Tea and Chat 2

[Zippy2000]

The saga of my mum's hand continues ,

The hospital she went to in Galway a few weeks back phoned her this morning to say, We are sorry for the delay, but we have had to send your biopsy material on to somewhere else as we are unable to discover what caused the wound. As far as they have worked out, they are very sure it was an insect bite that caused the infection, but beyond that they cannot identify it .

So I joked to my mum that someone will be writing her case up for The Lancet. She was not amused, but her hand is slowly healing thanks to the lovely nurses in her local medical clinic who are looking after her

 

[Zippy2000]

Have had a busy week, got a new phone because my old one was starting to fail I have had it for nine years, so I treated myself to the brand new Samsung Galaxy S26. My old phone was the s9
I got a free pair of Samsung PRO4 earbuds with it, so very happy at the moment

 

[Doodlebug005]

How are you all doing? Quite warm here 27degrees Taking refuge in the shade, browsing Tattle etc- saw this on X , made me laugh

 

[Chita]

I found a frog in my kitchen this morning.

I was getting my breakfast, and I heard a noise. At first, I thought the mice were back, and I was pissed, then a little frog appeared. I caught and put him outside in the undergrowth away from the sun,

I am guessing one of my neighbour's cats may have brought it in, and it escaped and ran/hopped under my front door ( because I live in a HA property, the fire regs mean there is a sizable gap between the floor and door, etc., and I did not have my draught excluder down

Aaaw cute.

Never kiss a frog though.
Might turn into Prince Harry

 

[Zippy2000]

Had my hair cut today, finally, it was nearly halfway down my back. It is very, very short. Sides are clipped very short, as is the back, it feels wonderful, and I feel like the real me again.

My hairdresser is fantastic; she gave me a really nice scalp massage as well.

Now I am all ready for my town's pride weekend

 

[Zippy2000]

I had some excellent news in the post this afternoon. You know, I had all that drama over my PiP review. They sent me a letter saying they are doing things differently now, related to a law change aimed at easing the pressure of having constant reviews. etc I am beyond happy that I won't have to go through another interview till 2030 I suppose I have to be grateful to Kier Starmer for this

 

[Doodlebug005]

I have bottle of Garnish Island gin plus a bottle of Tanquery export strength gin that I found in the famine cupboard...but am on MJ so not bothered by alcohol at all......I might chance it at the weekend...I really used to love the g&t....
Can't donate blood now either because of the MJ.
Hes in his 80s ,so id really rather he didn't try to paint the house.
I'd almost offer myself but heights........I do make it into the attic for the Christmas decorations...not keen however.

How is the MJ going? I’m not a big drinker- but I gave up chocolate for new year so the comfort food is in liquid form I’ve never had Garnish Island gin. Is anyone else feeling cold? I think the temperature has dropped ( yes H&M thread people the Ice Queen has landed) have a jumper on might seek out the hot water bottle

 

[ChipDex]

@SweetSummerChild Re your spoiler in the Harkle thread, fingers crossed that your scans will end up OK. And if not, we're all here to support you.

 

[Sleepybird1770]

Thanks for asking @Doodlebug005

Was royally looked after by staff, couldn't fault my care at all. The procedure itself was a bit unpleasant but got the all clear and what was diagnosed as an aneurysm turned out to be an infundibulum, which is a slightly odd shaped blood vessel so that's a huge weight off my mind.

Feeling a bit sore but have nothing planned for the weekend so will take it easy

 

[Doodlebug005]

You know when you don’t know whether to laugh or cry We’ve had a paint disaster… exterior needed painting- the quote was almost €1.5k … ( it’s a dormer not a mansion) so hubby who is self employed decided he’d do it himself , and I love painting ( not ladders) I could do the bottom 2/3 - no problem - went well, great teamwork- one very long day - then we ran out of paint - big alcove/ porch at front left to do and a second coat on 4th wall - ordered paint- hubby finished it yesterday- I came home at lunchtime…. the wrong colour similar but a few shades lighter - shop had used a white base instead of medium also he had tidied around windows etc he’s fuming- what an absolute waste of time but it would be worse if we had to pay someone for another days work - of course the shop were apologetic for their error & will send out the right shade - but hubby is a bit peed off , grumbling - oh is he grumbling , next time we will pay someone he says ( next time I won’t change the colour scheme) a freshen up would have been less hassle! It’s not a major problem but it could have been avoided!!! human error - happens to the best of us! any cure for grumpy husband

 

[Jusa]

Ive just opened my birthday bottle of gin! Garnish Island gin. Oh my but its good!
Birthday was Friday and I haven't had a gin since before starting MJ.
I feel slightly tiddly
Had to work yesterday so slight break in the "celebrations ".
Back to work tomorrow...ah well...

Belated Birthday wishes to you for last Friday!

 

[Zippy2000]

I found a frog in my kitchen this morning.

I was getting my breakfast, and I heard a noise. At first, I thought the mice were back, and I was pissed, then a little frog appeared. I caught and put him outside in the undergrowth away from the sun,

I am guessing one of my neighbour's cats may have brought it in, and it escaped and ran/hopped under my front door ( because I live in a HA property, the fire regs mean there is a sizable gap between the floor and door, etc., and I did not have my draught excluder down

 

[Zippy2000]

Happy Birthday to those who are celebrating today

 

[Jusa]

@SweetSummerChild what a horrible shock you've had, fingers crossed for you, and love to you and your family

 

[Sleepybird1770]

Found a picture of the frog (and my old kitchen tiles!)

 

[Zippy2000]

@SweetSummerChild, sending you much love and prayers

 

[Happy Lady]

Because I find this hilarious I thought I'd share

 

[SweetSummerChild]

@SweetSummerChild Re your spoiler in the Harkle thread, fingers crossed that your scans will end up OK. And if not, we're all here to support you.

Thanks. It a bit of a scary time tbh, I thought all that was behind me, so we were quite blindsided by it.

 

[Zippy2000]

Ugh, just had a phone call from a stranger saying he had a missed call from me. I told him it wasn't me, so I did a bit of googling, and apparently, there is a spam going around. Someone spoofs your number and uses it to cause mayhem, then moves on to another number,

I made sure I reported it I not going to change my number because had it for nearly 20 years and it would be a flipping nightmare

 

[Sleepybird1770]

Got a banjoed off his face on methadoned cat on my lap, poor bugger had to have 13 teeth out today