Another day and I truly think the tomatoes are starting to ripen. They should do, they are big enough. Maybe I should cover them at night, I think it is the cold nights that are causing them to stay green. Otherwise it will be green tomato pickles for the next 2 years or so. There's enough on the bushes to keep me going for that long.
DS1 is going to have lunch with a friend today so I am going to do some work around the house and ring a whole bunch of floor sanders for quotes for the floors of DS2's house. DS2 has finally seen sense and decided to get a professional in to polish the floors!!!! It took some persuasion tho'. Men!!!!!!
I have to stop procrastinating in the bathroom too and get on with that. Problem is that there are only problems left so I have to solve problems to do the work. My brain hurts again.
Okay, time to get on with it. Two loads of washing are on the line. The third is moving along. Dishes are done and I've been to the gym for my treadmill/cardio work this morning. Rest from gym tomorrow - Yee Haaaaaaaaaaa.
And good morning to everyone...finally, I have to admit, 'cos I overslept this morning and woke at 09:00hrs to a knocking at the door.It was my gardener. I was expecting him but the last time I had woken up it was only 04:40hrs...Blessed new pills from my psychiatrist!! Love him to bits!! Actually they are not new but an increased dose... The only trouble is that ,as I am sure Linus will concurr, when I sleep well I wake up as stiff as a board and really siezed up all down my back and pelvis. Sometimes it is so difficult to get moving I wonder whether the good nights sleep is really worth it!! The gardener has a hard job today...he forgot we had agreed on a different day for one of the fortnightly sessions 'cos of me being on respite and not here, so it is a month...well 4 weeks...since the lawn was last cut, and boy...it's being a monster of a job this morning. He is having to strim it before mowing. I managed to put the little child gate across the kitchen door before madame Holly got out there to help and join in the fun, so at least I won't have a green dog to cope with this time!!
Shad, I too know what you mean when you say it is time for you to get back in the rat race of happy employment again..(did I really say "happy"?) There comes a time when the novelty of being at home, not having to get up at the crack of dawn, the only pressures and deadlines to reach are the ones of your own making, wares rather thinner than a pencil line and the individual KNOWS it is time to be back with the masses. I am sorry your seek job search is not up to scratch. That is very annoying. Hope your new batch of c.v.'s prove fruitful. May one of them fly out of the in-post tray and hit the resruitment manager right in the eye....although NOT too severely otherwise he won't be able to read your c.v.!!!
I'd forgotten about the twit in the Abbey Gardens! Coo he was a prize twit, was he not?I tried to put some different pictures in but I kept being told I'd already used them in FOCUSSED 5. with Kirsty thinking we were talking about BSE....bovine spongiform encephalopathy....that would make a very interesting picture...all those viruses mutating at the speed of light!!
I wonder where DS#1 thought I came from! He obviously didn't hear me shouting "England calling! England on the line!" down the phone at him as he went to get you. I didn't think he had heard me!
Linus..I hope the doc has been of some help this morning...got to have you right for when Miss Mel arrives!!! Talking of which...Mel, how far have you got? Are you nearly here yet? Cos if you are, I had better go and get dressed....hee hee!!
Happy, how is that new toy of yours? Glad it is comfortable...start rolling those miles...soon you will have caught up with Mel...perhaps you will both arrive together!!!
I looked at my diary this morning...for the first time in a month I have absolutely nothing booked in and nowt to do till Friday evening when a few friends and myself are meeeting in a local pub for a meal. I have never been to this place before...hope it has a garden and that it is nice enough for us to sit out and eat!
Aha, I hear the mower going now...I think Holly is sulking 'cos I won't let her out in the garden yet....he he he he!!!!!
Gosh it has taken me about 2 hours to sort out c.d. 2 of my holiday photos! For some reason the folder didn't behave like the previous one did...but hey ho! The photos from Wolfgangsee have at last been safely installed so I thought you may like to have a quick viewing session!!!! Sadly it was this film that got water on the lens..(better than water on the brain, I suppose! )
Come on Happy and Mel...I think it is far time America was awake on this lovely sunny day!!
Oh Teel, I would have loved to stay at that hotel! What a view! living in a city makes me appreciate pics of GREENERY all the more
Linus~ I too hope you find help at the Dr's office. Sorry it's paining you so badly and hope for a speedy get well. Good luck.
