Come and tell me your dull and unexciting news 22: Calmly through the day

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Come and tell me your dull and unexciting news 21: Calmly through the day

Farmers markets are usually run weekly or on a regular day each month. Local producers set up stalls, and sell their own produce (fruit and vegetables. meat, plants etc) The produce is straight from their farms etc, with no long journeys. It may be dearer that supermarkets, but is fresher and of better quality.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers%27_market

Lavender is lovely Math

Mr Floof is already noticeably bigger, he is 4 months today and can now leap over the baby gate in one leap. He is making DS laugh, he does one leap over to be with rabbit then as soon as DD appears he does one leap back like nope I was not in rabbits room then 10 secs later he is back with rabbit in a ok yes I was but I want to be here way. He has at least stopped playing leap rabbit.

Booking more things for Cornwall and had steak in red wine sauce, veg and potatoes. 10th chemo tomorrow.

sue Oh, so there is a difference between a 'Bauernmarkt' and a 'Wochenmarkt'. I went down a rabbit hole of reading.

Hilda The windows are in fact Visolux ones.

Silkie All the best for tomorrow and Mr. Floof is lovely.

Prok a farmers' market is exactly as suelleker describes.

Local smalll farms (probably within about 100 miles) load seasonal produce and other items like honey, cheeses, cut flowers, or plants in small pots onto trucks and set up their stalls in a local car park at the crack of dawn. There are two bakeriy stalls from different Mennonite communities too, one selling mostly bread and the other selling croissants and such. The church whose carpark the market is in fries doughnuts in their basement, and different community organisations man the dougnut stall and take home some of the profits. Local high school teams and clubs always have a bake sale stall too.

One year I bought a dill plant there which had butterfly eggs on it, and the caterpillars proceeded to eat the entire plant. After figuring out the species of caterpillar, I bought a fennel bulb with a lot of fronds attached and set them up on that. They chomped their way through the fennel and eventually we saw four gorgeous butterflies off into the world.

The butterflies were black swallowtails, very large and striking and well worth the sacrifice of the dill plant.

Well done, Pink.

Hilda, when we had the roof replaced a few years ago we also replaced our four skylights (two in the kitchen and two of the bathrooms have them) and they were actually made by Velux. I love the natural light.

I am fasting today. I have a colonoscopy booked for tomorrow morning at 8:30. I have to start the dreaded prep process in an hour or so. I have to get one done every two years. DH and DS have gone off to a baseball game, so I can do the prep in peace.

The rose bushes are doing really well.

Butterfly rearing sounds lovely math

Good luck with the 10th session today silkie

So glad a solution is emerging for DS lemon fingers crossed it all comes together.

After a very busy weekend (ferrying 4DC to a variety of locations) I feel like I need another day before the week starts. Unfortunately this is not forthcoming and so it’s off to work I go.

I'm glad you found an option, Lemons.

We have a number of farmer's markets near me. There is a lot of agriculture in the area. I quite enjoy shopping at them.

Silkie, I hope your chemo has gone okay today. Mr. Floof is going to be an enormous cat.

I'm up with nothing to eat since breakfast yesterday. Oddly, I'm just a bit hungry, not famished. I think it's because I find the prep so nauseating.

DH has to come with me and drive me home since I'm going under general anesthesia. They'll use propofol, which is nice because you don't wake up groggy from it. Most of the time when they bring me out of the anesthesia I say something like "when are you going to get started?" The procedure itself isn't anywhere near as bad as the prep.

I hope it goes as well as it can today, Miss and Silkies.

We are hoping to get a little bit of work done in our bathroom and a man came to look at it today. I hope to get a quote soon and fingers crossed that it’s not astronomical.

I survived the colonoscopy, so that's done until 2024. I have the cortisone injection for my back coming up on Thursday and DS will accompany me in case I don't feel up to driving home.

DH and DS had a nice time at the baseball game on Sunday. The NY Yankees soundly thrashed the Chicago Cubs and they had a nice lunch at the stadium. When they built the new stadium about 10 years ago they added a train stop on our train line, so it was really easy for them to get to and get home. While I was home yesterday they went strawberry picking as DH had taken the day off to take me to and from the hospital. I think the pick your own strawberry season is about over. Hopefully the cherry-picking will open up soon.

