The Beer Garden

thanks @Former-Member it's nothing really bad yet, but was 'told' there again was 'told' 27 years ago, only difference now is there's a slightly high reading to base it on ..yeah, ridiculous diet etc ..what was I on ? haha lol denial and jarst doopid lol where did I think it was going to end up?? ..yeah sucking thumb atm been good to self last couple days well except exercise ..oh well ..may take few days out for it all to settle in mind then go and do further tests that have to, take it from there..

Hi @Former-Member

I am so glad you like my big golden smile - here's anothery just like the othery

I see you are now a Community Guide. Congratulations. What does being a Community Guide mean? What do you get to do? I am really interested

I am sorry you have a liver disorder @TAB- that is not good news - and not good that it costs so much to have fresh fruit and vegetables where you live - that is not good news at all - I hope you can find a place to live where things are easier for you -

And @Former-Member

I just read you have mastitis - that is painful - no wonder you are tired and achey - do you have any idea what caused that - I am feeling concerned for your sake

And @Faith-and-Hope - I am so glad you are need the Odyssey with D3 - how long do you need to keep holding your breath? It has been a real struggle for both of you - and - ouch - it's October already - how did that happen? It doesn't feel like October. It must be something to do with the wintery weather we keep having here in Melbourne

Decadian

Thanks @Former-Member .....

I've got so much crossed here I feel like a pretzel .....

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Hello @Decadian

Hey I just saw your greeting to me from 5 hours ago. You didnt link my name in there so i didnt see it until I went browsing just now. So my apologies for late response.

So a bit thankyou for the greeting. No you're right I dont recall conversing with you as yet. But no better time than now to start, aye?

I love the big yellow smiley face too.

Its now 2pm here in NSW. Warm and sunny but a little breezy. I'm not long back from visiting an old lady in a nursing home. I do some volunteer work and am in my local Community Visitor Scheme, where you are allocated someone in a nursing home to go and visit each week. Its something I enjoy doing. But it can be hard too because you get very attached to them after a while. I lost two last year when they sadly passed away. But my latest one is very spritely and physically healthy. But she has worsening dementia which leads to some interesting and often very funny stories. But truly she is a real delight.

I think I need a nice hot pot of tea though. I will go and check the cupboards to see if you have a proper teapot and some loose leaf tea. I am a bit of a tea snob I'm afraid. No teabags for me.

Would anybody like to join me? I have brought a plate of home made peanut butter cookies.

Hi @Former-Member

How are you?

I am not a tea snob... I love a cuppa ... but herbal only.

Sorry to hear about liver issues @TAB you are right .. it is more about fruit & veg in diet than remedies ... it is disgusting how cheap the junk food is in comparison to the real food ... never mind.. do what you do to take care of you.

This is 2nd time on wifi hot spot ... just saying hello to everyone new & old

Hello @Former-Member

Hello @Former-Member

Hello @GonePirate, @Appleblossom, @Former-Member, @Faith-and-Hope, @TAB, @april, @Former-Member

Hi @Former-Member

I have done some visiting in my life - my father's mother was in a nursing home for 13 years - and I visited her nearly every week - I was recorded by the staff alone with my uncles as a regular visitor - I could just walk in when I felt like it - and did

So - one day I mentioned to the staff that my grandmother liked a glass of beer - and would it be okay if I brought one in for her now and again. They looked at the ceiling and said to each other "Did you hear anything? No? Well - of course we don't care about what we don't know about"

So I took that as a yes - I could take my grandmother a cold tinnie - and I did - and she loved it and maybe as she got older - there would be days when she decided she didn't want visitors - but when she heard that tinnie clink on the glass she woke up really fast

She has long gone - it was a great treasure that I had the chance to spend so much time with her in the last years of her life

Visiting the elderly is a wonderful thing - but yes - they do die and I have lost enough people - I know this is the way of the world and I will lose more - but it is something to think about

I decided to make a friend a cup of tea in a pot - I like the whole ceremony thing too - but I have lost my taste for tea - and I don't drink much coffee either - my other grandmother ruled the teapot - heaven help anyone who cleaned the teapot - in fact in my lifetime no one did - but we were warned.

My friend said the tea I made in the teapot was great - I didn't like it one bit - I know other people swear by it - but alas to me it tastes terrible - and I don't know why

Great to chat @Former-Member-

Decadian

Hi @Former-Member

My sinuses have cleared up - I am still feeling tired - but I think I am recovering

It must be hard living in an area you are not tied into - fine for your partner - but you have to find your way out into a community that is different - and I have lived in this neck of the woods for 43 years - though I have moved around a lot - I know this area like the back of my hand - every hill, every short cut, every hole in the cyclone fencing

Trying to find something to do when you have little ones to care for can be very hard - I was chaffing at the bit waiting for my youngest to get to kindergarten - then I had some time to myself to study - and I got involved with a lot of things with the school and kindergarten, Nursing Mothers etc - I would have had more than a lot of lows - I would have been digging myself deep holes.

Yes - people yelling "Where's my clothes?" Painful - and I could tell a long story about my then husband wanting his drip-dry shirts ironed - okay - I got out of it by spraying that stuff you iron with in his cupboard - couldn't see the point of ironing shirts that didn't need it

Life is too short to stuff mushrooms - I wonder how many women remember than comment

Yes - you need to find something for yourself and easier said than done - I know

Decadian