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Byatt wrote: »

Has anyone used a cross trainer? I have...:eek:

Now bear in mind I go along to the gym session as it's for unhealthy/unfit/overweight people...I fit all three, so how come all these unhealthy/unfit/overweight gym goers can use the cross trainer for more than 30 seconds, without expiring?! I can do five minutes on the cross trainer but it takes me 20 minutes...:o

I've seen people on there for half an hour non stop :eek: and they don't fall off at the end and lie down to die. :cool:

:rotfl: aww Byatt - you have such a turn of phrase with this I couldn't help but laugh

I'm not very good on them either though have loosely pondered (and since discounted) getting one for home. Mainly because I am too embarrased to go to a gym to look that sweaty and unfit in public... no one needs to see that!! :eek: :rotfl:

LavenderBees

CRANKY40 wrote: »

Anyhow....my salad leaves seeds started popping up in their pot yesterday. Ds was entranced as there was one tiny green shoot at 7am, by 10am there was 20 and by bedtime too many to count.

It's fab, isn't it? I do the same with Young-Boy-Cat. I grow cat grass in a pot, and as soon as one starts to poke through, I show YBC, and he spends time watching and waiting, as they all quickly germinate. I've often wondered if he can hear them growing...who knows, but he is fascinated.

Well, that's Monday over ... I gave myself a relatively easy day but can't talk for more than a few seconds without coughing, and it's exhausting! I think I'll have to have an early night. I just made it to bed last night and was asleep immediately. Didn't stir until the alarm this morning, really unusual for me to sleep all night, there's always something grot to keep my mind awake. But not last night...more sleeps like that, please! :T

Byatt - the xtrainer is a killer, so well done for even trying it. Baby steps....you'll be doing 10 minutes very soon. Promise! :eek: I used to know someone who kept one in her spare room. You could barely see it for all the clean washing hanging from it...

Enjoy your relaxing evening, folks. Clocks go forward at the weekend, so this time next week will still be light. Whoop Whoop! :T. The downside is I can't live in my PJs quite as much...

LB xx

ellie99

JKS, don't try swinging a cat in your bedroom....I'm sure cat-swinging will be frowned upon on this thread, too many cat lovers here :rotfl:
(whereas bunny rugby is totally acceptable :rotfl:)

LavenderBees wrote: »

I can totally relate to the feeling of being alone, having lost my parents relatively recently, and it has surprised me how that has whipped away a certain level of security that I didn't even realise I had. I realise now I don't have it, though! :cool:

LB, this made me think, because I hadn't thought of my parents being around giving me security, but I see what you mean. In the past I had the safety of knowing my father would help me with practical things if required, but now the tables are slowly turning and I would no longer ask for help, but am more likely to be the one helping them. It's more the emotional security of knowing you still have family around.

As the only "child" living in this country, I do wonder what the future holds, and how I'll manage if my parents need more help.
(I will not worry about the future, I will not worry about the future...)

What I notice is that as they cope with increasing medical problems, they support each other every day. How lovely to reach your 80s and still have someone who loves and cares for you
It does sometimes make me feel that I've missed out, not having what they have.

Oh I don't mean to sound gloomy, just musing.
I didn't garden today, my back was really playing up after yesterdays efforts, so took it easy. Tomorrow it's back to the flat of doom...surely to goodness my mother is getting close to deciding she's looked at everything?!

And what on earth is cat grass, and why do cats love it?

CRANKY40

Byatt wrote: »

Ah, that makes sense Cranky40, I get pain a lot in my right bum cheek after walking and have pain down the leg. It doesn't incapacitate me but is quite gnawing...

Your cats sound lovely

Our cats are half sisters....same mother, different fathers and different litters obviously. One is dopey and greedy, the other is devious and super friendly. It's an interesting combination. Go and ask your GP for physio for the piriformis syndrome. I'm seeing mine tomorrow. I did have physio before but the therapist had just been dumped by his girlfriend and was a bit traumatised so the actual help was a bit limited.

LavenderBees wrote: »

It's fab, isn't it? I do the same with Young-Boy-Cat. I grow cat grass in a pot, and as soon as one starts to poke through, I show YBC, and he spends time watching and waiting, as they all quickly germinate. I've often wondered if he can hear them growing...who knows, but he is fascinated.

I do not want our two to watch our seeds grow, I really don't. I had house plants B.K. (before kittens) and all I have left now is an air plant in a glass cabinet. The less help that I get from the purry monsters the better. The last catnip we had I bought from the garden centre and I planted it at the bottom of the garden. Every time I looked out of the window either one of our two or the beautiful tuxedo tomcat who visits was walking round the garden carrying it. I replanted it and replanted it until eventually all I was replanting was a stalk. It died :rotfl::rotfl:

Sorry if I'm a bit "me, me, me" at the moment. My brain is still a bit scrambled from a week and a half indoors with ds.

