Progress not Perfection

Sun_Addict

Chrystal said:

(((hugs))) SA.  Unfortunately it doesn't get any easier does it? 
They say music stays in the memory better.  Have you tried the radio on a station that plays his favorite era?  

His era is the 80s but he also likes the dance music I love. That said he prefers to watch TV - war films,Top Gear and he’s obsessed with Gogglebox. 

Sun_Addict

satchmo1 said:

Re the breast cancer research, can I ask you to consider doing it please? My mid-30s DIL has recurring cancerous lumps and is now being urged to consider a radical mastectomy. 

Yes I’ll definitely do it for research purposes. I’m really sorry to hear about your DIL that’s dire at her age. 

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We ended up going to the local park a bit further away. The dog enjoyed walking through the very long grass, it seems our local council did no mow May and are carrying it on into June 😬

I spent £2.98 on a tomato and pak Choi plant from the park’s nursery. They grow all their own plants, mainly for the council but also sell surplus to the public. There was an open air Zumba class in the park which was nice to see. 

Did some gardening this afternoon and happily spent a fair bit of time reading in my hanging chair. I didn’t get a lot of indoor stuff done, the weather was too nice. 

The mushroom stroganoff was really nice, I did add chickpeas to it to bulk it out as suggested by someone on the live cook along. Mushrooms cook away to nothing. 

The shower curtain idea was something I poached from social media. It looks really effective so £10 on Amazon well spent. 

milann

Love the shower curtain idea. Looks really good. I also like the sound of the mushroom stroganoff. 

The lack of motivation must be hard to live with for yourself and Mr S. 

CRANKY40

Would Mr S_A use a portable dvd player? The House Troll had one for in the car when he was small and we bought one for my great nephew last year for the same reason.  There's usually loads of older films in the dvd section of charity shops. The late Mr C said I was rewarding the HT for being naughty but he was away at sea a lot and there was a serious chance of me leaving our precious only son at the side of the road at some point...

Cherryfudge

That shower curtain is great! You can bring your holiday to your garden.  

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CRANKY40 said:

Would Mr S_A use a portable dvd player? The House Troll had one for in the car when he was small and we bought one for my great nephew last year for the same reason.  There's usually loads of older films in the dvd section of charity shops. The late Mr C said I was rewarding the HT for being naughty but he was away at sea a lot and there was a serious chance of me leaving our precious only son at the side of the road at some point...

He had one when he was in hospital and drove the nurses mad watching Top Gear constantly 😬 Not sure what happened to it 🤔

Sun_Addict

Also found out at the garden centre/nursery that the plant that loves my garden a bit too much is called alchemilla. It’s everywhere, definitely didn’t plant it so must be a gift from the birds. Can’t believe they were selling it. The woman in the shop said you can divide it, no thanks because it’s already everywhere 😆

Still miffed about not having poppies in my garden because they’re growing out of cracks in the pavements locally but won’t grow in my garden, I even sowed seeds but nothing happened - I want poppies 🙁

beanielou

Loving the view 

amber03

I’ve had problems with lily of the valley. A friend gave me a clump about 2 years ago and this year it’s just gone ballistic all over my garden. When I posted on a gardening group on fb for any tips on how to manage it, it seems a lot of people can’t grow this lily in their gardens and ended up, asking me for tips on how to grow it.xx