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Just a thought, Katy, but thudding headache could be dehydration? Antihistamines don't help with that but drinking more water... or tea!.... might help, and it certainly won't do any harm! Another excuse to linger on the JustFinishThisMugatea bench (AKA CBA bench)?! 😜 We're going home tomorrow. Have to leave the cottage by 10am (ouch!): we'll be back by lunchtime. OH has booked his 7pm swimming session. Probably have usual Friday chippies.  We've enjoyed being somewhere else and I've appreciated different places to explore on my evening walks, but I'm quite looking forward to going home. Contemplating a train journey over to visit ES in hospital early next week. His friend has offered to drive me/us but I don't know if OH would cope. He certainly panics if I drive on motorways! It's over 2 hours each way even on motorways.  ES desperately wants to come out of hospital but doesn't want to go back to his place on his own.... (or ever, at the moment!) Hospital have said they think a few days leave with friends/family will do him good but we're all scared we won't be able to cope. He's still saying some bizarre things, but he claims that's because he is trapped in a psychiatric ward. Hmmm. We'll see how things are when we visit. I've got to consider OH's mental health: only just got him stable! Kids, eh! Who'd have 'em? We actually had a meal at the pub tonight! Hurrah! OH suggested it this morning, and then forgot! 🙄 ES rang when we should have been going out and it was already too late to start going to the shop to fetch something to cook, but we got there in the end. We sat outside looking at the cottage and the sunlit fields on the hill behind. A fitting last night to the holiday, even if we weren't as relaxed as we'd have liked!! Hope you're doing OK, Jane, and that you have had some of this lovely weather to enjoy.  ... View more

Hope the walk with the dogs went OK, Jane, and they haven't got cause to comment on Twitter 😜 Enjoy your Friday lunch, Katy, I hope it's delicious. I shall need details. ES's situation has rather hijacked this holiday. OH arranged to phone him every day at 2pm. (And we're never organised to go anywhere before lunch, thanks to PD!) Yesterday, we each spoke to him for nearly an hour, by which time it was almost time to cook dinner (pasta bolognaise from shop in village). We had a lovely chat about all sorts of things and ES was in contact with his sister too.....for the first time in years. Today's call was awful so we were both too fraught to do more than go for a small stroll in the village and watch the tennis.  I bought a steak pie in the shop for dinner and it's in the oven now. Spuds cooking for mash, and veg. Think there might be some instant gravy granules lurking in a cupboard. Meanwhile, we'll just watch people tucking into pub meals on the green opposite our cottage. 🙄 I had a lovely walk last night. There are lots of scenic, virtually traffic-free roads to explore, and I'm loving being on holiday when the days are longer: no panic about getting too far from "home" when it gets dark. Trying to be positive. Trying to reassure myself .... and, especially, OH.....that there'll be good days and bad ones and the fact that we've "seen" (heard!) a glimpse of his old self means he must be on the mend. 🤞   ... View more

Rain this morning! Of course. We didn't get a pub meal today. A very fraught phone call last night with ES left us both a bit fragile so I cooked salmon in brown butter (I've watched enough cooking on TV to know how to sell it when I let the pan get too hot! 😛 ) new potatoes, carrots and broccoli for dinner. OH had a much better chat with ES this afternoon so we're feeling a bit better about him now. Beautiful evening so we went for (separate - so I could go further and faster) walks. On returning, I found him outside the pub opposite the cottage. He'd ordered an alcohol free beer and was convinced it was going to his head so I had to finish it for him. (Shame?!) Good news that the fluid isn't on your heart. Fingers crossed they manage to drain it this time.  ... View more

BIL didn't have sepsis, just a very minor crack in his skull, and he was allowed to go back to his flat today but opted to stay in hospital for another night. Things also looking better for ES. OH actually had a long chat on the phone with him this morning. I was a weeny bit jealous (I thought he was talking to hospital staff so didn't join in) but I'm also thrilled that they've talked after so many years: at least I have had text conversations with him. ES did say he'd ring back later today to talk to both of us but that hasn't happened. I'm not surprised. Enough is enough of the ancient rellies for one day?! We'll call him tomorrow. We're at the cottage. Finally. Only 14 months later than planned. It's opposite a pub and 50yds from a chippy. Apparently, there is a good bakery in the village too and a small supermarket. Perfect. I won't be slobbing in the garden in my dressing gown here though because it's a bit overlooked!! The living room is a bit public too, as we're right on the main road, so we'll have to be careful to keep the blinds drawn until we're decent!! 😳 ... View more

