Good Morning Friday 11th August 2023

Foxygloves I've also got prickly balls - a Pilates teacher recommended them years ago ............................
Urms good to see you posting again. Keep strong

Good afternoon. I hadn’t intended to post as our cruise starts today and we are ensconced in our cabin waiting to sail at 5pm. But as I logged into the WiFi on board my iPad showed this thread and I saw Urms post. I can’t let the moment pass without sending my love and kind wishes to this one brave lady.

Hugs and love to Urms .

Foxygloves I too have prickly balls recommended by my physio for the drop foot. Old dryer balls work well too.

Sending you loveUrms and always keeping you in thoughts and prayers.

Another late one to this lovely thread. A quick wave to Mick and Annie.
We went out for coffee and a chat this morning and popped into a couple of shops, then home. I was absolutely whacked and promptly fell asleep for half an hour.
While having a late lunch, came back to find that Urms has posted. How lovely, and sending you gentle hugs.
Enjoy the rest of your day folks.

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I met a friend while walking the dog day before yesterday and not having seen her for a few weeks, we spent a few minutes catching up.
I told her about my PF , “Oh “ she said,”Fred (husband ) suffers from that”
So far so good, when I asked how he was coping -as he is very athletic and active - and told her I was going to have the shock therapy treatment , she said “Fred has prickly balls”
Well, she is a little strait laced and almost certainly had no idea what she had said! I had to make such an effort not to snort and convulse with laughter, I was so tempted to say “Poor man, as if PF isn’t enough!”

Anyway, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Amazon (other suppliers are available) came yesterday and I now have prickly balls too.
Expressions of sympathy will be received in the spirit in which they are offered 🤣🤣🤣🤣

We are always thinking of you both, Urms 💐

Good day to Michael and all GNs . I’m very late on parade today as GS arrived very early, dropped off by his dad on the way to work and he has been labouring under the lash ever since, finishing off the gardening we started yesterday and then helping his dad skip some of the stuff that DD and I cleared out out of my garage. I’m just about to give him lunch and then he’ll be going home, bless him. He’s worked really hard the past couple of days.
Welcome Fassie!
Have a lovely afternoon, folks.

It’s good to hear from you Urms🌹

An extra hug for Urmstongran xxx

Biiiiig hugs🫂 Urms. Glad you feel up to the occasional foray on GM thread. 🥰

Lots of love Urms x

Georgesgran, I was sorry to see so many empty shops. It’s certainly not the place I remember from the 1960’s. I travelled to the city weekdays in the 60’s. Off to Seaton Carew today to see how it has changed.

Good morning from a hot (32°)Algarve, I’v not caught up yet but popped in to tell Mick that the Volta de Portugal is on tomorrow and it will be being televised. I don’t know if you will be able to get it. It’s actually going past the end of our road but I certainly won’t be going down to watch it this time, I did quite a few years ago and even then felt it was an awful lot of standing around for a few minutes cheering on!

Welcome to Fassie, have a lovely holiday.

Good morning Auntyflo and all x

Never out of them Urms xx

Sending thoughts to you Urms from not too far away at this difficult time 🙏🏻💕🌹

Good morning from sunny Lancashire Mick and everyone.

It was very hot and sunny yesterday and quite an uncomfortable night. We have had some rain overnight and it is feeling hot and humid now, though cooler than yesterday.

The hypertension review went well. It was a new staff member, a very pleasant young lady. My BP is nice and low, she seemed a little concerned about this and was surprised to see how many meds I’m on. She asked me a lot of questions about dizzy spells and falls and I hope she doesn’t want to cut out any of my drugs. The present combination was arrived at after a lot of attempts and has worked well for me. In the afternoon we made yet another visit to the tip and I fitted a new CO monitor in the airing cupboard, which is actually a small room housing the boiler, water tank and central heating pump.

I have such an exciting life

Beautiful patchwork Grandmattie, you are so skilful.

Hope your DH heals well Sar53, sounds like a painful process.

Road hogs are the worst Marydoll, there is no need for such rudeness. Hope you have a good day with the little ones. You definitely have first dibs on the pram pushing to aid your mobility and prevent a fall!

Have a good day all whatever you’re doing. Enjoy that sunshine LadyLFL, though I guess it’s winter over there.

Welcome to the thread Fassie, hope your journey to Italy goes smoothly.

Thoughts to Kalu, Baggs, *Urms and all those with troubles 🌻

Oh Urms, a virtual hug to you across the miles.

Good morning everyone from sunny south Manchester. Just popping in to say I do read this lovely thread most days. My life has changed out of all recognition and many days I’m too sad to post. I tend to just post now occasionally on ‘opinion threads’ as I don’t need to reference our trials and tribulations. I just wanted to say this morning I too really enjoyed ‘The Marriage Portrait’ when I read it a few months ago.

I do love reading about your happy days and ‘doings’ plus the weather. Love to all and thank you for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers. Very kind.
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Good morning Mick and all from Sunnyside northwest coast.
Had a nice day with my DD from the south yesterday after a Drs’ appointment to speed things up re my troublesome hernia. I’ve been waiting since last September to be referred.

We had a nice lunch in the open and I bought a white cotton jacket in a sale. Then to a very eccentric place ‘The Lawnmower Museum’, a real one off I think. Lawnmowers donated by well known people, one a wedding gift from the ill fated Prince and Princess of Wales and roomfuls of ancient lawnmowers.
DD leaves today, I’ll miss her, but need to get on with practising for concerts.
Get well soon karmalady, nice work grandMattie and thoughts to all with troubles of any kind.

Good morning from a bright , but very breezy Co Armagh.
A new coffee shop has opened across the square , so my neighbour and I are going to suss it out , and wish them good luck
Must put my hearing aids in , we both wear them , but sometimes we forget and then it’s hard work chatting 🤣

Good morning from s somerset and it is warm, very bright and sunny

My cryotherapy procedure was to remove actinic keratosis, pre-cancer to squamous cell carcinoma over half my nose. I went private because I had noticed the skin changes but it wasn`t really visible. I would have been last in the gp queue but I wanted speed and the treatment was done and dusted in two weeks, not 12 months. So my nose is red raw and still weeping clear, healing, fluid. It affects my well-being so I am remaining conscious of resting because the body needs rest to heal. Follow up in 3 months

I did potter yesterday but never moved at top speed,lots of washing done and made a toile of a dress. Should have made a size bigger but the fabric isn`t good quality, the ribbing is, so I am removing ribbing to salvage. A toile is always a good test on a new pattern

Today, only slow mo sewing, I cut out a tried and tested dress pattern in a patterned linen from stash

Traumas are nasty, well done Marydoll for working through it with grace and dignity. The roads are definitely getting worse due to nasty drivers

Good morning from sunny Shropshire
Washing out and the lawn cut,we share the job so not so tiring.
Had my Cardiology appt yesterday at a private hospital( feel guilty about it but getting nowhere with nhs).
Nice chap,easy to talk to .
Will have a 2 week cardiac monitor,sent through the post and return same way.
Another appt in a month when he will have results and find out what to do next.
Feel somewhat reassured that at least something is being done.
Might sort out the pots in the garden as some of the bedding plants are finished then a trip to the garden centre to see what’s on offer for the autumn.
Best wishes to those struggling with one thing and another.
Hope everyone has a nice day.