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Karmacat

se999 wrote: »

KC my solution to the ornaments/knicknacks, is my friends know we like unusual Christmas Tree ornaments, so if we visit somewhere we try to find something to remember it by, or sometimes people give them to us. So each Christmas when we dress the tree we remember the people and the places. With them being Christmas Tree ornaments, they do tend to be small too and of course friends don't expect to see them all year round

What a brilliant idea! I'm going to adopt that, thank you :j

gilligansyle wrote: »

do you mean that spices don't keep :eek: I've been carting the same ones from house to house for years :rotfl:in fact I don't think they put best before on things in those days.

Oops - in fact, I think they do keep, but too late, I've chucked the oldest two :rotfl:

there must be a balance between sentiment and usefulness though. I have a little pot that I bought for my Nan when I went to Chester Zoo with the school; she kept it for 40 years, it seems a shame to throw it out now.

Oh definitely! I have a butterfly shaped crystal cut piece of glassware that I'd never use.... a coronation mug .... a mug by a famous potter from Gloucestershire whose son I was going to marry ... a, well, I don't know what it is - a piece of ivory? a tusk of something? its carved into a fish, and its got a lightbulb inside it :eek: its hideous :rotfl: but it belonged to my nan and grandad in Bootle, so thats that its staying. This is as well as things I actually *like* :rotfl:

MrsMoo2U

se999 wrote: »

KC my solution to the ornaments/knicknacks, is my friends know we like unusual Christmas Tree ornaments, so if we visit somewhere we try to find something to remember it by, or sometimes people give them to us. So each Christmas when we dress the tree we remember the people and the places. With them being Christmas Tree ornaments, they do tend to be small too and of course friends don't expect to see them all year round

SNAP, apart from the fact that I love Christmas, I really enjoy dressing the tree and I make it as big a part of Christmas as the present opening. I think I inherited this from my Mum because she loved her Christmas tree and put lots of thought into dressing it. We always had things on it from family and friends. I have some of her decorations now. I always try to buy a decoration from everywhere I visit if I can. My OH didnt "do" Christmas until two years ago when he spent his first proper Christmas with me and we had lots of fun doing the tree. So much so that last year he got excited before I did!

Karmacat

I love my tree too! And the tree dressing is important. I also buy Christmas ornaments wherever I go these days - only for the last five years or so, but I got some lovely German ones a few years ago. And a couple from the Tower of London :rotfl:

Today tho - its odd, I must be better, tho I don't *feel* better. Couldn't go for the thing today - its not a drop in X ray, its an appointment for a CT scan :eek: for the arthritis - but the appointment is for next Tuesday, which I think is really good. I hadn't replied cos of feeling so ill, and technically I'd dropped off their radar, but the receptionist twiddled the system for me, which was really kind. Couldn't see the GP either, but I collected the forms to join - and there are two women GPs, hurray.

I did go to bed for a bit when I got back, felt dreadful, but since then I cooked (including some windfall apples, now I've found out how important apples are for arthritis sufferers!) I not only tidied the kitchen, I cleaned it Shocking :D And this is conclusive proof that I'm better, even if I *don't* feel it :cool:

Pippajo

Sorry you are still feeling so poorly, there is some nasty stuff going round that just seems to take ages to shift.

Still sounds like you are getting things done. :T

taxi73

you sound like you're feeling a lot better

Karmacat

Morning! Yep, sort of - I definitely need to do more, for the sake of my stomach, it helps with digestion, but I still feel tired. And I *am* disappointed that my freeview box delivered last week will need a signal booster but I'm glad I'm sorting in time for Christmas

Today - accounts! Did nothing on them yesterday. Got to wash my hair. And I have 2.5 hours paid work, so I need to be really careful of my energy, and if I can't do the accounts, then I can't, thats that.

Right. Another cuppa tea, I think, move the blood around a bit and warm up.

redsquirrel80

Good news about the GPs, and that you are getting better. And that you have a shiny clean kitchen. And apples! What are you up to today?

Oops... cross-posted - good luck with the accounts.

ps there's a lonely little new diary somewhere about that would love a visit x

chevalier

hi karma I haven't read the whole 200 pages that would be a bit daunting, but I hope that you get better soon. I understand how you feel about being ill. Today is the first day I have been back swimming (important as it helps my back not lock up) for 6 weeks, as I had the worst bout of sinusitis ever like for 3 weeks and then hurt my shoulder gardening 3 weeks ago. Sigh.

good luck with the CT scan
chev

Karmacat

redsquirrel80 wrote: »

ps there's a lonely little new diary somewhere about that would love a visit x

Found it and subscribed!

chevalier wrote: »

hi karma I haven't read the whole 200 pages that would be a bit daunting, but I hope that you get better soon. I understand how you feel about being ill. Today is the first day I have been back swimming (important as it helps my back not lock up) for 6 weeks, as I had the worst bout of sinusitis ever like for 3 weeks and then hurt my shoulder gardening 3 weeks ago. Sigh.

good luck with the CT scan
chev

Hi chev - thanks for posting - no, don't read through this lot! I try to keep up with your news, as you pop onto various threads ... I wonder if you're another one whose diary I've missed, as I don't go to the board as a whole often enough? I didn't know quite how ill you'd been - swimming sounds great, but bad shoulders and sinusitis horrendous

I'm determined to work on my health now - nothing else matters, absolutely nothing - its such an easy thing to say, but when you can feel the threat of losing it permanently, its a huge wake up call. Its easier now, because I'm debt free and in a nicer house, but still .... quite something.

Hope you enjoyed the swim! Off to see if you *do* have a diary

Karmacat

Chev does have a diary she started it over 2 years ago :o:o subscribed now.

And thanks to Squizz's new diary, I've found Jamie Oliver's recipes, and he has an apple and walnut risotto - two of my anti A superfoods :j he also notes that thats basically Waldorf salad - so I can be posh in summer

And I've emptied one of the "inessentials" boxes. Must wash my hair tho, I look a right sight :rotfl: