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

[ianpspurs]

This is outrageous - those cushions will do your back no good at all and that table!

Elf and safetee gawn mad. Are you the fabled Woke?

 

[dunelm]

Elf and safetee gawn mad. Are you the fabled Woke?

I woke this morning - that’s as good as it gets.

 

[BRSBRI]

Not looking forward to my enforced quarantine it has to be said at the other end but given what I need to do out there which just can't be done remotely, there's no option...

But given what I do and who I'll be meeting eventually, there's been some leeway but not as much as I had hoped. As well I completely over-packed.

Covid has done 2 additional things - created a new normal in business dealings and devastated high level contractual relationships across borders. Sigh - no wonder I've got T2D! (Kidding).

Also, the rest of my itinerary is subject to change as the meetings I will attend are so key, so popping in virtually may be the way.
We have local colleagues and team members who could deputise.

I don't intend to be like a colleague who was gone 3 months but brought back a massive contract having chosen to stay put, but it's always a remote possibility.

Serious business now of eating chicken lunch

 

[BRSBRI]

This is outrageous - those cushions will do your back no good at all and that table!

Not sure what I did to the previous post which has miraculously disappeared. But here it is again. As I said, it just gets so much worse.

 

[dunelm]

Not sure what I did to the previous post which has miraculously disappeared. But here it is again. As I said, it just gets so much worse. View attachment 47964

I feel your pain

 

[karen8967]

Todays quote x

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

And we're away...cruising already on our route down east. Estimating Taipei a little earlier than scheduled. Will never ever fly like this again - my timing was good to hitch the lift. I think I'll prefer Ryanair going forward though, especially a middle seat right up the back.



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With all them chairs it's Impossible to walk in a strait line, still it will disguise the effect of all that booze.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Not sure what I did to the previous post which has miraculously disappeared. But here it is again. As I said, it just gets so much worse. View attachment 47964

Crickey, even facilities for the 3 mile high club members.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Defeated by nature. The 50 year old tree had and has more roots than branches. I have spent most of the day trying to get them out and failed. Still, son coming to rescue on Saturday with big axe and Chainsaw and prepared to sacrifice the chain.

Although a slow growing very attractive Coniffer It sadly had to go as it's roots had cracked our retaining wall and paths.

Before Now

So I am now totally exhausted and ache like crazy, everywhere.

A quick watercolour sketch of Loire Valley France but it looks just like Tuscany and Shropshire so the proper watercolour will need a Chateau. A5 long and thin.


Now I have to record me singing Bass to Thomas Morley's Now in the month of Maying. Also 3 Bach pieces for Recorder Quartet and all before weekend.

 

[gennepher]

Finished my first painting in the series Places I have enjoyed. Went for early morning in Tuscany in the end, based on some photos and sketches of my own but also some internet images.....

A4 watercolour about 45 minutes....
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Wet day and so I knocked a quick study together for the Shropshire Blue Hills, I'm not sure I will do much better when I do the proper painting in some distant future....

A4 Watercolour 20 minutes...
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Both look brilliant @Muddy Cyclist

 

[gennepher]

Hey Peeps - I hope yous are all doing ok - I haven't posted as my FBG imo is still too high - not sure what is going on - surely it can't still be from vaccine last week - or maybe - who knows - or could be extra stress from job interview - possibly - it went fine yesterday btw - could be something or nothing - as levels up slightly overall. Sometimes this woe just does what it wants ...

Have a safe trip @BRSBRI

Sending virtual hugs to @gennepher - I hope you feel a bit better soon and I hope Popeye is being good company for you just now x

Thanks for the good wishes. Popeye is good company @Mrs T 123

It's possibly stress from your job interview. I hope it settles.

 

[gennepher]

good evening all

4.1 today

plumber has mostly finished but will leave the hole unfilled until tomorrow just to make sure nothing weeps before he backfills it

Car is back from the garage (for now), still has a wheel bearing starting to grumble but they can't do it for a couple of weeks, good for now though

Shopping went ok and we've delivered Mum's share to her and the blue bin has been emptied so it's been a busy day

Hope your day is treating you well

@gennepher - rest well

@dunelm - I like your 'sour grapes' interesting composition and the little touches of colour add to it nicely

@Mrs T 123 - Stress could definitely be the culprit for the higher BG, it works that way for me anyway Hope everything goes well.

