Was awake at just gone 6am today so I've just come up with an official welcome letter for my writing site members that has a couple of bits that are reliant on the application form info they submit to me and gives them all the info they need to make the most out of their membership.
Gonna walk the puppy now though, before I forget.
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It was peeing it down out there again so we're both soaked through to the skin! She met a lovely Irish lady and got petted and stroked so she was in heaven. Really enjoying herself and her little tail was wagging soo fast! Bless her tiny furry paws!
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Just taken me supplements. Went down pretty easily this morning, thankfully.
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Asked Steve how long it'll take to do the welcome email and he said he's going to have to do it on the server for some reason. Making things more complicated than they need to be again 😟
Been waiting since the end of April for putting a bit of software onto a webpage, middle of May for a piece of software for my homepage (where you're prolly reading this from now) and it'll be another several months before I get this done, despite him promising "a week, tops" for each of them. Been 2 months for the webpage, 6 weeks for the software and I bet it'll be at least August for this, even though I've already paid him for all of them. He's got a site to do for someone who hasn't paid him yet, but they are getting priority... hardly fair, is it?
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Just got my PIP renewal form through the post so Steve's phoned the CAB lady so hopefully she'll be able to come out and fill it in for me 'cos I can't remember how to write!!
Anxiety is through the roof, but at least I can put Brad's name down for the mental illness part and I can put down that I've seen a doc too which apparently helps with the claim if you've seen a doctor recently.
We shall see.
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The CAB lady called back, literally five or ten minutes after Steve left lol
Just texted Steve to ask him to phone her back when he gets home. Hopefully they'll be able to connect up and arrange for her to come out to help me with the form. Wish me luck that I'll get enhanced rate for both this time instead of just the lower daily living that I've been getting for the last year lol
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She's coming out on 27th June at 2pm-ish to help with the form. She will hopefully know the right things to say in the right places to get me the award again... I've been like this for over 20 years and you'd think that by now I'd be used to filling in the dratted forms but I ain't!
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We had chocolate biscuits for lunch and we're having Burger King for tea, so Steve won't be getting his week-day reward 'cos today has spoilt it! If he cooks both days of the weekend then he'll get his reward on Sunday... disappointed that today spoilt a week of home-cooked meals though 😔
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Just worked out that after all the bills come out tomorrow, I'll have just about enough left to cover Monday's shopping then I can use the money I'll get on Monday to cover the last 2 weeks of the month's shopping without going overdrawn, so that's not so bad. I'm hoping that I'll be able to put any last little bits into me savings at the end of the month... it'll be under £50 but it's better than nothing!
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July is gonna be a rich month for me, compared to this month, 'cos I'll be paid four times instead of my usual three so I'm hoping, in theory, to be able to put my entire PIP payment and most of one of my ESA payments into my savings, just in case I'm not re-awarded PIP again. Let's look on the bright side and hope that I *am* re-awarded PIP and hopefully get the mobility part of it this time too... if that happens then I'll be able to put all of that into my savings for getting a second-hand car and all the insurance and MOT and petrol for it and stuff, so that we can go over and see my mum again after getting on for a decade (it'll be a decade in mid-August 2020). I want to buy the car outright though instead of through motability or loans or whatever. I want to be able to hand over the cheque and the keys to be handed to Steve then not have to worry about giving it back next time my PIP comes up for renewal and leaving us stranded again.
I miss me mum I does!
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Just taken me prescription.
Hope I can lay down without throwing up me tea tonight because of taking it so soon after I'd finished eating!
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I'm cream crackered, so shutting down for the night now.
Nite nite orl! 😴
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Friday, 14 June 2019
Thursday, 13 June 2019
Thursday 13th June 2019
That's the puppy walked and fed. It's hosing it down out there though so only walked half our usual length so far. Assuming the rain stops I'll take her out for the rest of her walk later on, but neither of us like getting wet so we'll do it in two parts today.
I put Steve's headphones on Freegle a couple of days ago and someone replied at about 10pm last night wanting two of the three so they will hopefully be gone by bed time tonight.
Talking of bed time. I took my two new pills last night and other than not being able to swallow the 2.5mg one as easily as the 10mg one, they were fantastic! Got a slight head/eye ache but other than that there haven't been any negatives either from the side effects, the lactose or the lowered dose! Gonna give it a week and take it from there, but it seems to be OK so far!
Taking me supplements now then start studying the Alternative Healing Therapies Certificate for the rest of the day.
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Just taken me last Calcium, so I've taken 6 months worth of supplements on the trot and it's pretty much routine now, thankfully.
Time to back up everything then creating business cards then studying for the rest of the day now. I'm hoping I'll be able to save a PDF of the business cards before I buy them so that I can get approval before I get 'em printed.
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We're definitely having a huge roast for lunch, so I won't be studying today after all. Just wanna get the back-ups done and dusted and the business cards designed and hopefully saved so that I can hopefully get them approved then have me lunch and not be able to function this afternoon lol
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That's 2 of Steve's headphones been picked up and I'm about to put a photo of the third pair up on a new Freegle post.
