The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

Knowing you fuddle, I have no doubt that everything will happen as you planned. For sheer determination you just about set the gold standard, young lady.

After having the last 24 hours being reluctant to move, work or even think I have woken up this morning ready to slay dragons. I'd dearly love to know how and why this happens. Is it something we've eaten, how long or deeply we slept, or the configuration of stars? I wish I could bottle the feeling. I do know that I'm not the omly one.

While I'm puzzling things out, why does my tablet replace whole words in my text, making complete nonsense of a sentence, while happily accepting words where my finger has mistakenly hit the wrong letter, such as 'probkem' and 'azd'.
See what I mean?

After pondering these mysteries I am now ready to march up to the village shop for a few necessities. I have already washed a few things out and pegged them on the line, (DS2 takes my sheets and towels to put through their washing machine, I'll be so glad to get my own again) and thought bitterly while wringing things out that even my grandmother had a mangle.
Then I have plans for a good sort out of things that have been hurled into a spare bedroom to await......er.....sorting out.

I'd better get on before the energy and mind set hits the bumpers.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Don't feel stupid if you don't like what everyone else pretends to love. (Emma Watson)

Ha! Although I am determined, my motivation is bumped by the need to have an answer for the old contingent when they say 'you shouldn't be doing that'. Hester! I adore you. They've been at me about the black plastic again. This time it's to warm the soil ready for carrot and parsnip sowing (which in fairness I probably should do but I would rather look up how man kind did before the invention of black plastic!) but now I can answer that "it's ok, I sat on it bare bum. It's fine!" Never dare a fool.

I should also add that it's for DH should I fall ill. I can direct him from a mattress, anywhere.

fuddle shouldn't you be growing giant leeks in your part of the world, and using the soot form Hester's windows.

MMF007 Has your SiL been to her local council's homelessness prevention unit. They are required to help be it temporary accommodation, guarantor for the fees and deposit, rehousing or all of them.

MadamMim2013 You reminded me about what you said last night about my hands and feet. I was just going to bed and meant to answer when I got up.

Yes my hands and feet are a side effect. I am not on chemotherapy it does nothing to my particular cancer. My medication is just as powerful as chemo but it attaches to the cancer cells and stops them from growing. I can't fully explain without diagrams. It has around 35 side effects, including the D&S you get with chemo. The D part is permanent every day and is the reason I have applied for Attendance Allowance.

No my hands and feet are not a skin issue. Dr's seem to treat it as if it is as my Oncologist has just prescribed aqueous cream. My former Oncologist used to keep telling me to use E45 cream. All that did was cost me a lot of money.

I think it is both a nerve thing and a circulation thing. I also get Raynaud's syndrome also a side effect. I can feel the redness coming on. It's doing it now. It tingles, goes blood RED and is very painful. I can't walk when it is really bad and I can't touch anything with my hands. At it's worst it is like a newly acquired graze of the entire palms of my hands. Remember falling flat on your face when running as a child. Trying to cook dinner is like mum picking all the grit out and cleaning it up. Right now it is making typing difficult. I keep missing letters out because I am pressing too lightly.

I tried skin so soft last night. It was cool and soothed it so I think I will use it a few times a day. I was being facetious as I have a long list of things SSS is useful for on my desktop. I got it off this site before I signed up for the forum. I can't remember where but it seems like miracle stuff.

lillybet If you would like your old username back write to the Forum team and they will try to sort it out. There is a thread about this password changing.

Madammim I'm saddened to read you're Ill and actually you're not coping and I detect you're worried too. You're dealing with my nemesis - poor mental health when the chips are down! When 'it's' bad I struggle to be positive and will allow myself to wallow for no more than a day. Madammim write today off but before you see the end of the day out think about what you need to work on tomorrow. It may be small but it will feed a nugget of proactivity that will move on and on until 'you got this girl'. Even if it's slow progress, progress is better than a vicious cycle.

I understand. Going with it is a must just so you hate it enough to want to kick the vicious cycle's posterior!

nursemaggie wrote: »

fuddle shouldn't you be growing giant leeks in your part of the world, and using the soot form Hester's windows.

MMF007 Has your SiL been to her local council's homelessness prevention unit. They are required to help be it temporary accommodation, guarantor for the fees and deposit, rehousing or all of them.

I second NM. It's not a very nice scenario to be in but there will be a safety net there. I feel for her, I really do and MMF you're going to have some sad and worrying thoughts this evening when the lights go out.

NM show leeks. Goodness, I'm surrounded by show leeks and pigeons. Don't forget pigeon racing. They still do that here. I'm laughing so hard at NM casting aspersions on the cleanliness of Hester's windows