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Nov 14th, 2021, 3:27 am
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Looked at lots of gems and crystals the other day in Katoomba . . . shop owned by a friend of mine who's a photographer as well.

matina, are you having another home day today? Check in when you can. Planning a quiet day here. Glad you like my Celtic knot heart. I had to make a few repairs on it the other day. I've had it for years, since before this house. I can't remember who gave it to me.

Katy, I hadn't heard about this zipline! Will have to check on where it's going to be located. Do you think they'll accept over-70s? (EDIT: It's planned for the Lithgow area. Will ask my bushwalking friend what he thinks about it.) Very, very windy up here again today, but sunny. No rain for more than 24 hours. I sat out in my backyard this morning, out of the wind. Sunnya decided to stay in the house! Enjoy your shopping today!

lush, I seem to recall black strap molasses from my youth. Sounds like it should be very healthy, in moderation. I'm pretty sure I had some ordinary molasses back in the day, and I've lived quite a few years since! Hope you're staying well. How's your new apartment going?

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Nov 14th, 2021, 3:27 am

But this rose is an extra. - A. Conan Doyle
Nov 14th, 2021, 7:37 am
HELLO ALL!
Lush before i comment on the molasses who was it recommended by was it by a physician? and for what reason? If it is hard to get then there is always another substitute you can use for whatever medical issue it may be used for if it is for taste and recipes then one is lower in sugar content that the other and the unsulphered one had no preservatives in it ie (sulphur dioxide) :) still waiting on those kitchen pics please :) :)
PJ i love crystal shops and if mother knows one is near by she always changes routes as i kind of get stuck in there for along long while wanting to bring most things home with me. I've been wanting to get my hands on a healing salt lamp but a bit out of my price range ;-(
Kathy and PJ a zip line well that counts us all out Kathy you and i will have a retrieval team picking up our body parts/bits as we whizzed by and PJ and i will probably suffer heart attacks on the way down. not recommended for us 3 i don't think :lol: :lol: :lol:
spent most of the day home and psyching myself up for the marathon even with Satan tomorrow. 1 getting his 2nd covid shot then 2 taking him vacuum cleaner and 3 lawn mower shopping (LORD GIVE ME STRENGTH!) ALL PRAYERS ARE WELCOME (KATHY BAIL FUND READY PLEASE)
time to get dinner on and a cup of tea while its getting ready
be safe everyone god bless and be with you all. tell folks you love them
WOLF OUT!!
Nov 14th, 2021, 7:37 am

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Nov 14th, 2021, 9:21 am
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matina, here's a crystal from Wollemi Gems. The guy who runs the business has an amazing collection of minerals and gems (behind the counter) which he doesn't want to sell. Before the covid, he made most of his money (I think) selling opals to tourists. But he also does lapidary work and is a professional photographer. I think I'll give the new Lithgow 'zipline' a big miss. Playing it safe is the best idea at my age. Good luck with tomorrow!

Saying an early 'good night' to everyone at CC&BC . . .

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Nov 14th, 2021, 9:21 am

But this rose is an extra. - A. Conan Doyle
Nov 14th, 2021, 11:53 am
Ahh that crystal is so pretty pj!

@kathy & wolfy :D hmm, nope, not a doctor, i was reading comments under a video about changes in menstrual stuff (sorry TMI :P) and that was brought up -- i know it should only be used in moderation because of the calorie count

* also, we're still in the stage of trying to figure out a home for each item so no kitchen pics yet! but it's getting there :D
* the bathroom has no slide out drawers for the vanity, only deep, almost lower kitchen cabinet-style of shelves so i'm
on the look out for storage baskets/or bins!
* gotta get 3M command strips to anchor a few ikea bookcase cabinets to the wall too (the hooks + refills can get so dang pricy! so replacement strips it is!)

keep the cutie pie pics coming fatima! :lol:

hope everyone in the bistro is having a fine day/evening :)
Nov 14th, 2021, 11:53 am

