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AmbridgesMrsPAugust 21, 2024 at 12:23 AM
ReplyDeleteI am on the cardiac ward.
Was whisked up here without any warning, although I knew it was planned, at 2pm today, greeted by a nurse who was immediately about the business of getting me a cup of tea when another person arrived with another wheelchair to take me off for a scan. Was told by the technician that it would take about half an hour ,and all was proceeding when suddenly th door opened, a nurse rushed in gabbling words I didn’t understand. But the technician did understand and when the procedure was over told me that I was to go to the day centre unit close by. This I did to be greeted by the same nurse who had rudely interrupted a procedure and further fast speaking in an accent I failed to understand. Repeatedly Insisting that I got on the bed, and clearly disregarding what must have presented as a very worried face, I finally repeated in a loud voice “ please tell me what is going on “ when the answer came “you are having a pacemaker “ and I said NOW ! and the answer yes, I had the courage to say “ I’m not ready “.
The consultant came, gently talked me through what to expect, understood that I was still processing the events of the last few days, and I was taken back to the ward.
Shortly afterwards a registrar came with further understanding followed by nurses doing the same. I felt that I had beeb churlish in refusing to be bundled in such a hurried way, but knew I was right to act in the way I had.
This evening I’ve been told that I’m on the list for Thursday
Thank you Miriam for that information about your relative.
That information gives me a better understanding of what to expect.
I’m grateful.
ArcherphileAugust 21, 2024 at 11:31 AM
ReplyDeleteJust what I didn’t want today - received an email from my sister in law, saying she was laid up with a cold so could I contact her by email as she couldnt speak on phone having lost her voice. I assumed it was to pass on birthday greetings.
So I replied, as requested, only to find out later that her account had been hacked and the email wasn’t from her at all! So have spent over an hour on phone to BT trying to sort things out, create a new password for my emails so I can continue using my same email address as before. Mr A also had the same email which, fortunately he didn’t open.
What a pain these thing are!
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JaniceAugust 21, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Happy birthday Archerfile🎂💐🎉
My son has told me not to open any email if I don't know the sender, but it sounds like fraudsters are becoming very clever if they are now pretending to be relatives. An exasperating thing to happen on your birthday. Hope the rest of the day is better.
Sarnia August 21, 2024 at 2:57 PM
ReplyDeleteEven if he sender's name is correct the address may be different. Always worth checking. Sorry to hear this - it's happened to me in the past and they completely cleared my account.
Gave them access to all the clergy in the area, complete with hymn lists and bible readings. Hardly the treasure trove they had anticipated I imagine.
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MiriamAugust 21, 2024 at 4:17 PM
This is also happening on Wattsapp as to messages from a family member needing help etc.
I am very wary, but who knows how easy it is to be taken in.
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AmbridgesMrsPAugust 21, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Sorry you had such an upsetting incident on your birthday AP.
Hope the rest of the day is better and HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
AmbridgesMrsPAugust 21, 2024 at 1:13 PM
ReplyDeleteAnd belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY to PTBY
Sorry to be late to the party !
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MiriamAugust 21, 2024 at 2:41 PM
AP Happy Birthday. 🎉
Thanks to Lady R. for keeping a Birthday Book.
Scams. Since my nectar card fiasco, I have had so many weird 'phone calls. I always pick up to hear what these are, so can then report them so to alert others.
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MiriamAugust 21, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Now AP - What are your Birthday plans for the rest of the evening??
Whatever they are, relax + enjoy.
MiriamAugust 21, 2024 at 3:27 PM
ReplyDeleteMrs P. Hopefully by tomorrow, the procedure will be done and you will be back home for the week-end.
Will be thinking of you.
PS Have you people in place to get you shopping in and help with meals etc. I am sure you have.
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Sarnia August 21, 2024 at 4:48 PM
With you all the way, Mrs P.
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Sarnia August 21, 2024 at 5:36 PM
I thought it was cold in the house yesterday and today has been even worse. People, my HEATING has just come on!
Cheshire CheeseAugust 21, 2024 at 6:33 PM
ReplyDeleteOurs has been coming on as well Sarnia.
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Sarnia August 21, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Interesting. I also find I have a temperature of 38.4, which probably isn't helping. Normal for me is 36.6!
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KPnutsAugust 22, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Hope you feel better soon, drink plenty, stay warm and paracetamol if you can take it.
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Sarnia August 22, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Thank you.
MiriamAugust 22, 2024 at 4:20 PM
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely late afternoon, warm, calm and no winds. It is obviously the lull before the storm, if the forecast + weather warnings for tomorrow are true.
If there is a storm tomorrow it will be just typical, as to my windows + doors were cleaned today.
Hope Mrs P. is OK as to with Sarnia.
Take care both of you and all others.
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KPnutsAugust 22, 2024 at 5:51
All done
ReplyDeleteAll ok - but very tired.
🤗
DeleteWhat a relief.
DeleteMrs. P, that's fantastic. I bet you can hardly believe it, all so quick from the diagnosis to surgery. I hope you have a very speedy recovery. I wonder if you will be discharged tomorrow, being a Friday, or if the hospital will want you to stay in until Monday.
ReplyDeleteIt seems very quick to discharge you if it is tomorrow, how do you feel about it?
More than a little worried Mistral
DeleteI live alone and the two people who might do small or bigger tasks for me are both being very vocal regarding “ your daughters ought to be with you “.
Perhaps they should. Have you asked?
DeleteBest wishes for a speedy recovery mrs P. 💐😊
ReplyDeleteSo pleased to hear your procedure has been done Mrs P once recovery time has passed you will be like a young stripling once again 👏🏻 ⭐️ 😃 will be thinking of you. Be sure to take it steady!
ReplyDeleteHmmm, Mrs. P. It might be nice for you to go to Cornwall and relax there for a week or two, get your meals cooked for you. It is difficult when everyone has an opinion though. Perhaps Simon could take you down, and keep Lady for a little bit longer? A sun lounger and sea views would make a lovely convelescence.
ReplyDeleteWell done Mrs P. Are you going to change your name to Mrs E now 😀. Let them know at the hospital you live alone and that it would help if you could stay there until Monday. Is there a cottage hospital in the area that you could convalesce in for a couple of weeks? If you went to convalesce in Cornwall could you take Lady with you. Mistral's sun lounger sounds a lovely idea, and you need to be somewhere where you are not tempted to try to do too much too soon!
ReplyDeleteI hope that you will be feeling much better soon MrsP.
ReplyDeleteThe system wants my bed to be empty.
DeleteOne or two of the nurses are sympathetic to me staying over the weekend after having a terrible sleepless night. For some reason my X-ray was delayed but has now been done.
