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Luckily, the funeral service was recorded and I was sent a link to the video. It's not the same as being there, but it was a nice service and quite a few people attending - even more watching online, it seems. A lot of music. I've already written my funeral service, to make sure I get what I want, and I've specified no music - the stuff that I like, nobody else would and I don't want what I don't like to be played. I would have things like "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" and such like, and mediaeval music - not everyone's taste. Might change my mind though, and ask them to play "Ae Fond Kiss", words by Robert Burns. Maybe even record it myself to be played at the end. That should get the tears flowing.
 
Annb said:
Got back from getting my jabs and promptly fell asleep in the chair. Woke up at 11.35 - missed the funeral service! Idiot!

I'm calling myself idiot for all sorts of things these days - beginning to wonder about my progress towards dementia. But, I suppose, if I am aware of it, it can't be too bad yet. I forget things, I sleep in the day, off and on, I fumble things, I wobble when I try to walk. Are these all signs, I ask myself. "Don't know" myself answers with a shrug. Not sure I can do anything about it anyway - except apologise to Neil in advance.
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You can possibly @Annb still watch the funeral service. The online ones that I have watched I have watched a few days later after the funeral itself.
 
5.9 this morning.

Mr K 's appointment with the Consultant went really well. The treatment plan has worked so well that not only can the op take place early December but it won't be such an invasive op. The swelling and inflammation has gone down significantly and his body has began to heal.
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all from a dreary L.A. where my fbg was 4.6 when I checked at 8.30 and bg is now, 11.00 am, 5.0 after various tasks and some tea. @dunelm busy day ahead but TGIB will sweeten the pill of the expenditure. My day will definitely include hot beverages. JKP had to collect 2 grandchildren from near Ely as mum and dad forgot today was a teacher training day. Weren't these Baker Days back in the day? @alf_Josiah two wonderful presents, enjoy. @Krystyna23040 yesterday sounds lovely for you, your sister, Bonnie and Lexi. How is Mr K? @gennepher thank you for sharing another of those splendid pieces from your sketchbook. The plan to try to come to an agreement to give disabled people an extension on the parking time seems perfectly equitable. @Annb I hope the jabs go well and the live stream works for you. I must help the nation deal with the peanut butter and Jarlsberg cheese mountain very soon. Thoughts and prayers for all finding today's commute or work on UK transport extra stressful and for the brave man who put himself in harm's way on Saturday.
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Thank you @ianpspurs - Mr K is definitely in much less pain.
We are both feeling a lot happier after his appointment with the Consultant for
 
Annb said:
Got back from getting my jabs and promptly fell asleep in the chair. Woke up at 11.35 - missed the funeral service! Idiot!

I'm calling myself idiot for all sorts of things these days - beginning to wonder about my progress towards dementia. But, I suppose, if I am aware of it, it can't be too bad yet. I forget things, I sleep in the day, off and on, I fumble things, I wobble when I try to walk. Are these all signs, I ask myself. "Don't know" myself answers with a shrug. Not sure I can do anything about it anyway - except apologise to Neil in advance.
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Having cared for Mr K 's dad, who had dementia, I don't think they are signs of dementia @Annb

Not surprising that you are tired during the day as pain keeps you awake at night. We all forget things, especially when we are in pain or stressed.

Reading your posts I have never seen any signs that they are written by someone who has the start of dementia.
 
Krystyna23040 said:
5.9 this morning.

Mr K 's appointment with the Consultant went really well. The treatment plan has worked so well that not only can the op take place early December but it won't be such an invasive op. The swelling and inflammation has gone down significantly and his body has began to heal.
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That's great news @Krystyna23040. Best wishes for Mr K for December and wishes for a fast recovery.
 
Krystyna23040 said:
Having cared for Mr K 's dad, who had dementia, I don't think they are signs of dementia @Annb

Not surprising that you are tired during the day as pain keeps you awake at night. We all forget things, especially when we are in pain or stressed.

Reading your posts I have never seen any signs that they are written by someone who has the start of dementia.
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Thanks for that Krystyna. The brain is definitely getting old though, as is everything else. That's life though so we just have to get on with it.
 
Annb said:
Thanks for that Krystyna. The brain is definitely getting old though, as is everything else. That's life though so we just have to get on with it.
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Yes, you are right @Annb.

One of my much younger colleagues was telling me w her memory is getting worse and she was now one of the biggest paid up members of the Lack of Memory Club. I think I am also.

It is so weird. I can teach for hours and don't need to look at notes or exercise sheets but I can't remember what I went upstairs to get. or I open the fridge instead of the cupboard that the item I have gone to get is in.
 
Outlier said:
One of my friends calls it the Craft Club - as in Can't Remember a Flippin' Thing. Only she doesn't say "Flippin''.
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I've always had a bad memory - when I was a teenager I often had to go to buy milk at a dairy in Canterbury for my mother after I came home from school. The dairy was about a mile and a half from our house. My mother would give me a shilling and off I would run to get the milk and back I would run: "Where's the milk?" (Still on the counter at the dairy). Back I would run and the lady in the dairy would see me coming and hold the bottle of milk out to me as I arrived. Home I would run with the milk. You would think I would not do that again, but I did, several times. 1/- and a 6 mile run for a pint of milk. I started forgetting the name of things in my 20's - simple things like porridge - and I would stand in a shop for ages, trying to remember what the thing I wanted was called. I'm worse these days though.

