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ianpspurs said:
Morning all from a breezy, sullen skied but so far dry L.A. @dunelm the beef stew sounds as though it will be delicious and thanks for the art. At least here we get a whole year for our brown bin fee although many of the exclusions make little sense. The joining fee is well over 50% more expensive here. @jjraak I can just about see the big beast in @dunelem's art. I'd wholeheartedly agree with your advice to @Lamont D having seen/helped my dad go through something similar - even with carers (I found out/had guessed he frequently gave them fuel/food money) it definitely cost him a few years - and seeing how much JKP needs the help of myself and the boys. One good thing the council do/have done this year is pay for JKP as MIL's carer to have her "nails done" Little things mean a lot. Drip trip day here so Moscow, pre-hydration needed. Hopefully the nurses actually do find it in vein - is veination a word? Delicate balance between hydrating enough - amazing how much harder and time consuming it is to find some patient's veins - and stumbling around to go to a loo attached to all the gubbins. Have a good day even with that image living rent free in your head.
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Hugs for your day @ianpspurs
I hope your day goes easily, smoothly and effortlessly as possible.
 
gennepher said:
Ooh, we've had to pay for a garden wheelie for last few years, and for only a partial year as well @dunelm
I put my foot down at that, so garden wheelie now sits in back garden as a tool storage bin. Most of my clippings and hedge cuttings now stay on the ground where they fell. Much easier, and cheaper. Anything bigger gets cut into a woodpile for the hedgehog beasties....
Our council are considering a 3 weekly black bin rubbish collection instead of fortnightly, because apparently we are not recycling enough. That'll be the next one for you...
And in advance they've changed the street litter bins to those with a narrow slot so you cannot even shove a carrier bag of rubbish into it...

Oh the joys of modern living...

Love the painting, every time I look at it, it morphs into a different scene...
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Thanks @gennepher - I will keep an eye out for future bin changes - only 20% of residents here have subscribed to the new fee so it will be interesting to see if fly tipping increases.
 
Fbg 6.6

Well my planned day is now scuppered.
I had done the recycle bags to put out this week, so woke up at 5 am to get them out for 7 am.

Decided to wash my hair. But first cut it (I have cut my hair for decades now, I was never happy with a hairdresser cutting me lopsided, and me having to correct it when I got home). But my arthritis has made that harder and harder for me to do. However, I found a YouTube tutorial on the Butterfly Cut. Actually there were hundreds of rediculous tutorials on this making it complicated. I looked for the shortest video. Basically it involves making 2 ponytails, one for the hair at the front of your head, and the rest of your hair in a ponytail from about the crown of your head

But I can't lift my arms above my head, so a few tweaks needed. Sit on toilet, seat down, head between legs, rest my elbows on legs for support. Make the two ponytails, and chop the desired length off. I did it dry, because I have cut my hair wet before, and my curly hair shrinks as it dries...
So less than 30 secs for actual holding the scissors to cut, the rest was preparation.

Got up, looked in mirror. Blimey that looks the best haircut yet for me, and it was dead easy. Washed and towel dried it. Decided to have a quick nap before I went out, but it was a long deep sleep of a few hours...

I am still half asleep, so meds collecting and shopping will now have to wait until tomorrow...there'll be no easy parking spaces for me this late now anyway.

Also I am mollycoddling my ancient defunct iPhone. It doesn't work on many things now. But it has a few years precious memories on it which have become more precious over the years. I last tried to extract the photos at the beginning of Covid lockdowns 2020. But nothing at my disposal worked, so I kept that phone charged over the next few years. Yesterday was my last effort before I deleted everything on the phone. I am not going to lose these precious memories, I am not. I found yesterday there was a cloud app on it that had not locked me out of it. Everything else won't let me sign back into anything. But it was laborious uploading a few photos at a time, there were nearly 4,500 photos. I did try going through beforehand but the pics were so tiny I couldn't see what I wanted to keep. Then the app asked me if I wanted to download all the photos from that old iPhone. Yes please I said. Grant me permissions then, the app said. And so I did. This was maybe early afternoon yesterday.

And so when the internet went down on both my phone and my mobile wi fi just before tea time yesterday, I am in total panic mode over this upload.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO you can't do this to me after me finally getting the pictures off my old phone. I was scared the app might lock me out because of the interruption of transmission of those photos.

