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@Aneeda72 There's something about actually holding a book in your hands and reading it. The Kindle is okay, but just not the same. Of course, you can't eat an ice cream cone or answer the door with a book in your hands, but still! I feel the same way about newspapers. They were a lot more fun to read than reading online.
 

Georgiagranny said:
@Mizmo As long as you're going to Ikea, have lunch there and get the Swedish meatballs.

Who told you chocolate isn't good for you in the morning? They lied. Actually, I've heard that chocolate cake is good for you for breakfast. Truth!

According to Dr. Google: "Chocolate cake is useful in improving skin and reducing Depression. Chocolate Mug Cake with many other mouthwatering flavours diverts your mind into happiness and joy. It has flavonoids and other necessary minerals and zinc. Chocolate assists the skin with adequate shielding protecting from sunburn."

Heaven knows that at this time of year, we need protection from sunburn... What?

Also, according to Dr. Google: "Another study conducted found that eating chocolate cake for breakfast can also improve your memory, focus and cognitive behaviour throughout the rest of the day!"

>>>Granny rushes to kitchen to bake a chocolate cake<<<

Already have a load of bed linens in the dryer and a load of other stuff in the washer. I'm gathering a gazillion stray bits and bobs of paper that might or might not be worthless snail mail to sort through and either toss into the trash or save.

I need to find enough to do to keep me busy until it's time to brave the elements to forage for food, but by the time DD gets home from work and rests a bit before we do the Aldi and Walmart trips, it will probably already be raining🌧️ There are times when I wish I still had a car (until I remember how much it costs to support one!) so I could just go do that stuff by myself.
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Oh I know how good Chocolate is for you..I am just jealous.
However, it is not good for people like me who have nerve damage as it stimulates the nerve system and my thumb that is not there objects strongly. It is a bitch! The thumb I mean. It refuses to leave me. That and alcohol and coffee but I do refuse to give up my coffee and I do eat a chocolate covered ice cream cone once in a while or a small chocolate cookie. Sometimes the thumb that isn't there shouts back but I just slap it in my mind and have another cookie.

Now I have to start getting ready for my Ikea trip but first a coffee and yes maybe a choc cookie though I would prefer the aforementioned scone or muffin.
... oh dear anyone reading this will think I am ready for the looney bin but y'all here know about that caper bandage.jpg
Later........
 
@Mizmo My mother was an amputee and complained long and loud about phantom pain so I don't think you're ready for the looney bin.

Whatcha gonna buy at Ikea? Don't forget to eat lunch there and get the Swedish meatballs!
 

Georgiagranny said:
@Aneeda72 There's something about actually holding a book in your hands and reading it. The Kindle is okay, but just not the same. Of course, you can't eat an ice cream cone or answer the door with a book in your hands, but still! I feel the same way about newspapers. They were a lot more fun to read than reading online.
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I use both a kindle and buy actual books 😊. I don’t miss newspaper ink all over my hands but then, now, I only watch news on CNN and not very often. Course I am watching the election results.
 
Georgiagranny said:
@Mizmo My mother was an amputee and complained long and loud about phantom pain so I don't think you're ready for the looney bin.

Whatcha gonna buy at Ikea? Don't forget to eat lunch there and get the Swedish meatballs!
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Oh yes love the meat balls but my friend is vegetarian so we usually just have salad but I will pick up a frozen packet and see what I can do wth them myself. I am actually looking for some tough heavy rug for my kitchen area.

The one I have is too light and I am beginning to trip on edges. I have shopped around all the obvious places for it but haven't seen anything yet. Then I remembered Ikea had a big rug department so thought to check it out.

Of course we will wander through the kitchen department to see what the latest gadgets are. I am looking for knives with short handles as finding the regular dinner knife too long to work with . I am using my right hand more now but the palm is very tender and long handles just don't fit. Lately I notice I am picking up some of my food by hand.....terrible innit...oh well no one here but moi.
must get off
cheerio for now.
 
Well, getting ready for the walk 😳, so cold. Long underwear, warm socks, fake fur lined boots, hmm, @hollydolly real or fake fur for you?

