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'nuff said?

Night Helen

I shall join you in the hayloft. I’ll make sure the suit lands somewhere out of your way.

Morning
Jon is not happy at being up (nlt) so early 😔

Tell Jon to get a grip, it's nearly 8am FFS - that's a lie-in.

Mornig more sunshine here I could get used to this sort of weather... (i.e not cloud cover and constant rain)

Morning. Work today - feel like I've been off for aaaages

Need to get moving, laters.....

for everyone
Off out again now - DS at sporty things then I'm doing a food shop (thrills) and gardening type stuff...

Ds1 just left for his sports club
Ds2 refusing to get out of his pjs 🤔
I need to collect some stuff from next...
Sigh

Morning wenches.

Suspect Badderz will show Jon how to get a grip.

Urrgghh Fancy that first day back after a few days off. Hope it passes quickly. Perhaps a lift in would help

I’ve emptied the dishwasher, put a wash on. Got a sports massage booked later, see if she can do anything with my sore hip.

Can we have some of your not horrid weather Helen?

Emptied dishwasher
2 loads on
Sorted out the winter hats/gloves etc and put them away so it'll prob snow tomorrow 😦
It's gone a bit grey here too

Is cloudy with a chance of meatballs showers here - lots of very dubious looking clouds about, but also sunshine.

Can you book me in for a massage after you LetUs? Dustin says that he knows some good stretches for your hip as well... I cricked my neck a few days ago now and it's still sore.

Afternoon wenches. Green bin day here and we were going to do some gardening before they came, but we've had heavy showers all day so didn't get round to it.

I watched Philomena Cunk, she's brilliant.

Inspired by Helen and her embroidery I've started some knitting with yarn that's been in the cupboard for years. It's a mystery jumper because I've no idea how it will turn out. I know the dimensions that fit me so I'll make the pattern up as I go along.

But you’d quite like a bit of snow falling on you wouldn’t you Badderz?

Weather has alternated between cloudy and absolutely pissing it down.

Am mostly sorted after massage although she couldn’t quite sort my hip out so am seeing GP tomorrow.

God look how bendy and flexible Dustin is Bet his stamina is good too. I wanna find ouuuuttttttt

Incidentally Brandon briefly featured in my dream last night. No sexy shenanigans but he was very lovely. Hopefully it’s just a start.

Athos is just demonstrating a neck stretch for you Helen

LetUs both DD and I have a hip problem. I tend to put up with it and hope it will go away, but DD has been to the GP and was told it's "wear and tear" and to take ibuprofen. I can understand that with me but at her age?

Oooooh, Bads, is it you who likes The Last Kingdom? Season 3 is being filmed for showing later this year. Unfortunately it's on Netflix. I may have to capitulate.

Hope GP has something more helpful for me tomorrow!

I keep checking Amazon for that new Santi programme - Salvation - but nothing yet.

Athos said he can rub your hip better Apricot

I do indeed apes
Lovely uthred 😍
I've got dodgy hips too and shoulders and back
Painkillers ahoy at my house 😣

Snow yes that one can do whatever he likes to me letus

Oooo, thank you LetUs. Fingers crossed for you tomorrow.

Evening.

Today I tried to give blood. I really did.
Last time I went they were running late, so I filled in form, and sat there, and sat there some more, and then had a little interview, and then sat there some more, and waited, and then went to a nice bed where a nurse prodded my arm and said she couldn't see a vein so I should go away. They booked me in for the next session... which I duly put on the calendar.
Got ready to go, checked phone - text from them - we're running 45 minuets late, but please turn up at the appointed time. Well first of all, WTF? We're running late but sod your time, we want you to turn up anyway and hang about for aeons. Second, that necessitated emergency childcare re-arrangement and change of food plans, because you know - I'm apparently going to be out for another 45 minutes later than planned and DH is going out. So by the time I got out the door, it was actually my appointment time anyway. I arrived fifteen minutes after the time on my calendar and stood around waiting around for someone to book me in. At which point them announced that I was more than 15 minutes late and they wouldn't let me donate now. W.T.A.F. I pointed out that THEY were the ones who said they were running 45 minutes late, at which point they said they'd caught up since then and were only 20 minutes late now. Not that they bothered updating the text they'd sent, oh no...
AIBU to think that the blood doner muppets I encountered are utter fuckwits? It's enough to put me off ever bothering with them again. If they have scheduled in time for everyone to donate, but are then running late then clearly they can accommodate people who are also late. Bloody idiots.

Anyway... in less stressful news, I let DS watch Cunk on Britain... It might have been very a bit inappropriate in places , but he did say it was hilarious. And also asked what condoms are .

Well done on the knitting Apricot I never have got the hang of knitting. I drop stitches and then gain them in random places. Today I suspect I unpicked as much as I sewed due to mis-counting the threads

I think we need HBFs all round for general wench maintenance and pain relief.

I keep trying to book in to donate Helen but the places and times I can make are few and far between. Factor in childcare as you say (although not quite as pressing in my case any more) and it can get tricky. Going to keep trying though.

I knitted a baby cardigan in advance of DS1’s birth. It has a very individual pattern along the bottom inch or so

Excellent idea re HBF wench maintenance and relief . I reckon Dan and Benedict have got really strong fingers for massage purposes.

The Batch is demonstrating a two-handed technique here... Dan on th other hand is managing with just the one...
at the individual pattern

Evening.

Once I turned up to give blood and the bloody session was cancelled - no notice at all. And if you don't book your next appointment while enjoying your post-donation biscuits, forget it. All the appointments are gone for the next seession. They keep sending me reminders to go to teh next session, but click on the link to book and there are no appointments ffs. I ended up booking about 6 months in advance in the end. Ah well, gives me time to get my iron levels up I suppose......

Morning wenches.

Is very sunny here. I feel I should wash something, except I did it all already. I suppose I could strip the beds. Nah.

DS1 has another full day revision class, DS2 is at a friend’s this afternoon. I’ve got ironing to do, or I might just do bugger all.

Morning
Ds1 at sports thing again
Ds2 and I going to mums to see dn
I might strip the beds today...
Carpet being fitted tomorrow so hopefully we will be back to normal tomorrow..

The weather forecast said that the weather would be glorious today.
I have washing on. It is raining.

There's a new TB interview at from the National Film Award thingies. Nothing earth-shattering.

I'm meeting a friend today, which will be lovely. Except I'm shattered and she has new babies so we're just going to sit yawning at each other...

Afternoon wenches. Beautiful day here, but I don't have enough washing to fill the machine, so sod that.

I've been to the post office to post an eBay sale, but unfortunately it's not for me. Why do I do this? I spend hours listing, packing and posting and get nothing out of it. It's my own fault, I did offer.

at individual pattern.

I think I've said before that I once attempted to give blood but the nurse went straight through my vein and I had a bruise from top to bottom of my arm. It put me off sadly. They don't help themselves, do they?

What's wrong with TB's accent in that video? He's gone all Estuary. I mean, he's entitled to, but he normally sounds quite posh.

Have a lovely sleep time with your friend Helen.