@Muddy Cyclist - Lovely, reminds me very much of my visits spent in Tuscany (I'm hoping to get back there sometime ) and I like the misty receding distance and I just love your study of the 'Blue Hills', very fine

art bit - a sort of hybrid of pen and watercolour

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Thanks @geefull
I like your hybrid. It gives an intensity of colour and depth.

 

[gennepher]

Shouldn't that be furry god father?

Hug for tiredness winner for art.

Yes furry godfather...my brain still not working...
Thanks @Muddy Cyclist

 

[gennepher]

That’s MR Godfather to you. A great bit of art to make one smile - hugs for the tiredness - switch on the electric blanket.

Thanks @dunelm
Electric blanket on...

 

[gennepher]

Good morning everyone on a wet and blustery start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north.
The wonder wheel of a home made burger topped with an egg and sidled up to a pile of creamy garlic mushrooms came in at 4.8 this am.

Census - completed online. Am I actively seeking work? - must have been included by Pauline Campbell-Jones from League of Gentlemen. New blinds are now all in situ, ready to cut off the world at the drop of a hat (mine is made out of tin foil). Very effective blackout effect - it means that the grandchildren can play at Anderson shelters once they can visit again. Break out the torches and cheese butties. Post blind fitting tidying up session resulted in being stood on a step ladder holding things up like a badly drawn Statue of Liberty. “It’s not as tall as we thought it would be.”

Art - Some grapes and a bit of added purple, and green. Hope everyone has a great day - you can chase your garden furniture in the wind if you get bored. Koffy time.


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Makes me fancy some grapes @dunelm

 

[gennepher]

Fbg 7.9

Went out to check with a torch at midnight.
Could feel the wind vibrations. And I didn't have my processor on as I was trying to sleep...
Went out. No recycle bags. All gone including contents. My black wheelie was just about to travel down the steep hill minus its contents. Rescued black wheele which was determined to take off for sky travel.
Got up this morning. Most bungalows were bereft of their recycling bags, and it looked like the wheelies had partied hard in the night.
Where did all the wheelie rubbish go?
Bin men came along. Must have been the easiest rubbish collection ever, most wheelies had discharged their cargo to the care of the wind.
I went back to bed, and electric blanket and the furry godfather.
Couldn't care less today about painting.
Sat by front window.
Sky was blue and big dramatic white clouds. I don't have a creative bone in my body today. So I did the scene out of my front window.
Then the seagulls got frantic and began circling...
And black clouds descended with a horrendous rain storm.

So, I just managed the blue skies and clouds...in Procreate...

 

[Mrs T 123]

Greetings from a wet and windy Hancock county in <insert state of choice> I hope the interview turns out to have been successful @Mrs T 123 and fwiw my bg was impacted for about a fortnight. Safe flight and continued success in carb dodging @BRSBRI. Sleep well @gennepher. More carbs via #hxbgate (probably) = longer sleep - unprecedented 8 hrs. In my case the positive impact of managing T2 by LC on all round health seems to be up for debate. A day with no 2 - just - granddaughter then collecting her brother from school. Now I know why the idea of moving here made some sense once upon a time. Just the 4th choice house due to events of August '19 knocking the gloss off. Hang tough crew.

Cheers for that Ian very helpful - so I may have another week of high bgs - I was beginning to wonder what was going on ...

 

[BRSBRI]

And good morning Blighty! 0430 Friday as we are descending now...Taipei is not far away.

Slept deeply for 5½ hours didn't stir, my FBG after my dinner onboard is 6.3 - a wee bit higher than of late. Not surprisingly!

Breakfast of eggs cooked on board (wow), spinach and black coffee. Berries and cold cuts too.

Dressed in older clothes, face visor and FFP2 mask ready, all my bags are wrapped in plastic - let me tell you why. Aside from oceans of paperwork, the bags get sprayed with a solution apparently and so do I!
Then into a mini van to my hotel. All booked for a quarantine stay - it has a terrace and a sitting room, so it's more bearable than some.

Apparently it's all very smooth and organised and being the only passenger - it'll take minutes.

I'll be working when Europe sleeps zzzzz

Hope you've all had a fabulous day!

 

[BRSBRI]

Thanks for the good wishes. Popeye is good company @Mrs T 123

It's possibly stress from your job interview. I hope it settles.

Thank you gennepher - we're now through 9,000 feet and approaching. I hope all is well.

 

[BRSBRI]

Crickey, even facilities for the 3 mile high club members.

Or one Scottish lump. Which in this case it was, most certainly!