Just popping in to see how you are all doing. Doz - Lads never change do they - All mine are grown up but still use the bank of mum (can’t say & dad because they only asks me - I must be a soft touch). I hope he is enjoying his stay in Dubai. It is a wonderful shopping centre so you will have to drop a few hints about liking gold.
I’m still doing my swimming although I must say there are a few days when I have to force myself out the door at 7:30 am. I haven’t missed any days yet but today was touch and go. I am glad I went though. It is like when you really don’t want to go out but end up enjoying yourself anyway. I was trying to think of other exercise that might be as enjoyable but need a few ideas. I hate running and don’t have a dog, which would encourage me to walk. I don’t have a Wii but could drop a few hints for Chrissymouse.
Well lovely flutterbies. I hope you are all doing well and enjoying life again.
So glad you are home jmr and all snug in your rug!! I have got a huge fleecy one which is a godsend after treatment as I get chills and as you said COLD out there!!! I think we are in the best place just now!! I was looking at another thread Doz and it is about the very real possibility we are suffering with some kind of PTSD it does make sense doesn’t it?
Well I think we are all on for some hibernating which is good for flutterbys and I for one will be in PJ’s most of the weekend and staying put!!
ami so chuffed for you!! All good news is more than welcome and I love that we get to share it with great peeps!
whoops! 50something we posted at the same time! You are a brave soul and yes Wii sounds like a plan it looks like fun too and you get to stay in the warm! Great plan!
Have a snuggly weekend flutterbys Hugs Em xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have decided to go into business with a fabulous new brand…
Butterfly blankets ha ha ha!!! I am so envious, just as the cold sets in and I hear you all talking about snuggling up in “butterfly blankets” I,m back to work AAAAAAARGH!!!
I was telling Em I dont normally feel cold in fact you all know the story of my central heating dances with Vikki… well ITS BEEN TURNED UP!!! I,ve been b****y freezing the past couple of days and even the hot flush’s have gone into submission… a bit!!!
Vikki came home late from work on thursday night and we decided to watch a christmassy film on Sky… well she went up to have a shower and came down in PJ’s ( i,ve taught her well) a dressing gown AND carrying her quilt!!!
I felt absolutely dreadful she made the excuse that she needed to lie on the sofa as her back was aching but in all honestly it was,nt very warm in my lounge so I gave in as even I was a bit cold so she must have been freezing bless her…
Hi Sue welcome back No they never change do they I think he has the wierd notion that mothers have money tree’s in the garden!!
and like your’s he NEVER asks his Father… which naffs me off at times but we still do it hon
He has been given an extra 2 days in Dubai?? not sure why?? hoping to Skype him later after I,ve trawled the shops for a fridge bulb…
You dont realize how much light they give till their gone, and with shopping yesterday the damn things full and I cant find anything till I,ve moved it all in and out!!!
As for more exercise, do you have a neighbours dog?? that you would feel comfortable walking?? they are brilliant for getting you out and about. Ben my labrador is my poke in the back, he sits like a statue just staring at his lead thats hung up in the hall till I get my backside up, then when he see’s me putting my coat on he does this jig that makes me feel so guilty and neglectful!!and yes once your out it is the feel good factor
Em I,m really stupid and a bit thick sometimes (most of the time) but what is PTSD Pretty Thick Stupid Doz… ha ha sounds about right!!! Enjoy your butterfly blankets girls think of me dragging my sorry asse to work on Monday… I DONT WANT TO GO!!! I want to join you all in your coccoons SOB!!!
Have a brill weekend flutterbys hope your well on the mend JMR and your being spoilt rotten girl sending hugs to each and everyone of you as alwayz xxxxxxxxx(((HUGS)))xxxxxxxxx Dozy
Sorry Doz we have been looking at courses to run at work and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder also came up, it rang a few bells I can tell you! It affects some children that go into care if they have gone though traumatic events. When I was reading through some of the material it took my breath away to realise that we may all have it in some form or another! I know soldiers get it and it used to be called shell shock? Just really interesting as I had never looked at it like that till this came up and it gave me room to think! I know ME thinking??? impossible! have P.M’d you some stuff on it which I thought you would find interesting.
What a windy day here and still flipping cold! Go Doz and get you a Blankie!! I love mine saves putting heating on when poor hubby is hot and I am frozen!!!
Snuggle down all and Doz don’t even think about it till you have to go to that place with the four letter word!
Loads of love to all flutterbys
Em xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
p.s what a wally I am! put up words in wrong order sorry if I confused Doz! just put it down to my chemo brain! x
Hi flutterbys hope you are all cosied up in your snuggle blankets. I am feeling fine in myself but had glitch last night couldn’t wee so ended up in A&E in agony what a relief when they put catheter back in. Think its probably inflammation and bruising from op so its in for a week to give my bladder time to settle down and recover. Trust me to have problems. But I must admit tummy feels a lot comfier and I will still be able to go out for a walk next week ( things are so much better these days Doz aren’t they) Anyway enough of me moaning off to get all snuggled and an early night as didn’t get home till 2a.m
Snuggle Hugs to all xxx
p.s hope work isn’t too hard on yuor first day back Doz take it easy xx
Hi All, hope you are all warm and cosy this weekend.
Doz - I went to find a bulb for my salt lamp the other day. I took the old one with me and found its twin in Poundland (two in a pack). When I got home I saw on the pack it was an oven lamp. I am wondering whether it would also fit in a fridge? It worked lovely in my salt lamp so maybe it is universal.
Btw, lucky boy having a couple of extra days in Dubai.
I would love to get a dog but hubby says Monty our 10 yr old moggie wouldn’t like it so we have to wait until he falls off his twig. Lol. Sue. xx
BBBBRR!!! its sooooooo cold!
Never thought i’d hear myself saying that, I almost welcome my hot flush’s… How sad is that!!!
JMR
You poor love as if you needed that along with everything else!!
And having to be up and about… not through choice at 2am is not good, i’m sure your poor bladder will recover soon its dreadful not being able to “spend a penny” and yes i,m sure it will be inflammed for a while so you take it easy young lady
I’m enjoying my last day off SIGH! i,ve still got PJ’S and D/G on and have no intentions of changing!! So i’m still in the snuggle club
My darling son has just emailed me to say he,s skint!!! Whats new!
all this spare time in Dubai has played havoc with his spending money… so he says? Could he have bought me some nice gold piece me thinks?? NOPE he went out on the town and just happened to fall into this really expensive restaurant/bar with the other guys so had to take some money out of his account!!! Now he does,nt have enough in to pay his mortgage AAAAAAARRGGHH!!!
So yes been on with the bank today to transfer MORE money… I will not be held responsible for my actions if he spends anymore!!!
Dont you just love them!!!
Em dear!!!
How nice to know i’m not alone ha ha ha ha!!! I,m sooo easy to confuse so be gentle with me I thought it was only me that muddled things up! yes i’ve heard of PTSD we come across it with brain injuries as well as post op patients so i’m not surprised how familiar it sounds hon and yes i’m sure we have all suffered quietly with it (well not too quietly at times eh at the moment mine is Post traumatic Son disorder!!! soon to be PT Skint Disorder!!
Sue
Poor Monty twig indeed You could always come and walk Ben!!!
fat little monkey is,nt geting out enough.
Snuggle down girls its too cold to go out, I,d been contemplating walking him myself but my PJ’s won… again! Poor dog will be 10 stone by the time I get my enthusiasm back!
Four letter word is looming and i,ve still not ironed my uniforms…
OH JOY!!!
Hope your all having a good weekend flutterbys big ((HUGS))
to you all xxxxxxxxxxxDozxxxxxxxxxx
Yes Doz not what I need as just pulled myself out of the doldrums and don’t want to go back there as I think I would need pills this time round.luckily I have a friend coming who always makes me see the funny side of things so will have sore sides by the time she goes(she has the nurses sense of humour ha ha)
Hope all you flutterbys have had a good w/end fortunately i don’t have to go out in the cold so will stay snuggled up for a few more days.
