Travelling On

Karmacat

maddiemay wrote: »

Karmacat, I hope that you don't mind me hijacking your diary for a moment?

:kisses3: Hijack away :j

I keep saying I love the way discussions take off :j truly
And thank you for the info on B12 and your own experiences - its so valuable to share this, it really is.

carbootcrazy wrote: »

You're all so supportive here on KC's diary:A. Thank you all for your advice:T.
maddiemay, I'm afraid it's me (I?) who has been hijacking this diary of late. Apologies as always to KC.:o

Hang fire with the H word :kisses3: supportive inputs R us

I do wonder about my own levels of B12 - I'm a long term vegetarian who's had chronic fatigue, and is an, um, older person.

I had all the stuffing knocked out of me at the turn of the year when my brother was diagnosed with cancer and died 2 months later. Then there was that unbearably hot weather which never agrees with me and seemed to make me permanently exhausted. Everyone else seemed to be suffering too so I didn't think there was anything odd. Prior to all that though I was feeling pretty much as usual. Anyway, I'm feeling really optimistic about being 100% very soon:j

A bereavement like that was bound to affect you, CBC, especially as you received so little support from those in your daily life, I seem to remember And I agree about the weather, it was terrible - I seemed to be hiding from the world for hours each day. Not good!

KC, are the cats you're going to be sitting the same ones you looked after before or is it going to be a new adventure for all of you?

Yep, the same ones - I love the cats, tho I wish the 2nd one enjoyed being stroked a bit more, and I love the area - couple of big supermarkets, couple of big shops and department stores, the River Wandle is walking distance, and buses go everywhere, its amazing. I hope to see my friend in Brixton again, and I hope to meet the newest baby, who's in South London, but who's counting :rotfl:

I may also take an exercise DVD with me :eek:

maddiemay wrote: »

OMGoodness, it is a sign that I am tired, don't even know how old I am, should read diagnosed at 50 19 years ago:eek::eek::eek:

Oh honey! I hope you've gone to bed, then - I know I've been so tired in the past that I go practically mute - I'd be quite capable then of forgetting my own age. Actually - I answer so many surveys on SB with a slightly false birthdate, as a security measure, I *am* finding it difficult to remember my real age at the moment

Off to bed myself now. Sleep well all xx

Knit_Witch

beanielou wrote: »

Todays low re delivery drivers.
They rang the bell but by the time I hobbled to the door they were away :mad: :mad:

My desk is actually by the door, and I have had delivery people knock and then instantly shove the "sorry you weren't in" notice through (gives them one heck of a shock when I open the door as they are doing so!) - those are the ones I complain about.

pinkypig

Hiya Karma :wave:

We'll done on tackling your gardening jobs, mind needs a good tidy it the rain ever stops:eek:

All this tOo of fruit picking and foraging has got me thinking about blackberries

Have a lovely weekend xx

EatingTheElephant

Lots of blackberries appearing here too. I do curse the brambles which takeover the field and garden and they hurt so much when you try to remove them and they ping back and swipe you, but I do love blackberries!

Your diary is inspiring me to get out in the garden, but I’ve too much else that *has* to be done instead. Maybe next weekend.

I love the idea of going out for a proper pre-walk before the actual council run walk and using it as a networking type event. Very ingenious

Karmacat

Hiya everyone :wave: very late today, as I couldn't sleep properly last night. First world problems, hey.

EatingTheElephant wrote: »

Lots of blackberries appearing here too. I do curse the brambles which takeover the field and garden and they hurt so much when you try to remove them and they ping back and swipe you, but I do love blackberries!

I remove mine (constantly :whistle:) in fairly small bits, sometimes. If I can snip one thats trailing along the floor I walk it out, literally ten foot or so, I'm not trusting a ten foot bramble Nettles are the pingback horror for me - I didnt grasp a whole plant firmly, just one set of stalks, and the other stalks got me all over both arms :eek:

Your diary is inspiring me to get out in the garden, but I!!!8217;ve too much else that *has* to be done instead. Maybe next weekend.

I can understand that, plus you have a big property too. For me, the garden took second place for ages, and even though the house is still filthy the garden needs to be seen to, the perennial weeds are problem enough right now, but another winter will be terrible. Today, the seedheads in the back garden are the utter necessity, even if most of the work is at the front.

I love the idea of going out for a proper pre-walk before the actual council run walk and using it as a networking type event. Very ingenious

I have to clarify that they'd take place on separate occasions I couldn't do them one after the other

rtandon27

Picked the second bowl of blackberries today! Super sweet & they all (but one) made it back and are washed - now going into the freezer to use in smoothies - much needed vitamin c in the autumn and winter when the days start to draw in!

Cheery_Daff

We picked our first blackberries yesterday :j They were ready before of course, just never got round to looking Fortunately there are LOADS - gave some to a friend and still have two bags in the freezer :j I'm going to go out again a few times and get as many as I can - I love them

Hope you slept better last night KC

Karmacat

I picked a pound or so a few weeks ago, and nothing since there are quite a few in the garden, and I put some by, but the weeding and digging is more important to be honest, and they just get lost in the mess there's a set of brambles just over the road that will do nicely


And I've slept better the last two nights, thanks Cheery - doing a second set of garden work actually seems to help, so thats a win-win


Today is more of the same, navvying and digging and phone calls and texts, with added scanning and blackberries :rotfl:

themadvix

Glad you slept better Karma!

Sad to say, I picked some blackberries last week and they're probably festering nicely in the container in the fridge - it's just be one of those weekend!

Karmacat

You too, huh

Well, there was no scanning yesterday, but lots of the other stuff, so that was good. So, left to do today, then:
- little bit more scanning
- back up the computer.
- empty dishwasher
- keep watching the dehydrator, which is doing some broccoli
- pay cc
- other finance tasks if I have time: follow up on Virgin Money and the Post Office.
- email other nephew about seeing the new baby.
- tidy away some garden rubbish.

Plus, this is my last chance to write the blog, and I have a frog to eat - an email to a friend, of all things! It's the old classic, I'm ashamed at not having emailed her a couple of months ago. Aren't we mad about these things sometimes! Or at least, I am. Never mind, I'll do it today.