This morning I was out early watering some plants out the front of my place as the ground is virtually moistureless. It is amazing how the grass which I am refusing to mow grows like mad but my plants need watering otherwise they look very sad. Would very much like to see some rain.
Have spent most of the morning at the seniors’ club meeting followed by writing the minutes and making phone calls on matters that need following up. All done now.
Am currently enjoying a cheese, tomato and onion roll for lunch. The tomato came from a friend who grows them, he reckons this year they are growing far too well, he and his missus cannot consume them quick enough. He gives me half a dozen but I can’t eat them quick enough either even though they are particularly tasty. That’s the problem with growing stuff it is either feast or famine.
That is my morning, all I have left is the thrill of bin day
A much colder start to the day, which is expected to be dry for a change.
The pump to fill the new marine tank arrived, it doesn’t work.
Idiot that I am, I decided to start filling the tank manually.
I only managed 6 buckets full before my alarm went off, low blood oxygen and a sharp rise in heart rate, another 64 left to do, so now a day behind and the living room and kitchen are a mess.
I had to stop doing anything and stay on the bed…
I will be getting a serious telling off when Kinga arrives at 9 this morning.
I am still suffering the after effects of my stupidity, so will be taking things gently today.
A beautiful Blue sky and its sunny , we had hail yesterday on and off ,
Ive had good news regarding my Electric and Gas payments Ive been told ive got enough credit I can drop my direct debit each month to £85 from £100 .
The bad news Ive had is my private Pension is only rising by 1.70% , there will be a lot of increases in April so Im sure it will be gobbled up .
Today I shall be doing a bit more family history on Ancestry , Ive bought a years sub while it was on offer .
Ive not a lot to find out but it whiles a way the time .
@swimfeeders I know you want to get on and fill your tank yourself , but less haste will see you to the end . Let your carers help .
Shame about the pump , can you send it back and get a refund .?
@Bruce that Cheese Roll as set me off , I want one .
Morning all – lovely sunny start to the day, although colder and forecast to drop below zero tonight
Well it is definitely time for me to book myself into a home for the bewildered! I had planned to go to the meeting for older people at the church yesterday. I decided to get some paperwork done first and it wasn’t until I sat down with a coffee that I realised I had totally forgotten about the meeting!! Oh well, there is always next month!
My lovely neighbour called in with the usual Wednesday delivery of cake – we always have very interesting conversations over coffee
I think we all overdo things at some point swimfeeders – take it easy for the rest of the day
Hmm happy your direct debit for your energy is reducing Eliza – my smart meter tells me I have been over budget every week since December and although I do have some credit with the company I have a feeling my direct debit will be going up!
Plans today are the usual meet up with the girls for coffee and cake (if I remember!) and out for dinner tonight.
Afternoon all…
Knee feels a bit better this morning but not good enough to walk on still very painful, red, and swelled…Sun is shining through the window and tempting me to do something daft…
Sorry to hear that you overdid the tank fill @swimfeeders I’m beginning to find out that what I do today comes back and shoots me in the buttocks tomorrow when its too late. @Surfermom to consider that my heart events might be connected to the gout is a very interesting suggestion and one I hadn’t considered. As you know my life is very well documented so I shall refer to my journals and diary and look for a link. I had put it down to a change in meds last week at the hospital…It takes at least three days for a rise in uric acid to pool in the joints and cause havoc…
Most of the doctors are ‘General Practitioners’ and I probably know more about hearts and gout than they do. I consider the medical profession to be like the mechanics who sort out your engine, but I’m the driver and observe the results…
I’m still waiting for an appointment to see a proper cardiologist…
I’ve already paid my winter gas and electric bill @Eliza I work out my own quarterly amount and they just send me the bill, no smart meter or direct debit here…
It was a bit eye watering, but now they can only get cheaper as the warmer weather descends upon us…(hopefully)
I’ve noticed @Bruce that in drought the weeds grow as normal but everything else seems to die off…I dig up the weeds and they grow again, if I did that with the cultivated plants they would just die never to be seen again.
I, along with my devoted pup, Maggie, are waiting for my daughter to finish up class so we can run a slew of errands on the way home. Maggie is not pleased that I am simultaneously playing a history podcast, currently a time when Barbary pirates roamed the Med, and France, Britain, and the U.S. were sparring and attacking each other’s ships, thanks to Napoleon’s ego. The wheel of history is not a timeline but a circle that goes round and round.
Apparently, I have a gene of that sort floating around in my DNA. Perhaps I should join @Eliza and do some digging around. @OGF has it right about being at the helm of your own life.
@swimfeeders I’m sure the tank will sort itself out with a little help and patience. Better not to turn your entire home into an aquarium . That would take a LOT of distilled water …and a scuba tank or two for you.
@Bruce and @SheilaP are making me hungry. I really do need to stop skipping breakfast.
Ah! right, I understand now. I had read about them and thought you would just need buckets of sea water.
I used to have a tropical fish tank in the UK. Wonderful things for keeping a baby quiet for hours, just prop them in front of it.
When my grandsons were very little I bought an aquarium DVD which had the same effect. It had several scenarios including salt water fish. The soundtrack was soothing bubbles or music (you could chose different tracks)
I just looked, it is still in the DVD player which shows that I don’t watch DVDs very often as my eldest grandkid is 13.
. That would take a LOT of distilled water …and a scuba tank or two for you.