Another what I did today thread

Heavens, it's a long time since I heard of Runrig! I have a photo of my 3 girls in Runrig T-shirts circa 1990, after seeing them play at Edinburgh Castle. They also featured years ago at our village Festival, (Aberdour) which runs during the last week in July and precedes the 'other' Festival on the south side of the Forth!

Hi, ottosnan, welcome to G'net. I'm glad you're enjoying it. We do! I've always wanted to see the outer Hebrides but haven't managed it yet. I'm very fond of the Isle of Mull where I have friends.

Thankyou

Oh go-on catch the Uig Ferry from Skye to North Uist, its amazing absolutely wonderful. We have been going for 12 years or so now. Found it through my love of Runrig's music (the two founder member brothers hail from the island)

Hello ottosnan welcome to Gn, and congratulations on a new Grandchild

Congratulations on your lovely news, ottosnan! We've been to the Outer Hebrides a few times - Inner ones, too! Impossible to describe to anyone who hasn't been!

Also just found out that my D is having a baby girl in July (sister for Otto) so have also bought little girlie outfits

Out with BF to garden centre and lunch (all day breakfast for £1.99) Home to snuggle with OH on sofa and watch Whales mating TV. Didn't put us in mood though not when we heard the intimate details of the Right Whale!!!!!!! Tried to pursued OH to book our annual break in the Outer Isles. E-mailed friend in Outer Isles to see if anyone from there going to a big gig in Inverness in August to scrounge a lift when on our (hopeful) holidays. Now on PC typing to Gransnet, just found it and love it already. Anyone want to know details of Right Whale I will pm them

Phoenix perhaps you should carry round a little notebook to note down the things that strike you and then refer back to it when you are in want of inspiration?

jane glad it made you

I'm still looking for that "reason" at the moment, and to be honest haven't been inspired to write much lately, although if I know myself, I will suddenly be insired and rattle off and scribble down random nonsense at some point.

Somtimes things strike me (not literally, although that has just reminded me of hanging up a dog walking jacket in Bob & Jo's garage and having a cunningly placed lawn rake land on my head, damn well hurt too!) at odd moments. It might be a an idea for a poem (I'm working on one at the moment) or a phrase or even just a title, like the one mentioned. I still have a Word document saved from mid December that is just a title, but as I have saved it, I will probably come back to it sooner or later.

Read it now Phoenix
Come on, when's the next instalment?
Also, I can't help feeling that 'everything happens for a reason'

jane here it is in case you wanted to read it www.gransnet.com/forums/chat/a1195575-Hooray-At-last-I-can-help-Long-sorry-in-advance

Phoenix sorry I must have missed that thread -hard to keep up with Gransnet sometimes!
But yes, I do like it and I think other stroke patients and carers would enjoy, and be helped by reading about yours and Bob's experience. Potential in the subject matter to contain both humour and pathos too.

kitty of course, once I have written a bit!

Lovely reunion lunch today with colleagues I worked with 20 years ago, some of whom I haven't seen for over 10 years. No-one looked any different, despite the intervening years, and three hours rushed by. We met in the John Rylands Library in Manchester - love that place!

Phoenix I like it too.

The Stroke Association have a newsletter, as does Different Strokes and the BBC used to have a webmagazine sort of thingy for disabled people but I'm not sure that it still exists. Also look at Disability Arts On-line which publishes stuff by disabled people but might have links.

Can we have tasters?

Sorry jane !

As you might now I have been helping our friend who had the stroke. I'm on Bob patrol once a week, and I'm really enjoying it, partly as I can see so much improvement in him each time, but also because I get to walk their 3 dogs (I think I wrote about the first time I took them out, although that was without Bob, a thread "Hooray, at last I can help" or something like that.)

I was thinking about writing something about the experience, not sure where I might submit it, perhaps the stroke association have a newsletter or a blog. So far I only have a title, not sure why this came to me, but I quite like it "Walking The Dogs with Bob"

What do you think?

Saw the family off this morning. Now going round the house finding the things they've left.
So far 1 small vest, 1 small pair of socks, 1 posh sort of sports water bottle thingy.
to see them go. But got a nice text at lunchtime from SiL thanking me for the sandwiches I made them for lunch, along with 2 photos of DGD tucking into hers.

Phoenix well are you going to give us a clue then?

I have been to IKEA with my DD and her three. Love it there. Had lunch there too. Have bought fleeces for the dog's bed, new tea towels (the old ones will become cleaning cloths) and my DD got a book shelf for her son's ever expanding book collection. We then bought some snack bits from the food shop. A good day was had by all

I have just thought of a good title for an article and noted it down before I forget.

Now just need to write the article..........................................

My DD and family have had this. Sil and 5mnth DGS started with it they are better now but DD proper poorly. I visited yesterday as DD thought she was OK but she crept into bed in the afternoon and I took DGS out while she slept. By the time I had done the 50miles home DD had been sick and had the trots. She's feeling dreadful today. I know a number of others who have had this.

Get well soon Galen

Lovely Monday at the South Bank with all 4 DGC at the storytelling workshop with Hugless Douglas! Walk by the river in the sunshine and a spin on the Carousel too!

Had a busy, sunny Tuesday .. prepared & planted garlic & Jerusalem artichokes in the veg bed and tomato, courgette , aubergine and squash seeds in the greenhouse along with some erygium and sweet peas. Potatoes chitting!

Also began to hem the huge kitchen curtains (been pinned up for 8 months!)..got one done & then made New Zealand biscuits for the WI committee meeting in the evening held in my kitchen with half hemmed curtains!

Today am off to the theatre with a bunch of friends for matinee of Harold Pinter's Old Times with Kristin Scott Thomas then for a meal.

DGD seems to have passed me her lurgy. Sore throat, chesty cough etc.
Gotto be ok for work tomorrow. I'd have stayed in bed if it wasn't for expe ting waitrose delivery and cleaner Kate.

Took 'em on a long muddy country walk yesterday. They loved it. I hobbled towards the end Snowdrops and aconites were pretty in a country chuchyard.

Kids slept well. On the floor. In their makeshift camp. (perfectly good beds were available)

I do wish you luck, kitty . I remember the challenging times I had with the company that owned my mother's residential home.