Enjoy Locarr's interesting thread Elite

gocat

Afternoon all . Just got my free tempur pillow. Lovely for my poor aching back
Anyone else here do the tempur challenge?
http://uk.tempur.com/tempur-challenge.html

nerfdad

tweets wrote: »

Good Afternoon Elite minus nerfdad :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Been a lovely day today quite warm :T

tweets wrote: »

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

:shocked: nerfdad :shocked:

Good afternoon tweets:)

Morgy9

Ok caught up at last. Rather belatedly - thank you for the new thread locarr not been on til wee early hours and now.

I think a lot of posts had been deleted but glad to see we are now back on an even keel....:)

Scamps - sorry to hear your news, what a year you are having - and how positive you always are. We are always here.... Sending hugs :A.

Lutzi1 and SD- big hugs ..............xx

Happy Birthday Rose 28454 :bdaycake:

Elise and others with poorly Mum's - lots of love and strength sent your way.

DS did his Taekwondo kup grading yesterday (aiming for blue belt). When it came to the free sparring one of assessors stopped and said to DS "Young man keep your speed but you are a bit full on tone it down a bit" . So then he totally slows down and stands back - so assessor stops them again and tells him its ok to go fast.

On the way home we were talking as driving - he felt sad cos he had had comments. So we looked at what went well and what he'd do different next time. When he said "I didn't understand what he meant when he said do a full onion?", "No DS he didn't say full onion", Yes he did. Then I realised 'full on young man' does sound a bit like full onion if you say it fast lol - kept us laughing for ages. Keeping fingers crossed. He'll find out on Tuesday.

Had 2 close encounters with live mice in last 24 hours thanks to my cats grrr - one in my boot which I found trying to get them on. eek. And one early hours of the morning - tried to save it from behind the radiator in hallway (up the wall - how'd it hold on..:eek:). Anyhow it suddenly ran off under door into kitchen - got in straight away but no sign - gave up and went to bed - so white goods out tonight and hopefully catch it. Its fast - might have to let the cats assist after all.......:o

Not going out - so happy gllitching to all you peeps. Off to get DD.

tweets

nerfdad wrote: »

Good afternoon tweets:)

Takes more than that to win me round




















:):):):)

Nenen

savvy_sal wrote: »

Looks like we all have our troubles.

My Mum is in a nursing home.She has a very bad chest infection again.

She was screaming the place down the other night because she thought the carer was a ghost.

It's so sad to hear from Elsie, Savvy Sal and others about the awful realities of caring for distressed, elderly parents. I applaud anyone having to cope with seeing their parents like this, even when they have support, and how anyone manages to do this at home I really don't know.

I wish more people realised just how difficult it is to care for people with dementia and that as a society we put far more thought and resources into ensuring they, and their families, are properly supported.

My dd (mid 20s) works as an activities co-ordinator in a home for people who are elderly and/or suffer from dementia. She comes back with stories about the people she cares for every day, some of which are heartbreaking but many of which are heart-warming beyond belief.

I've met several of the residents at fund-raising activities my dd organises and they (and their relatives) obviously value my dd highly. It works both ways because she loves her job and cares deeply about the people she works with.

What saddens me is that, although she is doing everything she can to care for residents and give them the best quality of life she can, the activities budget is minuscule and she is on little over minimum wage. That is despite the fact that she is a graduate and is frequently being spat, shouted and screamed at, scratched, punched, kicked, urinated on and vomited over. :eek:

I'm so proud of her for putting caring and job satisfaction above financial gain but I do worry about her future and mine too - I certainly dread getting old and/or suffering from dementia.

bubbs

nerfdad wrote: »

Post as an AE like me:o my other names on here are tweets and bubbs:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Ahemmmmmmmmmmm!!!
Just a quick catch up before docs and i see this!!:eek: you wait till tweets sees it:rotfl::rotfl:

nerfdad

bubbs wrote: »

Ahemmmmmmmmmmm!!!
Just a quick catch up before docs and i see this!!:eek: you wait till tweets sees it:rotfl::rotfl:

I think she has:):rotfl:

bubbs

catch up again later :wave:

EMMAP

Happy birthday Rose

Thanks to Karlie I've just set up the TSB account with the 5% interest. A portion of my PPI will be going straight in. I love being financially responsible and seeing my money go into all these little pots. It's so satisfying

gocat

Happy Birthday Rose :T:T