ToadyI have been mainly Vol. 7

Envious , it happens to us all . x

Why? You can't eat it frozen!

Reading about raspberries made me realize i was hungry and remembered the frozen pkg. of mango I had let defrost in my fridge. Went to cut it open and saw in big red letters " keep frozen". I though"uh oh" and yep....I should of kept it frozen!

I opened a pack of raspberries which I'd bought today at Waitrose and noticed movement among the berries - a sleepy wasp which soon became a squashed wasp. So glad I didn't eat it...

Gracesmum You sound like you are having a tough time.

Galen I am so envious. That I think is the one we were planning to do but somehow it's transmogrified into thehill tribes of northern Vietnam. Nothing to do with me.

That's nice when, there's nothing worse than visitors who just sit there and want entertaining and waiting on.
Sounds like you all enjoyed the company

Just waved my visitors off for the next few days. They are travelling to France for a week. What an easy couple to have to stay. They've treated me to a few meals out, enjoyed taking my dog for a walk in the park, so chatty and friendly, and they brought an album full of photos and information about their bit of the family tree for me. They have loved visiting beauty spots and small towns and villages around here. It'll be nice to have them back before they return to Canada.

Granite work tops installed! They're coming next week to measure for the white Carrara marble bits between the upper cupboards and work tops. It's going to look lovely (I hope)
Take out curry tonight with Gary (Gardner) and Kate (cleaner) they're good friends as well as employees.
It's been a lovely day here today and Gary is having to water outside.
Still can't wait though for my Black Sea cruise. Only just over 2/52 to go!

Been dentist huge filling replaced.

This evening won tickets to theatre see Gerry marsden!

Get off here and do tea!

Had a very scrumptious day , DD came round at nine, had a good old chinwag , the three of us , plus breakie .

They then went off to fix the trellis outside her house , which the weight of the climbing plants had pulled down . Tried to fix her leaking toilet , no joy , so admitted defeat and called in the plumber . Shouls have in the first place . But Hey, what do I know ?

They then came back and we had lunch together , and yet another chinwag. Mr N went off for a power nap , DD went into town , I carried on with a rather good book I in the middle of at the moment.

I am now on G/N for a while , doesn't really get better .

Positive Karma to you all .

Only just read all this Gracesmum but best wishes and from me too.

Well I decamped to the spare room in the hope of some sleep, only to be summoned at 5 am (so a good 4 hours) as the plastic "pot" was nearly full! Napped thereafter and then thought I had better rouse self, shower, wash hair etc in case of further action today. He is a bit more compos mentis, still not eating or mobilising - a crawl to the loo - but temp has remained down, BP is OK and despite feeling nauseous, no more vomiting. If labyrinthitis hadn't been ruled out once before I might wonder if that has anything to do with it, but the vomiting was pretty drastic so either a "bug" /food poisoning or similar, I suppose. District Nurse should come out today and I have asked for a blood test in case of low HB (has happened before) although when I rang the doctor this morning she was a bit dismissive of that likelihood!! She will of course be right, but clearly does not know DH and his myriad complications!!!. Not a lot of this morning is there? I fear it may be the "curse" of DD and SIL who have a knack of sabotaging the weather wherever they go - they went to France in the Spring - COLD and WET! Wales last Autumn - yes you've guessed. Today they are due to complete on a holiday house they have bought in Somerset, so that's the end of summer. Thank you all for good wishes !

Thinking of you this morning gracesmum

How are you today, GM? Hope you managed some sleep, and how is Mr GM today? Maybe today will bring some , if only the virtual sort!

gracesmum hope you got a good nights sleep and Mr gm is feeling much better this morning.

Nellie Oh dear! I have had a week of losing things (not just my marbles) It makes me think that I am really losing the plot.

Flipping Heck! After missing a hospital trip on Monday by thinking the appointment was on Tuesday I have just realised the Geology trip I thought was on Saturday is on Sunday. I am so glad I didn't travel over to Leicestershire on the wrong day. It was seeing the date on GN posts that got me thinking
I just cannot seem to get my head in gear lately.

gracesmum - just read this thread, hope your DH is much better this morning and that you managed to have a peaceful night

Hope your husband is feeling much better today gracesmum and that you are being easy on yourself

Galen do you recommend it should be sterilised before or after he has used it?

graces do you not have anything like these disabled persons equipment places near you? Or have you looked on line?

Ariadne glad you like Simon Armitage. He's a lovely man. He and his dad were probation officers at the Oldham office nearby, and we all watched Simon's progress with great interest, especially as his early poetry included a lot about the people he met through his work.

My last post proves that I do need a new brain, just a shame the gp can't prescribe one [from]

Hope you had a peaceful night gm

Lovely, proud gran moment Ariadne

Innocent orange juice bottles are good - wide neck! OH has one in the car for emergencies (his COPD affects his ability to 'hold it in'!).