Monday 30 September 2019

Monday 30th September 2019

Mornin' all.

As always happens, I got zero support yesterday on one of only 3 days a year that I need it... no PMs, no emails, no texts, no nothing.  Bet it'll be the same on Sunday too, as well as 7th April.  They expect me to be there for them 365 days a year, but ignore me on the 3 days that I need their support.

I'm sooo fed up of it.  I'm all yours for 362 days a year, but nobody wants to support me the other 3 days  😠
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Just walked the marathon with the puppy and I've already smashed the entire days steps target... not quite 9am and I've already walked 3,397 steps as well as walking for 43 minutes and 1.35 miles so I'm not going to be able to go further than the bathroom for the rest of today 🀣

Time to take my first dose of pills and recover now.
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Got 7 photo's and 2 video's of the puppy dog that I'm currently uploading to YouTube then I'll get it sorted on my site... BBS.
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And another 3 photo's makes 10 in about 4 hours 🀣
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Just seen this on Facebook:


Sorry, but it made me  🀣
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Nearly 4,000 steps and 1.54 miles walked already today... feeling really proud of myself considering it's just before 2pm❗
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4184 steps and 1.67 miles just before 3.30pm❗  Total aceness❗
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So true.
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Taken me prescriptions so just waiting for the puppy to be picked up then I can head to bed.
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Steve's just heard from his cousin about Mitzi... she's spending another night with us❗❗❗  Yaaaaay

I can now head to bed for an earlyish❗ night... 4,655 steps and 1.85 miles thanks to the marathon Monday walk this morning has really impressed me - easily pleased, me❗ 🀣

Nite nite orl❗ πŸŒ›  Sea ewe in the morning❗
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Sunday 29 September 2019

Sunday 29th September 2019

Morning all.

Today is gonna be a difficult day 'cos 23 years ago I lost my first twin and I'm now infertile so my twins were my only chance to have children too  😭
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That's the rubbish, recycling and food waste sorted, time to walk the puppy now.
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Taken some photo's of the puppy, so need to remember to code and upload those when we get back.
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Taken me supplements and they were OK today.  Not the easiest but not the hardest either.
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The puppy wee'd a huuuuge wee and poo'd on her walk so I cleared it up and carried on.  We did another up and down today because the puppy carried on walking instead of coming home.  Time to update the spreadsheet and put that and the photo's on my homepage.
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That's the pages sorted and I've just taken another 3 photo's of the puppy, so time to sort those out now❗
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The newest 3 photo's are up now.
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Literally just (12.59pm) met my target of 2,500 steps and walked a mile so far today already.  Totally awesome❗
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Just had a reminder to take the Calcium, so I'll BRB
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That's the Calcium down the hatch... not too bad today, only 2 mouthfuls of squash for all the crumbs which is awesome❗
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Forgot to feed the puppy at lunchtime❗  Woops❗  She's been fed both meals in one now though, so that's it until tomorrow morning.
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There's a Windows update currently installing on my laptop that apparently takes a couple of hours so I'm finishing off this post on my phone then taking my last pills of the day and heading to bed for an early night now, so I'll see you all tomorrow.

Nite nite orl!
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Saturday 28 September 2019

Saturday 28th September 2019

Morning all

Woke up late this morning... 8am instead of my usual 7am for some bizarre reason.  Don't feel tired or anything and went to bed and fell asleep just before 10pm so my body obviously needed that extra hour❗  We got our hair's cut yesterday so maybe that's why I needed the extra hour❓

Gonna walk and feed the puppy now.
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Our normal length walk today and the FitBit app is showing 13 minutes now, which was, apparently, the length of our walk so it'll be interesting to see what happens on Monday now that it's totally working❗
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Just taken the longest ever video of the puppy... 7 minutes and 15 seconds!!

Got 3 photo's of the puppy with Steve to add too.  Hold on and I'll do that now before I forget.
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And another photo❗
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Gotta have something to eat and take my 5 morning pills now, before I forget.
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And another couple... really have got to take my pills before I forget now though 🀣
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That's me 5 morning pills taken, 2 hours later than normal which means I won't be able to take the Calcium until about 3pm, but that's just how it goes sometimes.  Not the worst day for taking them but far from the best too, unfortunately.
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Quorn lasagne for lunch for me a sausage sandwiches for Steve today apparently.  Yumsk  πŸ˜‹
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Steve doesn't know how long the lasagne had been in the small freezer and it tasted surprisingly meaty... maybe the flavour becomes meatier the more it's frozen❓
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Just (2.45pm) asked Steve to phone his mum about Marie bringing the saw over with her so that I can chop down the tree that's regrowing.  I've also asked him to request that she hires a trailer to put the toilets, cisterns and poofe into so that I can practise my walking in the back yard.  Right now there's a small gangway that I squeeze through to clear up the pup's poo.  It's just one job that needs to be done then that's it❗
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Just taken me Calcium and finished off a bottle of squash with it.
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Steve said, at 4.45pm, in total frustration with me that he would contact his brother about coming over to clear the back yard.  I just want it all gone and the sooner the better.
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Having a well-deserved early night.  πŸ›Œ

Be back in the morning.

Nite nite orl!  πŸŒ›
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Friday 27 September 2019

Friday 27th September 2019

Mornin' all.

Today has high pollen counts 'cos I woke up sneezing at 6.30am and my eyes quickly started watering too.

The FitBit says that I slept for 9 hours and 19 minutes overnight which is really useful to know.

Found the FitBit forums so I'm gonna ask on there if there's a way to securely fasten the extension better so that I'm not so paranoid about it coming off my ankle, and I'm also gonna ask if there's a way to automatically get a report sent to my email address too, 'cos I'm 98% sure that I read somewhere on the FitBit site that it would automatically send the report when it resets itself at midnight.
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OK, so it's a weekly report, rather than daily so I can now stop worrying about that... just need to find out if there's a more secure way to attach the extension.

Assuming I get the report and there's a way to securely attach the extension then I'm sold on the FitBit❗
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Gonna shut down to go and get me hair cut again now... BBL8R❗
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Back now❗

Gonna feed and water the puppy so that she doesn't get too thirsty or explode her bladder.
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Been fiddling around with the FitBit app since we got home and I've already walked almost a mile today and we haven't had our lunch yet❗
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Decided to up my target daily steps to 3,000 steps and the target miles to 1.5 miles a day... we shall see how I go with that.
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Worked out that the calories out is what I burn and I've worked out how to add my meal things so that it comes up as calories in... just hope I remember how to do it when we have our tea tonight and my breakfast in the morning❗

Still don't know how to get the lightning bolt to move though  😞
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Just had a reply to my message on the FitBit site and apparently it only starts recording "Active Minutes" (the lightening bolt) for ten minutes at a time.  There's no way that I'm stable enough to stay on my feet for that long, so I'll just ignore that icon for my own safety  😊  Just relieved 😌 that I haven't broken it already πŸ‘Œ
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Just taken me last 3 pills of the day, an hour and a half later than I'd hoped, but they are starting to kick in already so I'm gonna head to bed πŸ›Œ now.

Nite nite πŸŒ™ orl.
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Thursday 26 September 2019

Thursday 26th September 2019

Mornin' all.

The puppy's coming home today❗❗❗

This afternoon to be exact❗  Can't wait❗

Gonna have a shower and wash my hair when the backups have finished.  The full virus scan finished at about 2.45am and shut my laptop down, so it's just the backups now then that's me sorted for another week.

Time for me supplements while I'm waiting for my documents to finish off backing up.
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First pills of the day are swallowed - pretty easily this morning.  Not the easiest ever but not the worst either, which hopefully means that today won't be too bad.
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The FitBit has just arrived... hope it lasts longer than the first one (3 months) lol  It's already better than the second one 'cos it actually turns on 🀣
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Gotta download the app onto my likkle laptop - brb❗
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Just activated my account and gotta charge it up before I use it apparently 'cos there's some kind of update to it.  Hope it doesn't take long❗
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That's the Calcium swallowed and my FitBit is smiling at me now, instead of telling me how full the battery is, so maybe that means it's fully charged❓❓
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Steve's just given me a 10 minute warning for lunch, so I'll hopefully remember to get the FitBit set up after we've eaten, 'cos apparently it'll take "at least 30 minutes".

BBS❗
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That was a yummy lunch!  Pasta and meat-free balls!  The cheese was a touch too strong and overpowering, but other than that it was good❗

Time to update the FitBit now.
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The puppy's hoooommmmmeeee!!!
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Just taken the puppy out for our daily stroll - total extra's already this week, after only walking her for 2 days, is already 1200% extra and that's taking off the whole week's walks too.  Weekly total percents without taking any at all is 1900% in only two days (Monday and today) because she was taken back to Steve's cousin on Monday afternoon and didn't get back until this afternoon, so that's not bad going at all❗
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I'm already enjoying having the Fitbit and as long as it keeps working beyond the New Year, it'll be getting a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review from me.  Apparently it automatically logs your sleep and it's water resistent up to 50 metres, I've just got to thoroughly dry it after it gets wet, which is to be expected.  The app is linked to my email address on the laptop rather than on my phone so I'll see what happens when I sign in tomorrow❗  It keeps track of what you eat and drink too which was a pleasant surprise... wonder if it'll put that in the report dooberry too❓

I've set my target daily steps to the minimum of 2000 (it won't go any lower) and I've already done 1,297 of 'em in about 5 hours which is awesome, especially as it seems to count side steps too.

