store card) when you get enough points (500) that is then worth equivalent of $5 to take off your shopping so this time I will get $13 off my shopping so will be a cheap bill if there is ever such a thing as a cheap shopping bill these days;) So much for my lie in come 8am ping I was wide awake. I guess tomorrow when the alarm goes off I will want to sleep then and want a lie in :D So I was not quite up with the birdies but not far from it. Will make some sandwiches later today to take with us tomorrow. I would rather do them now than at 6.30am :dizzy: as goodness knows what I would end up putting in them as I can't get my act together then. All I make in the morning is 2 flasks to go with us when we go on our delivery. Well DH said it was to Cumbria well his geography is not his strong point to say the least. We are going no where near Cumbria it is Cymbran which is a county of Wales, The journey is about 3 hours in total so another long day a head of me. Fingers :crossed: crossed no more breaking down. MEOWEE I hope you manage to get that balancing act with your insulin and BSL right. I know when my Dad was in hospital and on insulin pump they were forever struggling with his BSL. So I hope real soon you hit on the magic formula. Sorry to hear that the scales have moved in the wrong direction lets hope it is due to sodium intake, more exercise than normal or any other external factor which retains fluids for a day or so. I know it is discouraging to see the scales go the wrong way I know what it feels like from my perspective. So hang in there and eat the normal healthy diet and I am sure the scales will gradually budge in the right direction. Yes it is frustrating when you love baking and there is no one to bake for as such. I love baking and always have since a small child. I love cooking full stop but nothing gives me as much pleasure as baking and seeing a beautiful end result. Not that it stays around long with my DH. So I do very little baking now for obvious reasons and I do miss it. :yikes: 15" of snow I have never in my life seen that much snow. I suppose the most I have seen is about 6" of snow and that was a once off. I know my mum and dad have seen a worse snow fall and that was the winter of 1949 or was it 1947 I never remember. The snow covered the hedges and folk had to dig pathways etc. I just can not get my head round that volume of snow. I am like Bambi on ice with out the snow and ice without adding in the real McCoy. I am sure I would be in the accident and emergency department in winter without fail or just confine myself to the house. ROSEBUD Gosh busy time for you now you have a new home to live, with all the changing over of services such as hydro, gas, telephone, INTERNET providers the list goes on and on in my experience at times you felt it was never going down the things to sort out. Though eventually everything works out right and all is sorted. I think at times I just got overwhelmed by things so they looked like mountains to climb rather than the molehills they were :D Yes good way of getting a new home by advertising in a paper sometimes it pays to think outside the box. Normally people look in newspapers for the places to rent or go to an estate agent for the same reason. So thinking a wee bit different made all the difference and you had several phone calls from it one proving to be the right one for you, DH and your "furry baby". Time for me to go and get myself into order ready to go out. You watch I will do my favourite party trick forget my shopping list :D Then have to do it by memory which is about as reliable as a colander with all the holes. So I normally forget something that we desperately need. Well bye for now ladies and take care :wave: purpleorc :grouphug: |
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Phew the drive to Cwmbrân :yes: that is the spelling one of those peculiar Welsh names which bears no resemblance to the English language. It is pronounced "come bran". I have been through some beautiful scenery today with Welsh hills and valleys. It is a glorious time of year for the spectacular array of colour that you get as the leaves prepare to fall off the tree. The workmen came and kindly helped my DH with unloading some 49 bean bags. I could not help at all as the site is site being built so very uneven and muddy. This would have been a great recipe for me to be about as graceful as a baby elephant doing ballet ;) Sometimes on my good days I can carry a bean bag or two to help my DH but of late my balance has deteriorated and it constantly looks like I have had 1 over the 8. The journey today was 300 miles round trip I think my 3rd morning of getting up with our feathered friends has taken its toll. I was exhausted for most of the trip and then ended up having back spasm which in the end required medication which made me even tired. Feel better now than I did but I am having an early night so I should be right as rain tomorrow. DH is taking me out for a meal tomorrow not sure where we are going as yet. Our furry baby had a lovely long walk last night and so today he slept like a baby throughout the journey. I think partially due to the fact he had to get up this morning early and he is worse than any teenager I reckon getting out of bed in the morning :D Now we have returned home he is raring to go keeps bringing me his ball to play with and he is about as subtle as a brick when he wants you to play he justs drops it on your keyboard :yikes: From past experience I save frequently so not much work is lost. Really enjoying a book(fiction) I am reading at the minute set in London around 1950's about a father and his 5 sons whom have a builders merchants. This is a front to hide there dodgy dealing and safe breaking etc. They close ranks so wives and girlfriends no nothing or next to nothing of there dealings. In particular they protect their "baby" sister of 14 and tell her that when school children say her family are nothing but thieves they are jealous of their success. For many years she believe it until at a dance she is dancing with a lad who asks her name. The name was enough for him to stop dancing with her and back off so swiftly. From this moment she knows that the "Draper" family are not what she thought. It is very gritty but true how in London criminal gangs ran parts of London. Maybe the most famous being the Krays Nothing went on in their patch without there say so and they ruled with an iron fist. Though there Mum was their light of their lives and would do anything for her. I hope you are all right and you are taking care of yourselves. Till next time :wave: purpleorc :grouphug: |
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Okay . . . I'm officially in a bad mood today . . . the return to insulin injections has definitely done good stuff for my blood sugar control (5.0 / 90 this morning) but it is playing major silly buggers with my weight control efforts. I've gained five pounds this week. :mad: Now, I know it's fluid retention and I know that is something that Insulin does a wonderful job of promoting; but I don't have to be happy about it, do I. Oh well, you do what you gotta do. :shrug: On a better note -- the nor-easter we had yesterday just brought high winds and lots of rain (no "S"). Today it is still pretty windy but the sun has been shining most of the afternoon. Amazingly the trees are still looking pretty good out there even though the wind brought a lot of the leaves down. Hope everybody is having a really great and thrilling day . . . see you later, gang :wave: |
HI LADIES ~ I've had a couple of harrowing days trying to get all our moving changes done; it seems like I called everyone at least three or more times to get things straight. Boy, have all the rules changed since we last moved. I was getting so stressed at one point, I had to take a respite for awhile.
