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Karmacat

Right, I'm persuaded - an ergonomic mouse it is.

Squizz, I did check B&Q - there are some things, like Homebase, that they won't deliver, and bark mulch is one of them - you can pay online to pick it up in store, but thats your lot, which is why I was looking at Wickes.

Its still lovely weather here! And I was in the garden for a bit - not only did I stand (carefully) on a chair to saw at the beginning of the big ivy trunks, I also cleared some more of the border I've been working, and

ta-da!

I planted something! :D:D

"Just" some oregano that was practically pot bound, but it does mean the start of stopping the weeds and starting to feed myself :j:j:j I shall do more!

Then leapt into the bath, as I was covered in ivy dust - how can ivy get so dusty when its outside and gets rainwashed like everything else? - and now, halfway through the day, I'm going to take (another) little break and walk to where the abandoned orchard I heard about yesterday must be :j:j:j

redsquirrel80

Ah I didn't realise that about B&Q. Se's idea about asking the builder is good.

Hooray for planting! :T

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

Never been tested for gout; almost every joint I have is achey and clicks when I move, and I'm very stiff again after the steroid injections are wearing off; and I've had a huge amount of manual writing and typing in my life. The knuckle joint thats worst,

Sounds like you may have both kinds. If your big toe is in pain as well - ask about a uric acid test.

Karmacat wrote: »

I realise that when I'm using a laptop mousepad, its poised in the air, bent, it looks very tense - when I'm drawing on charts on the financial stuff, for instance (or playing mah jong!!!)

I am another one who uses a mouse with a laptop. Only restraints on the positioning of the laptop are the length of my arms and my eyesight - the cable is way long enough.

boredofbeingathome

Karmacat wrote: »

Right, I'm persuaded - an ergonomic mouse it is.

Squizz, I did check B&Q - there are some things, like Homebase, that they won't deliver, and bark mulch is one of them - you can pay online to pick it up in store, but thats your lot, which is why I was looking at Wickes.

Its still lovely weather here! And I was in the garden for a bit - not only did I stand (carefully) on a chair to saw at the beginning of the big ivy trunks, I also cleared some more of the border I've been working, and

ta-da!

I planted something! :D:D

"Just" some oregano that was practically pot bound, but it does mean the start of stopping the weeds and starting to feed myself :j:j:j I shall do more!

Then leapt into the bath, as I was covered in ivy dust - how can ivy get so dusty when its outside and gets rainwashed like everything else? - and now, halfway through the day, I'm going to take (another) little break and walk to where the abandoned orchard I heard about yesterday must be :j:j:j

One of my neighbours regularly buys from B&Q and gets a taxi - he will get stuff in for her and she gives him some money...i would ask beforehand though just to make sure.:D
Last week it was some of the wooden squares and a large bag of compost, plus a tray of mixed plants..so i think she had a bargain:D

youareallhelpingme

One of our local indepandant garden centres delivers for about £10, they are much more inclined to help as they know you will go back to them for more. Try looking in the local paper and see if any handymen are advertising, they might deliver and move the bags where you want them.

I went to the drs today and they have referred me for a blood test for rhuematoid arthritus, full blood check and thyroid. My hands and wrists are pretty bad at the moment and although he said I am not a full clone of my mum it is likely I have inherited her "bad" gene . I won't tell her until I have any results as she feels guilty about possibly passing it on. Warm water works wonders - any excuse for a soak in the bath .

taxi73

The delivery charges are high ..pity I don't live nearer or else I could've helped you.Would a taxi be cheaper then the delivery charge?

Karmacat

Aha! A taxi driver, or a man with a van, might well be cheaper .... at the sort of weights the stuff comes in, I can't really help at all, they're just too big, but then even with a Wickes delivery, I'd probably have to get a rope round it and pull, or ask a neighbour to help.... its all a bit complicated!

Today, I have a meeting with my partner, which is nice, and an emergency session, which is not ... ha, just thinking about that drove me to the mah jong software Anyway, I've only had about four hours sleep, and have been (very) slowly tidying, clearing, decluttering (very) slightly, its amazing how soon things get untidy, or there are too many jobs half done and abandoned for days when something else urgent crops up. I have to send some emails, make some phone calls, or those half done jobs and enquiries won't happen any further .... I'd really like to work on the woodfiller thing that was on the list yesterday, but didn't get done. One of the calls is to the double glazing man, who was told when I couldn't answer the door, but rang the bell anyway I suspect my message about undoing the latch to get access to the back didn't get through.....


ETA: Z, no, no big toe pain...

taxi73

I know the feeling about the half done jobs as I have a houseful of those myself

youareallhelpingme

I have a house full of not even started jobs :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

EssexHebridean

I've got a To Do list.....!