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Projects are definitely taking longer to complete as we get older!
Everything takes longer Kj.😥
Nellie, cookery show postponed until next week so physio spared, for the moment.
Mrs WN had to go into Chester this morning to have her crown fitted. Horrible journey home in that torrential rain but she made it ok. Said the River Dee was very high.
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Thank you so much for the link I have spent much time reading what is available very.helpfull thanks again
I was informed that carers allowance I did not qualify as I am a pensioner but now it seems as it is means tested I would still not qualify as was the case it seemed with the stair lift we now have
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Nellie, cookery show postponed until next week so physio spared, for the moment.
Hope all goes well then, WN Glad that OH got to the dentist today and all is sorted now.
We have had a couple of days of mixed weather, so not managed to get much done in the garden. Van nearly ready for the off next Monday.
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It's all well and good to accept the various papers etc to see if you do qualify but to be totally honest == there's no good reason for not asking == all they can do is say NO !!
So please do ASK -- regularly 'cos rules, laws and interpretations do change !!
Go for 'em JVB
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A day out in Exeter yesterday, Christmas shopping. The Christmas market was on and late night shopping, the market ends on the 18th Dec so, with us getting busier nearer to Christmas, we though we would go now. Never seen the city so quiet near to Christmas, the market wasn’t busy either. Large closed down department stores, including the fairly new very large Debenhams, don’t help the look of the town. As the stores close down the public don’t shop there and then more stores close, quite sad.
We did buy a new holly wreath from John Lewis for the front door, the previous one is getting rather bare. The nicest and best value one we have seen after previously touring a few garden centres looking for one.
While standing in John Lewis I noticed a Dad showing his (about) 2 year old daughter all the Christmas baubles, decorations and lit Christmas trees for sale. Probably the first time she could take it all in and her little face lit up, so lovely to see children enjoying this time of the year.
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JVB
I don't wish to pry but if your OH is registered disabled does that not open the door for some forms of financial help?
David
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Poor little Nathan has come down with hand, foot, and mouth and is all spotty, presumably caught off another child at nursery, this is the second time he has had it. Mummy has to work this morning, so I am at her house to look after him.
On the bright side, the sun is shining for a change, and my winter fuel allowance, plus extra payment, has landed in our bank account. Nothing as yet for OH.
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Yes it's sunny here too kj, hope Nathan gets well soon. I've been out to collect an Amazon hub parcel on foot, now had another call to collect an item from another place in the village, so another 🚶♂️. There are thatchers at work en route, the houses here have to use the cheaper straw thatch (as in days of yore) not the more robust Norfolk Reed etc. Fascinating to watch, it's been a challenge in the recent rain. One thing I don't like about thatch is walking under it, no guttering so you get wet.!
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Back to rain here today brue so inside chores again and yes I know what you mean about a thatch roof as I lived in one in Shropshire and the winter of 1963 was awful when the snow started to melt you needed an umbrella to walk under it. Will be out later for a bit of shopping as running low on milk and do not want to go our tomorrow as shops will be busy.
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You are welcome JV. And yes, a lot is definitely means tested. First requirement for a lot of help out there will be to hand your bank details over to Social Services. You can get help with home aids, but not expensive stuff.
Sorry to hear about Nathan K, it is rife at the moment is F&M.
Good luck with the off Nellie👍
Car hunting continues here……..I might have just loosed a hunting pack on a mission…..🤣
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Wonderfully sunny here in Stamford. Currently enjoying lunch and a sit down after a very pleasant morning mooch around. Lovely town, superb market. Pleasantly busy and a nice atmosphere.
Didn't use my bus pass,didn't bring OH either 😉
Good to read others news.
Work has temporarily stopped at the house. New fascias/soffits/guttering up took 2 weeks 😱, appalling weather too! Which they worked through. Looks good so pleased we splashed out. They repurposed the best and used on the garage and lean-to, for want of a better description. We had 10 days where opening the back door was not under cover, and naturally it was WET. Sadly the supplier sent the wrong sizes for 2 sheets of polycarbonate lean-to roof, so awaiting completion of that. Paid 50% of paving costs for hard landscaping which should commence early in the new year.
Good to read you're making progress Wherenext 👍
Wishing others a speedy recovery.
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What a lovely day clear blue skies and sunny with hardly any wind, I think I have been a bit over optimistic with taking OH in her wheelchair for a long trip(for us)all doing Nene Park but we did a little green two kingfishers and AN OTTER
but some paths are still quite puddley and had to do a bit of offroading wheel chairs not really designed to do that 
staff at Cafe by Sailing Lake helped to clean mud off ,so we could go inside to have our fish Friday lunch (excellent!!) the back to site and a washdown of wheel chair at MC service pointOH was on board but managed to not wash her with hose pipe
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That’s quite a distance JV, well done. Good to know your OH is out and about again. Take care.
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A day of dusting, polishing and cooking. We've not done any entertaining for several months and my oldest friend and husband are coming tomorrow. We first met at Ballroom Dancing classes in the Fifties, and carried on being friends through seconary school to this day.