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Nov 14th, 2021, 1:50 pm
Greetings people

Due to public demand I have some puppy pics for you

This is Claude, a beagle pup, found wandering on the road earlier this week - he is just so gorgeously gorgeous

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Nov 14th, 2021, 1:50 pm

Twitter: Fatima99@fatima99_mobi
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Nov 15th, 2021, 1:24 am
Hi :wave:

Hey lush I don't mind the tmi, I spent a lifetime trying to ease the discomfort we have to put up with, thankfully I'm over that stage in my life and so very happy to be :o :lol: oh fatima I love beagles I wonder if someone has lost him do they micro chip dogs there :? Matina i can't say how much I dislike that evil man I hope you can get things over with quickly and put him back in his box :o :( :? good luck :) Morning Pj just the thought of the height of that zipline has my bp rising nope not in a million years :lol: I hate heights :lol: a beautiful day here after all the rain :? my garden needs trimming back the pink fuscia I showed you is enormous it's taking over everything :shock: :) how are the fuzzies :) rishi ok after her vet ordeal :? I hope so gorgeous girl she is :D well coffees brewed time to just sit for a bit :) take care everyone :D
Nov 15th, 2021, 1:24 am
Nov 15th, 2021, 3:54 am
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matina, thinking of you and your challenges today and sending lots and lots of good wishes. Keep us posted. Good luck!

Katy, my lawn mower man's assistants just arrived and are hard at work. Am so glad that my little lawns will soon be presentable. I've done a bit of clambering over cliffs, etc., in my time, but am not likely to become a zipline enthusiast. Feeding 65 hungry cockatoos every morning is dangerous enough for me, at my age. Rishi and Sunnya both seem fine. However, both are currently hiding because of the lawnmower noise. Rishi has a checkup scheduled tomorrow afternoon over at Wentworth Falls. The vet who did the dental work last week will visually confirm that her two extracted tooth areas have healed and will also do the usual quickie blood test to see how her anaemia is going. Hope you can get your yard in shape. Lots of rain and nice, warm temperatures really make things grow, like your beautiful pink fuchsia. That said, it's going down to 3 or 4 degrees for the next three nights up here. It was 7 degrees last night, with howling winds, so I had my fire going a bit. Have enough firewood left for another 3-4 fires, I think.

Fatima, what a wonderful puppy! Thanks for the latest photos! Hope Claude will soon find a good home.

lush, it's good to hear about your apartment. We'll all look forward to some photos soon. I can imagine that it's a lot of work to get everything set up.

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Nov 15th, 2021, 3:54 am

But this rose is an extra. - A. Conan Doyle
Nov 15th, 2021, 8:30 am
HELLO ALL!
FATIMA super gorgeous pics of fur babies we never get tired of them. bless you for posting them made my day.
PJ nice crystal pic very unusual but beautiful none the less. rishis looks great!
Kathy i am glad you got to enjoy your day with a pot of coffee, i need a barrel of whiskey after the day i had.
Lush yes getting things where you want them is a huge thing and it will change over time too as you really settle in.

