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

[SaskiaKC]

Thank you @HarryBeau
He has gone out, caught his morning mouse, came back in the kitchen when I called him, as I was making my coffee. And then he leads me back to my bed, miaowing me to follow!!!

So everything is back to normal now. I am very happy he is sitting on me cleaning himself from top to bottom....

I am so glad to hear Popeye is OK and back to normal! I hope you are feeling that way too, or soon will be. How horrid for you both but thank goodness you are both safe.

 

[SaskiaKC]

They were upstairs in their room...lots of sniffing when he comes in he knows there's 'someone' else here...similarly when they come down they play hunt the scent...when they're a lot bigger & the weather is warmer no doubt they will meet outside...Churchill had never been with dogs before 'Plumpy' once he got over the surprise he realised what a wuss 'Plumpy' was so just ignored him & and often sat in his basket...fingers crossed for the same result.

Haha -- so like a cat! ^. .^

 

[jjraak]

Thank you. I am sorry I didn't see your post yesterday. It seems that while the site was down it lost several posts, which I am only just now seeing.
I hope that you have been able to get your puncture fixed ... they're enough of a problem when you live close to a service station; when you live far away ... sigh. I like living far away from commercial centers, but it certainly can be inconvenient, to say the least!
I hope my move can happen sometime this coming summer. I am now at the top of their waiting list, so just have to gather all the required paperwork together, then make an appointment to meet with the manager there, bringing my documents with me, then he will start his paperwork, and an apartment should be available about 3 months from that time.
Thank you about the furniture store. At this point I'm getting to where I don't like to go out much, even with Uber/Lyft -- drive-by shootings usually don't happen during the daytime, but things are getting so crazy here that who knows? All I need are a sofa and a mattress, and I was given two sofas and a mattress at the place where I lived before, so for all I know that might happen at the new place ... when tenants move out of senior apartment buildings their kids/grandkids often just give heavy pieces of furniture away in order to not have to pay to have them hauled away.
But I do have my eye on a lovely red sofa at one store ...

A win for the positives in the move, but a HUG too for the move and what it brings up, and of course the very unknown part of it all.

a great adventure to be sure, but always a hint of worry too, which is whats kept the species alive all these years.

shame you are not just a few hundred from here rather then the few thousand, or i'd have offered to come give you a hand.
sure others would have as well.

thank you for the scoot best wishes..

yes it is raised, and i thought it might be too low for the rider, but it's pretty much perfect for me, ( steph not tried it yet, so we'll see.)..yes, the good thing is Lauren is quite 'leggy' ...i think they say of ladies..

Great legs, but i mean tall....well taller then all her mates..i'd guess 5.7/8"

Again perfect for me. dancing she rests on my shoulder nicely.
( god must love me ..giving me beer amd bacon as well as Lauren, proves it me thinks )

So she can normally see over my should on the scoots abroad, but this one will give her views over my head i think..might make a difference to how she 'enjoys' the bike ride, ...hopefully..
has top box so she can rest back, as did MB, but she still said NO..


Best wishes for your move, i take @ianpspurs , view that as upsetting as it is, sometimes it's right to move on.

you have been on about moving for a while now, perhaps time to let that 'inner voice' take over and let your mind rest easy, with the decision.

Have a good morning @SaskiaKC

 

[SaskiaKC]

I nearly forgot ... 7.5 this morning.

@jjraak I was really sorry to hear about your bike.
But glad to know about the new toy! It sounds like fun.

@krystyna re the chocolate on the shelf ... BTDT.

Aha ... I have just Googled FUBB ...

 

[jjraak]

Do you ever think you are losing it. I was really tired before Christmas as the Autumn term had been really hectic and I had had no real summer break because I had done course work and exams. I ordered 25 bars of Montezumas in December and husband put them on the top shelf of the cupboard for me.

I promptly completely forgot they were there and ordered another 25 bars which arrived yesterday. I was so shocked to find I now have 50 bars of 100% chocolate - a huge stash. I couldn't remember ordering the bars before Christmas - but I checked my records and I definitely did order them on 6th December. Really scary.

