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OH had one for a while but went back to pill popping as it was less hassle :-X
(doesn,t like trying new things you must know the type) any way it did work
i,v had good news and bad news   good is .....i,v been told when the plaster is coming off    bad is ...it,s in 4 weeks time may 1st still i,m being positive amgetting much more mobile and begening to put more wieght on it doesn,t hurt but aches after went up the lotty to pick psb and lost my balance well i had a soft landing
(mud and backside) but was stuck like a beached whale as cruches were all over the place OH wasn,t much help as i,m over 12 st and he,s got a bad back you,v got to laf or you,d cry   lovely psb for lunch
marg ;D

And it's a beautiful blue pot Marg........ ;D

Ooooh best of luck Maz. I have heard of them being used in labour, but I don't know how effective they are. Anything's better than chemicals, but only if it works of course. Keep us posted. ;)

got my 1st early spuds in(fourmost)  it really made me tired watching OH dig  :-*
tried to kneel on plastic to plant onions but got stuck :-X 
3 weeks and 2 days till cast is off (changed avatar as i,m fed up of looking at it)
marg

Just had to bring this one back to the top, are you going dancing when you get that cast off!!

Now we have Easter over who plants what on May day. Is it a garden milestone. Squash should go out, corn too, if weather is kind to us.

XX Jeannine

HELLO :D

Had a lovely day at the allotment today!

Me and my mate Sally ran a 'pick as many as you can dandelion flowers' competition for the kids. They duly ran off picking as many as they could for about an hour. PERFECT!

And the results of the competition?

ALFIE: 105 dandelion flowers
SYLVIE: 105 dandelion flowers

A DEAD HEAT! So they shared the chocolate Easter bunny :D

My rabbit Rita (pedigree Rex Dwarf) is about to give birth to babies .. crossed with Dario's dwarf Dutch rabbits :D Should be pretty little things!

Ahmed has agreed to be their Godfather: Bring them up in the Christian tradition and buy them chocolates on their birthday and a bottle of wine for me :D

He's a big softy about pets :D He's also Godfather to about 150 baby goldfish in my friend's pond.

EVERYTHING IS GROWING AT THE ALLOTMENT!! IT'S SOOOOOOOOO EXCITING :D

 Hi Trixiebelle, I could have used those dandy pickers myself.What a clever idea, that is a lot of flower heads that won't seed.

I find it amazing that everything is popping up and how easily we forget what we were thinking just a few weeks ago. I was rejoicing because I had found 1 asparagus tip that I could take home and eat, now today I thought ' oh heck ,more asparagus'!!! Same with the rhubarb, first bit was heaven.

At the lottie today, the sun was shining, birds were singing, a kite was flying in the distance,folks were greeting each other with smiles,all seemed right with our  corner of the world.

One by one we plant our different types of seeds,and the heap of paper packets gets smaller each day,what was  a race to get in 4 weeks ago is history now as the progress on the plants shows.

Tying in the grape vine or cleaning out the big plant pots ready to receive cukes ot tomatoes etc reminds  me that another year has begun.

Do I have a small life, well perhaps but it makes me feel good to do these things.

XX Jeannine

No Jeannine. When I go plotwards, it always puts me in a relaxed state of mind and I think of how I've not enjoyed a task/hobby/don't know how best to describe it as much for EVER. I've managed to go up every day this week so far, though I haven't managed much as GP doubled dose of BP medication and it is all I can do to put one foot in front of the other. ::) But with the cat litter advice and the pop bottle slug collars things are looking good, though I seem to be a bit behind you.
Not too sure about hardening off squash yet, so they are still in greenhouse. I take it I can start exposing them to real life now?
Off to jolly Spain for a week on Sunday, and I thank goodness for the transportable plastic greenhouse and my mate Malcolm. ;D

hope you're soon feeling better, maggie..
my blood pressure came down from 176/104 to 146/94..I knocked off the glaucosamine I was advised to take by the physio..jus goes to show, hey..
have a lovely time in spain and come back raring to go  :)

Thanks Maz. Interesing about the Glaucosomine. Hope you don't miss it!

don't miss the manky headaches  :)

Well a wee moan, my sweetie has not remembered our anniversary  today,it is OK, it goes with the memory thing but I still fel a bit sad. That was my moan !!

Today has beena good day all round. XX Jeannine

just heard by e mail my baby boy 24 ( the wild child) got married in los vagus on monday i knew it was going to happen just not when they just did it as the spirit moved very strange feeling i will meet my new daughter in law when he gets his green card and is able to get back in the USA again they are a lot tougher then here!! they seem really happy and i can,t wait to see the piccy,s meanwhile i sit here waiting for my fibia to mend
marg   


cast off 2 weeks 4 days (i hope)

Glad about the headachelessness, Maz, feeling brighter here minus pills too ;D
Jeannine,the upside is he is here in person for a hug and a squeeze, but this comes from one who always forgets aniversaries anyhow.
OMarg, my bros daughter got married in Senegal and nobody knew she was even in lurve, let alone thinking of marriage, then his son got married in Vegas but they all attended and we watched via the internet, wishing we could be there. Hope D-in-L passes muster. ;D

new d-i-l must be brave or stupid to take on wild child lol  they are both goths and met at various gigs around the world  8) it looks like he,s joined her band
he has been a goth for 10 years now it was hell when he was at school he looks
very forbidding with all the piercings chains and studs but is really a pussycat and he loves his mum but has always been here today and gone tomorrow see you anon
marg

thought you'd like to see some of mine..tuesday at the squirrel sanctuary
my sister, my youngest son and my daughter..13 weeks pregnant and counting

how exciting my youngest is daisy who is 2 in oct the eldest is lucy 15 next month
joanna is 11 and kyra 7 there won,t be any more all 3 children have made that clear ;D
marg

I've got a 1yr old grandson - Tyler! And a fabulous little chap he is too :D

MARG: His mum's called Daisy!

Hmmm .. the dandelion pickers weren't falling for the 'isn't this a great competition children' line today so had to do it all myself 8)

What a beautiful day it's been :D My Supersprout squash seeds are up in the greenhouse as well! PERFECT :D

Hope you've all had a good weekend so far X

had a wonderful weekend so far, trixie..been to our 'sanctuary', or plot all day..potting on, planting out, hoeing with my new hand hoe ray made, callum came with us, he's 8 now and can be trusted to water properly..86 in the poly  :o
back tomorrow, must remember my sun cream and my sunglasses  8)

Transported my babies and their plastic house to my mate Malc today for their holiday- he has agreed to love and care for them whilst I am away. The only casualty on the journey was a SS Futsu. :'(. Glad I have 3 more looking good. AND, Trixie, Ahmed's Bos is an ENORMOUS thing :o Cannot wait to see the fruit.
Spoken to friend with whom we will be holidaying and she can't get into any clothes either, so we'll both have a 'hungry bum' ;D