well we pick up the old vacuum cleaner from Godfrey's as we know Satan doesn't want to go back there he doesn't like their vacuum cleaners. We arrive and drop off the vacuum and get him ready to go get his 2nd covid shot first.
so we finally got him in the car and he brings along a small can to fill with fuel for the lawn mower. the car now stinks to high heaven with fuel fumes till we get to the shopping center so we can go to the chemist there for him to get his second covid shot
"oh i have a bill i want to pay too"
"i say we will go after"
he is still moaning and bitching and saying it wont take long etc etc I am trying to get him there to have this covid shot before the Greek guy working in the pharmacy leaves for his lunch break as it is it is 11.30 we get in there i ask for the guy and i have to admit he took us straight in. we tell him "take off your jacket jumper and shirt so he can give him the shot"
he takes forever to do this but instead of taking off his shirt he only undoes 2 buttons trying to squeeze out of it we both tell him to "undo a few more buttons"
oh no this went on for 3 minutes of his squirming like he is in a straight jacket trying to get out of
(thereby giving me more ideas i should not be having or being tempted to kill) he eventually he grins like a bloody 2 year old and finally undoes only 1 more button and exposed enough upper arm like he is some kind geisha girl playing coy to receive his second covid shot. :roll: :crazy: :wtf:
Then we get to wait the 15 minutes outside this took 15 minutes to get him dressed again with beanie getting caught on his mask and him always tugging at said mask under his nose and me readjusting it over his nose so he says "you know why i don't put it over my nose as it fogs up my glasses" (i say)
"really what glasses you not wearing any, and even if you were, you still have to wear it over the nose not under" then he goes "where are my glasses?" i said you didn't have them on when you got in the car, "are you sure? but i was wearing my glasses"
"no you were not" this when on for a few more minutes then, he started on again with "i could have paid my bill by now at the post office" (so i reiterate "he has to wait the 15 minutes -20 minutes after the covid injection before he can go anywhere") this went on for the next few minutes before we were released we go outside and there is my mum sitting on the bench watching folks pass by and bless her she has already paid the bill we tell him 3 times and keep walking that is has been paid so we are trying to heard him to the car and he is still going on about the bill. So i stop dead in the middle of traffic and yell at him in the loudest voice on earth in Greek telling him "mum has paid the bloody bill and to get into the damn car."
The moment we open the car door the fumes of the petrol hit us smack in the face so i open all the windows and the air-conditioner too. so i drive to the petrol station 2 minutes from there and he finally fills to the brim the little fuel can puts in in the boot of the car now and we are heading home asking him if he wants to go find a vacuum cleaner at bunnings he says "no" so we verify with him again and he says no
(i am so glad for this miracle however it has manifested)
Then literally just before i turn into his street he bellows out "what is going on where are you taking me"?. So i stop in the middle of the street no one was behind us. i turn and ask him ("so you really don't know where we are?") he doesn't answer so i continue & turn into the street and park outside his house and i say "
do you recognise this place?". he just gets out of the car and says "i don't know whats wrong with you"
after we organise his mail and other items we are ready to leave in the car he want to check his letter box so we wait in the car running till he unlocks it only to find junk mail.
Then as we begin to go out the driveway he wanted to then go and take a look at vacuums. I said no i am not going now the sun is out now and time to head home. he then says i don't want to buy one now i will later on i just want to go and see them and how much they are. (so window shopping) with no intention to buy.
I say "no we will only go when you will want to actually buy one, when you make that decision then we will go". "oh ok, but why don't you want to go now?"
(because i said) "prices will change when you want to buy it" we finally made it home at 2 30pm dying of hunger.
now can you imagine these antics with sales folks while trying to find the "RIGHT VACUUM CLEANER!??" for Satan. lord help me!!!
WOLF OUT!!
Nov 15th, 2021, 8:30 am

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Nov 15th, 2021, 12:48 pm
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matina, have sent you a PM.

Good night, everyone . . .
Nov 15th, 2021, 12:48 pm

But this rose is an extra. - A. Conan Doyle
Nov 16th, 2021, 1:27 am
Morning :wave:

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Oh matina i don't know how you do it he's an evil menace :evil: :evil: :evil: drive safe out there good luck with your appts :D Good morning Pj it's always feels good when the lawns are done and the yard is cleaned up :D our water is off for 2 hours while they fix a damaged water main in our street, after all the rain I think it just cracked under the strain :shock: :? A cool day 23c I'm hoping it's stays this way for a while :) I hope rishis vet check goes well let's us updated :D
Hello everyone else be safe always xo
Nov 16th, 2021, 1:27 am
Nov 16th, 2021, 3:04 am
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Christmas has come early to my local supermarket! I really wish they'd hold off until December . . .

matina, check in when you can. Hope the appointments go well today. You deserve an easier day . . .