Backups are still plodding along and it's stopped raining now, so I'll take the pup out for the second half of her walk in a bit.
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That's the back-ups finished for another week, so time to pack it all away and take the puppy for part two of her walk. I'd like to do another 300% but we'll take it as it comes. My knee has just started playing up so I'm hoping the puppy won't want to do much more than that.
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That's the puppy's walk finished off, the cafetierre and both mugs taken into the kitchen and both of our bottles of pop brought in, so I'm hoping I won't have to move for the rest of the day other than to get my lunch and going to the bathroom 'cos my legs are shaking and weak now, so I don't wanna walk very much for the rest of the day otherwise my legs will give way on me and I won't be able to get back onto my feet. Just like happened with C when we walked into town and back. I never want that to happen again, so I'd prefer to play it safe and listen to my body from now on. Right now my body is saying "don't move off the sofa you daft arse" so I'm not going anywhere for the next hour or so. I just hope there isn't any post or anything that needs me to go to the door 'cos my carer is more interested in watching the telly and falling asleep rather than what he's paid to do! 😟
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Just answered the door to the postman so my legs are going "seriously don't move off the sofa for several hours or we'll give way underneath you" but Steve's just gone to put the lunch on which'll be ready in about an hour so I hope my legs are stable enough to let me go into the kitchen and back for me lunch, but I seriously cannot move for the rest of the day now. 'Please let me fetch me lunch and take the plates back out, legs! I won't move further than the bathroom for the rest of the day before I go to bed tonight. Promise!' My hands are shaking which is a huuuge warning sign for me! 😟
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He's just agreed to bring my lunch in for me - we'll see if he actually does or not. There's a 50/50 chance atm... I'm thinking that he won't, but we shall see!
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Just bought another 2 courses but they are both video courses so they are short and I'll be able to do them both this afternoon while I'm recovering from me lunch lol 😃
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Shutting down so that I can nervously go for a wee before our lunch is dished up.
I really can't move around too much this afternoon 'cos me right knee has started aching now which really isn't a good thing and I'm hoping that it doesn't give way on me so that Steve doesn't have to pull me to my feet.
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That was a yummy lunch... we agreed that it was a bit dry but the roast potatoes and stuffing added that bit of extra oompf to it. Might try a tiny amount of gravy next time, just to give it more moisture but other than that it was totally yumsk.
I read the Victim Support information pack while our scrummy lunch was finishing off and it seems that not only is our neighbour subjecting me to anti-social behaviour but he's harrassing and stalking me too! I've got some record sheets to record his behaviour on for the next four weeks and I've got to include the cars revving outside our window, his shouts and taunts and things like that for the harrassment and his "repeated and unwanted behaviour" towards me for the stalking too. I've got to report it to the police on 101 every time and record it on the log sheet thingies too. He's not going to get away with it this time. I'll take him to court if that's what the police advise! I refuse to let him get away with the crimes he is committing this time. The first time I was too easy on him and believed that he'd leave me alone after the police visited him, but obviously not, so I'm not gonna let it drop this time.
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About to start studying the Child Protection certificate and there are 4 modules so it'll take about 2 hours to finish it off and hopefully pass first time.
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19 out of 20 ain't a bad total for the 4 assessments combined!
👍👍👍
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24 out of 25 is slightly better. Two questions wrong out of forty-five is good going I reckon. Which course to take next though?
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100% right on that course... can't get any better than that so I'm pretty chuffed right now.
Gonna update the pages, take my pills then head to bed with a daft smile on my face I reckon.
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Heading to bed now... nite nite orl!
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I put Steve's headphones on Freegle a couple of days ago and someone replied at about 10pm last night wanting two of the three so they will hopefully be gone by bed time tonight.
Talking of bed time. I took my two new pills last night and other than not being able to swallow the 2.5mg one as easily as the 10mg one, they were fantastic! Got a slight head/eye ache but other than that there haven't been any negatives either from the side effects, the lactose or the lowered dose! Gonna give it a week and take it from there, but it seems to be OK so far!
Taking me supplements now then start studying the Alternative Healing Therapies Certificate for the rest of the day.
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Just taken me last Calcium, so I've taken 6 months worth of supplements on the trot and it's pretty much routine now, thankfully.
Time to back up everything then creating business cards then studying for the rest of the day now. I'm hoping I'll be able to save a PDF of the business cards before I buy them so that I can get approval before I get 'em printed.
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We're definitely having a huge roast for lunch, so I won't be studying today after all. Just wanna get the back-ups done and dusted and the business cards designed and hopefully saved so that I can hopefully get them approved then have me lunch and not be able to function this afternoon lol
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That's 2 of Steve's headphones been picked up and I'm about to put a photo of the third pair up on a new Freegle post.
Backups are still plodding along and it's stopped raining now, so I'll take the pup out for the second half of her walk in a bit.
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That's the back-ups finished for another week, so time to pack it all away and take the puppy for part two of her walk. I'd like to do another 300% but we'll take it as it comes. My knee has just started playing up so I'm hoping the puppy won't want to do much more than that.