Since lunchtime, I've already walked just over half a mile too, just from going to the bathroom, the kitchen and walking the puppy, which is awesome❗
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I've increased my daily steps target from 2000 a day (which I achieved in about 4 hours) to 3500 a day.  If that's easily achievable tomorrow then I'll up it to 5000 steps a day, which is only 3000 steps off a healthy person's average according to the app.  I can sooo do this... it's already motivated me to walk the puppy which I wasn't intending to do this morning before I got it.  I'll see what it's like after a week and take it from there πŸ˜„
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Just taken me last three pills of the day so I'm gonna head to πŸ›beddy-byesπŸ›Œ now for an early night... bet I'm still awake at 10pm though 🀣

Nite nite orl πŸŒ™
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Wednesday 25 September 2019

Wednesday 25th September 2019

Mornin' all.

The virus scan and laptop behaved first time this morning... is that an indication that my pills are gonna go down easily and maybe even a good day❓  I certainly hope so❗
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The five pills all went down really easily, so hopefully that's an indication that today is gonna be a good day❗
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Just bought meself a FitBit that'll be here tomorrow.  £65 but it does everything I want and has a year long warranty in case that goes wrong too.  Expensive but hopefully worth it.
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Back from the blood test now.  Was there just gone 2pm, my appointment was 2.30pm so I was prepared to have to wait around for a loooong while but I was in at just gone 2.15pm and out by 2.20pm and back home again by 2.30pm❗

T'was a flippin' huuuuge needle that I regretted seeing immediately, 'cos my veins usually collapse with things like that which is why I turn my head away.  It was a good 5cm long but I barely felt the needle go in so the phlebotomist must have found a particularly good vein or something❗ 🀣

I opened a letter when I came home for my flu jab and there's a form to fill in 'cos Steve's my carer that needs to be returned to the surgery.  If I'd opened it this morning I could have taken it with me this afternoon πŸ™„
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Just spoken to me mum on the phone πŸ“ž - it was good to hear her voice again and I'm missing seeing her even more now❗  πŸ˜”
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I'm gonna head to bed πŸ›Œ now I reckon.

Nite nite πŸŒ™ orl.
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Tuesday 24 September 2019

Tuesday 24th September 2019

Mornin' all.

I'm already missing the puppy dog and it's not even 18 hours since she went❗  Not that I'm counting or anything 🀣  I'm sure she's fine and all that jazz, but the house feels empty without her here❗
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Taken me first 5 pills of the day.  They went down relatively easily (not the best but far from the worst too), so hopefully today will be an OK-ish day.
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Just agreed to review a book aimed at Young Adults, but my anti-virus programme needs to restart my laptop, so gonna do that now... brb❗
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I don't usually talk about politics to anyone publically, but will listen to other people's opinions respectfully whether their views are the same as mine or not, but this a rare occasion so I'm gonna express my views publically for a change... don't get used to it though, it's a rare occurance that I'm commenting on so I think it deserves a rare, public, political opinion from me.

Our Prime Minister's decision to prorogue parliment for 5 weeks, has been found unlawful, which means that he intentionally lied to Her Majesty (the Queen of the British Empire).  Not just by one or two votes difference, but unanimously, by all of the 11 judges❗❗

I personally reckon Brexit should be cancelled entirely and that our PM should be locked in the Tower of London for life.  I would love to say that he should be put in the stocks and pounded with rotten fruit for 5 hours a day, every day, for at least a month (I realise that this happened back in the 15-17th century according to Steve, which is sooo historical and far from modern, but so is what the PM has done, IMNSHO).  There should also be another General Election and hopefully, at some point in the near future, a law that no MP (or potential MP during the approach to an election) is allowed to lie to not only HM the Queen but to the voters too!  If there was more honesty in the Government then there would, potentially, not only be more voters but a happier democracy too❗

End of my political opinions, normal service will be resumed after lunch lol
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That's the Calcium taken, so I'm sorted for pills until 7pm-ish tonight.  I've decided that I am going to take my supplements tomorrow morning, just like every morning, so that the blood test will get an accurate view of all my levels.  I'll warn the Phlebotomist that I've taken them a few hours before the blood test, so any spike is to be expected.

Might phone my GP surgery just to check that that's the right thing to do when they re-open at 2pm as much for reassurance as anything.  If they say not to take them then I won't, but if they give their blessing to take them then I will, for the moment though I will take them.  You watch me forget to call them now though 🀣
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Just heard about taking the supplements and I can still take them tomorrow morning❗  Yes❗❗❗  Didn't remember to call until 5.45pm though - completely forgot, just as I predicted at lunchtime 🀣  Means I won't be struggling through the morning, which is even better❗  πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘
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Taken me last 3 pills of the day, so I can finish reading this book then review it before heading to bed.
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Just finished reading and reviewing the book, so I'm off to bed now.  πŸ›Œ

Nite nite orl!  😴
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Monday 23 September 2019

Monday 23rd September 2019

Morning all.

Was awake before 6.30am πŸ•‘ and couldn't get back to sleep so came down here and started up my laptop.  At the more sensible time of 7.45am I took the puppy out for our morning stroll... she was at the bottom of the stairs to get her harness on before I'd even sat down❗ 🀣

We did our normal marathon walk and my OCD has definitely improved since we've had her 'cos it doesn't make me so anxious if I've forgotten how many up and down's we've done now.  I also listen to my God and Goddess for how many we've done when I forget... they were arguing this morning though❗ 🀣

When we got home over half an hour later, I asked her to sit for her food and she actually did this time❗  Yaaaay❗  Time for some food and my morning pills now.
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That's me 5 morning pills taken and a couple of course bundles bought, so time to update my navigation page with all the courses now... that'll keep me busy until lunchtime❗
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That's the navigation page coded and uploaded... one of the courses is over 160 modules!!!  🀯  That's gonna take me forever to complete and I know I'll forget what I learnt in module 2 by the time I get to the end of course assessment❗  I have enough trouble with a day long course and this one is gonna take at least a week, if not 2 weeks❗❗
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Just taken 6 photo's of the puppy dog while Steve was in the bathroom!  They are all on my homepage now, along with the video from this morning.  She's going back with Helen today and coming back home on Thursday this week and we're getting our hair cut on Friday so Steve will see his family more in a week than I've seen my mum in 9 years again.  Not happy at all.
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That's the Calcium down the hatch.  That's it now until this evening when the shopping has been and gone and the puppy has disappeared (until Thursday) too.
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Just back from the appointment.  The OAB pills are now, officially, on my repeat prescriptions.  Dr B has hopefully (I'll have to check to be totally sure) sent the prescription over to the pharmacy so hopefully it'll be delivered either Friday or Saturday.  Just gonna check while I remember, hold on❗

Yeah, it was prescribed today and there are no outstanding prescription requests so it seems like it's gone straight to the pharmacy, thankfully.
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The puppy's just gone again❗  😒  I know it's for the same length of time as last week but it feels so much longer 😒 
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Heading to bed πŸ›Œ for an early night for a change.  Nite nite orl!  πŸ’€
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Sunday 22 September 2019

Sunday 22nd September 2019

Hello again everyone

We've already taken the rubbish, food waste and recycling out this morning!  By 8am too❗  I remembered to pick up the poo that was behind the toilets this week... it's only taken 3 weeks 🀣

Going to take my morning pills then walk and feed the puppy 🐢.
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That's the puppy walked and fed, but I haven't taken my pills yet.  Gonna do that now.

Got a video of the puppy and the walkies spreadsheet to code and upload after that.
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Pills have been taken.  Started taking the 5-HTP exactly 14 days ago πŸ“† and they have really helped already.  Gonna keep taking them every day, even when the SAD season is over and done with 'cos they help my mood so much.  I'll take 2 during the SAD months and go back to the 1 during the rest of the year 'cos they have helped even more than the B12 did❗
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Just read and reviewed a picture book.  Reluctantly gave it 3 stars.
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Taken the Calcium, so I'm shutting down now until after lunch.
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Back now... lunch was yummy again and we've started to make a hole in the "gallons of pasta sauce" now.  Got a chunk of tomato wedged into my half tooth now though 🀣
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If any of you are Pagan, I hope you enjoy Mabon tomorrow.

Blessed Be.
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I know many, if not most, or even all of you, may not understand why I'm feeling especially proud of myself right now, but I've just got undressed, had a bath, got out and dressed again, all by myself for the first time in at least a year.  I can usually handle the bath and drying myself, but rely on Steve to dress me... but for the first time since Steve's last stay in hospital (when I stayed with the in-laws again) I got myself dressed totally alone too!  Even my bra!!!