Plastichanger, I think the cost of the bathroom redo will depend in large part on whether you're going to retile. When we had the shower replaced in 2020 the retiling was most of the cost.

Thanks for all the lovely chemo wishes. I got 10th done but was awful day as school lost ds again and called police who decided they needed to search our house and time needing to leave for chemo and wanted to interview a mute ds after and thought I would have to cancel chemo. Managed to negiotate a solution that dd could be there for interview with mute child but seriously hacked off with whole thing, dd is also mid gcses and does not need that. Then any police thing is automatic ss phone call next day so had that to deal with too. All because he was at school whole time and they could not find him and they have a new plan of calling police after 60 minutes. Police found him in music. Same place he goes to for last 4 years and they lose him every day. Argh.

2 chemos to do, final one is on day school closed but may need to abort on next one and just do 11 as it is a day school is open and clashes with a gcse and Floof will be on lose with rabbit. No idea how I will do radio maybe push back to summer holidays.

Stats gcse today, biology tomorrow. Silly season for Floof, very keen footballing today, now with rabbit and dd. He is amazing at football also carries it in his mouth.

Well done on surviving colonscopy MissC, did you have the lovely drink or is that an nhs special.

Plasti We had a new bathroom fitted for old house before selling, was pricey at around 6.2k and room was small but recently just got new sink and taps here and that was around 300 including sink and taps so you can get bits done. Its when its whole lot it gets pricey. But if your tiles are ok and you can do some painting yourself hopefully can find a solution. I want to improve our upstairs bathroom but without spending too much as with kids it will probably get trashed again. Have booked cleaners to to do it next one off clean on 25th. Its a coloured suite but was not used much before us as was an elderly lady. Tiling is 80s style, maybe 90s but looks dated. And carpet.

I’ve just sliced my finger while slicing an onion, it’s actually a bit deep but the bleeding seems to be stopping and I missed the nail bed so 🤷‍♀️

When our landlord bought this flat from the bank, he thought about new tiles and started with the small bathroom. He did not remove the old tiles, tield to close to the velux window and over the outlet - so no electricity and no open window.

Silkie I am starting to wonder about the staff at your DS's school.
They only managed to lose DS once, when he was in year 2 (7y). I arrived at the Hort (after school care) to take him to swimming and they realized that he was not there. I have never seen a teacher age so quickly. Turns out he was bored, got the underground to his favourite book shop to read. So we got him a basic mobile.

Helena Onion "juice" is supposed to be disinfecting and calming for open wounds.

Silkie, sorry to hear about the drama surrounding your "lost" DS. If he always goes to the music room, he's hardly lost. Tell him that under the Geneva convention he only has to give his name, school year and number of pets to the police. 😄

Helena, I've learned on MN that people in the UK don't use antibiotic ointments on cuts, so wash and cover until it closes. I have a small food processor I use for chopping onions. It's also fab for chopping up cheese to make Mac & Cheese.

I did have to drink the awful prep solution. Anyone who comes up with a better way will be a billionaire in no time.

I'm off shortly to get my teeth cleaned at the dentist. That will seem like a stroll in the park after yesterday.

I hope I haven't turned into a miserable old woman who does nothing but complains about her health.

Morning all, Silkie you are coping with so much, adding a 'lost' son into the mix is really unfair of fate hisschool
You are one a.azing lady.
I have no dull news to report, except my orchid has a little new growth & 2 buds. I usually throw them away as they never reflower for me so I'm quietly excited.* *

The dogs just rushed into the back garden-they're usually chasing birds, so I didn't worry; then I heard a funny rustling noise. They're after a pigeon that's got into the greenhouse!
Luckily I have a dog barrier, so I've put it across the entrance; so they can't get in but hopefully the bird can get out.

Iwandered I am equally quietly envious. I only ever get greenish stalks

They have calculated a new record number of digits for pi and I am excited

Prok I am also wondering what school are doing, we have never lost DS and primary did not either but I did manage to finally speak to them on phone and it turns out they only look for him once an hour at most and his TA I suspect isn't really his TA. I think they are short staffed and taking the TA he is supposed to have and he never has them but I got out of them they now get £10k of funding for him and £6k they are supposed to provide and he is supposed to have an 80% TA. All he has so far is waiting lists.

