Hello Everyone

 Good Morning Ladies.

I am keeping this very short as last night was a really restless one for me and I didn't sleep at all well, plus aches and pains were bad yesterday and again this morning.

Dian I hope your perm went well yesterday and you got the transport there and back in those high winds.

Jean, hope all is ok with you.

Barbara, usual things for you yeterday and see that David got in one of his long walks. Somehow I don't think Rita is having a good day just recently with all that has happened re the water damage.

Because I had so many aches and pains yesterday I didn't get done all I would have liked to and today think it is take it easy time and catch up with some reading, so hope you all have a good start to the weekend.

went to Norwich yesterday and had a lovely time then had to come home it always gets me down as I miss my home city so much
#dull here again
Pauls diabetes is getting worse and I am worried for him
whast happened to Rita ??

   Hi Ladies.  I did take it easy yesterday and started on the book that Rachel gave me last time she was here - a thriller which has started off well.  I have now finished all of wiring those bracelets together and yesterday actually got down to repairing three good necklaces (costume jewellery) that I have that needed some small round joining hooks and then got on and actually sorted out the large box where all of the jewellery repair things are - sorting out the gold coloured from the silver coloured hooks, earring fixings, necklace fixings and loads of other small things, so everything is easy to find and I can tell when I am getting short of some of the items.  

Today I have ordered all the hooks I will need for hanging all those decorations around the roof of the garden shelter.  That is the trouble these days that when it comes to things like hooks, etc., all you can get in the shops are boxes of mixed sizes,  or tiny packets (less than what  you need of one size) so you are forced to deal off of the internet.  Do you remember how it used to be in Woolworths years ago, when you could get as many of what you wanted of small DIY items, like nails, screws, hooks, length of chains for attaching sink and bath plugs, etc? and that made life so much easier.  I also repaired a gold bracelet I have (21st birthday present), that needed the safety chain fixing and that has been hanging about waiting for a few months for attention.

Cannot say that the pain got any better yeterday and had to take an extra couple of tablets during the day.  Today it has eased a bit and relieved about that. Yesterday the nasal spray that I have to use for a couple of days before I go into the hospital, arrived in the post   They had run out of it when I had the pre op.  Three weeks tomorrow and I will be hopefully getting over the op, if it is done early.

Hope Jean and Barbara you are enjoying  your weekend.

Dian, expect you enjoyed the visit from your son yesterday and today is going well for you.  Yes, that is such a problem that Rita has had to deal with. Thankfully today the pain has eased a bit for me, but it is getting more and more noticeable how difficult it is for me to walk around the house and yes, it does wear you down.  I can remember how you were when that back pain of yours was a constant thing for quite a while.  Just seen your post arrive while I was typing. At least you and your friend managed to go for a nice meal after both having your hair done, but it was a struggle for you to get there and get home after that, without the usual help from your daughter, as she wasn't available that day.  So far today it has been dry for you, but you are expecting rain and here it is getting gloomy and quite windy.

Tomorrow, I hope I can get to the club and I also want to get to the centre after that to get a card and some flowers for Susi, as she is calling in on Tuesday and it is her birthday in a couple of days.  Good news for Kai, her oldest son.  On Saturday he had his introduction day at Birmingham Uni, where he hoped to study music and can say that they were so impressed with him that he was offered a place straight away for entry there this year.  Really so happy for him.

Hope the rest of the afternoon and evening goes well for you all.

P.S  Jean, Just caught your post this afternoon as I was checking mine, before posting it.  Glad you enjoyed the trip to Norwich, but not good news about Paul's diabetes getting worse.  Jean if you look back on the previous page you will see I put a copy of Rita's email - sorry, been sitting here too long now to explain it all again.  This chair doesn't do much good for my dodgy hip and got to get up and limp around for a while..

 Good Morning Ladies.

Barbara, see you have been enjoying the time over this weekend with Andrew staying with you and he is back home this morning to work from home for today.

Jean and Dian, hope the rest of the weekend went well for you.

I did take it easy yesterday after posting on here and got well into that book, caught up with some recorded t v and watched my dvd of Land Girls.  Settled down fairly early after taking a couple of pain killers, but in the early hours of the morning I had to take another couple of tablets because the pain was bad again.  Don't like taking more than two lots of two tablets in 24 hours, but definitely getting to the stage where more relief is needed, so roll on the next 3 weeks to the op.  At the moment the pain has still lessened so have dealt with the emails, posting quicly on here and then getting ready to get to the club.  I do have to go to the centre directly after the club to get the birthday card and some flowers for Susi for tomorrow when she is here in the morning and will enjoy the time with her.