I have just been told that I won’t be discharged today.
As for the subject of my daughters I brought them up to understand that they were independent women and that meant I was too.
The other side of that coin is that I have never relied on them to be there for me and I do not expect them too.
One has a full time job and a family and the other is running a business with associated responsibilities.
My eldest did ask if I wanted her to come up yesterday to be with me, and my answer was thank you but a firm NO.
I do realise that family dynamics are very different in many families, but having been raised with low expectations of closeness I’ve clearly passed that on and I would hate what the lady in the next bed has, which is her husband sitting in a chair from ten in the morning until eight at night. They don’t actually speak to each other most of the time. Just sit in there respective chairs.
It would suffocate me.
Janice I was amazed at your care after hospital, there does not appear to be any here as there wasn’t in Gloucestershire either.
As for going to Cornwall, it does partly appeal but also has tremendous drawbacks that create considerable tensions.
Mrs P. Why have you said NO to a daughter who was prepared to come to stay and help?
DeleteShe probably wants to help you and make sure her Mum is doing OK.
If you refuse this help, who else will give it??
Sorry to say this, but is bed-blocking a good thing? Remember the delay as to you waiting to get onto the cardiac ward, so to then to be sorted out.
Sorry, but think positively and use your family who seem willing to do so.
Things can be sorted out and in a good way.
There comes a time when willing help has to be accepted, be it just in a short-term.
Swallow your pride, and for once just say yes!
Said too much, I know!! 😵
No offence intended and I do wish you well. 🤗
No offence taken Miriam - but my daughter was not offering to come and stay. She would have driven up to be here when I went into the Cath Lab and been here when I emerged, then would have driven back to Cornwall late at night. I didn’t need anyone with me, I am very self sufficient and fine alone. Not worried not frightened.
DeleteAs for bed blocking, I am exhausted today having been as good as mugged yesterday and unable to sleep last night, and know my body and how it work’s extremely well.
Whenever I’ve been discharged from hospital early I’ve collapsed within a day, sometimes that night.
If I have to I will go home on the bus !
And it’s not pride.
It is independence and self sufficiency
To add Mrs P. How will your daughters feel, as to being told NO, I don't need you! This might be also upsetting to them, who after all are thinking caringlly about you and your health + welfare.
DeleteThis is your choice obviously.
No doubt you will now hate + detest my thoughts understandably so, but I went through with my late Dad, and was pleased to try + help in out, so he could live his normal life in his own home and in the way he liked.
Change of subject...
ReplyDeleteNectar cards - like Miriam, I have had all my points stolen yesterday. I phoned Nectar, they have cancelled my account etc, sending a new card, very helpful, no issues. They said my card had been cloned, either by someone taking a photo of the barcode, or by a magnetic srtip on the till.
As I use the smartshop handheld device, the only time I flash my card is when I scan it onto the handheld thing. I usually do this in a quiet corner so as not to get in peoples way, but this last time I was rushing and in a different store I am not familiar with, so was probably less careful.
Anyway, lesson learned, the only thing lost has been my time, but honestly, I hope the theives in Uxbridge do not enjoy their stolen goods.
It's happening a lot. I still think it is hacking into the Nectar App, where a digital card is shown that can be used with a scanner.
DeleteI like you, always scan my card well away from anyone, and it goes straight back into a RFID wallet.
I still have not got my stolen points back, nor those left on the old account, but told it could take at least 4 weeks.
The problem when got new card, set up new account, the offers that I got were nothing I ever buy! It will take time for my preferred shopping to become known again.
It's so annoying though, to think someone somewhere has been able to do this.
Beware to be inundated with scam calls for awhile!!
Miriam, I asked about it being hacked, data compromised etc, I spoke to two people who assued me that wasn't possible, but who knows? I'm sure criminals are more savvy than help-desk staff...I seldom answer my phone anyway, but will turn it off for a couple of days to be on the safe side. I'm glad you posted about it on here, it wasn't such a shock and I knew what to do, thank you.
DeleteMore scam calls today. This confirms to me that details were hacked in some way.
DeleteAs I said before, I always answer and then report these scam calls, just to alert others.
I'm risking a contentious subject here, potholes. A road near us has recently been resurfaced. However, all the grids are now about 3cm lower than the road surface resulting in more (man made) potholes than were there before. I despair!
ReplyDeleteAt least this road was resurfaced. How lucky.
DeleteSadly a waste of money if it was left in a worse condition Miriam.
DeleteCheshire Cheese, I assume you are in the same local authority as I am and I also have a road left in a sorry state after a thin layer of tarmac was applied nearby under the name of “resurfacing” just a couple of months ago. The road surface looks terrible and is already breaking up.
DeleteThe council said that’s the way resurfacing is done these days. What a mess it looks!
I've just had an email from my car insurance provider informing me that my insurance, due in September, will cost less than last year. I was expecting it to have gone up so was pleasantly surprised.
ReplyDeleteWow! Mine done in March was so much more expensive and by a lot.
DeleteIt went up by well over £125.
I shopped around, but all quotes were similar for less cover.
...and there was no change in circumstances.
DeleteMine was similar to yours Miriam, then they reduced it a little bit because my car is now off road. Still very expensive !
DeleteI’m home now and off to my own bed shortly for a good nights sleep.
Mrs P.
DeleteWonderful news that you are back home again. Enjoy your own bed. There's nothing quite like it.
Sleep Well.
Hear hear!
DeleteMrs P so pleased for you - do please try to take it easy for a while though 🙏🏼 not easy for an aries of course 🤭
ReplyDeleteOh Lady R, this Aries finds being lazy very easy.
DeleteMy daughter is coming today. I’ve got several small tasks for her as I must not raise my arm above my shoulder.
Elder daughter has just phoned briefly after a very stressful morning where part of a ceiling fell down in one of the cottages just as guests were about to leave. New guests arriving in two hours. Fortunately their local two brothers team came and sorted the leak and replaced portion of ceiling very quickly. I hope she gets some stress free down time today.
Oh I do hope so Mrs P what a thing to happen! Enjoy time with your daughter today 🙂
DeleteKP what is the “inhabitant” adorning your opening picture. It makes me go eerrrr whenever I see it 😱 🤭
ReplyDeleteLooks like a tree iguana to me, but might be wrong.
DeleteI came across these in Cuenca, Ecuador on my trip of a lifetime, thanks to an unexpected inheritance from a Gt. Aunty. I blew it all on a trip to S.America, which included a 7 day cruise on a super-yatch around the Galapogus Islands, with a group of just 30 persons. A trip never to be forgotten.
Our tour manager warned us about these tree iguanas, which could suddenly poop onto a person underneath, which was far worse than seagulls or pigeons!
My planned evening meal has now done a change.
DeleteI have just found that one of the key ingredient is missing - coarse grain mustard. I cannot believe this. Will be improvising with mushrooms + herbs instead, so will be an experiment!! 😆
Sarnia - I hope your feeling better than you were a few days ago.
DeleteNot sure if you have posted since.
Miriam- that trip does sound like a wonderful lifetime experience.
And I hope your experimentation goes well this evening.
Lady was brought back to me today and is behaving as if nothing had happened and that she had been on ‘ holiday’ for a week.
Not been on holiday
DeleteHow thoughtful of you, Mrs P, given your current serious predicament. Temperature back to normal all day today, and actually had a shower this morning. Still not right though, so will try telephone triage tomorrow - always supposing they can find someone to answer the telephone!
DeleteMiriam is correct, and the signs did warn you about being underneath them!
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DeleteSarnia August 25, 2024 at 8:14 PM
DeleteMiriam, didn't they have a big green one of those at Chester Zoo called Mr Something or other? As I recall he was far too laid back to engage in mating, despite the generous constant provision of lady lizards to encourage him . Wasn't one the hot lizard babes called Daphne?
That was Mr. Parsons, a chameleon.
DeleteI think he did finally mate after yet another female was introduced..but not sure.
I know they did have baby chameleons at one time.
DeleteI seem to remember that the second time round he decided that Daphne had improved on further acquaintance.
DeleteThank you, KP, I wondered where it went.
ReplyDeleteMore bad news from daughter today.
ReplyDeleteThe guests who were still in the cottage when the ceiling came down ( less than one square foot in a corner ) have now demanded the full weeks cost of the cottage be returned.
Son in law noticed that on arrival of the following couple, the man looked pleased but the woman looked very sour faced. Daughter and husband had worked their socks off to make the cottage very presentable and had told guests what had happened, but by nine am this morning the guests had gone, wrote an email complaining of damp carpet, misted windows ( closed overnight daughter noticed ) and mould growing, and demanding their paid upfront cost be returned.
When daughter went into cottage and tested the carpet by treading a wodge of kitchen roll into the carpet it was dry, there was no misting on the windows and no sign of mould.
It is so frustrating and testing to be unable to be of any assistance and with what feels like empty words of sympathy.
One bright moment when the gusts in the second cottage also left but with a lovely warm and encouraging review, as most of their reviews are.
Surrounded by complete silence here, with a feint sound of a snoring cat with both animals curled up and fast asleep.
ReplyDeleteLady walked earlier by the person who has been working with me on her separation anxiety and she - Jan - then stayed for a chat.
Feeling a little stronger today. Knitting and listening to radio.
Marvelous!
DeleteMistral. FYI. My stolen nectar points have been reimbursed today, It has taken 4 weeks. The one's left on my old nectar account haven't, but these were only about £8. I won't chase these, as this seems pretty.in comparison.
ReplyDelete..meant petty!
DeleteMiriam, what a long time it's taken. I would definately ask them to replace the £8 of points, why not? You spent the money to earn them in the first place. I used to save mine for Christmas, but now use them for a month's groceries in the bleak midwinter as a pick-me-up. Of course, these days it will probably only stretch to a week, not a month. But still, a bonus.
DeleteWe watched the Edinburgh Tattoo last night and caught a (very brief) glimpse of our son in law who was playing in the massed pipes and bands again this year. His 4 year old daughter was very excited to see daddy on TV.
ReplyDeleteWOW. That is amazing. I am cross with myself for not spotting it was on. I will catch it on i-player. I do love a piped band.
DeleteI had an eye-clinic appointment this afternoon, which I thought was a normal one. Instead it was for laser treatment, and the bonus was that it was done on both eyes.
ReplyDeleteI was unaware that the same problem had already started on the other eye. The difference is amazing and can see clearly again!
It is minor in comparison to others I know, but am thrilled with the result.
It's so nice to hear some good news on the health front Miriam. I'm pleased to hear that things have improved for you,.
DeleteMistral. The extra £8 worth of points have been added today. 😀
ReplyDeleteGreat, without asking too! Nectar seem slow but thorough.
DeleteBronchitis. Haven't had it for ages so can't complain.
ReplyDeleteOh that's a shame Sarnia, but at least you know what it is. I always think if you know what something is then it is easier to tackle. Get well soon.💐
DeleteThere are brambles in the verge on the lane opposite the entrance of our house. We picked loads of blackberries this morning, it seems to be a good year for them. I feel a blackberry and apple crumble coming on. I think we might be stocking up the freezer as well.
ReplyDeleteCC - I’ve been worrying about the black berries I’ve not been able to pick this year.
DeleteI’m wondering if I could ask someone to take me to my favourite spot.
I envy you.
Sorry not contributing much at moment. Going through a bit of a depression phase and finding all the health problems discussed here difficult.
ReplyDeleteBut I do wish everyone who has been unwell speedy recoveries and back to normal as soon as possible. Hope to be back with some positive news soon 😘
I do hope that you'll be feeling more positive soon Archerfile, you are a stalwart of this blog .
DeleteHope you feel brighter soon Archerfile. This is probably a useless bit of info, but years ago we took the children to the gnome and pixie farm, and two of them there in the herb garden had reached 100 and reckoned it was to do with drinking lemon balm tea every morning with, if liked, a little bit of honey and lemon juice for taste. So after that I planted lots of lemon balm ( and it does spread!) as a longevity herb but it does also have a mildly soothing, calming effect if anxious. It can be bought as tea bags, and you can use 2 to make it stronger. I am thinking of picking some now! as have just been phoned up unexpectedly from some relatives with 3 boisterous teenagers who are on holiday not far away. Have managed to put them off coming today on the grounds last-minute-Leticia is needing to finish her final project ( mosses and algae) for the open university course by midnight tonight. They are coming tomorrow instead and daughter in law is going to bake a cake, and I am going to well and truly cheat with the savouries, and have booked egg and ham pie slices and some quiche from the farm shop that my son will collect later. ( My daughter's 20 year old bright red hyundai coupe, that was my son's before he had a baby, collapsed in a heap going out on bumpy lanes to moss and algae woods and had to come back with Road Rescue!).
DeleteKeep your chin up, Archerphile. You always post brilliant comments. Positive vibes sent to you.
DeleteThe best of good wishes to Sarnia ( I had bronchitis and was hospitalised over Christmas once ) hope it’s been caught early enough Sarnia.