Tomorrow, we are going to town to apply for a mail box and do a couple more errands that I can't remember right now as it is late. I fell asleep on our sofa after doing a puzzle and decided to come in and read a bit and do a quick post before going to bed. PURPLE ~ you are so right, there are so many things to remember to do and arrange for; I had to call over two days to get everthing done right. I still have to do a bunch of address changes, which I will focus on the week we move. It is such a load off our minds now that we have a nice place to live; knowing where you are going is of major importance when you have to move. We just had fish today for dinner with salad and tomatoes. DH did another bonfire for me tonight, so I just sat in my rocking chair and relaxed for over a couple of hours. I love them; they give me a peaceful serenity that helps me to destress. We've had a lot of stressors this year; I sure hope that's the last of them for this year; we need a break ~ lol!:D :wave:MEOWEE ~ sorry about the scales going up, but I'm glad to hear that your blood sugar levels are much better; maybe in time the two will balance out. Glad that storm didn't show up your way either; we have had very cold temps; went down to -10C the other night, but the skies are clear out there right now. Maybe we'll see lots of sun tomorrow; that would be really nice. HIYA VALDINE ~ TGIF hope everything is going well for you; best wishes for a great weekend coming up too!!! Well, better get off to bed; take good care ladies, your friend :hug:ROSEBUD:hug: |
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Looks like this morning will mark the end of our sunshine for a few days . . . but, we are supposed to keep double digit (only just) temperatures (50 F) right through next week. Everything has it's price I guess. Speaking of paying the price; I'm happy to report that the BGL is still terrific and the good old scale-:devil: dropped a couple of those www pounds this morning, too. Nothing too exciting for me today -- a few more errands to run while the sun is almost shining and then a nice quiet weekend. :crossed: Hope you all have a Fabulous Friday . . . :wave: |
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Well slept like a baby this morning I was absolutely shattered come bed time I was in bed for about 10.30pm and slept until 10am. If it was not for the telephone this morning ringing I would have not been up then I think. Three early mornings in a row has eventually taken there toll on me. It sounds like we are going to be busy mostly up until Christmas. Due to one company a chain of cinemas opening and they all order been bags. The next order which is a big one of around 80+ bean bags which comes to around $20000 or just more for the order is not to be sniffed at. With such big orders costing thousands we are helping with a lot of these deliveries to make sure they arrive safely and on time to this customer who is spending so much money with them. Then also at this time of year things get busier as people soon start looking for buying gifts on-line for friends and family. So the business get progressively busier as a result so we help out more. Though in January and February it is normally a quiet period of the year. MEOWEE Great news that your blood sugar levels have sorted themselves out such a shame it resulted going on insulin injects to achieve this. Glad the scales were kinder to you this morning. I think you gave me a pound ;) as I was up one pound this morning on my weight in. Though I think TOM is to blame for mine. ROSEBUD I know when I have moved in the past I write list of people I have to contact and then work from this note pad. writing names of people I have spoken to and a big tick if that task has been sorted. Even after moving I keep this piece of paper(s) with my filed papers that way I have a reference just in case of any hiccups that occur. I can understand how it so stressful it is and a respite was needed to recharge batteries. It is know by research to be one of the most stressful times in ones life another is having a child. I see how these big life changing events have so much organising to do which is never straight forward as you would like them to be is so stressing. How these people cope who love moving home every few years or so I shall never know they must thrive on stress is all I can say. It has been a beautiful day today and went out for a meal today. I have been officially naughty today :o but it was my birthday so I think it is allowed once a year :D well that is my excuse and I am sticking to it. Now back to earth with a bump as I go back to healthy eating for the rest of the day. I must admit I am still not one bit hungry after having that meal so that is good some of the extra calories will be spread over the day. I think I will have tea/supper as one meal later on tonight. I have now got to go and make some flaxseed muffins for my DH for tea/supper. I think I will make some blueberry muffin for a change. So bye for now ladies and take care. But first a big hello :wave: to Valdine and Caffieneiv till next time :wave: purpleorc :grouphug: |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PURPLE !!!