Sons and their mums eh Doz they think its a bottomless pit mums bank that is.I am sure he will eventually repay you. Love and Huge Hugs xxx
Hi everyone, I haven’t gone AWOL!
Emmy
Talk about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Emmy, I think I have Post Traumatic Computer Disorder. I’ve tried to post over the weekend but all I could get was a blank white page on this website! My OH says you’ll all have fallen out with me due to neglect! The weather here has been horrible today, snowy & dark. It seems I’ve only just opened the curtains before I’m closing them again., the days are so short. I do tend to get up later and go to bed later which brings me to Sue……
Sue
I think I would have to force myself out of the door at 7.30. I must say, you have real dedication! About the Wii . I don’t usually enjoy exercise and when I get the urge to do it, could easily lay down until the feeling wears off, but I’ve found the Wii great. It’s interesting, interactive and you get to beat your own record and count how many calories you burn, a positive for me. I lost a stone using it. Now I’ve just got to get back on there and do it again.
Jmr
Aw, so sorry that you ended up in A & E and getting home at that unearthly hour must have really taken it out of you. Hope you stayed in bed until late the next morning. It’s good to hear you’re thinking positive and brightly though - it goes a long way towards the healing process, I think. In the winter at least you can wrap up on the sofa and indulge! Just got to get better and stronger now, flutterby!
Doz
I could easily not take my dog out in the winter, but like yours mine gets exited, his eyes brighten in his old face and I can’t refuse him. As he’s elderly we don’t go far now but I always feel better when I get back home for blowing away the cobwebs and the dog smells lovely, like clean washing. Dare I ask how your first day was??? Are you working full time? I really tittered at the Post Traumatic Son Disorder, ha ha, and the P T Skint Disorder, love it! I know you’d do anything for him really.
Bye the way, hope nobody sucks the corner of their comfort blanket.
hi Emmy poor you getting snow hope we don’t get any yet as my daughter is coming down from Scotland at the weekend and haven’t seen my grandchildren for 7 weeks so desperate to see them
Hope your first day wasn’t too bad Doz and you aren’t too tired make sure you get to bed early and recharge those batteries.
As far as getting up at 7.30 Sue I amm just settling down again got up at 9 today but there again its usually about 2 before I get to sleep
haven’t sucked corner of blanket yet ha ha just all snuggled up and sooooo cosy hugs to you all xx
Hellooo ami! bless you I am sure no one thinks you’re neglecting us, one of the really nice things with the flutterbys is we are able to post when we want or need to.Doz is on a late one love her! I got mine out of the way early and finished at 1, only do two a week till after xmas then three believe it or not I am knacked doing that! Ugh! Nope don’t suck the corner but sat in my cocoon as I write! Gonna ask my son to lend me his Wii and give it a go, well off now lovely you are back online BIG group hug Em xxxxx
p.s cold here but no snow!
Ha ha ha listen to you all no its me me me that sucks blankets… has snow… gone to work! I love you all you make me laugh so much and what a lovely set of Flutterbys you are… xxx
WORK… that dreaded word YUK!!!
I walked onto the ward and within seconds thrown in at the deep end… nothing new there then!! It was as if I had,nt even been away, which is good in one respect but we have 7 new patients and I didnt even get time to get to know them before I was in the thick of it…
By 8.00pm I was shattered head and knee alike so i,m happy that its physio this afternoon!!!
Ami… you plonker how on earth could we fall out with you as Em said the good thing here is you CAN dip in and out whenever you want just dont leave it toooo long as we will worry and as for snow EEEYUK!Yours should be Post Traumatic Snow Dislike
I love it especially walking in it with Ben as he goes loopy but I absloutely hate it if i,m on an early and at 6.00 am stood freezing my backside off scraping the damn car!! With living next to the river the car does get a bit of condensation on it and if it freezez or snows its a nightmare trying to clear it and i,m not forunate to have a garage they didnt build them in 1835 when this house was built! The downside of old street property,s.