Hope the week starts off well for you all and you have a good day.  Here the weather is gloomy looking, but it is dry and calm.

Hello Ladies.  With that gif this morning I am thinking ahead to the forecasted snow and I won't be going out in that!!!!  

Yesterday at the club, Margaret also said that she wouldn't be travelling across town from where she lives to run the club, if there was snow on the ground and I don't think any of the members would be willing to get there. Hopefully any snow will have disappeared before the 20th, because they have arranged a meal out at a pub not far from me on that day, so hopefully I will be able to get there on the bus to enjoy that before I go into hospital on 26th.  I just hope I will be more mobile than I was yesterday.  I did manage to get there and also do the small amount of shopping after the club, but had to take a walking stick with me, because when I didn't have the shopping trolley to hold onto, there was no way I could actually cross the small space in the community centre without my back and leg giving way. Really dodgy yesterday, but thankfully got more mobile as the day went on and this morning I am that much better.  No win for me yesterday in the raffle, but we enjoyed a couple of quizes and our team of four won both of them with 19 out of 20 questions correct.  Got the card for Susi that I wanted at the centre and some colourful flowers for her and she will be here in about an hour, so had better get a move on.

Dian, got everything done that I wanted to do yesterday, but it is getting harder, so definitely  really glad that it isn't long to wait for the op.  While I was at the club yesterday the pharmicist phoned from the hospital and confirmed that I should continue taking the dispersible aspirin I have to take daily and take them in with me, plus carry on taking the pain killers until I go in, but leave them at home as they will use their own pain killers, so that is all sorted for me.  See your weather wasn't too good yesterday and you don't expect it to get better for the rest of the week and you can tell from my gif today, that the forecast isn't too good for here.  Hope you can get to your club tomorrow.

Barbara, Glad to read that you had an enjoyable weekend with Andrew there with you and when he left early yesterday to get home, you both got on with your usual things and David got in one of his long walks.

Hope the week started off well for you Jean.

Okay Ladies I must get a move on and hope you all have a good day.

   Hi Ladies.

Last evening the rain arrived and it poured for a good part of the night, but today it is now drying up, although there are plenty of grey clouds passing over with a bit of sun now and again peeping through.  So the forecast for here yesterday was correct with regard to the arrival of the rain, but I am hoping it is wrong about the arrival of the snow on Thursday/Friday.

I enjoyed the time with Susi yesterday and she was happy with her flowers and we had a good natter about crafting and DIY and at the moment she is sanding down, priming and now due to topcoat the woodwork down the stairs - that is one very tedious job.  

While she was here a letter arrived from the hospital (physio department) for me to get there on Friday.  Well that I cannot do as Rachel and Stephen will still be away for the week and Susi isn't able to get me there, because that is her birthday and a couple of her friends have booked something for her on the day.  I was going to phone them yesterday about this, but it was getting a bit late by the time Susi went, so will do that this morning.  In the meantime I did look up on the internet the exercises that were recommended  prior to hip replacement and got on and did some of them last evening before I settled down.  Now it might be coincidence, but I had the best sleep that I have had for quite a while with only one bathroom call, so when I speak with them today I will check the list of exercises I have found and might be able to avoid calling in there.  It is a bit annoying that I hadn't been advised about this appointment before now, but there it is.

Dian, because the weather looked a bit dodgy your way, so you only went around to the local shop to get some cat food and found out how expensive it was there.  Luckily your son had brought in some milk for you the day before.  You are probably right about snow arriving your way and you can see what I said about that proposed appointment for me on Friday - that is one I won't chance getting to under my own steam.  Enjoy your club today.

Jean, not a good time for Rita at all and I hope she manages to get compensation for all of that damage.  Enjoy your visit to Well Woman today and the lunch.

Barbara, Normal things for you and David yesterday and the weather not too good.

I am now going to write the list of the exercises I have found for pre op hip replacement, so I can list them to the physiotherapist when I make the phone call to him and possibly avoid that appointment, because until Rachel and Stephen are back I won't even know what days next they are available, so hopefully can sort that out.  Anyway if there is snow around, I don't want to risk going out, even with someone to old onto.  Hope you all have a good day.

 On the day we are supposed to be getting snow, it is pouring with rain again and there are several windy gusts so water is being blown out of the guttering before it can drain away and I just hope that this lot doesn't turn to snow.

Well I don't know what I did differently last evening, because I did a few of those same exercises again, but this morning was in complete agony and it took me ages to hobble around upstairs and get ready before I could even attempt to get downstairs.  Took a couple of tablets and I seem to be a bit better now, but daren't sit too long in this chair, because I know it doesn't do much for the posture.

