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hollydolly said:
Good thing you stayed home Trish... I stepped out of my front door and the whole of my 7 foot willow Rose Trellis had been torn from the brick wall by the stormy winds... I was on the way to the dentist , and the trellis was barely hanging on at it's base because the thorny roots of the rose bushes had become entangled in it as it lay face down on the garden.. . I couldn't leave it like that for fear it would rip off completely from the base and all the thorny branched do further damage to the door or the front garden, so I rushed to get some loppers from the Barn, and chopped off the rest of it, before dragging the whole thing into the rear garden...and then rushing off to the dentist.

After the dentist, I collected my alterations from the tailor, dropped 5 new things off.. deposited the case with the contents at the Charity shop.. and when I returned to the car park, the wind was gusting so hard, that people were falling over, and one guy had the door of his car ripped from his hand and it smashed into the side of another car... :eek:🌬️🌬️

Again I looked for fuel as I was in a different town today than yesterday.. the largest fuel station ( Supermarket petrol garages).. were all closed with Barriers across.. ..but I took a back road home ( local knowledge as my husband always calls it ).. because I knew of a tiny independent garage .. and sure enough it was open... but it had no Diesel at all.. so vans in front of me were driving in and straight back out again , and I was fortunate to get my tank topped up..
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I knew it was windy but didn't realise it was so bad. I hope it is better tomorrow, I am meeting up with friends and don't want to cancel.

Good you managed to get the petrol. I think it may be that people are wanting to fill up now as they are worried about the prices going up and, of course, it's Easter next week and people will be travelling.
 
Trish said:
I knew it was windy but didn't realise it was so bad. I hope it is better tomorrow, I am meeting up with friends and don't want to cancel.

Good you managed to get the petrol. I think it may be that people are wanting to fill up now as they are worried about the prices going up and, of course, it's Easter next week and people will be travelling.
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No there's a serious shortage currently , so many petrol garages are completely closed,. Morrisons and Sainsbury today completely barricaded..... never has this happened at any holiday time except during the pandemic... in fact less people are using fuel because they're so many out of the country during the holidays. :(
 

~Working toward reacting and responding to threads I initiated here that got away from me.
~Put the rest of my items away from when I went shopping.
~Starting to learn to use the new "toy" my son bought me, a sampler. It's a piece of music production equipment that's kind of intimidating right now but he says it will expand my creative horizons. He gave me my first lesson yesterday. I'll be experimenting with some of the concepts and features tonight. Although I've worked in Logic and Garage Band (digital music productions programs), this is different.
~Load and run the dishwasher
~Hope to watch a little bit of T.V. later.
 
Was going to make a small pot of soup, which ended up being very large as I kept adding things. Will freeze it into several dishes for later. This is strictly for my husband, I don’t really like soup. Will being walking this afternoon in conjunction with the trip to drug store and food store. Tonight we’ll watch two more episodes of Marcella, season 2. Darn, just realized it’s too late to text with daughter who is still stuck in Scotland. They’ll leave Saturday as long as they still test negative.
 
hollydolly said:
Good thing you stayed home Trish... I stepped out of my front door and the whole of my 7 foot willow Rose Trellis had been torn from the brick wall by the stormy winds... I was on the way to the dentist , and the trellis was barely hanging on at it's base because the thorny roots of the rose bushes had become entangled in it as it lay face down on the garden.. . I couldn't leave it like that for fear it would rip off completely from the base and all the thorny branched do further damage to the door or the front garden, so I rushed to get some loppers from the Barn, and chopped off the rest of it, before dragging the whole thing into the rear garden...and then rushing off to the dentist.

After the dentist, I collected my alterations from the tailor, dropped 5 new things off.. deposited the case with the contents at the Charity shop.. and when I returned to the car park, the wind was gusting so hard, that people were falling over, and one guy had the door of his car ripped from his hand and it smashed into the side of another car... :eek:🌬️🌬️

Again I looked for fuel as I was in a different town today than yesterday.. the largest fuel station ( Supermarket petrol garages).. were all closed with Barriers across.. ..but I took a back road home ( local knowledge as my husband always calls it ).. because I knew of a tiny independent garage .. and sure enough it was open... but it had no Diesel at all.. so vans in front of me were driving in and straight back out again , and I was fortunate to get my tank topped up..
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Oh gosh, that sounds like an exhausting, straining time, with the rose trellis, and the weather, and dentist, and weather, and errands and weather....:eek::oops:o_O
I am glad you got your car's tank filled!
 
Leann said:
I wish I could claim some productivity today but it's a chilly, rainy day here and I have done the absolute minimum. I haven't found the motivation. But I admire all of you who have accomplished so much. Hopefully, tomorrow, I'll do better.
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it always takes me a good few days after I return from a trip to find the energy to do anything.. so just relax and recover from your travels.. (y)
 
Kaila said:
Oh gosh, that sounds like an exhausting, straining time, with the rose trellis, and the weather, and dentist, and weather, and errands and weather....:eek::oops:o_O
I am glad you got your car's tank filled!
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Me too. I wouldn't be too worried usually with regard to the fuel, having already 3/4's of a tank.. but we don't know how long this shortage is going to last, and it's mine and my DD's birthday next week.. and I'm waiting for her to decide what we'll do as a double birthday thing... it may mean I'll need to drive to her house which is 140 mile round trip... so I definitley need the fuel for that..
 
Kaila said:
Excellent point, and very good idea, but around here, there isn't any.
The cost of the fuel is considered a part of the volunteer donation that the drivers give.:oops::rolleyes::confused:
But it has caused shortages of people who are able to continue to volunteer at all.:(
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oh now that really is taking advantage of people's good nature!! here many places will give a certain amount per mile.. say 40p per mile..
 
hollydolly said:
it always takes me a good few days after I return from a trip to find the energy to do anything.. so just relax and recover from your travels.. (y)
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After a week vacation, it takes me another week to get back into the swing of things. So in essence..I take two weeks vacation. :D

@Leann In the last couple of weeks I've had days like yours, where I did nothing. And I've finally learned not to feel guilty about it.
 
DH & I watched our 4 month old grandson again today so there was little on my schedule beyond that. We're having unseasonably hot weather (mid 90s) along with 20-30 mph winds with gusts in the 50 mph range. The heat will break over the weekend so next week's weather is looking like it will be beautiful. Highs in the high 60s to mid 70s.

Grocery shopping and some errands tomorrow.
 
katlupe said:
Wow, you got started early! I get up early but don't get much done till it is light.
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My sleep schedule has been so erratic these past few months that sometimes I wake up naturally in the middle of the night. It works out well because my son gets up at 2:30 a.m. to get ready for work. He worries that he'll disturb me. If I'm up, he needn't concern himself. I find it's best to busy myself rather than laying there trying to go back to sleep. This is completely the opposite of when I was working...go figure! I used to find it hard to get up in time to be at work a few blocks away by 8:30.
 
Actually, except for my normal everyday headache, I had a good day. My daughter and Granddaughter came over for dinner. My daughter brought her favorite movie over and we watched it after dinner. She loved the movie Grease from the first time she saw it. When she got married I bought her all her favorite movies DVDs . So we watched it together. She remembered when her Dad took her out to lunch and surprised her that he had arranged for Frankie Avalon to meet them there and have lunch with them. My Husband knew one of his managers. She played this part over and over again.

 
Warrigal said:
Thanks Diva. Today is operation day plus two and I am progressing well.
In another 2 days I will be transferred to a lovely rehab hospital for 2 weeks of physio in the heated pool and the small gymnasium.
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good to hear you're doing well Warrigal.. may it continue

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