Grannymar

Today I will be busy….. again!

So to help you while away the time here is something to keep you busy:-

Now this is a secret!

Be careful who is peeping over your shoulder while you look at this:-

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She is away this weekend so it is safe to tell you.  I know she will be far too busy to read this.

In her absence she has appointed two minders to take care of me…. anyone would think I was a child sitting eating chocolate bikkies all the day long.

Darragh & Niamh are looking after me very well.  In fact they are spoiling me something rotten!

I discovered they had their instructions before they left Dublin and you never believe what they were told to do!!!!  Just take a look:-

Morning - I make sure mum is up between 6 - 7 am and that she dresses herself, but may need help putting on her Right sock (it says R on the sock so that she knows) and will nearly certainly need her shoes tightened before heading for a walk.  When she squeals at this, pull tighter and tell her ‘Pride feels no pain’!  If she refuses to get up, use the police whistle hanging outside her door. If that doesn’t work, there’s a silver bucket you can fill with cold water to throw on her. Don’t worry about the damp sheets.

Breakfast - Mum eats a set brekkie, as per her recent post, there are 9 boxes on the top shelf of the pantry, the bowl with her name painted on the outside, a mug, hot water pot, spoon and ramekin for the fruit & nuts. she takes hot water to drink and orange juice on her museli. She’ll take tablets at this point. Make sure she eats everything. I don’t allow her to leave the table until it’s all gone.  If she refuses to finish breakfast, just give it to her again for lunch.

Morning walk - try to encourage her to head out as soon as breakfast is over, never mind if she complains about the cold. Bracing air is good for the chest.  Make sure you walk her fast uphill, keep her going for over a mile. I think she looks for the easy option. When you get home, she’ll take coffee and a little treat (choccie biccies in the pantry) Only if she’s good. She should be encouraged to lie down for an hour afterwards. Carry her to the bedroom if you have to.

Lunch/Dinner - Really she’s been piling on the weight recently (who is she kidding, my two legs are almost the same size again!)so look after yourselves. Give her something nice if she deserves it. I tend to ration the food by how much she’s behaved and hiked during the day.

Afternoon walk - a second walk plus a set of exercises is essential. She should be encouraged to lie down for an hour afterwards. Again, I don’t mind if you have to strap her in. I’ve left those on the hall table.  It is afterall the only way you will have any peace!

Evening - mum likes to eat before 7pm and needs to take more tablets with this meal.

9:00 - 10:00pm - Mum heads to bed and takes in her laptop on her little table. Please put laptop on charge and bring her a mug of hot water. Don’t take any funny business from her. She must be in bed by 10 sharp!

11:00pm - take mum in a glass of fruit juice (not orange - she’s not been well behaved enough to deserve it).  Lights must go out at this time……….

No we won’t tell her we are having a whale of a time, Disco on Friday night, last night we played Darts in a local pub and today we are off for a little ice skating….

I might just have time to catch my breath before she returns or sends in the nursing police.

Your date of conception was on or about 17 June 1946 which was a Monday. WRONG! That calculation assumes I was carried to full term. My mother never carried any of us for more than 7 months.

You were born on a Monday Yes!
under the astrological sign Pisces. Yes!
Your Life path number is 7. What is that?

Your fortune cookie reads:
Let there be magic in your smile and firmness in your handshake. The latter is true, I am not sure about the former.

Life Path Compatibility:   I don’t understand Life Paths
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 4 & 22.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 9.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 3, 6, 8 & 11.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2432254.5.
The golden number for 1947 is 10.
The epact number for 1947 is 8.
The year 1947 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/22/1947 and ending 2/9/1948.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Pig.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Pachons, the first month of the season of Shomu (Harvest).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 18 AdarI 5707.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 19 AdarI 5707.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.16.13.4.10 which is
12 baktun 16 katun 13 tun 4 uinal 10 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Monday, 17 Rabi’u'th-Thani 1366 (1366-4-17).

As of 10/10/2009 5:49:28 PM EDT
You are 62 years old.
You are 751 months old.
You are 3,265 weeks old.
You are 22,860 days old.
You are 548,657 hours old.
You are 32,919,469 minutes old.
You are 1,975,168,168 seconds old.

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 8.94716242661448 years old. (You old hound dog, you!)

Your lucky day is Thursday.
Your lucky number is 3 & 7.
Your ruling planet(s) is Jupiter & Neptune.
Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th.
Your opposition sign is Virgo.
Your opposition number(s) is 5.

Today is not one of your lucky days!

There are XXX days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 63 candles.

Those 63 candles produce 63 BTUs,
or 15,876 calories of heat (that’s only 15.8760 food Calories!) .
You can boil 7.20 US ounces of water with that many candles.

Your birth flower is DAFFODIL

Your birthstone is Aquamarine

The moon’s phase on the day you were
born was waning gibbous.

Fancy playing this game?  Try: http://www.paulsadowski.com/birthday.asp

Thankfully I have returned home to my own bed and my own space.  Moving is very slow but I am almost pain free.  Rome was not built in a day so I am prepared to wait!  It is great to have Elly here with me and I am lapping up all the care and attention.

Rest and exercise will be the order of the day for the next few weeks until I am back up to speed.

Thanks for all the prayers, messages and caring while I was off my feet.