Shad~You reminded me of the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes". When it came out Jen asked me what they were and did people actually eat them! My GGM pickled them and also learned how to fry them from someone. Not exactly English fare but we all loved them. Havent had either in years!
My toe had a small encounter with a disposable razor and a teeny tiny piece got knicked off. I'll have to keep it elevated today. Tomorrow is a retirement party for a friend of 17 years. I will miss her greatly. she is the one who showed me this apartment when I came looking for new digs. A lot of water under our bridge together. Well, better not to dwell on it. Her last day is Thursday and there will be plenty of time for tears them!
Going to get some eats and do the sadly neglected checkbook!
Have a wonderful day and sweet dreams shad.
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Teel, I think that any of those "houses" will do just fine for us here when it comes time to seek out a new home. I am partial to waterfront property I must admit. Enjoy a few relaxing days and the smell of newly cut grass. After not being cut for a month, I expect that Holly is protesting that the gardener is mowing down all her favorite hiding places.
Miss Mel, what are you up to that you are hacking off toe parts with a razor? I'm afraid that I will have to come and do a fly lady sweep on your apartment and remove all dangerous objects. Now that your friend is going to retire, hopefully you can make plans for a regular get together. Not the same as seeing her every day I know, but don't drift apart. Hopefully she is not moving out of state. Balancing that checkbook ought to keep you busy for the morning. That's one of those things you can't let go for too long or it really gets frustrating and out of hand.
Oh Shad, do I know the feeling of starting at the green tomatoes on the vine and willing them to turn red. I found that unless it gets sweaty hot here, the tomatoes refuse to turn. And then of course you have 3 dozen turning all at once. Yum, the idea of fresh garden tomatoes and lettuces is so appealing.
Yesterday was a no-bike day as I had to do the grocery shopping last night and it kept sprinkling on and off. Also my bottom was rather sore from the bike seat - takes some getting used to before that gets comfortable again and I have no idea how you "condition" yourself to get used to a bicycle seat other than a little more each day. The seat itself is quite cushy, guess it's more like muscles you haven't used in a while.
Shad, good luck with the job hunt. Things are looking pretty dry here. We're looking into the possibility of buying a business. Just trying to consider all options here. Wish it was easy to just find the right path and stride boldly into things.
Busy day ahead for me, have a good one all. Hellos to Linus and Nae.
hi all just a very short post as im bloody sore apparently ive got a system wide infection and as ive had a lamanectomy and part of my spinal column is exposed they think the infection has got in there so if no improvement by monday to the hospital i go and im also being referred to the breast clinic to have a very long lasting cyst removed will try and get them to do a breast lift while they are at it well its worth a try teel that second pic is absolutly gorgeous im a sucker for strange light the way just that band of sunlight hits those mountains made me all gooey {that might have been the painkilllers}anyway craigs birthday tomorrow and im away to do battle with the killer wrapping paper speak tomorrow
kirsty
Morning all, just a quickie as I dash back and forth between DS2's place and mine. I'm getting quotes for him to have the floors polished - well the bedroom floors anyway. Two down so far this morning and 1 to go and then one more tomorrow. That should give him an idea about what he is about to fork out for sparkling, glossy polished floors. Funnily enough, they all have different opinions as to whether he should do the hall as well. One says yes and the other says no so far. How does one know what to believe?
Love the photos Teel. Seems like a really pretty place and I have to agree with MEL the real estate looks great, a wonderful place to stay and admire the views.
Linus, what can we say. I'm so sorry that your health is so bad. Hope they can fix it quickly - Breast lift as well. Well why not. NHS has plenty of money to play around with!!! I just hope it all comes right for you soon. Don't overdo the wrapping paper this time will you?
Happy, going into business? Good for you, will this be web designing or some such - or maybe a site for relaxation and beauty for the soul with DH's photos combined with NY Philharmonic or something soothing to reach out and touch our lives. Or is it the Soup Kitchen coming back to have another go? Give it time, don't panic, reduce spending and keep thinking. It will happen, so I believe.
MEL, toes getting in the road now. Why did you have to reach out and touch the razor??? One thing at a time old girl - bath or razor not both. Gotta keep up the concentration and look after yourself you know!!!
Anyway, gotta rush, time to go back down the road for number 3 today. Sometimes I think I should just go back to work for the rest!!!!
I cannot tell a lie. When I went into the bath and sat down, I realized it was darkish and should have turned on a light. I just didn't want to get off the bath chair and into the wheelchair all over again just to flip a switch and do it all again! so the razor went un-noticed!
