Thistle's Mission

I need to nip out to get some blister plasters for my DD in preparation for tomorrow's DoE trip, aside from that I'll just be pottering around the house today. I need to stay in as Mr Thistle's injections are due to be delivered between 10 and 5. They need to be kept refrigerated so it is important that I am here.

Once I fold the last lot of laundry, I will have officially conquered the mountain of dirty clothes my son left behind. :j

I really want to take the car for a spin but can't justify wasting the petrol. We'll be driving for about 1 1/2 hours round trip tomorrow anyway taking DD to where she needs to be to start her DoE adventure. It's near a lovely little town filled with antique shops, so Mr Thistle and I are planning on having a wander before returning home. I'm going to check out some welsh dresser prices while I'm there, two shops in particular always have a fair amount of vintage ones for sale. I probably wouldn't pay their prices but it's always fun to have a look!

My leg is aching quite badly today, the transition from summer to autumn weather seems to set the pain and inflammation off something terrible. I'm glad I'm seeing the Dr tonight, he'll have the results of my blood tests. This Dr seems determined to get to the bottom of things. My last Dr (who was incredibly overworked) always had a glazed look in his eyes and his main goal seemed to be to get me out of his office as soon as possible...:(

This morning was lovely. After dropping DD off, we found a small cafe serving a tasty full english breakfast (including two proper butcher's Lincolnshire sausages) for £3.95! Had a wander around the secondhand/antique shops and smirked to myself at the prices they were charging. I did find a metal Kenwood Chef mixing bowl with a k beater and whisk for £4, I should be able to sell them on ebay for £18-20 ish so was quite pleased.,

I saw one Welsh dresser I sort of liked, it was £158 which was not too bad, but I didn't like it well enough to buy it. And of course I only had £37...:o

I was excited to spot a Next lilac hoodie in a charity shop for £3.99. I thought it was a bit expensive, but it is in excellent condition, fits me really well, and will go with a lot of my shirts. I know I will get a lot of use out of it, so paid up and was happy.

The Dr wants me to wear a 24 hour heart monitor to be safe but said the first EKG and my blood results didn't show anything of much concern, in fact he said most of the results were better than they have been for a long time. My kidney function has improved, which he was not expecting. With Lupus, once the kidney damage has started they do not get better, and continue to get worse. He's wondering if the "probable" Lupus diagnosis isn't correct and how many of my symptoms could be attributed to hormone changes with menopause or something else entirely.

He's given me the go ahead to start exercising and said I should work my way up to two hours a day, 3 days a week and think of it as something I will need to do for the rest of my life. Apparently it is much better for your body than 1 hour a day, 6 days a week. Not sure why, though he did say I could split it up into two hour sessions as long as they were on the same day.

Now Mr Thistle and I have the house to ourselves until tomorrow afternoon. He wants to get a curry tonight as we didn't really do anything for our anniversary. I begrudge spending £30 on a takeaway but we do it maybe once or twice a year, so I may be swayed. We're going to wrap up in blankets and watch movies on TV.

Wow Smolly, that's a great profit! Nice!!! If only I could find a few items like that a week, I'd have the dresser in no time! I know a lot about about vintage Kenwood Chef mixers and old kitchenalia, but that's about it. I used to make a decent amount of money buying that kind of thing locally and selling on ebay. Maybe I should look into doing that again.

Smolly wrote: »

I felt quite exhausted reading about you needing to build up to 2 hours' exercise a day. What exercise will you do? I think you have mentioned cycling before? In all honesty anyone who can do a couple of hours' exercise deserves a medal.

I already take the dog for a walk every day, usually for 25-45 mins so will extend that to an hour every day to begin with. As for the second hour, possibly on the bike....? Though I'll probably only manage 15 mins at first.

I used to be very into cycling, I did a lot of racing and long distance riding when I was younger. I have a wind trainer and three bikes (though I should probably sell one, and the money could all go into the dresser fund) so as the weather gets colder I can put my road bike on the wind trainer and use it as an indoor exercycle type thing. If I keep it up, once the spring comes my fitness level will probably be good enough for me to do the whole two hours on the bike.

I promised myself that I would do the Land's End to John O'Groats ride before my 60th bday, and I'd like to do one of the Coast to Coast rides in the next couple of years. That will only happen if I actually get back on the bike and get healthy again, so I may as well make a start...

Thanks Dolly - it was a lovely chilled night, and now we are relaxing with coffee and doing very little.

I have no plans for today, other than taking Thistlepup out for an hour's walk and a small load of laundry so DD has a clean school uniform and PE kit for tomorrow. I love do-nothing or do-little days.

Monday through Thursday will be different - I will work on the pile in the dining room and list things on ebay. If I have the energy and determination (neither is guaranteed ) I could actually get it finished. I also need to finalise a set list as I have an important gig on Friday night, this won't take too long though as I really just need to run through the order of songs and figure out the timing. It will probably be my best opportunity yet to sell CDs, so I want to be prepared!