Going to celebrate by feeding the puppy her tea then scoffing half a chocolate Swiss roll so that I can take my OAB pill without throwing up!
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That's the puppy fed.  Gonna wait until 7pm for the cake and pills.
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Pills taken so I'm off to bed, before 8pm for the first time in aaaages!

Nite nite orl!  πŸŒ™
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Saturday 21 September 2019

Saturday 21st September 2019

Morning all.

I accidentally walked the puppy further than usual today.  We usually do 650% but we walked 750% this morning, cos I miscounted the up and downs... we should have done 13 but we actually did 15 so we will both be more tired out than normal today.
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Just taken a 4½ minute video of the puppy so I'm gonna upload that to YouTube while I take my morning five pills.
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That's the five morning pills down the hatch now, so time to code and upload the video html.
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That's the video up now  😊
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Got another 4 minute video of the puppy, so just uploading it to YouTube then I'll code and upload that one too.
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Second photo of the day is up now... she's actually looking at the camera/phone in this photo, for a change❗  🀣
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That's the Calcium taken... we're having mini meat-free sausage rolls and Steve's trying a new way of doing new potato's that he found online last night... apparently they should be crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside.  Neither of us have ever tried doing them like that before, but if it works it'll be a good way to get more veggies into us.  I'll try and remember to let you all know when we've tried them  πŸ˜ƒ
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The potato's were nowhere near crispy, but still tasted better than they do boiled, so we'll have them like that again.
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Seen the in-progress, main part of Steve's birthday pressie and it's looking soooo good.  The colours have been changed to make it clearer, but it's gorgeous already❗

Gonna order the second part to go with it as soon as I find it on Amazon.
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OK, think I've found the second part... just hope it's the right size and does the first part justice❗
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Got the approval of the creator that it'll work well with what they are creating so I'll go and order it now.
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OK, ordered.  Gonna be here on Monday, so I hope it doesn't come while we're both out of the house 😟  It'll only be for about an hour so I'm hoping it doesn't come then❗  It's gonna be huuuuuge, so I hope it fits up the stairs so that I can keep it safely tucked away in the bedroom while I wait for the first part to arrive lol
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Off to πŸ›Œ beddy-byes πŸ›Œ now.

Nite nite orl πŸŒ›... sea ewe in the morning.
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Friday 20 September 2019

Friday 20th September 2019

Mornin' again all.

Just taken me 5 morning pills.  They all went down nice and easily, so hopefully that means that today will be good too.

Worked out that I'll be left with £4 in my account by the end of September, so I'm gonna have to be very tight during October.  Thankfully I've already paid for Steve's pressie, so only got to find something for Chris now and still haven't got a clue what to get him❗
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That's the puppy's vet bill paid... pennies off £160 rather than "just over £150" that Steve told me last night, so it's a good job I'm paid on Monday❗  Monday's money will cover 4 weeks groceries then my next pay day will cover October's bills.  I'll be covering my FILs birthday gift too because Steve's just said "we're not bothering with birthday gifts any more" so it'll just be from me and Mitzi then❗
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Just checked my bank balance and I've been paid JSA today instead of ESA on Monday❗  Hope they haven't moved me onto JSA 'cos there's no way I can work 😟 so I hope it's just a cock-up and someone has hit the wrong key❗  Gonna call the benefits bods to see what's going on... BRB
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Just finished the call.  Apparently there's nothing to worry about and I'm definitely still on ESA, they just paid an "immediate, same day payment" today rather than risking it being late.  When that happens, the payment goes through as JSA rather than ESA so I can now stop worrying 😌
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Just taken me Calcium, so only three more pills to take tonight and thats me sorted again.
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Pazza Bake for lunch today... droooool!
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THE PUPPY'S HOME AGAIN❕❕❕❕❕

Such a relief to have her back again... the house is already flooding with love again - the smallest member of the family with the huuuugest personality❗

Just read the new instructions and she's not home permanently yet but as long as we get her for long weekends then that's fine by me... we have to do what's best for the puppy and if that means we only get Mitzi for long weekends then that's what she needs right now.
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We had pazza bake for lunch today and we'll have pazza and sauce tomorrow... yay!
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Haven't done much this afternoon, just been admiring our puppy dog.  Haven't managed to get a photo of her yet 'cos she's been in her bed the whole time, snoring away, bless 'er.
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Steve's found a way to crisp up new potato's so we'll have those and mini veggie rolls tomorrow for lunch, instead of the pasta and sauce.
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Just taken a photo of the puppy!  First one of the day!  Gonna code and upload it now... BRB
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Two photo's and a video are now up on the first page (or on the 2019 page if you are reading this after the end of the month lol)
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Off to πŸ›Œ now.  Nite nite orl πŸ˜΄πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€.
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Thursday 19 September 2019

Thursday 19th September 2019

Mornin' all.

Virus scan finished in the early hours and shut my machine down, so time for back-ups now.  Helen sent a video and photo of the puppy last night, which Steve says he sent on to me, so as soon as the back-ups have finished I'll check my email to save them then code and upload them.  The puppy is going in to the vet with Helen today for a weight check, blood test for her thyroid and a skin scraping to make sure the skin infection has buggared off completely.  It'll prolly be expensive, but she's sooo worth it❗
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That's most of the directory backed up, just waiting for the documents folder to finish now then that's it for another week.  Gonna take my 5 morning pills while I'm waiting I reckon.
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All 5 pills swallowed nice and easily again... does that mean that today will be a good day❓  I certainly hope so❗
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Back-ups finished the very first time this morning❗❕❗  No restarts or stress or anything❗❕  So far so good with today going well 🀣

Time to check my email so that I can put the video and photo up on my site.
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It's up on my site and sorted out now.
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Just been invited for the Pneumoccal (sp??) vaccination.  I'm thinking I'll go for it and I'm hoping that the nurse can do it in the same appointment as my blood tests for Brad.  Either way is totally fine and dandy, it just seems pointless taking up another appointment while I'm already there is all.
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Sweet 'n' sour Quorn pieces with rice for lunch... yummy scrummy in my tummy again.  Steve said he used our usual (as opposed to Basics) sauce and it is definitely worth paying that little bit extra for that 'cos it tastes much better, coats the rice and doesn't slide off it.  I'm usually a penny pincher, especially on our tight weekly grocery budget, but things like that are worth paying a few pennies more for.
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Asked Steve to help me start to tidy up the side in the kitchen a bit today and he's given his usual "we'll see" in reply, which usually means it'll be left up to me again... I'm just not tall enough to reach over his perching stool though!  😞  It only needs to be done every couple of months or so, and when we've got rid of it, it'll be so much easier to stay on top of it.
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I was wrong.  By the time I came out of the bathroom to dry my hands on the towel, Steve had made a good start on clearing off the side all by himself!  πŸ’  Thank you soooo much, Steve 😍😘

We've already got a bread machine, so that'll be the first thing to move across so that we can have scrummy, warm, fresh bread again πŸ˜‹.  We're gonna set up the food processor too, then hopefully the ice cream maker and finally the pasta maker, but that's tiny so hopefully it'll just slot into place between everything else.
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Got an appointment for the Pneumonia jab on 7th October - good job I checked 'cos Wednesday's appointment is with the phlebotomist so she can only take blood out, not put things into me.  Assuming that goes OK though, I'll take up the flu jab if I'm offered it too.
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The puppy is almost perfect medically now... she now weighs 7.3kg instead of 11.9kg when she was last weighed, so she's underweight now. Her skin is good but still needs regular baths to keep on top of it, they are reducing her thyroid medication because the previous dose was making her thyroid too active and she's got messy ears again but she's doing so much better than she was 2 months ago! The bill is a hefty £150 so things are gonna be tight for a while, but the puppy is so worth it❗
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I've taken me three nightly pills so I'm gonna publish this then head to bed.

Nite nite orl.  πŸ’€
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Wednesday 18 September 2019

Wednesday 18th September 2019

Mornin' all.

Virus scan is hopefully underway the first time this week!  Time to take my first pills of the day... mornings are always the most pills in one go (5), lunchtime just the one, then three in the evening.
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Facebook seems to have made some changes overnight... my list of friends on the right hand side has disappeared for some reason.  Don't like things suddenly changing on me πŸ˜•.
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Time for me morning dose of pills before I forget again πŸ™„
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They all went down nice and easily again, so hopefully that means another good day today❓❗
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A lot has happened online today... especially possibly making at least one new friend on Facebook, so I haven't been able to update my blog and I'm off to beddy-byes now.  Nite nite orl!  πŸ˜΄πŸ’€
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Tuesday 17 September 2019

Tuesday 17th September 2019

Mornin' all.