My toe hurts and I am not a happy camper. The rosacea may be coming back and a call to the eye guy put me back on the antibiotics!
Now is this around the world with 80 chicks or around the hospitals with 6 chicks?!?!?
After the party I will spend time with Marilyn so I say hello and have a great Wednesday to you all today. I think the foot may be a bit bothersome tomorrow and will pass on the computer.
Linus~ I sincerely hope you will be better and no admission is necessary. Hugs and prayers for you Friend. Please get well soon.
Shad the contractor~ Nice job boss. You are missing your calling as the boss of a building crew!!! Hope the job isn't big $$$$.
Must have been a tough decision after laying out $$$ just to get the HOUSE!!! How goes the vanity?
Happy~ hope your bottom feels a bit better too! I would have said fanny but I don't want Linus to end up in a fit of laughter and hurt her back anymore than it is!!! We have had nothing but rain and gloom for so long that I can hardly remember the sun! It only peeks out every so often. well....the other day was absolutely beautiful till the rains came. Hope you get to ride it soon. any pics??!!
OK gotta go and hop into bed. Well maybe hop is a little exagerated! Have a great day tomorrow and good morning Sunshine. See you all on Thursday!!!
G'day all!!
Now where to start? Linus, you poor dear friend...I feel for you..I wish I was up there in haggis land making you cups of tea and bringing you some sacks of comfort... Hope it doesn'r end up with you having to go to the hospital...you can catch some nasty things by just putting a toe in the front door
It is hot here today. It was yesterday too. The dog simply crashes out whever she is lying and goes to dream land. I just looked at my pooter weather icon and it said it was 19degrees....in La Harvre, France! Usually it is set for the weather in Ipswich, U.K., so goodness knows how it got set to France...silly old me!! And now I have re-set it and it tells me it is 19 degrees in Ipswich too...something to learn there, I thinketh...would have hated to have spent loads of £££££ going to France for a holiday only to find England was basking in the sunshine as well!!!
I hear there is a new horror movie out..."Miss Mel and the Disposable Razor!!"Mel ! For goodness sake remember to put the light on, girl...you haven't eaten enough carrots to see in the dark yet!!! Sorry you are saying goodbye to a freind today. That is always hard work. Will you be able to keep in touch with her?
Shad I am glad DS has decided to get in professional floor polishers in the house. Just make sure you don't walk in there after they are finished and slip A over T ! Good luck again with the job searches...
Happy I too loved the houses on the shores of the Wolfgangsee. Do you think we would have any trouble getting a window cleaner? It would be a lovely job with superb scenery and good weather.
Where is our Nae?? Wasn't she off to sleep in a tent for a few days? Hope at least she hasn't got to chase any racoons away...probably chasing bears instead!!
Ah well that's enough from me for this morning...lets see if there are any more photos to make you all jealous of my holiday...I've only been back three weeks but it seems an age ago....
Hi Teel, I will have a cup or two or three with you this morning...... I love the pics and the stories so much of your adventures. I wish I could have been a hankie in your pocket just travelling around. Now a wish of mine is to be in the audience some day when you play at a concert..... that would be so divine.
I made it out of the woods unharmed but the angels that surround my little van were working overtime to get me home I think. I was on some rough rough road getting into the lake and out. I was unloading my van and my front tire went flat.... I was so thankful I was home. Then when I had my oil changed yesterday the guy told me I barely had any water pump circulating in the engine...so $$$$$ that fixed now I should be good to go.
Ladies the place I camped was so beautiful and pristine I wish you all could have been there with me. I just relaxed and read the Davinci Codes and watched the lake and the birds. It was just what I needed to do to decompress and refocus. I don't have a scanner to share my photos maybe someday.
I am sending loving healing thoughts to all of you who are in need of some TLC and recovery. I hope you are resting and relaxing and getting all ready for the week. Let other people do the hard work and wait on you!!!!!
My tomatoes are ready to pick a few of them and my peppers are coming along too. But mainly the weeds everywhere in this wilderness plot are taking over. I may have to stay home this weekend and work.....
Thursday my boss is paying to take up all down river in a Jet Boat which is going to be so much fun....I have not seen any of the country and can hardly wait for the adventure of it all.
I hope you all have a good day or night.
Thinking of each of you!