I've devised a menu, and like television competions I may have been over ambitious. Nibbles, starter, main, pudding and cheese look OK on paper - but time will tell. A few G&T's along the way should help.
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Just been out to a small independent garage - about 10 miles from home to fill the Safefill bottles before we go away on Monday. On the way there, I noticed that our local Tesco were selling their diesel at £183.9 When I got to this little garage - out in the middle of Holderness - they are selling their diesel at £175.9. Needless to say, I filled the car up as well as getting the gas. But how on earth can there be that sort of difference - given the buying power of Tesco. Just goes to show how much we are being ripped off by the 'big boys'.
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We have noticed the same R&R, some of the small service stations are cheaper for fuel. I think I saw something in the news a short while ago sayingbthatvth3csupermarkets weren’t the cheapest places for fuel anymore. Pays to keep an eye out for bargains👍
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A lovely drive across to the lakes, sunny till after Barnard Castle but we're safely in now even though it's quite cold outside. Fuel prices went down as we drove westwards with a Jet garage at £1.47/1.70 while we filled up at home at 1.84.
Didn't bother me as I would have put the same £60 in at either.
Everybody enjoy themselves wherever you all are.
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A lovely drive across to the lakes, sunny till after Barnard Castle but we're safely in now even though it's quite cold outside. Fuel prices went down as we drove westwards with a Jet garage at £1.47/1.70 while we filled up at home at 1.84.
Didn't bother me as I would have put the same £60 in at either.
Everybody enjoy themselves wherever you all are.
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Sorry forgot to add pics
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We were thinking of going into CMK this morning as we have a voucher for coffee and cake for both of us at JL. However we realised that it was Black Friday so thought it would be too busy. Instead we walked across to the local centre as we wanted some stamps for the Christmas Cards. Outside we have a community book swap cupboard so Margaret took a couple of books with us. When we got there we could see a sizeable queue and it wasn't for the books!!! As part of the community there is a food selection, I don't think it is a Food Bank exactly but the hybrid where you pay a small weekly fee and you can stock up with food donated by supermarkets which otherwise would have been thrown out because of sell by dates. Whilst I do occasionally donate to food banks I never see the other end and I was quite shocked to see so many waiting to collect food.
David
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Impetigo was confirmed when he was eventually seen at one of the out of hours GP services at 11pm last night. It is apparently a bad case.
Antibiotics prescribed, the problem now is that it is the same one as was prescribed for his nail bed infection in October, and he totally refused to take it. DD tasted it, it tastes foul, so no wonder. She went back to the pharmacy then, and they said they could not understand why doctors prescribe it for children as it does indeed taste foul! After another trip to the doc they said the infection was not too bad so prescribed ointment instead.
So last night DD told all this to the doctor, who, she said did not seem to believe it could be such a problem. She then proceeded to try to give Nathan the medicine herself......... DD said "it did not go well"!
She will have to try to give him some this morning, if he still spits it all out the doctor they saw last night said he will have to be given it intravenously.
Not sure why he cannot be prescribed some antibiotic ointment to apply to the affected areas.
They are supposed to be coming to stay with us overnight as Daddy is going on a Boy's Night Out, so waiting to hear if that is still going ahead.
Meantime, still no word back from builders re starting on our upstairs bathroom, so we can only presume it will not be going ahead this Monday.
We were hoping to get it done before Christmas, still possible, but we already have quite a lot on the calendar in the next 3 weeks, so the delay is less than ideal.
Very grey and wet here, we may need to turn the heating back on 😧
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We decided against going away in the van this week we were thinking of a few days in the Lakes but we have a lot to do at home so doing that instead. Won’t get away now until after Christmas as we have things on each weekend in the run up now. Hoping to head off for three nights between Christmas and new year we done that last year and enjoyed it so fingers crossed we can do that.
Hope everyone else has a nice weekend
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Aah lovely Barnard Castle. We used to spend a lot of time there as OH had many relatives in the area. All no longer with us I am afraid. We were last there last spring for the funeral and wider family get together for OH's aunt.
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Barnard Castle ❤️ We should have been heading up through there in a fortnights time, on our way up to Hadrians Wall. Sadly don’t think it’s going to happen at the moment☹️
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KJ our son contracted impetigo when he was very young, many years ago now. I still remember it because the Dr stressed how very contagious it was and advised me to boil all the bedding and towels to stop it spreading around the family.
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DK, your post very prescient seeing as there is an article in the i newspaper today about community based food help.
Bakers, thank you.
Good day yesterday, not so good today. Never realised how much fatigue there is after having a stroke. Good news is that they do tend to be spread around so should be better day tomorrow.
Hope everyone else enjoying whatever you are doing.
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Same here DEBSC. It is extremely contagious and we were told that our son MUST use separate towels, flannels etc to the rest of our household and that they must be kept well away from ours. He had to stay away from school and not mix with others. I do hope your grandson recovers from it soon KJ.
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