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5.9 this morning nearly the same temperature outside which was 5.3. Surprised at the 5.9 this morning, I had a terrible night of more times awake than asleep and now I feel shattered. Day off so not sure if I am going for a work out, finding it really difficult to get motivated so might leave it till tomorrow.
 
ianpspurs said:
3 grandchildren have scarlet fever including the little chap who was here yesterday. All have been here within the last 4 days. Hopefully caught soon enough and antibiotics will work fast, Thanks be to God for the NHS while it lasts. Very hard for me not to see the last 12 years heavily implicated, especially "that man." However, all that matters is they and all those currently infected recover quickly with no long term effects. Would that UK PLC gets that chance before the point of no return.
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Hope your grandchildren recover quickly. I agree with what you say about our NHS.
 
@SlimLizzy

A few positives
The fbg & finishing the drapes

An awkward moment with the oven, but slow cooking, I wouldn't have thought it a major disaster ...mmh.

The sister however...oh dear.
Rather pushy & inappropriate response by her

Nice to see Kiki meeting the neighbours, even if a little shy about it.
& Time spent giving & getting that kind of love is never wasted...imho
 
Lainie71 said:
5.9 this morning nearly the same temperature outside which was 5.3. Surprised at the 5.9 this morning, I had a terrible night of more times awake than asleep and now I feel shattered. Day off so not sure if I am going for a work out, finding it really difficult to get motivated so might leave it till tomorrow.
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Sounds like a day for being in Goblin mode.

Em was late arriving this morning, looking like a disaster survivor. She'd dressed herself at home having selected her clothes for the day (I guess everything was even more stressful than usual today). She'd selected a polo shirt that was too small, trousers that were too small with holes in the knees, and a hooded sweatshirt, not a uniform one, but the school isn't too fussy about having a logo on everything as long as the colour is right. Her hair was uncombed. The only thing she'd got right was socks and shoes and even then she'd one sock on inside out. She'd dressed and got her coat on, with her hood up, so nobody noticed, in the rush.

I sorted her out as well as I could, but didn't have a spare pair of trousers for her, so she had to go with the ones she had. I'd only just put spare clothes of hers from my washing in a bag and sent them home with her yesterday. She couldn't see a problem, of course.

Anyway, she started out wanting a bacon sandwich and ate half of it before deciding that she would have preferred a sausage sandwich. She only ate half of that as well and asked me to keep the 2nd half for when she comes in the afternoon. I finished off the 2nd half of her bacon sandwich for my breakfast.
ianpspurs said:
3 grandchildren have scarlet fever including the little chap who was here yesterday. All have been here within the last 4 days. Hopefully caught soon enough and antibiotics will work fast, Thanks be to God for the NHS while it lasts. Very hard for me not to see the last 12 years heavily implicated, especially "that man." However, all that matters is they and all those currently infected recover quickly with no long term effects. Would that UK PLC gets that chance before the point of no return.
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How are your grandchildren, Ian. I hope they aren't feeling too bad. Sometimes scarlet fever can feel pretty awful but other times it seems to be hardly anything. I hope theirs is minor and that they recover soon.
 
Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and all who feel the cold, but not etc,etc, etc. Enough said on those subjects.

Today a though provoking 4.9 on that meter. Insulin dosage calculated and taken along with breakfast, tea and koffy. 50 minutes plinky plonky completed, now I need a nap.

Here in Tilehurst Towers we both will be descending on the dentists like a plague, just routine check ups, but some how we always cause confusion, merriment, much tutting with a shaking of heads and giggles from the staff, ah that reminds me must do a covid test.

If I’m lucky I might get some more mulching / composting done, yes the pruning was severe and our green garden waste bin only holds so mulch ( hehehehe).

@gennepher your creations / paintings remind of Turners work and @dunelm’s of castle ruins. Both please continue posting your creations.

Well time is running away and me, me’s and myself have other fish to slow cook.
Stay safe all, stay warm remember de caffeinated tea and koffy has to undergo more processing than the addictive natural offering.
 
ianpspurs said:
3 grandchildren have scarlet fever including the little chap who was here yesterday. All have been here within the last 4 days. Hopefully caught soon enough and antibiotics will work fast, Thanks be to God for the NHS while it lasts. Very hard for me not to see the last 12 years heavily implicated, especially "that man." However, all that matters is they and all those currently infected recover quickly with no long term effects. Would that UK PLC gets that chance before the point of no return.
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All the very best to your grandchildren as well as any other children who get infected. Hopefully antibiotics will do the trick but a good clean up might be in order and do watch out for impetigo. Take care.
 
