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Annb said:
Some of them, I might keep, but most of them will go to a charity shop. I think people still buy DVDs.
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We do! They're usually £1 each, although we did splash out £5 for a box set of Monty Python films :) . Now we have two copies of Holy Grail including the 25th anniversary edition. Yesterday we watched the bit where Terry Jones and Michael Palin revisit the locations as we were at Doune Castle on Sunday. Photo may or may not appear here...
jjraak said:
Grapes & berries looked good , though I'm still drawn to those encausted type ones .
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I really fancy gooseberries this year for some reason, but I won't get through a whole punnet by myself. I bought some blackberries at Tebay which I shared with my daughter.

Annb said:
The internal troubles may be due to some chickpea pasta that I used a couple of days ago and once over that I should be able to get back to the lower BGs.
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Hope it settles soon. I had a very gassy/ loose tum last night after eating some tarka dal. Maybe my gut doesn't like pulses any more after a week away not eating any?

@gennepher I hope your floor is ok. We've had various leaks in the kitchen from washing machines, fridges and sink traps over the years and the floor has always survived once it dried out.

10.7 today, same as yesterday. Eating a small pot of cottage cheese brought it down to 7.5, will soon find out whether a couple of fried eggs worked the same magic today.

Part 3 of my interminable diabetes assessment/ review this afternoon, need my brain to wake up enough to convey the importance of BG testing for my diabetes management and request reinstatement of testing supplies on repeat prescription. Don't know if taking Mounjaro would affect the strength of DP. Would like to think the nurse would but not remotely hopeful.

Must go prepare some notes, may update re: Scotland trip another time. Love to all...

Edit: No photo. Can't be bothered to set up a website - it was of a sign at Doune Castle pointing the way to

Gift Shop
Coconuts

If they fix the photo issue soon I'll reattach itMessenger_creation_AB95AFB7-DAE3-45AE-9CE4-F323401433BA.jpeg
 
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debs248 said:
We do! They're usually £1 each, although we did splash out £5 for a box set of Monty Python films :) . Now we have two copies of Holy Grail including the 25th anniversary edition. Yesterday we watched the bit where Terry Jones and Michael Palin revisit the locations as we were at Doune Castle on Sunday. Photo may or may not appear here...

I really fancy gooseberries this year for some reason, but I won't get through a whole punnet by myself. I bought some blackberries at Tebay which I shared with my daughter.


Hope it settles soon. I had a very gassy/ loose tum last night after eating some tarka dal. Maybe my gut doesn't like pulses any more after a week away not eating any?

@gennepher I hope your floor is ok. We've had various leaks in the kitchen from washing machines, fridges and sink traps over the years and the floor has always survived once it dried out.

10.7 today, same as yesterday. Eating a small pot of cottage cheese brought it down to 7.5, will soon find out whether a couple of fried eggs worked the same magic today.

Part 3 of my interminable diabetes assessment/ review this afternoon, need my brain to wake up enough to convey the importance of BG testing for my diabetes management and request reinstatement of testing supplies on repeat prescription. Don't know if taking Mounjaro would affect the strength of DP. Would like to think the nurse would but not remotely hopeful.

Must go prepare some notes, may update re: Scotland trip another time. Love to all...

Edit: No photo. Can't be bothered to set up a website - it was of a sign at Doune Castle pointing the way to

Gift Shop
Coconuts

If they fix the photo issue soon I'll reattach it
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I love lentils and used to make lots of dal. Love all sorts of pulses, but it seems they don't love me. There are many things my system won't stand but pulses were always fine. I guess I am developing an intolerance to them now as well. Shame because I have 2 litres of tomato and lentil soup in the freezer. Maybe Alistair will be able to use it. I'll ask him when I get a chance to see him. Haven't seen or heard anything of him since he went off sick 2 days ago. I don't want to phone and disturb him if he's resting.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.8

I completely forgot to eat today with the stress..
I have been very stressed the last few days. There was a water leak in my kitchen. I thought I could deal with it but I quickly realise because of the age of the tap and valve, there was nothing I could do.
My next problem was none of the plumbers were responding to me sending an urgent text to them. Finally, someone suggested I try Checkatrade, because they said it was just online stuff for you to arrange it but it wasn't that's simple. They all wanted a voice call.....
Finally on Tuesday today, a guy responded to my text'this afternoon ...
He was a lovely plumber... he replaced the plumbing with new pipes. But more work is needed the water stopcock needs changing. So he is coming back for that.

