If you bring your swords I’ll bring mine - I have a set of rapper swords, a set of longswords and a set of Papa Stour swords so I’ll dig them out of the garage and there’ll be enough for the entire clientele of the JM to take part, one way or another!
Now wouldn’t that be a sight - about a dozen and a half bald women all sword dancing , flamethrowers at the ready and merkins sparkling in the firelight… that would certainly give those gremlins the shock of their miserable little lives!
MaryGrace - for the first time in this blooming carry on I want to cry! Is it any good saying “Thank God he’s your ex”?
He might get his comeuppance yet!!!If there’s any justice!
Take care Marygrace- you’ll have the last laugh!
Margaret X X X
Adi, Troy, portacath is definitely the civilised answer, and I feel fine, in a floaty, zoozy kind of way.
Beverley Hills, I’m also on FB and have done exactly the same as you, so nobody can find me! (Not that I mind of course.) PM me your email address and I’ll see if that works.
I was aiming for the Jingling Merkin, but I’m actually outside, floating gently above it. Can someone please get hold of the string round my ankle and pull it a bit if you happen to notice me floating off into space? Ta.
Mary, I love your choice of word, this is most DEFINITELY a detour from what I had intended for 2011. And knowing my sense of direction, a “detour via the scenic route” is more like what I’m on.
Peachez, even your concrete wellies are do-able as long as someone gives you a very long snorkel. Fellow woodlanders, thank you for my snorkel.
OH is due to be sliced open and stitched back together this coming Friday. He was very good and picked me up from the hospital today so between us we’ll be looking after each other.
Alto, do you think you and the other sword swallowers could make a trip to MG’s ex? I think he could do with testing how blunt or sharp they are for that remark. Just goes to show MG made the right decision in getting rid of him!
Off to bed now, nighty night peeps. (Now will someone please pull my string and get me down, I can’t float all the way to my tent on my own…)
I think we want to test how well a blunt sword can skin someone on MG’s ex. And did someone mention concrete overshoes?
Funny thing, after hearing about the OFSTED I had my best night’s sleep since FEC3. I knew it was likely to happen in the next few months, but it’s good to know I definitely won’t be there.
More seriously, it’s really hard to know what to say sometimes, isn’t it? It’s one thing if a bereaved person says ‘Mum’s death was a blessed relief after all she went through’, but it’s terribly insensitive if someone else suggests that to the bereaved. We’d be quite upset if someone else made the jokes we make to each other.
If you pay attention to popular media, as soon as something like BC hits, a halo descends over you and you become A Wonderful Person. No weaknesses, no faults, always brave, patient, yada yada yada. Wonderful People don’t need help or tolerance from others, so once someone has been classified as Wonderful, everyone else can mouth a few platitudes and safely forget about them. I still remember my exasperation when my OH loftily informed me that ‘you never hear X complaining’ when X (a genuinely wonderful, strong person) and I recently had had a tearful heart-to-heart in which she poured out just how much she was struggling. I wouldn’t have known just how bad it was if she hadn’t told me. In her case, it was her husband’s disabling, long-term degenerative illness.
Goodness, I’ve woken up very serious this morning. Hope everyone has a good, or at least a bearable day.
Hope you have all gad a good night sleep,
Im having x6 Fec, no mention of injections, i have 2 lots of antibiotics on middle week,
i got really mad with myself last night, but gave myself a talking too and a kickupthebutt, getoverit, talking too, my mistake just dont let it happen again,
i think the best comment i got was “its just alittle JIP in your life that will pass so quickly look how quick the weeks go”, no comment really
thankyou all so much for your lovely kind words they mean so much to me,
right of to see if the 2nd coffee is going to have a taste
MG Unfortunately you win the inappropriate comment competition. what an idiot. obviously
the response is that HIM being out of your life is the best thing and if he wants to compare that with having cancer feel free!
Oh dear, I see ASeriousTalk has been doing the rounds - Cheryl’s had ASeriousTalk pay a visit, so has Donna, and ASeriousTalk’s momma, AVerySeriousTalk was loitering round mine yesterday. Can someone please call their cousins, ABloodyGoodLaugh and ABitOfAGiggle and get them over here? Seems like we could all do with a visit from that pair, dontcha fink?
Well, I’ve done the opposite to Sarah and woken up wondering if cancer had miraculously fixed my longsighted myopia this morning… but no I’d just fallen asleep with the drugtail last night and contact lenses still in! Hey, it would have been a SE I wouldn’t have minded!
