Knit Your Square to Give Your Share - PART 4

roamin_in_the_gloamin

KATHY - you can have the infirmiere come to the house (obviously you pay for that) ......arrange for first call in the morning...ours are usually about 7 am results back next day...stuff the waiting for the cuppa malarky.....I had them daily for a month after the op,(did the first weekend my self and if I could have been let to do them all myself I would have - but the prescription means you have to employ and pay someone else. Your Doctor or local pharmacist can give you the phone number for them. The infirmieres office in the village here is above the pharmacy. They also do the flu jabs.....it's easier than the doctor - waiting room takes for ever. Letter arrived for DH saying he could have flu jab, go to Doctor for prescription, pharmacy to pick up the injection, back to doctor to get the jab. They all make money on the deal. I ain't ever going to have one, because knowing my luck I will be allergic, so will do without!

salome

Hi

As far as I know f1 widow, the home hasn't actually requested anything, just something mum and I want to do. I'm going to make some socks, and fingerless gloves, and mum's concentrating on these polo neck things. I'm not sure if the carer's and nurses realise how cold the dear old people get. Not because they are negligent, but they are rushing around all the time, the heating is on, and for us, when we go in, it is lovely and warm, but the old folk just sit there, They don't move, or do anything except sit, eat or sleep, and for those who can , visit the loo. So they do get chilled. Mum and I are going to present the carers with some woollie items, and see what they say. I'll ask them about hats as well when I hand over what we're making, because if their heads were covered, I think that would help a lot. I think it's something the carers hadn't thought about. There's one old lady there who I know will love wearing a hat lol. They are all so lovely, and the home is good as well, and I feel I'd like to help them, and it's little things that help.
That's so sad about the chappy in hospital. Some people can't face up to their parents being sick. It's difficult with dad, who was a very clever man, to see him led in bed, or sat in a special chair staring into space, and hardly able to speak :-( Dementia is a very sad illness.
Anyway. I've cast on the first sock. It's a snowflake pattern, so they will be fleecey and soft :-) I've loads of Snowflake. I went bonkers one year, when I heard it might be discontinued. I went on ebay, and bought a load, and yes, you've guessed it, I haven't used a lot of it lol. So the care home is going to be drowned in fleecey Snowflake socks lol.
Chalky, that teddy is georgeous :-)

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psso

Morning all, very quiet here. Hope you are all just too busy to pop in and aren`t suffering from seasonal ailments.

Very cold here today and the street is very icy so it was a bit tricky getting DS to work this a.m. I see the forecast for the next few days is NOT GOOD - gales and snow :eek: together. Better go to the shop and get extra milk for little J, oh and Grandma will need for her cuppas as well of course Not working again (daytime) till Saturday so hope theings are more settled by then.

Been doing a wee bit more of the tuck in scarf I started but the knuckles of the middle two fingers of my right hand are aching just now. Think Arthur Itis may be setting in. Another sign of advancing years. SIGH.

Kathy - hope you are feeling a bit better now. Have you started packing yet ?

Chalky - Braxton Hicks .....oh I remember it well.
When I was expecting little J`s mum, my cousin was up from Exeter for Christmas & New Year. Baby wasn`t due till mid Feb but I`d been having BH pains every evening from 6 - 10 pm regular as clockwork since end of November. Lots of family members were at my mum`s one evening when cousin realised I was having pains. She was convinced I was going to deliver then and there. :eek: I told her I`d only start worrying if the pains went on after the news at ten had finished :rotfl:. Pains stopped as usual and baby didn`t appear till 20th Feb - 10 days late.
Lovely teddy by the way.

Seakay - OUCH ! Know what you mean about not much you can do for toes. DD did much the same as you, slipped down stairs and banged her big toe. Went to A&E and the doc said there wasn`t much they could do for her even if it was broken. Told her to take painkillers and if it was still painful after 6 weeks it was probably broken - if not painful it wasn`t broken, just badly bruised. Didn`t even bother with an x ray.
Hope you feel better soon.

Off to put the kettle on and put on a pot of soup for later, just the weather for it :T.