:bday2you::bday2you::bday2you: :wave: Of course, I didn't remember that you are an OCTOBER baby too; you probably told me, but with so much going on, I forgot ~ lol! I'm so glad that you celebrated and enjoyed yourself; yes, your birthday is only one day a year, so that shouldn't make a difference over the week. Thanks for all the tips for moving and changing things; I had to arrange for things like the 'WAVING' of new large deposits; and even though I always do the books and pay the bills, I have to have the accounts in my name also, in order to be able to talk with the companies about our bills. Sometimes, I think there are too many rules and too many laws for our own good; and too much legislating going on. OK ... that's my rant for this week ~ lol! This morning, I had to wash our livingroom rug as one of our heating valves broke and leaked water over 1/3 of the room. Yesterday, I had to RE-PACK about half a dozen or so boxes, as they were ruined. :( Thank goodness that we bought that rug cleaning machine some time ago; it has turned out to be so handy. Our new place doesn't have too many rugs; the landlord is taking the rugs out of the bedrooms, and putting in new flooring. So, the only rug left will be in the back porch. I also made some muffins for DH today; today, I put in apple chunks, raisins, and a few dried cranberries on top. I also cut down the amount of sugar to 1/2 cup and put in 1/2 cup sugarfree applesauce instead. They tasted just as good as the others, so I'm going to keep making them that way. MEOWEE ~ glad to hear those sugar levels are stable and you lost a couple of pounds; PURPLE was right: they were probably just water-weight pounds after all ... HIYA VALDINE ~ how's the weather up in Thompson these days? Have you still bare ground right now? How much daylight do you have? DH says the far north often loses a lot of their daylight at this time of year. Hope you have a fun and restful weekend. Well, the sun was out for the morning at least and the clouds started to roll in this afternoon. DH is cleaning up the yard and finally finished taking down our garden fence: that's the wood we are using to have our bonfires. Got enuff for a couple more, I think. I have just one more box to repack; it was books, so I let them air out overnight. Hope all you ladies have a great Friday night, and a great weekend too; take good care, your friend :hug:ROSEBUD:hug: |
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Went to do my morning exercise today and incorporate getting something from the shop that I had forgotten. I had forgotten some stuffing which I use to make pork in stuffing. We just got back in time before the heavens opened and it poured it down with rain :rain: So I was saved from looking like a drowned rat :D I enjoyed the walk but it was cold else I would have stopped half way to have a coffee outside at the cafe. We have the furry baby so we have to stop outside This afternoon went to Macro I think that is how it is spelt. :yikes: I walked loads in there but by the end I was shattered and my balance was non existent I am sure folk thought I was drunk ;) So now I am lazing having a coffee just arrived home. Mind you I have put the dinner on which is the pork in stuffing with loads of steamed vegetables. Last night I spent a while preparing all my fresh vegetables for the next couple of days or so. So hence now I just go to the fridge and voilà my vegetables are preprepared so that makes life that little bit easier. I have done the hoovering already today as well. I do have some muffins to make for myself but I may tackle them tomorrow. I think the way I feel the ironing will get pushed over to tomorrow as well. Received a couple of good freebies the last couple of days which are a good sized bottle of shower gel by Radox (50mls) and 15ml bottle of perfume by obsession. I go on a site where freebies are advertised and periodically I do get thing come through which are nice trials sizes of the product to try. ROSEBUD Thanks so much for my birthday wishes I did not expect you to remember my birthday as you have enough on your hands with the move. I know how consuming that is and stressful. Thanks for taking the time to wish my a happy birthday. I had a lovely day relaxing with my DH the meal was naughty but so nice :D But as you say in the grand scheme of things I am sure that with healthy eating this week the calories will be swallowed up and I will probably stay at the same weight. :yikes: That was a mini disaster the water valve leaking over your prepacked things making you have to mop up, wash the rug and re pack the boxes. That is all you need to pack more boxes as if you do not have enough to do! The muffins sound gorgeous and good idea to reduce the sugar but sweeten it with natural sweetness of the apples. I tweak my recipes to make them healthier or more nutritious for the calories. Time to go and finish the remainder of the dinner before we have burnt offering :D. I am going to relax after having this dinner as I am tired now. Mind you I might get my second wind later with a bit of nice food inside me ;) Bye ladies :wave: purpleorc :grouphug: |
:wave: HI LADIES ~ well, GOD sent the sun out for us today, as when we woke up it had been raining and their was a cold wind. So I prayed about it, becuz I didn't want to go to town in that, and by the time I had breakfast and was dressed, those prayers were answered -- all the clouds had moved away and the sun came out for the rest of the day. DH couldn't believe how fast those clouds were moving; and I just said ^^thanks^^ once again!!!
