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

[dunelm]

Good morning. Friday is @karen8967 's meme day - done; salmon avo salad day - job in hand. Little extra this week looking after wife with broken ankle and figuring out just how the new gadgets here work and where the opposite of heaven everything is if it isn't still in a box. Washing is in progress as I know how that machine works and hot or not it all gets tumble dried. I know how the dishwasher works and have experience of operating all three vacuum cleaners. @Krystyna23040 great that supersonic has now become NFN. @Muddy Cyclist poetry competition is a great idea and I may pinch the certificate as we have a Bella. @RFSMarch hug for the choking amidst those luminaries but winner for the loo buggy and replacement Swipey. @dunelm I hope the journey and handover go smoothly - do check what colour zone the swap place has been designated. @gennepher so much hassle in your life but you always find a way to fight back - usually (always?) via you art and garden. Bravo. Oh yes, I was 4.4 on the Mk2 Swipey - who knows but it fits some other data so could be a non alternative truth. Think I know what AH means now - like opinions, we've all got one?

Hugs for Julie and hope it’s complication free

 

[dunelm]

Helen our eldest is coming up for week and staying with s.i.l. in a farm stay close by, which enables them to go into Lakes when they like.

But!!! I am very untidy normally and the duchess is tidying me up because they are coming here quite a lot during the week.
I suggested this am I could put a hook in the boiler room and she could hook me up in there if was too untidy.
D.

Top idea, don’t forget a brush and comb.

 

[ianpspurs]

Hugs for Julie and hope it complication free

Thanks. Monday should be a key day in seeing where go with this.

 

[jjraak]

... How's the Chalfonts?

 

[gennepher]

@gennepher if you put your camouflage netting up on metal supports or use chicken wire, up to your desired hedge height, he won't be able to cut future growth down without damaging his hedge cutter.

By some strange coincidence I bought a roll of chicken wire this morning @SlimLizzy
It was because that badger has tunnelled a new route into the back of my garden, and I bought it to stuff the badger's tunnel with...
I was fixing the camouflage netting with foam covered garden wire. But I was feeling the netting could be cut easily. But metal posts for fixing would be far more substantial, however the chicken wire sounds a much more splendid idea. I am going to back the camouflage netting with the chicken wire...

Thanks very much for that idea.

 

[gennepher]

Good Morening just Ladies and Gentlemen.
Two special mentions today @ianpspurs and @gennepher, me and me's hope your trials and tribulations don't get you down too much and a swift recovery is underway.

A 7.2 this morning on that grrrrrr meter........

Life on a coat hook @lindisfel, in your boiler room, one or several of me's hope you don't have an infestation of rodents in your nether regions and owls in your hair.

Changing subject
Mrs J decided to give our front lawn a short back and sides yesterday, going to the bother of putting the lawmower away afterwards, now Mrs J does not like doing the edges with the strimmer, but being brave and pushing my luck I suggested the strimming should be done and done it certainly was.....

Well Mrs J then in bad grace suggested I inspect the strimming and inspect I most certainly did with a tape measure and found a variation of up to 50m ( 2 inches in old money ), after tactfully pointing this out to Mrs J, Mrs J was not impressed........and I won't mention where the strimmer was put away.

Stay safe, stay well, stay apart and above all else stay away from wives carrying strimmers.

Thanks @alf_Josiah a swift interesting recovery is being worked on....

 

[gennepher]

Thanks @jjraak. She broke the other ankle in 2012 which was part of a horrendous year culminating May 8th 2013. That required an operation and metal plate. This one may not according to hospital but ortho team will contact us maybe Monday. Yesterday, she fell/tripped in a badly disguised hole where part of a kerb edge was missing and filled with dust/dirt. A delivery lorry blocked the path. She was on the way to watch Frozen, outdoors in St Albans with DIL and 2 grandchildren. competition win and favour for No 3 son. Stopped as gels wanted something from garage shop or she needed fuel or pregnant DIL needed comfort break - or all of the above. Lorry driver helped her up, she complained to the manager of shop - meh quoth he. Carried on, drove home. Many hrs later at West Suffolk hospital (roof supported by many acrows, eh Matty) foot in special boot. I think this is basically all part of a disastrous move and most days are BOHICA but I am not the most happy chap by nature.

I hope it gets sorted easily @ianpspurs
A bunch of flowers for Julie

 

[gennepher]

Good morning. Friday is @karen8967 's meme day - done; salmon avo salad day - job in hand. Little extra this week looking after wife with broken ankle and figuring out just how the new gadgets here work and where the opposite of heaven everything is if it isn't still in a box. Washing is in progress as I know how that machine works and hot or not it all gets tumble dried. I know how the dishwasher works and have experience of operating all three vacuum cleaners. @Krystyna23040 great that supersonic has now become NFN. @Muddy Cyclist poetry competition is a great idea and I may pinch the certificate as we have a Bella. @RFSMarch hug for the choking amidst those luminaries but winner for the loo buggy and replacement Swipey. @dunelm I hope the journey and handover go smoothly - do check what colour zone the swap place has been designated. @gennepher so much hassle in your life but you always find a way to fight back - usually (always?) via you art and garden. Bravo. Oh yes, I was 4.4 on the Mk2 Swipey - who knows but it fits some other data so could be a non alternative truth. Think I know what AH means now - like opinions, we've all got one?