Em…Glad work was over and done with early as leaving work last night was soo cold… we,d had a sleet shower just before I left so the roads were pretty rubbish, I have a 4 mile stretch of open countryside to travel and the road was white as not many people use it at that time of night I think you are really good agreeing to 3 shifts after xmas and stil having your treatment… you are made of pretty strong stuff hon so I do hope its not too much for you!
Daniel used to suck his blanket (stopped at 25 ha ha ha!! joke! but dont tell him I said that)He carried it around till he was about 4 and if I tried to wash it all hell let loose!!
Jmr…I envy your blanket days hon I,m quite lucky at the moment as i,m only working 3 short shifts for the next 2 weeks and most of them are lates so i,m not having to get up too early… but like you I,m awake till the wee hrs and hav,nt been getting up till around 9 myself so god help me when I start doing earlies again EEEK!!
Hope the weather holds off till after your family have been, How nice for you to have them all, it,ll definately lift you
Sue… keep up the good work you can do a few rounds for me hav,nt got any energy today so i,ll imagine you instead PHEW!!!
Well Flutterbys you all sound really perky and bright so somethings working on here
Hope it stays that way in the mean time I think PJ’s might just stay on and I can see a blanket coming into this day at some point
Love and hugs all round XXXXXXX((HUGS))XXXXXX Stay warm
Hi Ami no I havn’t forgotten you just got mixed up with names which is no surprise at all I’d forget my head if it was loose
Well Flutterbys going to attempt a short walk to the Post Office to post some xmas cards abroad just hope not too late for them. also need to get stamps for rest of my cards then when I get back it will be back in the P.Js and snuggle blanket love and hugs xxxx
Hi Flutterbys
What a lazy day i,ve had… physio went really well and now PJ clad AGAIN!!
I want a medal… A BIG one ha ha!! After all this time I finally managed to get my brain functioning and upload approx 87 pictures from my camera onto the computer woo hoo!! It only took 2hrs to fathom it out!! Clever old bean eh!
I put one on here of me and my Boy though remembered after i,d uploaded it, it was the one that he had a star stuck on his forehead (courtesy of his sister on his leaving night 2 weeks back) its not a fly honestly
Now the news I,ve been dreading I got a call from him today, they finally found out why they were delayed in going to Afghanistan… Medical reports and test results!!
He got his certificate of clean health this morning and tests were all clear so is now waiting for his flight as I write OH MY!!
All was good while he was in Dubai spending MY money but now i,m back to the I WONT CRY again though I did and have done since getting the news… it was inevitable but still hit me again, and especially with the bombings today…Bugger bugger bugger!!! I want peace on earth and goodwill to all men for Xmas
Well my lovelies i,m going for a soak in the bath and an early night is in order, physio was pretty damn rough today with having more range in my knee now so he went for it… YEEOUCH!!
He still keeps saying my age is a factor in repair… I will pay him back for that one day… the tinker
Massive hugs to you lovely flutterbys
Doz xxxxxxhugsxxxxx
Hi Doz
How dare your physio be rough and say your age is a factor?? Huh! He must be at least 12. Wonderful you have uploaded photo’s!! I
just get the hang of it and we upgrade our computer! About Daniel, you must be living on your nerves! I would be beside myself!! Yes, you really must want him home, but at the same time, you really want him to experience things and live! Well my flutterby, I can understand your Bugger Bugger Bugger. Why, oh why, can’t everyone be friends? Hope you had an uplifting good soak in the bath.
Jmr
Well done for your trip to the Post Office. I remember doing the same and now wonder how I did it, I was so weak, so it really lifts you when you do.
