Your Day (apart from gardening) - what took place?

@rosebay - I have been where you are now a couple of times, and there really is no words to describe the difficulty of the situation you are in; what I can say with complete confidence is that you need to be kind and gentle with yourself. No matter how much you expect/prepare/anticipate the inevitable future, it is still going to take all your energy to cope and deal with it when it happens.

Two things to bear in mind - no matter what, your mum knows that you have been and are there for her, and I am sure she will be proud of you and grateful for your warmth and love as she progresses through these chapters of her life; secondly, please bear in mind that your welfare and well-being is of paramount importance, and whilst I am sure you will have good support from your family and friends, don't forget that the many good people of GC are here, ready and willing to listen should you ever feel the need.

There are many GC members who are much better than I at this sort of thing (@Jenny namaste @Lolimac @ARMANDII @pamsdish to mention but a few - however, I know the GC community as a whole well. and am sure that we are all here for you if needed.

 

Ullo-Ullo-Ullo-Ullo
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
Your goat's made a mess on the carpet
He lost his bottle in Barnsley
He's an Avon Representative

Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
Hahahahahahahaha
motor, motor, motor, motor
motor, motor, motor, motor, urgggghhh

Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
They put me in a special hospital
Is there life on Mars?
Is there life in Peckham?
What's that switch over there for?
Ah ah ah ah ow... ah ah ah ah ow

Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
He can't half play the bongos
He's got a record by Billy Joel
Them locks are easy
Here's my calling card: WALLOP!
That's a piece of balsa
You can make a model out of that
He stuck his head in a dustbin
And then ran through the launderette
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?

'Ere John do you like the suit here, eh eh it's a lovely suit innit?
'Ere wanna brown ale?
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
Mine's a light and bitter

Ullo John! Gotta new mot-AH ... AH ... AH
He works on the Thames Barrier
I keep tropical fish
In me underpants

Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
He walks around with a hat on

(Spoken) Oh yeah our Rodney yeah, he's the intelligent one
He's in the police force
Very bright he is
Been to Miami? Lovely... Miami
Package tour in Miami
You can't get a light and bitter
You can't get a light and bitter in Miami though
You can get one in Bermondsey though!
That's a nice sound as well, Bermondsey
You can get a light and bitter, and it sounds nice
Light and bitter, that sounds nice, I'd like a light and bitter
Oh cheers thanks a lot
Oh nice one yeah, alright
What you having? What you having eh?
Pina Colada?
Lovely, here you must be sophisticated

Ullo-Ullo-Ullo-Ullo
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?
Your goat's made a mess of the carpet
Ullo John! Gotta new motor?

(Spoken) Here that's a nice three piece suite, yeah
I like your music centre
Here got any Demis Roussos?
Oo I like him, Barry Manilow,
I think he's terrific
Oh I love him, I love Barry Manilow,
I go all weak, when I hear Barry Manilow I go all weak

 

I took advantage of the dry day to re-polish the car; I gave it a good waxing a couple of days after getting it, with a trial pot of a (very) expensive wax and it looked the business on the day it was done. Every wash or rain shower since, or even people touching the car has marked it. The final straw was looking at it in the work car park in the early morning sunlight the other morning and seeing swirls and streaks all over the place.

So, a good six or so hours with the polish and the buffer, followed up by polishing all the glass and applying RainX for winter, then treating all the plastic trims, finishing off with dressing the tyres, and it now looks stunning. The slight downside is that it is due to rain overnight, and I haven't as much as turned a wheel with it all shiny....

 

Only just seen this. Although I don't approve of challenges I'd be happy to send along some of my Shiney Hybrids for people to eat. They're between a half and one inch long but pretty hot.

I also have some very hot Nagas but I would never recommend them for a challenge unless you had proper medical assistance close by. I sell the Nagas to the Bangladeshi community for charity.

Fabulous job

I've been thinking of washing my car since I bought it seven years ago, but I usually sit down until I get over it!

 

Nice one

Today I've been doing a load of cooking and food prep.

Students here today so always cook veggie for them. As one of them is gluten free, another is lactose intolerant and a third is on non-solids I had to think of suitable food.

I made a veggie and lentil soup and liquidised it. A veggie chilli and gluten free garlic bread done with olive oil instead of butter. Followed by home grown apples in a crumble that was gluten, butter and sugar free.

Last night I quickly jointed a large chicken and roasted the legs with garlic and herbs. The breasts have been cut and frozen for stir fries. I've now made a big chicken soup with the carcass and other bits and am in the middle of making a large oxtail stew. The stew is on its second cooking now.

Washing up all done so I think I shall have an hour wandering around the garden and taking photos - if there's anything worth taking.