LavenderBees

ellie99 wrote: »

LB, this made me think, because I hadn't thought of my parents being around giving me security, but I see what you mean. In the past I had the safety of knowing my father would help me with practical things if required, but now the tables are slowly turning and I would no longer ask for help, but am more likely to be the one helping them. It's more the emotional security of knowing you still have family around.

As the only "child" living in this country, I do wonder what the future holds, and how I'll manage if my parents need more help.
(I will not worry about the future, I will not worry about the future...)

What I notice is that as they cope with increasing medical problems, they support each other every day. How lovely to reach your 80s and still have someone who loves and cares for you
It does sometimes make me feel that I've missed out, not having what they have.

Oh I don't mean to sound gloomy, just musing.
I didn't garden today, my back was really playing up after yesterdays efforts, so took it easy. Tomorrow it's back to the flat of doom...surely to goodness my mother is getting close to deciding she's looked at everything?!

And what on earth is cat grass, and why do cats love it?

No, it's not gloomy...musing on your parents situation will help prepare you for the inevitable. My parents got through everything in life together, and loved each other unfailingly. I, too, wish I'd been lucky enough to find that, or even a fraction of that.

For me, my Dad in particular provided me with practical security, but also very much with emotional security. He was a lovely man, who made sure I knew I was loved. It didn't matter what I said or did, that lovely man made sure I knew I was loved.

My parents had no money really, so there was never any financial security, and I always knew it was down to me to provide me a roof over my head. What they did provide me with though, was an interest in my life, a caring how I was, a caring when I hurt etc etc.

I used to feel like I belonged somewhere, even though I left home so long ago. Now I feel completely untethered, and I belong nowhere. I find that very hard. Honestly, I feel that if I didn't have the pusses and the chooks, I would just float away. There's no one (no family anyway) to grab my string and pull me back down to be part of them.

I find that hard. And I didn't even realise this was what my parents did for me...help me to belong somewhere. But they did, and now they don't and I find it hard. Unexpectedly so, as I knew I would miss them, but I didn't expect this displaced or dislocated feeling.

So, yes, I know what it feels like to be alone and to lose that security. Maybe if I had my own family, I would feel less alone, and their loss would have less (or different impact) but that's not been my good fortune to find.

LB xx

LavenderBees

As for cat grass...that is my YBC's fave....I think it's just grass (rather than a legal drug for pusses :rotfl:) which they need for aiding their digestion. If pusses go outside, there is no need to grow it as they will eat it outside when they want to, but mine are indoor pusses.

You made me laugh, Cranky, with your description of your pusses destroying the plants. They are funny wee animals, but they probably think we are, too

LB xx

ellie99

Lavender Bees you have a fine way with words, you describe that "alone feeling" so well.
I can't pretend to know how it feels, having children means they keep me grounded. I'm sometimes the opposite, feeling like there's always someone wanting something and when will I get some time just for me...what's that saying about the grass always being greener...:rotfl:

Breathing a sigh of relief re the cat grass...for a moment I thought I'd been a bad cat owner not knowing about some special treat...but our cat went in and out at will, and ate grass outside. I do miss him, he was a right character. I've resisted getting another cat because I'm not always at home.
(My last ex told me he really disliked cats..that should have told me all I needed to know, right? :rotfl:)

LavenderBees

ellie99 wrote: »

(My last ex told me he really disliked cats..that should have told me all I needed to know, right? :rotfl:)

Yep! I'd have run for the hills....You've had a lucky escape! "Disliking" any animal is suspect, in my book...smacks of insecurity, self centredness...and probably lots of other not so good things, but my brain has run out of words now. Bed time, I think.

:rotfl:

Night night

xx

wannalot

Thanks to everyone who replied to my post last night, although I was surprised at the assumption that I am a woman - I am a bloke.

Today has been a bit of a trial at work - I really feel like packing it in at the moment. My colleagues are exceptionally nice,and the company management were lovely when mum passed away, but I can feel the pressure and stress rising again, and it is really getting to me.

I have always said that my colleagues were what kept me at my job, but I don't think that is enough now. I'm low-paid and highly stressed, and mum's death has made me think that life really is too short. I need to think about what i want to do with my life!

I hope you are all doing well today!

Byatt

I don't think I assumed you were a woman...puzzled...

The loss of a loved one is unsettling and can make you look at your life differently. It's not a good idea to make decisions so early, and would it be practical to leave your job which can also give you structure?