We decided to go today becuz we wanted to go to a mini-party up town; the second-hand shop we go to is now under new management and had new staff et al, and they were having a get together, so we went and had free Tim Horton's coffee and there were lots of homemade baked goodies too. DH had a blueberry muffin and I had rice crispie squares as they are pretty low in calories. There was lots of friendly people there and it was fun. We also went shopping and I picked up a couple of pairs of pants for the winter and DH got some extra-tough socks for the winter. Then we came home as I had done a lot of walking and my feet were sore, so I had fun and got some walking in today too. PURPLE ~ sounds like you had a busy day today too; and lots of walking in for you as well. Oh, I love the perfume OBSESSION: it is my favorite; good for you getting yourself a free sample. I'm sure it will be one of your favorites now too. :wave: MEOWEE and VALDINE ~ hope you both are having a wonderful day!!! Some big, strong guys came over today to help DH move some heavy things; he was so grateful for their help. And it is such a relief that the last of his yard work is now done before our move; he was getting concerned how he was going to move them, as he is a slighter built man. He gave them a tip for their goodness. We are just going to have a restful Saturday night and if DH feels like it, he may do a bonfire again tonight. Take good care ladies, your friend :hug:ROSEBUD:hug: |
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Well dreary day here and it hasn't stopped raining :rain: all night and it is forecast for the rest of the day. So no washing for me today. I want to do some bed clothes and the towels. I prefer them dried outside if I can but not always possible in winter. Last night our clocks went back one hour so got that extra hour in bed last night. So for a week or so my internal body clock is going to get some adjusting too the new hour. Managed to do all my chores in the end. Did get a second wind later in the evening so I used it to my advantage. Cooked some blueberry muffins they were yummy good job I have froze the rest to stop me going munching them aimlessly. Need to buy some muffin cases next time I go shopping used my last ones up last night. Even managed to do the ironing not that there was loads but I try not to let it build up else it is too much for me standing there ironing for long while. I could use my perching stool to make it a little easier but I prefer to stand. ROSEBUD That was nice to get a free coffee of Tim Horton's I have vaguely heard of this brand at the hospital near me they did sell for a while in one of the shops some of the doughnuts and other sugary confectionery. We use to have a coffee at this shop but it was not Tim Horton's. I don't know if the coffee is like Starbucks which I love but costs a pack around here so needless to say it is high days and holidays I get one of those ;) I bet it was nice to get away for a short time from the stress of moving. A nice pleasant way to recharge the batteries. Yes looking forward to using the perfume that I had as a freebie. I like it when I get free fragrances as I love perfume and hate to go out without it. I feel kind of naked without it. Even more so now I seem to take much more pride in my appearance down to the jewelry matching what I am wearing and socks if I am in trousers. After my week of being more off plan than on it I am now come to down to earth with a bump yesterday the first day of eating on plan and it didn't go down too well :D I know it will get easier once my body has detoxified from the junk and then it doesn't crave it. Otherwise I crave all the sweet things which are absolutely no good for me. I think another couple of days and the cravings will go. So I need to drink plenty to flush it out of my system. I have turkey breast today with steamed vegetables for lunch today. Then I have a fat free well virtually fat free yogurt for a snack later. I will then have plenty of fruit later as I have neglected my fruit intake for this week. Right time to go and sling the hoover round well not literally but do the hoovering. Our beloved hound as made more mess than 4 children put together :D So bye and take care :hug: purpleorc :hug: |
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Sorry I've been a bit MIA -- small family emergency -- nothing devastating; just very time consuming. Hopefully life is now back to whatever passes for normal around here. Take care, all -- see you tomorrow -- :grouphug: |
GOOD EVENING LADIES ~ well, we had sunshine for the morning then this afternoon, big dark clouds rolled in and we had a good shower. It is getting dark much earlier now, and it seems so weird, but we'll all have to adjust. Dh and I decided that we should just get up a bit earlier, but I noticed that it was still darkish at 8am this morning. I usually go to bed around midnight and get up at 8 am.
PURPLE ~ we normally turn our clocks back at this time too, but this year they decided to delay it a week until after Halloween for some reason; who knows, it may be for the kids? I'm not really sure ... :shrug: It does take some adjustment though, to have an extra hour in the day. But it will be getting dark by 5 pm instead of 6 pm; is that better??? I dunno. Maybe it will be light around 7 am instead of 8 pm. I guess somebody somewhere thinks this is a good idea for some reason; hope they are right. HI MEWOEE ~ yes, I thought that something might be up; hope everything is OK for you and yours. Glad you are back ... HIYA VAL ~ Hope everything is going OK for you too CHICKIE. I know the darkness is creeping in here, so it must be up there even more so. Maybe you could find an older mentor who can help you and show you the ropes at city hall; someone you can trust who could give you some