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Annb said:
Had a very late Zoom meeting (1 am) but it was short and I was in bed by 1.30 and asleep very soon after. Slept until 3.30. Too sore to stay in bed so here I am. Checked the baking from yesterday with a small piece from the corner. The bottom is soggy! Very nice though. It was a mixture of dates and apricots cooked down into a kind of porridge and spread over a pre-cooked oat base and topped with an oat and wheat crumble. Great hypo treatment - BG rose from FBG of 6.8 to 9.1 within 15 minutes. I'm hoping it will drop again in a while. I guess the porridge was too wet and it has soaked into the base. Question is, do I: 1 - try to rebake the pieces upside down to dry the bottom a bit, 2 - pretend it was meant to be that way, 3 - see if I have any rice paper to support the bottom, or 4 - give up and bake something else for my visitor? At least being up and reasonably awake, I have time to make something else.
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My mother once made Sticky Bottom Cake. All four of us loved it with its gooey base full of fruit. Despite repeated requests it never appeared again. Some years later I realised it had been taken out of the oven too soon.
Am thinking you will choose option 4.
 
Annb said:
Depends what you think he deserves.

He sounds like a thoroughly unpleasant person and it isn't easy living next to someone like him, I can quite see that. Best to ignore him, if you can. It will make you feel a bit better and less stressed anyway. I don't know if you would have any redress in law, but even if you did, it would sour relationships even further if you did take legal steps. Can I tell you a story?

A friend of mine lived in Iraq under the regime of Saddam Hussein. He was half French half Iraqi. There was one person, a fairly powerful individual in the regime, who had taken a dislike to my friend's family, on religious grounds, and had made life difficult for them for years. What did they do? They prayed for him. He didn't know and he continued to put obstacles in their path, and they continued to pray for him. Any time they had dealings with him, they were unfailingly polite and friendly. Apart from anything else, it made them feel calmer and more able to cope.

The family was not allowed to leave Iraq because their father was Iraqi and the children (including my friend) were born in Iraq. Every so often they applied for a permit to leave but were always denied. One day, their "enemy" came to their house bearing their exit permits. He apologised for his previous attitude towards them and had, personally, arranged for their permits to be signed. He had come to realise that the grudge he had against them was based on a false premis and he also organised their passage out of Iraq.

Did good thoughts and prayers do the trick? Or would it have all come about anyway? Who knows, but my friend was sure that, at the very least, it helped the family to cope. Actually, he was sure, in himself, that the prayers had an effect on their "enemy".
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Yes. The good thoughts and prayers probably did do the trick. I am glad they eascaped.

My neighbour is there for me to see on pretty much a daily basis. If I do accidentally look in his direction (as I turn round when I am gardening say), he sneers at me every time, and turns his head away doing that provocative head lift with his chin in the air..... It is very provoking, and I have had to learn to ignore that, because negative thoughts arise in me when he does that. And then that upsets the rest of my day, even though I replaced it with a positive thought immediately.

So, consequently I try not even to look towards his front garden, whether or not he is in it.

But there is one thing I do, not just for him, but for everyone everywhere, this neighbourhood and beyond.
I light a nightlight everyday, say prayers for everyone in the neighbourhood as a collective group, and I go beyond that...
I also say in my mind 'Peace be with you, Peace be with you, Peace be with you' many times a day. And this is said, in my mind, to individuals or a group, including that neighbour. I say it in in my mind unconditionally to everyone, so to that neighbour, to the idiot car driver who cuts in front of me nearly causing an accident, to the cashier in the shop who is being very curt with me, and so on. To a person walking on the pavement looking sad or their head down, to a mother with a screaming fractious child, and a whole lot more. 'Peace be with you, Peace be with you, Peace be with you.'

I think I am a work in progress...

But I do find 'Peace be with you, Peace be with you, Peace be with you' can stop that child crying and the child looks at me, and can alter the attitude of an objectionable adult, and can cause a car driver to let me in when I have been waiting ages.And then I have a few more blessings I give in thanks.
 
