CatcakesSenior Contributor
Twisted -self care
Every morning I drive east into the sun.
At traffic lights I put sunscreen on the backs of my hands.
This morning I realised that this is self care,
Very rare for me.
I need to do more of this....
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Twisted -self care
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OH, no. @Faith-and-Hope that is just awful - no words describe it fully enough - I hope it's really temporary and doesn't mean worse levels are on the way. 
Thinking of you through all of this.
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CatcakesSenior Contributor
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How did your kitchen get flooded @Faith-and-Hope?
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Unknown userMember
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Good question @Catcakes @Faith-and-Hope I had just read the news about the flooding in the north and assumed it was flooding! I could be totally wrong, because I think it's @Shaz51 who is watching the water whereever she is.
Sorry for my assumption @Faith-and-Hope. 
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
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Had the plumber in the morning to find out why. Small leak in the tubing of a water filter. Lookis like it was happening for two weeks. Rug in front of the sink is mouldy .....
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Unknown userMember
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Oh, dear. 
sorry for thinking you were in the rained-so-much-it-flooded situation though. Silly me. I'm obviously not thinking very clearly!
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
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S’okay. That would be a natural presumption @Former-Member.
A leak in a water pipe flooded our whole house before .... not this one. Another one. Then the massive hailstorm we had burst all the piping in our roof and the house totally flooded again. Before that we had years of roof leaks from a faulty extension .... and another major leak from a faulty tiling of an upstairs bathroom.
A garage with our stuff in it flooded at another time.
For people who don’t live in a flood zone, we do pretty well ......
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CatcakesSenior Contributor
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Sorry to hear that @Faith-Hope
A rough start to your ‘Easter break’
A rough start to your ‘Easter break’
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
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Yeah .... well .... it is what it is.
I keep trying to put a home together and then it seems to fall down like a house of cards, so I try not to get too emotionally invested in it now. Like finding out late last year that we would be living over east .... just when I had put some of my paintings up on the walls here .....
Never mind. Life gets a lot worse than that, I just try to keep focussed on the best of things as much as I can. A friend coming to visit today has an adult daughter in a wheelchair, and fibromyalgia herself .....
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
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OH, no. @Faith-and-Hope about the flooded Kitchen
yes plenty of water here @Former-Member, and hey say we are going to get a lot more xx
Hello @Catcakes, @Appleblossom
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
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Heading over here @Catcakes (hope that's ok?).
You mentioned having capable kidults with chocolate - that sounds like a small win maybe. Is it a good one? I had some today - really dark chocolate. So good!
It would be really hard to be torn between partner and mum and that would definitely make things trickier :face_with_rolling_eyes: Sorry if you've already answered this before somewhere/sometime else, are the kidults much support with mum/partner?
You mentioned having capable kidults with chocolate - that sounds like a small win maybe. Is it a good one? I had some today - really dark chocolate. So good!
It would be really hard to be torn between partner and mum and that would definitely make things trickier :face_with_rolling_eyes: Sorry if you've already answered this before somewhere/sometime else, are the kidults much support with mum/partner?