Anyway it carried on constantly uploading, it carried on constantly uploading, but at a much slower rate, a few photos at a time, and then a rest. As of this minute 10.35 am (about 4 hours short of its 24 hour slog so far of getting my precious memories into the cloud), there are 1897 photos and videos pending upload (out of the original 4.500 ) into this cloud app....

I am mollycoddling it, telling it is the most beautiful phone ever and the most wonderful cloud app.....

How long to go now?


Nighttime wildlife video
Cat Jade's night
47 secs

Creative is an ornament in my garden (painted In SketchClubApp) that the rain is eroding away at...

Have your best day...

Time for a cuppa...


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Just back from leg bandaging again. It's pretty reasonable weather but I'm feeling very cold for some reason. Need to put some more clothes on. At least my legs are warm - burning in fact.

Em is back at school today so will be coming in for a while this afternoon. Looking forward to that.

First have to chase up the people renting a container to us - it should be delivered on Monday but I've heard nothing so far. Presumably they'll want some money before they deliver it. At least we have heard from the builders - they phoned to say they'll be starting work on 8th April. That gives us just about 3 weeks to get ready. Have to check with the charity shop too - they said they would come to collect the 3 piece suite and other things by this week, but again, no further contact. I'm usually quite laid-back but trying to arrange things to co-ordiante the times is getting to me a bit.
 
gennepher said:
Hugs for your day @ianpspurs
I hope your day goes easily, smoothly and effortlessly as possible.
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Thank you. Smooth journey both ways and the treatment went as smoothly as I could wish for. Thank you for sharing the creative and I hope your mollycoddling is continuing to work.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.6

Well my planned day is now scuppered.
I had done the recycle bags to put out this week, so woke up at 5 am to get them out for 7 am.

Decided to wash my hair. But first cut it (I have cut my hair for decades now, I was never happy with a hairdresser cutting me lopsided, and me having to correct it when I got home). But my arthritis has made that harder and harder for me to do. However, I found a YouTube tutorial on the Butterfly Cut. Actually there were hundreds of rediculous tutorials on this making it complicated. I looked for the shortest video. Basically it involves making 2 ponytails, one for the hair at the front of your head, and the rest of your hair in a ponytail from about the crown of your head

But I can't lift my arms above my head, so a few tweaks needed. Sit on toilet, seat down, head between legs, rest my elbows on legs for support. Make the two ponytails, and chop the desired length off. I did it dry, because I have cut my hair wet before, and my curly hair shrinks as it dries...
So less than 30 secs for actual holding the scissors to cut, the rest was preparation.

Got up, looked in mirror. Blimey that looks the best haircut yet for me, and it was dead easy. Washed and towel dried it. Decided to have a quick nap before I went out, but it was a long deep sleep of a few hours...

I am still half asleep, so meds collecting and shopping will now have to wait until tomorrow...there'll be no easy parking spaces for me this late now anyway.

Also I am mollycoddling my ancient defunct iPhone. It doesn't work on many things now. But it has a few years precious memories on it which have become more precious over the years. I last tried to extract the photos at the beginning of Covid lockdowns 2020. But nothing at my disposal worked, so I kept that phone charged over the next few years. Yesterday was my last effort before I deleted everything on the phone. I am not going to lose these precious memories, I am not. I found yesterday there was a cloud app on it that had not locked me out of it. Everything else won't let me sign back into anything. But it was laborious uploading a few photos at a time, there were nearly 4,500 photos. I did try going through beforehand but the pics were so tiny I couldn't see what I wanted to keep. Then the app asked me if I wanted to download all the photos from that old iPhone. Yes please I said. Grant me permissions then, the app said. And so I did. This was maybe early afternoon yesterday.

And so when the internet went down on both my phone and my mobile wi fi just before tea time yesterday, I am in total panic mode over this upload.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO you can't do this to me after me finally getting the pictures off my old phone. I was scared the app might lock me out because of the interruption of transmission of those photos.

Anyway it carried on constantly uploading, it carried on constantly uploading, but at a much slower rate, a few photos at a time, and then a rest. As of this minute 10.35 am (about 4 hours short of its 24 hour slog so far of getting my precious memories into the cloud), there are 1897 photos and videos pending upload (out of the original 4.500 ) into this cloud app....