But he says that this leak has been going on for months unnoticed... and it is only Sunday it's actually showed as water on my floor. He thinks that wooden floor would be rotten by now.... I am sincerely hoping not...

I have had my dehumidifier on more than two days now. And on full blast, it seems to cost £5 a day.

Anyway, looking in my sketchbook again... here is Glastonbury Tor in felt tips.

Night night from me. I've been very stressed over this water problem, but I have ended up in quite a bad rash and that is unusual for me....

I hope you had a peaceful Tuesday....

Glastonbury Tor
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Glastonbury Tor | gennepher

I have been very stressed the last few days. There was a water leak in my kitchen. I thought I could deal with it but I quickly realise because...
www.blipfoto.com
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Glad that you found a plumber to do the job, Gennepher. I hope your floor dries out with no problems. If it is wood, it should be OK. Our floors are chipboard and they do rot eventually if they stay wet for long enough - we had to take up the floor inside our outer doors and, to avoid future problems, we installed concrete plinths in those areas just inside the doors - the weather here doesn't take prisoners and drove water through and under both front and back doors. More recently we put in modern glass doors which have excellent seals on them, so we could have just replaced the floors with wood.
 
ianpspurs said:
Good morning all from L.A. where the weather continues to be dressed as pseudo summer, for which much thanks be to God. I know not my fbg as I await my next scan next week so am not wearing a sensor. Finger pricking lost any appeal it never had a long, long time ago, though I can still remember how that music used to make me smile. @Annb hug for the digestive system issues. @gennepher thank you for sharing today's and all your other artworks. I hope your sciatica is less troublesome today. @alf_Josiah good to see you posting again and seemingly returning to form. You have all been very patient reading this so bye, bye from this (insert any of the 72 genders that apply) Little American Pie.
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Thank you, Ian....
 
ianpspurs said:
Thank you for sharing your beautiful artwork of Glastonbury Tor. It was a ray of joy in an otherwise downbeat post. I hope the floor dries out and the rash goes away. Like everyone else here I am full of admiration for your resilience but do remember to eat today. This was shared by John Green, God rest his soul, but the way you deal with life's trials and tribulations seems to me to make it a perfect fit. The text has an explicitly Christian orientation (which is why John shared it) but the gist applies to you and others here who aren't Christian in spades.
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Thank you Ian for the compliments and the link...
 
Annb said:
Glad that you found a plumber to do the job, Gennepher. I hope your floor dries out with no problems. If it is wood, it should be OK. Our floors are chipboard and they do rot eventually if they stay wet for long enough - we had to take up the floor inside our outer doors and, to avoid future problems, we installed concrete plinths in those areas just inside the doors - the weather here doesn't take prisoners and drove water through and under both front and back doors. More recently we put in modern glass doors which have excellent seals on them, so we could have just replaced the floors with wood.
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Thank you @Annb
My problem is that these oak wooden flooring, it's actually glued onto the concrete. It's not like your conventional flooring which is got a gap underneath.... so the problem is if the glue doesn't hold and one of them is already moving and that is just out of the so-called problem area so it must've been going under all this for some time.... I'm still hoping though.
 
debs248 said:
We do! They're usually £1 each, although we did splash out £5 for a box set of Monty Python films :) . Now we have two copies of Holy Grail including the 25th anniversary edition. Yesterday we watched the bit where Terry Jones and Michael Palin revisit the locations as we were at Doune Castle on Sunday. Photo may or may not appear here...

I really fancy gooseberries this year for some reason, but I won't get through a whole punnet by myself. I bought some blackberries at Tebay which I shared with my daughter.


Hope it settles soon. I had a very gassy/ loose tum last night after eating some tarka dal. Maybe my gut doesn't like pulses any more after a week away not eating any?

@gennepher I hope your floor is ok. We've had various leaks in the kitchen from washing machines, fridges and sink traps over the years and the floor has always survived once it dried out.

10.7 today, same as yesterday. Eating a small pot of cottage cheese brought it down to 7.5, will soon find out whether a couple of fried eggs worked the same magic today.

Part 3 of my interminable diabetes assessment/ review this afternoon, need my brain to wake up enough to convey the importance of BG testing for my diabetes management and request reinstatement of testing supplies on repeat prescription. Don't know if taking Mounjaro would affect the strength of DP. Would like to think the nurse would but not remotely hopeful.

Must go prepare some notes, may update re: Scotland trip another time. Love to all...

