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turpsThere were two new people at class yesterday, so due to my status as an oldie, I was separated from my usual partner/friend and paired with the lady newbie. Still can't believe Rosie trusts me to explain how to do stuff. Especially as I remain so bad at some things, like forward lunges.
We did go to the cinema on Saturday, going to see The Choral at the Odeon Metrocentre. Going in we had a quick natter to one of the workers we know there, and he said it was a twee film, and he was right, but I still enjoyed it. I also enjoyed checking out all the Christmas decorations in the malls. We missed them all last year due to James not being able to drive after breaking his arm, so it was good to take in all the sparkles.
Then, arriving home, we watched our neighbour decorating her windows with Christmas scenes for a bit. She was using what looked like a white window crayon/paint, and the results were so pretty. So much better than that spray on snow we used to use to make our own snow scenes back in the day.
Sunday we'd planned a walk, but the day got away from us. We posted two parcels of wooden art that James had sold, went grocery shopping, and dropped something off to my brother. Who wasn't actually in, but I did get a nice chat with my niece. We also checked out the near to us Aldi that had just opened last week. What I especially liked was they must have over stocked, as lots of the fruit and veg was at a 75% off discount. Which is why we had a very veg heavy casserole for tea last night.
James also found out one of his booked craft fairs has been cancelled which is a disappointment, as it's the one in our town and closest to Christmas, which would have been perfect for last minute buyers. He's put the feelers out to see if tables are going elsewhere, but as of now we've only got two fairs left this month and then nothing in December.
Today I'm on special sand litter tray watch as I need another pee sample from Murphy, but he's not providing the goods yet. He appears back to his old self, and when I can finally send a sample in, I'm hoping they test it, and he can be cleared for coming off his meds. But, as it's after four now and the vet shuts at 6, I have the feeling the test is going to be a no-go today, especially as Kayleigh was going to be on dropping off duties as James is at work until 6.
We did go to the cinema on Saturday, going to see The Choral at the Odeon Metrocentre. Going in we had a quick natter to one of the workers we know there, and he said it was a twee film, and he was right, but I still enjoyed it. I also enjoyed checking out all the Christmas decorations in the malls. We missed them all last year due to James not being able to drive after breaking his arm, so it was good to take in all the sparkles.
Then, arriving home, we watched our neighbour decorating her windows with Christmas scenes for a bit. She was using what looked like a white window crayon/paint, and the results were so pretty. So much better than that spray on snow we used to use to make our own snow scenes back in the day.
Sunday we'd planned a walk, but the day got away from us. We posted two parcels of wooden art that James had sold, went grocery shopping, and dropped something off to my brother. Who wasn't actually in, but I did get a nice chat with my niece. We also checked out the near to us Aldi that had just opened last week. What I especially liked was they must have over stocked, as lots of the fruit and veg was at a 75% off discount. Which is why we had a very veg heavy casserole for tea last night.
James also found out one of his booked craft fairs has been cancelled which is a disappointment, as it's the one in our town and closest to Christmas, which would have been perfect for last minute buyers. He's put the feelers out to see if tables are going elsewhere, but as of now we've only got two fairs left this month and then nothing in December.
Today I'm on special sand litter tray watch as I need another pee sample from Murphy, but he's not providing the goods yet. He appears back to his old self, and when I can finally send a sample in, I'm hoping they test it, and he can be cleared for coming off his meds. But, as it's after four now and the vet shuts at 6, I have the feeling the test is going to be a no-go today, especially as Kayleigh was going to be on dropping off duties as James is at work until 6.
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Nov. 7th, 2025 01:34 pmturpsI got offline early yesterday as I didn't want to see the Celeb Traitors spoilers. The finale was mistakenly shown a day early in Canada, so it would have been all too easy to unwillingly see the outcome. As it was, I was glad I did go in unspoiled. ( cut for spoilers )
I've really enjoyed watching the show, and while it was frustrating waiting a week between some episodes, doing so kept people talking, and I liked that.
Today I've been for a walk to one pharmacist to pick up Kayleigh's script, and then to another to get James'. While there's no bright sunshine, it's still mild so it was nice to walk through the falling leaves and get some fresh air.
I also talked to Pauline, who phoned asking if we wanted to meet up next Wednesday for a lunch out to celebrate James' birthday. Now, that's not until the 1st, so yet again she's arranging stuff really early. But hey, he's off that day and I guess there's no reason not to celebrate that early.
Tomorrow, for the first time in a few weekends, we don't have any craft fairs so we're off to the cinema. I don't even know what to see yet, but something. I may even buy myself my first Christmas Costa of the season. I quite fancy a gingerbread latte with a tiny gingerbread man balanced on top.
