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frogmorton

Morning!

Hi Joan I hope you aren't too bad today? Enjoy your trip into town are you going for anything special? I am seeing my friend tomorrow she is coming here to see me with the dogs I think. I thank God every day that she had them to keep her going. You above all people will understand that I know 😕 You must be missing Sue desperately. Lucy is definitely on the mend now. Thank you and take care ((())) xxx

Morning Reshmi

Well done spotting your Mum's potential serious hypo and acting promptly. A good rest seems to have helped her too. Do you all not get enough sleep when LA visits? I expect he is up very early - small children usually are🙄

Big Babu is a Legend now!? That's absolutely terrifying😮 LA! and Mima is Mrs Pig after Peppa pig's Mum. That's really cute. The whole house has been taken over by the tiny tyrant. Roll on late afternoon that's all I can say you will all be very glad to get to bed tonight😉

Sounds so full on with looking after your Mum, keeping LA entertained not forgetting bin emptying duties. I didn't miss your rhyming couplet there😉

How are you for Blearios? I hope you have enough just for today's one last breakfast. If not I'm sure Toady will share some with you. She can send Sleek over.

I hope you manage to get to the group and enjoy some adult time away from family - just for a while

Take care Reshmi ((())) xxx

Morning Stuartknee yes not long now until you get to see the Dr i hope you have a list of questions ready. Neat tonic water? Ah yes what is it in the that helps?

Morning Toady

You are coping extremely well with the neighbourly nocturnal noises. I am very impressed indeed.

Sleek says it's doughnuts definitely not donuts ever she can spell that. Not bringing a posh drink today she thinks normal tea goes best with doughnuts😊

Very good sorting out brick a brac and books too that's great that they are taking everything. My bags of clothing are often a good mix too between 'iffy' and really good just didn't fit/look right on me.

Sounds as though the loft is progressing very nicely Toad you must be pleased - glad to hear it will stay tidy too. Sleek is after you putting a skylight up there so she can 'wotch the starrz'.

Lucy is much better and I haven't caught it so that's good she will probably be back at work Friday morning which is her next shift anyway.

It finally actually is Wednesday 😊 Half way. To what i don't know, but half-way it is!

Have a good day Toady foodbank duties for me today.😊((())) xxx

bosh

hi Toni Joan toady and all

How are you all?

Sorry tiring day in the sauna

LA has gone home

Mxt tomorrow 🤢

Thanks Toni mum actually asked for my help

Then I helped her

Went to group talked about eczema lol

Ok good night all tc xx

toady

Hi all 👋 just a v quick wave - didn't have the best night and found the next door work more trying again today, also there were developments (or suspected developments at any rate 😬) that were unsettling too. Sorry to be cryptic nothing sinister or anything, even if I'm right, partly working on guesswork at the moment but a bit of an unwelcome plot twist, oh dear it gets more soap opera by the minute. Back tomorrow catch up then hopefully, love to all, hope to see Joan back in too having found an unsent post.

Kettle will be on at all hours I think so anyone who's awake pull up a chair & join me ☕😘 xx

Stuartknee

Good morning everyone I hope everybody had a pain free & slept all night? I didn't up at 3am babÿ next door woke me up got a good set of lungs on her.

bosh

good morning Toni

Wppl xx

frogmorton

Morning Joan. I am presuming that your post didn't send yesterday. So annoying when you open up and there it is isn't it? My friend is coming to see me today with or without the dogs I don't know. I have a man coming to fix the washer so she might not because Pippa, the girl, doesn't like anything like that. Strangers you know what they can be like. Hope you have a good day ((())) xxx

Morning Reshmi

How are you and your Mum are you still 'in recovery' after your tiny tyrant invasion? I bet you all slept like logs didn't you?😉

I am very pleased your Mum actually asked for help when she felt poorly and of course you were able to act quickly and efficiently.

Well done getting to the group. That was an interesting conversation about eczema! I expect RR has had it for years far worse than anyone. He will have tried every treatment even travelling to America for some sort of stem cell transplant and probably written a self help management book too. Oh and of course the book also available in audio book😁 Possibly one of the cures will be giant chocolate buttons.

Take care hope MTX not too bad ((())) xxx

Morning Toady

aha! there is intrigue now. Sleek knows what you suspect and refuses point blank to tell me! Her own Mummy!😮

Possibly because i took her to the vet for her arthritis injection and she also had her wormer and 3 monthly flea treatment so is a tad indignant about it all. 😣

I do wonder what it is you suspect I have no doubt time will confirm it one way or the other in due course. Hope the plot twist is not as unwelcome as you fear. Sleek shakes her head slowly next to me - she's reading over my shoulder yet again🙄

My friend is coming later on this morning so I need to get the hoover out🙄

Take care and hope your day is a good one ((())) xxx

Thanks Stuartknee I slept ok pretty well - ok the usual awake on and off yes in some pain, but did my best to ignore it. Oh dear you have a baby next door! That's where the crying comes from. I hope it's a new baby and in time settles down. My eldest daughter and her wife just had their first (probably last too) she is very quiet I've hardly heard a peep! they are very aware as they live in a terrace so have neighbours either side.

Take care

dachshund

Good morning everyone

Sorry I didn’t post yesterday I went out with the dogs early so I could go to town. I phoned the Doctors last night I’m fed up with my sore throat it just hurts swallowing food I don’t want to eat. I have a appointment at 3-00 today.

