Countdown to Christmas: the Strictly Come Dancing official countdown has begun edition! Thread 6.

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Here we are continuing from the last thread!

Settle in and get comfy.

Mrsmadevans no name change I tend to lurk all year but rarely comment

Tell me about it Crazy! 😴😴😴😴😴😴

I'm hoping my drug cocktail won't prevent me from giving. I couldn't find it on their website to check.

I can get a picture. I've no idea what size it is, though I can measure round the waist I suppose! There's some loose stitching, but it's in great condition otherwise. I just don't know where the best place to market it would be?

In the waiting room now. They're running 20 minutes' late, typically.

Making a chicken, ham hock, leek and tarragon pie for lunch. 😋🍗

Knocked about 2.5 minutes off my fastest donation time. 4.5 minutes and done! 😁❤️

Afternoon all! The house is full of a cold today so we’re cuddling up watching Harry Potter!. I’ve got the casserole on and we’ve just had some samosas. Thankfully Arthur has stopped throwing up completely but John caught a cold from play group so now we all have that!.

Hope you’re all doing well!

The shop has been so busy I've only just had my first coffee! Feeling very tired but it's made the day go quick. I did these balloons earlier

Are you still working there then? That's good news!

I'm just covering someone for today nothing regular

Went to Bluewater with DD today.

John Lewis have Gin Advent Calenders in
Downstairs level of Boots was looking strangely empty , like they'd cleared space for new stock........................... what could that be ?

Philomena Your lunch sounds lovely.

wreck very cute balloons :)

*Day in watching harry potter sounds brilliant, sorry to hear you now have a cold to deal with, that's the only downside of this time of year!

Fluffy Donating blood is such a wonderful thing to do. I'm not able to donate but my blood group ab+ is able to accept every group but nobody else would be able to accept ours, we're a teeny percentage though.

Had veggie korma for supper, DS2 will go to bed at 8, DD will go at 8.30. 😋🍠🍄🍅🍆🍆😴

Heavy, I hope the colds all go quickly. Our two were SO snotty at preschool. Almost permanently! School doesn't seem so bad, touch wood.

We are having apple and blackberry crumble now the kids have gone to bed. 😁

Apparently there's a shortage of O+, which is mine and DH's blood type, so we both did our bit to top up supplies today!

I got turned away last time I tried to give blood. I'm a carrier for GH and they didn't know if I could donate. The GH website seems to say it's ok but...

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What's GH, Woolly?

I've had 2 glasses of wine so my spelling may be a bit freestyle

It's Genetic Haemochromatosis. It is a condition where the body stores iron and can cause organ failure including cirrhosis of the liver.

Oh, I've not heard of that. I've not seen it mentioned on any of the bumpf.

haemochromatosis.org.uk/faqs3/

Thanks Phil I've read those FAQs but they don't seem to give answers about carriers - just people with managed GH. The Blood Service didn't know either.

Evening all
My computer has been playing me up something terrible today
I did an update last night and shut it down as usual , this morning when l put it on AVG antivirus decided to tell me l wasn't protected for virus or malware , anyway l have been trying to get it all sorted and finally have removed all the AVG program and am now using BITDEFENDER FREE and it seems fine.......... fingers crossed.
Fluffy you smashing girl you and your DH, well done on giving blood again. Thank you both for being so selfless .
We bought a load of bulbs today from Wilkos too, thank you for the heads up , a huge bag of Daffs, 20 Grape Hyacinths and a bag of Alliums , might get a few more yet , am loving the sound of your DGM vintage wedding dress too.......
Am glad you are a carrier and not a sufferer Woolly it sounds as if the symptoms are not very pleasant m'dear
Hope all suffering from colds are much better very soon
Wreck am loving the balloons working in the toy shop sounds FUN!
Crazy you were right about Cwmbran it was nuts there today , DH nearly had a fit driving around looking for a space , the knitted bible is on till 4pm on Tuesday if you want to have a look
Onehell l used to lurk for months then one day ..............
70 , Cwmbran shops had a few shelves clear , the freezers in Iceland and M&S had hardly anything in them , think they are going to start stocking up soon, went into Lidl too NO STOLLEN YET
Heavy glad Arthur is recovered , sorry the house is full of a cold , get well soon all of you
PSB you do such lovely meals sorry you awake so early , l would be irritable and cranky if it were me
Sea , did you know that your blood plasma can be used for any blood type ? l find it so interesting
I better get going, my eyes are so blurry from doing this damn computer anti virus .
Have a good night sleep everyone
Nos Da

Mrs dh is AB+ but read that only men can donate plasma? He looked into it but the nearest place to do it is London which would make it a bit of a day trip really. We do live in the Home Counties but it's an hour on the train...

I didn't see it was only men Wreck but it is too much to expect you to do that m'dear , hopefully they will extend the venues to be able to take it is the future l am sure as time goes on they will be able to do that .
l am like PSB and would love to donate but had a transfusion after DD2 in 1995 and am not allowed to . Such a shame because they must be missing out on a lot of ppl who would be giving blood otherwise and l would love a lie down and a and a bikkie after

I need to get my DS along again , he donated just before he was 18 (DH accompanied him) then ate the entire NHS budget in biscuits , he weighs nothing in his socks , but just tipped the scales to be heavy enough.

It is really hard to get a date though (I may have a search now)

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Ha! I got in first with the countdown! 😆😆😆😆😆