A new what-I-did-today thread

I don't know how that happened

Grannylin

LUcky thing - itaLIn biscuits!

Left the OH for the second day running, doing his tax.He also had to deal with the Bio disc sewage system that got flooded over Christmas and spent a lot of time doing things with a hose pipe and talking to the electrician.I spent 5 hours at my friends kitchen table gossiping and eating her leftovers which included Italian biscuits and a strange fig ball wrapped in fig leaves.Got home, he was covered in mud and grumpy, I was happy and half a stone heavier

ga, that's terrible news - I'm so very sorry . xx

Ana my sister and OH have been married for 44 years. If she hasn't got him house-trained yet, she never will.

How sad about the little baby.
Slightly fuzzy morning but did manage to finish the blog i was fiddling with about the mysterious disappearance of the word probiotic from yoghurts. (its been banned) Dashed about doing errands this afternoon - B and Q, picked up raffle tickets from friend, dropped stuff at accountants, had temerity to go into apple store without an appointment. it was crazy with about 40 staff in red t shirts all talking to customers. kind man tightened screws on laptop, m and s to get ready dinners for MIL. lugged ready dinners back along hectically busy mall.
Boots for nail polish remover (discovered this morning that it stops working if you lose the top of the bottle - figures, the solvent evaporates i suppose). Waitrose for more food. Phew. Now expecting DH to return from his 2 days away working, bless him.

Who do some men still do that? . I had to train DH not to do it even though he'd been brought up in a household with his mum and a sister, and had been married to his first wife for 20-odd years.....

I said goodbye to sister and BiL this morning. Was guiltily relieved not to have the loo seat left up all the time! Spent the day dozing off and finally retired to bed to do it properly. I shouldn't be tired but am and my half-replaced shoulder is giving me merry hell.

I see my response to Bags on this thread has made it into the Gransnet Newsletter - must have been a lean week for quotable quotes

GA so sad to here this terrible news. It's truly heartbreaking. I hope somebody is there for the grandparents too as they often get forgotten. They will grieve twice, once for their granddaughter and again for their own child's pain and loss

Got up. Came on GN. Had breakfast. Had bath. Cleaned remaining scum from said bath that DS left when he was at home. Did the grate and relaid the fire. Stripped bed. Remade it. Got a wash on. Did some ironing. Put airing away. Put Xmas crockery back in the sideboard. Texted grandson about the trick "crack" he'd left on the window ( - had me fooled for a moment!) (he still thinks I've got a man coming to mend it he he he!)

Does this sound a lot? Cos it's really not. I've done nothing!

went back acquacise been closed for 2 weeks, gosh am I puffed out and tired!
We had friends for dinner last night, I did home made roasties and somehow splashed hot fat all over my midriff!! OH IS not good in crisis, i yelled and had forethought to get my top off and grab clean tea towel and cold water, it helped no end, then using aloe vera.
The meal was good though and we did not tell our guests!

2 girls from acquacise are trying persuade me to go to Slimming world tonight I think I will but do not want to just desperate to lose weight and somehow cant do it alone!
went to talk on Norway, and Sweden all that area this afternoon with OH AND it was good, just could not keep awake!

jeni Very envious - I bet they're superb. Looking forward to seeing photos.

I simply love hares, especially when I see them bounding across the fields here. I cheer them on, and on! The French like to hunt them.

Bronze castings by an up an coming sculptor( I hope ) I'll post a photo when I return. They are three separate statues but they work superbly as a group.

There your misery is assuaged!

Back home on Sunday. It's been a good trip.

Got up, had breakfast whilst reading "The Spire" by William Golding, checked emails and played my online Scrabble turns, had shower and washed hair, hoovered and dusted the living room. Had five women round for coffee, including a Swedish lady new to the area who has enquired about joining National Women's Register, of which I am currently joint local organiser. Ate a ham sandwich and walked to postbox with DD's birthday card. Checked emails again, then watched Attenborough's Africa. Now logged on to Gransnet.

Ella Infuriating for you. At least you have the consolation of knowing that your case has reached the top of the list.
I'm still waiting for the final procedure prior to possible surgery. The tests have taken me to five different hospitals, spanning fouteen months to date.

kitty You have every right to be LIVID.

Hope something gets sorted soon Ella

I am waiting for a call from the psychiatric consultant who saw Mum, on 9th October, to reassess her ever increasing anxiety. He told the manager of her home that he would be prescribing something to help her but needed to speak to one of us before he did so. One or other of us has rung him on a weekly basis since, initially, to try to speak to him or, latterly, to say that we were happy for him to prescribe whatever he thought best - just do it!! The home have not had a prescription and we have not had a call.

In desperation, today, I rang Mum's GP to see what she could suggest. She has a letter on Mum's file saying that he will be prescribing something and that we are fully aware of the pros and cons Initially, the GP said she would prescribe but then decided that she would talk to the consultant. Surprisingly, he was not available but she left a message with his secretary asking him to ring me.

I am a great supporter of the NHS but, for goodness sake, this is ridiculous!

That is so very sad ga. There are no words

I've cleaned out all my food cupboards, and chucked out where necessary, and hoover dusted my sitting room. Now feel hot and bothered.

Postman came at 12.15 with first class, recorded delivery letter from the hospital, informing me that I should have my op at 7.30am this morning!
So, if it's not the NHS getting it wrong, it's the Post office c**king it up!

Now waiting for phone call giving me a new date................good job I'm not in pain

ga so sorry to hear about the baby.

Harri and baubles take it easy - it's really grim isn't it. When we had it the obvious symptoms stopped quite quckly but the cramps lasted for about a week longer - but anything is better than vomiting.

I've just done my store cupboard too mrshat - next the spice rack. I love sorting out the spice rack and do it every year in early January - St Delia told me it was a good idea!

Lastly the flipping decorations.

Cooked a batch of bolognaise sauce (one to eat, one for the freezer), cleared fridge and made a nice celery soup with bits and pieces found therein! Then visited cupboards and cleared anything out of date! What a surprise and what a waste. Memo to myself for this year, "do not buy 'just in case', or as a 'spare'; only buy when needed". Felt very smug when finished. Now need to unpack 'Christmas stuff' and rearrange so I can fit in another box found lurking.
Such a lot of 'sorting' still needs to be done.

That's very sad ga poor little baby. Heartfelt thoughts for her family.

Thanks ga thought I was going to be okay today then the vomiting started, I am fed up.

jeni please enlighten us in the Hares! Minds are boggling!

grannya that's terrible news