I've really enjoyed watching the show, and while it was frustrating waiting a week between some episodes, doing so kept people talking, and I liked that.
Today I've been for a walk to one pharmacist to pick up Kayleigh's script, and then to another to get James'. While there's no bright sunshine, it's still mild so it was nice to walk through the falling leaves and get some fresh air.
I also talked to Pauline, who phoned asking if we wanted to meet up next Wednesday for a lunch out to celebrate James' birthday. Now, that's not until the 1st, so yet again she's arranging stuff really early. But hey, he's off that day and I guess there's no reason not to celebrate that early.
Tomorrow, for the first time in a few weekends, we don't have any craft fairs so we're off to the cinema. I don't even know what to see yet, but something. I may even buy myself my first Christmas Costa of the season. I quite fancy a gingerbread latte with a tiny gingerbread man balanced on top.
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Nov. 4th, 2025 01:08 pmturpsI saw No Strings Attached advertised earlier. It's a show where puppets act out fanfics based on celebs, and those celebs voice their own dialogue. Not going to lie, I about turned myself inside out with embarrassment thinking about it. Just, no.
Pauline phoned yesterday asking about our Christmas dinner. She wants to get it booked, and apparently she's going to be busy in December, so suggested booking for a Saturday in November, including this Saturday coming. Now, while the festive menu would be started then I think the 8th is far too soon for our Christmas meet up, so I'm going to push for the last Sat in November instead. She also still wants to go to the restaurant that gave her and James food poisoning, as she said, it's usually lovely there, and it was only a minor poisoning. Well, that's okay then…
Talking about Christmas, it seems to be everywhere now, and John Lewis dropped their Christmas ad today. Why so early, I don't know, so now I'm expecting a deluge of Christmas ads soon. It's an interesting ad, I get what they were going for, and the sentiment does land, just there was a section in the middle that led me to believe it was about to get really bleak. Then things change, and wham, right in the feels. I suspect many dad's with older sons will relate.
Murphy's results, ( cut for those not interested )
Pauline phoned yesterday asking about our Christmas dinner. She wants to get it booked, and apparently she's going to be busy in December, so suggested booking for a Saturday in November, including this Saturday coming. Now, while the festive menu would be started then I think the 8th is far too soon for our Christmas meet up, so I'm going to push for the last Sat in November instead. She also still wants to go to the restaurant that gave her and James food poisoning, as she said, it's usually lovely there, and it was only a minor poisoning. Well, that's okay then…
Talking about Christmas, it seems to be everywhere now, and John Lewis dropped their Christmas ad today. Why so early, I don't know, so now I'm expecting a deluge of Christmas ads soon. It's an interesting ad, I get what they were going for, and the sentiment does land, just there was a section in the middle that led me to believe it was about to get really bleak. Then things change, and wham, right in the feels. I suspect many dad's with older sons will relate.
Murphy's results, ( cut for those not interested )
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Nov. 3rd, 2025 09:55 ampensnestBack from Convention!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNusMa-FQo0&list=PLh34tOVCkOjNbBaM8AqvKbIECeg81TU7F&index=13
Despite a slow start—with the first of three trains on Friday being cancelled ten minutes after it was supposed to have set out—it was a good weekend. My chorus did not win any trophies, but we upped our score by 2.4 percentage points, which is *hard* to do when you're already at over 70%. We were the second most improved chorus, and also got certificates for third-most in improvements in all three judging categories. And came third in our Division.
I had about 50% participation in Convention Stuff—there is only so much barbershop I can deal with at once—and that was enough for me. Sadly, it wasn't possible to go around Harrogate's lovely shops or visit the RHS garden, but I did have a lovely mid-afternoon lunch/dinner with my gorgeous niece, who is living and working in Harrogate for this year, before she resumes her degree and goes off to Japan for next year!
Beast texted me the horrible news about the knife attack on a train yesterday, and even offered to drive up to Harrogate to bring me home, which I declined. Our train journey home was very calm and straightforward to Peterborough, but Beast was able to drive there and collect the three of us travelling together, thus sparing us the undoubtedly less calm and straightforward bus replacement service, and delivering my travelmates direct to their doorsteps. We then went on to Bun's place to feed her cats and put eyedrops into one of them, then home for a curry and a bit of vegging.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNusMa-FQo0&list=PLh34tOVCkOjNbBaM8AqvKbIECeg81TU7F&index=13
Despite a slow start—with the first of three trains on Friday being cancelled ten minutes after it was supposed to have set out—it was a good weekend. My chorus did not win any trophies, but we upped our score by 2.4 percentage points, which is *hard* to do when you're already at over 70%. We were the second most improved chorus, and also got certificates for third-most in improvements in all three judging categories. And came third in our Division.