Good morning everyone from a very wet driving rain sort of day here in the dark and dangerous north - hope it doesn’t freeze, that would be a dizaaaaaster dahrling. Sorry I have not been able to catch up much lately. Life eh! Such a fleeting thing. Anyway, art bit - colour added. Wonder if I should put the heating on? Have the very best day that you can, I wonder who drank my koffy?

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The following has been edited from yesterday afternoon's draft in order to make me appear a (vaguely) nicer, kinder little boy since I would rather be on the nice list. Good morning from a cold and very esoteric enclave of The East on the Feast of St Nicholas. Three grandchildren now on antibiotics (see attached - who knew?), thanks be to God working through the NHS funded by the kindness of strangers. Two of them here in Suffolk couldn’t have their prescription filled in a town of 10k souls so dad had to travel to Newmarket. The little chap in Cambs - no problem. Hard to say definitively who broke the country ( I do strongly suspect though) but this is a mess. No amount of Boosterism or claiming it is all Putin’s fault will wash any more. Meanwhile, LC food in cold weather doesn’t morph into anything the most silver tongued orator could persuade me to utter that ridiculous yum nonsense or its absurd cousin lush. Today would be a very good time for my MP to knock on my door for a Matt Chat. I’ll feed him some dishes far worse than any he had in the jungle. Grumpy? Bachman Turner Overdrive say Hi, Today’s poem and art https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2022/12/06/the-good-riddle-gk-chesterton-8/ @Annb @Krystyna23040 and @dunelm - plus anyone my addled Brian missed - thanks for the good wishes for the trio. @SlimLizzy hug for the sister guilt trip. Sometimes being an only child is an odd blessing. I'm not at all sure JKP feel's the same way about the release from suffering of her sister at far too young an age but it does simplify MIL's situation. @gennepher thanks for the video and hope contained in that creative. @Krystyna23040 winner for the enjoyment winning out over the hair shirt route. In your case very much the road invariably not taken. @dogslife back under the snug duvet sounds good. @Annb torn trousers are very on point. I feel bad about my comments on food choices so sorry. This is close to something like a camel - (a compromise designed by committee ) https://www.ketofitnessclub.com/blogs/beef/beef-stew-dumplings. That might be ok to actually eat. We have made the dumpling mix but baked in the air fryer as one big slab. @alf_Josiah best wishes to all involved in the dental caper. @dunelm wonderful art brought to a fitting triumph with colour added. Thorough cleaning? (This) One does wonder about the link twixt the surge in Strep A and 12 years of down, down deeper down school budgets, NHS and GP savaging plus the Great Unmentionable. No, couldn't be. The last but one PM put his arm around us all and claimed The Deal which can't be polished a triumph.. TLDR meets TTFN
 

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dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from a very wet driving rain sort of day here in the dark and dangerous north - hope it doesn’t freeze, that would be a dizaaaaaster dahrling. Sorry I have not been able to catch up much lately. Life eh! Such a fleeting thing. Anyway, art bit - colour added. Wonder if I should put the heating on? Have the very best day that you can, I wonder who drank my koffy?

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Wonderful work of art. Somehow, I hadn't seen it going that way and today's episode was a surprise. So moody, but not anything creepy about it. Just a calm and quiet place to enjoy.
 