ReplyDeleteARCHERPHILE - keep your head down during your depressive time and come back to us, and/or contribute, when you can. My sympathies are with you.
Miriam- excellent news.
My father was part of the original cohort at Guys when trialling laser treatment for eyes, over forty years ago now. Pleased it’s working for you.
Janice- I do so enjoy your newsey posts. Is she really a Leticia or is that just your name for her on here ?
I’m pleased to be able to report that I’m feeling brighter and that my wound has closed and is healing well.
Lady continues to be an excellent dog on her walks with my temporary dog walkers.
I use Leticia instead of calling her last minute Larry because she is female. Her real name is Sylvan. My cousin's son who is visiting tomorrow is also a last minute Larry! He is a diver who checks out underwater government and oil installations in case they need repair, and then has to write up reports. My cousin said he would be up until 2am the day before writing a report due in the next day. Both would say they work better under pressure. Definitely my mum's side of the family. It would worry me leaving things that late! My dad would be outside waiting in the car for my mum, invariably late, and then when they were eventually driving she would say "can't you go faster or we will be late!! " Used to do the same with me too! 🤨
DeleteThose goodies ordered from the farm shop, sound absolutely delicious. Enjoy them and the day.
DeleteThe moss/algea project sounds intriguing. It gives me images of wellie boots, nets + jam-jars like were used as kids, not forgetting the soggy sarnis for lunch.
I expect it was far more sophisticated + scientific than that!
I’ve never heard this ‘ last minute Harry ‘ expression before.
DeleteIt’s a good one. And I do like the name Letitia.
Sometimes one used to hear of the name Lettice, was that short for Letitia do you think ?
I think it is a variant of it Mrs P ( says me wide awake in the middle of the night which is a blinking nuisance!). Apparently there was a Roman goddess of gaiety and happiness and prosperity called Laetitia. Bet she wasn't a last minute Larry! although maybe someone full of joy wouldn't bother too much about time schedules. Daughter pressed the send button to the Open University at 5 minutes to midnight and then went downstairs to celebrate by having a midnight feast! Probably why I haven't been able to sleep! Hope you are soon back to full strength.
DeleteI had a laugh today. There was a post on my local community group as to a black lab dog being found.
ReplyDeleteThis led to many tales of other escaped labs + their antics!
The best was, a dog escaping in a service station car park, found in a McDonald's having pinched some-ones big Mac. and was happily eating it.
Any other fun dog antics to tell from your own pooches?
DeleteMiriam - we had a beagle who managed to get into tin of Quality Street one Christmas- the effect was not pleasant. We were picking up after her for days with shiny foil and coloured cellophane left for us. 🐶
DeleteHouse/pet sitting for friends many years ago their golden lab, notorious for eating any thing had something white poking out of his bum.
DeleteGently pulling on it a long white sock appeared !
One Christmas visiting a neighbour we were in the kitchen and my Tibetan Apso wandered into the sitting room un noticed by us.
We discovered her finishing off a whole box of after eights.
Our lab once ate 24 tea lights whilst we were out. Dash to emergency vets, Saturday afternoon of course, big vet bill…..to be told to just let them pass through her. She pooed out white waxy shapes for a couple of days!
DeleteThanks for the good wishes, MrsP and Janice (and yes, I also enjoy your posts as they are always unusual).
ReplyDeleteAt least I now have a legitimate excuse for not feeling like doing anything!
So just do nothing Sarnia for as long as you feel not up to it.
DeleteIt will still be there when your better.
Thanks for the (disgusting) doggy stories everyone. You've just confirmed all the reasons why I don't like dogs and have never wanted to own one.
ReplyDeleteNow, let me see, where did I put that tin hat? 🧑🚀🌻🌷🪻🌾💐
No tin hat required Sarnia, your entitled to dislike dogs.
DeleteSorry if you’ve had poor or bad experiences and we all have dislikes of one thing or another.
Janice - how is your recovery coming along ?
Join the night club. I’m often awake until 4 or 5 am !
Thanks, Mrs P. Just don't like the smell or many of their - personal - habits.
DeleteOther-people's-cat-lady, me!
Sarnia - My suggestion of dog antics, was meant in a light-hearted way only.
DeleteSorry.
No need to apologise, Miriam. I'm sorry if my response came across as heavier than intended. The antics described were mostly of a specialist kind, wouldn't you say? 😉
DeleteReply to Mrs P. and thank you for asking. Please ignore this those who don't want to read about health, although in many ways things have turned out better than expected for me.
ReplyDeleteReferred to Stroke clinic and in hospital briefly in April. Nice "Acting " Stroke Consultant doctor
still young enough to be enthusiastic about her job, said that I had had ministrokes but that following the visit to her there would be a cascade of other appointments to find out exactly what had happened, and indeed there were, 2 headscans, MRI, heart monitor to wear, physio, stroke clinic nurse appointments ( eat less cheese or fat free and I love cheese in all varieties, fat free might as well be plastic! Plus other useful healthstuff), lots of surgery blood tests and adjusting of medicines, little bumps gardening resulting in big bruises because of blood thinners, etc. Any way it took about 3 months and then all the results had finally arrived at her desk and she had a good look through them and then wrote a report sent both to me and the surgery doc. I also had a nice email from her, and I was really surprised at her findings.
She said that although there was some brain shrinkage visible in the scans that that can be a normal part of ageing, and there was no sign of any major stroke damage. The possibilty was still there that I had had tias that the body had dissolved before the scans but on the whole, and also partly because my being off balance walking and dizzy spells and lack of energy had continued despite the blood thinners, she felt that on balance it was more likely to be due to an inner ear problem, and I could stop taking the Clopidogrel. (Yaaay!) Apparently the symptoms of that and Tias are very similar. So after over 3 months of being told I had had mini strokes, and I must admit worrying about it, I am now on the waiting list for an ENT appointment. Next week I have a surgery appointment with a different doctor who has experience of doing something called the Eply manoevre exercise which can help if the problem is caused by "crystals" in the ear getting in the wrong place, so we shall see.
The physio exercises fortunately are the same for balance whatever the cause. The info booklet from stroke clinic nurse said get trekking poles, then you will look like an athlete and not an invalid. So I now have two very pretty purple sticks I use when out on the lane. Thank you to everyone who expressed sympathy and gave advice back in April.
I thought ears were for hearing with, and didn't realise they play such a part in balance.
Janice. After all this time, and if you can afford to do so, why not ask for a private ENT initial consultation appointment? This may give you some immediate thoughts + ideas, as to ear problems. Anything resulting from this, can still be done on the NHS.
DeleteThat is a thought Miriam thank you. I will see what happens at next week's appointment, am hoping that might help.