Hurrah for feeling better, Jane. Long may it continue, along with an improvement in the breathing! Hahaha, Katy, thanks for making me laugh. I really needed that today. The flowers on the front of the dress looks like my boobs have slipped.... that's about right! Trying to get sorted for our holiday but the joy has been taken out of it because we heard, yesterday, that BIL is in hospital with suspected sepsis after a fall and, worse, less than an hour later, we learned that ES is also in hospital.... in a psychiatric ward! It seems the birthday messages and other weird things recently were his cries for help. 😢 His friends are rallying round and I'm just about to make some phone calls to try to find where he is. We might have Sunday dinner in a pub. If so, I'll fill a "doggy bag" or 2 (hate that phrase as it always make me think of a rather less savory sort of bag that dogwalkers carry!) and smuggle them out.  ... View more

You really are having a rough time, Jane. I hope things settle down soon and you can find out what's going on. I agree with Katy, that a lot of it could be SEs. Puts my pathetic niggles into perspective! My thumb is much as it was: no problem with the splint on, ouchy without, slightly swollen due to the steroid - but I was told to expect that. Back is much improved. I managed the supermarket shop and was just a bit achy by the time I'd put it all away. I put my boots away and got out my sandals. That and your chairs, Katy, and we really have done for the weather!! Hot today but a bit of rain this evening.   ... View more

Glad hay-fever meds are working. Double buggy: you could join freecycle.org. It's free to join and it is great for giving stuff away to keep it out of landfill. You just offer it and the person who wants it has to come and get it! I've DMed you the link to your local group (I think!)  ... View more

Back is improving slowly. I managed to walk up to Dr's this morning.... Slowly! I'd worn my splint since getting out of the shower so my thumb didn't hurt when Dr prodded it and wiggled it about. After a bit, I said "Ow!" when I knew it would have hurt if I'd not worn the splint! Injection was virtually painless after all my worry (stupidly, I'd googled cortisone injections and it said the most painful one was into the hand!) However, as I was walking out of the surgery, it suddenly started really hurting. I cursed myself for forgetting to take ibuprofen before I went (a sure sign my back is getting better!) I'm glad I didn't have to drive home. Popped into a small supermarket on the way home to pick up some milk. I had intended to treat myself to an ice-cream as a reward for having the injection, but the pain was making me feel so sick I didn't fancy one! The walk home helped and I've had some toast and coffee and ibuprofen and it's OK now. Dr said to keep wearing the splint and I should feel the benefit of the injection in 7 to 10 days and if not to let him know. Ha. Email to say you've just posted, Katy, so we were typing at the same time. 😁 I can't respond to yours until after I've posted this! OH is swimming this afternoon so I'm going to suggest we have dinner/tea in the chippy in town as the cafe should be open now. It'll save me cooking and make up for probably not having them on Friday because we'll have just arrived at the cottage; can't get in until 5pm. Pork dinner in shed with (bought) forest fruit strudel (which neither of us ate as we weren't very hungry) and bangers and mash with carameli sed onion gravy from last night.  ... View more

Hope your earache is better, Jane. Scary about your BIL but, to be fair, cancer is often missed at first Dr's appointments in person. It often takes the patient going back, with it still not better, to cause further investigation. The treatment must be horrible; I hope they caught it in time, despite the delay. Is your Ed still puffed up, Katy? I hope not and that's she's recovered. I bet she'll think twice before having the 2nd jab!! My YD had no problem other than a slightly sore arm. I'm annoyed with myself because I put my ****** back out again yesterday, twisting to get something out of the fridge. I hoped it would be fine and tried to carry on as normal: gentle pruning in garden, walking to chippy..... much slower than usual.... and driving OH to his swimming (ouchy whenever I had to use the brake and clutch s imultaneously!) It's bad this morning and I'm regretting not resting: stressing about whether it'll be better for going on holiday on Friday (last Easter's postponed cottage) not to mention getting to the Dr's on Tuesday. I was going to walk in case the injection makes my thumb too sore to drive but it's half a mile away up a steep hill!!  Ibuprofen and rest. It'll be fine in a day or two. That's what I keep telling myself. Fingers crossed. I took my splint off for a couple of days to stop me talking myself out of the injection because it's completely fine with the splint on so I can convince myself it's better and there's no need to go through with it. Splint is back on now: no point in adding to the back pain misery?! I agree, Katy, why would anyone WANT to fill their faces with poison?!! I'm such a coward when it comes to necessary interventions never mind doing it for vanity!!  ... View more

Glad your leg wasn't anything to worry about.  YD didn't actively try to persuade OH about our trip but she did mention it a couple of times like it was all agreed: "I'll see you I a few weeks" and I booked the campsite as it's only £14 a night and we'd only lose the first night's fee if we don't go. We didn't want him to finally agree and then the site be full. That would be awful: to not go, as YD put it, "for a silly reason". I'm waiting for the Dr to ring back. I got a telephone appointment this morning and Dr said another Dr in the practice does cortisone injections so she's put me on his phone list for this morning. LATER: phone went in the middle of that last paragraph! Injection booked for next Tuesday at 9am. Now I'm on the jittery bench; hoping it's not too ouchy. 😕 I have to say, this telephone appointment system is sooo much more efficient; I hope we don't go back to the old ways although I'm slightly surprised they took my word for it that it is trigger thumb, but I did tell them I'd had it before. YD said GD was a pain going to bed last night: "I WANT TO GO TO BED WITH NANA!" Both pleased and glad I wasn't there!  YD has her vaccination tomorrow. I won't tell her about your D's experience!! I hope she's OK now? Right, no excuse not to do the hoovering now as I'm no longer listening for the phone........I'll just finish this coffee on...... ... View more

Glad you had a lovely week with your family, Jane. I bet you are exhausted now?! Some lovely memories to treasure though. We were playing with Brio too! We have a large boxful, saved from when our children were smal(ler). GD has a "noisy train" that she was playing with - it has a battery in and moves by itself - and I noticed it looked a similar size to the Brio trains. Noisy train kept getting itself trapped behind sofas and chairs so I brought out the Brio box, from under my dressing table, cleared off years of dust and voilà! perfect fit! So YD spent a happy hour building a circuit around the living room and noisy train went around and round safely. They've taken the boxful home with them - probably more for YD's benefit at the moment. 😛 GD was sick, twice, in the car coming here (also on their zoo trip a few weeks ago) and they were worried she had developed travel sickness like her mummy had as a child, but they got home, yesterday, vomit-free so maybe she was just out of practice after over a year of not going anywhere more than 10 minutes away. We had a lovely time, despite cold, damp weather. We managed 2 excursions to the park, via the canal towpath to feed the ducks (none of the ducklings or moorhen chicks put in an appearance though, unfortunately) to burn off some energy. The turkey survived its 5 months in the freezer - in fact the turkey breast was even better because I froze it in gravy making it  deliciously moist! - so the dinner was a roaring success. As was the Boxing day pie yesterday. (I joked that that was why GD wasn't sick: she didn't want to part with any of that turkey! 😁 ) The grown up (in name, anyway) girls absolutely loved the advent calendar but decided not to show it to GD yet as she wouldn't want to put the ornaments back in it. It's gone home with them to wait in their loft until December, but they've promised to send me a video when she opens it. Raining, yet again, today and not very warm. I've got all the washing to do because I didn't do it on Friday (too wet to put outside and the airer usually lives in the guest room!) and the chemist still owes us some of OH's prescription so I'll have to drag myself off the CBA/K bench to go and get that at some point today. Swimming booked for tonight too. If I can summon the energy! I got away with no SEs from vaccine 2 though, as today's tiredness is probably what I normally experience when they've been here and I was fine all weekend. I don't know how you manage 2 of them on your own, Katy!! Good luck with your scans, Jane. Whatever you decide, remember whatever the prognosis, some people defy expectations: OH's uncle was given just a few months and lived, in reasonable health, for over 30 years.... and that was before any of the more effective treatments!... so don't give up hope. Hugs (gentle, Covid-safe ones) xx ... View more

It's the other thumb. I had thought that being the left one, it wouldn't be such a problem but it's amazing how many times one bends both one's thumbs during the course of a day! The girls are hoping to break their journey, tomorrow, for lunch, at Cambridge (the only decent services on that route, all the others being, to quote FoxyFeret (I miss her 🙁 😞 “just a burger van and a portaloo!") so they should get here around 4pm, depending on traffic, toddler induced delays etc. Chippy tea planned. Turkey dinner for earlyish tea on Saturday, so GD can join us. I've got lists of timings because I've never cooked Christmas Dinner when most of the meat is already cooked! I've got to cook the pigs in blankets - and try not to burn them this time - and the roasties, yorks puds and other veg as well as the stuffing. I saved some of the turkey stock so I can make more gravy too (I froze the sliced turkey in gravy).  YD is very excited that it will be Eurovision on Saturday. We used to love watching that together and most years, since she left home, we have watched it and texted each other silly comments. OHs won't be happy but apparently DIL "will get into it" and my OH can bog off and listen to his operas upstairs if he wants - as long as he doesn't wake GD in the next room!! Weather is cold, wet and windy. Typical weather for me to be seeing YD! At least we're not camping this weekend! Looking around the house wondering how much stuff I need to move before the tiny tornado arrives!  ... View more