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That's the puppy's walk finished off, the cafetierre and both mugs taken into the kitchen and both of our bottles of pop brought in, so I'm hoping I won't have to move for the rest of the day other than to get my lunch and going to the bathroom 'cos my legs are shaking and weak now, so I don't wanna walk very much for the rest of the day otherwise my legs will give way on me and I won't be able to get back onto my feet. Just like happened with C when we walked into town and back. I never want that to happen again, so I'd prefer to play it safe and listen to my body from now on. Right now my body is saying "don't move off the sofa you daft arse" so I'm not going anywhere for the next hour or so. I just hope there isn't any post or anything that needs me to go to the door 'cos my carer is more interested in watching the telly and falling asleep rather than what he's paid to do! 😟
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Just answered the door to the postman so my legs are going "seriously don't move off the sofa for several hours or we'll give way underneath you" but Steve's just gone to put the lunch on which'll be ready in about an hour so I hope my legs are stable enough to let me go into the kitchen and back for me lunch, but I seriously cannot move for the rest of the day now. 'Please let me fetch me lunch and take the plates back out, legs! I won't move further than the bathroom for the rest of the day before I go to bed tonight. Promise!' My hands are shaking which is a huuuge warning sign for me! 😟
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He's just agreed to bring my lunch in for me - we'll see if he actually does or not. There's a 50/50 chance atm... I'm thinking that he won't, but we shall see!
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Just bought another 2 courses but they are both video courses so they are short and I'll be able to do them both this afternoon while I'm recovering from me lunch lol 😃
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Shutting down so that I can nervously go for a wee before our lunch is dished up.
I really can't move around too much this afternoon 'cos me right knee has started aching now which really isn't a good thing and I'm hoping that it doesn't give way on me so that Steve doesn't have to pull me to my feet.
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That was a yummy lunch... we agreed that it was a bit dry but the roast potatoes and stuffing added that bit of extra oompf to it. Might try a tiny amount of gravy next time, just to give it more moisture but other than that it was totally yumsk.
I read the Victim Support information pack while our scrummy lunch was finishing off and it seems that not only is our neighbour subjecting me to anti-social behaviour but he's harrassing and stalking me too! I've got some record sheets to record his behaviour on for the next four weeks and I've got to include the cars revving outside our window, his shouts and taunts and things like that for the harrassment and his "repeated and unwanted behaviour" towards me for the stalking too. I've got to report it to the police on 101 every time and record it on the log sheet thingies too. He's not going to get away with it this time. I'll take him to court if that's what the police advise! I refuse to let him get away with the crimes he is committing this time. The first time I was too easy on him and believed that he'd leave me alone after the police visited him, but obviously not, so I'm not gonna let it drop this time.
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About to start studying the Child Protection certificate and there are 4 modules so it'll take about 2 hours to finish it off and hopefully pass first time.
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19 out of 20 ain't a bad total for the 4 assessments combined!
👍👍👍
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24 out of 25 is slightly better. Two questions wrong out of forty-five is good going I reckon. Which course to take next though?
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100% right on that course... can't get any better than that so I'm pretty chuffed right now.
Gonna update the pages, take my pills then head to bed with a daft smile on my face I reckon.
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Heading to bed now... nite nite orl!
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Wednesday, 12 June 2019
Wednesday 12th June 2019
Was awake and down here before 6.30am!
I checked my bank balance before I came down and Namebright have taken money out of my account without my permission so I'm gonna demand a refund then hopefully put a block on their account ever taking money again. Not happy about that at all.
Gonna take me supplements and walk the puppy then nervously get ready for this afternoon's appointment.
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That's me supplements taken, so time for an early morning stroll with the senior puppy now.
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The puppy forced me to walk 700% this morning. I was happy to come home after 600% but she carried on walking another 100%. That means that, after only 3 days, she's already walked me 2100% extra already this week and we're less than half way through the week too! Won't be able to walk far for the rest of the day.
Steve's dad is taking me to the surgery so I don't need to get stressed out about taking Patric or trying to eek out £10 for the taxi. I'm hoping it's just a mole, but I obviously can't see it so want to get it officially checked out just to put my mind at rest. Better to be safe than sorry and all that.
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That's me new prescription just been delivered so I can start taking them tonight to see how I get on with them... wish me luck!
Also gonna shut down my laptop as soon as I take them then just talk to Steve or watch the telly or whatever for an hour before I head to bed tonight, just to see what happens. It worked last night so I'm hoping it'll work again tonight.
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The new 5mg ones are orodispersible but they've got lactose in them so it might make me ill which I'm really not looking forward to, but we shall see I suppose. The 10mg ones have got lactose in them and the new 2.5mg ones are the same brand, so hopefully they won't affect me. Keep me in your thoughts and prayers that my body doesn't reject these ones!
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Zoop and chocolate mini rolls for lunch today. Yumsk.
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Had my appointment through for the ultrasound now. Gotta have a full bladder for it and hold it in for an hour beforehand. Not looking forward to that at all!
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As predicted it was nothing to worry about. Just a cyst and I don't need to worry unless it becomes painful, grows bigger or gets infected. I was in there for maybe 2 minutes tops and my anxiety over it is now no longer active. I just need to keep an eye on it via Steve is all, but that's it now until the until the ultrasound on 4th July then another appointment with Brad (the CPN) on the 26th to see how I'm doing with the new prescription.
