Diary summary week ending 4th August 2024

[Gillg]

RJ
Well done for your efforts to cope with your situation
 

[Viktoria]

Thanks for the interesting news folks and the poem 

Hope the freezer problems are quickly resolved .

Drs.today ,a follow up after the all clear re  screening etc when all was OK,
but Dr. wants to eliminate any other possible causes for the fluid in my upper arms .
He has arranged XRays .
I am being looked after very well.

Just entering my front gate when I got home, a lady with a little boy came out of the side lane .She said they had been looking , over the fence , for my fish ,but could not see them .
I explained they would be under a flat stone I balance oh two cubes of stone
where it is still cool water  when the sun gets very hot ..
Someone had put a little yellow plastic duckling in the water .
Then the little boy - 4 - said he needed the toilet so  I invited them in as they had a way to go to get home .
He wanted the duckling so I gave it to him ,but washed it as pond water certainly is not clean !
He starts school in September.Bobby.

Son back from his trip to Head Office.
All the stuff I had to put back in the big cupboard is away ! phew!

A lovely day ,hope it keeps up.

Saw another creamy white butterfly today, fluttering about in my little herb patch where the mint is now in flower.
It seemed to flutter in one spot and I realised it was caught in a  strand  of gossamer thread, so I released it BUT there was a big spider grasping it which I flicked away but sadly the butterfly was dead ,I imagine the spider
had bitten it as in that short time it’s abdomen was almost all gone .
Aaaaaaw.

Well bed calls , hope all are O.K, and those who have not  posted for a while join us in our chats again which are very pleasant .
Goodnight everyone .
Viktoria.

[JessiT]

Gillg, 2 litres is 125ml or 5 oz once an hour assuming a 16 hour day. If you try and have a few mouthfuls every half hour, that might help.

Anyway, back to my tree.

JESSI

[Gillg]

JessiT

I do try to sip throughout the day and always have a glass of water nearby with a slice of lemon or a few mint leaves in it to make it more palatable.  I have a 2 litre filter jug which I keep filled up and try to empty that each day.  Drinking water before a meal seems to make me less hungry, so that helps with my weight reducing diet, too.  I've lost nearly 2 stone since receiving a letter from my GP surgery warning me of the perils of being overweight, a letter which was sent out to quite a few of us oldies.  This was mainly a warning about Type 2 diabetes, which I don't have.  I don't suppose I shall ever reach my old weight level of 9 stone as in my 20s, but I would be scrawny if I did, since I am tall.

Good luck with your tree JessiT.  There is always someone who will help you on this site.

[louisa maud]

I find it very difficult to lose any weight, I have warned my daughter as I think I am following my grandmother  and my mother weightwise ,  my husband is 9st 7lbs, eats far more than I do but I just can't lose any,  not prepared at my age to go on a strict died, I just do the best I can.

I  suffer  badly from cramp so I am trying to drink water , you know what the effects of that is.

Well done Jeff,  now you have started to go back it might motivate you to do more and enjoy the company

I have been cleaning up more of my patio bricks, can't possibly do it in one go, far to hot in the front, got one more to do and I so will leave  it till Thursday,  it is hot although in the back garden there is a breeze, enough to twirl the washing  round the whirly line

Keep cool

XXX

[Gillg]

Very hot here today, so I am doing jobs inside the house and trying to keep cool.  Cold poached salmon with home grown salad and new potatoes for dinner tonight. My Sunday Observer had a lovely supplement with some interesting salad recipes, so I will be following some of them.

I washed 4 pillows yesterday and another 4 today and they have plumped up beautifully.  2 at a time in the washing machine, which worked well.  This weather makes me look around for stuff to wash.

[louisa maud]

I have never washed pillows successfully in the washing  machine, last one rolled into a ball so I  threw it away, it wasn't a cheep one either.

I don't  like the summer months, my neighbours seem to think they can pollute the air with their load music in the garden, drives me mad, sometimes I wish I lived in  the middle of a field, I dread the father retiring  which could be fairly soon

Not quite so hot today, not been out, got a sniffy cold so stayed in.

Take care

LM

[Gillg]

Another very warm day today, so looking around for things to wash and am eyeing bedroom curtains, but perhaps not, as heavy rain is forecast later in the day. 

Observer recipe today for Cucumber, date and pistachio salad.  Also involves red onion, chives and lemon.  Sounds very simple.  The recipe calls for Medjool dates, which are gorgeous, but mighty expensive - £5 a pack as opposed to £1.20 for ordinary dates.  If it's still hot tomorrow I might try burrata and nectarine salad with red chillies, basil and balsamic vinegar. Mmmm!

Weekly shop done and put away, recycling bins out, so will put my feet up with a library book this afternoon.   

[Viktoria]

Another gorgeous day today ,eldest son taking me to Solicitors to amend my will, now that my second son is divorced ,to protect him from his ex wife’s greed.It would be too painful for him to be with me.
Easiest is to do the same for all three children,even though the other two spouses are no trouble at all.

Later today, probably this evening I can put the plants in the bigger pots .
The soil was very cold so it is about the same temperature as that in which they are growing.

Dr’s this afternoon so a quick tea ,possibly Pizza and salad.

Then it is weekend again ,my how time is rushing by.

I have a long list of dates and times for hospital appointments ,on 9 th an XRay to eliminate anything the scans etc done last week do not pick up.

I am in size 8 clothing  now, so many nice clothes too big ,some classic dateless ones but I could have a friend in some with me ,we would have to go everywhere together!
Well must sort out why my alarm went off when all was locked and secure, someone from the installers coming later today ,I have a service contract  with them.
A local firm m ery friendly and obliging.

Cheerio, Viktoria,