Salutations to you all this morning! Another bright and sunny day - no wind. Leaves to be gathered today.
@Pat E Spring storms - lots of static in the air now. Good luck for OH's ophth appt today - hope you don't have a wet drive.
@Busy-Lizzie The Olbas Oil sounds like Friar's Balsam - smelly but effective. Any steam inhalation is relief for a while, I find.
@Ergates@punkdoc and ye all who have these owlish nights - I have the same - is it age? Do we need less sleep to regenerate? I was awake at 2.45 this morning and probably nodded off (after solving the world's problems) around 6ish. Woke 8.35! @Hostafan1 Lucky you - you must have stored up some much needed zzzzing! Yes, those invitations - suddenly life has changed again! You are so patient.
@Nanny Beach You tell such interesting stories but I have to read them about 3 times to get the punctuation!!! But I love them!
Morning all, another sunny warm day here @tui34 what a treat. OH did some clearing up outside yesterday and moved 42 packs of laminate flooring to our studio which we stored quickly in a neighbour's barn when it was delivered the other night in pouring rain. SM this morning and then I must find some greenery and berries for my door wreath. Don't know why I bother with the berries though as the birds usually take them, but maybe not this year as there are still some on the Pyracanthas. Catch up with you all later.
I loved the smell of Friar's Balsam. Also it reminds me of my lovely Mother. She was so sympathetic if we weren't well. I'd sit at the kitchen table in front of the Aga and inhale Friar's Balsam with a towel over my head and Mummy stroking my back. Then back to bed and Mummy would rub my chest with Vick's.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Managed a couple of hours more sleep, now up drinking coffee and staring into my light box. The Cottage Hospital discharged Moira's mum yesterday, despite protests [ including from her GP ] She is still point blank refusing to consider a nursing home.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Glad you got a bit more sleep @punkdoc .... some care homes do 'daycare' sessions ... with the person returning home to their own bed ... is there anywhere local to Moira's mum where that might be a possibility? It could be a stealthy stepping stone 🤫
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Tui34, I thank you. My kids moan about my texts etc,but at least I do punctuate. Trying to make sense of a text received from a friend last night,no punctuation, therefore I was reading it completely incorrectly. You folks remember I volunteer for councellor,got masses of paperwork now, some cannot be discussed.
Morning all. Another one here up 4 times during the night - read - cup of tea - 'tinternet - read again etc. Even considered making the casserole that I've just made and getting it in the oven but then thought that's a step too far. The Tesco in my nearest town doesn't open 24 hours now so I can't threaten myself with that anymore. By heck, I'll pay for it when I'm watching the 6 o'clock news this evening.
I spoke with the Hospice nurse this morning ( she came to visit us at the Home ) I'm " entitled " to 2 people visiting 3 times a day plus overnight "sitters" 4 nights a week IF I have Hubby home. In reality ? NOBODY available for any visits. 10 years of a Tory government. Who else can we blame for this shambles in social care?
@chicky, your "girls" are an absolute credit to you. They've worked hard, and are now out in the big bad world finding their way as wonderful adults. What an inspiration they are: more so than some of their generation who , far from letting go of the apron strings, still seem to be hanging on to the umbilical cord and running back to Mummy when they can't hack it. Keep up the good work.
A Christmas card has been put through the door from neighbours a few doors up ... we've never exchanged cards before but we do stop and chat if we see each other. She has one of those faces that has always looked familiar but we have talked it through and decided that we haven't known each other before. However, on the envelope she's put my name and my ex husband's name ... not OH's!!?!?!? How has that happened? Ex has never lived in Norwich ... he lives some 40 miles away ... we've been divorced over 25 years and he's remarried.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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@Pat E Spring storms - lots of static in the air now. Good luck for OH's ophth appt today - hope you don't have a wet drive.
@Busy-Lizzie The Olbas Oil sounds like Friar's Balsam - smelly but effective. Any steam inhalation is relief for a while, I find.
@Ergates @punkdoc and ye all who have these owlish nights - I have the same - is it age? Do we need less sleep to regenerate? I was awake at 2.45 this morning and probably nodded off (after solving the world's problems) around 6ish. Woke 8.35! @Hostafan1 Lucky you - you must have stored up some much needed zzzzing! Yes, those invitations - suddenly life has changed again! You are so patient.
@Nanny Beach You tell such interesting stories but I have to read them about 3 times to get the punctuation!!! But I love them!
Have a pleasant day.
SM this morning and then I must find some greenery and berries for my door wreath. Don't know why I bother with the berries though as the birds usually take them, but maybe not this year as there are still some on the Pyracanthas.
Catch up with you all later.
The Cottage Hospital discharged Moira's mum yesterday, despite protests [ including from her GP ]
She is still point blank refusing to consider a nursing home.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I'm " entitled " to 2 people visiting 3 times a day plus overnight "sitters" 4 nights a week IF I have Hubby home.
In reality ? NOBODY available for any visits.
10 years of a Tory government. Who else can we blame for this shambles in social care?
@chicky, your "girls" are an absolute credit to you.
They've worked hard, and are now out in the big bad world finding their way as wonderful adults.
What an inspiration they are: more so than some of their generation who , far from letting go of the apron strings, still seem to be hanging on to the umbilical cord and running back to Mummy when they can't hack it.
Keep up the good work.
A Christmas card has been put through the door from neighbours a few doors up ... we've never exchanged cards before but we do stop and chat if we see each other. She has one of those faces that has always looked familiar but we have talked it through and decided that we haven't known each other before. However, on the envelope she's put my name and my ex husband's name ... not OH's!!?!?!?
How has that happened?
Ex has never lived in Norwich ... he lives some 40 miles away ... we've been divorced over 25 years and he's remarried.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.