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The weather person told us yesterday that we will be having lots of steady rain today, so I had it all planned out that I would clean my bedroom (I live in my bedroom and so does my stinky dog) today. I've done my outdoor chores and have come back in the house, built a fire and am ready to start on my room. I glance out the window and, what the heck? The sun is shining! Oh well, my room stinks and it needs to be cleaned. Thursday when at the store I saw that Febreeze makes a freshener with the Gain scent. How many of you LOVE the scent of Gain? So I'll clean my room, vacuum it well and spray everything with Gain. Now if I can just stick to my guns. I hate housework!
That's one more thing you and my grandmother have/had in common... She would much rather do yard work than housework. :)
 

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Shame on you!!! Lol... you let him wear his pink with pride [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

My friend Jimmy lives in a nursing home. His mother is 82 and has dimentia. My mother moved her to her house last year so she could look after her. They have always been best friends. She is still able enough to go visit Jimmy every Tuesday and he really looks forward to it. That’s not going to last much longer though:-(. Jimmy does pretty good, his mind is just still very juvenile in a lot of ways. He can play the drums like no-ones business though. Our families are very musical
And we used to all get together and play music.. I miss those days:) Jimmy is still the life of the party but I love that you made me remember how it used to be:) I’m only 36 and Jimmy is 10 yrs older than me but it seems a lifetime ago..
Thanks that's a beautiful story of real friendship. I've actually been blessed like that too. Her name is Nawatha. Somehow we always find each other.
 

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Yes - I think this may be a sulk. When I let him stretch his legs he wandered towards his room and just lay there staring at the door! That made me feel really guilty!!!
He's probably just upset because of how different it is. He's probably sulking for ulterior motives. He needs you to get well soon.
 

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They are doing as well as expected. The nerve block has started to wear off and the dilation is going away. I have to wear a patch over my right eye to stop the double vision
Ooo. Are you going to join the one legged Pirates crew? So far he has the Leprechaun, Ray and now you can join as well.[emoji6] [emoji23]
 

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Ah. . . my room is all done. It smells so good in there! And I found a package of scented wax that you put into a light bulb type diffuser. I put one of the squares into a folded up piece of foil and placed the foil on the lid of the cast iron tea pot that sits on my wood stove. It's melting and making the rest of the house smell good too! Tomorrow I'll clean another room. My out of town guest will be coming next week-end.
I can just imagine how lovely it smells.
 

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The Hairy Bikers were on TV last week in Sweden (I think) and they were at some old quarry that had been converted to a restaurant where they cooked using ingredients from nature. The owner cooked lamb with things like mushrooms, fruit and moss - apparently it was delicious!
See - being stuck at home I am forced to watch cookery programmes!!!! Unheard of usually!

Oh my! As soon as you’re ambulatory, I can see you collecting moss and snails in the garden... and :eek: emptying the ‘Wine Rack’! :eek:

Had moss a few times. It is delicious! [emoji23]
 

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The Hairy Bikers were on TV last week in Sweden (I think) and they were at some old quarry that had been converted to a restaurant where they cooked using ingredients from nature. The owner cooked lamb with things like mushrooms, fruit and moss - apparently it was delicious!
See - being stuck at home I am forced to watch cookery programmes!!!! Unheard of usually!

I have watched far too much daytime tv in the last 3 weeks. I only had it on for company really and I didn’t have the energy to search for much that was any good... and, unlike you, most of the time my brain was too woolly to care. I did find a James Martin (another chef) series that I enjoyed. And a documentary series about the forces that shaped our planet.
 

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Here’s a glimpse of our drive. It’s starts off so pretty and green and gradually turns into desert.
I need to upload the scary driving video.
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What a beautiful road!

In mountainous Kyrgyzstan, my birth country, many roads are crazy and beautiful. One part of the road leading to the Lake Issyk-Kul is called “Mother-in-law’s Tongue” because it has many treacherous turns and runs between a mountain on one side and a drop into a river on the other.

But apparently mothers-in-law and their tongues are even more difficult in other parts of the former Soviet Union. Here’s a road with the same name in Bashkiria (a republic within the Russian Federation):

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Good evening all.
Hope everyone is having a good Saturday.
My hospital appointment was fine.
One doc still wasn't happy that the infection in the small wound had cleared up, but his boss said it would be OK.
I have another new plaster which feels pretty uncomfortable compared to the last 2 - it feels like the soft dressings under the plaster have bunched up and are pressing into my heel and the bottom of my foot. :(
They don't want to see me for 3 weeks and I am hoping the next time I go the xray will be fine and they will give me a boot and let me start weight bearing.
I may have to go back to get the cast checked though as the last thing I want is pressure sores as well, but I'll see how it feels by Monday.

Lola has been refusing to come out of his hide and eat the past 2 days, but he seems OK and keeping his beady eyes on me when I go near.
My nephew hasn't been down today so I haven't tried to lift Lola out for a soak, that will be first thing on the list for the morning when I have help.
Lola thinks my cast with my toes sticking out is some strange type of tortoise and when he was out the floor other day he kept trying to barge it - maybe that's why he won't come out now!

So glad the appointment went well. Hopefully the uncomfortable feeling of the soft dressing gets better. But I would get them to change it if it does not improve.

Poor Lola having to put up with a new white tortoise invading his space. Just tell him it is a new food bringer for him.
 

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