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Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Hi All

There is a thread operating on the Lived Experience Forum under Night Shift where members who are having trouble sleeping for any reason give a bit of a shout-out, to see if there is anyone else sleepless and looking for company. It's been such a great thing, I thought I would start one over here too.

I have had the odd few nights where I have woken up on and off, and my kids have been having a bit of trouble some nights too, depending on what has happened during the day.

Being a carer can be lonely too, so if you are making an after-midnight cup of something hot, and wonder who else might be doing that too, maybe have a look-in here and see if anyone else is about.

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Hi @Anony18. Yes, my bf celebrated BIG time over the Bulldogs win. He actually supports Richmond, but raves over the dogs. Incredible score. Had an incredibly laaaazy day today. Worked on crosswords (till I resembled them), did some crocheting, making a blanket. Light tea tonight after fish 'n' chips for lunch, yum.

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Chai Latte @Former-Member ?

You've been working hard today ..... (caught up with your gardening adventures on the LE thread) .... time to put your feet up for a while ?

Whatcha watching tonight ?

More cooking shows here .... Rick Stein in Cambodia .....

We had the Queens birthday public holiday last weekend.

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Yes please F&H, Chai Latte be lovely, thank you. The digging took it out of me but its gonna look great. Pushed myself because they say rain all day tomorrow & that's the best thing for the garden, to settle in new plants especially. Also did dishes but that's all I managed.

.Watching Fantastic 4 dvds tonight - one of my girls fav, she feels close when its on. Last night I thought I saw her relaxing on the lounge, so real, was nice, felt like she was close all evening.

It is Queen B'day long weekend. Better if it was the same nationally I think. I use to prepare for a surprise visit from S1 long w'ends, but its not gonna happen. He did answer my tx today. Said he's good.

What did u do this w'end? Is it still all BFGW prep? Really hope it goes well.

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@pip - great to hear that! Lazy days are always good! I love crosswords but I am never good at them. Actually my favourite is finding the words....I don't know what they are called so hope you know what am talking about

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Hi @Former-Member .... 😊

You really do throw yourself into the work, don't you ? I remember you saying in another post a while ago that you tend to have a full-on work day, then a R&R recovery day in a two day rotation, and it seems to work well for you. You get a lot done. Mind you, I find it hard to leave a project alone once I sink my teeth into it .... and you've just saved yourself watering seedlings tomorrow. Well done ❣

Yes, it seems a bit crazy that the queen's birthday is celebrated on different dates across the different Aussie states and territories .... I imagine it's a bit of a throw-back situation from when they were operating in isolation from each other for the main part. Moving around a lot when I was growing up, it became clear that there were dramatically different academic standards between them all.

Yesterday was a bit of a detox day for me, quite unexpectedly .... the cold symptoms I had a couple of days before were the start of it, which was why the "cold" just glanced off .... I have what are referred to as toxic fat stores as a result of Metabolic Supyndrome, and when they release they make me feel quite unwell for a 2-3 day period. I haven't had one for a while, so although it's not great at the time, it is leading to a positive outcome in the longer term. It was great to connect with the Beer Garden, cos on days like that I need to just rest up, feeling crook, until it passes. The thread kept me nicely distracted, along with TV going in the background.

Today was walk for coffee, church, lunch at a local cafe with the twins (D1 & D2) cos D3 was sick in bed and S2 sleeping in till early afternoon and no food in the house ..... cos I haven't felt up to shopping .... D3 eating only toast .... then shopping for some wedding bits before a bit of a dance lesson for the kids at home - prep for the wedding. Went back to bed after that, late afternoon cos still not 100% .... then D3 and S2 ordered pizza .... so no cooking again .... 😊 .... yay ❣

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Hi @Anony18. I think the find-a-word book you're referring to is called Find-A-Word. It's where you circle each word as you find it. I quite enjoy the code word books to. Each letter is represented by a number. My dad was a 'crossword' buff, guess I take after him. He was also a 'card shark' too, I however am not into card games. I watched a couple of dvd's this weekend, watched a very early Stephen King thriller called 'Duel', Dennis Weaver the main star. I like dramatic true-story type movies. Love stories, to me, are quite boring. I watched 'gone with The Wind' many years ago as a child, got a shock to realize it was not a true story. Enjoyed it though. Enjoy stuff like 'Little House On The Prairie', 'The Walton's'. I had a friend who used to pull those programmes to pieces claiming they were 'too syrupy', my reply: so what. If you enjoy them, whether true or make-believe, your choice.

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Morning @Former-Member @Shaz51 @Anony18 @pip @Treebranch @Snowdrop .... who else is around ... ?

Are we up for tea or coffee this morning ?

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OBSOLUTELY! White Tea & iced vovo here, enough to share. What's everyone up to today?

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Have sorta decided on a pyjama morning here so far .... still early-ish in the west and I didn't sleep so well last night so that's excuse enough for me .... lol .... plus it's school holidays so no school run .... yay ❣

Still raining where you are @Former-Member ? It's trying to here ....

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Hi @Faith-and-Hope. I'd looove a hot chocolate this time. That with hot scones, jam and cream, yummmm. Any takers? Busy crocheting (or trying to), just going to 'chill out' today. Have an interesting few weeks coming up, Jury duty, how did I get soooo lucky, must be my 'good looks', lol.
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