Hair still coming out by the handful but still more than the Ex on my head - shame I can’t post photo of him here to prove it!
Has MG lost a sheep 'cos I’ve got one in residence in my head and I’m hoping it moves out before it has lambs too!
Hey, can somebody catch CM before she floats off and does a Piglet!!
Am feeling alot better today so thank you for all good feeling fairies that were sent to me.
Now for the next problem, at the risk of TMI could someone direct me to the Merkin making tent as am horrified to discover that i now resemble something similar to the last chicken in co Op on a Sunday afternoon, you know the one with one hair that nobody wants to buy
Good luck to any feccers/taxers & hope se’s good to those that have already been fecced/taxed.
Don’t worry, the aforementioned ‘bucket of sand’ will keep her anchored…
Maragaret, your family sounds lovely - a might more tactful than mine!!
Lazycat, sorry to hear about your eyes, but relieved that I am not the only one!! My last Tax was 2 weeks ago too, so we are at the same stage.
Sue, sorry about your slump. It is RUBBISH this game isn’t it? Keep wanting to shout ‘stop! I don’t want to play anymore!’ but no one listens.
Likewise Sarahbeara. Perhaps we could set up a separate ‘agony aunt’ type service for each other? My mum, who is only 65, was diagnosed with alzheimers just before my BC. My teenage daughter is going through a whole load of complicated stuff. I feel like I’m the filling in some ghastly generational sandwich. Throw moving house twice, and builders into the mix and…
MG, you def get the prize for inappropriate remarks. That beats my sister-in-laws hands down!! Made me gasp out loud when I read it.
Good luck this week everyone who is having cocktails. I’m off to hospital for my pre-op assessement this morning. All becoming a bit too real. Move over CM, am coming at you at a run to plunge my head in that bucket…
Tracey
meant to say - Margaret you really haven’t upset me with the ‘journey’ word, i think that for some people who are actually having cancer treatment it can be likened to a journey but not for all. The ‘journey’ thing is annoyning when dished out with other glib remarks (I think MG has said the same). So please don’t worry about offending me! I’m now worried i upset you!
I had a look thru’ previous posts on here the other day and we have lost a few of the campers that were with us at the start. I’m sending up a flare (stand back, CM float the other way) to see if they are ok.
MaryGrace: First prize to you! my ex must come second, knowing I have BC, he managed to send YDD 18th birthday card late (her birthday is Xmas day so understandably difficult to remember!) with a post it note saying sorry it’s late, “I’ve had a lot on my mind this year” . How come someone who was alcoholic and smoked like a chimney… no ok, won’t go there… think the swords should stay blunt and rusty though, sharp and shinny is far too kind… Fingers crossed for your results Hun xxx
Choccie; hadn’t thought of a snorkel, brilliant!! Will have absolutely everything crossed for your OHs op to go really smoothly this Friday – and the swiftest recovery on record please be… donating a concrete wellie to keep you grounded (sorry, groan…)
Donna, chocolate cake with the coffee might help? Tea instead?
TroyMaiden: Thankyou for my laugh out loud moment of the day re falling asleep with contacts in – rotfl !
Isn’t there anyone out there who needs the TrotsFariy? (And his best man ChornicIndegestion) They’ve been here since I was put on the mega antibiotics - but 5 in the morning is just a bit too much!
Someone get bunged up soon so I can send HIM on (don’t want any sexism in the woods, he has a blue tutu and wand but the hobnailed boots are aggravating the piles) at least the portaloos in the woods are fresh as a daisy this morning
Hugs to all woodlanders with wobbles this morning xxxx
Looks like the craft tent will be in full production. More merkins needed fast! Light sleet is falling here brrr. I’m needing one for warmth rather than decoration. MG your ex is … well, words fail me at the moment but well done for getting shot of him. Quote from my gran. Wise words won’t come back and bite you. Well I hope his words come back and bite him on his a***! Take it easy all of you on the cushions in the recovery tent. Daytime tv and duvets available. I’m venturing out when I have found warm clothes. Enjoy the good days while we can. First Tax next week. I will probably need dragging to chemo suite…Today I shall forget it’s happening la la la can’t hear anyone, in denial just for today.x
Peachez I’ll check the stock of loo paper in the potaloos. Only the best quality will do for BA’s.
Scaco, was thinking the same thing yesterday that a cpl of fellow warriors have gone quiet so have sent SOS messages to them (lizzie148 & Alimbutt) to make sure all is well, am off to find cromercrab now strength in numbers ladies
janipi am agreeing with the chilly side of things, see u in the craft tent
