SAD syndrome?

I am prescribed Adcal to counteract the effects of long-term steroid use. They taste rather good - tutti frutti! Each tablet contains 1500mg calcium carbonate and the equivalent of 40mcg VitaminD3. So no Vitamin A. Copied from the back of the box.

oh right. thanks. I remember my gran taking fizzy calcium tablets for osteoporosis

These are chewable. not fizzy, thank goodness.

My DH didn't remove the coloured lights he'd put around the kitchen at Christmas and I've felt so much better when I come down in the morning to find them on [they're on a timer]. They really cheer me up - and don't look too incongruous!

That is such a good idea, goldengirl! Wonder if I can persuade OH to go up in the loft.....

I have this Adcal too, Annobel - makes my mouth a bit dry. But I had some fizzy ones which made things considerably worse in the dire rear dept, I don't know what to do with them now!

That's what we need - a bit of sparkle

Might as well get the lights out the loft anyway..soon be Christmas [as she crawls away to her gloomy place a la Eeyore]....

hush yo mouth honey chyle!
It has been not half bad outside today. Not exactly warm, but bright and pleasant.

Party some time. Not next we I've got the family coming

I'm just away to the garden to do a bit of pruning so's I can sneak a bit of soil into the brown bin for collection tomorrow. We're not allowed to put soil in the bin so I squirrel away a bit at a time. But don't tell anyone....

I add chopped tomatoes to sardines and heat it up in the microwave.
I am fortunate in really loving almost all vegetables (artichokes are a bit boring) and salad ingredients. I could be a vegetarian - if I didn't also love most meats!
I know some people who live alone don't bother much with meals for themselves, but I look forward to my lunch after a long walk, then I have a 'proper' evening meal. (And a glass of half wine/half water).

Globe or jerusalem

I don't know - I have only had them in restaurants and found them tasteless.

Very different Jerusalem are a knobbly rhizome and give you wind!

I won't take any chances, then, I will avoid both types!

Artichoke hearts with a bit of dressing or even melted butter - delicious. We used to eat the base of the outer leaves, dipped in melted butter - messy but very nice

Sun here really cheered me up, and I have cut some hedge and mowed some lawn! Just the bits I felt like doing. Looks better though. Next month when the sun comes out again I will finish it off.

- I did do something silly though. I poured a glass of juice from the last carton of the apple and elderflower (Tescos, and I have been trying to get more...) and promptly knocked the glass over and spilt it, all down my jeans and on my socks...then I knocked the glass off the side and it smashed all over the floor!
Result, my jeans are hanging outside having been washed, and I still stick to the floor every time I walk there! I got the glass and juice up but have not had the energy to wash the floor yet! It will be done later...
....eventually - very useful word.

Feel like a different person after a bit of sun.Had lunch in the garden, glass of wine, then a long snooze in the sun.Did a bit of gardening then checked the weather forecast.....rain for the next 4 days!!NO.So have just jumped in the car, straight to the beach, jumped in the sea and swam for 15 mins.It was a bit nippy and rough but hopefully will banish SAD for good!

Grannylin I am so impressed you swam in the sea today (where do you live for heaven's sake?!)

But it's true. The sun did come out for a bit today and it didn't rain (much) and I swam as well, but in an outdoor pool at my leisure club. I could have braved the sea as well but was not quite brave enough. But it was wonderful to breathe some fresh air again and come home feeling perkier.

Now we must just pray for a very long Indian summer and a heatwave that will make everyone complain about the weather all over again ...

The sea was ok- no goose pimples, but I could have done with a flask afterwards.I live in South Devon but I think it's been warmer and drier in Manchester this week according to my son!

Grannylyn - respect! I am a fair weather swimmer, preferring tropical waters if possible, although I did swim a lot in the Med when I lived on the coast south of Perpignan.

Annobel I do the same. I've tried to grow them but they always disappear!

I haven't swum for years except in the spa pool on the QE.
It's costs a bomb to be able to access the spa suite so I don't use it often.
The problem with the other pools is I cannt access them , including my local one

I do love swimming but have let my health club membership lapse and the local pool is quite cold. My shoulders would like nice warm water to swim in - Indian Ocean springs to mind... can't have it all. Going to caravan site in Suffolk with the family and hope it has a heated pool.