Phew.. she's getting there folks.. she ain't quite as quick on her pins as normal but she's a'gettin there!
Poorpoor old knee, how it aches and grumbles away to itself, not too loudly I might tell you because she gave it a good talking to and told it in no uncertain terms that it was veryvery lucky not to have been broken.
Yesterday she went to weigh-in and she was, oh, so happy! For she lost a lb, despite her insides being in a real old muddle. First of all, they hate not having coffee in the morning and secondly, the hospital doctor who gave her the pain killers said "these may make you constipated".. nothing but truthful is my blog!
Lots of vegetables and non acidic fruit for us this week! Did you know that meat is very acidic? And that it takes the longest time to be digested? Anyway, she's off meat for a bit to let her poor digestive system right itself but what isn't happening, is gardening!
The doctor told her "NO walking about on uneven ground and NO digging, you have given that knee a really hard time and it must be allowed to recover properly". So she's going there to pick her apples and will chat to various friends, pity 'cos the weather is fine and there's nothing like pottering about in a t.shirt on a fine October day.
Hey-up.. Christmas is a'comin! We've been invited to a Christmas bash down in Kent by Ellie's Dairy, the Goaty folk people. Apparently they want to meet the 'mad parrot woman', now, you're all quite bright, do you think the 'mad' bit refers to me as the mad parrot or do you think it refers to her as the mad woman who has a parrot?
Answers please in my comments box which you'll find at the bottom of this post.
Ah.. now why was she so happy about the loss of just one lb when she's lost more in previous weeks? Well, it signifies that she's lost a fraction over 10% of her body weight and is almost halfway down to her desired weight.
And the other brilliant thing is this piece of rivetting news!
Do you have an adjustable wrench in your tool box? Do you have a tool box with any tools it it? Well, she's got a well equipped tool box but she didn't have a BIG wrench.
Yesterday morning she noticed the bathroom basin was taking a long time to drain, so she cleared the shelf under the basin, put a plastic bowl underneath the drain and went to undo the U bend, nah, it wasn't going anywhere, so after weighing in, she went down to get fruit from Karen and a large adjustable wrench from the reallyreally good hardware shop on North End Road at the junction of Lillie Road.
When she got back, she unpacked it from its' security wrapping and showed it the problem. The wrench opened its' jaw and clamped firmly upon the U bend screw, with a couple of twists later.. all was revealed! Feathers (!), a couple of tooth picks and congealed soap had formed a bung, no wonder the drain was not draining quickly.
She cleaned out the U bend with hot water plus a squirt of sterilisation fluid and clamped it back into position. Job done and cost? £7.99. Saving her lots of dosh for not having to call out a plumber who would have done exactly the same but charged her between £45 - £60 for his call-out fee.
Moral of Tale.. buy a wrench!
PipPip.. fast breaking time. an egg for me and apples for her, aren't I lucky!
GeeGee Parrot.
October 13th, 2015.
Poorpoor old knee, how it aches and grumbles away to itself, not too loudly I might tell you because she gave it a good talking to and told it in no uncertain terms that it was veryvery lucky not to have been broken.
Yesterday she went to weigh-in and she was, oh, so happy! For she lost a lb, despite her insides being in a real old muddle. First of all, they hate not having coffee in the morning and secondly, the hospital doctor who gave her the pain killers said "these may make you constipated".. nothing but truthful is my blog!
Lots of vegetables and non acidic fruit for us this week! Did you know that meat is very acidic? And that it takes the longest time to be digested? Anyway, she's off meat for a bit to let her poor digestive system right itself but what isn't happening, is gardening!
The doctor told her "NO walking about on uneven ground and NO digging, you have given that knee a really hard time and it must be allowed to recover properly". So she's going there to pick her apples and will chat to various friends, pity 'cos the weather is fine and there's nothing like pottering about in a t.shirt on a fine October day.
Hey-up.. Christmas is a'comin! We've been invited to a Christmas bash down in Kent by Ellie's Dairy, the Goaty folk people. Apparently they want to meet the 'mad parrot woman', now, you're all quite bright, do you think the 'mad' bit refers to me as the mad parrot or do you think it refers to her as the mad woman who has a parrot?
Answers please in my comments box which you'll find at the bottom of this post.
Ah.. now why was she so happy about the loss of just one lb when she's lost more in previous weeks? Well, it signifies that she's lost a fraction over 10% of her body weight and is almost halfway down to her desired weight.
And the other brilliant thing is this piece of rivetting news!
Do you have an adjustable wrench in your tool box? Do you have a tool box with any tools it it? Well, she's got a well equipped tool box but she didn't have a BIG wrench.
Yesterday morning she noticed the bathroom basin was taking a long time to drain, so she cleared the shelf under the basin, put a plastic bowl underneath the drain and went to undo the U bend, nah, it wasn't going anywhere, so after weighing in, she went down to get fruit from Karen and a large adjustable wrench from the reallyreally good hardware shop on North End Road at the junction of Lillie Road.
When she got back, she unpacked it from its' security wrapping and showed it the problem. The wrench opened its' jaw and clamped firmly upon the U bend screw, with a couple of twists later.. all was revealed! Feathers (!), a couple of tooth picks and congealed soap had formed a bung, no wonder the drain was not draining quickly.
She cleaned out the U bend with hot water plus a squirt of sterilisation fluid and clamped it back into position. Job done and cost? £7.99. Saving her lots of dosh for not having to call out a plumber who would have done exactly the same but charged her between £45 - £60 for his call-out fee.
Moral of Tale.. buy a wrench!
PipPip.. fast breaking time. an egg for me and apples for her, aren't I lucky!
GeeGee Parrot.
October 13th, 2015.
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