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7.35am FBG 6.7 shock horror. Realised dinner was very late last night so not even 12 hours overnight fast. Plus having a sedentary day remaking the curtains. Progress is very slow.
8.40am FBG 5.7 decided to wait a bit longer, got caught up in chores so it was 9.45am and risen to 6.3 boo hoo! Obviously DP has kicked in again.
 
gennepher said:
Yes. The good thoughts and prayers probably did do the trick. I am glad they eascaped.

My neighbour is there for me to see on pretty much a daily basis. If I do accidentally look in his direction (as I turn round when I am gardening say), he sneers at me. It is very provoking, and I have had to learn to ignore that, because negative thoughts arise in me when he does that. And then that upsets the rest of my day, even though I replaced it with a positive thought immediately.

So, consequently I try not even to look towards his front garden, whether or not he is in it.

But there is one thing I do, not just for him, but for everyone everywhere, this neighbourhood and beyond.
I light a nightlight everyday, say prayers for everyone in the neighbourhood as a collective group, and I go beyond that...
I also say in my mind 'Peace be with you, Peace be with you, Peace be with you' many times a day. And this is said, in my mind, to individuals or a group, including that neighbour. I say it in in my mind unconditionally to everyone, so to that neighbour, to the idiot car driver who cuts in front of me nearly causing an accident, to the cashier in the shop who is being very curt with me, and so on. To a person walking on the pavement looking sad or their head down, to a mother with a screaming fractious child, and a whole lot more. 'Peace be with you, Peace be with you, Peace be with you.'

I think I am a work in progress...

But I do find 'Peace be with you, Peace be with you, Peace be with you' can stop that child crying and the child looks at me, and can alter the attitude of an obtrusive adult, and can cause a car driver to let me in when I have been waiting ages.And then I have a few more blessings I give in thanks.
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That is so much of a good attitude to have. It's good for you and good for those you pray for or simply bless. I believe it does have an effect on those around us as well. It's not always easy though and sometimes there is a flare of anger which has to be brought under control. A wise man once said, "Where there is a thought of war, overcome it with a stronger thought of peace." I guess that applies to anger as well.
 
SlimLizzy said:
My mother once made Sticky Bottom Cake. All four of us loved it with its gooey base full of fruit. Despite repeated requests it never appeared again. Some years later I realised it had been taken out of the oven too soon.
Am thinking you will choose option 4.
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Correct! Made a kind of gingerbread with chopped up bits of stem ginger through it. Smells good, and it doesn't have a soggy bottom.
 
SlimLizzy said:
Have just ruined MrSlims day . Went up in the loft looking for some fabric and found it to be very wet. He is not at all pleased to say the least. We paid thousands of euros last year to roofers and it's still leaking. To make matters worse there is a drip from the chimney in the salon which I found afterwards. This means water is running down the inside of the chimney as well. The thing that really annoys me though is that the leaking roof has been mentioned several times throughout spring and summer, but he has not prioritised this and now with the weather cold and wet it's likely that cement would not set. So wait until spring? Summer? Next autumn?
Meanwhile the rain is running down the wall, washing out the collumbage and threatening to get into some electric circuits. Feeling quite furious because it will be me going up there and trying to stop the water and cleaning up the mess. Just like every year we have been here. Grump Grump Grump...
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So sorry to read this. Do you have any guarantees with the roofers in order to call them back - not a good situation.
 
Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen, a friend of mine had a saying when he dealt with obnoxious people, he would say to them “May Allah guide your footsteps” and pause then very quietly mutter “straight into a vat of burning oil”

Blood sugars this morning were a 4.2, I shall not write the usual twaddle when my blood sugars are this low, just say my insulin dosage has been calculated, injected and breakfast consumed, tea and koffy drunk coupled with 30 minutes plinky plonky. Almost time for a morning nap. :) .
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I have no idea what your plans are for today, but mine are in place and being unsupervised could come to fruition subject to mid morning nap, lunch time nap and afternoon nap.
Now it’s nearly time for 10:30am constant, tea, the tea is the constant the time is the variable.