Peace,
Nae
hello ladies how are we all tonight hope you are all better than me still sore and getting worse but spirits good MEL my kids are calling you freddy now freddy the slasher well just a quick post as im going to lie and watch forensic detectives {dh thinks im picking up tips}i got an old mug out of the cupboard today as we had lots of visitors and as usual it had a pig on it but oit also had the slogan "diets are not impossible hopeless but not impossible" so yes i did stand in the kitchen and burst out laughing the folks think im off my head adding to the fact i went looking for my baffys only to be informed they were on my feet so yes i am going round the bend well ive been told my times up speak later
kirsty
Linus will have to take a speed typing course so she can type faster and therefore get in more words in the allotted time frame.
I've been down to gym this morning and done weights. I get along alright with them and it may be getting to be time to up them again as they are getting easier to push, pull and press. Apparently I am not doing enough weights yet according to the torturer Jason. Maybe I will end up like some of those weight lifters.
Today I have one more quote to go although another sander rung this morning while I was out at the gym and left a message to ring him back. Maybe I will, maybe I wont. Then I am going to make one of those slider thingys to shift furniture on - I've had the timber and castors for ever and I want to shift the old metal filing cabinet out to the shed - it's going to become the home for the power tools. Then there are some other bits around the place that need wheels for me to shift them. All furniture should be made with retractable wheels for moving etc. in my opinion. Think how easy it would be for cleaning behind the fridge, freezer and stove!!!
Not much else to report here. Weather is fine, garden is growing, car needs washing, terrace needs a sweep and a wash down, house needs cleaning. As I said nothing new here.
Haven't stepped anywhere near the scales this week. It will be a surprise on Saturday to weigh and measure Don't actually think much has happened, but will wait and see. The scale is in Brendans room which makes it difficult to weight early in the morning. May have to stick it back in the bathroom on Friday night.
Good to hear from Roseblush, teel, linus and MEL and sorry to hear that some of you are still not too good. 'Nae, sounds like a good weekend for you. All that nature. Teel love the photos. Keep them coming.
Phew the temperature is hotting up here today. In the town it was 28 degrees.
It has not been a good day for me. I managed to get an appointment with my G.P., and he was running late as ususal..rather supassed himself today though...he was 50 minutes late. Didn't help that I was sitting next to a moaning minnie who I heard book in at reception and say she was for my G.P., who kept looking at her watch and sighing and tut-tutting. I get on well with my doctor so I told him about this woman when I got in his room. He looked at his list and said was it the patient waiting to come in after me? When I said yes, he grinned and said hmmmn in a wise way!!
Anyway. Doc had my latest clinic letter up on his computer screen and said the pain consultant man was rather keen for me to swap the M.S.T. for the Oxycontin I used to be on.I said I wasn't keen but he explained that, as I knew, Dr. Munglani still doesn't agree with the diagnosis of the chest pain being costachondritis. Hence he thinks it is referred pain from my degenerating spine and the scoliosis between my shoulder blades. So if it is this, Oxycontin deals better with neuropathic pain so hence the change. I'm afraid I was so darn upset with the whole kit and kaboodle that I burst into tears and sat crying inconsolably for five minutes
So I change over tomorrow.I thought things were looking up in the direction of chest pain relief but since my holiday I seem to have gone right back to square one. It makes me wonder if going to Austria and having a good time was worth all the exhaustion and agonies I have had to put up with since.
Glad you all like the piccies. I have one more c.d. to download and resize and rename, then you can see a few more!!!
I am cross with my garden birds....before I went out I put the sheets and duvet cover and a few other items on the line to dry and yes, lo and behold, some little monster birdie has pooed down my clean sheet....No food for him tomorrow!
Linus, how are you doing? Is it any better or do you think you will still have to go back to the hospital on Monday?
Nae... I don't use my scanner to put my photos on the computer. I ask for them to be developed onto a photo c.d. as well as normal ptints, and then download them and sort their sizes out with a photo-suite programme and there! You have copies of them all over the place...in a normal album, on a photo c.d., and in an album in you documents folder! I know we would all love to see where you put up your tent and wile away the hours, chilling out...
Well time for me to get out of the sandpit. Wonder where Mel and Happy have got to today???
Slow morning this morning. Woke with a dirty sinus headache and went back to bed instead of getting up and going to the gym. So today's run will probably not take place. Not to worry. I'm sure I can make it up later.