Sweats over long underwear. Shirt, sweater, new very warm coat, cheap gloves, and I cut the finger tip off the index finger so I could answer the phone without taking off the glove. Ideal came from @hollydolly when she showed her fingerless tip gloves. Thanks, never thought of doing that.

Stick hand warmers in the gloves on my palms. Mittens over gloves, of course, as I prefer mittens and only have the one pair of gloves. Hat on head. Ready to go outside, 🥶.

A few people out scraping snow and ice off their cars to get to work. A couple have dead batteries ☹️. Most will need to put air in their tires as this kind of cold seeps the air out. Only there dogs out this morning. Two, in and out, for potty. No one to talk too. 😢

The third for potty and morning walk, a French bulldog. Mistress dressed very warm, coat, hat, boots, glove. French bulldog, nope, fur only 😡. He walks on the crunchy snow. It sNOwed last night and the snow has frozen. The sidewalk is too cold for him, as it is cleared. The few left over rain puddles are frozen, cracked ice, and easy to avoid.

I can only do one round of walking as opposed to 2/3 at a time. Need to go home and warm up. Fingers and face get too cold. 😂 Keeping my fingertips and nose, somewhat important to me.
 
Mizmo said:
Lately I notice I am picking up some of my food by hand.....terrible innit...oh well no one here but moi.
must get off
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I have this to say about that: fingers were made before forks! Only thing is that it's really, really hard to eat soup with your fingers.

I have two 5x7 braided rugs in my kitchen. Not enough edge to trip on and heavy enough to stay put.
 
Aneeda72 said:
Well, getting ready for the walk 😳, so cold. Long underwear, warm socks, fake fur lined boots, hmm, @hollydolly real or fake fur for you?

Sweats over long underwear. Shirt, sweater, new very warm coat, cheap gloves, and I cut the finger tip off the index finger so I could answer the phone without taking off the glove. Ideal came from @hollydolly when she showed her fingerless tip gloves. Thanks, never thought of doing that.

Stick hand warmers in the gloves on my palms. Mittens over gloves, of course, as I prefer mittens and only have the one pair of gloves. Hat on head. Ready to go outside, 🥶.

A few people out scraping snow and ice off their cars to get to work. A couple have dead batteries ☹️. Most will need to put air in their tires as this kind of cold seeps the air out. Only there dogs out this morning. Two, in and out, for potty. No one to talk too. 😢

The third for potty and morning walk, a French bulldog. Mistress dressed very warm, coat, hat, boots, glove. French bulldog, nope, fur only 😡. He walks on the crunchy snow. It sNOwed last night and the snow has frozen. The sidewalk is too cold for him, as it is cleared. The few left over rain puddles are frozen, cracked ice, and easy to avoid.

I can only do one round of walking as opposed to 2/3 at a time. Need to go home and warm up. Fingers and face get too cold. 😂 Keeping my fingertips and nose, somewhat important to me.
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@Aneeda72

There are special gloves that are made specifically for phone use/texting. It's going to get colder, so,
these may come in handy:

https://www.amazon.ca/Upgraded-Anti...wicXNhIjoiNC40OCIsInFzcCI6IjMuODQifQ==&sr=8-6
 
Georgiagranny said:
@hollydolly I started watching season 5 of The Crown on Netfix. So far it's like watching turtles🥱. Is the series even close to anything that went on during Queen Elizabeth's reign?
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NO...!!! I'm so sad, that millions of people think it's a documentary of the RF.. most of it..is fiction. In fact I think it was just yesterday that finally the Media are kicking up about the absurd storylines..
 
@Aneeda.. fake fur for me in the boots.... in fact faux fur for anything mad made fur related..

Well it's almost dark.. just 4pm now, and it doesn't get properly dark for another half hour but the cloud is so low in the sky, that it's time to put lights on..

