The OS Doorstep - a helpful and supportive thread in these tough times

burtha

Hi .,

.... I seam to be keeping very strange hours at the moment !
Quick update on small person..... After midwife ,then doctor a few hours later ,then hospital a few hours after ...none managed to get a blood sample that lasted long enough to test ....so now dd and little legs are back in hospital tonight ....baby has jaundice so have strapped her to light tube thing ...dd said she looks like a glow worm....bless,she has to spend 12hours connected to it ,they take more bloods in the morning then lunchtime ....
They will get it sorted ,and in the best place......
All of this happen from 2 30 ish ,I finished main job collected D's ,sorted dd to be collected from sch then took big dd down to Dr then Hosp ,then home ....collected little dd, then ran in house ,very quick change then back to work at club !!! Really could have done without club ,thank god dh was back to take her back into Hosp ,dh has lots of cuddles waiting around ,but he didn't get back till 12 30 ish ...,same time as me ......thankfully big D's was here for small kids ....so dh now in bed as at work 6 ish and I have had 4 conversations with dd in the last few hours ,between her sorting baby ....she sounds OK .....
Will speak to her in the morning ,before taking her other half down a bit later ,then opticians for D's at some point to fix broken glasses ....hope fully there will get out later tomorrow .......
Please don't take this the wrong way anybody ,but great reading about everyones strange and event full lives .....its nice to know that I am not the only one with a life style choice that doesn't fitted in the box ,if you know what I mean lol :rotfl: ...love it
Roll on tomorrow xxxxx:)

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Morning Toughies, showery here today and the garden is looking greener for the extra water and my redcurrants are starting to show some colour so netting them was a success. He Who Knows has gone to the lottie to plant out some leek seedlings and see if there are any ripe raspberries, we had the first few a couple of days ago when we walked down in the evening to give the Lurcha a stretch. He's taken a big bag of french beans from the polytunnel down for the nice ladies who live in the sheltered housing complex that backs on to the allotments, I saw one of them the other day and she was very happy as we gave them some raspberry canes in the autumn and she'd just harvested the first picking of fruit from them and shared it with her friend who lives above her in one of the flats. They have very limited grounds and folks on the allotments usually pop surpluses into a bag that is hung from the back fence for them to use, my friend loves beans and it's good to share, she'll spread them around amongst the others too which is nice.

Zebra is enjoying Glastonbury and having a lovely time chatting with people. He went to see Elbow and the Kings of Leon last night and they sensibly stayed up on the hill above the Pyramid Stage out of the crowds. DD says there are many tents you can get into in the daytime if the weather is bad and they were lucky enough to be in the acoustic tent yesterday when the power went off listening to Fishermans Friend and the group came down into the audience, spread out amongst them and continued performing until the power was back on, baby loved it!!!

I'm off on the bus to my local greengrocer for some nice fruit when He Who Knows gets back and a quick pop into W8rose to see if there are any decent reductions that we can have during the week. I'm also going to treat us to a nice joint of brisket from the butcher this weekend to cook in the slow cooker tomorrow and then to have sliced and reheated in gravy a couple of times next week, delicious!!!

Have a good day and stay dry folks, Lyn xxx.

Margaret54

Hi everyone Trying so hard to catch up on all the posts Lots to read have a nice weekend and maybe we will have nice weather too.
So happy to see our strawberries doing well too:)

FairyPrincessk

Afternoon all,

We had a fruitful day of shopping--a couple of months worth of toiletries from S@vers and several CS finds, as well as a pair of shoes for me bought ex-display. Some of it wasn't planned for today, but I've a mental list of things I'm looking out for and ticked several of them off at once. Its £4 train fair for both of us to get there--so we try to make the most of it when we do. Among my finds was a new (or nearly new!) rain jacket made by that very fancy ski company. My current one is on its last legs so it was on the long-term to find list. OH says this brand retails for around £100 :eek: Needless to say I didn't pay anywhere near that in the CS! Plus its a lovely bright raspberry colour.:D

It hasn't been particularly bright here, but I think we may just have managed to get a wash dry on the line. Of to check in a moment and then try some 30 minute yeast rolls to go with the ratatouille for dinner. No idea if they'll turn out but worth a go. Might try to pop a cake or something into the oven as well although can't think what to make just yet.

Pooky

We've had no rain here - it's gone very dark and threatening in the past 20 mins or so, so maybe we might get some - my water butts are empty and my garden really needs a soaking.

Quiet day here, lots of teenagers with poorly heads after last nights ball. I've been crocheting and making plans for decorating - lots of work to get done in the next few months, I'm going to decorate the living room/study and downstairs loo, getting the upstairs radiators replaced and 2 new ones added, going to get the hall/stairs/landing decorated (going to pay someone to do that as I just can't reach) and need to get the back of the house repointed. The damaged kitchen ceiling needs sorting (I can do that) and I want to get new stair carpet. I've got a budget so I now need to stick to it! Wish me luck.

I've just made a lasagne for dinner so whilst it bubbles away in the oven I shall go pick paint colours!

Twoblackcats

Congratulations to Burtha on your new grandchild.
We are just back from a few days holiday in the sun, feeling refreshed and batteries re-charged. Lots of washing to be done though but very rainy day here so hope to get it out on the line tomorrow, then just the pesky ironing to do! Have a nice evening everyone.

FairyPrincessk

Just wanted to pop in and say these bread rolls worked well. The recipe certainly needed adjusting in terms of flour amounts (but I think anyone experienced with bread will just know what to do about that), and I did bake them longer than it said but they're lovely--soft and similar to a hamburger bun in texture. A tiny bit sweet but I guess that comes with the territory of a fast yeast bread! Certainly worth having in your repertoire! They made our simple ratatouille into a really nice meal tonight.

http://www.yourhomebasedmom.com/30-minute-rolls/

wondercollie

Good to know the little guy is getting the treatment he needs. Try and get a picture of him in his googles under the lamp. My now 25 yo nephew loves the one of him under the lamps.


Fishermen's Friend. Made me laugh. It's the name of terribly nasty cough drop here in Canada. Horrible. But if the group makes Zebra happy...


Had a horrible day at work. Three of us literally were beaten up by an 84yo dementia patient. One of my coworkers went home with a handprint on her face and neck from getting slapped by the "old dear". It was loud, hard slap. The rest of us were only slapped and nipped while looking after her. Nurses and aides that work in dementia facilities are true saints. We are literally counting the hours until we can send her back. But after chatting with the nurses who look after her (we wanted to know if this was normal) they may not take her back as these "behaviours don't meet our mandate" Well getting the stuffing knocked out of you on a surgical ward isn't in our mandate.


End of rant.


Mr. Collie did well on the charity dog walk. Was hugged by children and had his picture taken and may be a cover dog model for the charity as he is one of their success stories. Just think my dog may become a celeb!

burtha

Hi
Well dd and baby still in hosp, these days they don't go under a lamp they wear it lol, its a kind of flexible flat lamp ,that's taped to her back ,goes from her shoulders to passed her bum ,where its plugged into , bright green the same kind of thing as the bracelets that glow in the dark , so she looked like a glow worm Lol . ..she has had it on since 9 pm Friday ....bless her hopefully she will come out tomorro

Knit_Witch

Oh Goddess are you okay wondercollie?