advice too. That would be so nice for you. Hope you had a good weekend; drop by for a minute just to let us know how you are. Well, both DH and I got some stuff done today; as yesterday was more of a fun day for us both. DH was packing some of his indoor stuff/junk ~ lol! I did some laundry and washed the kitchen floor as the rain made things really mucky; and our little furry baby scurried across our white kitchen floor with his muddy paws, as DH let him off his leash ~ lol; fun, fun, fun! I really enjoy having NIKO around, even if there are some small accidents like that; he is doing well in his training, learning more and more with each passing week. He is very smart and knows every command we have taught him so far; he just likes to ignore us now and then, but with some firmness of tone, he hops to it quite quick ~ LOL!!! ;) Really, he's a good boy! Well, that's all the news from here for now; take good care ladies, your friend :hug:ROSEBUD :hug: |
:wave: Hello fellow chickadees :chicken:
Lovely morning today with brilliant sunshine :sunny:. Does not have the heat like in summer but still glorious never the less. I have taken the opportunity to wash some bits and pieces. Just waiting for the laundry to finish in the washing machine then out on the line. I have already put out the towels so this is the remainder. Mind you I bet me putting my washing out will make it rain :rain: I bet the neighbours will love me as I notice many have their washing pegged on the line :lol3: So ladies last warning purpleorc is putting her washing out ;) I will have a shower later tonight and wash my hair in readiness for tomorrow. I can't be showering in the morning. Gone are the days of wash and go :rofl: Now I need a good :kickbutt: to get me going especially at 7.30am. I was tired last night for no reason was falling asleep watching antique roadshow which was from a village some 16 miles away. It was held at Southwell Minster a beautiful church of cathedral proportions. So with being so near to home I wanted to see this episode. I am in the process of cooking dinner we have having roast beef with steamed vegetables. Then some stewed rhubarb with zero fat Greek yogurt. It has been a while since we had some rhubarb so looking forward to it. I am making enough dinner for 2 days so I have something easy to hand for Tuesday on returning from the MS centre. Though it will be healthy and home cooked. Will take a muffin for me and DH to take to the centre to have over lunch time with a coffee. MEOWEE ~ Sorry to hear that you have had a mini emergency in the family. Lets hope in the next few days things settle back to normal for you and your family. Then you have a bit more time for yourself and family in general. ROSEBUD ~ This year the turning of the clocks is a little earlier this year once in a while it ends up very close to my birthday. Then other times it is like a weeks away. Never sure how they come to the decision to the date. I think some one sticks a pin in a hey presto we will have this date this year :lol: We have had daylight saving ever since the first world war I think it was introduced but never bothered to change it back when the war ended. Our licencing laws on what time pubs or places that sold alcohol could be open was governed by strict laws and that came in during the first world war. It was only relaxed in the last couple of years. Though still rigidly enforced is the not selling of alcohol on good Friday till after 3pm. If you go in a Supermarket on the day the aisle is all cordoned off so the public can not go down there. Speaking of the first world war the paper poppies have gone on sale in readiness for the remembrance Sunday which will be the nearest Sunday to 11 November. Though still adhered through public places is the 2 minutes silence is held on 11 November at 11am. It did use to be one minutes silence but since we are in conflict with Iraq then it has been up to 2 minutes for our lost service men and women. Time to go and put on the dinner and put my hair up. It is just plaited from going to bed as this is how I sleep. I find it tangles my hair the least if I plait it. Bye bye fellow chicks till next time :wave: :grouphug: purpleorc |
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Using my laptop today and the slightly smaller keyboard is driving me nuts. :crazy: Other than that . . . dull and boring day after the excitement over the weekend. :lol: Also, dull and rainy weather, but it`s fairly mild at 17C / 63 F. Blood sugar is still holding at good levels and today the doctor decided I should try Insulin Glargine (very long lasting and not as prone to spikes and dips) once a day instead of going to two shots of Insulin NPH (the kind I'm using right now) -- of course, the Glargine (brand name, Lantus) is three times as expensive. Certainly hope my insurance plan covers it. :crossed: See you later . . . :grouphug: |
:wave: got my flu shot today! I didnt realize IM needles were so dead easy. the sub cu's I give myself burn like none other!\
Rosebud your DH is right. it's getting darker earlier and lighter later and I had to start using my SAD light in the mornings. I am so glad you found a place to live!! :hug: I hope you are well Purple and you too meowee. hee hee. I had a statement of mine printed on the front page of the local paper last week.... before my business cards had even arrived. I'm loving the job. Things are well. Hope everyone is taking care! :hug: Val (was the energizer bunny for my friend's halloween pre-wedding social last weekend) |
:wave: HI LADIES ~ well, we woke up to a fairy sprinkling of ***snow*** this morning, but DH said there were bigger flakes before I woke up. It stayed the same on and off for part of the morning only. Then the beautiful sun came out around 11 am and we had a sprinkle then sun and so on all day.
