Morning all. Off to doctors for blood test in a bit. Dentist went very well yesterday, LB, thanks. Got tooth sorted and he did some work needed on another couple of areas. Hope your eye appointment goes well this morning. Debs, glad you had an enjoyable birthday, sounds ideal Ante, are you feeling a little better now? It will be nice to get some warmer weather for you later on this week. Hello to @star gaze lily, hope all is well with you. See you later, must dash now.
Hope that all appointments go well and any ailments improve today.
I've been looking into getting more involved with our local civic pride group and also trying (again!) to get somewhere with getting an allotment. It looks like the former will be more successful than the latter!
Hello all. I caught an early bus down into town and walked towards the clinic. I had the misfortune to be travelling at the same time as the pupils from the local High School were making their reluctant journeys to school. It did make me very happy that I was NOT. I could feel my canines elongating observing some of their behaviours.
Once I got passed the school, I was 'adopted' by two small people - a brother snd sister - who were walking towards a local primary school. That was such a blast from the past as I had done my first teaching practice in that establishment. I was regaled with the tale of 'Nan' who usually walked with them, but couldn't this morning because she had diarrhoea!
The little girl then told me she was going swimming today and mustn't miss the coach. 'You can tell I'm going swimming because I've got my bag with me. Got my cozzy on under my clothes.'
They were so sweet and so innocent. I enjoyed their company and when I had to peel off at the clinic I bid them farewell and said how nice it had been chatting with them.
I had a very thorough eye examination and a scan done of both eyes. All is fine with the backs of both eyes and my vision is back to normal but the ophthalmologist suspects I have iritis. I have some steroid drops to put into each eye 6 times a day for the first week and 4 times a day for the second week. I have another appointment on 22nd February.
I, like Hazel, suspected my eyes would be better before I got to the first appointment - always the case - but it is reassuring to have had such an intense examination and be told my eyes are actually fine.
BTW the first nurse, who tested my eyes before the Doctor saw me was called Ruby - a good omen I thought. All the staff were lovely.
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
LB, don't know whether you can remember but my OH had Iritis a few years before we moved here. He had the steroid drops for six weeks( had to do a chart to keep on track with the drops! Used one of those magnetic white boards we put on the fridge and drew  a grid like chart up on it). The specialist eventually discovered that OH had " narrow angles ", so had to have laser treatment on them. He's sorted now though with no side effects. Good luck with your treatment and hope it works. ( your next appointment is on my birthday😊) Ive had my blood test done and all was well. Popped into town  and posted a parcel off for my mums birthday in a couple of weeks. Sun is out again but there's a cold wind blowing so indoor jobs me this afternoon for me.Â
Afternoon all. Having a rather lazy day today - cycled into town and picked up some bits for dinner but, otherwise, not much at all.
It's been very cold at night the last couple of days and we've woken to thick frosts and bright sunny mornings. The lake in the park just outside our house is frozen over and the swans (including black ones) are circling round and round any small patches of water that are still there.
Had a full day in Osnabruck yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed visiting a museum and mooching round the town followed by a good italian dinner. Parties of schoolchildren are the same the world over. A group arrived while I was in the museum. Noise levels slowly building as they approached with loud 'Shushes' from the teachers having an effect for all of 10 secs. Into a gallery, jostling, giggling, snapping random items on their phones and off to the next gallery all within about 5 minutes. No way they were reading anything or actually learning - but it seemed like a nice little jolly for them! Osnabruck is the City of Peace and there was a lot of information and exhibitions about the two World Wars with special refence to the holocaust and the fate of Jewish families in the city. Modern Germans seem as perplexed and bemused as we are by the atrocities carried out by their own countrymen 80 years ago.
Debs - a belated Happy Birthday for yesterday. Hope you're enjoying Blenheim today.
LB - I'm so glad to hear your eyes are much better. Fingers crossed the drops clear up the inflammation completely.
BL - meant to say I'm pleased your OH has a date for his op. The diazepam sounds like a good idea!
Biglad - good luck with the bid for an allotment. Harder to come by in some areas than others.
Enjoy the rest of your day folks!
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Hit another brick wall on the allotment front. I'm not in the right catchment area to get on the waiting list. The problem is, that one is the closest one to my house (as far as I know). I think the only way that I'm going to be satisfied is to buy a house with a mahoosive garden and set aside a big chunk of it for veggie patch, fruit garden and greenhouse.
I've expanded my volunteering roles on Civic Pride front though. It might become a full-time hobby if I'm not careful Â
Also had a mooch round the local GC. Loads of new stuff in, but kept my wallet in my pocket!
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Debs, glad you had an enjoyable birthday, sounds idealÂ
Ante, are you feeling a little better now? It will be nice to get some warmer weather for you later on this week.Â
Hello to @star gaze lily, hope all is well with you.
See you later, must dash now.
Hope that all appointments go well and any ailments improve today.
I've been looking into getting more involved with our local civic pride group and also trying (again!) to get somewhere with getting an allotment. It looks like the former will be more successful than the latter!
Ive had my blood test done and all was well. Popped into town  and posted a parcel off for my mums birthday in a couple of weeks.Â
Sun is out again but there's a cold wind blowing so indoor jobs me this afternoon for me.Â
It's been very cold at night the last couple of days and we've woken to thick frosts and bright sunny mornings. The lake in the park just outside our house is frozen over and the swans (including black ones) are circling round and round any small patches of water that are still there.
Had a full day in Osnabruck yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed visiting a museum and mooching round the town followed by a good italian dinner. Parties of schoolchildren are the same the world over. A group arrived while I was in the museum. Noise levels slowly building as they approached with loud 'Shushes' from the teachers having an effect for all of 10 secs.
Into a gallery, jostling, giggling, snapping random items on their phones and off to the next gallery all within about 5 minutes. No way they were reading anything or actually learning - but it seemed like a nice little jolly for them!
Osnabruck is the City of Peace and there was a lot of information and exhibitions about the two World Wars with special refence to the holocaust and the fate of Jewish families in the city. Modern Germans seem as perplexed and bemused as we are by the atrocities carried out by their own countrymen 80 years ago.
Debs - a belated Happy Birthday for yesterday. Hope you're enjoying Blenheim today.
LB - I'm so glad to hear your eyes are much better. Fingers crossed the drops clear up the inflammation completely.
BL - meant to say I'm pleased your OH has a date for his op. The diazepam sounds like a good idea!
Biglad - good luck with the bid for an allotment. Harder to come by in some areas than others.
Enjoy the rest of your day folks!
I've expanded my volunteering roles on Civic Pride front though. It might become a full-time hobby if I'm not careful
Also had a mooch round the local GC. Loads of new stuff in, but kept my wallet in my pocket!
We've had a quiet day. Haven't had to fetch our friend from hospital, he hasn't been let out yet, maybe tomorrow.
I went for a walk, did something with a yellow cloth upstairs, watched Escape to the Country and Merlin.