Steve's just given the puppy her thyroid pill, so time for walkies now, then I'll feed her.
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Normal length walk today and she gobbled down her food so time for me to take me supplements now.  BRB
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Got a video to code and upload of our baby girl today... wanna take me supplements first, before I forget though❗
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That's me five morning pills taken.  Not as good as the last couple of days but not the worst either, so hopefully today will be an OK day as opposed to a bad day.
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The video and two photo's are now up on my first page, until the end of September when I'll move them to Mitzi's 2019 page.
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Just taken another couple of photo's of the puppy.  In her bed this time.
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The puppy is being picked up between 11.30am and 12.30pm today... means I've got just over an hour left with her before she leaves us for the rest of the week 😒
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I'm thinking I'll definitely need an extra 5 HTP when the puppy leaves today... my mood has already significantly dropped just with knowing that she's going this morning!  😟
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Got a 6 minute video of the puppy dog currently uploading to YouTube!!  It will hopefully keep me going until the weekend... definitely the longest video ever, not only of the puppy but of me and Steve too❗
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The puppy's just gone❗❗  😭
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Burjers for lunch today, as is our routine now, so that the buns don't go stale. Zoop for lunch tomorrow 'cos of the virus scan... that's our routine too.  We're pondering on getting some squeezy mayonnaise to go with our burgers instead of the tomato or brown sauce.  Just gotta remember to do it now❗
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That's the mayo added, along with lettuce and tomatos to hopefully add a bit of moisture to our burgers... slowly but surely we are improving our diet and therefore our health, so proud of us.
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Done the basics of the next three weeks' shopping, so that's one less thing for us to do on a Tuesday now.  Gonna hopefully get Steve to move my blood test appointment from Monday to Wednesday so that we don't get too stressed out on Sunday and we can take our time getting Patrick sorted on Wednesday instead which will do wonders for my anxiety about the puppy running off through the open door.  Still got an appointment on Monday afternoon but that's OK, it's just one less thing to worry about is all.
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Clearing the cache's of my two browsers, in preparation for tomorrow's virus scan and Steve's moved the blood test appointment to the Wednesday just after lunch, so I'll get Patrick sorted out and slooowly make my way down there after I've had me lunch.
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Need to add decaf tea and coffee to one of the orders... they are all under £50 and we're not denying ourselves anything either, which is awesome.
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That's the tea and coffee added.  Just under £50 now, but that's OK 'cos it's our weekly budget.

Time for me prescriptions now though.
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They all went down OK, thankfully, so I can head to bed as soon as I start getting tired now.
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Just started yawning, surprisingly soon after taking my pills, so maybe this morning's walk with the puppy tired me out more than I thought❓  Either way, I'm off to bed πŸ›Œ now.

Nite nite orl!  πŸ’€
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Monday 16 September 2019

Monday 16th September 2019

Mornin' all!

Time to take the puppy for her morning stroll.  It's Monday so time for the weekly long one today.
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Same as usual length.  The puppy was pondering on walking further, but decided against it so I'll go and feed her now.
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Puppy's been fed, so time for my morning pills now.
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They all went down amazingly easily this morning!  Hopefully that means that today will be a good day❗
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Next Monday is gonna be soo busy lol  Got the blood test that Brad wanted at 11am then I'll come home, have me lunch and go back for a follow-up for me OAB at 3pm then come home for a couple of hours then it's time for the shopping to come... all go next week lol  That'll hopefully be it for a while then though.
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Even the Calcium went down reasonably easily today!  So far so good with today going well!

Gonna set up the charging of Patrick now, before I forget and get stranded half way down to the appointment a week today  😜
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Set up a reminder for Saturday instead... Steve doesn't want to get stressed out with setting it all up then having to stop it when the shopping comes tonight.  It's an all day event, so hopefully it'll remind me as soon as I start my email programme 🀞!
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Just bought another fitness tracker.  It was only £4.50 so if it stops working after 3 months like the original one, it's no great shakes.  Need to remember to find the original spreadsheet again lol
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Off to beddy-byes now πŸ›Œ.  Nite nite orl❗
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Sunday 15 September 2019

Sunday 15th September 2019

Mornin' all!

The puppy has already been for a poo this morning, so my anxiety can rest easy on our stroll this morning.

Time to take my 5 morning pills then I'll take the puppy out.
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OAB pill and supplements went down nice and easily this morning, so hopefully that's an indication that the rest of the day is going to be good too❓  I certainly hope so❗

Time to take the puppy for her walk now... BBS❗
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She was a very good girl on our walk this morning.  Met a neighbour and his family (twin girls and a toddler) as well as a neighbour on the other side too.

We've done really well with our rubbish this week though... one black plastic bags and two Sainsbury's bags, Steve put some Amazon boxes into the blue cardboard bag, a tiny bit of food waste and I put literally 3 bottles and a bag of Sainsbury's bags into the recycling.  Very little waste at all this week❗
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Steve filled another bin bag with rubbish while he was waiting for our lunch to cook so I took that out... the rubbish bag is looking more normally filled now 🀣
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Cautiously got the beach ball and took it back next door.  The man was lovely, and explained that his children enjoyed seeing how high up they could throw the ball and it accidentally came over the wall.  Nowt wrong with that at all... they are kids fer flip's sake.  Games and learning to throw and catch as well as challenging themselves is all part of childhood❗
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Yummy scrummy in my tummy... simple chips and baked beans, but there's no need to be fancy - as long as it's cooked, there's nowt wrong with simple!  Pazza and sauce next week at some point 'cos we've got about 3½kg of pasta and "gallons" of sauce according to Steve.  Another simple meal but there ain't nowt wrong with that at all❗
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Been trying to get on top of my surveys today... didn't manage to even scratch the surface❗ 🀣
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Just taken me 3 prescriptions and Steve's made me another hot honey and lemon, so as I've drained that I'm gonna head to bed... hopefully by 8pm πŸ•— so that I can have an early night tonight.
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Finished the honey and lemon (couldn't taste the honey at all this time though), so I'm off to bed πŸ›Œ now. 

Nite nite orl!  πŸŒ›
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Saturday 14 September 2019

Saturday 14th September 2019

Mornin' all.

Steve's just heard from his sister that our nephew isn't going over until the afternoon now.  Steve's still going over this morning and I doubt he'll be back until the evening.  That means he will have spent longer with his family in one day that I did with my mum at my father's funeral and half of the first trip over with the puppy, combine that with seeing his sister on Monday and his father on Friday and that's the same amount of visits and time in 6 days as I've seen my mum since the end of June/beginning of July 2010
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I've asked Steve to ask his sister about taking the branches to put in their garden burner but I bet he'll forget, just like he keeps forgetting to phone the Benefits Agency about the 5 HTP.
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That's me 5 morning pills taken.  The B12 misbehaved this morning, but the other 4 were fine.
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The puppy's coming home today until Tuesday❗❕❗  Yaaaaaay❗❕❗  Can't wait❗
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Steve left to see his family at 10.25am.  If he's back by 3.25pm he will have spent the same amount of time with his family as I did with my mum at my father's funeral... if he's there until 7pm you can add the first visit with Mitzi to it, plus the 3 hours he spent with his sister on Monday and his dad on Friday will take it to the 11 hours I've spent with my mum since the Summer of 2010 in 6 days.

Bet he won't ask his sister about taking the branches back with her on Monday either, like he's been promising to do for exactly 2 weeks now.
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My posture correcter belt has just arrived so I'm gonna put it on now!  😊
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It's on now and I'm thinking I should have got the medium instead of large, but it's too late now❗ 🀣
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I was wrong.  The large *is* the right size, it just isn't as tight as I was thinking is all.  Taken 3 hours to realise that though 🀣
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Just taken me Calcium, so just the three prescriptions tonight now.
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Steve's just heard from Helen... she's going to bring the puppy back after tea, so I'll be all alone, again, until then and Steve doesn't seem to give a flying fig❗
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Steve's been at his parents' house for the same as I spent with my mum at my father's funeral, plus the three hours on Monday and yesterday takes it to 8 hours and just needs to be another 3½ hours with Steve's family before he's spent as much time with his family in less than a week as I have with my mum in over 9 years.
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An hour and a half (be an hour by the time he gets home) short of a years worth of time that Steve's spent with his family in under a week, compared to 9 years and 1 month since I last saw my mum.  Not a happy bunny at all  😑
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THE PUPPY'S HOME❕❕❕  YAAAAAAAAY❕❕❕
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She's been home for just over an hour and a half and I've already taken four video's and a photo of her❗  She's worth it though❗
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As predicted, despite a reminder before he left the house and a texted reminder, Steve forgot to ask Marie about taking the branches with her on Monday.  Doubt he'll remember to phone the Benefits Agency for me on Monday too.  He wants credit for being my carer but does bugger all to earn that title❗
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Taken my prescriptions and added the third and fourth video of the day to my homepage (or to her own page if you are reading this after the end of September lol).

Gonna finish my honey and lemon then head to bed I reckon.
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Righty-o, I'm off to beddy-byes now then.

Nite nite orl πŸ˜΄πŸ’€
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OK,

Friday 13 September 2019

Friday 13th September 2019

Morning all.