DeleteOh, Janice, what a time you've had of it! I must admit I was concerned at the earlier mention of tias because a friend of mine had a series of them and lost a little more of his sight with each one.
ReplyDeleteYes, the inner ear is very much concerned with balance - it's the movement of the sea messing with the inner ear that causes sea-sickness.
I hope you are surrounded with the love and support that you need, because navigating these experiences alone can be debilitating.
I’m glad I asked JANICE -
DeleteMy goodness what a tale !
I’ve felt since this first started for you that you seem to have a very good health authority and it certainly seems that you do.
As Sarnia says, the inner ear is so important for many reasons but most specifically for our balance.
However I would to to offer another piece of advice if I may.
Age UK do classes throughout the UK for ‘ Strength and Balance ‘. This is a service specifically designed for older frail people, ( not suggesting you are)
But I do them and I’m strong and have excellent balance.
I do them to keep my strength and my balance going whilst I still have those abilities.
It might be worth your while to find out if there is a class near you.
If there is not, I’ve seen these on Utube. Exercising for your feet, toes and heels to keep your leg’s strong and such things as walking backwards as well as many others are all very worthwhile.
Thank you so much for answering, I think of you often, and I’m pleased that you seem to have found the answer to what happened.
Sarnia - agree totally with your feelings about dogs, and for the same reasons (+ having been attacked by one as a child)
ReplyDeleteIs Gus Atkinson the new Ian Botham?
ReplyDeleteCome back LanJan, I need someone to talk cricket with!
DeleteI’m not a cricketer although loving the “Freddie Flintoff Field of dreams” but I agree regarding Lanjan I think of her often. Everytime Liverpool play and at the reduced section in a Garden Centre - also if I see any broken biscuits for sale 🤣
DeleteIn that case I will forgive you Mrs P 🤭
ReplyDeleteIs it just me, or is Autumn starting early this year, well in my area.
ReplyDeleteThe last few days have been lovely + sunny, but it only heats up mid afternoon.
For the last few days, I have had very heavy dews, and the nights are so cool, I am getting condensation on the outside of the windows each morning. It is strange getting up and not being able to see outside!
This is due to the type of windows I have, in that the warm air inside, does not pass through to the outside - cold outside glass means outside condensation.
I had to wait until well after lunch, before I could mow the back lawn. As it was long it was far too wet to mow before, but I did try!
I saw a very agile 🐈⬛ yesterday. In she came with a bird, let it go, she chased it around as I opened all the windows + doors for escape routes. The bird was flying towards one, when 🐈⬛ leapt from standing to 3.5 to 4 ft into the air, catching the bird with her paws. It was amazing to see. Anyway I got her as she landed, rescued the bird which was released.
I have never seen a cat do that before.
Yes Mriam, there's an end of summer feel now. The nights are drawing in and the summer plants in the garden are winding down. We'll be getting about a bit more though, now that places are going to be quieter with school starting this week. We like to visit RHS Bridgewater in each of the four seasons but it's always busy during school holidays so we avoid it then unless the grandchildren are visiting.
DeleteI still haven't visited RHS Bridgewater yet! No idea why, as not that far away.
DeleteI must do so soon, when as you have said, the schools have gone back.
To add - as I had YAG on both eyes last week, I no longer have any anxiety about driving now.
DeleteIt was done 11months after referral for one eye, but both eyes were done as the other eye was also showing the same problem.
What a difference, and as have said, I now drive confidentally again.
I'm pleased to hear that the laser treatment has helped with your vision Miriam.
DeleteWe've been visiting RHS Bridgewater since it opened in 2021and have enjoyed watching it develop and mature. There are still areas that haven't been developed at all yet, I will be interested to see what plans they have for those. I presume that will depend on finance being available.
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DeleteI am loving my crystal clear vision again. It is just as it was after my cataract ops.
DeleteStill no sign of my driving licence being renewed, after giving the definitive glaucoma diagnosis from last September!
Delete9 weeks now, and still counting!
What a noisy day I have had, as to EasyJet flight departures from Liverpool Airport flying over and low all day. These started at 6.00am..
ReplyDeleteThis only happens once in awhile though. It has been interesting to find out where these flights were going to.
Today's wind is from the east so the planes will have been taking off towards you which is why it was louder. We have the same thing here with Manchester airport. It doesn't happen very often as the wind usually blows from the west.
DeleteIt does Miriam
DeleteHere the aircraft either fly along the street past the front of the house (at about 800ft) and leave towards the North and double back over Romsey, or come in via Gamble and Winchester and leave over my Greek courtyard
ReplyDeleteStrangely enough, the easyJet are not too bad, as we only get airbus A319 or 320. The noisiest are the BA Embraer 190s, which sound like Armageddon and take a long time to fade.
I was not so accommodating towards them when I was teaching, as an aircraft overhead every 2 1/2 minutes in a 30 minute lesson began to wreck my exam results!
I am enthralled watching Big Cats 24/7 (BBC2). It is from the Okavango Delta in Botswana. The photography is brilliant as are the presenters and of course, the Big Cats.
ReplyDeleteLast night's episode finished on a real cliff-hanger, when 2 outsider male lions ingressd into the territory of two other male lions, who had a buffalo kill. It was left with a night fight between them..
It is nature and wild-life as it is and happens.
My little cat did me proud today, or then perhaps not! I had a 🐈⬛ pouncing on me and purring away, at goodness what time, as didn't look.
ReplyDeleteOn getting up, two dead mice had been placed by my slippers so I couldn't miss them..
The little one in my family started school today.
She got herself up + dressed at 6.30am and was all ready to go to school as so excited.
Daddy had to walk her to school at 7.00am to prove to her that the school wasn't open yet!
Apparently she just ran in without a backwards glance or a goodbye.
The novelty will wear off.
The photos sent are lovely, but the school uniform has been bought to grow into, as she is still so petite.
Should say, she ran in at the proper time, not at 7.00am 😉
DeleteThat’s a lovely little tale Miriam.
DeleteIs she one of the British contingent or the Australian ?
Please tell me what you do with your ‘ dead ‘ presents.
Some of mine I throw back into the undergrowth, but then there is the problem of Lady hunting down the smelly object and resurrecting it.
Some I wrap up in layers of paper and put in the bin.
What is yours, and others remedy ?
Little one is 4yrs 9 months and lives in a wonderful small village in Essex, hence why they had a short walk at 7.00am!
DeleteI put the bodies under a hedge, so to go back to nature. Think though one might have been a baby rat, as had quite a longish tail, but didn't look that closely.
Mrs P. if I may remind you that you need to declare your pace-maker to DVLA.