Have a great day all, stay safe, remember a smile costs nothing and usually scares the living daylights out of the self obsessed.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.6

The rest of the neighbours all around me have now got their Christmas light displays up. As I have already said, my front garden is overgrown, is a nice height and it's thick and bushy and I can sit in the front room in peace without seeing any of it...

Surely, I am not the only person in the world that gets migraine attacks from looking at these flashing, all singing all dancing Christmas lights?

I haven't chosen what I want from Amazon yet in terms of blackout stuff. I am still looking, but I found various comments that other people said they couldn't stand their neighbours Christmas lights and had bought the black out stuff for that same purpose...so I am not alone in that...

The little sparrows and other small birds are very very hungry at the moment, and are demolishing the contents of two birdfeeders in a couple of hours. Refilling goes on all day long.

Trail wildlife nighttime camera for back garden shows a lot of cats this night, one after the other...

Creative is another variation on Autumn painted in Procreate...

I am ready for a nap now, and a hot cuppa c(_)

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Smashing use of light and colour. These autumnal scenes are a real treat
 
Good morning everyone from a sea fret of a start here in the dark and dangerous north. I have the windows open at present but will close them if it gets a bit cold. At this time of year we get a bit of moisture on some of the windows due to the window glass being cold and people having that awful habit of breathing during the night. Opening the windows and locking them off gets rid of it in no time but must remember to keep the vents open on the velux windows until Easter Eggs arrive in the supermarkets in January. Art bit - the start of some scratchy details. Have as marvelous a day as you can and remember, those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people - and in particular, their neighbours. Koffy, must have koffy.

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dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from a sea fret of a start here in the dark and dangerous north. I have the windows open at present but will close them if it gets a bit cold. At this time of year we get a bit of moisture on some of the windows due to the window glass being cold and people having that awful habit of breathing during the night. Opening the windows and locking them off gets rid of it in no time but must remember to keep the vents open on the velux windows until Easter Eggs arrive in the supermarkets in January. Art bit - the start of some scratchy details. Have as marvelous a day as you can and remember, those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people - and in particular, their neighbours. Koffy, must have koffy.

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Scratchy bits are developing in an interesting way @dunelm
I am standing at that first archway wondering if it is safe to enter...

Enjoy that coffee...
 
Morning everyone from a sunny, wonderfully clear, pale grey-blue skied dry area of the Exotic East. Free heating for our lounge. There are some truly remarkable people who post here. @gennepher hug for the neighbour and the effect those lights have but massive winner for the Peace be with you attitude: and also with you. Thank you for the creative. @Annb what a wonderful story about your friend in Iraq, thank you for sharing. As for #bakingate, I would have advised my Food Fairy to take option 1 but you were always going to go option 4 since that is how you are made. @SlimLizzy don't sweat the small stuff over bg. You are pre-diabetic and have no complications. @dunelm thanks for sharing your art again today and good advice on the windows. Enjoy your day wherever possible always knowing that as Mr Tyson said everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. A more pulpit worthy version is: if my times were in my own hand, they would prove a failure; but since they are in thy hand, thou wilt not fail. Story for another day but I'm having to learn the deep, eternal wisdom of that. Peace be with you - great way for me to deal with the basket of deplorables, thanks Genn.
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning everyone from a sunny, wonderfully clear, pale grey-blue skied dry area of the Exotic East. Free heating for our lounge. There are some truly remarkable people who post here. @gennepher hug for the neighbour and the effect those lights have but massive winner for the Peace be with you attitude: and also with you. Thank you for the creative. @Annb what a wonderful story about your friend in Iraq, thank you for sharing. As for #bakingate, I would have advised my Food Fairy to take option 1 but you were always going to go option 4 since that is how you are made. @SlimLizzy don't sweat the small stuff over bg. You are pre-diabetic and have no complications. @dunelm thanks for sharing your art again today and good advice on the windows. Enjoy your day wherever possible always knowing that as Mr Tyson said everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. A more pulpit worthy version is: if my times were in my own hand, they would prove a failure; but since they are in thy hand, thou wilt not fail. Story for another day but I'm having to learn the deep, eternal wisdom of that. Peace be with you - great way for me to deal with the basket of deplorables, thanks Genn.
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Thank you so much Ian.
I am glad you have free heating in your lounge today. I think I possibly have the same in my front room, and I'll be going there in a few minutes with a cup of coffee.