Katy, we lost our power for the first time in a long time, a bit more than 24 hours ago, in the midst of the howling winds. It was off for about 5-6 hours. But not really as much rain as forecast. Sunny and coolish today, with almost no wind. Cockies have all returned in force! Checked my lawns and they look great. I made the mistake of 'paying by invoice' and got slapped with an extra $8 GST charge . . .

Hope everyone is doing well today . . .

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Car park view at the local veterinary hospital . . . took this shot while waiting the other day . . . back with Rishi today at 5, for her checkup . . . These days we hand our pets over at the door, and then talk to the vets on our mobile phones . . .
Nov 16th, 2021, 3:04 am

But this rose is an extra. - A. Conan Doyle
Nov 16th, 2021, 7:07 am
HELLO ALL!
YES It was a easier day today. Today i call it DRUG DAY! where we go to the Dr to get our prescriptions then go to the chemist "the pillars of society" that then keep us medicated and pliant "good citizens". After i told him the day i had yesterday with Satan he had no issue writing up my temazipan and my pain killers and my various other related medical issues. tonight will be a good night where i can have dinner watch TV and take my medication and slowly drift off to a nice sleep (without satanic interference). :? :o :shock: :lol: :lol:
still have a few documents/ emails to send off on Satan's behalf as medicare and chemists have botched his immunization recorded history so scanning Documents turning them into pdf files to be sent off so they can update their records properly. Like i said i really do work for the government and i certainly don't get paid for it!
Tomorrow bright and early got a company coming to see how much it will be to take out the bath tub in the bathroom so there is more room in the bathroom for a shower chair for mum, then the cleaner is coming then i am crashing in the afternoon.
Thursday & Fridayyyy are HOMEDAAYYYS!!!! Saturday physio.
however now it is time for coffee and to relax.
PJ i hope rishis vet visit goes well.
Kathy your cartoon skit is sooooo spot on you have NO Idea!!!
today the car still smelled of petrol :( :( so tonight i am going to put a few cotton balls of lavender oil and vanilla in there in the hope it can override the smell its giving me headaches. :( :( :(
hello to the regulars and lurkers god bless you all be safe and tell folks you love them. must get onto those emails and to those i owe a reply to emails (you know who you are i will reply hopefully tomorrow) Please forgive me but time is never my own :( :( But i will reply i promise!!
On a lighter note this is how Satan is wherever he is with his dementia now he mumbles all the time no matter where he is or what he is doing Image and me trying to take him anywhere whilst he mumbles away Image what i wish i could do Image what i would like to do Image
WOLF OUT!!
Nov 16th, 2021, 7:07 am

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Nov 16th, 2021, 9:39 am
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matina, so glad to hear that you've got some home days coming up. Last week I passed my annual 'safety net' point, so all my many drugs are now free until December 31st. I guess that's good . . . Rishi's vet report today was definitely good . . . blood iron completely normal and the sore places where two teeth were removed has healed.

Just ducked out on the front deck and snapped this photo . . .
Nov 16th, 2021, 9:39 am

But this rose is an extra. - A. Conan Doyle
Nov 17th, 2021, 12:43 am
Hey everyone :D

Good morning Pj it's always a relief to hear rishi is doing well :D I know how much you worry :? goodness can you believe Xmas is not far away :? Our shopping centre has Xmas trees and decorations everywhere and they're playing Xmas music :o it's too soon for me :? next they'll put out Easter eggs :shock: :lol: im so loving that white crystal you have in your hand :D :D when the farmers market re opens here they're was a lady who had the most gorgeous crystals I hope she comes back :) Matina I'm glad you still have your sense of humour you make me smile with your previous post on Satan cause I can ao picture that exactly :lol: getting some laundry done before the next lot of rain sets in :D take care all our regulars love and hugs xo Diva mwah :)
Nov 17th, 2021, 12:43 am
Nov 17th, 2021, 1:44 am
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Nov 17th, 2021, 1:44 am

If you want to be happy, be... Happiness depends upon ourselves. :wave:

Cheers,
Diva ♥ x
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