The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

carlislelass

Our hospital transport picks up from 7am for morning appointments, from noon for afternoon appointments. Coming back is the problem

monnagran

Pollyanna, I've been doing the business on nursemaggie's behalf for sometime now but I think the house intended for her is not ready yet. It will come, but all in good time. As for 24/7 shifts.....have a heart. I have a long list to get through and as soon as someone is sorted out their place is soon filled.

So much need in the world.

nursemaggie, I know a lot of people living in terrible circumstances, but you just about take the biscuit. I don't know how you keep going. Like others have said, I just wish that I lived closer and could be more helpful.

pollyanna_26

monna I sneaked that suggestion in under the impression you'd be too exhausted following the baking marathon to do no more than add it to the long list of things to do Nothing gets past you does it ? Thank you for the Nigel Beeton . I do like his work . Have you ever read any Brian Bilston ? I had his first book on preorder and love it .
I can identify so much with the day to day stuff in his poems . There's one about a last minute Christmas Eve trip to the coop in his chilhood to pick up a forgotten box of crackers . The events that unfold happened to me in the 50s as neighbours stopped me and added to what became a very long list .
His poetry is online and well worth a read .

I'm still trying to catch up . You've all been very talkative .

I do notice you all planned to set sail during my absence - RUDE - and not one but more Heffalumps were involved !

I shall plod on . I'm pleased to see Karcher is out of the sickbed . Still thinking of burtha and hoping all is going well .
Lyn it seems your EA is a good one so fingers crossed for next week .

polly x

nursemaggie

I still think the one in Atherton that is 5 minutes walk from a large Mr T and 5 minutes walk to the town centre is best but DS won't listen. I just put for SD so only the o is missing.

DS went to Mr M to get some money a buy a few snacks before he went for a takeaway. He says they have no bread at all, no crisps, he got the last two pkts. Most of the shop is bare. Idiots we have no snow it all blew away with the storm. W*rberton's is only two miles down the road. You only have to stand by the main road and six of there lorries will pass you. What's the betting there will be dustbins full of moldy bread going to the tip next week.

Don't agree with you Polly, sorry they are supposed to tell us the truth. It was a new Doctor and she interrupted two sarcoma nurses who were talking to me. She had no right to lie to me. I felt guilty for still feeling so ill. She was just an F1 coming to do a few months oncology.

pollyanna_26

Sorry nm, I totally misread your post . I agree with you now I'm clear what happened .
The house in Atherton sounds like a good fit . Will your son agree to look at it with you even if he doesn't feel it's right ? It's so difficult for you when you have important things that matter re shop proximity , transport to the hospitals etc to consider . It's hard for two people to agree when they have their image of what is right for them . You're trying to look at it from both of your needs . I hope he will at least look at it in real life with you .

I do think people have gone into full end of the world mode concerning shopping . I was in our small coop after the Drs yesterday morning and my Warbies toaster was on the shelves . The cheaper loaves were sold out and one women kept pushing me aside shoving armfuls of bread a few pence cheaper in a trolly .

We had to go to town for the monthly meds and SBs was empty shelves all round . As you say unless they have space in a freezer a lot of stuff will end up as landfill . Meanwhile 4 days of snow and my milk on the doorstep as usual . I do hope you will end up either near shops or on a milk round . A cleaner is a good idea to help you minimise all the effort you have to put in day to day .
Take care
polly x

MMF007

Apologies, NM, I meant DS (lost concentration because my DH was pestering me to sort out the battery that operates ignition on our very basic gas cooker!).
You don't have to register for Facebook or even Twitter to read posts on the local pages. I agree, I am not on FB and don't tweet! My SIL puts far too much on her FB page and it has attracted the wrong sort of attention.

I have been having another art day, well evening. Tonight's attempt is a small rural scene in the style of Van Gogh. I kid you not! I quite like it Don't get me wrong, I have no natural talent but I am happy to try and you know what they say, 'God loves a trier' :rotfl: My philosophy is that I can't get any worse!

Oh well, dinner beckons - wasn't there an advert once that mentioned not being a starving artist? Leftovers for me tonight

Hard_Up_Hester

I stocked up ready for the snowstorm, I bought a carton of long life milk!

I usually keep a reasonable stock of tinned food in as we never know how far we are going to be from the shops when we moor up.

The snow is thawing round here we will be riding high above the jetty for a couple of days, when the water level gets too high the nearby slice gates are opened.

ivyleaf

We have a thaw! It started yesterday. And this mornig we have sunshine instead of grey skies :j Commiserations (sp?) to those of you who aren't so lucky yet - the thaw will come to you too.

Well, I made the scones - just plain ones, as I like those and didn't have any dried fruit anyway. They were fine, but I'll use a bigger cutter next time. The recipe said it would make 12 scones using a 2-inch cutter, and they were very "dainty" as they didn't spread out as I'd thought they might. and I didn't want to put them too close to each other on the baking sheet in case they spread, so I only cut out 12 and there's some dough left over, now in the freezer.
When the scones came out of the oven a lamb casserole went in Yum!
But I am in utter awe of people who bake lots of different things all on one day. How on earth do you manage it? By the time the casserole was in the oven I could barely stand up any longer and had to ask OH to make me a drink because I had no energy left to make it myself!

Doveling

Nurse Maggie - you've probably already looked into this, but just in case, have you enquired about the community and voluntary transport to the Christie?

Could you ask about the possibility of a taxi being paid for through McMillan?

Not being nosey or pushy - just feel for you

When you are so ill ,you shouldn't have to struggle.

nursemaggie

ivyleaf you sound like me. I have to pace myself. That is why going to the hospital is so tiring I cannot pace myself. It would be difficult to fit in a stop for a sit down somewhere. On a journey just sitting tires me out.

There was very little snow left yesterday after most of it blowing away. It looks very soggy round the back so I expect it will be gone by the end of the day. Off to view that house in about an hour.