I did go out.. it involved driving to 2 towns.. got my nails done.. this month's colour is Gold in red.. ( that's the name,) ..then did some Bricks and Mortar banking, jeez it was so hot in there, and only 2 Tellers so there was quite a queue and everyone was disrobing...😓 then from there to the Hospice Shop to volunteer my time over the Christmas period... a couple of hours a day generally helping out.. from there.. ( all this took quite a bit of either walking , or driving between venues) to the pub for a cold drink..( anyone whose seen my Christmas photos of the town centre will know the pub)... ..then drove from there to get air in my tyres.. everything is so spread out,the place that has the air doesn't have water ..

Then to Aldi, Iceland ( frozen food store) and to Sainsburys'.. .. and then 10 mile drive home.. traffic is really busy because there's a rail and tube strike...
 
hollydolly said:
Exactly why I don't watch either of them. I watched one episode of each and I was so disgusted by the remoteness to Historical fact, I just couldn't bear to watch any more..
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Surprised that anyone dislikes Downtown Abbey. It doesn't have much to do with history, just a fun, well-written show with good acting and storylines. Soap operatic to be sure but very enjoyable.

The Crown was watchable to some extent but I really dislike the idea of fictional story lines attributed to real people.
 
Mizmo said:
Oh yes love the meat balls but my friend is vegetarian so we usually just have salad but I will pick up a frozen packet and see what I can do wth them myself. I am actually looking for some tough heavy rug for my kitchen area.

The one I have is too light and I am beginning to trip on edges. I have shopped around all the obvious places for it but haven't seen anything yet. Then I remembered Ikea had a big rug department so thought to check it out.

Of course we will wander through the kitchen department to see what the latest gadgets are. I am looking for knives with short handles as finding the regular dinner knife too long to work with . I am using my right hand more now but the palm is very tender and long handles just don't fit. Lately I notice I am picking up some of my food by hand.....terrible innit...oh well no one here but moi.
must get off
cheerio for now.
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They have veggie meatballs as well.
 
hollydolly said:
yus... why dya ask ? :giggle:
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Just curious.

I buy books on Amazon for my kindle which get loaded immediately and regular books on Amazon as well which take a while to get delivered. Sometimes a book in a bookstore if it’s cheaper than amazon. I buy regular books cause I can pass them to a grandson 😊, and I also like to the “feel” of the regular book.

I try not to have too many books in waiting as I can be slow in reading due to other stuff I do. I like the Kindle as it’s easier to take to a waiting room and put in my purse-than haul a large heavy book and prime reading gives me a free book ever now and then.
 
Aneeda72 said:
Just curious.

I buy books on Amazon for my kindle which get loaded immediately and regular books on Amazon as well which take a while to get delivered. Sometimes a book in a bookstore if it’s cheaper than amazon. I buy regular books cause I can pass them to a grandson 😊, and I also like to the “feel” of the regular book.

I try not to have too many books in waiting as I can be slow in reading due to other stuff I do. I like the Kindle as it’s easier to take to a waiting room and put in my purse-than haul a large heavy book and prime reading gives me a free book ever now and then.
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I much prefer a Hardback book to a digital one.. by a country mile.. so altho' I can often get the same book cheaper on amazon for my kindle.. and my ipad.. I prefer where possible to buy the HB version.. and with Prime they arrive the next day..sometimes the same day.. .however when it comes to having to take something to read where I might have a lot of time to kill, Flights , Hospital appointments then I always put my kindle in my bag..
 
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Well, I just watched all of The Queen and have to wonder who on earth comes up with who supposedly said what to whom? It's not like some insider is going to provide snippets of dinner-table conversation amongst the family!

Anyway, it was a big disappointment. Now that she's gone, let's hope and pray there's no sixth season with Camilla as queen.

And...I'm having a moment. A long moment. P*ssed at DD and DGD. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
 
It was quite cold and overcast today so, after a quick trip to the supermarket to pick up a few bits, I decided to stay home and load up the washing machine. I put the slow cooker on and made some chicken noodle soup and got out the breadmaker to bake a little loaf and added some mixed herbs to the dough. Then I sat down with a mug of coffee and watched Portrait Artist of the Year. Quite a lazy day really because, of course, it was the machines which did most of the work!

I have booked to have my Covid booster tomorrow.
 
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