ianpspurs said:
The following has been edited from yesterday afternoon's draft in order to make me appear a (vaguely) nicer, kinder little boy since I would rather be on the nice list. Good morning from a cold and very esoteric enclave of The East on the Feast of St Nicholas. Three grandchildren now on antibiotics (see attached - who knew?), thanks be to God working through the NHS funded by the kindness of strangers. Two of them here in Suffolk couldn’t have their prescription filled in a town of 10k souls so dad had to travel to Newmarket. The little chap in Cambs - no problem. Hard to say definitively who broke the country ( I do strongly suspect though) but this is a mess. No amount of Boosterism or claiming it is all Putin’s fault will wash any more. Meanwhile, LC food in cold weather doesn’t morph into anything the most silver tongued orator could persuade me to utter that ridiculous yum nonsense or its absurd cousin lush. Today would be a very good time for my MP to knock on my door for a Matt Chat. I’ll feed him some dishes far worse than any he had in the jungle. Grumpy? Bachman Turner Overdrive say Hi, Today’s poem and art https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2022/12/06/the-good-riddle-gk-chesterton-8/ @Annb @Krystyna23040 and @dunelm - plus anyone my addled Brian missed - thanks for the good wishes for the trio. @SlimLizzy hug for the sister guilt trip. Sometimes being an only child is an odd blessing. I'm not at all sure JKP feel's the same way about the release from suffering of her sister at far too young an age but it does simplify MIL's situation. @gennepher thanks for the video and hope contained in that creative. @Krystyna23040 winner for the enjoyment winning out over the hair shirt route. In your case very much the road invariably not taken. @dogslife back under the snug duvet sounds good. @Annb torn trousers are very on point. I feel bad about my comments on food choices so sorry. This is close to something like a camel - (a compromise designed by committee ) https://www.ketofitnessclub.com/blogs/beef/beef-stew-dumplings. That might be ok to actually eat. We have made the dumpling mix but baked in the air fryer as one big slab. @alf_Josiah best wishes to all involved in the dental caper. @dunelm wonderful art brought to a fitting triumph with colour added. Thorough cleaning? (This) One does wonder about the link twixt the surge in Strep A and 12 years of down, down deeper down school budgets, NHS and GP savaging plus the Great Unmentionable.. No, couldn't be. The last but one PM put his arm around us all and claimed The Deal which can't be polished a triumph.. TLDR meets TTFN
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Another thought provoking poem. So true.

The dumpling recipe looks doable even for me. I shall try it.

Torn trousers may be on point, but not for school uniform, especially when too small and worn with a too small polo shirt. Just not acceptable and it makes her look as though nobody cares when, in fact the only one who doesn't care is herself. That's her right, of course, and part of her delightful personality, but not when it shows her parents in an uncaring light.
 
Annb said:
Another thought provoking poem. So true.

The dumpling recipe looks doable even for me. I shall try it.

Torn trousers may be on point, but not for school uniform, especially when too small and worn with a too small polo shirt. Just not acceptable and it makes her look as though nobody cares when, in fact the only one who doesn't care is herself. That's her right, of course, and part of her delightful personality, but not when it shows her parents in an uncaring light.
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Hopefully you will enjoy the recipe if not, sorry. I'm sure Em knows how much she is loved. The poem is the brother of yesterday's and comes from a longer one. The starting point is a fleeing, tired, cold and hungry King Alfred offering to tend the cakes in exchange for some. King to servant which is the Christian idea of Christmas and Easter in a nutshell. Other views are available and I respect them fully. Those who enjoyed the last kingdom will recognise the reference to Guthrum. Allegedly, many of the bodies of British WW1 soldiers bore this poem. Many of Chesteron's contemporaries and readers had servants so no early fire lighting with cracked hands for them. To (these) modern eyes it neatly echoes the idea that the service of key workers - remember that phrase so quickly dropped and changed to militant Putin supporters? - toiling away while we slumber on. Nowhere does it say or imply one exploits, belittles and forces "servants" into a corner to pander to the Murdoch/Mail/Telegraph press.
 
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alf_Josiah said:
Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and all who feel the cold, but not etc,etc, etc. Enough said on those subjects.

Today a though provoking 4.9 on that meter. Insulin dosage calculated and taken along with breakfast, tea and koffy. 50 minutes plinky plonky completed, now I need a nap.

Here in Tilehurst Towers we both will be descending on the dentists like a plague, just routine check ups, but some how we always cause confusion, merriment, much tutting with a shaking of heads and giggles from the staff, ah that reminds me must do a covid test.

If I’m lucky I might get some more mulching / composting done, yes the pruning was severe and our green garden waste bin only holds so mulch ( hehehehe).

@gennepher your creations / paintings remind of Turners work and @dunelm’s of castle ruins. Both please continue posting your creations.

Well time is running away and me, me’s and myself have other fish to slow cook.
Stay safe all, stay warm remember de caffeinated tea and koffy has to undergo more processing than the addictive natural offering.
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Thanks @alf_Josiah for the compliments.
My paintings are painted on a therapeutic level for me...
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from a very wet driving rain sort of day here in the dark and dangerous north - hope it doesn’t freeze, that would be a dizaaaaaster dahrling. Sorry I have not been able to catch up much lately. Life eh! Such a fleeting thing. Anyway, art bit - colour added. Wonder if I should put the heating on? Have the very best day that you can, I wonder who drank my koffy?

