Berrie, Lyra, Oggs and Zeb chat thread 14

[oggsfrog]

I've got an orchard full you can have and a blimmin' great bag in my kitchen I don't know what to do with.

I feel that way about most blondes Oggs. I can see they are attractive but it just doesn't work for me somehow. There is probably some dark Freudian reason for it!

Why haven't the stones come out yet? Should I prod them a bit harder?

Were they ripe?

Very. I've turned them off now and have rung dh to bring home some latex gloves to poke them out later.

I want an orchard. We've just got the one apple tree (Bramley). We've got apple sauce coming out of our ears. We've also got a tree that produces teeny tiny yellow plums but they weren't very sweet.

Lordy...it didn't work so I ended up pushing them through the colander. Now I have damson puree and I'm not at all sure they will make chutney.
So... I have a bag of apples a bag of damsons and a bag of greengages in my kitchen and they all need sorting. Well I say bugger it, time for some wine!

NIFF! Serves me right for telling dh I was fed up of the Oxford Landing which was on offer...

Anyone there this morning?
Feeling weepy.Back is killing and I've forgotten SIL's B'day and same day flowers are really expensive...

I'm here now. Went shopping straight from dropping dd off at school Have just got back.

Feeling any better? Make sil a nice card and pop in an iou for a home made food hamper (damson jam/chutney, damson gin/vodka, sponge cake). Job done .

Have sent a card and some money.

Dh called in this morning on the way out somewhere for a cuddle.

Went to Docs this morning. My prescription cost £36. I've got some new pills, doubled up on some old ones and some advice about managing the pain.

I've a friend on the way over round about now.

What shall I do with all this damson puree?

Eat it with ice cream

I have a cunning plan...I am freezing it until it is ice cream consistency then I am going to scoop it into smaller portions. (not any room in freezer to do in containers)

I bet I forget and end up hacking off solid chunks.

Ooh. Good idea. Damson sorbet! Nom.

Wonder where Lyra was yesterday?

Had the hangover from hell yesterday so I spent the day in bed reading
I was out Wednesday night and drank too much wine too quickly (again)
I finished the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which is seriously good. I highly recommend it. I'm off into town today to buy the sequel.

Who is it by?

Stieg Larsson. originally written in Swedish but translated into English.
He wrote three books, the Millennium trilogy, then died of a heart attack aged 50.

Oh dear.

It's a shame because he's a cracking writer.
I bought the first Sookie Stackhouse book today. Is it very different from the TV series?

Yes. Tara does not exist at this point but the story is much the same if I remember correctly.

I feel so shit.
I started a tricyclic yesterday and it's made me feel crap. I'm not going to take any more. I feel as bad as bad can be and I can't even get mindlessly pissed and go to bed as the neighbours are coming round.

That's rubbish, Berrie. Can the docs give you something else? Would you get used to them if you kept taking them?

Oh Berrie .
Are they for your back? You can build up a tolerance to the side-effects if you keep taking them. Often you will feel very bad the first time they are taken but it can get better.
Is it not worth persevering for a few days at least? or asking to start on a lower dose then gradually building up as this can help too?

Hope you got through last night okay.

I watched another episode last night, so I'm very slowly catching up.

I'm having problems with very bad pixellation at times but I'm sticking with it. It does produce some very odd face melting effects though

They are for the pain and to help me sleep. Yonks ago we both took the old fashioned type of anti depressent. The effects don't wear off the way that modern AD's do. At least that's what we remember.
I was ok with the neighbours in the end and I feel ok ish today.
I'm not taking any more of that poison!

I've peed you both off with my wailing haven't I?

Have either of you looked Zeb up on facebook? Why do you think she left?