Saturday

Billy woke me by threatening to bop me over the head with a baseball bat unless I got up and fed him - reluctantly, and after another sleep of an hour or so, I got up at 7am.

I checked my emails, watched tv, played with cats and sent a good morning text to the loved one, played Runescape for an hour then, as I promised myself, I got on with the housework. Lilly is joining in with the chase the dead bit of papyrus game very nicely now.

Ive taken the plants off the worktop in front of the sink, and given that area and the window a good clean - the plants are now on a different window sill, much to the interest of Billy, who immediatley jumped up and tried to weave his way between the window and said plants! I could see the plants ending up on the floor, so promptly removed Cat to sofa. Cat not impressed! lol.

After a mid morning nap (suggested by beloved husband by text) I threw mountains of washing downstairs, stripped out bed, and stripped the spare double as it had had kids in it, and cats on it.

I popped in to see our neighbour, Margaret, who is slowly recovering from a hip replacement, then went on to visit Douglas, who is in good spirits, and although feeling a bit grotty, managed to eat his lunch (and keep it down).

I patchworked, and we were entertained by some Doctors practicing their 6 min patient examination techniques for their MRCS exams in March. It was interesting to see their techniques, and to wonder if their examination led them to realise that Ds kidneys are missing.

Now Im back home till about 6.30pm when its visitng time again!

With a bit of luck D will be out home tomorrow, but we have to wait for his blood results. Will keep you all posted.

PS he sends his love and is cheery as ever.

Lonely Valentine

Douglas went into work yesterday (Thursday) morning and again felt carp and sicky so texted me, and went home and crawled into bed. He tried to call the hospital but could not get through.

Hes not been feeling very well for a while now, so I called the hospital because I'm more persistant than the D. I got through and explained what was going on. Aparantley he was due to go in last Monday for a check up and to have his blood "marmalade" checked as usual, but he had forgotten :-)

I think D had only been in bed a few mins when I phoned, and told him to jolly over to the hospital as the vampire was feeling hungry.

Many hours after the blood test, they told him that the various bits they test were gradually going in the wrong direction, and that he had lost 4kg in two weeks without trying, so they are not happy about that (how many of us wish we could do that?) Poor boy :-(

End result of the hospital visit is that they love him so much, they have given him a special valentines gift of a bed for at least one night! Its not fair.. why cant they have nice double bedded rooms with space forWwife and two rather energetic cats??

Douglas picked me up from work, we went home, and he packed whilst I made him a poached egg on toast. I drove him to the hospital, threw D out, near the ward, and came home to our two mewling hungry beasts. I had an early night having thrown a few sides of zebra (ok.. cat biscuits) to the beasts!

Ive chatted to D thsi morning.. hes feeling ok and says the Drs are fiddling round with his tablets again. More news as and when, but he sends his love to everyone, as do I, of course.

Sunny day

How beautiful it is!

Ive spent my lunch sitting outside my place of work with a few friends in the sunshine - very nice indeed.. only marred by a text from Douglas saying hes not feeling well and hes going home
:-( Poor boy...

Breaking news.. cat sniffs human!

Lilly is getting braver...

Yesterday evening she got within 1 inch of Ds fingers and sniffed them.. and then batted them with her paw twice!

Maybe in a few months time we will be able to stroke her :-)

Billy, meanwhile is being his normal greedy fluffy self :-)

A challenge

Can you sum up your lives in 6 words?

I was listening to BBC Radio 4 this morning and heard about this amusing idea.

Aparantley Hemingway started it, but staying

"For Sale. Baby Shoes. Never Worn."

Ive found plenty of others..

Once Upon a Time. The End.

I loved her, then she died.

Left. Right. Left. Right. Halt. Bang.

Have six word obsession, please help

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Can you think of any more??? I will try and create one too.

Mexican Wave time :-)

Ive just been told that as of 18th Feb my shift at work will change from 9.30-5.30 to 8am to 4pm. I’ve been on a waiting list for this for aaages .. so

Wooooot!! (for the uninitiated, that means hooray!)

We are alive

Just to say we are ok.. Douglas had another Iron transfusion and came out feeling like a pin cushion :-( Poor boy... Hes also had a bit of gout in one of his toes, and walked into the mop bucket this morning, so I can report with all honesty that he has "kicked the bucket" lol

I went out with a lovely lady called Dovina last night - shes from the Phillipines. We got friendly as we get on at the same stop on the tram, and both love chinese food, and decided to do an "all you can eat" evening. I ate..

Spring rolls (mini)
Samosa triangles (mini)
Egg Fried Rice
Chow mein with onion chunks.. yum..
Red thai curry
lentil and potato thingy
green beans in a very hot chilli sauce..
pancakes that go with duck, and the shredded veg that go with it..
hoi sin sauce
curry sauce

For desert I had...

2 slices of swiss roll
1 slice of choc swiss roll
Sliced strawberries..
all covered in glourious melted chocolate from a chocolate fountain.

We got the tram home stuffed and happy, having chatted and ate solidly for an hour and a half!!

I walked up the hill and found my neighbours hall light was on.. shes been in hospital for 3 weeks with a hip replacement then a dicky heart. It was very good to see her again and she appreciated me popping in. I hope Douglas will go see her this afternoon on his way home.

For the weekend - well I might go to Lough to see the amazingly transformed house, and also with a bit of luck I will go down to Leicester, which isnt much further, to see a friend Ive made on Runescape but never met! Her name is Heather, aka Mummybear. Shes a bit older than me and his kids - we get on really well on line so it will be fun to meet up!