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Thank you for that Ann I didn't know about not having dairy after the iron tablets and what do I have after taking them .....a coffee ,it also says on line about avoiding grains and we have the seeded bread for toast at breakfast and that's buttered so thats dairy .
I do take them with orange juice as the doc said it helps to break them down but I will stop the dairy now so thanks for telling me .
It's still early days really I haven't had the tablets for two weeks yet and I have to take them for three months so its going to be a while before I notice a difference and hopefully with no dairy that should help.

I had a look in the garden and I have a lovely lot of Lily of the valley this year they have really spread out well.
There is a couple of buds on the pink rose and I have some poppy's in flower so a little bit of colour .
The trees are now beginning to turn green we usually look each morning at the trees and can really see them turning green .

Sorted now.

If I disappear suddenly it will because I have failed to renew. It is driving me mad. I can't find where to change my credit card details, even though they have sent me am email telling me to go yo the secure payment. Which I did but it is all about taking on new membership I cannot find a mention of renewing.

I have done a couple of hours out in the garden cutting back a large bush (bridal veil) and clearing out some ferns in pots. Then sadly I have had to break up the little plant table I have had on the lower patio for quite a few years as It was rotten and when I knocked it, it was obviously unstable. So I had to empty it of all the earth, luckily only one plant in it, then take it all apart. Took about half an hour to do that. The sun is warm and Alexa says it is 13 degrees, but when I walked down to Irene;s earlier with some stuff there was a bitterly cold wind.

Afternoon All,

Yes I'm ok folks. I did a post last night, but OH came in 4 times and interrupted me with different things and I ended up losing the lot with this new layout so gave up then.

I slept well last night which is good and woke to a lovely sunny day. I still seem to feel tired with no energy though. I had my two annual blood tests yesterday and I suspect my thyroid meds will need increasing as I've put some of the 3 stones I lost back on again. Tiredness is one of the signs. There was a lovely old chap with a stick and about my age waiting ahead of me at the reception at the surgery. We were having to queue again as the self booking in screen wasn't working. He said 'good morning' to me and looked very smart. Although I stood well back I could hear the receptionist ask him when he was born and he said 1931 !! Crikey, that made him age 93-94 which I would never have guessed. :-0 Yet again, despite it being in my notes I am allergic to the adhesive, the nurse tried to put cotton wool and a plaster on my arm.

A big bundle of our post came yesterday including OHs bone scan appointment this week. Luckily they had texted it a few days ago and he can get it done between two of his meetings on the same day.

Mandy as lack of iron can cause your symptoms and levels take a while to normalise I suppose it's why your GP wants you to come back after 3 months. I'm sure you do, but be careful to avoid dairy for a while before and after taking them. Like with my thyroid tablets the cacium lessens the absorbtion and it's easy to forget about the milk in tea and coffee. You'll no doubt see your GP if it gets worse though. It's a nuisance for you when you are keen to get on with things and catch up with planting things.

AnnG I think many others would have paid the rest of the bill in your shoes after the workmen had been so good, as it can help them purchase materials etc when other people are slow payers. I suppose they have a lot of work coming in now gardens are growing, but it's poor that they seem to be difficult to contact now and it won't help them be recommended to other customers.

You all seem to be getting some sort out and clear out jobs done and I should make a start in the bedroom as I didn't do it last year. I do have half a black sack full of things I've put aside for the charity shop so aught to sort enough to fill it so I can take it.

Mel all I've done is give the taps a good clean and cook lunch. Now I'm waiting for the food drop with 3 subs that will be ok.

I wonder how Vera got on with the meeting and 'name'.

Second lot on the line and I have washed my two kitchen windsill down and all my plant pots on them and their trays so nice and clean now. Just have to hoover the kitchen and diner and thats done for another day

I agree with Anng Mandy go back to the doctors this is'nt doing you any good.

One lot of washing on the line and another lot nearly finished. If I wash when the suns out I don't use any leccy. The second lot is all my fleeces so they should dry quickly.

Done a little modeling this morning too. I am trying to make joints of meat in polyclay.

Oh Mandy that is not good. I think you really should go back and see your GP. Or at least any GP. You can't go on like that.

Morning,
Sunshine and lovely blue sky still a bit of a breeze though so that might keep the temperature down .

Not a lot happening here today ,heads not so good today .

Morning all,

When I turned the pc on it was 9 degrees and now it says 8 degrees. Its bright over the back to the south but to the north there is a great big grey clouds and beneath it is a sriped blue and white sky. Very strange.....

Ache a bit this morning but at sometime I have to pick up all the cutting from yesterday and take them over the bonfire.

No callers today so I can please myself what I do and when I do it.

Love to our Mandy and hope the pills are working and she is more comfortable now. Its not nice being dizzy. <3

Good morning all looks like it might be a nice day but still only 6 degrees/ light blue sky with white fluffy clouds. Nothing at all planned for today, so maybe some more garden pottering.