Hope your telephone appointment went/goes OK today, Jane, and best wishes for treatment tomorrow: I hope it is not too unpleasant, that it does its stuff and that the side effects are minimal. 🤞🏼 I have been thinking of you enjoying "Christmas" with your family and hoping you're not exhausting yourself too much! More goodies in the shed (hic! There's booze in there!! 🤭): I've just made some Welsh cakes for our "Christmas", at the weekend - (mince pies were a bit too much faff, even though I do still have some homemade mincemeat) because the trigger thumb is no better; I had to use the food processor to rub the fat into the flour which felt like a massive cheat. Had to do stricter "quality control" because of this, so 2 of them have gone already.... "just to be sure they're up to standard" As long as I keep my splint on, my thumb causes me no pain, but for certain jobs I need to take it off, eg baking, and then it's ouchy. (Though I am aware I am in no position to complain about pain to either of you!! 🙊 ) I shall wait until my 2nd jab and the girls' visit are done and then I'll try and sort out a Dr's appointment. All he will go is refer me to a consultant, but it's a start. Hope the mark on your leg is nothing to worry about, Katy, xx ... View more

Normal. Normal. Normal. NORMAL!!! I have it in writing; I am normal! Hand me that glitterberry juice and those sparklers! 😁   ... View more

Ignore the scales, Jane, as long as you can still get your clothes on, no need to worry! 😁 Both my sisters were told on no account should they lose any weight before chemo as they'd need all their strength/calories! Posh food in the shed! Yum. Roast beef dinner will be added to it tomorrow and a lemon Swiss roll (not my own, but made by a local bakery. Someone at the library gave it to OH on Thursday and he hadn't the heart to refuse, despite the enormous (for 2 of us) coffee cake I'd just made! So I said we'll have some of it for dessert on Sunday with some raspberry sorbet and/or ice cream and freeze the rest.)  OH can cope on his own, he just panics about being in the house on his own overnight (or in the day when I was at work but now he's encouraging me to find something to do.... as if I can in Lockdown!)  He says he's afraid he might fall (too many stories of elderly people falling - including our neighbour, who lost an arm due to a badly broken shoulder and his mum who broke a hip!) Parkinson's nurse has suggested he have a panic alarm but he refuses: says they don't work if you fall with them under you, but I suspect the real reason is the same as not using the wheelchair: stubborn denial that he is that "disabled/old/frail". (Deny away. It's more ammunition for my argument that you CAN be left for 3 days..... at the moment, but for how much longer?!) I do all the cooking/meal prep now, although that's more because I'm here all the ***** time and might as well have something to do than because he can't. I don't get his breakfast, though, and he manages that OK so he will be fine heating something from the freezer in the microwave and I'd make sure there were plenty of easily reheated/prepared delicious meals. And there are at least 6 local takeaways that deliver!!  He did say that he was joking with his friend, at swimming, on Tuesday, that he would "invite a load of ladies round for a party" while we were away, so I've not completely given up hope. I'm relying on the girls to put some pressure on him next weekend.  Still waiting for my mammo results. It's been the 2 weeks they said, but I suppose the bank holiday will have delayed things a bit: not yet 10 working days. It feels a lot longer!! I'm taking consolation from the fact that it would have been here sooner if it was bad news. 🤞🏼 The advent calendar is finished! I can give it to the girls next weekend and let the parents decide whether GD can look at it - as it will be pretend Christmas anyway - or keep it until December. At least, I thought it was finished but I needed to reinforce the back as it bends a bit so I had to take everything back out of the pockets: one of them had nothing in??!! I'm sure I counted 24 ornaments: 25 if you include the rather naff robin that I replaced with something else but I can't work out what's missing. Maybe the naff robin will go in after all.     More exciting videos from "Hedgehog cam". I put it in the shed to see what is bringing in loads of soil and leaves. We have an adorable little mouse!! It's cheered me up no end! I was worried it might be a rat visiting and although I'd be OK with that - after all, wildlife is wildlife: who are we to discriminate? — as long as it doesn't come in the house - but I know the neighbours would strongly object. A cute little mouse though, will be less unpopular..... although I still don't think we'll announce his/her presence: don't want anyone calling rentokill!  Have a lovely time with your family, Jane, but take time away to rest when you need to. A week with a small one will be exhausting for anyone not used to it!      ... View more

