Mardy Crepeys

[SheherazadeSchadenfreude]

Done it...

It hasn't been x-rayed, no. Partly as I can't face the admin task. Get appointment with GP (two week wait) to ask for referral to fracture clinic (wait), etc etc. I'm hoping it will just go away on its own.

Clean windows. Now there's a novelty.

Clean Windows .

Herbs - you have got to stop putting those lists on FB!

Dentist here - £80 lighter in the wallet, but a nice even set of teeth, he is puzzled by the uneven wear (bottom but not top) so we have concluded that I really must stop opening beer bottles with my teeth. Also discussed school as two of his are at the one ds is going to.
House is a pig sty, I am WFH so it's not getting done today. Windows?! Can't recall the last time I cleaned a window. (slattern)

The trouble with the windows is the sun streaming through and then I realised that they were disgusting. Took a tip from DD and did them with newspaper and it worked well. Cleaning sitting room windows was nice tbh as I could see all the birds at the feeders - very colourful. Oh and DH has just come in from back garden and said there was a red squirrel by his greenhouse. Lovely.

Yep, newspaper is the bizz! When I get round to it of course

Hatty, I met a 60+ yr old at half-term (who didn't look a day over 50) who had braces on her bottom teeth. Don't know why though!

Herbs if you are worried, just go to A&E - might be a very long wait, but they will xray (IMHE!) And a cake is a great plan - doesn't have to be piano-themed!

Dear little piano tuner has just left. I gave him £20, which is all he would take, and promised him a cake. 'Just something plain - a Victoria sponge would be nice,' he said, when pressed.

He's off to water the flowers at his wife's grave, and have an omelette at the cafe nearby.

When he'd finished tuning the piano, he played a few hymns on it to test it out, and they were so beautiful, and he was so lovely, that I had to fight back tears.

Aww, Herbs

Ah lovely, Herbs. Can you give him my address now?

NUFC, am at you having red squirrels in your garden. We have only the thuggish greys here, although not in the garden, thanks to my trusty canine friend.

Having had no work a few weeks ago, we now have an excessive amount. Feast and famine etc etc. I am on standby for a tedious but lucrative job this weekend. Including % bonus for weekend rush work. Just a shame I have committed to blardy low-paid school work all day Monday. I just knew that would happen... Dh now in a sulk as I have passed him back one of his jobs for Monday. And told him he is in charge of ds on Sunday.

God Herbs - it sounds like that advert with an old man and his dog putting flowers on his wife's grave. I can't remember what it was advertising but it actually made me cry (in my defense I was very hormonal that day).

NU - when the sun streams through the windows here it is shameful - I shall wait for the nice weather and go for it.

defence with a 'c' that is - been in France way too long.

OK so my crepey question of the day is...

do you suffer with water retention?! I know I weigh up to half a stone heavier at bedtime than I do first thing in the morning, but I have also realised that when I put boots on in the morning, I can get my hand inside the top too, whereas I can only just about zip them up at the end of the day.
Anyone else?

Boots not usually a problem, though I do still have vivid memories of staggering to King's Hospital in labour with DD1, boots flapping unzipped around my sausage-like calves....

Stropps, I feel your pain. My quick'n'dirty commission is the sort that has me zipping around the interweb looking for bits of research to quirk up. Have also got small chunk of parenting book (much, much less exciting than it sounds and VERY BADLY PAID) to do. When? Whennnn????

BTM, I retain water throughout the day and it makes buying shoes a huge problem - no wonder I prefer boots or sandals. I have, however, put it down more to the fact that I fractured all those ankles rather than getting older.

Herbs, what a lovely old gentleman. When I was working I came into contact with an elderly man who had lost his wife and who used to go every day to visit her grave: he came to see me to see if I could do anything about the local taxis using the cemetery as a parking place while they waited to go to the airport. Water was provided for visitors to the graves and the wretched taxis were using the tank to clean their cabs! I helped him all I could, but you know that taxi drivers are a law unto themselves.....

NU, it just seems to be my calves that get fatter! But I'm not keen on shoes anyway - I'm a boots/Birkies/converse girl most of the time!

My ankles are veritable barrels of water. The only time I could discern ankle bones was when I was on blood pressure medication post-birth. Not sure I could get such a prescription for purely cosmetic purposes.

Found out today that an old friend of mine has been told that her cancer is terminal. Chemo no longer working, nothing more they can do for her. It's a matter of months now. She has cancer of the spinal cord.

How awful Mrs S - your poor friend. Just underlines what we were saying earlier.

Mrs S , ust jumping on to say how sorry I am about your friend. And particularly considering all the recent bereavements you've suffered. It's not been an easy time for you ( work notwithstanding)
My genuine sympathies . Things do seem to come in batches. No idea why. Hand holding always available here.{{}}

Just had several pints with a lovely friend who is crumbling under the stress of caring for her mum who has deteriorating dementia. She's a t the edge of a very high cliff. Completely exhausted, lonely and without hope for her mum. Life is appalling cruel sometimes crepeys.
Much strength to all.

God MrsS so sorry :(
World Book Day here ( curses) and yes I know it's a day late

It seems every time I open MN there is some more bad news. So sorry to hear about your friend, MrsS. Life is incredibly unfair sometimes.

We have had some good news: DD's offer on their favourite house has been accepted. Fingers crossed now that everything proceeds smoothly.

We're back to child minding: DD has another KIT day so the baby is coming. And tomorrow DGS is coming to stay overnight - not for any particular reason, just that he wanted to come! We should soon be back to normal when DD goes back to work, ie just one day a week. I am sure my DSis thinks my DD takes advantage, but we do like to help out when we can, if only that we never had any help with the children.

Oh no MrsS

NU, what does it matter what your DSis thinks? You sound like a fab mum/grandma! I am looking forward to being able to help my DC with their DC if and when they have them.
That's if I'm not too old and infirm by then. Feel like I'm 194 this morning!

BTM - I quite fancy looking after my grandchildren as well - but not for at least another 10 years! I'm not sure where in the world my grandchildren will be though.

I am also feeling rather old and cranky this morning - and I have to finally go to see The Crucible tonight.

Oh yes Hatty, won't be for at least 10 years, maybe 20 if DD follows in my/DM's and I think my mothers mother's footsteps Just about my retirement time, I hope!