Mel, goodness you were out in the garden until late. I can never do that, you must be fitter than you think.

No Ann yesterday, hope she is OK.

Iv'e just come in from the garden I have been cutting down brimbles out of my Rhodo's and the climbing Hydranga. Benn out there since I last posted and boy do I need a COT.

Same here and Iv'e had rain the air and now it feels cold.

I shall put my plants in the shed tonight as I hav'nt got round to anything having BIL here. The only thing I did was wsh up and make him lunch after finding him the rubber mat to lie on and oh's knee pads which he thought were great.

Its just this minuet brightened up a bit as I was typing. It says its 12 degrees and cloudy. Where's our sunshine please?

You go for it Vera, get them sorted. A proper secret vote avoids arguments I think. Let them put forward suggestions in writing and vote on them. Why are you abstaining though?

I did another over an hour in the garden, cut back a lot more ivy, sorted out the clematis which is flowering. I thought I had killed it. It is a pretty montana. I also tied in some more of the rambling rose and see that has a lot of buds on it already. I moved a fern in a pot from near the hosta bed to the back of the arbour. I have created quite a bit of space there by taking down some plastic wire netting so that is letting light into that space. Tired now, it didn't feel as if I was doing much until I had done it. Now we have lost the sun and it has clouded right over and gone very dark.

no not mean at all Vera. I don't blame you have the others been te s long asou have?

What was supposed to be a five minuet job to put a bolt on the mower turned into the whole morning and into the afternoon Then once he had fitted that the mower would'nt go. I called him in for some lunch as it was getting by now. He got it going after having something to eat and then went out mowing.

I’m pleased you are not quite so bad Mandy but make sure you don’t overdo it.

I decided I had to make the most of the beautiful weather so found jobs to do in the garden. I want to get out and buy some annuals and start filling my troughs so I’ve got a bit of colour down the side of the house but it’s a bit early really. There’s still a good chance of frosts.

I’m sitting outside at the moment and it is 20 degrees with a very pleasant warm breeze. The only snag is that the sun is shining on the screen and I can’t see what I’m typing.

Mel, the club has a longish name that I won’t bother to put here but is usually known just as The Wine Club. It started near enough 50 years ago as a group for home wine and beer makers. Gradually decent wines became cheaper and more available in supermarkets so people lost interest in making their own. Most local wine clubs closed down but we kept going by turning into a general interest social club. I don’t think any particular name has been put forward if we change but it will be on the lines of The something or other Social Club or maybe Friendship Group. OH and I have been members for about 35 years and I am going to abstain in this vote but as a couple are pushing for a formal vote rather than a friendly discussion I am going to make sure it is done properly so I’m off now to check the constitution (which I wrote but most of them don’t know that). Mean aren’t?

Good excuse Mandy :-)

Mel after you have planted out the million bells watch for frost warnings as they would need protection if there was a frost. Which can happen even in May.

I have found and planted my begonias in a pot, planted a few nasturtiums and finished clearing out behind and under the arbour but can't do much about that area as the arbour is one thing that needs painting. Came in fir coffee as I don't seem to have as much energy today even though I slept well.

Morning everyone

It’s another beautiful day; 17 degrees and sunny though still a bit breezy. I ought to get in the garden but OH is weeding and I haven’t yet bought any annual bedders. It’s at that inbetween stage where the daff and anemone leaves and such like haven’t died down and summer plants are only just showing.

Oh, being called to the door. Will have to bbl.

Morning all,

I am about Mel just trying to get going ,we went shopping yesterday and that makes me tired .
I have hoovered through and hung some washing out so now I'm just having a sit down before doing something else ,I really need to get my tom seed and cucumber seed in this weekend I think I'm all behind getting them in the pots this year .

Ann what a huge place that hospital was there must have been a lot of people work there over the years, it really makes you think when you see the plan where it says padded room ,the poor souls that needed that and the treatments that they were given does make you think .
One of Colins aunts worked in a mental ward she would come home bruised at times it wasn't an easy job.

Right I'd better look willing Colin's pressure washing right by the back door so I can't get out into the garden just yet or I'll get wet lol

nd he has to fix the mower


BLAST BLAST BLAST lost the lot.

Morning all another promissing morning here as its nice a nd bright and the suns out and pc says 12 degrees and partly sunny so I am hoping for another nice day like yesterday.

BIL comes today and I am hoping he is going to fix the mower and get it out of the way cos its in front of the garage and in my way when I go round to the girls. Also need to hoover and have a tidy up as I did'nt do anything much yesterday with being at the dentist and going round Lidl.

Love to Mandy and I hope she is feeling a bit better as we hav'nt heard form her for a day or two. sending wishes and love <3

Hope you all slept well or got enough to get you through the day.

I should do my Million Bells today but not sure what to put them in yet as I would like them on the patio.