Merry Christmas! 🎉 Just this once, I'll allow the use of the C-word before 5th November. 😀 Thank you for reminding me that I need to buy sausage meat to make my sausagemeat stuffing. Everything else for our Christmas Dinner is waiting in the freezer until next weekend when the girls are coming. I got a call from the Dr's surgery this morning. I guessed it would be about Covid vaccine so I didn't panic. 2nd vaccine booked for 1:30pm Friday 21st. The day the girls arrive! I hope it doesn't make me as tired as last time!! At least it will be done before we go away on 4th June and we will both be fully protected, but the timing could have been better! Just my luck: you wait months for things to happen and then they all come at once!  As I ended the call from the surgery, (I was still upstairs getting myself together after my shower) OH said, "Did you hear the post arrive?" “Yes. Is my letter there?!" (Not that I'm constantly thinking about mammo letter - yes I am!!) "No, but I thought you might have heard the letter box and be wondering." Aghhh! Why even say anything then?! I think your downsizing of the zoo trip is a very good idea. As you say, it's a lot of money and you'd feel pressurised into making the most of it: exhausting for anyone and not good in your present circumstances! Add in c*** weather, as my D. experienced, and the zoo can be pretty grim. You will make just as happy memories, with your GC, at the farm. I googled the salted caramel recipe and used this (but there are loads): https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/homemade-salted-caramel-recipe/ I used double light Elmlea instead of "heavy cream" as I buy that because it keeps longer and we rarely use cream. (I struggle to digest very fatty food and OH is putting on enough belly weight thanks to Ropinirole! (Ropinirolypoly?))  The sauce keeps for ages in the fridge - or until you get sick of it being in the way! 😛 I've just started reading Wuthering Heights. It's been on my kindle (other e-readers are available) for ages and I thought I'd give it a go. Quite enjoying it so far, even if it isn't completely gripping.    ... View more

Sitting in our garage. Thank goodness OH keeps a chair in here! JUST finished mowing the front "lawn" and next-door's when there was a flash of lightning followed shortly after by a sinister rumbling and the heavens opened just as I got the (electric! 😱 ) mower into the garage! The back lawn and the edge trimming will gave to wait. Shame?! Unfortunately, so will lunch. Unless I brave dashing into the house in this downpour. Not entirely sure it wasn't my stomach rumbling!! Dessert was homemade apple crumble, made with our own Bramley's, and salted caramel custard, which, I have to say was amazing. I had some homemade salted caramel sauce getting on my nerves in the fridge so I made custard (using the famous powder - it doesn't tweet...or build nests!) but I left out the sugar and stirred in the salted caramel instead. Oh my days! Goes perfectly with apple crumble!! I was hoping to go for a walk while OH is swimming this afto but if this rain keeps up....!! I got all excited at the weekend because YD asked if her dad would be OK on his own for a few days. She and DIL have decided they each need a break from the "tyrannical toddler", after a hideous year, and YD wants to go camping with me because she's missed it so much. I am so pleased she wants to! We pencilled in 29th June to 1st July. (DIL planning a long weekend in Lisbon with best friend layer in year) At first, OH was fine with the idea, so I even started to look at camp sites. And wondered whether MMU (7?) might be feasible.  Then, on Sunday, he suddenly said, "I shall get someone to stay with me while you are away with S***". Grrr. Who? I don't suppose for a moment that he remembers this exact same conversation 2 years ago and me not going to Norecambe as a result! 😪 He even offered to pay his brother to come and stay but he wasn't having it. I'm worried he'll pester ES and that will be the end of the potential relationship rebuilding: they never could be left together without falling out!! Grrrrrr. Rain stopped. Time to go in and feed our faces.   ... View more