Bro in Law did this, was sent forms to fill in and all sorted in 3 weeks.
Me, as said having filled in all the required forms about my early stage glaucoma, I am still waiting for my new licence!
Thank you Miriam for the reminder - I do keep remembering every few days but as yet havnt done so. Also i believe have to declare to insurers.
DeletePlease feel free to nag me Miriam until I’ve done it.
As much as I so admire para sport persons, I do not watch the Para Olympics.
ReplyDeleteHaving said that, I am now glued to wheelchair tennis, but then I love watching this at Wimbledon.
It's been a lovely day here but we haven't been able to take advantage of it as my car was booked in for a service and we had other appointments. Talk about an automated process. I was asked to do the booking in process online yesterday. I took my car in and booked in on a screen and put the key into a compartment. When the car was ready I was sent an email with a link to pay for it online. Once the payment had gone through I was sent a code to enter on the screen upon which a compartment opened to reveal my key. The only person I spoke to was the receptionist on the desk at the entrance.
ReplyDeleteI imagine a day will come for humanity when so much is automated that many people will have so little contact with other humans that alienation will become the norm.
DeleteFortunately I won’t be here to experience it.
Sounds nightmarish Mrs P. Perhaps humans will loose the power of speech eventually and grow extra long and strong index fingers for jabbing screens? 🤪
DeleteI use my middle finger AP !
DeleteMrs P So do for some strange reason!! 🤷♀️
DeleteI might, but my middle fingers on both hands are so arthritic and affected by Dupytrens syndrome that they are useless. So it’s index fingers for me!
DeleteOoh I’ve never heard of anyone using middle finger (s) I use index fingers one on my phone and both on my iPad . I could not use both thumbs as many do on their phones….
DeleteI am on my soap-box tonight!
ReplyDeleteThe winter fuel allowance has now gone. The next thing is the single person home-owners person 25% discount for council tax.
I have just recently had to apply for mine again. I wonder, being cynical as I am, is this a fact finding mission, to see how much could be saved if it is abolished!
To add, I have been informed about how my gas/electric bill will go up again in October, typical as Autumn + Winter starts so need more heating + lighting. I need to look at the figures given to me in depth, to decide whether a fixed tariff is suitable, or not.
DeleteNo idea yet...as I know I am in credit at the moment.
It would seem most unfair if they take away the single person's discount Miriam. One person doesn't use the resources a family does. I am wondering exactly what we are getting for this ever rising tax. No street lights in our local area, massive potholes, and we rarely see a policeman ( I suppose that is good really as it must mean we are in a low crime area).
DeleteSomething that I think is a shame is that it is virtually impossible now to get a washing machine that has pipes from both the hot and cold water supply, only from the cold so that electricity then has to be used to heat up the water. For someone like me with a rayburn, or others with solar panels etc, that is a waste of hot water that could be used.
I’ve used an almost cold wash for at least the last fifteen years if not twenty Janice. Also my understanding is that washing products are now designed for a less hot wash now. I inherited my washing machine when I bought my Cotswold cottage and brought it with me here so that’s we’ll over ten years old now too, and I believe mine has only a cold water feed.
DeleteI do t think a cold/cool wash kills all the bacteria on the clothes. I wash bedding and towels at 70 degrees and anything else at 40. I do use the speed perfect button to cut down the length of the wash though to save on the electric.
DeleteThe instruction manual for my washing machine says that using speed perfect increases energy consumption.
DeleteOh hell. Should have read my manual! Just assumed it would use less cos it was on less. Thanks Cc.
DeleteI have a Bosch cold feed machine with speed perfect option which I mostly use but a YouTube video on the machine says best to use the economy cycle even though it is about 3 hrs uses less electricity and cleans well. Mine is a washer / dryer and has sensors and a spinning action that only uses the time required. Many towels have 40c wash on them now although maybe not on white ones?
ReplyDeleteAnything though is better than the all day Monday hand washing with the assistance of a burco
boiler and a spin dryer of years ago. I still appreciate my machine so much. 🙏🏼⭐️
That's interesting Lady R. I would never have known that about the economy cycle.
DeleteI can remember when very young of having an oldfashioned mangle out in the washhouse for getting the water out of the clothes, and once or twice having my own dripping wet long hair put into it! and it was cold out there too!
My daughter in law thinks having a washing machine the height of luxury. After teaching all week she then used to spend her Saturdays washing her family's clothes in a tub (elderly mother, sister, and two little nieces and a nephew who they were bringing up).
I had a mangle when I had my first home - in a basement flat in Chelsea - and my first baby in 1966.
DeleteIt was kept in the garden just outside the back door.
I wonder now where it came from ? Probably via my mum.
I think it was sometime before I got a spin dryer and the washing machine, a twin tub, came some years later.
I so remember a mangle outside! I have a very old dog-eared B+W photo of myself by it.
DeleteAfter my Dad died and clearing out his bungalow, the base of this was found
I think he once used it as a work-bench. It was just dumped, old, rusty but my younger sister took it.
It was up-cycled by her, and it is now the base of a daughter of hers, ie niece to me, sewing machine table. It is lovely to see this, as it must be over 70yrs old now.
I have no idea though, why this mangle table/base was moved from house to house, 3× by my parents??
DeleteBecause we didn’t get rid of important items Miriam. We either kept them because they might come in use one day, or we kept them to pass on to others when they were in need.
DeleteIt was what is now called the circular economy.
Just another post - OOPs
ReplyDeleteAs have said, I am still waiting for my driving licence to be renewed.
In the post today was a brown letter from the DVLA, which was not my licence, as thin + flabby.
I panicked, thinking what has gone wrong now!
I quickly ripped it open. It was my car tax renewal, which I had forgotten was due. Phew..
£190 though 🙅♀️
Delete😥 Miriam 🚗
DeleteLady R. MOT + service are also due soon.
DeleteThis is the joy of having a car, but couldn't survive without it.
Hi. MrNuts & I are sitting on a bench at Heathrow waiting to check in. For short haul, in this case Greece, you can only check in 2 hours before & there’s nowhere fr coffee & breakfast this side of security, we’ll know for next time!
ReplyDeleteAnyway we are leaving the rain behind for 1 days of ancient ruins in the sun😁
That should be 12 days
DeleteHave a lovely time, a dose of sunshine to boost your vitamin D in time for the winter here. Plus a dose of ancient history. As a schoolchild I was lucky enought to go on a trip round the med which included a day visiting the Acropolis in Athens. I found the craftsmanship awe inspiring, and all done by a civilisation long before our supposedly advanced age. Remember to take your water bottles, don't do a Doctor Mosley, this site needs you!
