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Oh dreary, dreary moi, think I have broken my toe, boo hoo, decided to smash said toe against the security door.
Toe has doubled in size and is a spectacular shade of purple
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So away to sit on the "feeling sorry for myself" bench, as we always say tomorrow is another day xx
I can see him! A very colourful chameleon indeed.
The trip to Her Maj's house tomorrow has had to be postponed. Unfortunately my back is still being troublesome and going to London is not possible. I shall look forward to doing the trip next Spring. Her Maj is said to be very disappointed.
Saw the GP about my back on Monday and he said he would send me for X-Rays and physiotherapy. Had the X-ray today, and see the physio next Thursday. Much quicker than I expected. Still working but a bit slower than normal.
I need a visit to the optician too, cannot see to read my music! Have glasses for distance (only wear them for driving), have glasses for reading (don't wear them at all). Have tried both pairs to read the music but no good. So need a pair for in between! Also need new sunglasses as mine were pinched from a shoe shop in town. Realised I'd left them there, went back and they were gone! Consoled myself with the fact that they were prescription glasses and whoever pinched them would not be able to see through them!
Knitting this small dress, seems to be going ok, counting stitches after every row and hoping for the best.
Hope you all have a lovely weekend.
"Och well" won't need my passport for MMU3 
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Am sooooooooooooo envious of your skills!
What a lovely suprise Jane!
Kay you are really going for it hee hee!
JCJ, did you get your glasses sorted?
Off to the dentist soon, got a phonecall this morning asking if I could come along about BMS, clean and polish so all will be ok.
Also received letter for mammo, now that's when I start to feel jittery..............
Is everyone being offered HT automatically now for the 10 years?
Maybe my Mum is hiding them xx
All quiet on the Benchland front!
Am on the "it's lonely here on the 10 year" bench haha!
Lovely sunny day, woo hoo!
Further proof marbles are disappearing at an alarming rate, was chatting to a neighbour, couldn't remember mid sentence what I was talking about.................she then went on to ask a few questions and I had NO idea what the answers were, one being where my Mum lives???
Oh dreary, dreary me, the search goes on xx
What a lovely pony!
All went well, have now been signed off from surgical, mammo in the next couple of weeks and the dreaded ta"poxy"fen for 10 years instead of 5, woo hoo scooby dooby/booby doo hahaha
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Soooooooooo can look forward to keeping my hairy face, my hugely fat tum, my weird hair growth and my hot flushes till 2021!! You can't get better than that!
Anyone else joining me? xx
Woo hoo pony is all fixed!
Golly gosh you are all sooooooooo good with this knitting malarkey................
Am totally obsessed with jigsaw puzzles, great distraction when there is nothing exciting to watch on TV.
Had ED and GD for tea yesterday had a good giggle!
Just looked out my appt for B surgeon tomorrow, good job cause had marked calendar 2 hours later than appt actually is, am totally losing it
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"Funny walking" won't have to practise at all hee hee!
Hope the back is behaving FF.
JCJ, you would expect glasses to be fabulous for that price.
Kay have a superly, fantastical hol xx
Ooops, poor choice of words there, I should have said "overdressed on the train". Never silly, we are always regal and majestic in our finery which fits in rather well with where I am going. You don't think I should tone it down a bit do you? Don't want to upstage Her Maj.
I thought I was giving up the lunchtime job too but I decided to give it a little bit longer to see what happened and then I rather found that I was enjoying it. I was very surprised! Looking after children is so NOT my thing but it's only an hour and so full on that it passes in the blink of an eye, (and the extra money is very handy):smileyvery-happy:
My daughter has just presented me with a knitting pattern and wool. A small Christmassy (sorry!) dress for the new arrival. Reading of your trials with your knitting JCJ and Kay I am filled with trepidation. I am not the worlds best knitter. At least I've got three months to do it!!
What a week! Back to school at lunchtime job, expected chaos and was not disappointed. However as the week has gone on we have ironed out the problems and normal service has been resumed.
Newest grandaughter has had her six week check up today and all is well although she is at the lower level for length. As we are a short family this is not a concern!
You are all very welcome to join my trip to Her Maj's house. I hadn't thought but of course I must wear the posh frock, knee highs, tiara etc. Don't want to look silly on the train so will change when we get to London.
I'm just hoping at the moment that it will happen as my back has been playing up for the last two days to the point that walking was difficult. Good job it's Friday and I can have two days to recuperate. Seeing the GP on Monday, perhaps he can suggest some exercises or something. Or at least give me some effective painkillers!
Hope you all have a good weekend.
Feeling much better now. Swim did me good. Beyond tired now but not so miserable.
I always put my cossie on under my clothes when I go to the pool, and take underwear to put on after. This week I forgot my bra! Good job I could skuttle to my car in the dark and didn't have to run for a bus!!
Hope you are calmer now JCJ, tomorrow is another day................
Hugely enormous choc cake and a flask of tea, all ready for you in the shed!
Had a phonecall from YD (on her hols) she asked me if I could look up flights back to Scotland, then on to Argentina, WHAT??????????????????
Went into panic mode but all fine, it was for someone else, WHEW xx
hahaha grumpy, "smelly van" alert!
Have a fab honorary grandma few days, will see you next time!
Think the lido has numbed my brain, not my body.....................still struggling to get up in the morning, so painful grrrrrrr no. 2 at the end of the month
Away to have a muggacoffee and egg mayo sandwich, maybe a packet of crisps, tasty sweetie and a cake, well it IS Wed after all xx
Brilliant that we are all pppppppppppp'ing together!
Well, am trying to lift the terrible lethargy, have had my haircut and bought a pair of SKINNY jeans (am far from skinny but they look nice) haha! Hairdresser says I'm only a few months now off the style I actually want to have so have to be patient for a little bit longer. Also thank you JCJ and FF for your recommendations regarding jeans.
Am on the ppppppppppppppooped bench now, feet up for a while methinks xx
Really shouldn't be drinking tea while reading Benchland. Tea was very nearly spluttered all over laptop at your incontinent/ ppppppeeeing comment JCJ. Seven weeks holiday sounds good to me, hope we get the same.
Tried very hard to get school ready for the staff to come back to today......failed! Really hope they didn't notice. (They never notice what I do but I bet they see what I didn't 
) Just the one day behind..... all is now ready for the return of the children tomorrow. Stripey steps looking good! Weather was kind to me.
Newest baby grandaughter has to go to hospital tomorrow to have an ultrasound on her hips. As she was in the breech position for quite a few weeks this is a precaution and everyone expects her to be ok.
Katy, spoons heading your way, I have a few to spare this week.
hahaha grumpy!
Ppppppppplenty of ppppppppppppp's still going on, hee hee.
Not doing nuthin' today, got on fairly well at hos, more blood tests etc but all ok. Thank you for the spoons need a bucketful though..........
Am on the "going crazy" bench YD keeps adding things she just has to do before she goes on hol the list is ENORMOUS and ofcourse she needs my help, 2 more days to go..............then quiet time xx
