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Jill and her daughter, Sarah, and Jill's sister, Carole, all showed up around 11a. They brought a deli sandwich, some cookies and pumpkin bread. They worked hard and finished putting the plants in the greenhouse in an hour and a half - a job I normally work on the whole month of October.

This is a big load off my mind!
I bet! I'm so glad to hear that's one less worry. ?
 

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Jill and her daughter, Sarah, and Jill's sister, Carole, all showed up around 11a. They brought a deli sandwich, some cookies and pumpkin bread. They worked hard and finished putting the plants in the greenhouse in an hour and a half - a job I normally work on the whole month of October.

This is a big load off my mind!
That's nice. :)
Most of the hair has fallen out from the top of my head.
That was a load off my mind.
 

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Jill and her daughter, Sarah, and Jill's sister, Carole, all showed up around 11a. They brought a deli sandwich, some cookies and pumpkin bread. They worked hard and finished putting the plants in the greenhouse in an hour and a half - a job I normally work on the whole month of October.

This is a big load off my mind!
That is great they came to help.
Hope you are healing well.
 

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Good evenooning all

It’s been busy again. I was training a new volunteer at the rescue today, something I do pretty regularly, but this lady really couldn’t cope :( I guess she was in her late 60s, but the way she struggled to remember everything from how to find her way round to where she had to get newspaper from (a drawer that was open) made me wonder if she was starting alzheimer’s; it was really sad. :( It’s the first time I’ve ever had to say to the staff that I don’t think someone will be useful :(

I came home feeling exhausted and quite dispirited, but with 2 hedgehogs to release in my garden. That’s happier at least :) I have cameras on them so hopefully I will have some pictures to show tomorrow of them as they explore their new home.

After a few mugs of tea and some cake (it was Daughter’s birthday yesterday) I felt better and mixed up this year’s Christmas Pudding batch. It needs A LOT of stirring and the mixture is to big and heavy for my mixer. So everyone gets roped in to stir in turn more than once!

Son should have come home tomorrow, but the covid level has been raised in London and he’s no longer allowed to meet indoors with anyone he doesn’t live with.

Tomorrow will be spent cooking Christmas Puddings. They are traditionally steamed. I use the pressure cooker, but it will still take all day!
Are the Christmas puddings being prepared for Christmas? If so how do you store the pudding? I guess I have never had Christmas puddings.
 

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Good day!! Today, Jess and I are in Houston seeing a Brachial Plexus surgery specialist.. The brachial plexus is the complex nerve region that controls everything.. we hope to find out some good options today . We will be back Monday to see a plastic surgeon for a new closure over the damaged area.. Whatever the case may be, it’s progress.. we are positive and hopeful!!!
Btw, it’s a dreary overcast day here as well.. highs this afternoon in the low 70’s... Tomorrow is hopefully my critter chore and relaxation day.. and possibly lots of wine.. if I make it home I. Time, I could see me howling at the moon tonight:)
Good luck with Jess,where is the brachial plexus region located?
Oct 31st there will be a blue moon.
 

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Good luck with Jess,where is the brachial plexus region located?
Oct 31st there will be a blue moon.
That’s basically your armpit . It’s going to be very tricky because it’s a super high risk of damaging the main artery and they have already replaced it twice.. we didn’t find out a lot yesterday but were sent for lots of testing. The surgeon did see something that made him think they might could rebuild her shoulder instead of replacing so we did a CT scan so he could see better. We will get more info next week... he did tell us that they had excellent results replacing and repairing nerves as long as the severed distance wasn’t too far... I don’t know where she fits in that picture...

I absolutely love Halloween so that’s a perfect night for a blue moon.. I’m actually planning on having a Halloween party that evening so YAY!!!!
 

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Good morning all!!! I got home late last night so I don’t get much howling done but Jayden and Cinder were waiting up for me and I did get lots of snuggles;-) I have been up cleaning and loving on all my critters...I have no plans to leave the house today and it’s a great feeling!!!
 

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That’s basically your armpit . It’s going to be very tricky because it’s a super high risk of damaging the main artery and they have already replaced it twice.. we didn’t find out a lot yesterday but were sent for lots of testing. The surgeon did see something that made him think they might could rebuild her shoulder instead of replacing so we did a CT scan so he could see better. We will get more info next week... he did tell us that they had excellent results replacing and repairing nerves as long as the severed distance wasn’t too far... I don’t know where she fits in that picture...

I absolutely love Halloween so that’s a perfect night for a blue moon.. I’m actually planning on having a Halloween party that evening so YAY!!!!
Can I come?
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Good morning all!!! I got home late last night so I don’t get much howling done but Jayden and Cinder were waiting up for me and I did get lots of snuggles;-) I have been up cleaning and loving on all my critters...I have no plans to leave the house today and it’s a great feeling!!!
I almost never leave the house.
Only to buy the occasional potato or visit the post office.
I got some nice fossils yesterday, this trilobite molt is from Utah.
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Good mornynoon, Roommates.:)
Today is National Mulligan Day.
This comes from the golfing term for when you get a chance to take your shot again.
So the day gives you an opportunity to do something again. A second chance.
Hmmmm.
I don't think i have anything I want to change.
 
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Good mornynoon, Roommates.:)
Today is National Mulligan Day.
This comes from the golfing term for when you get a chance to take your shot again.
So the day gives you an opportunity to do something again. A second chance.
Hmmmm.
I don't think i have anything I want to change.
I do test my golfing skills now and again and i am very familiar with the term mulligan and quadruple bogie
 

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Are the Christmas puddings being prepared for Christmas? If so how do you store the pudding? I guess I have never had Christmas puddings.
Traditionally can just be stored ina cool larder to mature... few houses have those these days. I let them cool and then put them in the freezer. It is impossible to make a small quantity of Christmas pudding, so I have made 4 1lb puddings and 1 2lb puddings.

The big one will be eaten over Christmas Day and Boxing Day. In our house we’ll have a 1lb pudding on New Year’s Day and we usually have another on the Easter weekend. One will get eaten on a random comfort food day probably and the last is eaten the weekend we eat the next batch. I have the last of the previous batch defrosting for dessert tomorrow :)
 
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