Pippa.S

Morning all
Very cold here the last couple of days none of the white stuff yet though... I am glad to say

Did a few shepherds pies for the freezer yesterday, OH just loves them and they go down a treat.
Then decided to put the tree and assorted decs up so that meant a trip into the loft, no probs but just had to watch the TV aerial, I always walk into the darned thing, OH said watch the aerial...ooops
Had to get it done as the girls are bringing their Mummy and Daddy up for the weekend, it's my Mums 90th on 17th but getting us all together is a nightmare so its booked for the 11th which is on Sunday, at the golf club as usual, she likes it there and feels comfortable I think, and thats the main thing.

seakay - ouch hope they knit back together soon
salome - what a nice photo. I did some of the polo neck warmers last year for the girls, from a pattern Mum gave me years ago its in a book of allsorts from Patons
psso - I know what you mean that Arthur-Itis is a very persistant visitor here too, just wont skeedaddle keeps on coming...take it easy on that ice we dont want Grandma taking a tumble
chalky - aww what a lovely teddy, baby Gilberto will love it,
kathy - what a faff about with the blood tests,
mrs-moneypenny - positive vibes being sent for the twins and an extra hug for Lily x
knitter-nan - I remember part sewn up scarves, Mum used to sew ours up the back a bit, they were lovely and warm and quick to do, hat and scarf all in one
jean - hope you are behaving yourself...and taking it easy

Started another cowl last night just garter stitch this time with a twist in it, seems to be working ....

Well we are off to the shops for some supplies seem to run out quite quickly lately, also its a bit of exercise for OH he can hang on the trolley :rotfl:

luv n (((hugs))) for all
TTFN
Anne
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chalky_75

Hello one and all and lots of love tucked in! Sorry about toes,heads,shoulders and knees for that matter!:(

Hope everyone's plans are going smoothly --I know Kathy will be getting so excited :j:j It is so hard to fit everything in I know. And of course at a time when the weather wants to put its oar in!!:mad:

Hope all the "littlies" are getting excited and Litlle Lily and Lola will be getting stronger every day!

Thank you for the kind comments about the teddy and DDIL -- he is sitting on the back of the settee patiently waiting to be packed. I am trying hard not to think about it all too much and just take a day at a time. Especially as DMIL is here enjoying her holiday!:)

Pippa.S

Hello its me again I have spent aaagges trying to get some pics on here today here they are I hope it works, I have been using ImageShack for a long time but I keep having trouble with it now goodness knows why... here goes


this is a pic of the book that Mum gave me years ago, I used it for the girls neckwarmers last year, they are at the top left




two headbands for the girls, could'nt find a pattern so I made a couple up


little christmas trees I knitted from a pattern ...think it was from L/H via Jean

ooo I hope I did it right, not much of a techie me but I try :rotfl:

Anne
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roamin_in_the_gloamin

Oh Anne what lovely things...............re the imageshack.....I have started to click the bit next to the BLUE BLOCK where it says
UPLOAD NOW


UPLOAD NOW

Can't Upload? Try This.


click on the Can't Upload? Try This then just go as usual BROWSE.-UPLOAD NOW then copy the forum code into the forum...they changed the system a few months back and since then that's how I have done it....also need to specify the IMAGE RESIZE....FOR MESSAGE BOARDS, for forums, for websites, for whatever etc. they come out like


Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Off to catch up with all the news...back in a while
xx Love and cuddles to everyone.

In_Search_Of_Me

Just coming in to wave hello...am here but lacking in energy!
Thanks for the book toots! Arrived today and she will love it!
love to all

mrs-moneypenny

evening all
love the photos
been busy today printing off labels and made a treasure hunt game to add a bit of extra interest to the stall
just got to think what to charge for things and do a price list now

Pippa.S

morning all :xmassmile
Thought I'd get a bit festive today.
Very windy here my poor little tree is almost bent to the ground...and still the leaves hang on

OH had a bad night last night didn't sleep well at all and he was soooo hot like a furnace, he is up now and just had his porridge, I have told him he is to take it easy today, just got to pop to Mum's check and she is ok, its 5 mins down the road so wont be long.

ISOM - hope your energy returns it's really needed at this time of year:rudolf:
jean - thanks for the info about imageshack, I had to copy and paste the pic's in the finish from on there as the link wouldn't work on here for some reason, I am not sure which link to use either as there are a lot of them now, all I kept getting was a square with a red cross in it !!!
chalky - hmmm that brings a song to mind heads,shoulders,knees and toes knees and toes tra la la la :rotfl: have sung that many a time with the DGD's.
kathy - not long now :j

I HAVE DONE THE IRONING THIS MORNING:dance: 2 pairs trousers,2 shirts, 2 T-shirts and a top of mine oooo such a lot.......just thought I'd share that with you :snow_laug

I aim to sort my stash out later it always seems to be where it shouldn't, off to chalky's world first though to brush up on twirlys

TTFN back later
Anne
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