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Carol, sorry to hear about your Mum hope she soon feels better.  So glad you managed to get to Sarah's funeral. It can be hard going when we have to watch over loved ones. I know when Charlie was alive the longest I left him alone was for 1.1/2hours when I did all my weekly shop. I was always nervous in case  he tried to get out of his electric wheel chair and had a fall.
Lorna

Just wanted to give you massive hugs Carol xxxxx

Oh Carol, sorry to hear of your Mums fall,glad she hasn't broken anything though.She must have been very frightened.
At least you had a bit of a day away and were able to go to the funeral.
Hope she's ok now, and hey ho..... tomorrow is another day :)

Carol  :-* :-* :-* to you

Poor old soul said she crawled on the bedroom floor but couldn't reach the pull chord for the Warden. She managed to pull a pillow off her bed and she cuddled up on the floor with the Sheepskin rug over her.  Good job her flat is warmish but she said she felt the draught from the window!!! 

dear carole have you considered the alert thing which the less abled wear and press when they are in trouble i know they cost app £60 a year i think but the peace of mind it gives can be worth it. a dear old friend had one and found it a godsend she is gone now but in the end it did mean she didn,t die on the floor alone  my thoughts are with you
marg :)

bad luck, Carol..but that's all it is, luck, you have to have some life of your own, I've nursed my own mum, dad and grandma until they passed away, I used to feel guilty as hell when I had some time off, your mum would've fell even if you were there..enjoy the little time you get, marilyn  :-\

Hi Carol,  I am so sorry to hear about your Mum, but Manic S, is right ,it is just bad luck. I hope she and you are feeling better soon.

By the way we got lost coming back too,we ended up on the wrong road going towards Leeds.

Be good to you too.

XX Jeannine

son 1 took us to a donkey sanctuary today at branscombe?  the wind was blowing and the hailstones were hailing but we are british(mad dogs and so on) their are loads there and all different but they all have a ee-or look about them. i learned a lot more about donkey,s then before i,m sure the info will come in handy sometime
marg :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\

dear boots gang it was moments after posting the last one i stepped on the cat now i,v got a left foot rosie boot redundant for 2 months
:'(marg

Quote from: theothermarg on March 18, 2007, 20:41:56
son 1 took us to a donkey sanctuary today at branscombe.

Does ee-aw, ee-aw, ee-always take people there then? ;D

VERY silly joke, I know but I could not resist. Sorry to hear about damage to boot/cat O/marg. ;D

Ooooh Marg, just read other post, I didn't realise you'd damaged yourself :o. Take it easy gal, hope it's not too painful.

have you still got a cat?

Well, I don't know what your Sunday brought. but turned up at the lottie to find two lorry loads of cow poo dumped on the lottie, or rather half on the lottie,half on the road,poor John is struggling moving the barrier as we speak.

It arn't 'alf a big eap!!!

XX Jeannine

you can never have enough poop, Jeannine..hope you've got some good stuff to rub on his back when he's finished  ;D

But not the poop, only good for stopping ya biting ya nails. :-X

Just make an apple pie afterwards, cleans them nails up good n proper! ;) ;D
PS: Feed to someone else you dislike! ;D

oooooo i wish i could shovel poo    not worried about planting my parsnips growing in root trainers any more :D the slugs av et um :'( oh well one less thing
another thing i,m told at the hospital after a x ray yesterday that ankle is on the mend and i have now got a sole thingy to rest my heel on the ground :) 4ish weeks to go :D
marg

Good news about the leg, sorry to hear about the snips though.

Maybe I should put some of this poo on the swap page,John is still shovelling it,6 days now and he says he has hardly made an impression on the heap,he was there in the fog today.Good news is that the traffic is moving again now, Yesterday I found he had been using my beautiful pink gloves ,all three new pairs are  now dark brown!!! I think I might go and move a few handful myself now, mmmm apple pie for him I think !! XX Jeannine

I heard a tip once, that if before you do gardening, you scrape your nails into a bar of soap, your nails will stay clean. All you need to do is wash your hands afterwards (as if you wouldnt) and the soap will wash out, leaving your nails fresh as a daisy.

I tried it, but it felt really uncomfortable. I would rather use the apple pie method :P

have also heard (mine of information, me) that chefs buy a white pencil thing that they use to make their nails nice and white after preparing mushrooms.

cj :)

AFTERNOON  ;D

I've had a fabulous couple of days running planting sessions at my son Alfie's school. I've set up an allotment garden area with 5 raised beds and have been planting fruit and veg. with the littlies  :) It's been HILARIOUS!

I gave up trying to get them to plant things in lines and resorted to the 'dig a hole and chuck it in' method! Every single classroom windowsill is also overflowing with individual pots of sunflowers, peas and beans and the floors are swimming in mud - the teachers LOVE me .. ha ha!!

Actually, I did get in a bit of trouble today when I took Mabel the chicken in for a visit without warning them. The kids went WILD. They had her in the classrooms and running up and down the corridors  ;D caused a bit of a riot, ruined their lesson-planning and Mabel left 4 deposits of her very best manure along her way.

Alfie also caused a bit of a stir when he stuck his whole head into a bag of compost up to his neck and emerged covered in it shouting "MUUUUMM look at MEEEEE"

Wonder if they'll want me back tomorrow  ::)

cor, trixie  ;D ;D ;D wish I'd been there, you've cheered me up no end, thanks  :)