A quick hello before I go shopping to do the weekly grocery shop. My fridge is looking a wee bit bare. Not a big shop mainly fruit, vegetable and fresh products really. So for once the bill should be a lower one.
Beverlyjoy Glad you have had a little distraction regarding your husbands job. It sounded a nice party for your grandson.
Heat and ice pack can work well with different sorts of pain. It is worth a try to try and make up the shortfall. I take so many tablets for trigeminial neuralgia it is a wonder I don't rattle
Though I take the bear minimum that I can get by on just not a low as I would have liked.Oxygen therapy went well thank you yesterday. Though it looks like next week I could be on my own. Though seeing as I stay till later waiting for husband to finish his voluntary work operating the tanks. I will go in the later session at 11.45am rather than run it just for me. It is expensive to run the tank and I see sending it down with just me is not good especially when I have the opportunity to go down later.
Yes in this day and age where families move apart unlike maybe 50 years or less ago families stayed close by on the whole. In parts of the UK the whole family, mother, father and children would all live in the same street or couple of streets very close together. So now things like the telephone and INTERNET help lessen the miles between families.
Rosebud Wow lovely pictures of the birds that visit your gardens makes me envious. I know my Dad would love seeing all those birds. When we have been on holiday and some places are teeming with birds he's the first in the shop getting food for the birds and of course our dog. He sits in the chair near the window and looks out loving it. All these birds are alien to me I do not think they are visitors to the UK. I had a look up on the INTERNET to see what all these grosbeaks looked like and like you said they are brightly coloured and look very pretty.
Yes I think you need an expensive camera with high zoom if you want to photograph the more elusive shy birds. I suppose they give a great picture. Though you have worked wonders with your camera taking those shots.
Good idea to do a bit of research on the INTERNET to get yourself familiar with the different breeds of birds. I am sure that is how bird watcher learn to identify all the different species.
You and I are both chief filers when it comes to receipts etc. I did ours the other day and I had not done it for a while so had lots of bits of paper to file away. Though once I knuckled down it wasn't too bad but still took a while to do. I have 2 folders with house hold bills etc and then one for receipts for goods bought. Then I have a final couple of folders which contain manuals for everything in the house and garden shed. It is surprising how many manuals you seem to have for every house hold appliance and every garden machine.
Good news about Numpster losing 16lbs
Yes eating little and often can help as you do not tend to pig out when you do eat plus your body does not think it is in starvation mode which it would tend to do being feed once a day. It is a tight rope you walk if you have digestion problems so it is a matter of trying to eat as much as your tummy will allow and still keeping your blood sugars within normal range. I am glad that Numpster seems to have found by error a method that it is working for her to lose weight. I now eat more often and more food than I ever use to. The only thing is now it is the right stuff well on the whole 
I find when I am eating every 2 to 3 hours I do not want huge plates of food. I may only want a slice of toast (wholemeal of course
) and a zero fat yoghurt. You would never think tweaking you diet in small ways like this can have such a positive impact. If you eat less sugary food and then I find you do not crave more in return.meowee You and I share the same birds I reckon
When the weather is bad we tend to get the seagulls more as they fly in from the coast. The coast is about 90 miles away but much shorter as the crow or seagulls fly for that matter I know now that we also have urban seagulls that are born and bred so to speak in the city area. Though the population increases when the weather is bad at sea.It did nothing but rain with us yesterday the same as you. Though today is fairing better as we are at least seeing a little sun now and again.
I hope the flooding did not materialise around you as that is so devastating.
Right time to get a move on this was suppose to be a quick break but you know me when I get going can chat for England. So bye now all and take care.
purpleorc 
...no matter what.
I'll put out some raisins for them, I think.
On the good side, we are having sporadic sunshine.
and making all that ice and snow go away!
So till next time bye for now ladies and take care.
So after that he was put in the car whilst Monty cooked his second bacon sandwich.