Sorry @Krystyna23040 probably MY computer playing up rather then any fault with the forum,
but you seem to have missed off your address, so we can 'help' with the problem..

No worries next post will do, just thought i'd mention it..

see ya soon.

 

[jjraak]

Just taken a photo of Popeye asleep on my tummy and between my fleeces. But the orange blanket he is sleeping on reflected in his eye and made it look bloodshot, and it's not! So I altered the shot to black&white!

Putting my steam eye mask on now....and sleep...bye for now...
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Oh my days...poor old Popeye...

So glad he's safe and well, IF also ....
A) a little Skittish
and/or
B) a sneaky B****** and planning a sneak attack back, too.

Have only seen ONE cat on a lead, it didn't look happy, so we toyed with it, as well, but belles was NOISY and like a greased up writhe-ring snake when we did finally put it on her.. (3 pints later..ME, not cat..and very NOT beer.)
it was TOO torturous to watch any longer so we gave up and that was the end of that..so well done you getting him in it at all..very impressed, and probably a nod to his mind set at the time, i'd guess...poor mite.

Hope the days ahead get him back to his own ways and Zones of interest
( no reason why anything should be OUTSIDE , so close to the back door....no foods or drinking bowls ? )

 

[PenguinMum]

@SaskiaKC thanks for your reply and good wishes. That is a very handsome red sofa, now I have sofa envy! It would be good if there was an acceptable bed at the new place and you could just buy a new mattress. I hope you can find a way to keep your mama’s desk. I think it would be very comforting in new surroundings. A little story. Our second move was from a ground level flat to an Edwardian house and our King bed base would not go up the stairs. The removal men offered to saw a bit of the stair rail and finial off but we just couldn't do that. So we slept on the mattress on the floor for 8 weeks while a factory made us a split base bed. But we were very young, now it would be a struggle to get down to the floor let alone get up again, lol.

 

[PenguinMum]

@gennepher I hope you and Popeye are rested and feeling better after the ordeal.

 

[SaskiaKC]

A win for the positives in the move, but a HUG too for the move and what it brings up, and of course the very unknown part of it all.

a great adventure to be sure, but always a hint of worry too, which is whats kept the species alive all these years.

shame you are not just a few hundred from here rather then the few thousand, or i'd have offered to come give you a hand.
sure others would have as well.

thank you for the scoot best wishes..

yes it is raised, and i thought it might be too low for the rider, but it's pretty much perfect for me, ( steph not tried it yet, so we'll see.)..yes, the good thing is Lauren is quite 'leggy' ...i think they say of ladies..

Great legs, but i mean tall....well taller then all her mates..i'd guess 5.7/8"

Again perfect for me. dancing she rests on my shoulder nicely.
( god must love me ..giving me beer amd bacon as well as Lauren, proves it me thinks )

So she can normally see over my should on the scoots abroad, but this one will give her views over my head i think..might make a difference to how she 'enjoys' the bike ride, ...hopefully..
has top box so she can rest back, as did MB, but she still said NO..


Best wishes for your move, i take @ianpspurs , view that as upsetting as it is, sometimes it's right to move on.

you have been on about moving for a while now, perhaps time to let that 'inner voice' take over and let your mind rest easy, with the decision.

Have a good morning @SaskiaKC

Thank you. Hug.
I have no doubt God loves you, and the gifts of Lauren, beer and bacon (notice the order ) are wonderful blessings. You yourself are such a loving husband and family man and friend ... Lauren and Steph are blessed.

Re: recent postings here about different people's images of "scooter" -- here is what I picture:

 

[dunelm]

Do you ever think you are losing it. I was really tired before Christmas as the Autumn term had been really hectic and I had had no real summer break because I had done course work and exams. I ordered 25 bars of Montezumas in December and husband put them on the top shelf of the cupboard for me.

I promptly completely forgot they were there and ordered another 25 bars which arrived yesterday. I was so shocked to find I now have 50 bars of 100% chocolate - a huge stash. I couldn't remember ordering the bars before Christmas - but I checked my records and I definitely did order them on 6th December. Really scary.