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I wonder what is lurking in those dark shadows @dunelm

You'll have to make more coffee....
 
ianpspurs said:
The following has been edited from yesterday afternoon's draft in order to make me appear a (vaguely) nicer, kinder little boy since I would rather be on the nice list. Good morning from a cold and very esoteric enclave of The East on the Feast of St Nicholas. Three grandchildren now on antibiotics (see attached - who knew?), thanks be to God working through the NHS funded by the kindness of strangers. Two of them here in Suffolk couldn’t have their prescription filled in a town of 10k souls so dad had to travel to Newmarket. The little chap in Cambs - no problem. Hard to say definitively who broke the country ( I do strongly suspect though) but this is a mess. No amount of Boosterism or claiming it is all Putin’s fault will wash any more. Meanwhile, LC food in cold weather doesn’t morph into anything the most silver tongued orator could persuade me to utter that ridiculous yum nonsense or its absurd cousin lush. Today would be a very good time for my MP to knock on my door for a Matt Chat. I’ll feed him some dishes far worse than any he had in the jungle. Grumpy? Bachman Turner Overdrive say Hi, Today’s poem and art https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2022/12/06/the-good-riddle-gk-chesterton-8/ @Annb @Krystyna23040 and @dunelm - plus anyone my addled Brian missed - thanks for the good wishes for the trio. @SlimLizzy hug for the sister guilt trip. Sometimes being an only child is an odd blessing. I'm not at all sure JKP feel's the same way about the release from suffering of her sister at far too young an age but it does simplify MIL's situation. @gennepher thanks for the video and hope contained in that creative. @Krystyna23040 winner for the enjoyment winning out over the hair shirt route. In your case very much the road invariably not taken. @dogslife back under the snug duvet sounds good. @Annb torn trousers are very on point. I feel bad about my comments on food choices so sorry. This is close to something like a camel - (a compromise designed by committee ) https://www.ketofitnessclub.com/blogs/beef/beef-stew-dumplings. That might be ok to actually eat. We have made the dumpling mix but baked in the air fryer as one big slab. @alf_Josiah best wishes to all involved in the dental caper. @dunelm wonderful art brought to a fitting triumph with colour added. Thorough cleaning? (This) One does wonder about the link twixt the surge in Strep A and 12 years of down, down deeper down school budgets, NHS and GP savaging plus the Great Unmentionable.. No, couldn't be. The last but one PM put his arm around us all and claimed The Deal which can't be polished a triumph.. TLDR meets TTFN
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Thanks for the compliments Ian

Hope the trio are doing well.

You have your best possible day today @ianpspurs
 
SlimLizzy said:
06.12
6.45am FBG 5.4 amazingly good after midnight snack of chocolate biscuits.
Kiki got her first look at neighbours cat Oreo yesterday.
Having seen the kitten inside Oreo approached the house slowly with her tail up. Kiki sat bolt upright by the patio doors watching her come, then bolted for her bed when Oreo was about three feet away. Oreo is a sizeable cat and was a bully to Errant for many months, but they came to an agreement and she obvoiusly grieved for him. I was surprised by her apparently friendly approach to Kiki.
We are up early today because I turned the oven off after dinner. Big OOPS as there was a casserole still cooking. Discovering this at bedtime after some rather cross words, MrSlim put it on a low temp to cook overnight.
We had bought two farm reared free range birds. I wasn't keen on them coming with heads still attached. Does that make me squeamish? The hen for roasting turned out to be a bit tough. Putting the remains in a pie. If we have another will casserole it. The cockeral was in the oven as Coc au vin. I do hope my forgetfulness hasn't ruined it. The meat is very different from shop chickens Probably needs different cooking techniques to get the best from it.
Have finally completed and hung the door/window curtains and now have to tackle lengthening the "pair" hanging in the arched window. Playschool anyone? MrSlim is already talking about the bedhangings he wants me to make next...
Had a phone call from my sister who does not approve of our decision to stay in France for Christmas and probably thought she was being subtle but phrases such as "I would walk through fire to see my Mum" are not at all helpful and definitely do not improve in any way the sisterly relationship.
Flurries of snow have propelled me out into the garden for some more winter preparations. Few jobs to do out there still. Have been thinking to make mint jelly but a flock of starlings descended on the late fruiting apple tree and there might not be any fit to use now. Market day as well. Lots to do today so the early start should have been useful - but I have been indulging an unusually cuddly Kiki with some rare lap time instead.
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On holday some years ago, I won a cockerel in a raffle at a Fest Noz, we were camping, snag was the bird was alive!! I manage to swap it with a guy from Rennes who had won three bottles of wine, He invited our family back to his place the next evening when we enjoyed coq au vin with lots of red wine. A great memory.
 
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