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Oh Mandy you aren't far away from the 100 then! I'm amazed how fast you are. Yes I'm hoping the stockings might be a bit easier to put on. These are less tight than the next level which is for long distance travel. It's a nuisance though that most benefit would be on hotter days when I have knee length trousers/shorts as I get so hot. OH has already mentionned Norah Batty!! lol. I prefer to see if losing weight does the trick so it should spur me on I hope.

How good of your DIL and Lewis to wash your car and it sounds likely it will get a polish after your cheeky hint! lol. Son has done a few jobs too and it's good to get these niggly things sorted that we don't seem to get round to doing.

I'm glad to see you are home AnnG and now you can rest up and take it easy and hopefully sleep well tonight. <3 <3 It must be a relief to have got this part over with and they may not have to do more, so it's best to just wait and see what happens when you go back next week. Look after yourself and best wishes. <3 <3

Mel yes it was him. He is the one that you can see on google.

Glad to hear your home Anng ,let's hope you don't need another op and that they have got it all out ,have a nice rest now ,I hope you can get a comfortable night's sleep ,can you take painkillers .

Ann those stockings might be easier to get on then if they are a bit looser.
I'm into the 80's now with the poppies :-D
Son came this morning and put a new socket front on in the kitchen where we plug the kettle and toaster in , the switch wouldn't turn off so he got a new one ,while he was here he also switched a couple of the kitchen unit doors as the one near the sink was a little chipped at the bottom so we switched it for one over the other side of the kitchen which we hardly open .
His car went in for its mot this morning so he's got ours while his is in the garage it failed on two things so needs some work doing , dil messaged me this afternoon she said Lewis and I have just washed your car, bless her ,I jokingly said a nice polish wouldn't go amiss and blow me she replied I might polish it tomorrow.

I'm pleased your home we have been waiting to hear from you. Was it Okonkwo who was disturbed that it had grown since the consultant saw it? I do hope they managed to get it all out so you don't have to go back.

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Just got in. Went in to theatre at 4pm and got back to my cubicle at 5,30. It was a very gruelling operation and white uncomfortable. Two surgeon The main one being Okonkwo who is the head of the department. The other one was obviously a junior doctor called James. He was very disturbed that it had grown since the consultant saw it and asked why the delay.  I did tell him what the other one said about it not being important and no hurry to get it done. He said he would feed that back, He is worried that this might not be enough (He also did a skin graft from my neck/shoulder which is uncovered and not to be got wet.  I have a dressing on my nose that is like a round white blob of clay. He will see me on the 28th and the results from today should be back in three weeks. He will decide next week if I need a further operation. I said does that mean going through all that hassle again. He said not so hopefully if I do need one he will book it in himself. Still it is done, It is very sore and looks really weird so it is a good job I have nothing planned for this week. Cynth can take me next week as well.

Evening All,

Yes I keep thinking about AnnG too and hope the op is all finished now and that she is just resting or on her way home. It's horrid going to hospital to have operations. When I was going with OH to have my hysterectomy and ovaries removed it was a lovely day and on the way I said to him that I wished we were going for a picnic in the country instead and he agreed. It must be worse with no hubby or partner too.

Mandy that would be incredible if you reached 100 poppies made! The lady would be so surprised and pleased to get so many from you! Colin with his ears tomorrow then! We all seem to get more medical appointments now. I collected my compression stockings from Boots this morning and they seem to be the least tight ones but I need to put them on first thing in a morning. The young Asian man who measured me recognised me. When we walked away OH said he must have recognised my legs!! lol. We called for a coffee next and then went to Aldi only to find it closed and diggers in the carpark! Apparently it is being upgraded and extended. I see they have stopped click and collect from all their stores from today as well. Onward then to the post office to post a parcel and then to call at the big Co-op to pick some salad things as Asda's subs for our usual ones were sent back yesterday.

OH cleared next door's Lily of the Valley that came under our fence and quickly covered a couple of feet and over 10 foot long, far to vigorous for our little plot although I like them. I wish he'd used the other small border spade instead of my nice, superlight one though but I bit my lip and was grateful he was making headway! It wasn't long before he came in needing a plaster though, having snagged his arm on the greenhouse door. At least it wasn't a splinter for me to poke out this time. He also made a temporary little step into the garage for me from a half slab and some spare blue bricks which is much better now. I cleaned the bath, but had enough then with the bending and reaching, so have left doing the floor and kitchen floor till tomorrow.

Did your blackberry jelly turn out ok Mel? That was lucky you retrieved your TV progs before the bin was emptied. It was a shame about your saucepan lid. Sometimes another lid from another pan will fit but not always.

Our garden bin is full ready for tomorrow's collection Gwyn. We cut stuff down to fit in too and it's good the weeds sink down making room for more in a day or two.

Anng should have been having it removed today Mel and as she hasn't been on I should think the op has been done or being done if she was well down on the list .

My bil had a stent put in the other Friday and he didn't come home until ten o'clock at night .

Gwyn fancy having forsythia flowering this time of year ,yes if you cut the cuttings small you can get a lot more in the bin ,we do that when we fill our tubs up for the tip.

It's been a lovely sunny day and a bit muggy too ,I'm hoping for a little rain tonight to save me watering and also to fill the water butts .

Colin has an appointment tomorrow at spec savers to have the wax removed from his ears then he can have his hearing test which is due, we use to go to the hospital for him to have the wax removal but they changed it to another town so he decided to go to spec savers as it was easier but he will have to pay , his appointment was for 10.30 but they rang this morning to change it to 12 o'clock.

Been to the library again today and got some books and order a load more. They will ring me when they are in.