DeleteAs we were finishing our breakfast a message come through from our daughter who is home alone saying that the gas cylinder for the stove, no mains gas for us, so she’s going to have to phone the supplier to sort out, slightly challenging for her as she is on the spectrum and finds this sort of thing difficult. At least we were able to respond to her message quickly, mobile phones do make life easier.
ReplyDeleteHave a great holiday and enjoy the architecture. I have never been to Greece, but have seen so much else in the Mediterranean area.
DeleteEnjoy and relax in the sun-shine.
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ReplyDeleteHave a lovely holiday KP. I hope that your daughter manages to sort out the problem
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of sunshine, there's been plenty here. Not a cloud in the sky and very warm. We went to RHS Bridgewater and have had a lovely day there. Every time we go there seems to be something new to see.
Sun CC what’s that! Only two days of heavy rain here in my part of Hampshire just about stopped as I type. Glad to hear you have been able to enjoy some though 🤗
DeleteLady R. A lovely hot + sunny evening here in Cheshire.
DeleteCC is east, whereas I am west but are so the same tonight.
It is surprising though, just how different weather can be in the same county.
Off to water my window box etc. again as are drying out quickly.
My runner bean crop has been so great this year. It is now about over, so will let plants die down
My choice of beans I used this year were great. Although a low germination rate plus a delay in growing, the crop has been heavy and so tasty.
I will use the same again.
We had yet more rain Miriam 😂
DeleteI mustn't moan as to the warm + sunny days, but the high pressure is playing havoc with my TV signal + recordings at night.
ReplyDeleteStill small price to pay for the continuing good weather.
Can I ask what beans you planted Miriam? I usually have Polestar runner beans and Cobra french beans ( mainly munched away to nothing by the abundance of slugs this wet summer), but would like to try some different ones.
DeleteRained most of the day here.
I grow Cobra french beans Janice and they usually do really well. This season hasn't been as good as usual but we've had a good few meals and frozen a lot more so far.
DeleteJanice. The variety of runner beans this year was a new one for me.
DeleteThis was Firestorm, which have an RHS merit award for heavy cropping.
The beans are long and stringless and taste lovely.
The flowers are red and white, and although self-pollinating, attracted a lot of bees.
The plants and resulting crop which I grew from beans, have suited me well, even though I only ended up with 5 plants!
I recommend these, but that is from my experience only.
JANICE The variety was
DeleteSt. George NOT Firestorm.
Sorry, but luckily spotted my mistake.
Thanks Miriam. Just looked them up and the flowers look very pretty.
DeleteMRS P.
ReplyDeleteYou must be able to now drive again and so hope you just do that.
Yes, I am nagging you again.
This is to remind you - Have you informed DVLA as to your pace-maker?.
This can be done on-line and once this information has been submitted, then you are fine to drive without any problems.
OK the forms etc might take a few weeks after to sort out, but your licence will still be valid.
Do Not use this as an excuse not to get out in your car and to take Lady for walks again, even though short.
I have your best interests in mind..
DeleteThank you Miriam.
DeleteI will try to do it this weekend
I’ve managed to download the relevant form but cannot access it.
DeleteWill call DVLA on Monday
Archerphile.
ReplyDeleteI saw a fantastic aircraft fly very low over me today. I looked at it on the radar site, and saw it had come from Toulouse and flew around + low for a while.
I have just found out, that it was an Airbus 350 doing a round-trip Toulouse -Chester-Toulouse, and fly-by over the Broughton Aerospace site. It didn't land.
It was a wonderful site.
I have thought of you and your son.
Remember I am only about 6-8 miles away, as the crow flies, from the Broughton plant. It was lovely to see as so low over my home.
DeleteThank you for thinking of me and Corrin when you saw the A350. At the moment he is very involved with researching and testing out new fuels for aircraft such as hydrogen, SAF (sustainable aircraft fuel) and other low carbon fuels to cut down on hydrocarbons affecting climate change.
DeleteIt’s just possible that the flight was part of that programme.
I do appreciate your interest, it’s handy having a ‘spy’ near Broughton!
We had a lovely lunch with some friends at our veg box farm's Field Kitchen. Lots of lovely, freshly picked seasonal veg and locally sourced meat and drinks.
ReplyDeleteYum 🤗
DeleteCurrently enjoying some downtime by a swimming pool on a slope overlooking the Aegean, the problem with this sort of tour is never quite as long as you want on the historical sites & a lot of time on the bus…. Still I’m not complaining it’s lovely being away & still able to keep up with the Archers on Sounds
ReplyDeleteOn one of my trips, this was at Ephesus, our group rebelled! Our local guide was hurrying us along, so to miss a newly opened part major part of houses. We just ignored him and went off on our own, as a group.
DeleteIt turned out later, that the hurry was to take us to a Turkish carpet place, so to buy and he would have got a commission.
What was seen was absolutely fantastic with great mosaics etc and far better than carpets.
To add. There was a massive storm one night, the pool overflowed and flooded the hotel. Breakfast was great, as had to paddle through water, and as the electricity was off, this was cooked on outside gad grills...it was just part of the fun!
DeleteI watched the Big Cat's programme on BBC2 again last night.
ReplyDeleteIt is far better than any TV or radio drama, as so dramatic and not knowing what will happen next.
The photographers/rangers are brilliant, but their frustration can be heard at times, as they cannot interfere with wild-life as it happens in front of them. They just have to sit + watch, be it good or bad.
I am so loving this programme, but not for the fainthearted.
Due to my recent indisposition I’m missing out on my planned trip to Widdicome Fair tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI hope Mistral has got it on her radar.
Mrs. P, NO, not at all on my radar, although I know the song...literally just got off the phone to Dartmoor planning authority about installing shutters, absolutely a no from them, also no to opaque window stickers...we arrived at a solution of window boxes to grow tall plants to protect my privacy, of course these will not help with blocking daylight or draughts!!
DeleteThis is for the arched bedroom windows. There are blinds (badly) fitted, which I can't reach without a stool, so plenty to think about.
She didnt have a problem with moving the cooker/oven sockets out of the bottom cupboard up to the worktop though, so win some, lose some!
Ah Mistral, so is the building listed ? Or are you in a conservation area ?
DeleteThat is a shame about the shutters, but I wonder if you could contest that decision ? I would have thought those windows along with the building were Georgian in which case they may well have had shutters originally, although they would not have been modern slatted shutters.
Can you see any evidence on the side of the windows ? Also was it a visit or a phone consultation ? Have you looked on Pinterest for window treatments ? Might be worth a look.