Paid up member of 2the CRAFT Club, I guess.
 
Good morning everyone on a morning sampling many weather conditions here in the dark and dangerous north. Just waiting now for the hailstones and a bit of snow to complete the set.

5.4 this a.m.

Planning my next visit over to French Froggy France to see my mother before the end of the year and find that I can get a direct train to Manchester Airport from a wee station just 20 miles away - deep joy and saves both a joyless journey on our splendidly awful roads and the cost of parking at an airport for a week.

Weather now giving a good demonstration of blustery wind but the rain has been put away so we are going to get blown down the road and into town for a mooch round.

Art bit - experiment in mixing Chinese sumi ink with water based coloured inks.

Hope your day moves along unimpeded - best finish this koffy and get on with the day.
 

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Morning all from a bright and mild for early November day here in L.A. My fbg was 4.2 at 9.14 and is 4.8 now, 11.15. @Krystyna23040 your consultation and Mr K's progress is wonderful news. @dunelm thank you for sharing your very autumnal art and good news on the transport. @Annb the milk story sounds like a novel means of keeping active and as @Krystyna23040 said your posts don't give off dementia vibes. I do hope you all have an interesting day in a good way. Peace be with you all.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on a morning sampling many weather conditions here in the dark and dangerous north. Just waiting now for the hailstones and a bit of snow to complete the set.

5.4 this a.m.

Planning my next visit over to French Froggy France to see my mother before the end of the year and find that I can get a direct train to Manchester Airport from a wee station just 20 miles away - deep joy and saves both a joyless journey on our splendidly awful roads and the cost of parking at an airport for a week.

Weather now giving a good demonstration of blustery wind but the rain has been put away so we are going to get blown down the road and into town for a mooch round.

Art bit - experiment in mixing Chinese sumi ink with water based coloured inks.

Hope your day moves along unimpeded - best finish this koffy and get on with the day.
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Wow, I love this bold painting @dunelm
 
Fbg 6.6

The next page in my sketchbook...
In acrylics and pastels...

I want to collect my Amazon parcel this morning... it did not look quite big enough. So when I got home, I checked it.... half my parcel is missing. About £25 worth of stuff.. so I got onto Amazon and it was not easy. When I finally got somewhere it told me to check my neighbours to see if my parcel has been left at my neighbours. That I could not understand., because the items are missing from within the parcel, but in any case, they won't go any further with this for another few days. Sigh...

Frustrating.

I've been asleep this last hour because it did my head in and did my head in trying to navigate Amazon... so now I will start the day again.... but the cat is asleep on me and I would quite happily stay asleep...


The link to my painting
www.blipfoto.com

The next page in my sketchbook... | gennepher

©️ 2025 — Created by gennepher >^..^< — All Rights Reserved The next page in my sketchbook... In acrylics and...
www.blipfoto.com
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.6

The next page in my sketchbook...
In acrylics and pastels...

I want to collect my Amazon parcel this morning... it did not look quite big enough. So when I got home, I checked it.... half my parcel is missing. About £25 worth of stuff.. so I got onto Amazon and it was not easy. When I finally got somewhere it told me to check my neighbours to see if my parcel has been left at my neighbours. That I could not understand., because the items are missing from within the parcel, but in any case, they won't go any further with this for another few days. Sigh...

Frustrating.

I've been asleep this last hour because it did my head in and did my head in trying to navigate Amazon... so now I will start the day again.... but the cat is asleep on me and I would quite happily stay asleep...


The link to my painting
www.blipfoto.com

The next page in my sketchbook... | gennepher

©️ 2025 — Created by gennepher >^..^< — All Rights Reserved The next page in my sketchbook... In acrylics and...
www.blipfoto.com
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Hug for the tiredness caused by Amazon failing to deliver all your order then being unhelpful. Thank you for sharing another piece from that sketchbook.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.6

The next page in my sketchbook...
In acrylics and pastels...

I want to collect my Amazon parcel this morning... it did not look quite big enough. So when I got home, I checked it.... half my parcel is missing. About £25 worth of stuff.. so I got onto Amazon and it was not easy. When I finally got somewhere it told me to check my neighbours to see if my parcel has been left at my neighbours. That I could not understand., because the items are missing from within the parcel, but in any case, they won't go any further with this for another few days. Sigh...

Frustrating.

I've been asleep this last hour because it did my head in and did my head in trying to navigate Amazon... so now I will start the day again.... but the cat is asleep on me and I would quite happily stay asleep...


The link to my painting
www.blipfoto.com

The next page in my sketchbook... | gennepher

©️ 2025 — Created by gennepher >^..^< — All Rights Reserved The next page in my sketchbook... In acrylics and...
www.blipfoto.com
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I'm hearing of a few problems with Amazon deliveries recently. Maybe they are cutting too many of their workforce and depending on robots to make sensible decisions (some hope - they have to be programmed by fallible humans). At least a human can identify a problem and deal with it. Too many automated systems have "glitches" which need a competent human to fix them. Too many designers of systems have no experience of running the systems so don't know what could go wrong. Sorry - ranting here. It's one of my pet bugbears.
 
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