MissC Sorry you had the horrible drink. Urgh but at least its over. I thought a tablet had been invented though looked it up and it said you need to take 24 of them. Though would rather that than 4 litres of that disgusting liquid.

Thanks for your lovely words Iwandered

Thankfully school managed not to lose DS all day, he needs one of those signs like Paddington Bear and police phoned and suggested a tracker on him so we will investigate that and were signing off as they know its autistic wandering and he's safe just hidden.

I got 11th chemo moved to later that day so Floof and rabbit won't be home alone. Floof can not jump rabbits gate in one go, he leaves rabbit alone now apart from bottom sniffing but still better to have it moved to after DDs GCSE. DD had biology GCSE today was fine and 2 tomorrow has just gone out shopping with DH, its French writing and history then a break until Monday and 5 Monday to Friday next week then over.

School have authorised our Cornish holiday from the cancer charity so that is good and its also a week off from school madness with DS. 12th chemo is at least on school closed day. Speaking with Head of Stat Assessment at LA tomorrow and have contacted Maths school for DS here which is not open yet. Floof has been footballing away and then collapsing to sleep. He also seems to have knocked a lot of things over in bathroom, at least several bottles and DDs towel were on the floor and he is chief suspect esp as a crash was heard when he was in there.

There is no sign of germination of the French beans I sowed the other day but it is a bit soon to give up.

Thank you for the reassurance on the bathroom costs - still no quote but we don’t plan to re-tile it so hopefully it won’t be too, too bad.

Iwandered, I am waiting patiently for my cacti to flower. It may be another few weeks, but I'm keeping an eye on it.

Prok, I too have always been fascinated by the value of Pi. I had it memorized to 14 digits at one point.

Silkie, our school got extra funding for each special needs student too. That's why it was so hard to get him mainstreamed when he was ready. It's odd that your school can accept the money when they have no way to spend it. When I worked in geriatric care we had trackers for patients that had a tendency to wander off. They look like a wristwatch. Your stories of kitten destruction are further discouraging me from getting one.

Not much else to report. We got the summer rent bill from DD's uni. The price has gone up since last year. At least it includes meals and she likes the food there. I go for my pain management injection tomorrow. I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much.

Hoping your shot wasn't too bad, MissC.

Silkies I think there should be some accounting system in place to force the school to show exactly where the premium funding is going. I'm sure the police are fed up of doing the school's job for them.

We're having a heatwave here, with high temps and humidity. They've promised us a thunderstorm tonight with an abatement of the heat to follow. The heat was ushered in by a thunderstorm plus tornado watch and warning a few days ago, with the sirens going off. I got home just before the heavy rain hit and found Dcat hidden behind the loo. The DDs and I sat and watched the weather on TV - there was all evening coverage. Dcat emerged a few minutes after it was all over.

Well that’s good news Prok as it had a good dosing. I’d rather not use unnecessary antibiotics Miss but I know attitudes to them vary significantly by country. So it’s covered, dry ish and I’m functioning well with the other 9 for now.

Lovely to hear the school have authorised the holiday silkie please believe that I think it’s highly likely that they are as frustrated by their inability to meet DS’s needs as you are. I know how much staff agonise over our most challenging children, some of whom are in desperate need of specialist placement.

We’re having a mini heatwave here math too, but it’s due to break in time for the weekend obviously

I am not convinced the school care very much apart from the senco, but no secondaries want SN kids as there are a shortage of school places and SN funding is not ringfenced and they can use the money for what they like. He is not getting anything, just been refused his GCSE Geography Fieldtrip so a GCSE stuffed today. I can only cancel chemo to make it viable but its putting my life at risk but apparently that is what I have to do for schools safety plan. Losing his Mum apparently not an issue. No-one will help us for SN. We will probably have him out of school with no education at all soon as I cannot do cancer treatment and police visits when all the time he's at school but school and LA are playing pass the staffing issue on during my chemo. They don't give a monkeys about me or DS.

DD has 2 GCSEs today.

Math, we're getting the heat wave tomorrow. My injection is later this afternoon, so fingers crossed. I've had cortisone injections before and they aren't especially painful unless they accidentally hit a bone.

Silkie, that is incredibly unjust and frustrating.