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What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

7.9 at 0300. 7.4 now, after a cup of hot water.

More sorting out of paperwork to be done today. Maybe Neil will get that other grill down today so I can send one of them to the charity shop.

I bought a set of plastic drawers for the bathroom from Amazon and it arrived yesterday but it was badly packed and 2 of the drawers were cracked, so I'm sending them back. At present they're in their box in the hallway along with the junk for dumping. The only return options that were offered involved taking the box to a Royal Mail customer centre. I'll ask Alistair if he can take it for me (unofficially) when he comes today. An example of an organisation not considering people with disabilities, I'm afraid.

My brother and his wife moved house yesterday - not gone far but changed from a house to an apartment - and they have been sorting and getting rid of stuff for months now. He reckons that they've got rid of about 40% of what was in their house between giving useful things to family and friends, sending stuff to a charity shop and taking less usable things to the dump. Not sure I could be so ruthless. However, I must be ruthless today with the paperwork, if nothing else.

Neil will go to a building supply firm on Monday to buy a load of wood to increase the height of the beams in the loft ready for the new, deeper insulation. He'll also be getting some new light fittings so that he can take out the downlighters in the kitchen to allow the insulation to be put in place that will cover them. I had been thinking that there were 8 of them, but forgot that there are another 3 above the cooking area.

He also has to take out the old water tanks and says we could probably sell them because they were, actually, new tanks just about 5 years ago and have never actually been used. They were only put in as a back up system when we realised we might need it to support the oil fired boiler system.

Too many things to think about. At least I am feeling very virtuous at clearing out all this paper and other stuff.
 
Tuesday visited a new friend for the first time. Some difficulty in finding the house, no 30 does not exist, houses go up to 17 only, drove back to main street and fortunately spotted a post person to ask. (good practice in french.) She said no.3 back round the one-way road , parked got out cake and then found opposite problem. Houses start at no.5. It's a U shaped one way road off the main street, so back around I go. This time found a friendly pedestrian who informed me that the street I want is only two sides of the U... back in car. Checking numbers. Parked up the steps to no. 3. Long wait and then unfamiliar lady opens the door. Explain in my basic French and show her the address on my phone. "Ah, Sylyie habité á côté ".
Next door. Phew.
Sylvie is limping. Apparently due to the farmers blocking main roads she was forced onto the narrow country lanes Friday afternoon, along with everyone else. Many lorries and vans for which there is not always a comfortable amount of width. While waiting at a junction the car behind ran into her. The impact injured her back, neck, and arms. Car fortunately not too badly damaged.
When I left the amount of traffic had increased dramatically, a different main road has been blocked. The gendarmerie have helpfully put cones across the slip road I need to use, so I won't be caught up in the protest, however I am in unfamiliar surroundings and sat nav is not helping at all. Keeps trying to send me back to the main road. Eventually I see a sign for a town I need to go through on the way home. But it is as Sylvie described, a lot of traffic including many lorries and vans on the narrow country lanes. Distinctly stressful journey.
 
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Morening all.

Happy birthday for Mrs Miggins ie Mrs Dunelm? What a gent you are @dunelm taking her camping in the woods in February. 10 out of 10 for style.
@jjraak, cancelled operations, been there a few times, very frustrating.

Have a great day all, stay safe and always look for the positive +ve on our journey through interstellar space, hoping the force helps you live long and prosper.
 
Thanks, I will pass on your message to Haiwatha who is rubbing acorns between two rocks in order to make what at the moment is a right old mess.
 
Morning Glampers, artists, sci-fi enthusiasts and assorted other personages hereon virtually assembled. @jjraak hug for the cancelled op but congratulations on leaping/climbing back on the wagon. @Annb what a blessing Neil is but he will be a busy man. @gennepher thank you for sharing the last two creatives. The lady looks well drawn to me. @dunelm enjoy the sauna and shower and thank you for sharing the trees. @Krystyna23040 those fbgs are looking good. I didn't take enough fluid on board yesterday so didn't sleep as well as some nights. More fluid today and no doubt some dozing while the sport is on TV which I guess counts as a +ve and in my mind is the spirit of shavat. Enjoy Saturday - Jasprit is having a ball.
 
Thank you for the sketching compliment @ianpspurs

I think it does need more practise and some more improvement.
 
I hope the posh camping in the woods goes well @dunelm

I love those windswept trees...
 
7.1 this footie day. Crickety day, arrows day.
Grandson #2 arriving shortly from the east, to bring some goodies hopefully and an upgrade on my puter.
That is his specialty he already has letters after his name, but hopefully more coming soon. It's his job, his life, his relaxation. Impressive and he tells us as such. Not seen him since chrimbo.

Mrs L is relaxing before the visit and daily chores are done for the visit.
You would think it's a royal visit!

Be back tonight, too busy for owt else.

It's been raining here, not in forecast.

Best wishes to you all as always.
 
A lot of work to do @Annb
I have just realised I need to be more ruthless in my sorting out...
 
Extra hugs @SlimLizzy for the stressful journey...
 
gennepher said:
A lot of work to do @Annb
I have just realised I need to be more ruthless in my sorting out...
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A lot of work for Neil, but he thinks he'll be allright if he paces himself - and if he can get the occasional bit of help from Alistair or Em. Alistair, of course, is always busy but Em really enjoys going up into the loft and hunting around to see what interesting things are there.

The plan is to only raise the height of the beams in the middle section of the length of the roof (about 62 ft long by about 8 ft wide and, because of the depth required, to just use half the depth of wood but making up the rest with blocks of wood with air spaces in between to support the top, solid layer, then the flooring back down on top of it. This will make it easier to screw on - not sure if we can get screws about 9 inches long to go through the full depth, so it needs to be done in 2 layers anyway. I guess the whole thing will be reinforced with those kind of plates that joiners use to hold the it all rigid.

The outer parts of the loft (W shaped frame) consist of 2 lengths of 62 ft by 8 ft but quite a shallow profile and we'll just have the extra insulation laid directly over the existing beams/pipes/cables.

I wish I could help, but I can't climb the ladder to get up there.
 
gennepher said:
Thank you for the sketching compliment @ianpspurs

I think it does need more practise and some more improvement.
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Your figures are a lot better than mine. Every figure that I draw is too cartoon-like even though I try to make them realistic. At one time I did take life-drawing classes and my efforts weren't too bad, but I seem to have lost the touch in recent years.
 
I am beyond climbing ladders as well @Annb
 
It looks s good news that you have permanently switched off horrendous alarm noises @gennepher. Very annoying about the other stuff switching back on.
 
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