We're having a celebratory tea of chippy chips on me. Steve's still getting his Toblerone's assuming he cooks tomorrow (he's promised we'll have a full on roast) and Friday 'cos we had a home-made meal of zoop for lunch so it still counts 'cos it wasn't ordered in and delivered.
I could get used to having good days like this! lol 👍👌👍
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Todays food for me:
Mug of zoop
2 chocolate mini rolls
2 pickled eggs
1 of Steve's chips
Gonna take me prescription now and hope it doesn't make me too ill!
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The 2.5mg tablet was getting on for half the size of the 10mg one but was so much harder to swallow for some reason... maybe because it's a new dose??
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The pills are already kicking in and making me tired, just like the Zyprexa did so I'm gonna publish this then head to bed.
See you all at some point tomorrow!
Night night! 😴
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I checked my bank balance before I came down and Namebright have taken money out of my account without my permission so I'm gonna demand a refund then hopefully put a block on their account ever taking money again. Not happy about that at all.
Gonna take me supplements and walk the puppy then nervously get ready for this afternoon's appointment.
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That's me supplements taken, so time for an early morning stroll with the senior puppy now.
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The puppy forced me to walk 700% this morning. I was happy to come home after 600% but she carried on walking another 100%. That means that, after only 3 days, she's already walked me 2100% extra already this week and we're less than half way through the week too! Won't be able to walk far for the rest of the day.
Steve's dad is taking me to the surgery so I don't need to get stressed out about taking Patric or trying to eek out £10 for the taxi. I'm hoping it's just a mole, but I obviously can't see it so want to get it officially checked out just to put my mind at rest. Better to be safe than sorry and all that.
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That's me new prescription just been delivered so I can start taking them tonight to see how I get on with them... wish me luck!
Also gonna shut down my laptop as soon as I take them then just talk to Steve or watch the telly or whatever for an hour before I head to bed tonight, just to see what happens. It worked last night so I'm hoping it'll work again tonight.
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The new 5mg ones are orodispersible but they've got lactose in them so it might make me ill which I'm really not looking forward to, but we shall see I suppose. The 10mg ones have got lactose in them and the new 2.5mg ones are the same brand, so hopefully they won't affect me. Keep me in your thoughts and prayers that my body doesn't reject these ones!
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Zoop and chocolate mini rolls for lunch today. Yumsk.
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Had my appointment through for the ultrasound now. Gotta have a full bladder for it and hold it in for an hour beforehand. Not looking forward to that at all!
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As predicted it was nothing to worry about. Just a cyst and I don't need to worry unless it becomes painful, grows bigger or gets infected. I was in there for maybe 2 minutes tops and my anxiety over it is now no longer active. I just need to keep an eye on it via Steve is all, but that's it now until the until the ultrasound on 4th July then another appointment with Brad (the CPN) on the 26th to see how I'm doing with the new prescription.
We're having a celebratory tea of chippy chips on me. Steve's still getting his Toblerone's assuming he cooks tomorrow (he's promised we'll have a full on roast) and Friday 'cos we had a home-made meal of zoop for lunch so it still counts 'cos it wasn't ordered in and delivered.
I could get used to having good days like this! lol 👍👌👍
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Todays food for me:
Mug of zoop
2 chocolate mini rolls
2 pickled eggs
1 of Steve's chips
Gonna take me prescription now and hope it doesn't make me too ill!
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The 2.5mg tablet was getting on for half the size of the 10mg one but was so much harder to swallow for some reason... maybe because it's a new dose??
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The pills are already kicking in and making me tired, just like the Zyprexa did so I'm gonna publish this then head to bed.
See you all at some point tomorrow!
Night night! 😴
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Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Tuesday 11th June 2019
Was down before 7am again and have already had a Chocochino lol Gonna tickle the puppy then take me supplements and take her out for a walk.
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That's the puppy stroked and me supplements taken. Almost choked on the Multi and the Calcium crumbs went everywhere so it wasn't as good as Sunday but they are swallowed for another day now, so it's time to walk the puppy.
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Puppy has been walked, fed and watered now.
I've brushed me teeth and Steve's made a "posh coffee" for us both, so I'm all set for the day now. Just waiting for my new prescription to be delivered today then I'll charge up Patric's batteries ready for tomorrow.
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Oooh! That's a point! Our senior puppy saw her first ever magpie on her walk this morning! The magpie was on the other side of the road, next to the flats and she was on the other side, halfway down with me. She was obviously overcome with natural instincts, even at very nearly 10 years old, but she didn't try to pull me over this time, thankfully.
The magpie strode into the parking area and Mitzi was like "can we go after it? Please, please, please❔❔" She wouldn't hurt it, just sniff it and want to make friends, but after 9 years (since we've had her) without any kind of bird life at all, her instints are still in there somewhere! She's such a friendly puppy who just wants to make friends with everyone and everything she sees!