Perhaps we can go to Widdecombe Fair together next year.
That's a shame Mrs P. Console yourself with the thought the weather is probably going to be wet and windy there tomorrow. Hope you are making good progress.
ReplyDeleteI saw quite an upbeat doctor last week. He wouldn't do the Eply manoevre because he felt it might make the arthritis in my neck worse ( so that is what that occasional stiff crunchiness is! ), but he was very positive about the brain being a wonderful thing that could, given time, adapt to different ways of working.
Yes Janice I went in the car to the surgery today and my first drive. Not difficult but I did make sure to drive carefully. I’m usually known as a pretty ‘ nippy ‘ driver. Only about three miles there and then back again. Saw the Dr that sent me off to hospital and she was clearly pleased to see me, and my diagnosis was what she thought it would be so that pleased her too. I asked if I could give her a hug, and she stood up, smiled, and said yes of course. I think Iv’e found my ‘go to ‘ GP now, which gives me greater confidence than I’ve had so far since I’ve been here.
DeleteAs for your neck, I think many people have crunchy necks, I certainly do.
I must look up this Eply manoeuvre and see if it is what my osteopath used to do for me.
It sounds as though you too have also found a doctor that you have confidence in going forward. I do hope so.
Mrs. P. Well done for driving again, but best of all, in finding a GP you trust, have confidence with and feel so able to talk to.
DeleteThis must be so reassuring for you.
Hope your progress continues in such a positive way.
Thanks Miriam- agree it’s SO important and yes, I do feel reassured by meeting her again today. She was so clearly very pleased to see me.
DeleteAs I’m writing this I’m also realising that she had confidence in me, that I would return to see her, as she said she was waiting to see me rather than just following through the recommendations made by the registrar.
Although today’s appointment was made some weeks ago, before my emergency and was about following up on something entirely different.
Nevertheless, a bond has been made which is so lovely.
DeleteHow costs have changed. My little home is a "mock tudor" style, so has wooden decorative styling on the front. It looks lovely but needs maintenance. The last time the wood was stained + made weatherproof, was about 8 yrs ago.
ReplyDeleteSadly I can see this deterioritating again.
I found on my local community site, just the right person to re-do this again. OMG what a difference in price, even though I renegotiated the quote. I played the senior citizen card again, so got the quote down.
It's needs must but still not happy with the quote, but felt comfortable with them which is also important for me, as a single home-owner.
This job will be done in about 3-4 weeks time, but at least I know this wood will not deteriate more over the winter.
Now to sort out a full length dining area curtain.
🐈⬛ was chasing a live bird, shinned up the curtain to try to get it, and the curtain came down breaking all the curtain fixtures...no idea how to fix this yet, as the fittings cannot just be replaced were sewn into the pleats..complicated to resolve.
Miriam, that is annoying for you, who knew curtains could cause so many problems? Just at the wrong time of year now its getting cold and dark early.
ReplyDeleteMrs P, yes, Georgian windows, full length, The frames are obviously much newer, it was all refurbished about eight years ago, so no sign of previous fittings. The Planning Officer said I could apply for planning permission but she was sure I wouldn't get it. How they could let the hideous blinds and even worse nets slip past them, goodness only knows. The blinds are so irritating that I don't bother with them, but the bedroom faces the front so any passing person walks within 5' of my head, providing they stick to the path. The gardener was here this morning, I literally pulled the duvet over my head and hoped he didn't look too closely!
The outside window boxes are a nice idea, I have seen it done, but not really practical against the cold and dark. I am getting someone in to look at made to measure fabric blinds which I dont want, but will solve the issues to an extent. I don't think curtains are a soltion because the amount of fabric would be really heavy, not sure about the ceiling supporting them, also how do you open and close them without drag??? I was quite pleased with the shutter solution, next door has them, but they are old...
Mistral I wasn't sure if you were asking permission for external or internal window shutters. If internal I would have a go at applying because they are a Georgian era thing. Personally I think you are a saint 😇 doing things by the book, but probably less worrying for you if you have the proper permissions.
ReplyDeleteIf Evelyn was still with us I would have mentioned the Ryde Art Collective's exhibition at Quarr Abbey to her this next coming 12 days. I remember she used to walk her dogs in the Abbey's grounds.
My sister in law has an exhibit there ( her art is a sort of modern mix of sculpture and technology) using some of the small organ pipes from the very old too expensive to repair organ from the church here. ( I had been persuaded years ago to store the pipes, some huge, in a shed by the churchwarden who didn't have the heart to burn them. Some of the smallest pipes were turned into bird boxes.) She also has a recording, with her own background piano accompaniment, of the Quarr Abbey monks singing a Gregorian chant. Normally the "artwork" is part of the Escape Room which she was instrumental in organising/designing in Ryde.
Janice
ReplyDeleteYou have reminded us of Ev - think you - but you’ve also reminded me of The Island and my mother in laws house near to where Ev lived and also very close to Quarre Abbey where I used to walk with her, as well as my daughter’s beautiful Georgian house just outside Ryde and of course my fond memories of so many happy childhood Island holidays.
I hope it’s a successful exhibition for your SinL, and I must look up the escape room in Ryde.
I’ve spoken with Mistral at length this morning and urged her to pursue the issue of the shutters despite the telephone consultation with the ( ill informed IMO ) planning officer. It transpires that Mistral has the original interior shutters in her shed, pointed out to her by the previous owners of the flat, so in my opinion she has a good case to argue for the replacement of those shutters, backed up by the precedent of the neighbouring flat having theirs in situ. However it is a long term project into the future and her current concern is her privacy and the look of her new home.
I’m keeping an eye on her as Miriam is keeping an eye on me re DVLA and my insurance company.
Lady has gone off with the main dog walking friend for her first complete away day without me.
A huge step forward after four years !
If you do look up the Escape room, you would need to look for The Lost Crypt escape room. It is in a real crypt in what used to be a church but is now a community centre called Aspire, and among other things it links people with problems to helping agencies.
DeleteMrs P now that a new series of “The Chase” has started I keep wondering if Ev’s Katy will be appearing. She did promise to let us know so hopefully she will when or if she gets told the airing date herself. Gather it can be anything up to 2 yrs until recorded shows are shown which seems quite bizarre to me considering how many repeats are shown….
ReplyDelete"I cannot believe it!". Yes I do sound like Victor Meldrew, but I was astounded today that the seasonal ailse in the supermarket
ReplyDeletewas half filled with Christmas goods. No doubt in the next week or two, the other half will be Halloween rubbish.
Ooh I am getting grumpy these days...😂🥵
I noticed that too this morning Miriam, I walked past very quickly.
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