Its 17 degrees here now and pc says windy which I can see and rain and its raining now as has been on and off all morning and its still raining but not enough really to do any good or fill my well up so I can top the ponds up.

Wonder how Anng is doing. I don't think the op is today, I can't remember what she said. She's been in my thoughts all day. <3

Will be thinking of you Ann.

In my experience, it's the waiting and thinking about what's ahead that is worse than the actual op. so I hope you get called in fairly quickly and don't have to stay overnight.

20 degrees and very sunny here.
Had a good tidy round / cutting back in the back garden yesterday and was amazed to see a new flower open on the forsythia :-S
Garden bin is about 3 quarters full with plenty in there, because I cut a lot of things up smaller to get more in.
Rain later in the week is forecast, so even if I don't get out there to be busy again for a few days, the bin will be worth the cost.

Morning all,

Same here we will all be with you in spirit even T so keep that in mind and there's a (((hug))) from me too. Soon be over sending love <3 <3 <3

17 degrees here now and dull as dish water think we had a little rain in the night but nothing to speak of it started with that very fine stuff blowing in the breeze.

Morning all,

We'll all be with you Anng ((( hugs))) from me too <3

Bit fresh here this morning but should get warm again .

Good morning

You’ll be in all our thoughts AnnG and we’ll be with you in spirit. It will soon be over and you’ll be back home again. Sending you a (((hug))) <3

Good morning all 11 degrees and dull here so far. Feeling a bit like a condemned person and wishing this day away, the sooner it is over the better. So wishing that T was still with me.

WE will all be with you tomorrow Anng hope you don't have too long a wait. XX

Thanks for your thoughts. Yes hope I am not kept waiting too long. But like everything else day surgery appointments are very unpredictable as there are only a certain number of surgeries with a lot of appointments waiting.

O Mandy I hope you can get to the hundred.

I have just been up to put the recykling out and in the middle of my field up the top was a huge buzzard just sitting on the grass. I hav'nt seen many rabbits up there lately so perhaps it is its hunting ground. I have heard the buzzard calling over the weekend and it does keep the rabbits down a bit.

Its just as well I checked as I had put this weeks tv program mag in the bag with the old paper so had left out last weeks so I had to fish down the bag and find this weeks otherwise it would have gone where my small sauspan lid went. I really miss that and its not the same putting a small plate on the top.

Evening all,

It's been a lovely sunny day ,just wanted to wish you all the best for tomorrow Anng ,fingers crossed they don't keep you waiting around and this time tomorrow it will all be done .

Mel I still have the other poppies as its only on a Wednesday between one and three o'clock I can take them into the library, I'd like to get to the hundred for her .

No they are still in the car boot. I shall get the sack barrow and unload them and wash out some fall ball buckets and pop them in those in the uti room.

Made the blackberry jelly mid day and my neighbour came down for eggs just as I was finishing but she did'nt mind waiting and said the kitchen smelt nice. She stayed and had a coffee and we chatted for a long while.

I did'nt eat till after 4pm well after and watched the telly with and after that. Now I m going to watch my little couple on youtube.

Afternoon All,

A nice little breeze this morning so everything flung open to cool the bungalow. I must have slept in one position all night on my side as the skin was tender over my right hip when I woke. We were up early as the window man was coming. He soon adjusted the bedroom window, said the top bowing a bit often happens and meant the concertina side hinges and catch were out of position. Now we are ready for the next heatwave and can open it at night. He only charged £10 so that was good.

I did some HW, cleaned mirrors, hoovered round and cleaned the cupboard fronts one end of the kitchen and pulled a few weeds up, as well as cleaning the bedroom window inside after the man had gone while the windowsill was clear and blinds open. Then got lunch, chicken pie with cabbage, leeks, brocc carrots and peas.

Both Fitz and my friend I met the other week want to meet up soon. It seems we are all in the wars, as my friend had to go to A&E with bad pain, but it was her GP several days later, not the hospital that diagnosed a kidney infection, so she is on antibiotics. Fitz said he is due a second hip replacement next year and relying on a stick to get around. He's also managed to write off his 19 year old car, trying to demist it in atrocious weather one evening. At least he wasn't injured thank goodness and he has another car now.

Our Asda order is due this afternoon with more subs! They are sending a spicy pasta salad instead of chicken and bacon pasta salad, so that can go back as well as one of the actimel drinks and the substituted deodorant. Several things are out of stock too. How can we plan meals when they do this?

Yes what they also said about computers was that we'd save so many trees with less paper usage! Now though, we have to print off our own docs like car and home insurance, saving accounts paperwork eg. Companies have saved a fortune in paper and ink, employee time and postage and passed the cost on to us!! It annoys me when I see OH printing off papers for his meetings. Why oh why do they need to use dark backgrounds that waste so much ink! What a saga it has been with your tablets. Like you I wonder how some even older or less capable folk cope with these probems and wonder how I will cope in the future!

AnnG Tesco are good letting you choose long dates, which is something Asda have never done! Sometimes we have had that happen with the tv remote. I think if it gets dropped at all, it can slightly dislodge the batteries till they eventually don't contact fully. Is it working properly again now? OH just came through and said ours has done it too when we haven't held the button down long enough. If not, Mandy has some ideas.
Very best wishes for tomorrow. It sounds like you are ready with meals sorted etc. Like Mel said we will be thinking of you and waiting till you are able to post again.

A lazy time today sounds great Mandy and doing some poppies sounds nice and relaxing. I wonder how many you will make this time? I bet Max goes and flops down in a shady spot with you both too.

I don't know where you find the strength and energy for these jobs Mel. Did you manage to unload the sunflower seeds? Gwn's idea was a good one.