Talking about her walk, she did a tiny-for-her (normal volume for most dogs her size) wee and a huuuuge poo after less than 75% of her walk. I'm a responsible dog owner so I picked it up of course, but it was huge even by *her* standards❕❕
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Just phoned Victim Support and they were really helpful. The volunteer has arranged for a referral to a support worker that I can phone and talk through things with whenever I feel I need to which'll take 4-5 weeks and she's arranging to have a CCTV camera sent to me and a contractor will contact me about getting it fitted.
I've gotta contact the police about what he shouted at me at the weekend so that it's logged and can be included in the case they are building against him and I've gotta do that each time it happens... basically the more he has a go at me the more evidence the police will have against him. I refuse to let him drive me out of my home and I've got the police and victim support on my side now, so as long as I keep reporting each incident as it happens, the deeper the poo he'll be getting himself into without realising it! He's in the wrong for his anti-social behaviour and now that the police know what's going on and have given us a crime reference number (or whatever it's called) the more and more evidence they are building up against him so he's piling on the poo against himself without even realising it! Having a go at the PCSO and his daughter making empty threats about reporting us to the RSPCA will hopefully get put into the case notes too! They made the threats when I wasn't even there so that will hopefully go against him in the case notes too.
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Just emailed the PCSO looking after the case explaining what happened at the weekend so that he can add that to the case too. I'm not going to back down this time. He's pissed on his neighbourly chips one too many times now and I'm not going to drop the case this time. If he stays in his house for the half an hour or so I'm out with the pup every morning then that's all I want. I'm not going to drop it this time though, like I did last time. All I'm going to say to him from now on is "please leave me alone" whenever he says anything to me then come home and report it to the police when I've finished walking our puppy and we've come home.
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Spicy bean burgers for lunch today. Totally yumsk! Steve said about getting some shredded lettuce to go with them next week, so I'm gonna go and find a packet and add it to next week's shopping while I remember. BRB!
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OK, that's the shopping started ready for next week. Got the lettuce and a packet of beansprouts added to the shopping too... we're so much better at eating most of our meals at home and we're even adding fresh veggies to the order too which is even better! It's amazing what can be achieved with a bit of bribery! lol
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Just got out of the bath, ready for my nursey appointment tomorrow. It's a 10 minute appointment that I hope will only take maybe a minute. Just need a quick look at a lump next to my spine to tell me it's a mole and to stop being so paranoid (that's what I'm hoping for - better to be safe than sorry with a close family history of cancer) and I can eff off and let the next person go in on time or maybe even early. Or, the dreaded "I'll refer you for tests at the hospital". Steve says there's nothing showing on my skin but he can feel the lump too so I want to get it checked out for sure, for reassurance as much as anything. I'd rather be parnoid and it turns out to be a new mole rather than ignoring it as soon as I find it and it turns out to be cancer of my spinal cord that is too far advanced to do anything about.
Besides, I haven't got any life insurance so don't want to saddle Steve with the hassle of a funeral as well as everything else 😉.
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That's me prescription taken and my webhosts are doing some emergency maintenance on the servers tonight for some reason so don't worry if you can't get to my sites tonight for a while. Not sure how long it's gonna take... hopefully minutes, might be hours hope it's not days though! 😟
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Just gone 8pm so I'm heading to bed now and hoping my sites will be back up by the morning. I'm having an early night though, in preparation for tomorrow.
Nite nite orl! 😴💤
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That's the puppy stroked and me supplements taken. Almost choked on the Multi and the Calcium crumbs went everywhere so it wasn't as good as Sunday but they are swallowed for another day now, so it's time to walk the puppy.
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Puppy has been walked, fed and watered now.
I've brushed me teeth and Steve's made a "posh coffee" for us both, so I'm all set for the day now. Just waiting for my new prescription to be delivered today then I'll charge up Patric's batteries ready for tomorrow.
***
Oooh! That's a point! Our senior puppy saw her first ever magpie on her walk this morning! The magpie was on the other side of the road, next to the flats and she was on the other side, halfway down with me. She was obviously overcome with natural instincts, even at very nearly 10 years old, but she didn't try to pull me over this time, thankfully.
The magpie strode into the parking area and Mitzi was like "can we go after it? Please, please, please❔❔" She wouldn't hurt it, just sniff it and want to make friends, but after 9 years (since we've had her) without any kind of bird life at all, her instints are still in there somewhere! She's such a friendly puppy who just wants to make friends with everyone and everything she sees!
Talking about her walk, she did a tiny-for-her (normal volume for most dogs her size) wee and a huuuuge poo after less than 75% of her walk. I'm a responsible dog owner so I picked it up of course, but it was huge even by *her* standards❕❕
***
Just phoned Victim Support and they were really helpful. The volunteer has arranged for a referral to a support worker that I can phone and talk through things with whenever I feel I need to which'll take 4-5 weeks and she's arranging to have a CCTV camera sent to me and a contractor will contact me about getting it fitted.
