NST JULY KISS

beanielou

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Mr N ‘s name was Napoleon & became Mr N over the years.

apple_muncher

Today I am grateful for my gym sesh and my liddle haul, for the shopping fitting in the fridge and freezer, for completing the next section of my marking and requesting even more, for successfully moving the back of Pip's wheelchair forward a couple of inches, for seeing a friend, for lovely neighbours, for having a freezer to freeze water and a fan to create a breeze.

Off to the big city tomorrow, and the temp is due to hit 35*C. Methinks I'll be spending a few hours nursing an iced coffee in Pret while Pip does his stuff!

grandmanerd

I didn't go to Coffee and Chat. I was starting to drift off to sleep again and then did a little food order. I remembered a quiche that was in the fridge (hidden behind other things) so that, hummus and cheese spread on wraps with various salady toppings are my 3 basic meals for this week. I have plenty of yoghurts and bought 4 baking potatoes, additional salad bits (I had lots of mushrooms and tomatoes), a small toast loaf and lots of half price ice cream.

I spent yesterday and today working on paperwork. DS2 had handed me a pile on Sunday so I worked through that first. I started on photos, roughly halved what I had. I've discarded anyone who died before I was born (my great garndmother lived until I was 15 so I have some of her including one with her mother and siblings) and I've passed on photos of their great grand parents to my sons and nieces. I gave DS2 and DS3 an album of photos of them a few years ago and DS1 will destroy any of himself that he comes across so I have culled any sub-optimal ones (my husband took multiple photos at a time).

One bag of paperwork went out yesterday along with a full rubbish bag (DS2's sweep around plus my latest attempt on the chinchilla cage). I have another half bag of paper but it's very heavy (stuffed with ripped up scraps and non essentials). I also have 6 boxes of chopped veg in the fridge, older ones with any bad bitss cut out. Mrs Builder came today, did the kitchen and bathroom and mopped through, including most of the front room where DS2 had swept it. She will call on Saturday before she does her weekly shop and take an old pair of my trainers to put in the Breast Cancer hopper at the SM. I've done the remaining photos this afternoon and they all fit in a pretty container (half full).

I have done one load of washing and the basket has a second load waiting (I had a leaky can yesterday which soaked my sheet, due for washing anyway) and one fell from the crook of my elbow today and the splash reached my face.

It's very hot again so the front door is wedged open.

Grateful for a cool breeze, getting through paperwork piles, good books to relax with,

Rowan9

Such a beautiful cat @beanie, so hard when they go

well done all

Have been laid up a bit with effects of shingles jab but I know it’s good to get it done

Back later

Rowan9

this is certainly hot weather for Scotland! I am old enough to remember the summer of 76 when the heat went on and on. I bought a box of Fab ice lollies yesterday - are they really smaller? I think so!

So my first gratitude has to be

Fab ice lolly yesterday when I was so hot

Having cold sliced chicken in the freezer so easy for tea with salad and I must admit to oven chips too! I never buy oven chips. I’m blaming this heat for me wanting something salty

Being able to work from my daughter’s this morning so I can be here for DGS while she takes the younger one for an appointment

Enjoy your day

f0xh0les

First week of work ended yesterday with a 4 hour drive home at 5pm. No air-con. Went through Chorlton and Didsbury toward Macclesfield and then open countryside, dry stone walls, sheep's and reservoirs. I assume everyone else was on the motorway because once past greater Manchester I had a lovely empty road I could pootle along at my own speed.

DS1 starts work today!!! That'll be a shock for him. First ever job at 23 years old. Good Luck Kiddo. 👍 There is hope for all of us. Keep on plodding.

Back in grandmanerd country on Sunday for another week. The building is air conditioned so I got a heck of a shock when I stepped out last night. So humid, a mere 33 degrees in LeShire yesterday. It was 27 degrees here at 11pm. Sleep was difficult.

Drink Lots (fantasise you are a racehorse), Naps are both big and clever.

Ice cream, ice poles, iced tea/Herbal tea over ice, some gel heat packs for pain can also be frozen, in this weather, there is nothing at all wrong with buying a bag of ice cubes.

beanielou

@Rowan9. Also remember the hot summer of ‘76 and trying to study for o grades in the garden. All ice lolly’s seem small now. You need to try crunchie blasts. They are lovely.

@f0xh0les. Hope DS1 gets on well.

grandmanerd

1976 was 'A' levels for me. I remember sitting with other girls behind the hall and biology lab (wooden extension) because the buildings and the back wall gave us a shaded area (still cool). They were renovating the school as the new sixth form college was being built and our school was to become an infant/ junior school. The builders had been told to stay away from the hall for critical exams but we did our French translation to the the sound of them demolishing the toilets to replace them with kiddie sized ones.

The heat and hayfever are defeating me atm. There has been a lot of sleeping. Today I had an optician's appointment at noon. I allowed myself half an hour to walk roughly three blocks. There's very little change in my eyes, so no new spectacles needed (I have 2 each for reading and outdoors). Free test so just paid for the 3D x-rays. Came back, again keeping to the shaded side of the road.

Came in, straight back on the bed with food and drinks, dress off, shoes off, not strapped up my ankle yet (have been sleeping with my legs up on a wedge pillow). I feel fine but no energy to do anything - I've put the washed bath mat back down as it was nearly dry without going out on the line. I've nearly used up a notepad (last year's diary) and have transferred important scraps of information to my diary, phone and address book.

Grateful for fab lollies (been my favourite since I was 8) and ice cream (2 sorts of raspberry from the offers section), books to read and the washing machine (exploding cans and misplaced choc bar melting), light entertainment on the laptop.

weenancyinAmerica

We are finally warming up here next week (supposed to be 32C on Wednesday). Right now the temperature is great - but I am having problems with my legs so not able to really enjoy it. Knitting a bag for class and doing family history seems to be my limit at the moment. Reading a lot and sleeping seem to fill up the rest of the time. Of course, the three cats try to make it more interesting by sitting on my paperwork, biting my leg when I lie down to read, and chewing on my yarn. Cleaning house only as necessary.

Sending hugs to those who need them. Hang in there.

beanielou

My wee lights of my life.