Toady (()) the house next door must be posh do you think all the work they are doing. I hope it soon stops for your sake.

Toni (()) that’s good Lucy is feeling better (()) how is poor little Arya (()) have a good day with your friend she’s doing well. I hope your washing machine can be fixed. Have a good day love to Paul (()) and Charley (()) and Annie (()) and Arya (()) and Lucy (()) and Tia (()) and Kari (()) and your friend (()) and your lovely neighbours (())

Reshmi (()) sorry about your mum (()) it was good you realised what was wrong take care

Stuart knee (()) not long to your appointment now good luck

toady

Quick wave to Joan to wish you the best at the Drs, so sorry this is still dragging on, not nice at all for you 😔 xx

Back in a bit, am ok myself (just about 😬), love to everyone 😘xx

bosh

hi Toni

Happy Diwali to you too 🙏

How are you?

We did indeed sleep like the proverbial logs

My goodness yesterday LA went home and I had a hot shower and was fast asleep when mum phoned to say she’d be home soon 😩

Bless her but I was so tired I practically burst into tears anyway very good overnight sleep which was the most important thing thanks

Yes thanks so much about mum 👍👍

Eczema book I like that

The nice lady called T who is on crutches came, one of her son has very severe eczema unfortunately

I was saying that I used to have pretty bad eczema too when younger

RR has found a green tea soap that cures all eczema - plus the chocolate buttons of course lol 🤷‍♀️

Mum is ok today thankfully 👍

Mxt not too bad yet 🙏

Have a good afternoon Toni tc xx

👋greetings toady and Joan

Proper posts after ablutions hopefully xx

Ps Diwali lights xx

toady

Hi all 👋

Ok here but think you could safely say I'm tired 🤪 didn't get to sleep til well gone 2, so Stuartknee and I nearly did a 'Box & Cox' shift for sleeping 😣.

Right frog, well (trying to be a bit circumspect here til I have my facts straight) the lowdown such as it is, is that I think the new (but possibly temporary renters or whatever) people are in, let's just say that I'm not that happy but I could be less happy, and see what happens next. Whatever time they came in they were certainly up very late into the early hours and wandering around the place, hence the lack of sleep. It was a bit of a low point I have to say but have sort of rallied, a bit, I can't tell you how much what you said about Sleek made me laugh this morning 😂 you may well have saved an old toad from the brink. Just so funny thank you 😘. I will be sure to brief her as to what snippets of gossip she can feel free to pass on 👍️ by the way (and particularly in respect of her having suffered various outrages at the hands of certain veterinary 'quacks' 😉) do tell her that I have an extra week's catazon prime and to get her fishlist out 😂. Hope everyone else ok and that your friend did manage to come over and/or your washer situation is fixed. Nothing else doing here, have a good evening glad to hear Lucy is doing ok :) xx

Hello Joan, hope you have got on alright today and got some advice. I found today I had almost booked a duplicate grocery delivery for tomorrow 😱 I would have needed you to help me out with a couple of custard doughnuts then for sure, so we need you better and able to eat nicely 🤞. No I don't think it will be posh next door 🤨 I think a lot needed doing but I expect they have probably done it on as much of a budget as poss. They have probably done a fair bit of the bigger stuff but of course they might need to start on some other area of the house. Hope you have a good night if you can 😘 xx

Hi to bosh, jolly glad you had a decent night's sleep overnight even if your nap did not go well. I am several hours short myself so if the phantom neighbour is noisy tonight I will be going in the emergency miniature bedsit or biccie cupboard whichever strikes me as the best option at the time 😄. Bit chilly here today if you ask me but your conditions may vary ofc if the sauna is in one of its hotter phases, hope it's not too bad. Must go and put the bins out, one of the many mini moments of glamour in a toad's daily life, like filing the cream crackers (filing system that is, not filing them with a file 😄) and getting out one's bicycle repair kit and checking one's hot water bottle for punctures 😱. Have a good evening hope order has nearly been restored after LA 🤞 and enjoy anything spooky and ooky and halloweeny that comes your way as long as it's not a queue of trick or treaters obvs 👻 :) xx

Love to everyone 😘 xx

and of course a particular wish to @Stuartknee for a better night with your extra trials at the moment. That was an interesting tip about the tonic water is it the quinine maybe 🤔 I get twitching, I shall bear it in mind. xx

bosh

hi young at heart toady

Oh dear a rogue extended sleep 😱

Very ookey

I must admit I needed a drop of gluco - zade to get through today

Dad hogged the bathroom for hours

Waiting for ablutions became like waiting for God(ot)

or something like that

Got a few hours of solitude though

An uninterrupted nap - my goodness

Spent too much time online

But felt relaxed

LA thinks BB may be a lady sometimes lol

Don’t join our gender please BB, I may have to resign haha

I love LA of course but thank goodness I’m just a Mima not one of the mummies haha

Nothing but admiration for those ladies though of course

Sorry I didn’t manage to read everything toady

But were the phantom neighbours exercising in the early hours?

Is this some kind of illegal gym?

Having attacked the chocolate biscuits with a vengeance they adopt desperate measures?

Sleepwalking on the treadmill maybe?

Outrageous

👋Ok good night Toni toady Joan Stuartknee tc xx

Ps a religious unity pic - also just thought it was cute xx