I've gotta contact the police about what he shouted at me at the weekend so that it's logged and can be included in the case they are building against him and I've gotta do that each time it happens... basically the more he has a go at me the more evidence the police will have against him. I refuse to let him drive me out of my home and I've got the police and victim support on my side now, so as long as I keep reporting each incident as it happens, the deeper the poo he'll be getting himself into without realising it! He's in the wrong for his anti-social behaviour and now that the police know what's going on and have given us a crime reference number (or whatever it's called) the more and more evidence they are building up against him so he's piling on the poo against himself without even realising it! Having a go at the PCSO and his daughter making empty threats about reporting us to the RSPCA will hopefully get put into the case notes too! They made the threats when I wasn't even there so that will hopefully go against him in the case notes too.
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Just emailed the PCSO looking after the case explaining what happened at the weekend so that he can add that to the case too. I'm not going to back down this time. He's pissed on his neighbourly chips one too many times now and I'm not going to drop the case this time. If he stays in his house for the half an hour or so I'm out with the pup every morning then that's all I want. I'm not going to drop it this time though, like I did last time. All I'm going to say to him from now on is "please leave me alone" whenever he says anything to me then come home and report it to the police when I've finished walking our puppy and we've come home.
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Spicy bean burgers for lunch today. Totally yumsk! Steve said about getting some shredded lettuce to go with them next week, so I'm gonna go and find a packet and add it to next week's shopping while I remember. BRB!
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OK, that's the shopping started ready for next week. Got the lettuce and a packet of beansprouts added to the shopping too... we're so much better at eating most of our meals at home and we're even adding fresh veggies to the order too which is even better! It's amazing what can be achieved with a bit of bribery! lol
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Just got out of the bath, ready for my nursey appointment tomorrow. It's a 10 minute appointment that I hope will only take maybe a minute. Just need a quick look at a lump next to my spine to tell me it's a mole and to stop being so paranoid (that's what I'm hoping for - better to be safe than sorry with a close family history of cancer) and I can eff off and let the next person go in on time or maybe even early. Or, the dreaded "I'll refer you for tests at the hospital". Steve says there's nothing showing on my skin but he can feel the lump too so I want to get it checked out for sure, for reassurance as much as anything. I'd rather be parnoid and it turns out to be a new mole rather than ignoring it as soon as I find it and it turns out to be cancer of my spinal cord that is too far advanced to do anything about.
Besides, I haven't got any life insurance so don't want to saddle Steve with the hassle of a funeral as well as everything else 😉.
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That's me prescription taken and my webhosts are doing some emergency maintenance on the servers tonight for some reason so don't worry if you can't get to my sites tonight for a while. Not sure how long it's gonna take... hopefully minutes, might be hours hope it's not days though! 😟
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Just gone 8pm so I'm heading to bed now and hoping my sites will be back up by the morning. I'm having an early night though, in preparation for tomorrow.
Nite nite orl! 😴💤
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Monday, 10 June 2019
Monday 10th June 2019 - part two
I was wrong this morning. We were only there for 2½ hours instead of the 4 I was thinking, so add that to the 4 hours 3 weeks ago and the 3+ hours when we got our hair cut last time means that in less than 2 months we've seen Steve's family more than my mum in almost 9 years - hardly fair, is it? That's not including him seeing his dad for a medical appointment every Friday, and his sister most Mondays to help to put the shopping away! Let's leave that aside though 'cos it's not the both of us seeing them, but still, 10+ hours in 6 weeks is more than I've seen my mum for literally years!
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6.03pm and the shopping has already been and gone!! Means I can take my prescription now and have an early night as soon as Marie's gone home!
Dunno what I've done with the last 5 hours though, terrible innit!
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That's me prescription swallowed at 6.10pm and I'm hoping to be in bed (although prolly not asleep lol) by 7pm tonight. Had a busy day so I think I'll deserve the rest tomorrow lol
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Just worked out that I can cover the rest of June's groceries and bills and I'll still be able to put £52 into my savings, as well as getting ESA in 6 days time too.
Scratch that, I'll pay a chunk off the mortgage instead of increasing my savings. Won't be able to do it *every* month but I can afford it this month so I want to help out as much as I can while I can.
I'll hopefully be able to help out in July too, but August is when my SCBWI membership renews, September is my PPC renewal and October are Chris', Steve's and Steve's dad's birthday, so they're gonna be expensive months and I'll be saving up for Yule after that. I'm hoping I'll be re-awarded PIP again so that I can still keep helping with the mortgage occasionally too.
I'm heading to bed with a smile on my face now.
Nite nite orl. 💤💤
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6.03pm and the shopping has already been and gone!! Means I can take my prescription now and have an early night as soon as Marie's gone home!
Dunno what I've done with the last 5 hours though, terrible innit!
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That's me prescription swallowed at 6.10pm and I'm hoping to be in bed (although prolly not asleep lol) by 7pm tonight. Had a busy day so I think I'll deserve the rest tomorrow lol
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Just worked out that I can cover the rest of June's groceries and bills and I'll still be able to put £52 into my savings, as well as getting ESA in 6 days time too.
Scratch that, I'll pay a chunk off the mortgage instead of increasing my savings. Won't be able to do it *every* month but I can afford it this month so I want to help out as much as I can while I can.