Edit: No photo. Can't be bothered to set up a website - it was of a sign at Doune Castle pointing the way to

Gift Shop
Coconuts

If they fix the photo issue soon I'll reattach it
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Thank you @debs248

But this isn't conventional wooden flooring it is actually glued onto my concrete floors.... and if it has been going on for a long time, the leak, there might be some problems I am sincerely hoping not....
 
Fbg 6.5

Another felt tip pen drawing from my sketchbook.

Tired today... no more fresh water coming out... humidifier is working hard.

I'll be glad when the plumber has finished the whole thing properly...

Good night from me...

Sleep well.

www.blipfoto.com

Another felt tip pen drawing... | gennepher

Another felt tip pen drawing from my sketchbook. Tired today... no more fresh water coming out... humidifier is working hard. I'll be...
www.blipfoto.com
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.5

Another felt tip pen drawing from my sketchbook.

Tired today... no more fresh water coming out... humidifier is working hard.

I'll be glad when the plumber has finished the whole thing properly...

Good night from me...

Sleep well.

www.blipfoto.com

Another felt tip pen drawing... | gennepher

Another felt tip pen drawing from my sketchbook. Tired today... no more fresh water coming out... humidifier is working hard. I'll be...
www.blipfoto.com
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Good to hear that the plumber has, at least, stopped the leak. It might be complicated putting everything back to normal, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.

I have bought a camera and microphone for my desktop pc to try to use it for Zoom meetings. I am having a slight problem with the Zoom site though. I tried to download the app, which is limited but free, but they would only offer either a monthly or an annual package. I'm not sure that I use it enough to justify that. Apart from anything else, I need to make sure it will work before I buy anything.
 
alf_Josiah said:
Good happy national bin day Morening Ladies and Gentlemen.
We, here in Tilehurst Towers are very lucky to be looking after our 2 youngest grandchildren today. Their schools are closed.
Best wishes to all.
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Good to hear from you. I'm sure you and Mrs A J will have a great day with your grandchildren Alf. Such days are a very special blessing, if tiring. Take care.
 
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5.6 this morning. I flew through the admin this morning and I am now relaxing with a coffee and a newspaper before my first Norwich 1:1 at 4pm.

I wrote up new exercise sheets and usually I have a problem finding the perfect picture to illustrate the exercises but today l found them straight away when I searched on Google.

I am enjoying teaching the new stuff
 
Good afternoon everyone from a damp squib of a day here in the dark and dangerous north.
Back from a full on week with the grandchildren (and their parents) visiting their great granny for four generations of fun and games.
Lot’s to see and do:
Sculpture parks and quarries where walls have been carved
Gallo Roman amphitheater
Underground Gallo Roman aqueducts
Eating moules-frites in La Rochelle
Painting with granny
Swimming in the neighbours pool
Back last night no idea what my blood sugars have been
 
dunelm said:
Good afternoon everyone from a damp squib of a day here in the dark and dangerous north.
Back from a full on week with the grandchildren (and their parents) visiting their great granny for four generations of fun and games.
Lot’s to see and do:
Sculpture parks and quarries where walls have been carved
Gallo Roman amphitheater
Underground Gallo Roman aqueducts
Eating moules-frites in La Rochelle
Painting with granny
Swimming in the neighbours pool
Back last night no idea what my blood sugars have been
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Welcome back. Sounds like a lot of fun. Some things come before blood sugars.
 
8.2 this a.m.!
Where do I start?
Mrs L has an Infection. The antibiotics are slowly working.
However, the last couple of days, it has been absolute nightmare.
Mrs L has been talking gibberish in a dialect that no one understands or comprehends. And it is insistent, my days have been used up as a personal servant or more likely a slave.
We had the mental health practitioner here twice in two days, as Mrs L was totally unreasonable, because the infection has an impact on her memory and the mood swings.
We are waiting to see if the infection has cleared and go from there.
I have begged for more help, but it will be slow in coming, if at all.
Have a doctor's phone call yesterday for myself and have a face to face appointment in a couple of weeks concentrating on my overall health and if I have had any appointments for the mental health.
The drugs are working, my anxiety has clearly abated and I'm not as angry and frustrated as I was.
I still feel really depressed. It is horrible. I'm in tears when I finally get time for myself.
Everyone says I doing great, but it just doesn't feel that way. It's really hard, beyond hard, I have to be there for her. But I don't have much of a life, not even the cricket! Footie days are not a respite.
Even when the carers are here, I'm having to prepare and still do most chores and Mrs L wants and caring. Yes, they help, but I'm still there to ensure it gets done.
Gotta go, tea to prepare (dinner you lot)
Best wishes.
Sorry it's so negative.
 
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