I did get in touch with the physio yesterday and explained that I couldn't get there this Friday and they have made another appointment for Friday afternoon on 16th, but I have to phone them on Monday to either confirm or book another appointment after I have confirmed with Rachel if she is available for that date. Appraently it is to show me what I should and should't do and also see what I might need after the op.

Jean, hope you enjoyed your visit to Well Woman and things are going okay.

Dian, I do understad how you felt about getting to the hairdressers without the help from your daughter, because we certainy do lose confidence about walking outside by ourselves when we have gone through severe back and hip pain which so badly affects our walking. I know there is no way at the moment that I could attempt that outside without something or someone to hold onto.  Anyway you got that done and hope you are pleased with the perm.  Lovely weather for you yesterday, but you think the snow isn't that far off and also no win for you, but you enjoyed the club.

Barbara, same weather for you yesterday that we had here and now we are back to the rain again.  Usual things for you and David yesterday and he did the early shopping and then spent time with his trains and later joined you to watch some t v, after you had done all your exercises and the computer work.

Yesterday I did manage to sort through more clothes in the spare bedroom and got rid of some of my old clothes I use for DIY and garden work and am satisfied now there is enough room in there for Rachel and Stephen to put their things, when they stay here after I have the op - 6 drawers emptied now.  I still haven't been able to put the finishing touches to that bathroom shelf, because of not being able to get down to the level I need to tackle that and somehow don't think it would be wise to tackle that today, but will see how it goes.  Hope you all have a good day.

  Hi Ladies.  Pouring wth rain again from the early hours until about an hour ago,  but still cloudy although at least no snow and don't honestly think it is cold enough for that.

Stephen and Rachel flew out from Gatwick last Saturday for a cruise around the Canary Islands (that was a birthday present from Rachel for him) and this was the first photo waiting at Gatwick - good start to the holiday:-

and obviously looking very smart for a formal evening:-
and got a text message from Rachel this morning to say they had just called into Tenerife for their last full day and there apparently is a carnival there today (2nd in comparison to Rio), so that sounds a great finish to the holiday.

Yesterday I did manage to get the ironing done by sitting on a straight backed chair with the board down at a lower level, then put all of that away and managed to change my bed.  Cannot say any of that was easy, but just cannot cease up totally because of the pain and of course, paying for it this morning.  Having done the ironing and stripped and remade the bed yesterday I now have my bedroom to dust and vacuum and have already done two loads of washing and that is now drying indoors.

Dian, anything I am doing is at a very slow and careful pace and if I didn't attempt to do some of the housework, I think I would cease up completely, so painful as it is, I just have to keep moving.  See you did get a flurry of snow, but not a lot and you were looking forward to going out to dinner last evening at your daughter's.  Hope you are enjoying a trip out with her this morning.

Barbara, Rain like we had for you yesterday and David had to wait to get out late for the necessary shopping, newspaper and your magazine, so you were going to tackle the crossword later in the day.  I see you got a follow up call from your GP about him not being able to chase for a quicker appointment at the pain clinic - as you said, probably felt a bit guilty letting the staff make that call for him, but he has offered to get his secretary to send a letter requesting an earlier appointment, so hope that does the trick. After contacting the physio at the hospital and making a different appointment, at least as you said, they are being thorough and looking after me.

Jean, very good reason for no walk for Peanut yesterday with all of the rain and the same again today, but here (not far from you) it seems to have stopped for a while, so hope you do get to your bowls.

Well Ladies, I am going to make a cup of coffee and then upstairs to tidy my bedoom.  Have caught up with email and messages on Facebook - wished Susi a happy birthday and also sent a message to Alison, my cousin who was so ill and hope she is recovering, so think I have caught up with everyone and wishing you a good end to the week.

Pauline well we know housework never ending but good you got so much done and dusted. That looks a really nice cruise that  Stephen and Rachel are on .Lucky them .Hope you have not done too much work as changing the bed can be difficult

Jean hope you have had a nice day

Barbara as it was raining David had to postpone his shopping till the rain went off but did manage out for his essential shopping later .I do hope you can get your injection soon as the Doctor had phoned you .and said he would try .Do hope you get word soon

I enjoyed a nice meal at my daughters last night .Grand daughter and her partner picked me up and later drove me home Enjoyed a nice roast beef dinner .Daughter picked me up as usual  this morning and we went to a shopping mall not too far away .We had breakfast in Greggs then we split up for two hours to do our shopping. Pleased I got 2 pairs of trousers in Edinburgh Woollen Mill sale .Not long in now off for a nice hot cup of tea.
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