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Possession

Congratulations Fuddle!

chickens11

Ive just lost a long post ...god dam it when that happen, :mad::mad:...
To go back on what I was typing , Possession think very carefully before you take on any caring role, id never ever look after anyone else again since OH as gone into nursing , the past 6 tr as near killed me off, I agree what Kezlou said in her post.......

My energy has been drained since I went into hospital last Monday , my foot is doing nicely , its either the heart pills are tiring me out to the extreme or its my tired heart, ive never felt so tired ...I had a phone consultation this morn with my gp and he told me to cut one of the pills in half to see if that will help......
He got me to put my hand on my pulse and say "now" every time my heart beat , not really happy with talking to a gp on the line cos I cant see how they can do their job properly, he wants me to make an appointment to see him, trouble is I cant get an appointment until January 14 th...:mad:....I do wonder how bad the NHS will get , its all very worrying ........
Ive not put tree up and I dont think I will , I cant be dealing with it all , just be glad to see the new year here , I just want to feel well,, sorry im a bit down but the past 9 days have been hell for me , and I cant seem to accept ive got heart probs on top of everything else.......Cant wait for the new year to get here.......Sheila

Nargleblast

fuddle - congratulations on your promotion, and I am sure the reduced weekend hours can only be good for your family life.

Sheila - sorry you are so low at the moment but look at all the positives. You finally got proper care sorted for your OH and, whilst you're living apart, you still see him and he is settled in his new home. Your health issues are being addressed one by one, and it is fortunate the heart problem has been picked up and is being treated. Put a little tree up, or a nativity set, or light a candle and celebrate the Solstice this weekend (Sunday I think) - the darkness will start to lift and the days will start to lengthen. That in itself will make you feel a little better. You have a community of friends on here who are only too happy to provide a shoulder when you need one. You have battled like a trooper for so long, don't let things defeat you now.
Take care of yourself- because you are worth it.

Knit_Witch

fuddle wrote: »

I have a little bit of news. I am no longer a carer (or won't be in a few weeks). I have applied for, and successfully gained, the role of Care Coordinator for the company I work for. I will be office based but will still be delivering care in our community when I am on call... but no more 28 hour weekend shifts I will be on call every 3rd weekend and then filling in as opposed to wall to wall care.

I am about to wander into the realms of full time working mum and all the problems associated with it but my kiddlers are 11 and 7 next year. I am ready and very excited that I am about to wander back into a professional role.

I will need to be very organised, sort out Slow Cooker meals and make lunches for myself that won't mean putting on more weight with being desk bound! :eek:

Yay! Go Fuddle!! :T:T:T:T:T:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

gran3

I very rarely post but felt I needed to congratulate you! How far you and your little family have come in such a short time. Thrilled for you and it shows how positive your move south has been for you all.

Jazee

Fuddle, well done on the promotion, go you!!!

ginnyknit

Oh Fuddly one I am so pleased for you, the winter wont be as bad for you now.

Sheila sending hugs and hoping you pick up soon. Just think how hard it would have been if your hubby wasnt settled in the home and you were trying to look after both of you xx I will be thinking of you st in front of your lovely fire nice and cosy with your feet up.

I braved Stockport today to take hubby to do his shopping, just over an hour then we were home. I was exhausted when we got back as my arthritis is very bad at the mo so after a chat to the lovely Kezlou I had asnooze and now feel refreshed and happy that I have no more shopping to do apart from potatoes - why do I keep forgetting spuds

monnagran

Fuddle: Cue - party poppers, trumpeters, bunting, bouquets being thrown and champagne corks popping. Clever girl.

The last of my cards and parcels posted today. Great difficulty with my parcels owing to lack of suitable cardboard boxes to pack things in. The ones I have are either absolutely enormous or titchy beyond belief. As I was posting neither ironing boards nor diamond rings they were useless. Also I did manage to parcel up one and when I had finished taping and addressing it I turned round to see that person's card still sitting on the table. I've stuck it on the outside of the box and hope for the best. Another, I put in a present to see if it would fit in. Shoved stuff round it, wrapped and addressed it and then remembered that I hadn't actually wrapped the present I was testing for size. Someone will get a nude present.
I've booked my place in the funny farm.

Off to the cash and carry tomorrow. I am really looking forward to it. I am a sad, sad person.

x

Softstuff

SDG31000 wrote: »

Still to make is whisky and Christmas spice popcorn, gingerbread reindeer, sweet and spicy nuts, pistachio and white choc spread, marshmallows, 2 fruit cakes and white choc and cranberry shortbread. Also the mince pies and shortbread still need baking.......someone please send me some kitchen elves to help.


Wish me luck please xxxx

Good grief SDG, that's a lot of stuff (and this coming from me :rotfl:). Good luck with that lot indeed. It might be worth going through your list though and seeing if you can knock anything off it.

I've done 3 things so far - fruit mincemeat, Christmas pud, a fruit cake. I intend still to marzipan and ice the cake (both bought ready to roll, not made) and make some mince pies.

Other than that, I have officially cheated. Went for a coffee with MIL, and she had been sent a voucher entitling her to 50% off what is the deluxe range in one of our supermarkets here. So, we went together. I bought posh chocolate, cookies, shortbread, a giant pavlova, jam, smoked salmon, proscuitto... you name it, if I thought it would make Christmas nice, I bought it. Total cost - less than 30 quid. It worked out cheaper than buying the value range, not even sure I could have made it myself for that much.

I still have a $50 voucher for the other supermarket to spend, so will do so over the weekend. So Possession, I'm hardly going to give you a slap for overspending. I have enough in the house to feed us for a month, yet am at that awkward stage where there's nothing to eat, because it's all for Christmas

Not sure I'm without guilt, but I'm sure as heck without effort this year :rotfl:

Hope your mouth is better Mardatha, after all it's the sweetiest time of year (what with all those humbugs )

Congatulations Fuddle, sounds like everything is coming up roses for you now.

*hugs* Sheila, it's cack that you have the heart issues, but at the same time, at least they are looking at that, albeit slowly.

stiltwalker

Well done Fuddle - you go lass!


Well DD's spots are finally looking a little less cross and starting to scab over so hoping we should be ok by the weekend meaning she can still go to her party and stay and play next week.


Hubby got his essay in (all be it with a few days extension) and mine went in this evening (a whole 12 hours early!! whoop woo).


Pressies all bought apart from hubby and my suprises for each other - we've had big pressies from whole family - hubby getting a kindle and I'm having a drum carder for my felting - but for on the day we're going to emulate the perfect strangers thing that someone on here (so sorry forget who) put me on to - approx. tenner spend on a box full of little things which suit.


No alarm set for tomorrow - so what's the betting that kidlings will be up at the crack of sparrow fart! DD been in bed since 6 this evening - if she could have brought herself to go to bed when she was actually tired it would have been 5.30 but she had to watch In the Night Garden first (mostly through her eyelids though lol!!).


Catch you all later - Hx