First off, time for my morning dose of pills... need to eat something to line my stomach for the OAB pill first though.
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Just had a banana, so time for me pills now.
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They all went down amazingly easily this morning❗  I'm hoping that's a good sign for today going well for me.
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Just taken the Calcium... that went down easily too, so maybe today is gonna be a rare good day for me❓  I certainly hope so❗  Maybe Gaia and the Green Man are in a good mood today or something❓
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Not going to the in-laws tomorrow 'cos the puppy is due home at some point in the afternoon and I don't want Helen to have a wasted trip with neither of us being here, so I'm gonna stay here and wait for her and Steve's going to see his family for the third time in 6 days, which is the same amount that I've seen my mum since June 2010 (once at my father's funeral, and twice since rehoming the puppy)❗  Hardly fair, is it❓❓
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Gonna head to bed now.  Nite nite orl πŸ’€.
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Thursday 12 September 2019

Thursday 12th September 2019

Mornin' all 🌞.

Virus scan finished off and shut down my laptop again overnight, so I assume it didn't find any nasties on my laptop πŸ‘.  Time to do the backups now.
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Documents failed πŸ‘Ž for some reason, but the rest of the backups finished, so I'm gonna go for a wee and restart the documents backup now πŸ‘Œ.

BBS❗
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Documents started again πŸ‘, so I'm gonna take me morning pills while it starts off then take it from there... says it'll take "more than a day" atm so it'll really take about an hour or so, assuming it keeps working this time.
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Taken me supplements, all 5 of 'em, so I'm rattling every time I move now❗ πŸ˜ƒ
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The documents backup is at 48% and 4 minutes to go, so waaaay less than the day that it originally told me lol
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57% and an hour and 50 minutes now... it's all over the place❗  lol  Not complaining though❗ lol
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65% and 3 minutes 30 seconds now lol
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It's changed its mind again... still at 65% but it's now saying 4 hours 45 minutes lol
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Steve's prescription has just come to the door and Steve slept through it, so I had to answer the door and the lead became disconnected, so I'm having to start the backing up for the third time this morning.  Not happy 😠.
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74% now so nearly there now... just hope no-one comes to the door and I don't need a wee again before it finishes lol
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The backup's have finito now so I'm sorted for the next 7 days.  I can stretch my leg out now, for the first time today - my knee will appreciate that.  It's only taken 4½ hours to get it finished this week.
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I'm having strawberry jam sandwiches for my lunch today 'cos Steve hasn't got the energy to cook today... appparently he was still awake at 4am!  😲
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Just had the yummy scrummy in my tummy sarnies and taken the Calcium, so that's me sorted until bedtime now... just 3 more of my 9 daily pills left to take now.
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That's the review of the 5 HTP on Simply Supplements, here on my blog and I'll upload it to my site as soon as my FTP programme opens up.
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It's up on my site now.  Blogger threw a mini strop on me, but a hard refresh of this (the post writing) page and it was all hunky dorey again.
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Just dosed myself with my prescriptions, so just waiting for them to kick in now, so that I can head to bed.
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Not tired yet, but I'm gonna head to bed as soon as I've finished my cuppa, so I'll say nite nite orl πŸŒ› now 😴
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Review: Simply Supplements 5 HTP

These are amazing pills which work within a couple of minutes from the very first one!  If you've never taken these before or you've missed a day or so then you might find you need two pills just for that first day but I've taken one a day for four days now and they are already working a lot better than the anti-depressant I had previously taken for 17 years.

So why am I knocking a star off if they are so great?

Purely because of the price.  If you take one a day then it's almost £90 a year just for this one supplement which is more than a *years* supply of my other four supplements combined even taking one a day!  If you take the maximum dose of three a day it's only 20 days supply for almost £15 which is even worse!

If the price was halved or the amount of pills doubled then I would have no hesitation awarding the full five stars, but right now it's just way too expensive.

I'll keep on buying them 'cos they work fantastically, but they just aren't as good value for money as the majority of the supplements on the site.

My CPN recommended them and said that they were the pre-cursor to anti-depressants and I can see why.  If you need a quick low mood pick-me-up then definitely try these, especially if, like me, you suffer at the hands of SAD, but please check with your medical bod first just to be sure that they won't interact with any of your other meds.

Keep up the great work, Simply Supplements!

Wednesday 11 September 2019

Wednesday 11th September 2019

Mornin' all.

Well, the cold season is underway now then.  As is normal for me I got almost 3 weeks without sneezing or sniffing or runny eyes from hayfever before my body decided to start with the cold season.  I'll have colds pretty much one after the other between now and March, have maybe a week or two if I'm very lucky, recovering, then the hayfever will start up again.  Just like every flippin' year.  Might experiment with vitamin C, but do I really want to take 10 pills a day if there's no guarantee it'll help❓  I need all 9 of my current pills and if my body needs the C then I'll take it, but if it doesn't work then what's the point❓
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Steve suggested fresh lemon and runny honey which worked last year so I'm gonna give that a go.  He's said he'll ask his mum to get them for me when she does her top-up shop today then he'll hopefully bring them home with him on Friday after his medical appointment.

I'd totally forgotten about that and would love to treat all this season's cold's the natural way instead of taking more pills or manufactured things that don't always work❗

Time for me supplements now though.
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That's me five morning pills swallowed.  The Multi misbehaved this morning, but other than that it was all fine and dandy.
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Nectar's sorted at last... only taken 24 hours lol

Got £72 worth of Nectar points so gonna use them for Christmas food... Taste the Difference as opposed to Basics lol  Gonna start looking for gifts for my mum, Steve's family, C and D today so that I can slowly start buying πŸ’° and wrapping them up 🎁.
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Third time lucky with the virus scan!  First time I needed to reboot for some reason that I can't remember, the second time because I wasn't protected, but the third time is working now... I'd completely forgotten about it again so I'm gonna put a reminder in my email programme to see if AVG needs to restart my laptop and remind me that it's virus scan day so that I don't need to remember that either.
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Didn't think I could love Simply Supplements any more, but I emailed them last night about maybe having a chewable, vegan Calcium and also the same for 5 HTP.  Wasn't expecting much, but I had a lovely email from them at 11.27am (19ish hours after I sent the email) saying that they'll pass my feedback on for future consideration❗  If it happens at any point in future, they'll be the perfect supplements company and you won't be able to shut me up about them❗❗ 

If you're in the UK (dunno about the rest of the world) and you are looking for a fantastic supplement supplier who make everything sooo easy then definitely go with Simply Supplements❗  They are the only UK company I've found on the entire internet so far who provide supplements that are not only suitable for vegetarians but also don't have lactose either - they make it sooo easy to find the right supplement for your body's needs❗  Their prices are awesome too - a year's supply of 4 supplements for £75... you'd spend at least that much on a couple of months supply elsewhere❗

Keep up the fantastic work, Simply Supplements, and I'll keep on making you my first port of call for all my future vitamin and supplement needs❗
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That's the Calcium taken, so just my prescriptions this evening now.
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Just had the zoop for lunch so just waiting for the airtight boxes to be delivered then that's it for the day.
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Steve's having a banana so I'm gonna have one of the apples... I can almost guarantee that'll make the delivery turn up lol
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Yep, 2½ bites into the apple and the delivery driver drove into the road lol  The box it's come in is a lot smaller than I was thinking so I hope I haven't wasted me money❗
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Just opened the box (Steve collapsed it ready to go into the recycling - thank you Steve) - and they are about the right size, just not as deep as I was thinking.  They will hopefully be OK, just shallower than I was thinking is all.
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Just taken me 3 evening pills and they are kicking in already, so I'm gonna publish this and head to bed for an early night... nite nite orl❗  πŸ˜΄πŸ’€
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Tuesday 10 September 2019

Tuesday 10th September 2019

Mornin' all πŸ•£

Missing our puppy more than usual - the love in the house has dried up again and that's it until Friday too  😞  It's the same every week so I dunno why today is so much harder than normal  πŸ˜”

Hopefully the 5 HTP will improve my mood though, like it did yesterday❓  Let's see.
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Just taken me supplements and yeppers, the 5 HTP is already lifting my mood.  I still miss the puppy dog, but my mood isn't so low any more.  Gonna try taking two a day - one in the morning with my supplements (like I've just done) to lift my mood until after lunch then the second one with the Calcium after lunch.  As long as it keeps working like this, it's gonna become my go-to for SAD and I might keep a box in the drawer next to me to help with particularly bad days during the rest of the year.
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My stomach (as in the internal organ) has definitely shrunk in the last month 'cos last week I couldn't finish half the burgers and I'm gonna struggle with even half this week too, but a month or so ago they all went down a treat❗  Steve's gonna have the other half of my burger patties as well as his own 5 'cos apparently they really shrink as they cook, so that there's no waste.