I am mollycoddling it, telling it is the most beautiful phone ever and the most wonderful cloud app.....

How long to go now?


Nighttime wildlife video
Cat Jade's night
47 secs

Creative is an ornament in my garden (painted In SketchClubApp) that the rain is eroding away at...

Have your best day...

Time for a cuppa...


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Happy haircut day! Hope the mollycoddling goes well. That garden ornament looks like it was made by the brothers Grimm.
 
jjraak said:
So sorry to hear that @Lamont D .

Good that no real damage was done, but certainly discomforting how easily it can happen & how much more difficult that makes things for you.

Absolutely nothing to feel guilty for.
You're doing your very best to keep life as normal as possible for Mrs L's benefit.

What love that shows .

But those moments are just a a warning you need to up the help (if any ) you are getting, as I'm pretty sure you realise..

God love you for the efforts you make.
But while you impress the heck out of me,
with respect, your not superman, and you can't be everywhere at once.

Sadly your tale is all too recognisable to me.

Mums world began getting smaller as like Mrs L, she Bagan having little tumbles, but at the time was capable enough to make us think she was managing ok so was still popping to the shops.
fresh air & exercise she'd say if dad offered to go or asked her to wait until he was free.

One slip & she broke her shoulder....slowed her down for ages.

Barely recovered from that when she fell & broke her hip.

Which looking back, was the end of her going anywhere alone.

Not meaning to be gloomy.
And easy for me to say, but I'm being practical

All these slips, stumbles & falls, need recording as part of Mrs L decline...(Not what you want to hear I know, I'm sorry )

But you need help & sadly you need to be able to point out how bad things are to push you & Mrs L closer to the front of any queue for such help.

For now it's just been confidence shaking, but you need to delay more serious damage however you can.

A friend or someone to shop or better still sit in while you do it, gets you those moments of desperately needed respite more safely.

(I say a friend but someone officially supporting you is what's really needed )

I know that word might seem a horrid word...respite = time to be me.

But I can't tell you how much simply taking that time out, helped me manage to cope helping look after mum and her decline mentally & dads health issues after being diagnosed with cancer (non operable).

Embrace it if you can, it's your lifeline to strength AND the best thing you can do for Mrs L....Yes really.

Better she has you attending her needs 95% of the time, then finding your too rundown & worn out to be there at all, right.....yes, right ..good man

You're climbing a mountain, unaided & without oxygen.

You maybe don't realise it yet, but you NEED to take those time outs or you won't get to the top.

Tl;Dr.

Record all slips & falls
Tell those best placed to help until their ears bleed.
Sharpen your elbows to help get you to the front of any queues for assistance.

Love & best wishes to you both.
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6.3 this am. Surprisingly as I was apprehensive for the counselling.

@jjraak once again you have stunned me again.
I am in your debt for your kind words and suggestions.
I am aware of my limitations for the help I'm trying to get that help you suggest.

Today in counselling, we did some relaxation exercises, breathing which has already been suggested, and concentration to empty my thoughts and relax. Which does if what I can already do, reduce my anxious thoughts, puts me in a different place.

Have to go and catch up with kitchen duties.

Many thanks
My best wishes to you all as always
 
Lamont D said:
Today in counselling, we did some relaxation exercises, breathing which has already been suggested, and concentration to empty my thoughts and relax. Which does if what I can already do, reduce my anxious thoughts, puts me in a different place.
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That's great news, @Lamont D

We need all the help we can get sometimes.
 
Lamont D said:
6.3 this am. Surprisingly as I was apprehensive for the counselling.

@jjraak once again you have stunned me again.
I am in your debt for your kind words and suggestions.
I am aware of my limitations for the help I'm trying to get that help you suggest.

Today in counselling, we did some relaxation exercises, breathing which has already been suggested, and concentration to empty my thoughts and relax. Which does if what I can already do, reduce my anxious thoughts, puts me in a different place.

Have to go and catch up with kitchen duties.

Many thanks
My best wishes to you all as always
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Breathing, closing your eyes and listening to your breathing is a great exercise. Mushin no shin, or ‘no mind’ is a great way to relax and meditate. I try and practice with all tasks - cooking, cleaning, walking - just every day things - and also in my art which is really just for me. This may be useful and you could investigate more if you fancy.
 