If you can persuade the government to make chocolate an illegal substance then you will clean up.

 

[SaskiaKC]

@SaskiaKC thanks for your reply and good wishes. That is a very handsome red sofa, now I have sofa envy! It would be good if there was an acceptable bed at the new place and you could just buy a new mattress. I hope you can find a way to keep your mama’s desk. I think it would be very comforting in new surroundings. A little story. Our second move was from a ground level flat to an Edwardian house and our King bed base would not go up the stairs. The removal men offered to saw a bit of the stair rail and finial off but we just couldn't do that. So we slept on the mattress on the floor for 8 weeks while a factory made us a split base bed. But we were very young, now it would be a struggle to get down to the floor let alone get up again, lol.

Very hard indeed to get up and down from a floor mattress. The KittenCat might love it -- she wouldn't have to jump! -- but I don't enjoy getting up from my current bed, which is just a mattress and foundation, total height 16". My sofa is the same height and I have to tell myself that getting up from it is good exercise ... ???

An Edwardian house sounds fascinating ... I have seen pictures of course, but to live in one! Is it as nice as it seems? WWI era is about as old as most houses would be around here ... there are some turn-of-the century ones too, but they are not thick on the ground. It is funny -- there is an American house style called Queen Anne that looks nothing like Queen Anne houses I have seen pictures of in the UK, and actually are more Edwardian in date, ... hmm ...

 

[gennepher]

I am so glad to hear Popeye is OK and back to normal! I hope you are feeling that way too, or soon will be. How horrid for you both but thank goodness you are both safe.

He surprised me how quickly he came back to normal. I was out earlier, and left him asleep in my bedroom and shut the door so he couldn't go outside while I am out. I was just being cautious. When I came back a few hours later he was still asleep. I woke him up, and went outside with him. He seems to understand. We are both back in my bed and he is purring his head off. I am very relieved.
Thank you.

 

[ianpspurs]

Good-looking scooter!
I'm just now seeing your post, and several others I seem to have missed yesterday, maybe when the site was down for maintenance?
I love the fact that Peggy's pillion seat is elevated; it must be great to be able to see the view; I remember riding around the countryside near Auburn Univ. with my "view" the back of a leather jacket and the fringe of hair between helmet and collar ... lol

I wish you and Lauren miles and miles of enjoyment.

Now going or now seeing is very Norfolk do you not agree @Krystyna23040 ? Are you sure you aren't really in Hilgay?

 

[gennepher]

@gennepher I hope you and Popeye are rested and feeling better after the ordeal.

Thanks @PenguinMum
We had a good sleep earlier. Then I had notifications that some parcels had arrived at the post office. So I left him asleep in my bed, shut the door, to make sure he stayed in..
it was nice earlier, so I stayed out do some shopping and other messages. He was still asleep when I got back! So I woke him up and went outside with him (I didn't put the harness and lead on). He seemed to understand not to go out of my sight. It was still daylight. But if he needs to toilet tonight, then it will be harness and lead. Although I have bought some cat litter and a tray today (he has never used one, never had to, I always had a cat-flap). But I will set that up in a bit....

Whatever it was that got him coming out of the cat flap was an opportunist. I don't know if your cats do things at regular times, but you can almost set your clock to the times he goes out to toilet, goes out to hunt, and so comes out of the cat flap at regular times.

 

[PenguinMum]

Very hard indeed to get up and down from a floor mattress. The KittenCat might love it -- she wouldn't have to jump! -- but I don't enjoy getting up from my current bed, which is just a mattress and foundation, total height 16". My sofa is the same height and I have to tell myself that getting up from it is good exercise ... ???

An Edwardian house sounds fascinating ... I have seen pictures of course, but to live in one! Is it as nice as it seems? WWI era is about as old as most houses would be around here ... there are some turn-of-the century ones too, but they are not thick on the ground. It is funny -- there is an American house style called Queen Anne that looks nothing like Queen Anne houses I have seen pictures of in the UK, and actually are more Edwardian in date, ... hmm ...