Need to look for some clip-lock tubs for left-over food so that we waste even less.  Steve's mum recommended Amazon so I'm gonna go and have a look now.
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Found these that I'm pondering on getting - any thoughts or opinions❓  Please❓
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Just taken the Calcium and don't feel I need the 5 HTP yet, so maybe I can get by on just one pill a day?  It seemed to have worn off by early evening yesterday so I was thinking I'd need two today but I've been wrong so far... maybe it really is like the B12 and it just needs to build up then it's one pill a day that lasts until the next day?  I've got a B12 spray in my neck bag just in case I need it, but I've barely touched it since I bought it at the end of last year 'cos I get the amount my body needs from the combination of the Multi and specific B12 pills every morning.

Already got my next supply ready for when I've finished the current set but I've got chewable B12 in that one, so I'll see what it's like... it's the Calcium and 5HTP that I need to be chewable because of their size though lol  Something to think about maybe, Simply Supplements❓  I honestly don't mind crunching them up because they are capsule shape and size, which I've always struggled with, but that's not what they were made for.

I've used 'em for 20 years and wouldn't go anywhere else now❗  If you've never ordered from Simply Supplements and want 10% off your first order, just pop my name (Amanda George) and email address (amanda.k.george@googlemail.com) into the "sent by a friend?" box at the checkout et voila❗
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Just emailed them so we'll see what happens in future❗
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A reminder has just popped up on my phone to take my prescription, so I'll do that now before I forget.  Hold on...
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OK, all three went down nice and easily tonight.

Want another earlyish night tonight so prolly be publishing this and heading to bed soon.
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Thank flip for the reminder I set up in my email programme... I'd completely forgotten about tomorrow's full computer virus scan❗  Clearing both browser caches now then I'm off to bed I reckon.
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Righty-oh, I'm off to beddy-byes πŸ›Œ.

Nite nite orl πŸŒ›.
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Monday 9 September 2019

Monday 9th September 2019

Mornin' all❗

The puppy impressed me when I fed her this morning... she sat and waited without me putting pressure on her bum❗  How awesome is that❓❗  It took a few times of me repeating "sit" so we need to work on that, but she did it❗❗  So proud of you puppy❗
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Steve's just made me a mug of coffee... still can't tell the difference in flavours lol  Thank you Steve❗
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Time for me morning OAB pill and 3 supplements now, then I've got a photo of the puppy to put on my homepage.
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That's me dosed up until lunchtime now, just got my Calcium to take after lunch then me 3 evening prescriptions and that's me done for another day.
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The 5 HTP has just arrived so I'm gonna read the information leaflet and take the first one.  Keep yer 🀞 for me that they work❗
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There wasn't an information leaflet, just like there haven't been with any of my other supplements - d'oh!  lol  Just crunched up the first one 'cos, like the Calcium, it's too big for me to swallow whole and it tasted gross but if it eases the SAD this year then I'll put up with it.

Gonna take the 5 HTP when I take the Calcium now.  It's 9 pills a day but my body needs every one of them so I'll take as many as I need to give my body whatever it needs to function❗
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Just taken the Calcium.  The crunched up crumbs went down pretty easily but me lunch is almost ready to be dished up 🍴, so I'm gonna put my laptop on the floor so that I can put the plate on this table.

BBS❗
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That lunch was definitely one of Steve's best... just enough and the Italian seasoning added something that we didn't even realise was missing❗
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The puppy's just gone back with Steve's cousin (thank you Helen❗) and I'm missing her already  😭
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Just added three more terrible jokes to my humour page... sorry!

I'm off to bed πŸ›Œ now.  Nite nite orl❗ 😴
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Sunday 8 September 2019

Sunday 8th September 2019

That's the puppy walked and fed.  Steve dosed her up before I even came downstairs lol
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Got a few photo's of the puppy to put up on my homepage, but Steve wants to do the rubbish and recycling first, which is fine by me❗
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There's very little rubbish, recycling or food waste this week, so I've asked Steve about sorting out the butterfly bush and putting that in too.  He's agreed, but "later" so I hope it really does happen!  Might as well make the most of having room in the rubbish bag to get rid of it 'cos it doesn't happen very often❗
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Gonna take me supplements then try and find the strong black bags in preparation for our gardening later on.  I'm motivated to do it now that we've made a start.
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Supplements taken, so I'll do the photo's then hopefully do the butterfly bush before lunch 'cos I can already feel my motivation draining away  😟
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That's the photo's and spreadsheet done and dusted and my motivation is pretty much zero, so it's now or never with the butterfly bush.  Doubt Steve'll help me, but if I don't do it now then I won't have any motivation at all❗
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That's the butterfly bush from right in front of the back door snapped off and on the ground now, so I just need Steve to hold the bin bag open for me to put them in, then we can snap the branches that we did a few weeks ago then that's it sorted for a while.

I'm happy to wait for Steve to help me now though, assuming that's before it gets dark outside so that I can see what I'm doing.
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 We're having zoop for lunch and Steve's just said "maybe after the Grand Prix" for the garden.  Fine by me!  All he has to do is stand there holding the bag open while I put the garden rubbish in it, just like we do with the puppy's poo.  I'm happy to do all the hard work (again), I just don't want the bag to blow away in the wind is all.
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Steve's just helped to clear up today's gardening bits❗  Yaaaaay❗❗  Just got the original branches to get rid of now then that's it❗  I can stop going on about it now and Steve can watch the Grand Prix in peace.  We've got a pretty full rubbish bag now and a half full recycling box so that's good going for a week❗
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Just taken me evening 3 prescriptions and I want an early night tonight so I'm gonna shut down and head to bed soon I reckon.
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I'm off to beddy-byes πŸ› now.  Nite nite orl πŸŒ›.
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Saturday 7 September 2019

Saturday 7th September 2019

Mornin' all.

Taken a short video of the puppy so I'll take me supplements while I'm waiting for it to upload.
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Supplements taken, so time to do the site stuff with the video.
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Puppy walked and fed and Steve's given the morning dose of her pill so time for the admin on my site with the video now❗
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Aaaand it's all done, so dunno what I'm gonna do with the rest of the morning now lol
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Sweet 'n' sour Quorn bits and rice for lunch today, to try out the new sauce... hope it's better than the last one we had❗❗
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Gonna try and remember to put more icons within each blog post like the ❗ and ❓ and using 3 ➰'s to divide each section of the blog post up like up there ^^^ so that it's not just black text on a white background which can get very boring after a while❗  Lemme know, in the comments, what you think❓  You can be as anonymous as you want, I just want to make my blog posts more interesting for my readers is all.
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Curry rather than sweet 'n' sour for lunch today which is fine by me  πŸ˜‹
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We've just agreed that Jalfrezzi curries are the hottest we can both eat - any spicier and it would just be too much and we wouldn't be able to have more than a few forkfuls no matter how hungry we were.

Taken me Calcium and my mouth is pretty much back to normal, heat-wise now.  There will be a lot of noises this afternoon lol
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Just taken a video of the sleepy puppy before she moved behind Steve's leg lol
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Video is up on the site now and the puppy has gone to her bed 'cos she knows I struggle to get photo's and video's of her while she's in there lol
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Got another few photo's and another video of our baby girl to put up on my site now... BBS❗
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They are all up on the index page now... go and have a peek❗❓
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Another photo of the puppy with Steve... just gotta wait for the email to come through then I can do the admin on my homepage.
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Taken my prescription and I'll shut down as soon I start getting sleepy again... was asleep until 7am this morning, which is so totally awesome❗
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What have you thought about todays blog post with the tiny graphics instead of just constant text like usual❓  Leave me a comment and let me know❓  Please❓  If you don't want to give me your name, just your initial is fine by me❗  πŸ˜ƒ
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Starting to get sleepy now, so I'm off to bed πŸ›.

Nite nite orl πŸ’€.
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Friday 6 September 2019

Friday 6th September 2019

The puppy's coming home in a few short hours πŸ’“πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ’– Yaaaay!! 😍
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Supplements taken.  Nice and easily this morning, thankfully.
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Steve's just agreed, in theory, to help me sort out the kitchen so that we can put the food processor and ice cream maker onto the side so that we can use them.  The ice cream maker is more important to me 'cos it means I'll be able to have ice cream again.  I just hope it still works 'cos I bought it almost 4 years ago and it's still boxed and hasn't moved lol  We've got a bread machine too that I'd love for us to start using again.  Nothing better than soft, warm, fresh bread!
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The puppy's home at last!  20 hours earlier than usual, but SHE'S HOME!!!!! 😁

Already taken a photo of the puppy in her bed so it's time for the site admin to get it uploaded now!
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OK, that's the index page sorted now, so time for the daily dose of Calcium now.
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That's me dosed up until this evening now and the house feels full of love again... she's the smallest member of the house but I really feel it on the days she's not here.
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Another video of the puppy dog currently being uploaded.  When that's sorted I'll put it up on my site.
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The third video is coded and uploaded now.
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Taken another photo of the puppy, so I'll sort that out when I've fed her and Steve's medicated her.
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Poor puppy was starvey 'ungy!  She started eating her food right out of the tub, before it even hit her bowl!

Steve's given her the thyroid pill so time to put the photo up now.
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Just taken another photo of her so I'll code and upload both at the same time 😍.
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Off to beddy-byes now.  Talk to you all again tomorrow.