Good morning everyone on what just may be a rain free day here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.6 this am and the Beef stew hardly made a murmur. Took one of Mrs Miggins’ brothers out to lunch yesterday. He has difficulty walking and doesn’t get out much during the week as both his daughters are at work and only get over to see him at weekends. We may need to make this more of a regular thing. Art bit, another see what you can make of it thing. Hope your Friday is kind - I have tucked mine onto the weekend and will now go and make koffy - Bon weekend everyone!


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dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on what just may be a rain free day here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.6 this am and the Beef stew hardly made a murmur. Took one of Mrs Miggins’ brothers out to lunch yesterday. He has difficulty walking and doesn’t get out much during the week as both his daughters are at work and only get over to see him at weekends. We may need to make this more of a regular thing. Art bit, another see what you can make of it thing. Hope your Friday is kind - I have tucked mine onto the weekend and will now go and make koffy - Bon weekend everyone!


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Gulliver sleeping in the background,
foreground the back of Lilliputian punks looking on from a very safe distance..

Oh, and a mole at very front photo bombing pic


Dinner sounded nice.
 
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Morning all from another sullen skied start to the day in Little America. Until some all purpose pub quizzer type relieves themselves of their surplus yes but whataboutery (is that extremism now?) on my (halloumi) chips I'm feeling virtuous for having put out two bags of clothes for recycling and sourcing wild Alaskan sockeye salmon for my main meal. For you mathematicians it also passed through my mind that the best odds I can find for LC bringing remission are 48% (hardly a double blind study) whereas praying for it, logically, must have a 50/50 chance.:angelic: I shall still enter all my food into cronometer and eat basically clean (ish) keto but you scientific /mathematical types love a few numbers - like Linus' blanket for you guys :D @dunelm thanks for sharing the art, good news on the beef stew and what a loving thing to do for Mrs Miggins' brother. My dad's family used to have lunch together regularly but je suis enfant unique (read into the unique what you want) and JKP's sister is dead. Enjoy your Friday but allow people to savour their metaphorical - and real - chips. Song lyrics
 
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dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on what just may be a rain free day here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.6 this am and the Beef stew hardly made a murmur. Took one of Mrs Miggins’ brothers out to lunch yesterday. He has difficulty walking and doesn’t get out much during the week as both his daughters are at work and only get over to see him at weekends. We may need to make this more of a regular thing. Art bit, another see what you can make of it thing. Hope your Friday is kind - I have tucked mine onto the weekend and will now go and make koffy - Bon weekend everyone!


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I love the gentle mistiness of this @dunelm
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all from another sullen skied start to the day in Little America. Until some all purpose pub quizzer type relieves themselves of their surplus yes but whataboutery (is that extremism now?) on my (halloumi) chips I'm feeling virtuous for having put out two bags of clothes for recycling and sourcing wild Alaskan sockeye salmon for my main meal. For you mathematicians it also passed through my mind that the best odds I can find for LC bringing remission are 48% (hardly a double blind study) whereas praying for it, logically, must have a 50/50 chance.:angelic: I shall still enter all my food into cronometer and eat basically clean (ish) keto but you scientific /mathematical types like a few numbers - like Linus' blanket for you guys :D @dunelm thanks for sharing the art, good news on the beef stew and what a loving thing to do for Mrs Miggins' brother. My dad's family used to have lunch together regularly but je suis enfant unique (read into the unique what you want) and JKP's sister is dead. Enjoy your Friday but allow people to savour their metaphorical - and real - chips. Song lyrics
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Thanks for the lyrics @ianpspurs
 
Fbg 6.6

Finally uploads to the CLOUD were completed around 3:15 in the early hours this morning...

Phew!

I had a quick look and one caught my eye. I don't know who took it, no smart phones then...it was around 2002 possibly when they took it. Not very good quality. It is of me & J. I don't mind posting it because you are not going to recognise me from this. As you can see, I wore colourful clothes then. And colourful hats. I never saw this photograph until 2015 six years after J died, when they posted it on Facebook. My little Hearing dog for the Deaf, Meg, was about one years old then. I'll put it as an insert if you want to look at it.

Wildlife camera
Three Badgers & Cats...
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Creative is some celandines...In SketchClubApp...
Plenty of bright yellow in my garden at the moment ...

Time for a wee nap!
But a cuppa first...

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