WE went to town and got all those errands done that we didn't get done last week. I also picked up some new rugs which were on sale for our new place; I wanted a 6-foot long one to go underneath my piano as there is hardwood floor in the livingroom and I don't want to scratch it with the wheels. DH says that we can put protectors under the wheels too if we want to. I think I may have some of these in my green sewing box; hmmm ... I should check on that ~ lol! Also picked up a few groceries and some bbq spit chicken for dinner; so healthy and yummy and good price too. They are all ready to eat for the about the same price as in the meat case, so why not? I just added a small new potato each, a veggie, plus some sliced tomato and salad ... so filling. For dessert, I had a tiny angel food cake with strawberries; DH had one of his chocolate puddings instead. I had some of my rhubarb with apple for a snack this evening. MEOWEE ~ yah, hope your insurance pays for your new medication; I don't know why they wouldn't, esp since you need them (I guess it's a matter of price though); so let's pray that they will. PURPLE ~ I also have long hair and I put it up in a twisted bun as soon as I get home usually or just before I go to bed. I devised this easy way by putting a crunchy around once (as for a ponytail), then around only halfway for the second time; then I wrap the tail around that and tuck it under the crunchy at the bottom. It kinda looks like a long twist and it stays in very well; and lasts all night long. I assume you mean 'braided' when you say "plaited" ... my homemade 'twist' keeps my hair from tatting just like your plaiting does. HIYA VAL ~ hope you have a great week at work; you must be very busy as we haven't heard from you for awhile. Take good care of yourself ... EDIT ~ you and I must have been typing at the same time, but you posted before me; so nice to hear from you and your avatar pic is lovely!!! Have a great Tuesday, your friend :hug:ROSEBUD :hug: |
HI VAL ~ I just glanced quickly at your post ... I can see why we didn't hear from you. Nice of you to help your friend with her pre-wedding social. That's a good idea to use one of those SAD lights; we have our house full of florescent lights to brighten things up too. I'm so glad that you like your new job.
Yes, we have a lovely, bright and roomy duplex. It has about the same floor space as here, just layed out better; our livingroom is much bigger and I think that will be nicer. Dh has two sheds and they love dogs, so we can have our NIKO with us. So many ads today say NO PETS even though it's supposed to be illegal to ban them; but nobody stops them. We have our own big yard and two decks (one in front and back) and a back porch to catch the north winds; oh, just so many benefits really. I just knew as I looked around that was the place for us; everything we had on our 'NEEDS' list was there. WE can't wait to move in; they are painting and putting in new floors in the bedrooms for us. We will start to move in soon, as we got a week extension from our present landlord (they are just closing the place up anyways). Maybe you can get those new kind of needles for yourself too, so you won't have to suffer so much. It is so nice to hear from you; take good care and don't forget us here, eh??? :hug:ROSEBUD:hug: |
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Just returned from my weekly treatment at the ms centre. Also went on the wobble machine not called that really but it vibrates when you stand on it. It tones muscles and burns fat. :lol: when you are well endowed like me up top and have little aprons of fat on my tummy everything wobbles. I have found muscles I did not knew existed today so I hope it did me some good ;) We had a our first ***frost*** of the winter season. We are due to have a cold spell now for the next 3 days with a high risk of snow :yikes: which is not so usual for us here in the UK unless you live in more hilly or mountainous regions. So :crossed: that it does not come to that. MEOWEE ~ I know what you mean about laptops. I can not use them very well when I have tried other peoples out the worse being the mouse mechanism which you control by your fingers. Well I am hopeless at trying to control it. I really hope that you health insurance plan covers the new type of insulin drug then at least it will reduce the number of times a day that you inject for one and also you are kept on a more even keel with the BSL. So I have my fingers :crossed: for you that things are favourable. VALDINE ~ Really nice to hear from you as I know your schedule at work is very hectic and tiring :tired: Great news about how you love the job and wow front page news of the local paper that is good work. Love the fancy dress on you very cute. I did wonder when you had to start using the SAD lighting as I know your daylight hours are considerably reduced with living where you do. I know it is nice to have a place to live and call home. It is great to please yourself and have roots. Talking of flu jabs I have to have mine next Tuesday afternoon. I think I have persuaded my DH to have one. He can have one as he is my carer but I think it may be prudent as he now does voluntary work at the MS centre he is in so much contact with MSer it may be wise for their sakes. Unfortunately beta interferon stings like blazes some drugs that you inject do others you feel virtually nothing. ROSEBUD ~ Yes I mean braiding when I call it plaiting. We tend to call braids plaits here not sure why. Today I have my hair in a herringbone plait (sometimes called fishtail ) which I learnt to do off You tube. I have to think about what hair style I put it in on Tuesday as I have an oxygen mask to contend with with is strapped on top and around the back of my head. The one thing I would love to do is something called French braiding but I do not seem to have enough hands and fingers to do the job ;) I frequently put it in various buns or use hair sticks. Unfortunately Val's injects can only be given subcutaneously (which means just under the skin) and they use small needs as it does not need to penetrate far into the skin The flu injection is given intra muscularly (I/M) which means they have to penetrate in to the muscle itself. So the injection itself will tell you which method it has to be given. So Val is stuck between a rock and a hard place regarding the administering of the drug. :( Though on a positive note it is arresting the disease and making any relapses less severe and last much less time. So the positives much out weight the negatives. Time to shift my rear end :kickbutt: and make a start on dinner else it will be supper time before we get it ;) So fellow chicks take care and catch up with you later. :wave: purpleorc :grouphug: |
Hi gang . . . :wave:
I was up way too early this morning and consequently I'm just now getting up -- for the second time :dizzy: -- feels like I've wasted the whole day and, wow, I hope I sleep tonight. Weather-wise I certainly did not miss much -- another very rainy and very windy one around here; but once again it's pretty mild for this time of year. As much as I'd like to see the sun again, I just know it will bring very cold weather with it when it does come back. :brr: VAL . . . I love the costume, girl . . . :hug: . . . and I'm so glad you are enjoying the new job so much. Hate to tell you, but I find the flu shot hurts more than the insulin shots -- although that may be a thing of the past because I have read that the new kind I'll be starting later this week tends to sting a bit. Now . . . what I could do without is the constant finger pricking. :mad: That does get painful. :lol: PURPLE . . . I'd be happy to send you some snow once we start getting ours. In the meantime, enjoy your lack of it, I am. :yes: And as for you, Happy Miss ROSEBUD . . . it is so good to hear you feeling so great about the upcoming move. :yes: But just keep that snow all to yourself, girl. Okay? Have a good rest of the day . . . see you later . . . :carrot: |
HI CHICKIES ~ we spent the day at home packing and I think we got over a dozen boxes packed and closed up. The place is kinda starting to look bare as we packed up all the pictures and other ornamentals like my wind chimes today. The only thing left on the walls are the clocks and the calendars ... lol!