Nite nite orl.
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Thursday 5 September 2019

Thursday 5th September 2019

Mornin' all.

Was wide awake before 6am again this morning, tsk.
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Almost forgot about my backups❕  They are underway now though and I've changed the reminder in my email programme from 6Pm to 5Am now, so hopefully I'll be reminded as soon as I boot up next week lol
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Having my second and potentially last caffeinated treat of the week now... had a mug of caffeinated tea in celebration after seeing Brad yesterday and Steve's just made a cafetierre of coffee for us both, so no more caffeine until Monday at the earliest now❕
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The backups have finished now... second time lucky and pretty unstressful this week.  The first time I tried to do it was totally my fault for putting the external hard drive on the sofa instead of on the floor under the table.
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All me morning pills have been swallowed now so I'm dosed up until early afternoon now, when I take the Calcium then that's it until my 3 prescriptions this evening.  Out of the three doses, it's the morning ones that are hardest to swallow for some reason... maybe because my throat has only had liquid down it until I have the pre-OAB pill pie or chocolate or biscuit or fruit or whatever, but by lunchtime it's relaxed❓❓
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Already had two portions of my five a day 'cos I had a banana and apple soon after I came down and I'm hoping I'll finally get my pasta and meatballs for lunch today lol
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We're having the meatballs and pasta at last!  7 days (including yesterdays soup that we always have on a Wednesday because of my virus scan) after Steve first suggested it.  YAAAY!!!

I've also taken off all 6 rings because they are all way too big for my fingers now, even with the ring adjusters on them, so I don't want to risk them dropping off my fingers and losing them like I did with one of 'em about 18 months back.  Means I'm losing weight though, so as soon as my weight settles down into my natural size 10 and my fingers shrink back to their normal size too, I'll get all the rings readjusted professionally.  It'll prolly be at least another year but the end is in sight now! 

I'm literally half the size I was when I came out of hospital back in 2003 (size 28 back then, size 14 atm) and I'm not on a fad diet, just eating sensibly and taking the puppy for a stroll every day that she's with us.  Steve's gone down a size around his waist too, purely 'cos we aren't having at least one take-away every day like we were until the start of this year, we are eating home-cooked food that costs less for a week's groceries than we were paying for 3 days take-aways last year and that's without doing any kind of exercise other than going to the end of the street to get in the car for medical appointments and me walking the pup every morning.  Steve joins us occasionally (he did the entire week with us before I had my ultrasound) but neither of us do anything other than walking and the only time we break a sweat is when the weather outside is hot, so it really is having a much healthier diet that we are losing weight with!

We're taking things very very slowly and creating new, healthier lifestyle habits that will hopefully be with us for the rest of our lives now.  It definitely helped having those bribes for the first couple of months, but Steve said recently that he genuinely doesn't need even that any more.
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We've had the pazza and meatballs at last❗❗

"There's still a few spoonfuls of pasta left in the saucepan" says Steve, but we are both totally stuffed so it'll go to waste, but even a few months ago he'd have cooked the same amount and it'd barely fill us up, so I think our stomachs (as in the internal organ) have started shrinking which is awesome.  We're on the right path now, we just have to hope that Steve's motivation to cook for us keeps going now that he's doing it regularly.  If he regularly starts relying on take-aways again then I'll start up the bribary (with 2kg of fudge to start with) again 'cos it's worked these last few months so hopefully it'll be the same if we regularly go back to take-aways again.  I'll still reward him every now and then to keep him motivated, but it won't be every Friday and Sunday any more after he finishes the current bribes/rewards (one Turkish Delight tomorrow and if he cooks both days of the weekend then it'll be the final one on Sunday).

So proud of you Steve❗

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That's the Calcium taken, so that's it now until bed-time.

Currently looking for temporary engagement and wedding rings just to take me through to when I've got down to my natural, healthy size for my body that will hopefully mean that my fingers have shrunk too, then I'll get a slightly more expensive set for myself.

The original engagement and wedding ring got thrown out with my Nana's antique jewellery that my father left to me in his will along with photo's, certificates, my signed school shirt, leavers messages in a book, final yeargroup photo,  unique artwork from children I worked with who are easily into their teens or even early 20's now and other sentimental things like that... basically if I wasn't wearing or using it at the in-laws then it was binned.  Still haven't forgiven the person or company who did that because they were all irreplaceable things to me and now they are lost forever  😠
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Feeling even better about my GP surgery now.  The patient satisfaction survey for every surgery in the UK has just been published and out of 6,859 surgeries, my surgery was in the mid 3,000's which I know doesn't sound very impressive, but wait until you hear where Steve's came... drum-roll please πŸ₯...

...it was in the mid 6,000's so it's not only one of the worst in Gloucestershire, but also in the entire country❗❗

My childhood GP is in the top 1000 in the country and scores above everything in each of the seven points which is so totally awesome!

So glad I changed surgeries when I did... I'm a lot happier there than I ever was with Steve's current surgery.
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The puppy's coming home for an extra half a day and night... she's coming home tomorrow lunchtime and being picked up again at some point on Monday... yaaaaaaay!!!
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Taken me three prescriptions and I'm hoping for an early night again tonight.  Very little realistic hope of it happening tonight, just like it didn't last night though lol
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I'm going to bed... I've just come over slightly sleepy so I'm gonna make the most of it while it lasts!

Nite nite orl!
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Wednesday 4 September 2019

Wednesday 4th September 2019

Morning all.

I came down for a wee (our bathroom is downstairs) at about 3am and didn't put my glasses on... apparently I "looked like a zombie squirrel" - thanks then Steve lol

Time for me morning pills now - down to 7 pills a day now 'cos the 2mg prescription arrived yesterday so I just need to take one of them now instead of two - four in the morning, one at lunchtime and three in the evening.
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All dosed up until just after lunch now.  Time to check my emails and see how the virus scan is doing.
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The Calcium has been taken, so I've only got 3 more pills to take this evening now.
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Just got back from seeing Brad (my CPN) and asked for recommendations to see me through the SAD months.  He suggested trying 5-HTP as it's, apparently, the pre-cursor to anti-depressants so I'm gonna go and have a look for that now.

Obviously check with your medical bods before you take it, to make sure it doesn't mess with any of your current meds, don't just take my unqualified word for it, but if you struggle with SAD too, then it might be worth trying?

He's asked for blood tests of all sorts of things including my Iron, vitamin D and vitamin B12 and for the results to go back to my GP, but I already take supplements and I feel fine on them and I'm hoping the 5-HTP will see me through until next year, alongside the coconut oil that saw me through last year, but I'm feeling really positive right now!
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Just found the 5-HTP on Simply Supplements - less than £15 for 60 pills and I've got to take 1-3 tablets an hour before bed.  I'm gonna just stick with one pill a night initially, just to see what happens, but if there aren't any negative side-effects like there aren't with my current four daily supplements then I'll increase it to two as the SAD really starts to set in, at the end of September/beginning of October kinda time.

If you want a percentage off your order (I think it's 10% off your first order, but could be wrong) and you haven't already got an account with them, just look for the "referred by a friend?" link at the checkout and pop my name and email address (amanda.k.george@googlemail.com) in the box and you will hopefully get a price reduction or a refund of the amount when they've checked that it's a genuine order and that I'm a genuine customer of theirs instead of a bot or whatever.

If you've already got an account with them, you won't be able to get the money off, but if you go to Quidco first and sign up for an account (free is cool and groovy and the one that I use, but I'm pretty sure there's a premium account that you can pay for, I just don't have any experience of it) you get a certain amount of cashback from each order... it's 13% for existing customers atm, but it's subject to change at any time.  I've got over £200 cashback in my account so far, just from going via Quidco first and those few extra clicks have been so worth it for me!

Another cashback site is Top Cashback which is worth signing up for an account with too.  You can only use one or the other for each order, but it's worth signing up for both and comparing the amounts of cashback on each site before you order, but it's soo worth those few minutes at the start of each purchase.

Free money for things you were going to buy anyway is sooo worth it!
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1½ hours after ordering from Simply Supplements and it's been dispatched so I'm guessing it'll be in my hands by the weekend, which is awesome!

WTG Simply Supplements!
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That's me three evening prescriptions taken and I want an earlyish night, so I'm hoping to be in bed by 8.30pm tonight... bet I'll still be awake at 10pm and awake before 6am tomorrow though lol
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It's almost 9pm so it's a bit later than I was hoping but I'm off to bed now.