Hugs for you @ianpspurs
 
gennepher said:
Thank you so much Ian.
I am glad you have free heating in your lounge today. I think I possibly have the same in my front room, and I'll be going there in a few minutes with a cup of coffee.

Hugs for you @ianpspurs
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Enjoy your free heating and coffee and thanks for the hug. As an aside, I started reading The Magician's Nephew yesterday which is remarkable on two fronts. I rarely read fiction - although this is more than that - since A Level English destroyed any love of most fiction and how did I arrive at this age before reading the wonderful set of Narnia books we have? Also much more polite than watching sport with headphones on while JKP and MIL watch films. I did alternate between reading and The Titchfield Thunderbolt though. Like those prayers Ann mentioned there are stronger forces at work than those yanking the deplorables hither and yon.
 
Just heard that an elderly aunt died on Friday. It wasn't unexpected but it is sad to see that generation departing this world. She left behind an ailing body but now - who knows; will she be happy to have shed it and be now glorying in a new experience? I hope so. That leaves only one aunt from what were large families on both my parents' sides. That remaining aunt is now in her 90's and I suppose she must be feeling vulnerable right now but I hope, not lonely. The two sisters used to hang out together much of the time and she will miss that.

The remaining aunt is the last bastion between the next world and my generation. It's a thought!
 
lindisfel said:
promiscuous light
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Brilliant. Before we moved there were no lights or buildings for miles front or back and both sides had dense 10 foot hedges, high trees and orchards. For a private person - read reclusive given the chance - like me just perfect.
 
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dunelm said:
So sorry to read this. Do you have any guarantees with the roofers in order to call them back - not a good situation.
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We have 10 year guarantee, but it's hard to see where the leak is. They have already been back twice. Its possible the chimney needs repointing or there may be a problem on the ridge. To be fair we did only have the front of the roof replaced. So the leak could be trickling through from the old part.
 
Annb said:
Just heard that an elderly aunt died on Friday. It wasn't unexpected but it is sad to see that generation departing this world. She left behind an ailing body but now - who knows; will she be happy to have shed it and be now glorying in a new experience? I hope so. That leaves only one aunt from what were large families on both my parents' sides. That remaining aunt is now in her 90's and I suppose she must be feeling vulnerable right now but I hope, not lonely. The two sisters used to hang out together much of the time and she will miss that.

The remaining aunt is the last bastion between the next world and my generation. It's a thought!
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Hug for that and for her sister feeling vulnerable. My MIL, 93 in Jan, recently had COVID and was scammed so is feeling vulnerable. She had agreed we would both sell up here, all move back to Cambs and live together. We'd had valuations and were viewing properties. That was a long cherished plan of mine. However, Trussonomics, then our COVID and the sudden news of the possible (probable?) end of her forty year remission mean a stairlift has been installed here and she will move in here for now. Property here will sell due to 6k+ US service personnel and families needing housing but sellers the other end are withdrawing - we (I) have a particular area in mind. We have a very helpful son within 5 minutes walk. Meanwhile another son moved to a bigger property on Friday so now has her things and some we stored to pick over. First batch went yesterday. That was my oblique reference to God's wisdom overriding my/our plans.
 
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