PURPLE ~ thanks for explaining the different kinds of needles to me; that makes a lot of sense. Yes, French Braiding is one of the most difficult kinds of braiding; most often, someone else does it for you. I wonder if your DH might be able to learn it some way; maybe from a video or a book from the library. Some men aren't into that kind of thing; but some men are ... HI MEOWEE ~ so far, the snow we have had is really light and melts right away; hope it stays that way too. I know what you mean about the finger pricking; my brother told me how to adjust my needle gun so it doesn't shoot so hard; and the pharmacist gave me extra-fine needles so they don't hurt quite so much. Of course, I don't have to test my blood as much as you do; so I have great empathy for you. My sister says it hurt more than she thought; maybe I have a higher pain threshold than some people; I wouldn't be surprised, after all the painful procedures I endured as a child. Maybe they made me a tad more pain tolerant. :shrug: We had leftover bbq spit chicken for dinner tonight; so yummy, just love it. Of course, we served it with veggies and such. My legs and feet are just throbbing from all the sorting and running around. So came on here to rest for a while. We are pleased how well things are going. We are having a light "fairy' sprinkling of *** SNOW *** out there right now, but the winds are fierce, which makes the temperatures drop so quickly. NIKO was having a fit to come back inside; don't blame him. At our new place, he will have a nice big doggie house of his own to get out of the elements; as we had to dismantle his doggyport here. HIYA VAL ~ hope you have a great week! Just fininshed my emails and writing some letters to family before coming on here; now I will go put my feet up and do a puzzle or two also. Take good care ladies, your friend :hug:ROSEBUD:hug: |
Hi Ladies and good morning
Went out last night play card but didn't do any good though enjoyed myself a great deal. We though just as driving out to this village to play cards which is some 28 miles away which is the furtherest we travel to one. :yikes: saw a gritter truck travelling throwing grit out on the opposite side of the road on the ring road to Nottingham. Not sure if you know what gritters are as they are possibly know as something different. Here they spread out a salt and goodness knows what in to help present ice and snow forming on the road. Today is my shopping day though I will have to go later in the week to pick up some bits and piece as I am having my parents over for a few days. Dad has got to have a CAT scan at our local hospital so my DH is taking him and it is nice to stay a few days. The CAT scan is to see the health of the appendix if it looks healthy enough they are leaving well alone. If the appendix is not so healthy then it has to come out though it will be planned and the appropriate doctors and nurses can do the operation to remove it. It is better than in an emergency trying to get a very specialist team. Dad would have a high risk due to the heart attack only being a short time ago. MEOWEE ~ Yes if I ever am up mega early I end up going to bed and it really does feel like you have lost the day some how. Then usually I can't sleep that night typical so in the end the extra sleep was counter productive. No honest I don't want any snow :D I've been a good girl ;) Oh a more serious note here we are so ill prepared for snow fall I do not have any boots or snow shoes due to the fact I have seen only one good snow fall and that was nothing compared to other countries and that was about 6" Though by a few days it had all melted away. It brings our services to an halt. I tried to get home from a late shift on this heavy snow fall of 6" at around 9pm. By 11pm I still was not home so I decided to turn round and make it back to work. Why this decision well I was on duty in the morning at 7am so I managed to get back well past midnight and spend the night in a empty side room. I could not sleep so got up and helped the night staff. I was lucky the next day my nurse in charge send me home a couple of hours earlier as I had helped the night staff and the horrendous journey I had. I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw we did not have any snow though there had been a sharp frost so it is very chilly out side enough to freeze the brass whatnots off a monkey :D ROSEBUD ~ Hmm my DH really would not do a braid in my hair he would see that as too effeminate :dizzy: When picking colour for clothing especially shirts they can not be lilac, purple and pink is a big no no :nono: Mind you slightly in his defence his father was a strict military man and his attitude was to life there are clear lines between what is a womans territory and what was a mans I am sure though if I was unable to do it for myself he would learn a few simple hair styles that he could manage. The only time I have French braids is if someone has done them for me namely a hairdresser. Though that has been a long time since I saw one of those. I tend to cut my own hair with it being this long you can do a self cut. You can either do the straight cut at the bottom of your hair, the U shape or the V shape. I have my hair in a gentle U shape. I love the straight cut but with my hair having waves and is a bit curly it looks weird. The best on is cut either in a V or U shape. I am needing a little cut on it at present as it is starting to get fine and a little straggly at the ends. I want it back to its thick state at the end. Your welcome about the needles it doesn't make sense unless someone tells you. I before nurse was unaware of the differences. Though you soon learn fast when having to give them to others. I never forgot my first one I gave to