It really wasnt that grand. It was a red brick semi detached with nice features and was the home where we would start our family. We spent a lot of money repointing the brickwork and rebuilding the chimney which was in shocking state. A few months after we had the big storm of 1987 and the damage was so bad the old chimney would have come down and killed us in our bed. We had n power and couldnt get out of our village for a week. Hundreds of ancient oak trees were felled like mere twigs in every direction.

 

[PenguinMum]

Thanks @PenguinMum
We had a good sleep earlier. Then I had notifications that some parcels had arrived at the post office. So I left him asleep in my bed, shut the door, to make sure he stayed in..
it was nice earlier, so I stayed out do some shopping and other messages. He was still asleep when I got back! So I woke him up and went outside with him (I didn't put the harness and lead on). He seemed to understand not to go out of my sight. It was still daylight. But if he needs to toilet tonight, then it will be harness and lead. Although I have bought some cat litter and a tray today (he has never used one, never had to, I always had a cat-flap). But I will set that up in a bit....

Whatever it was that got him coming out of the cat flap was an opportunist. I don't know if your cats do things at regular times, but you can almost set your clock to the times he goes out to toilet, goes out to hunt, and so comes out of the cat flap at regular times.

Oh thats good news. Absolutely my cats do things at the same time every day. If I am late opening the can of tuna they sit expectantly by the kitchen cupboard where it's stored. At 10pm I just have to say “time for bed” in fact I only have to switch the tv off and they head to their night baskets. You really can train cats if you want to. I think they like to be habitual.

 

[gennepher]

Oh my days...poor old Popeye...

So glad he's safe and well, IF also ....
A) a little Skittish
and/or
B) a sneaky B****** and planning a sneak attack back, too.

Have only seen ONE cat on a lead, it didn't look happy, so we toyed with it, as well, but belles was NOISY and like a greased up writhe-ring snake when we did finally put it on her.. (3 pints later..ME, not cat..and very NOT beer.)
it was TOO torturous to watch any longer so we gave up and that was the end of that..so well done you getting him in it at all..very impressed, and probably a nod to his mind set at the time, i'd guess...poor mite.

Hope the days ahead get him back to his own ways and Zones of interest
( no reason why anything should be OUTSIDE , so close to the back door....no foods or drinking bowls ? )

There is no food outside nor drinking bowls...
Only the ponds in the back garden with hibernating frogs, and buckets of rainwater in back garden.

He thinks heard or saw something just now through my bedroom window, it is dark now, so I have put him on the harness and lead, and he has dragged me round the garden and checked every tree and blade of grass...but won't toilet on the lead. I can't believe he allows me to put him on harness and lead...

So we ended up back in the kitchen where I blocked the cat flap with heavy wooden chest. And set up cat tray and litter...plonked him in it...whereupon he sent the whole lot flying and now I have crunchy cat litter all over the kitchen floor. He is worse than @HarryBeau 's little mites...

He won't come out of the kitchen...he has his eyes glued on that cat flap, which he can't see because of the wooden chest. I give up...I have come back to bed. It is up to him if he joins me...

 

[gennepher]

Oh thats good news. Absolutely my cats do things at the same time every day. If I am late opening the can of tuna they sit expectantly by the kitchen cupboard where it's stored. At 10pm I just have to say “time for bed” in fact I only have to switch the tv off and they head to their night baskets. You really can train cats if you want to. I think they like to be habitual.

I agree that they like to be habitual. His Lordship is going to have to learn different going outside habitual times for his own safety at the moment. But then that is probably why he catches so many mice, because the little blighters probably come out at the same times...

 

[HarryBeau]

7;

He won't come out of the kitchen...he has his eyes glued on that cat flap, which he can't see because of the wooden chest.

Oh poor thing he obviously is trying hard to protect his home & you...he's in one piece that's the most important thing it will take him a while to settle down...I think he'll use the tray after all cats like to be clean...bless him he has his pride...hope he has a restful night...I had a lockable cat flap in London have you considered one of them long term?

 

[HarryBeau]

You really can train cats if you want to. I think they like to be habitual.

I'm crossing my fingers PM