I Realising that the following will off the menu for the next for a few weeks:

Climbing in here.

Exercising with hoola hoops.

Wearing shoes like these.

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Trying to ride a bike like this.

At least it doesn’t hurt to laugh!

It is impossible to worry while you’re laughing.

That is why I laugh so much.

Enjoy your day!

Yesterday I sat watching a little boy learning about the Alphabet….

A is for Apple, B is for Balloon etc.

I came home with the sounds ringing in my head and while preparing dinner, I turned the idea into a little game. Pick not one word for each letter, but three that sit well together.

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Aim Above Appearance

Basic Bond Behaviour

Caring Condolences Comfort

Dance Date Drinking

Events Evolve Eventually

Final Fling Flowers

Gripping Guest Games

Home Help Happiness

Invitations Involve Individuals

Jest Jive Jump

Keep Known Knowledge

Love Letters Live

Make Money Matter

Night Noon Never

Offers Often Offend

Peace People Please

Quick Quips Question

Review Revive Resolve

Share Summer Sunshine

Take Time Talk

Underwear Unseen Undervalued

Valentines Value Victory

Wise Wander Wales - Oops! Sorry Magpie.

XI Xmas Xylophones**

Yonder Youth Yodels

Zealot Zeal Zest

** This is the only letter I struggled with. A Xylophone is an instrument that always appealed to my ear; the problem was to find other words to go with it. Somehow X-ray didn’t sound right.

It is over to you now, I would love to see your choice!

Today I reach Post No. 1,000.

I have been plodding away at this blogging lark for almost three years now. On two occasions during that time I almost stopped, like the grandfather clock, never to go again.  Once, not that long ago, I had even written a final closing post.  I saved it in draft form and slept on it for a night, knowing that if I had hit the publish button, the stubborn mule in me would not let me change my mind.  Two days later I deleted it.

Some days it is a struggle to find a crumb of inspiration, yet on others, ideas come tumbling forth as quickly as the weeds grow.  It is a rare day that there are no comments, a fact that constantly amazes me.

A question hangs over my head like a migraine.  How and why?  Maybe there are actually two questions and not one, so I will ask them again.

HOW and WHY did you find or manage to end up here in the land of Grannymar?

I know that at the very beginning Elly did plenty of plugging and pushing to get me the sympathy visitors.  Some were weaned off, but most lurk about in the background adding their tuppenceworth when the mood or topic catches their interest.  It is the people who have since trundled along from places far and wide that I am curious about.

Please don’t misunderstand me.  I am not looking for platitudes of praise.  I don’t want them!  I am actually trying to understand ME - myself, and what works and what doesn’t.  When I set days for particular topics it was great, I only needed to dip inside my head and pull out a recipe or a handful of handy hints that I learned at my mother’s side.  The barrel of tips and hints is almost empty and my days of entertaining seem few and far between so the experimenting with recipes somehow lost its gloss when cooking for one.  No need to worry, I do cook everyday and eat a good mixed diet.  Dishes for two, four or indeed six are still made at times, a plateful eaten when freshly cooked and the remainder portioned for the freezer.  That way I usually have a decent easy meal for days when the energy is low.  I never understood people who do not cook because they live alone.  It is the shortest road to depression and ill health.

So without further ado, let the singing begin, after all you can’t have a party without a song in your heart. While writing these words I heard ‘Jewellio the Glazier’ singing his little heart out about ‘all the girls he loved before’ (the greedy so-and-so!), and it inspired me to pen these words….

To All the friends I’ve made this way,
Who travelled here, I hope you’ll stay
I’m glad you came along
I dedicate this song
To All the friends I’ve met each day!

To all the friends I have addressed
And may I say you are the best
For helping me to grow
I owe a lot I know
To All the friends I’ve made this way

The winds of change are always blowing
And every time I try to stray
The comment box continues filling
Then I know I want to stay

To all of you who share my life
You keep me cool and save me strife
I’m glad you came along
I dedicate this song
To All the friends I’ve made each day

To all of you who cared for me
Who comment here so free-el-y
You live within my heart
I’ll always make you part
Of all the fun you share with me

The winds of change are always blowing
And every time I try to stray
The comment box continues filling
Then I know I want to stay

To All my friends you’ve made my day,
You travelled here, I hope you’ll stay
I’m glad you came along
I dedicate this song
To All the friends I’ve met each day!

To All my friends you’ve made my day,
You travelled here, I hope you’ll stay
I’m glad you came along
I dedicate this song
To All the friends I’ve met today!

Thank you, everyone!

Do you think they have a Consortium?

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See you at 5pm.

A girl after my own heart!

I think I would do exactly the same!  With or without the leather.

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Thank you to the kind person who sent it to me.

AND… thanks to Steph who pointed out my spelling mistake, but I think this lady’s action had far more effect without a blood bath!

When facing a difficulty or painful time in life it is important to have a goal or carrot to work towards.

Yesterday it was decided in the comments to my blog post, that to help me on my way to hippy hoppy happiness when I get my new ’shock absorber’; I should call on Darlene, Bikehikebabe & Ramana so the four of us can exercise and train for a show of our special hippy sequence dancing. It might even make the Olympics for 2012

For promotional purposes I provide some snapshots of us in action.

Do you know which is which?

Take your time… but remember to come back at 5pm for some Loose Blogging.