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I caught a bug when I went into hospital to check out the potential blood clot. Now I can't stop coughing and everything aches.

I'm giving up and coming back in the new year.

Hugs and good health to all. 

I Found My Keys

Another quick post, just dashing through.

My leg has been particularly bad so I went to the doctor today. They ruled out the Peripheral Artery Disease but couldn't rule out a clot so I've just been to the hospital for five hours for a blood test and waiting around for the results. I got the all-clear, but it took a while. On the bright side, I got a load of knitting done. 

But I found my car keys. They were in my bag. That is the bag that I had searched many, many times, in a small pocket that not only had been searched but also had been used many times. To show how ridiculous that is...

... and to show how ridiculous it is with the comparative sizes.

I'm blaming the fairies.

Hugs and good health to all. 

Just a Quick Post

I've got quite a few bits done today. It's not like room makeovers or anything, but I chipped away at a few things. I made a start on shortening the curtains. They looked like this...

I'm trying to shorten them without taking the things down as it will be a nightmare to adjust, that is, given my hit and miss, 'near as dammit' attitude, it would be a nightmare for me to adjust correctly. I've got this far...

And I think I'm going to have to reconsider my strategy. I was wrestling with the fabric, but bear came home early and I was using hsi computer chair to sit in while I tried to pin the dratted stuff down. Once it's in place, I don't think it will take long to hem, as I've hand stitched hems before and it's been fine. 

Day Two of making lists has been okay. I've done more than I would have otherwise, but it's not revolutionary. I'm aiming for gradual improvement anyway. For example, I deleted or filed away around four thousand emails today. The 'sweep' function on Hotmail is incredibly useful. I need to tackle at least that amount on gmail and another hotmail account, but they will be slower as they both have more writing stuff which needs to be gone through appropriately. 

Thank you for all the wonderful kind wishes. I'll answer them properly tomorrow, but right now I'm nodding off where I sit and I don't want to skimp on the sincere thanks.

Hugs and good health to all. 

News!

Bear has got an interview with Oxford University! I cannot tell you how proud DH and I are. It's been all him. He's been the one studying and working hard to get there. Now all he needs to do is get past the interview.

I'll keep posting snippets about bear, but I'm going to try and cut back and avoid some details. Bear is going out into the wide, wide world and I don't want anything that I do affecting him in any way. He may be happy to share his daft mother with others, but he may prefer to be more anonymous. I've tried to be respectful about what I post, but it may not be comfortable for him in later years. It will be hard, because there's not much else going on in my life. I'm just going to have to make sure that I have other news. 

And speaking of other news, I've set up a folder to try and keep me on track. I got a cheap one from the supermarket and added some stickers. 

I've put together a hand written calendar and some repeating to do lists and I'm starting again from there. I think it will be useful if I can stick to it.

And speaking of sticking to it, I got a load of stickers ages ago and now I've got a great excuse to use them!

Hugs and good health to all. 

It Arrived!

The nice man and woman turned up when they said, took the old one, brought in the new one, switched the door and left after maybe fifteen minutes. It was wonderful after last time. I didn't want to take a full pic as the walls are in a bad state, but here's a close up.

We use strong magnet hooks on the fridge and hang all sorts of stuff from them. It makes life a lot easier. It's one of the reasons for wanting the size fridge that we got. It had to be small enough that we could leave the herbs and spices on top, but tall enough that we could hang all the graters and colanders and measuring spoons on the door. It's working nicely and I'm so relieved. 

DH made a very pleasant biryani for dinner. To be honest, we both had reservations. Our experience of biryanis comes from Indian restaurants and takeaways. Their biryanis come with flavoured rice, meat and a curry-style sauce. This was just meat and rice that was beautifully flavoured - link here. It tasted amazing, but it didn't feel what we expected. 

Now that the kitchen is put back together, it's been a relaxing day and I've got a lot of knitting done. I'm bracing for tomorrow. Due to a combination of getting deals before they end and needing certain products, I've got a delivery from Tesco and Morrisons coming tomorrow - though thankfully at wildly separated times. I would be mortified if they both turned up together!

Hugs and good health to all. 

Not Chill About Fridge

I rang the people about the fridge yesterday. I confirmed that, yes, I wanted to rebook at the earliest date. The woman then confirmed (on Friday) that the fridge would arrive tomorrow, on Sunday 1st of December. I pointed out that the day after the phone call was Saturday. There was a moment and she huffed that they didn't have any Saturday slots. So, all being well, tomorrow we'll get a fridge that hopefully works. Mind you, the old fridge, that was doing excellent impressions of a freezer, has been working really well since then. Next time we have issues with a fridge, we should just unplug it and carry it around for a bit and see if that works. 

I found a scarf that I'd been knitting and I've continued on with that rather than the blanket I should have focused on. To be honest, it's a nice change and I should be able to finish it soon and then it's one less project outstanding. 

It's just plain knit stitch with fancy yarn - I very much believe in making the yarn do the work.

We went to feed the crows and magpies this morning. DH had heard that crows like cat kibble, or dry catfood. I picked up some inexpensive own brand dry food from Tesco and DH distributed it along with the suet and peanuts. The crows loved it, and apparently the nutrition is good. There was a lot of enthusiastic squawking, some very close fly-bys and it sounded like all out war broke out on the car roof. 

Tomorrow is the start of winter. In September, I looked at the winter weather forecast. The general suggestion was warmer than average. So far we have had snow and it's been really early. I wonder how things will turn out. 

Hugs and good health to all. 

Looking for the Positive

We were supposed to get our fridge today, delivered some time between three and five in the afternoon. The poor delivery guys eventually turned up at 7pm and left around 8.30pm, taking the new fridge back with them. We need to have the door reversed because of the layout of the kitchen, and when the nice man did it, the whole thing went wrong. I'll find out tomorrow when we can expect the replacement. 

There were elements of a farce in it, as the guy rang up colleagues who were helpfully suggesting that he bang bits of the hardware on the kerb, even though said bit of hardware couldn't be detatched. 

It does seem like 'normal for me' to have a fridge delivery be a complete disaster. 

Bear still hasn't heard back from a couple of universities and he may not have done enough in his TMUA exam to get into Warwick. On the bright side, he did well at a computer thingy. 

I'm currently shattered and aching and I plan to knit for half an hour and then go to bed.

Also, I've lost my car keys and I've no idea where. We have DH's key, but we're missing mine and I'm turning the place upside down for them. On the bright side, I've got rid of quite a lot of rubbish that I dug out. Still, the keys have vanished!

Hugs and good health to all.