Thanks @ianpspurs
I always find a way to fight back, it's my nature...

 

[gennepher]

Good morning everyone fro another day in paradise here in the dark and dangerous north
The wonder wheel of lamb breast came in at 4.8 this am

I ventured towards the news this morning and was met with words like ‘alarm’ and ‘chaos’ - same old noise then. It’s the last day with this episode of “The Grandchildren Came For Half Term” and they will be going home in the morning - child exchange to be furtively carried out in a motorway car park at the half way marker. I guess I can then get my brushes and inks out again - the have been put away and I am just using a couple of brush pens and a water brush on a few sheets of monoprinted rice paper...

...and here is another. Hope that everyone has as pleasant a Friday as you can. Time for koffy.

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Hey @dunelm I love this one.. Brush pens on the mono printed rice paper has worked very well here.

 

[gennepher]

Pleased to read that you have some temporary solutions and also long term plans to get your garden back in order. I like the looseness of your sunflowers, wonderful bright colours to start the day.

Thanks @dunelm
I have even more temporary leading to permanent solutions. I keep getting more ideas for repairing/recreating that barrier between me and him to get my privacy back.
Thanks for the sunflowers compliment.

 

[gennepher]

Jelly babies in the cooler section of my cart bag and two bottles of water to try and stay hydrated! Oh and to my immense amusement (and I was actually quite impressed too) the gold club laid on a 'loo buggy' at the 9th hole for anyone playing on the ladies days to quickly drive back to the club house and back before carrying on. More clubs should do this.

I like the idea of the loo buggy @RFSMarch

 

[ianpspurs]

I hope it gets sorted easily @ianpspurs
A bunch of flowers for Julie

Thank you so much.

 

[Krystyna23040]

Little extra this week looking after wife with broken ankle and figuring out just how the new gadgets here work and where the opposite of heaven everything is if it isn't still in a box. Washing is in progress as I know how that machine works and hot or not it all gets tumble dried. I know how the dishwasher works and have experience of operating all three vacuum cleaners.

So sorry to hear that Julie has broken her ankle. Great that you have taken over running the gadgets in the house. Hope her ankle isn't too painful.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

I love your watercolour sketches of rock pools.

Thankyou.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

I love both of these @Muddy Cyclist
How I wish I could clamber among those rocks again....
Keep recording your holiday. It is like I am enjoying this mini holiday as well...

Thank you, we have been so lucky with great weather.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

All the colours of rock pools, you can almost get the smells, smashing. Poetry competition - excellent idea and well done to Bella.

Thank you. The things we have taught them this week, Skipping running in and all, I thought all girls did this. Juggling at least two of them can now manage three balls for about 30 seconds. Grandparents are so good at teaching completely useless skills.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Good morning everyone fro another day in paradise here in the dark and dangerous north
The wonder wheel of lamb breast came in at 4.8 this am

I ventured towards the news this morning and was met with words like ‘alarm’ and ‘chaos’ - same old noise then. It’s the last day with this episode of “The Grandchildren Came For Half Term” and they will be going home in the morning - child exchange to be furtively carried out in a motorway car park at the half way marker. I guess I can then get my brushes and inks out again - the have been put away and I am just using a couple of brush pens and a water brush on a few sheets of monoprinted rice paper...

...and here is another. Hope that everyone has as pleasant a Friday as you can. Time for koffy.

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Fabolous picture again and grandchildren half term visit must have been magical.

 

[ianpspurs]

So sorry to hear that Julie has broken her ankle. Great that you have taken over running the gadgets in the house. Hope her ankle isn't too painful.

Thanks @Krystyna23040. I am exceptionally well suited to housework it suits my temperament perfectly

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Thanks @jjraak. She broke the other ankle in 2012 which was part of a horrendous year culminating May 8th 2013. That required an operation and metal plate. This one may not according to hospital but ortho team will contact us maybe Monday. Yesterday, she fell/tripped in a badly disguised hole where part of a kerb edge was missing and filled with dust/dirt. A delivery lorry blocked the path. She was on the way to watch Frozen, outdoors in St Albans with DIL and 2 grandchildren. competition win and favour for No 3 son. Stopped as gels wanted something from garage shop or she needed fuel or pregnant DIL needed comfort break - or all of the above. Lorry driver helped her up, she complained to the manager of shop - meh quoth he. Carried on, drove home. Many hrs later at West Suffolk hospital (roof supported by many acrows, eh Matty) foot in special boot. I think this is basically all part of a disastrous move and most days are BOHICA but I am not the most happy chap by nature.

Sorry to hear this news about Julie, lots of care and sympathy required, fingers crossed it is not a complicated break.

 

[ianpspurs]

Sorry to hear this news about Julie, lots of care and sympathy required, fingers crossed it is not a complicated break.

Thank you @Muddy Cyclist. It is painful today and we await the opinion of the Ortho team/consultant on Monday.