Nite nite orl.
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Tuesday 3 September 2019

Tuesday 3rd September 2019

Mornin' all

I was wrong.  I didn't wake up at 7am like I predicted, but just before 6am, so maybe that's my natural waking up time, no matter what time I take my evening pills?
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Worked out that as long as I don't spend more than £50 a week on the shopping, I'll be able to replace the money in my savings account and have £7 left over for myself.  Hardly fair is it?
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Just taken me first prescription and three of the four supplements.  Next up is the Calcium at lunchtime then me three prescriptions before bed.
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Burgers for lunch today and it'll be soup tomorrow 'cos of doing the virus scan, so hopefully we'll finally get the passa, sauce and meatballs on Thursday lol
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Just brushed me teeth.  Not the wisest of ideas when the burgers are in the oven!  lol
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Yummy burgers, just waaaaay too much so I'm gonna go and jump in the bath ready for tomorrow now.  BBS!
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Out of the bath now.  Thankfully finally finished off the stale B.O bubble bath so it's time for the new one that came yesterday... hopefully that'll smell better than the one I've just finished lol

The cold tap still won't move so the bathwater made me feel like I was sat in a oven, turned up to it's highest setting, with the door closed, during a heatwave.  Steve reckons that a mug of hot tea opens your pores or summat which helps to cool you down... can't see that happening, personally, but I'm willing to give it a go.
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That's both browser cache's cleared ready for tomorrow's virus scan and I've had two of my five daily portions of fruit... a banana then an apple - the banana's might be best left until tomorrow or even Thursday 'cos they're still a bit green on the skin and a touch hard inside but the apple was scrummy!  It helps to have them in the living room so that we can just reach down for it whenever we want to of course! lol
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That worked out nicely then!  All three prescription boxes finished tonight, so as of tomorrow they can all be requested at the same time!  Total aceness!
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Gonna shut down and head to bed now.  Got an appointment with Brad tomorrow afternoon and I bet I'll still be awake at 10pm  lol

Nite nite orl πŸ’€
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Monday 2 September 2019

Monday 2nd September 2019

Mornin' all.

Time to walk the puppy then feed her and Steve will dose her up while I dose myself up with my morning pills.
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Normal Monday length with the puppy this morning and I've got a 3 minute video of her too, so I'll code and upload that as soon as we've both taken our morning pills.
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That's us both dosed up with our morning prescriptions, so time for my supplements now.
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That's the supplements swallowed, so time for the puppy's early morning video now.
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Steve's just wasted £30 by not redeeming the bloody voucher I sent him for a couple of courses I bought for him last night that had a time limit of midnight.  He promised he would redeem it last night, but he's just admitted that he didn't and it seems to be too late to renew it now.  Always the fucking same.  He promised back in March that a piece of software and webpage would be done and dusted and ready to go "within 10 weeks" and it'd cost £1000.  It's now almost 6 months later and he hasn't even started on either of them yet as well as the running total, that I've already paid him, being £2750.  He keeps promising to work on it but seems to be more interested in watching the telly and sleeping while the telly is on!!

He's got until the end of September to get at least one of them done, or I'm going to Trading Standards about it!
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Just done the adding up, and the £1000 and 10 weeks that Steve quoted back on 27th March 2019, has, so far, actually taken 5 months and 6 days and has cost me £3,407 which is a 204% price increase and 2.5 months overdue already, without even starting yet!
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The new dose of the OAB pills have just been delivered so I've just taken the second pill of the original dose like the doc told me to do on Friday, I've got 2 more to take tonight and the final four (in 2 doses) tomorrow then it's time to start on the new pills that have just turned up... does that even make sense?  lol  Basically I've got to take the remaining 6 pills in 3 doses which takes me to tomorrow night, then start on just one pill twice a day from the new box that's just been delivered.  Hopefully this'll be the right dose for me so that I don't have to treble the original dose lol
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That's the recycling been and gone, so just waiting for the rubbish to be picked up, the puppy to go back with Steve's cousin and the shopping to come now, then that's it for another week.
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Rubbish just been picked up, so I've taken the bag through to the kitchen.  Just waiting for the puppy to be picked up and the groceries tonight now.
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Just heard about the puppy... she's being picked up after the shopping has been and gone - between 7.30-8pm so I can take her harness off and relax all afternoon now.  Or should I leave her harness on??  πŸ˜•  Steve said to leave it on so that she doesn't get in a tizzy about it this evening... means I can hopefully take more photo's and video's of the puppy today and we'll have had her for 3 days this week!  Yaaaay!!!  πŸ˜„
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Taken me Calcium and my body has gone back to expecting it now, just like with the other three supplements, which is totally OK with me... if my body is happy then I'll do pretty much whatever it needs!
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Steve's just taken a photo of the puppy on my phone so I'll code and upload that now...

OK, done.  Got a short video of the puppy to upload when my phone has finished charging up again... BBS.

Aksherly, I'm gonna try uploading it while my phone is charging... I'm pretty sure I've done that before and it was quicker to do too!
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Yet again I've bailed Steve out.  To quote him just now "just checked my bank account that I was positive couldn't go overdrawn has gone overdrawn" so I've raided my savings yet again, for the second or third month in a row to send £50 over to him to get him back in the black.  I've given him a time limit of the end of September to get both the webpage and the software finished.  Bet it won't happen though and I won't see the money either.  He's £15 in credit now and I bet he'll squander it on a podcast or YouTube series or DVD or something like that and expect me to bail him out yet again in October too.

It's always the bloody same with him 😠😑
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Our baby girl has just gone again!!  😭
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Just taken my last four pills so I'll be up at about 7am tomorrow I reckon, 'cos that's 11 hours after I took them.
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Just moved another £20 over for Steve, so that's the electricity paid totally by me come next Sunday.  I'll be struggling to pay for the groceries and bills this month now, but Steve doesn't seem to give a f**k about that.

Going to shut down and head to bed now.  Nite nite orl.  😴
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Sunday 1 September 2019

Sunday 1st September 2019

Mornin' all.

A pinch and a punch for the first of the month, and all that jazz.

I've already updated my site for the new month of puppy pictures and video's, moved August's to her permanent page and taken a photo to grace the first page again already... it's not even 7.15am yet!  lol
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I'm the only one awake so gonna do the honours with the second recycling box... BBS!
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That's the recycling and rubbish done totally by me and it was sorted before 7.30am too.  The rubbish barely covers the bottom of the bin sack this week, so I've asked Steve about filling up a bin bag with the branches from out of the back yard so that we can make the most of having so much room left in it and he said "we'll see.  I'm not doing it right now, but maybe later" which is groove and cooly by me!  I just want to get it all sorted out and having such an empty rubbish bag just seems like the ideal time is all!
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I'm trying to teach the puppy to sit and wait for her three meals and up to now I've had to put pressure on her bum to get her to sit so I was thinking I'd have to do that again this morning and I did need to do it once, but I asked her to sit again when she stood up and she did it!!!  Only for maybe a second, but she still did it without me forcing her bum down!  Such a spectacular little puppy dog!

Time to wash my hands, eat a fruit pie and take me pills now.  BBS.
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First four pills of the day taken, just the Calcium at lunchtime and me three prescriptions this evening to go now!

Time to take the puppy for our second stroll now, then I can do the spreadsheet stuff.  BBS.
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That's the puppy walked and the spreadsheet sorted so just need to do the admin on my site now then get the spreadsheet on my phone ready for next week.
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Spreadsheet sorted, coded and uploaded to my site.  Just need to do my phone now, hold on.
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OK, that's me phone sorted for next week too.  Totally discharging the battery on my laptop today too.  Apparently it'll have completely run out of power in 5 hours and 41 minutes which is about 3pm so if I suddenly disappear, that's why lol
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Chips and beans for lunch today... yummy!
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Accidentally dropped a chip on the floor before Steve came in... oops!  Steve's just willingly given her two bits of sausage though, even though his cousin wrote down that she wasn't allowed any more human food... she's had literally 2 tiny bits of human food from me in the last 5-6 weeks, but Steve gives her bits of every one of his meals - naughty Steven!
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Gotta go and take the plates out, feed the puppy then take my Calcium now!
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This morning's sit was a one-off 'cos she didn't sit for her lunch if I didn't push her bum down!!
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That's me Calcium taken and I'm gonna close down Firefox as soon as I've written this so that I don't lose anything when the battery has completely run out.

Be back as soon as I can.

Buh-bye for now though.
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Back now and I've taken a photo and video of the puppy so I'm gonna code and upload them now.  The battery took 6 hours to run down and it reckons about an hour and a half to fully charge it back up, which ain't bad going at all!
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Just bought a posture correcter thingy that it reckons will be here by the end of September.  I've given up trying to do it without help!
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Just taken the longest ever video of the puppy... 5 minutes long!!!

Gonna get the cheese out of the fridge for the puppy's last anti-biotic pill, then take the final 3 of my own prescriptions.
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That's the puppy dosed up, so it's my turn now.
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They all went down nice and easily tonight, thankfully.  As soon as the video has finished uploading, I'll code and upload it then head to bed.
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OK, it's coded, just waiting for my FTP programme to start working now then I can upload the HTML and head to bed.

Tomorrow is gonna be busy - expecting my new dose of OAB pills, Mitzi is being picked up by Steve's cousin then the shopping in the evening... gonna be up and down off the sofa all day!
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OK, it's all up and ready to be viewed so I'm shutting down and having an early night πŸ•’ for a change.

Nite nite orl!  πŸ›ŒπŸ˜΄
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