I'll hopefully be able to help out in July too, but August is when my SCBWI membership renews, September is my PPC renewal and October are Chris', Steve's and Steve's dad's birthday, so they're gonna be expensive months and I'll be saving up for Yule after that. I'm hoping I'll be re-awarded PIP again so that I can still keep helping with the mortgage occasionally too.
I'm heading to bed with a smile on my face now.
Nite nite orl. 💤💤
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Product review: 50 heavy duty refuse sacks
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5
These sacks are wonderful! They really are heavy duty and we can put all sorts of rubbish in them and they've coped really well so far!
I'll definitely be getting them again as the roll starts to run out.
There's no way to tie the bags up when they are full other than tying a knot in the bag itself, but I knew that when I bought them.
If you need some sturdy, strong bags then definitely get these and you'll never look back! At 15p a bag you can't really go wrong, just be prepared for the weight of the roll when they are first delivered 'cos they are unexpectedly heavy and I really wasn't prepared for that so almost dropped them on my foot when they were delivered! lol
Clothes review: New Look Women's T - Shirt
☆☆☆☆ out of 5
I'm petite and it only just covers my belly so taller peeps might find that their stomach is exposed, especially when they lift their arms. That's the reason I'm knocking a star off it. If it had been 20-25cm longer it would have got the full five stars from me.
It's ideal for warm Summer days and a cardigan could see you through Autumn too.
Not the best purchase in the world unfortunately. Sorry. Just those extra few centimetres in length and it would have been great. If you're comfortable with your stomach being on show then you might give it 5 stars, but I don't like my belly so can only give it four.
Drink review: Dapple (double apple drink)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5
The package with these cans in have just arrived and we've (me and hubby) just had our first taste. OMG they are absolutely gorgeous! To quote the hubby "a slightly sparkling version of that Copella one... where do you get them from?". I'm gonna put them in the fridge now to see what they're like when they're chilled. To quote the hubby again "middle of a hot Summer, a glass of that would go down as a refreshing treat!" I couldn't agree more!
The package with these cans in have just arrived and we've (me and hubby) just had our first taste. OMG they are absolutely gorgeous! To quote the hubby "a slightly sparkling version of that Copella one... where do you get them from?". I'm gonna put them in the fridge now to see what they're like when they're chilled. To quote the hubby again "middle of a hot Summer, a glass of that would go down as a refreshing treat!" I couldn't agree more!
Monday 10th June 2019 - part one
That's the puppy walked and fed and my supplements swallowed.
She met 2 cats on her walk today and almost pulled me over twice. Thankfully I stayed on my feet though, but my knees are killing me now. The supplements went down OK... not as well as yesterday, but not the worst either. Going to go and brush me teeth now. This blog will be another two-parter 'cos of going to get our hair cut today and we'll prolly spend most of the day there again. Tsk. If we spend more than 4 hours with them, we will have spent more time with them in 3 weeks than we have with my mum since my father died at the end of June 2010. Hardly fair, is it, considering that the only reason I agreed to move in with Steve back in 1998 was that he agreed to visiting my mum regularly. I don't call 8 hours in 9 years regularly, do you?
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Teeth brushed and puppy watered. Apparently there's an AI toothbrush that learns your brushing technique and times you brushing your gnashers so that you can be sure you're doing the full 3 minutes of brushing recommended by dentists lol
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Just saved meself over £1000 (not a typo) by buying 2 course bundles for £60 total instead of £598 (that's not a typo either) each!!
Just need to upload the pages to my site then publish this then head out to get our hair cut.
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The two pages are now updated so I'm gonna publish this then shut down.
Buh-bye for now.
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She met 2 cats on her walk today and almost pulled me over twice. Thankfully I stayed on my feet though, but my knees are killing me now. The supplements went down OK... not as well as yesterday, but not the worst either. Going to go and brush me teeth now. This blog will be another two-parter 'cos of going to get our hair cut today and we'll prolly spend most of the day there again. Tsk. If we spend more than 4 hours with them, we will have spent more time with them in 3 weeks than we have with my mum since my father died at the end of June 2010. Hardly fair, is it, considering that the only reason I agreed to move in with Steve back in 1998 was that he agreed to visiting my mum regularly. I don't call 8 hours in 9 years regularly, do you?
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Teeth brushed and puppy watered. Apparently there's an AI toothbrush that learns your brushing technique and times you brushing your gnashers so that you can be sure you're doing the full 3 minutes of brushing recommended by dentists lol
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Just saved meself over £1000 (not a typo) by buying 2 course bundles for £60 total instead of £598 (that's not a typo either) each!!
Just need to upload the pages to my site then publish this then head out to get our hair cut.
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The two pages are now updated so I'm gonna publish this then shut down.
Buh-bye for now.
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Sunday, 9 June 2019
Sunday 9th June 2019
Came down at just gone 7am this morning and took my supplements straight away which forced Steve to do a bottle of squash for me. Feeling really proud of myself 'cos I got them all down with the 400ml-ish that was left from last night and I didn't accidentally throw any of them up or struggle to get any of 'em down! I could get used to this lol
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The puppy forced me to walk a huuuuge 900% this morning, which means that we've walked 5100% total in 7 days, which is 4400% extra. How awesome is that? Me legs are really feeling it now though lol
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That's the rubbish and recycling out now with only a minor disagreement this week. We put out two totally full recycling boxes and the rubbish bag is barely ¾ full and so light!