Yesterday I got two more quotes for DS2 and he will need to make up his mind over the weekend. Today I will try to get some information on the respective companies from the ruling body of sanding and polishing floors to try to ensure that we come up with anything dodgy that may have happened etc.etc. It pains me that I have to take all these precautions but there are so many scams and hustlers out there that you simply have to take all precautions. There was one lot yesterday that reminded me of Arfur and Terry in 'Minder'. The Americans among us probably won't know about 'Minder' - wonder if Teel and Linus are old enough to remember them?
Yesterday afternoon DS1 and I went to a place called O'Reillys in the Lamington National Park. O'Reillys have a guesthouse, shop, wildlife galore and bush walks and they are at least 11km from absolutely anywhere - straight up a mountain. It's an interesting drive I have to admit and somewhat challenging in parts. Anyway we saw lots of bush, did the treetops walk which wasn't quite as good as the one in SW Western Australia, but does not have the tourism $ funding it either. We also saw lots of colourful parrots, lots of brush turkey and on the way down the hill, a fairly large Kangaroo and an Echidna. Echidna are fairly rare in our neck of the woods so it was great to see one alive and moving. I've put a photo up of the birds, it was not possible to photograph the Echidna.
Today will be spent doing a bit of cleaning and housework, watering the garden and getting DS1 into town to meet his friends, with whom he will stay overnight. I am then going to lunch with an old workmate and then back here for a wine tasting session at 6.30pm. I have told her I am not buying, but she doesn't listen. Her problem not mine. She just wants to give me a gift she says!! Fine by me.
Back to the washing machine hey Teel. Maybe you should issue the garden birds with nappies (diapers) whilst in your garden. Menaces.
Okay I am off to do the aforesaid cleaning. Maybe catch up later tonight.
Teel~ I am truly loving the pics and the stories. Not being able to go to these places really makes me appreciat the shared vacations and travels of you all! sorry about the meds but guess you have to try it again. ((((((((((HUGS))))))))))) and warm thought I send your way. Marilyn lives at the end part of my state. Far enough away that she won't be here much. she doesn't drive on the highways much any more and then by train it is a pain. Hust another person to add to the phone list! Good luck with the meds!!! I cried when I read your post! Know the feeling of that kind of frustration. Sorry the birds shitz on your sheets!!! I almost fell out of the chair when I read that!!!
Nae~ The camping trip sounded so great too!!! I love the qquiet of the forest. Only the noise of nature!!! The gardening will be good exercise trying to rid it oif the weeds!!! Also....the jet boat sounds like a really good deal. Very nice freebie!!! Hope it is all you expect it to be. do come back and tell us all!!! Inquiring minds NEED to know! thanks for the good thoughts!! the toe is MUCH improved!
Shad~ I will post results of weight and inches on my Sunday. Jen will be gone Sat. After 2 days of partying I must be gaining for sure! I am drinking water and typing!!! LOL I will say a prayer for us! and one for Jason as well! I hope we have some progress of SOME KIND! LOL
Linus~ So sorry to hear about pain increasing! Please keep us posted to what's going on there. Freddy the Slasher!!!??? Good thing I didn't slash my fanny by sitting on it!!! Kiss the kids....I love them already!!!
Have a restful night!! Fingers aree crossed!
Marilyn is gone. Much tears and laughter and another party today. We all had a great time. The bus driver fought with his bus and won. He found a re-set switch that had somehow flipped and that is why the lift did not work! So today I got to go food shopping. Very happy Mel today. Monday is the Mall!! YAY ME!!! Have a great night and a wonderful Friday!! I may just go MORE food shopping just to get out!!!
The only trouble is that ,as I am sure Linus will concurr, when I sleep well I wake up as stiff as a board and really siezed up all down my back and pelvis. Sometimes it is so difficult to get moving I wonder whether the good nights sleep is really worth it!! 
Coo he was a prize twit, was he not?I tried to put some different pictures in but I kept being told I'd already used them in FOCUSSED 5. 
Gosh it has taken me about 2 hours to sort out c.d. 2 of my holiday photos! 
Sadly it was this film that got water on the lens..(better than water on the brain, I suppose! 
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Sorry you are saying goodbye to a freind today. That is always hard work. Will you be able to keep in touch with her? 
Good luck again with the job searches... 
sorry about the meds but guess you have to try it again. ((((((((((HUGS))))))))))) and warm thought I send your way. Marilyn lives at the end part of my state. Far enough away that she won't be here much. she doesn't drive on the highways much any more and then by train it is a pain. Hust another person to add to the phone list! 