All around the houses but I've finally navigated my way back here. Signed in to reply and the website started playing silly b.s: "Welcome, JCJ, you have no saved content" What??! Clicked "subscriptions" tab; same message. What?? Eventually found my way in.  I'm getting used to the haircut. I think I like it. It certainly tangles less so I don't have to always tie it back but I can when I want to. There'll be less hair to hoover off the carpets too - I'm still moulting thanks to the lovely Tapoxyfen. Super scan results, Jane; very encouraging and, knowing the chest pains probably aren't anything scary, I'm sure will help them feel better. Cracked ribs heal! I'd resist any temptation to perform cartwheels or handstands for the moment though! 😁 Glad your lido went well, Katy - if a tad slowly; (but that might help reduce SEs?) Persisting it down here today today and still quite cold. I was out in the garden yesterday, allegedly tidying the borders but it was lovely in the sunshine and out of the wind so I was actually just sitting for ages watching the bees buzzing about. Lovely. They don't care if the borders are untidy! And the hedgehogs love them like that; more places to hide That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it! I was on the FF bench on Monday evening: mad dash to get dinner, after a zoom call with the girls, and get to the pool on time for 7pm swim. It was closed! They'd let me book and pay for the swim! Grrr. I sent an angry email demanding a refund (and then remembered it's only £2.60! 🤭) I have had an apology and the next 2 Monday night swims have been booked for free. On Tuesday, a letter arrived addressed to my first name. Oh no! Far too soon to be good news about mammo. Not expecting anything else medical. Plonked onto panic bench but made myself open the envelope. It was my new credit card. Phew! I forgot the banks know me by that name too. I thoroughly confused YD today. I've ordered some beer to be delivered to their house for DIL's birthday, which is on Wednesday. I was informed it would be delivered on Tuesday so I sent YD the details so she can intercept the parcel. This morning, I received an email, and text, from the delivery company to say it's coming TODAY so I copied the text and WhatsApped it to YD. She received it straight after another message, from the SAME delivery company, telling her that her parcel from K.......(jet wash she had ordered - expected Monday) will be delivered today. Both parcels coming on the same van! What are the chances of that? It took a while for her foggy Saturday morning brain to work that out. 😁 Roast chicken dinner will be in the shed tomorrow. Not sure what dessert yet.  ... View more

Hope lido went OK; No dramas; and that the SEs are minimal. I'm sat in car outside the dentist  (double yellow lines but deploying the blue badge!) waiting for OH. So far they've not even let him in and it's hailing! There's a horrible drilling noise emanating from the vicinity of the building but I'm hoping it's the refurbishments next door! 🥴 I have a hair appointment tomorrow. I am going to brave the "beauty academy" salon (ack!) where one of the girls from my old, closed, place rents a chair. I'm planning on having quite a bit taken off: so it's just over my shoulders. Bit of a change but still long enough to tie back. Your GS intro to nursery sounds really supportive (but a real pain for the parent having to schlep to and fro?) DIL has had her work days changed to Tuesday and Wednesday but nursery can't take GD on Tuesdays until next month so YD is taking Tuesdays off through May. She is planning "adventures". Yesterday, they went to the zoo, despite diabolical weather, because it was pre-booked and paid for. Apparently, nearly all the animals were asleep indoors so the highlights for GD were the pigeons and the gift shop!! (Funny isn't it: they can go indoors for the gift shop but not the cafe or animal enclosures?!) I told YD she should have taken GD to the soft toy dept in the big, posh store (I call it the Norwich version of Harrods). GD wouldn't have known the difference! 😜 And there are plenty of pigeons in the city too! 🤣 I hope your uber expensive zoo trip is/was less of a washout, Jane! 🤞 Wishing I'd bought a coffee with me to imbibe whilst I'm waiting. He's having a filling or two so will be some time!   ... View more

Good grief! What an up and down time you're having, Jane! Emergency department drama sounds really scary. I hope you're not suffering too much pain now and that those close to you are thoroughly pampering you. Take it easy, (even if you're feeling better!) The pamper bench is fully replenished  and awaiting you. Hedgehog cam produced 70 10 second videos last night: mostly of a pair of the creatures, one circling the other round and round and round for over an hour. He got so excited at one point, he fell off the rockery wall - about 2ft. Got it on film. Hilarious. He was fine. Reappeared in shot a little while later so he must have come around via the steps and lawn. 😂 Later in the night another large hedgehog came. He (presumably) had lighter spines in different places so we've established that there are definitely at least 3 separate animals visiting . I am beyond thrilled. As YD says: we have a hedgehog sanctuary!! ❤️ 🦔🦔🦔 Waited in for our Zoom call with the girls, this afternoon, but they are out for the day and won't get back before the evening toddler mayhem. Maybe tomorrow..... Or we'll see them in person in 3 weeks anyway. 🤞🏼 Yay!! Roast lamb dinner followed by raspberries, shortbread biscuits, chocolate and cherry ice-cream and raspberry sorbet. In the shed. Help yourself. xx ... View more