Morning all!
That is such a lovely photo We3kings! 
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Yikes that sounds scary Hazel! . We brought a priest in to bless our new property "project" in the country (parts of which date back to 1730) a couple of years back as the atmosphere was a little "heavy" shall we say ... especially in one of the rooms and - utterly mad though this sounds - it's beautifully peaceful now. And I had to smile at Christmas because, people who visited and didn't know the story, commented what a calm atmosphere that particular room had!
Zoo I can really really sympathise over the shopping, I hate it too!
I'm lucky in that dh (who loves food and cooking) and who is very restless in confinement, absolutely loves an excuse to go out and "forage" although I've had to calm the beast and impose a strict limit. I only do about one in every three trips out now so we dont die of scurvy and I still dread it!
Thanks , dieting is hard enough as it is I suppose, without the stresses of lockdown and dh testing new dishes all the time . Maybe I should settle for not putting weight on! I can certainly focus on moving in May!
Bower I am really envious of your Lutyen's bench! Sounds lovely! As does your entire garden!
Sorry you had another broken night Zoo. It sounds really really hard 
Mine was the same last night as dd had another bout of illness. She's had these attacks every so often since she was eight, and has been to A&E with them before now. She's had loads of ultrasounds and blood tests and seen two gastric consultant bods, appendix has been ruled out half a dozen times, and nothing shows up except raised white blood cells. Last night's attack wasn't hugely severe but it does make me more determined to go back to docs (once it is safe to do so) and really try and get to the bottom (if you will forgive the pun) of what on earth is going on as she is absolutely fine in between, and the pain of the attacks is really bad. 
Something still seems off to me. And the pain is very low in her abdomen and around the sides and back.
Is it terrible to say (as I obviously hate to see her in pain) that part of me feels relieved that I am the one she still comes to when in physical distress? She and dh are so tight, and she hates the way I breathe, talk, walk etc etc atm, that it is very much a relief to me that I am still good for something, even if it is wielding the Dettol and rubbing her back and watching old episodes of The Chase at 3am! 
We3kings we were relatively late getting dd a phone. But I remember starting a thread on here under tweens in parenting (does that category still exist?) and had some hugely helpful replies (like Expletive's) so might be worth a shot? It's such a fast moving area!
On the grounds that I seem to have very little self control under lockdown, and do exactly the opposite of what I intended to do , I've decided to take the weekend off Flying and do something nice like sewing, and hopefully will end up doing loads of cleaning
Think I might take the weekend off sm too, so take care lovelies and see youse all later! 🍩 ☕ 😷 🍒👋 🐾🐾
[And adding a 🐎 'cos it makes me feel to miss him out! ]
Waves to Expletive , Honu, Lisette, Lane, That, Foxes, Shannara, Averytiredmom, Toostressy, KTCluck Meggado, Happiness, Strawberrysundae , Chic, Fluffiest , Cineraria and sorry can't scroll and have forgotten a name change there maybe and forgotten other fledglings? Maybe some newcomers? Apologies if so!
Have a good weekend everybody!