EL now that her weight has stabilised I don't think there is any chance of the diabetes returning.  They were talking about being able to change her status at one stage but now they say that officially you always remain classified as diabetic.

 

Poor little love is so down at the moment, this is the lady who has had chronic arthritis since she was a small child and her back is just crumbling away, in fact one side has just slipped down from the arthritis.  She was due to have an operation on her back on Monday and it was cancelled.  Her consultant felt that he could do the operation but his colleagues were not happy that he could and cancelled the operation.  She has now been told that she has to go on the waiting list for another major hospital in the area, and that she is being regarded as a new referral with the delay in being seen as part of that.  It's totally insane.

 Poor woman, no wonder she is a bit down. I hope they push her up the waiting list and get that op organised as soon as possible, Squiggle.

She is prescribed just about every painkiller known to man, including morphine and still sometimes the pain is too much for her.  I honestly don't know how she bears it.

 Life can be very cruel at times. for your friend.

Your poor friend squiggle as if she hasn't suffered enough already. I hope they'll reconsider her position on the waiting list, she should be a high priority

Hope moonie is alright

Hi Summer, how has your day been?

Relaxed but busy, and funny
I'm relieved the boiler is fixed and my calorie counting is going well. I'm burning enough calories to still enjoy some chocolate in the evenings

How was yours?

You are doing so well with your calorie counting, I wish I had half your willpower.

My day was busy in the morning and more relaxed in the afternoon.

 

I forgot to tell you yesterday, when we bought the rocking lamb, we also bought some pink reins (rather premature since she isn't walking yet) and there is a little owl face on the front of the reins.

Awwwww too cute!!!!!! I love it when they start walking
Does the lamb live at yours or pb's?

It's more stubbornness than willpower, and the app I use is very easy- i can scan barcodes with the camera so don't need to spend she's searching lists of good etc.
it helps get my portion sizes under control too, I put far too much in my cereal bowl- but I looooove cereals!

The lamb lives at ours. She has a rocking ladybird at home and another rocking toy at her other granny's. Spoilt for choice.

She is shuffling around on her bottom now but isn't too keen to crawl.

I'm just going to have a quick bath yogi, back shortly

 I love cereal too.

Enjoy your bath. I had mine before dinner, as my muscles were aching from my exercises.

Summer, I am so sorry, I will need to toddle off to bed as I can't keep my eyes open. Goodnight and sweet dreams to you, and to Ros if she pops in.

Hugs for absent friends.

Just missed you yogi, sweet dreams I hope your muscle ache eases soon

leaving hugs for our absent friends x

Aww, sorry I just missed you, Summer. I couldn't keep my eyes open - and as you can see, I woke early.

Good morning everyone. Weather is dry and chilly.

I hope it isn't raining where you all are.

Have a good day, everyone.

Good morning everyone

 

At present it's dry here but by noon it will be raining for the rest of the day. There's a glimmer of hope in the latest long term forecast from the Met in that the wet weather which the southern part of the UK may move northwards to the north west in a couple of weeks time. The northern part of Scotland has had only about 60% of their average rain for January compared to much of the south which has haf more than double.

Good morning everyone.  What a clever app Summer, takes all the guesswork out of it.  I hope your muscles have eased a bit this morning Yogi.  I love cereal too and recently decided to cut the quantity dramatically, I have probably a third of what I used to put in, and I found I don't really notice once I start to eat it.

 

I hope you are right about the weather forecast EL we could do with some drier weather and I know the poor folk on the Somerset Levels could do with a break.

 

Have a great day everyone

I reckon I have about 50 grams of muesli for breakfast. That's about 25% more than a typical serving but I don't have any toast or cooked breakfast with that, and I'm more likely to have fruit as a mid morning snack rather than biscuits. I don't put on weight and am not overweight so I see no need for me to cut down

I had one of those nuisance calls this morning from First Call. This time claiming I would save money on my gas if I had a new boiler installed by them. I didn't bother to tell them that my boiler is less than 3 years old and just put the phone down on them.

Oh, First Call are also known as one of those PPI claim companies which phone people.

 

El, considering the amount of rain we have had up here, I am obviously in the half of Scotland which has had double the usual rainfall for January.

I have no idea how much cereal I eat but it isn't a large bowlful.

I haven't had any calls from First Call yet, but I've had several of those PPI calls from other companies. I even got one after midnight on my mobile!

We have been to Costco and stocked up the freezer. I'm a happy Yogi.

 

It's been raining here for the last hour and looks as if it will be for most of the rest of the day. There's now weather warnings in place for rain today, rain tomorrow, and rain on Monday. Forecast is more rain for days afterwards. Flood warnings now along the river Severn (and many other places). The level of the river is forecast to be as high or higher than those in early January. My house is highly unlikely to be affected but I know people who are at risk.

A rather seedy court case in Bristol Crown Court involving an incident following the Cheltenham Festival has finished today with those charged being acquitted.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...cestershire-25979385

The link also has links to earlier reports made during the course of the trial.

It would not surprise me if this isn't made into a film though it's quite possible that a similar story has been filmed before.

 

 It's just awful and some people are having a terrible time of it. I'm glad you are unlikely to be affected, El.

We've had a little flurry of snow and it is really cold. Brrrr!

When The Tudors was first shown, there was one episode which stood out above the others and that was the last episode of series 2 Destiny and Fortune which was the last 2 days of Anne Boleyn's life leading to her execution. Some time ago the BBC repeated the series. I didn't want to watch it but made a point of recording that one episode. I saw it last night and still consider it to be truly exceptional television.

 

This 9 minute clip has been extracted from the episode to concentrate on the last few minutes of her life. Although the series as a whole carries a 15 certificate, this episode is of a different nature to the rest of the series and would get a PG at most. The execution is very tastefully done, is totally inofensive, zero blood shown, and would not upset anyone who is remotely squeamish. If any execution scene can be described as beautiful, this is as close as possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxlkSLhpEhs

 

Squiggle, although your house is not in the risk area, severe flood warnings have been put in place along the coast in your area with the still water level forecast to be 100mm above where they were in early January though the waves are not as large so the harbour area looks as if it will get flooded.

 

Thanks EL, I hope everyone is going to be safe down there.  Surely this wet weather must come to an end soon.

Cute

 

They are cute, squiggle

Aww, very cute!

Heartwarming!

 

That's lovely, Squiggle.

Goodnight everyone, sweet dreams.

*leaves hugs for Summer and Ros*

Hiya Buddies

Just thought I would pop in and give you a

For my Night Owl friends...

 

Nite nite. Sleep well. Sweet dreams

Good morning everyone and nice to see you popped in, Moonie.

 

At present it's blue sky here

 

I hope all those in those areas which are at risk from this morning's high tide remain safe.

 

Heartwarming picture, squiggle

Moonie, so sorry I missed you last night, but nice to have you pop in.

Thank you for the lovely owls.

Good morning everyone. We have had a light dusting of snow overnight and it's very chilly. 

Squiggle and El, I hope the rain hasn't caused problems for either of you.

Have a good day, everyone.

 

Good morning everyone, I popped out to top up the bird feeder and it is freezing out there so I'm snuggled up in the warm and intending to stay there.

 

Nice that you could pop in moonie

 

I am not sure when the danger will have passed from the high tide surges EL but I hope it passes off without causing loss of life or damage.

 

Have a great day everyone