I had about 50% participation in Convention Stuff—there is only so much barbershop I can deal with at once—and that was enough for me. Sadly, it wasn't possible to go around Harrogate's lovely shops or visit the RHS garden, but I did have a lovely mid-afternoon lunch/dinner with my gorgeous niece, who is living and working in Harrogate for this year, before she resumes her degree and goes off to Japan for next year!
Beast texted me the horrible news about the knife attack on a train yesterday, and even offered to drive up to Harrogate to bring me home, which I declined. Our train journey home was very calm and straightforward to Peterborough, but Beast was able to drive there and collect the three of us travelling together, thus sparing us the undoubtedly less calm and straightforward bus replacement service, and delivering my travelmates direct to their doorsteps. We then went on to Bun's place to feed her cats and put eyedrops into one of them, then home for a curry and a bit of vegging.
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Nov. 2nd, 2025 05:05 pmturpsWe've done two craft fairs this weekend. They went well, and thankfully, were at the same venue so we could leave our stall set up overnight. But even so, it was a lot of being on, socialising and chatting, plus of course, the setting up and breaking down each end. Saying that I enjoyed both days, the venue was lovely, a small community centre, and the coffee only 50p so I was well caffeinated.
Yesterday James was chatting to a man about why he called his business PyroRex, and hearing it was because James always refers to himself as a t-Rex due to his arm positioning, said he had a t-Rex costume that James could have if he wanted it-- and of course he did. The man went home, brought back the costume, and then ( this happened this morning )
On Friday the emergency vet phoned to say they'd finally had the results back from Murphy's urine cultures, and they thought the antibiotics that they'd given him may be ineffective against the UTI strain he had. But, because he's okay in himself they said to take a sample in to our own vets, they'd check it and give different antibiotics if needed.
Because this was Friday afternoon, our own vet was closing in hours and there was no way to get the sample in and tested before they shut for the weekend. So, James called in to get the sample collecting sand kit, on his way home from work and they said to get the sample and take it in Monday.
I was expecting that to be a nightmare, but amazingly, almost as soon as I put the sand in a clean litter box Murphy used it, and the sample is in the fridge ready to be dropped off tomorrow. Which is a huge relief, now, fingers crossed the sample comes back infection free and I can start to relax about more stones. And I don't have to write sample ever again!
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mini_wrimo is going on again. I'm not taking part but sign ups will be on for a few days yet if you want to take part in a very low pressure write every day challenge.
I was thrilled to see Layton had turned up to watch Nikita dance on Strictly last night. And to watch the others too I'm sure, but you know, I'm still holding onto my Lakita love. It's been forever since I shared dances I love from the show, but man, I enjoyed Katya and Lewis' couple's choice so much.
Yesterday James was chatting to a man about why he called his business PyroRex, and hearing it was because James always refers to himself as a t-Rex due to his arm positioning, said he had a t-Rex costume that James could have if he wanted it-- and of course he did. The man went home, brought back the costume, and then ( this happened this morning )
On Friday the emergency vet phoned to say they'd finally had the results back from Murphy's urine cultures, and they thought the antibiotics that they'd given him may be ineffective against the UTI strain he had. But, because he's okay in himself they said to take a sample in to our own vets, they'd check it and give different antibiotics if needed.
Because this was Friday afternoon, our own vet was closing in hours and there was no way to get the sample in and tested before they shut for the weekend. So, James called in to get the sample collecting sand kit, on his way home from work and they said to get the sample and take it in Monday.
I was expecting that to be a nightmare, but amazingly, almost as soon as I put the sand in a clean litter box Murphy used it, and the sample is in the fridge ready to be dropped off tomorrow. Which is a huge relief, now, fingers crossed the sample comes back infection free and I can start to relax about more stones. And I don't have to write sample ever again!
mini_wrimo is going on again. I'm not taking part but sign ups will be on for a few days yet if you want to take part in a very low pressure write every day challenge.I was thrilled to see Layton had turned up to watch Nikita dance on Strictly last night. And to watch the others too I'm sure, but you know, I'm still holding onto my Lakita love. It's been forever since I shared dances I love from the show, but man, I enjoyed Katya and Lewis' couple's choice so much.
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Oct. 29th, 2025 08:31 pmpensnestAs of this evening's AGM, my Beast is this year's Clubman of the Year, and has acquired a handsome shield with his name on it. *pride*