Hey Doz I like the star look thought you had done it like when they were small for good behaviour? He!He! Daniel had better never see this lot!I am there with you giving that BIG cyber hug and then you will be moaning he is back before you know it and brought loads of washing etc!!!
I am working this morning but REALLY don’t want to go I am sure I will be fine once I get there but so tired today that blessed wind was evil last night!! So only got a couple of hours mostly lay listening to things fly around wondering if anything bad was being blown away, got up today and a couple of plant pots still out are halfway to Aus now!!!
I am going to wear something wind proof like TEN layers it is freezing and windy and living on top of a hill doesn’t it get like a huge wind tunnel upside the house…hope I make it to the car!
Well girls off I go for my shower then off to it ,at least I will be back at 1.00 I hope!!!
Take care all and snuggle down in them blankets Big hugs Em xxxxxxxxxxx
Em dear…
I,ve got your plants and several other items, but i,m missing a bag of bird food that was hanging off the table… is it at yours???
Tho me thinks the birds have scattered it as there must have been 500 birds (I have been known to exaggerate) on the lawn this morning when I got up… at 6 AAARGH!!
Like you Hon the wind has been dreadful it was howling and I dont like it when its like that… shudder!! So my early night was a disaster I was up at 2 watching the trees at the back of my garden and wondering if they fell were they tall enough to hit my house… Nope not quite
Going for a swim… now dont get excited i,m really not motivated but I pay for the gym and hav,nt used it for ages so I may as well swim! Such a tight asse ha ha!!
Hope your day at work is,nt too busy hon and dont get blown away…
Love to all you flutterbys stay warm xxxxxxxxxxxxhugsxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Flutterbys
I do not live in your computers honestly
I am a real person (I think) tho i,ve felt like a zombie all day with not sleeping through that blessed wind last night… I managed a few lengths at the pool but after about 20 gave up and came home, it was,nt very warm so I am now ensconced in PJ’s and Dg…
Has he has,nt he has been my war cry for the last few days and tonight he will finally be airborne! SIGH!!! The Military are flying 10 of the workers who passed their medicals out to Khandahar tonight where they are to be security screened along with mobile phones and laptops… so his home for the next few days is a secure compound and a big tent!!! A bit different to the hotel in Dubai.
Not sure when i,ll hear from him again so its now time to get used to the idea of him being away Its going to be a strange xmas without him the first one we hav,nt all been together in 28 yrs… 26 for Vikki.
Oh my… am I feeling sorry for myself tonight. sorry flutterbys and sorry for the blaspheming in the earlier post I just get so cross with humanity when it cant live in peace
Rant over “Where did I go” sob!!!
Hope your all having a much better day and life is being good to you all
Love and big hugs all round xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxhugxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi everyone
Hope you haven’t all been blown away! The photo was taken this morning. I can’t believe how grey my hair has become since chemo.
All the talk about blankets, well, our dog has to be under his blanket at night but got up in the small hours wanting to go out. O.H. crept to the door in the dark but when the outside light came on he realised the dog, looking like a jousting horse, had trotted down the garden with the blanket still on his back. O.H., in the howling wind, slithered over the sleet on the grass ending up at the furthest point of the garden to pick it up where the dog had left it. Can’t repeat what he said when he finally came back inside!!! Jmr hope you’ve been good and had lots of rest and Emmy, hope you’re rivived after work today.
Wow Doz! A tent in the Khandahar suddenly makes it all real? It all must be quite painful, especially knowing Daniel won’t be back for Xmas. I know you must be very low, but hopefully in a few months, when you look back, I’m sure you’ll see how time has flown and your heart will be singing knowing he’s about to come home to you. I suppose this is where going to your work is a godsend for taking your mind off things? I just hope you’re not going to take on another pet, like a camel! Anyway, take a look at my photo, that’ll make you laugh. You both look lovely on yours!
she made the excuse that she needed to lie on the sofa as her back was aching but in all honestly it was,nt very warm in my lounge so I gave in as even I was a bit cold so she must have been freezing bless her…
No they never change do they