We bagged up the last of the butterfly bush that we sawed down the other week and it's pretty much all gone now. There's still a branch stuck in the arm-hole of one of the plastic chairs that I'm not tall enough to pull out so Steve's promised that he'll get his brother over at some point to get it out and the other branches that have been out for at least a year sawn down and binned. When that's done, I'll just need a yard brush and pan to sweep up all the bits of twig and dead leaves that are currently on the ground, then we just need to get rid of the toilets and cistern's that have been out there since Steve came out of hospital the last time (2-3 years ago apparently) then hopefully get someone in to get rid of the grapevine that has grown up the entire side of our house and has completely covered the spare room's window!!
One area at a time is going to get sorted even if I have to do it totally alone despite Steve being paid to be my carer.
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Just had a shower and washed me hair ready for tomorrow. Almost fell off the seat 3 times though!
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The puppy has just unexpectedly gone for another wash and brush-up! Apparently Helen messaged Steve but it didn't go through to Steve 'cos he was watching something in full screen on his laptop and it didn't appear on his phone either for some reason!
Thank you to my Higher Powers for getting me out of the shower and dressed before they came!
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The puppy's home at last!!!
She's a sleepy puppy again, but her love is filling the house again. She's the smallest member of the household but fills the house with an impossibly huge amount of love!
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Busy start to the week, starting tomorrow:
Monday - hair cuts
Tuesday - my prescription is being delivered
Wednesday - medical appointment
Gonna be exhausted by the time I get home on Wednesday!
I'm exhausted now, let alone on Wednesday!
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Just advertised Steve's headphones on Freegle. Better to give them away than bin them and all that jazz!
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That's me prescription taken. Nice and easily with just a small mouthful of squash, thankfully! 👌 Today has been a really good pill taking day... this mornings supplements went down with about 400ml of squash and now my prescription this evening with just a single mouthful... I could get used to this! 😁👍
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Just bought Mitzi a faux fur pet bed and only paid the shipping of $9.49 which is a touch expensive but I suppose it's coming from America and prolly won't be light either, so that's not so bad. We shall see if it ever arrives and I'll be keeping a tight watch on my bank account just to be sure that I haven't just been conned.
I'll soon find out I guess!
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Gonna have an early night I reckon. 💤
Nite nite orl!
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The puppy forced me to walk a huuuuge 900% this morning, which means that we've walked 5100% total in 7 days, which is 4400% extra. How awesome is that? Me legs are really feeling it now though lol
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That's the rubbish and recycling out now with only a minor disagreement this week. We put out two totally full recycling boxes and the rubbish bag is barely ¾ full and so light!
We bagged up the last of the butterfly bush that we sawed down the other week and it's pretty much all gone now. There's still a branch stuck in the arm-hole of one of the plastic chairs that I'm not tall enough to pull out so Steve's promised that he'll get his brother over at some point to get it out and the other branches that have been out for at least a year sawn down and binned. When that's done, I'll just need a yard brush and pan to sweep up all the bits of twig and dead leaves that are currently on the ground, then we just need to get rid of the toilets and cistern's that have been out there since Steve came out of hospital the last time (2-3 years ago apparently) then hopefully get someone in to get rid of the grapevine that has grown up the entire side of our house and has completely covered the spare room's window!!
One area at a time is going to get sorted even if I have to do it totally alone despite Steve being paid to be my carer.
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Just had a shower and washed me hair ready for tomorrow. Almost fell off the seat 3 times though!
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The puppy has just unexpectedly gone for another wash and brush-up! Apparently Helen messaged Steve but it didn't go through to Steve 'cos he was watching something in full screen on his laptop and it didn't appear on his phone either for some reason!
Thank you to my Higher Powers for getting me out of the shower and dressed before they came!
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The puppy's home at last!!!
She's a sleepy puppy again, but her love is filling the house again. She's the smallest member of the household but fills the house with an impossibly huge amount of love!
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Busy start to the week, starting tomorrow:
Monday - hair cuts
Tuesday - my prescription is being delivered
Wednesday - medical appointment
Gonna be exhausted by the time I get home on Wednesday!
I'm exhausted now, let alone on Wednesday!
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Just advertised Steve's headphones on Freegle. Better to give them away than bin them and all that jazz!
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That's me prescription taken. Nice and easily with just a small mouthful of squash, thankfully! 👌 Today has been a really good pill taking day... this mornings supplements went down with about 400ml of squash and now my prescription this evening with just a single mouthful... I could get used to this! 😁👍
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Just bought Mitzi a faux fur pet bed and only paid the shipping of $9.49 which is a touch expensive but I suppose it's coming from America and prolly won't be light either, so that's not so bad. We shall see if it ever arrives and I'll be keeping a tight watch on my bank account just to be sure that I haven't just been conned.
I'll soon find out I guess!
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Gonna have an early night I reckon. 💤
Nite nite orl!
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