You can never have enough...

[popeye333]

We also use Specsavers   MrK needs a prism attached to his glasses to stop him from seeing double when watching TV. 

The message has gotten through.  Could I please move the garden trolley so he can walk up and down along a garden.  Yesss, I can do that!  AND he walked the length of our road to help me with the camellias.  And maybe, the scoot could come out and I can try and sit on it to see how we could manage it

Todays win.. May he keep it up. 

One day at a time Km... 

Winz should still pay if he gets a letter from the GP and Specsavers.

[Lilith7]

It needed to be said, mica.  Am over his self pity and woe is me shi*.  Yes, you are in pain, that's what pain relief is for.  I am not your maid.  Think about things you can do, pick up after yourself.  I've noticed he's moving a bit quicker now on the walker, so he can do it.  I don't care if others think I am a bi**h, he needed to hear some home truths yesterday.  I will help when needed but he needs to realise, there is stuff he can do.

And I know what you are saying about the $$$.  MrK and I both need new glasses and him a hearing aid.  Over the years it has been MrK who has needed them more but now it's me as well.

I'm sure you did the right thing, KM. If only because the consequences of him not doing so could eventually be dire & affect both of you.

Another frosty start here but sunny now, had to wear the Aztec hat for the obligatory morning walk.

 Its a good thing that I no longer care how daft I look when taking Madame le Dog for the walk...

[zqwerty]

Lilith7, the name comes from this place, I have been there many time during my younger years in Africa. Apparently it was the first attempt in this part of Africa for an iron Age culture but was beaten to the marketplace by Arab traders/slavers bringing in iron implements when they scouted the area for slaves and fell into disrepair.

The Zimbabwe Bird is very famous and was the symbol of Southern Rhodesia.

Great Zimbabwe National Monument https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/364/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Zimbabwe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Smith

I grew up in Ndola, Zambia after having being born in Bromley, Kent just outside of London.

[Lilith7]

Lilith7, the name comes from this place, I have been there many time during my younger years in Africa.  Apparently it was the first attempt in this part of Africa for an iron Age culture but was beaten to the marketplace by Arab traders/slavers bringing in iron implements when they scouted the area for slaves and fell into disrepair.

The Zimbabwe Bird is very famous and was the symbol of Southern Rhodesia.

Great Zimbabwe National Monument  https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/364/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Zimbabwe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Smith

I grew up in Ndola, Zambia after having being born in Bromley, Kent just outside of London.

Those ruins look as though they must have been quite imposing when they were newly built, & even now look intriguing. You have to wonder how many various peoples have had civilisations all over the planet in earlier times, which we know little or nothing about.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Well the brasier sold and has gone to new much younger owners, with stronger wrists, lol... And so I have pounced on an auction for a couple of milk bottles to replace the one I just broke doing something really dumb. I dropped a knife into it as it waited in the sink for washing, and sure enough, punched a little hole in the bottom in doing so. Trouble is, that is the second time I have done that. There will not be a third.

Stupid woman!

[popeye333]

Ohh Hunnie its annoying when we break things in way we know is silly.

KM Also Add your Not a nurse and Cannot be on duty 24/7/52/365 days a year. and with your health doing things it hasn't done before you have to look after you first.
Easier said than done, I know, but your garden is a good way to vent the anger and frustrations that will come.

I've pretty much had a repeat of yesterday, including dinner lol.. Now Im having an apple which Im enjoying more than choccie lol.

Been texting with Dianne, she said her surgery sight is good, but her back isn't. She said something pinched and hurt getting out of the bed yesterday. She's using a walker. She said she never realised how safe they make you feel... I said that's why I still use mine in the morning especially until the bones have all released and if Im carrying meals.

Going to do some homework tonight about the Markets in Thames, so I can make a date with Gayle. Cos she will have to do a "Swapsy" as they call it at the Hemodialysis when someone needs to change a day.

Must look and see how todays first market here went.

[kiwimade64]

morning ladies What a sunrise, the best I've seen for ages. Spring must be on its way.

MrK admitted yesterday he felt better already after walking along our little road. And he put a few things away without being asked. It did knock the stuffing out of him, and he had a two hour nap in the afternoon. Fingers crossed. His caregiver comes this morning and while she is here, I'll weed the garden pots. I might even sit outside with the camera and take pics of the waxeyes.

Yesterday I put the bottom bit of a pineapple out for the waxeyes and they love it. Boy they get territorial over food and flap their little wings as a warning. I'll top the rest of the bird feeder up this morning.

I found some rhubarb in the freezer yesterday so it's rhubarb crumble with our dinner tonight. It's the new bright red variety and is sweeter than the old plant we had. My friend gave us a piece of her plant, and it hasn't looked back since planting. MrK is entrusting the vegie garden to me this summer, at least until the tomatoes grow high enough for him to tend to. *evil chuckle* I warned him there won't be any straight rows this summer In fact, the vegies may be randomly placed in the garden

When did coffee cup have holes in the bottom? One coffee a day and it's over so quickly.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Bit chilly here in Auckland. I might have to put the heat pump on while I go make coffee and get contacts in so I can start my day. Going to be a stitching session I suspect, looking a bit silvery out there so far. With luck we'll get that sun back this afternoon. I did enjoy all that uv bathing over the weekend - I even put the sun umbrella up, a first since summer moved north...

[Mica]

Morning all 
Overcast calm

Finished the quilting and it looks good from a distance it won't stand up to close scrutiny  from the quilting police
Will sew binding on this afternoon.
Planned on visit to Spotlight to get some fleece to make DGD1  a new dressing gown. Email this am saying 40% off  sale could be dangerous
My jersey is coming along grew 3cm last night going to take a while probably won't get to wear it until next winter lol.

Been to gym, finished breakfast  shower next then hit motorway south to SL.

DH off to golf this morning so I can blast some music while stitching  later.

Enjoy your day

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Funny thing, I think I might have become a probationer constable in the quilting police, since acquiring my Amish quilts. I had always loved quilts, even made a couple - badly, lol- until I had those and really understood how a good quilt is built, and the skills required. So now I know too much to ever try making one again. And it has made me very conscious of building my own stitching skills, getting smaller, neater, exploiting the quality of stitchery, undoing it when the mistakes scream but leaving it when showing the hand is worth it. And I am enjoying it more as a result.

But I will never be as skilled or talented a stitcher as those I enjoy learning from. Especially those Amish ladies I met all those years ago...

[popeye333]

Good morning everyone

Tis grey here and chilly.

Love the sniggers KM they are important to us carers lol.

I would Love to meet some Amish women. Oddly as independent as I am, I really like the idea of someone else having to make all the decisions lol and while it would be hard, especially medically I think its a life I could live. The friendships they have, helping everyone. The only part I wouldn't handle is the religion lol.

I would Love to make a quilt but I know nothing about them really, other than the fact that Im not a straight sewer. You rushed when in a factory and I dont think Id be tidy enough. I have made one baby quilt which was just panels and I put wadding in and sewed around parts of the pictures..

I should finish the picture today, but probably tomorrow depending on how long my games take. The last few weeks Ive thought why I am doing them when I earn the double points so I can score more, but I never just play for the sake of it. I do the daily challenge and event and that it...
But its good for my brain which is why I do play it.

I played scrabble for a couple of hours last night and won every game.. I might go up a level and see how I go.

Crime on tv tonight so there wont be any games

Have a fab day everyone