a patient. I was shaking that much the charge nurse ended up shouting at me to stick it in. It was the :kickbutt: I need else I would still be standing there today. The lady I gave it too was a lovely 85 year old whom at the age of 24 had been put in a mental hospital due to being pregnant outside marriage. This was not uncommon practice and these ladies for forgotten about. Then they became so institutionalise that it was impossible to give them back the normality. After I gave her the injection and she knew it was my first one. She was also so kind to the nurses hated the other patients and would get aggressive with them stating "I'm not one of them". I can understand her anger of a wasted life due to her father disowning her. The lady stood up from the injection rubbing her buttock saying "that didn't hurt a bit". When clearly it had but wanted to make me feel better :hug: Time to run and get moving, Catch up with you soon :wave: purpleorc :hug: |
Hey there . . . :grouphug:
Still fairly mild around here but the sun is starting to put in an appearance (:yay:) and the forecast is for drastically falling temperatures (:brr:) Still no snow in the forecast, at least for the rest of this week. BGL is still doing great, but weight is up 2 this morning. Hopefully things will settle down agaain soon. :shrug: Nothing too exciting in my plans for the day -- must get my Christmas list organized -- still haven't finished those aprons :lol: -- happens every year, I start out in such good shape and then end up with a flurry of crafting come November. Have a great one everybody . . . see you soon. :wave: |
HI LADIES ~ We spent the day packing more boxes until dinnertime, and my feet were throbbing for a rest. We're doing so well that we've run out of empty boxes, so we have to go to town and get some more, esp small ones.
MEOWEE ~ We had cool temps here too, but we did get some more fairy dust sprinklings of the ***white stuff ***, which I don't mind because that melts pretty quickly. It also keeps the ground frozen and less mucky. I haven't given much thought lately to Christmas lists, but I do already have some of my gifts purchased. If I see sales throughout the year that I think my friends or family might like, I pick it up right away. I already picked up some fancy shower soaps for the ladies for only $2.00 each; that's more than 60% off. PURPLE ~ We have 'sand & salt' trucks in Canada that sprinkle either sand or salt on the road: some sprinkle down a mixture of both. Up here in the north, they sprinkle mostly sand and that keeps the vehicles from sliding so much. When I was in college taking my social worker course many moons ago, we heard horror stories about people being put into mental hospitals who really shouldn't have been there in the first place; not to mention some of the strange and useless treatments some of them endured, poor dears. So glad we have progressed in that area ... My DH will attempt to trim the back of my hair for me in a pinch; he doesn't have much confidence about it, but he will try it if I need him to. The one big aversion he has is that he hates to carry or even hold my purse for me ~ lol! He makes the same comment every time I ask him, "I look pretty silly holding this thing, hurry take it back!" LOL! He's worried that other men may see him holding it and think oddly of him. I then tell him that he is being silly already ... hehe ... ;) We had spagetti and homemade meatballs with sauce, plus a romaine salad for dinner tonight; it was very yummy. I have the pasta measuring down pat on this one, and Dh just loves it. Had to spend some more time arranging our utility bills today as there were a few glitches; hopefully everything will be straightened out on Friday ... :^: HIYA VAL ~ hope you had a great day today, and another one tomorrow ... Well, it's time to go have my tea and do my nightly puzzles; gotta rest these tired 'ole feeties too. Take good care ladies, your friend :hug:ROSEBUD:hug: |
:wave: WELL, HELLO THERE CHICKIES ~ Well it seems like I'm the only one around her today; but I hope that all the rest of you are well though ...
I know PURPLE is having her parents over for a stay, so she will be very busy also with her Dad having to have some more tests done. Hope you all have a lovely visit; you are so blessed to have your parents around you so much. I pray that the tests turn out well for your Dad too. And MEOWEE ~ is busy looking after her cats; I hope you had good weather today and there is nothing wrong with your computer again. We had glorious :sunny: sunshine today; it was so beautiful out there and in the 50's F too. Supposed to stay this way until the weekend too. HIYA VAL ~ TGIF ... hope you had a great week, and there's just one more day until you can have a rest on the weekend. We are supposed to be putting our clocks back this Saturday one hour for daylight savings time. We just stayed home again and packed more boxes this morning; DH took some stuff for storage and our car lost all its antifreeze; seems the magnifold on top of the engine has a crack in it. I did see it and it is about 6 or more inches wide; so that means more car repairs and $$$ out just when we are moving: this wasn't good timing. We will be broke by the time we move, I think. A friend is picking up the parts for him and bringing them out here tomorrow; sure hope they can fix it alright. I baked some muffins while DH was gone and did some cleaning around the house. I packed up my main dish set and the glasses and mugs today. Just left out the essentials for us to use, so we can have them all ready for the move which starts very soon. Hope everyone had a great day; take good care, your friend :hug:ROSEBUD:hug: |
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