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Lyn W

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Good morning/afternoon all and Happy Monday.
It's very hot and humid here - thunderstorms possibly on way for tomorrow.
Sunday was quite an eventful day for me, went out for a very nice lunch with some of the family, but my brother was admitted to hospital with a UTI after having to use a catheter for the last couple of weeks, so popped in to visit him, and I was in the wars yet again yesterday thanks to recycling.
When washing a tin my hand slipped and I have a very small but deep cut at the base of my left thumb.
I think it has affected some nerves and I have numbness in my thumb; if I try to use it I get what can only be described as painful electric shocks.
I have strapped it to my finger to stop the cut constantly opening up but it's pretty inconvenient.
Forget the bubble wrap that Karen suggested I've decided to invest in a suit of armour!!
 

Yvonne G

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Good morning/afternoon all and Happy Monday.
It's very hot and humid here - thunderstorms possibly on way for tomorrow.
Sunday was quite an eventful day for me, went out for a very nice lunch with some of the family, but my brother was admitted to hospital with a UTI after having to use a catheter for the last couple of weeks, so popped in to visit him, and I was in the wars yet again yesterday thanks to recycling.
When washing a tin my hand slipped and I have a very small but deep cut at the base of my left thumb.
I think it has affected some nerves and I have numbness in my thumb; if I try to use it I get what can only be described as painful electric shocks.
I have strapped it to my finger to stop the cut constantly opening up but it's pretty inconvenient.
Forget the bubble wrap that Karen suggested I've decided to invest in a suit of armour!!
Oh no! Because of the shocky feeling, do you think you should go to the doctor?
 

CarolM

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Good mornooning everyone. The washing machine is churning its first load already as I need to get a load of stuff done today due to governor meetings taking over my time tomorrow and Wednesday.

The Chair of of one of school boards has smashed his leg falling off a bike while racing which means his workload needs covering for a while. He is one of these superfit guys who doesn’t think twice about cycling a hundred miles... being confined to barracks due to the operation he needed is driving him nuts. I feel sorry for his wife; you just know he isn’t going to be a good patient!

Happy Monday everyone and have a good week :)
Oh shame, poor guy. I hope he recovers quickly and well.
 

CarolM

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Good morning/afternoon all and Happy Monday.
It's very hot and humid here - thunderstorms possibly on way for tomorrow.
Sunday was quite an eventful day for me, went out for a very nice lunch with some of the family, but my brother was admitted to hospital with a UTI after having to use a catheter for the last couple of weeks, so popped in to visit him, and I was in the wars yet again yesterday thanks to recycling.
When washing a tin my hand slipped and I have a very small but deep cut at the base of my left thumb.
I think it has affected some nerves and I have numbness in my thumb; if I try to use it I get what can only be described as painful electric shocks.
I have strapped it to my finger to stop the cut constantly opening up but it's pretty inconvenient.
Forget the bubble wrap that Karen suggested I've decided to invest in a suit of armour!!
Oh my Word Lyn. I think that you need to go and hibernate like Lola. It is not safe for you to go anywhere or do anything anymore.
 

CarolM

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Happy Monday Everyone. This is the first chance I have had to come online. And I see that we have some wars going on again in the CDR. Well one CDR'er and another known by a CDR'er. I hope the friend recovers quickly. And Lyn we forbid you to do and or go anywhere anymore. It is not safe!!!
Today was full of work, so pretty boring and nothing interesting to report. Other than I hope that the week goes by very quickly.
 

CarolM

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Happy Sunday back to all of you! I am just returned from a camping trip to Cypress lake in Benton, Louisiana. We took the camper and the boat Thursday and came back this morning. It was fun but unpacking is a full days work not to mention getting all my critters back on track:)
Are we going to get some photo's?
 

JoesMum

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Good morning/afternoon all and Happy Monday.
It's very hot and humid here - thunderstorms possibly on way for tomorrow.
Sunday was quite an eventful day for me, went out for a very nice lunch with some of the family, but my brother was admitted to hospital with a UTI after having to use a catheter for the last couple of weeks, so popped in to visit him, and I was in the wars yet again yesterday thanks to recycling.
When washing a tin my hand slipped and I have a very small but deep cut at the base of my left thumb.
I think it has affected some nerves and I have numbness in my thumb; if I try to use it I get what can only be described as painful electric shocks.
I have strapped it to my finger to stop the cut constantly opening up but it's pretty inconvenient.
Forget the bubble wrap that Karen suggested I've decided to invest in a suit of armour!!

Oh Lyn, sorry to hear you’re in the wars again. I think you’re right about the armour!

I hope your brother recovers quickly too!
 

EllieMay

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Good morning/afternoon all and Happy Monday.
It's very hot and humid here - thunderstorms possibly on way for tomorrow.
Sunday was quite an eventful day for me, went out for a very nice lunch with some of the family, but my brother was admitted to hospital with a UTI after having to use a catheter for the last couple of weeks, so popped in to visit him, and I was in the wars yet again yesterday thanks to recycling.
When washing a tin my hand slipped and I have a very small but deep cut at the base of my left thumb.
I think it has affected some nerves and I have numbness in my thumb; if I try to use it I get what can only be described as painful electric shocks.
I have strapped it to my finger to stop the cut constantly opening up but it's pretty inconvenient.
Forget the bubble wrap that Karen suggested I've decided to invest in a suit of armour!!

LYN!!! This is quite enough mam! We are all going to pitch in and send you a keeper... I think you and Lola are peas in a pod!!! I’m so sorry about your brother... I hope they are getting him on the mend posthaste!
Well, try and stay out of trouble and enjoy the rest of your day!!
 

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I'm very itchy! I don't mow the tortoise yards until the grass is VERY tall. Today I mowed the leopard yard - TWICE!! The first go round with the height adjustment as high as it would go, and the second, as low as it would go. It's not too hot out, but I am sweaty, and that means that all the grass dust stuff is sticking to my skin. I'm off to the showers!!
 

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Beautiful! The water looks so calm.... The wind had it white capping in all of the big waters here this weekend.

Yes, we’ve had a few of those days here recently. High winds whipping up the waves even on Saturday. I was glad this paddle was on a no wind day, the Chesapeake Bay csn get pretty nasty from wind and Summer storms.
 

CarolM

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I'm very itchy! I don't mow the tortoise yards until the grass is VERY tall. Today I mowed the leopard yard - TWICE!! The first go round with the height adjustment as high as it would go, and the second, as low as it would go. It's not too hot out, but I am sweaty, and that means that all the grass dust stuff is sticking to my skin. I'm off to the showers!!
Ooohh. I hate being itchy. I would have showered first then posted the post. [emoji6]
 

CarolM

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KarenSoCal

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Most of the pictures I took are people pictures because I’m so familiar with the area... but they do have an animal conservation there that I have been involved with so I got some pretty peacock shots while letting the kids explore:)
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Um...picture # 3 is not a peacock. Just thought I'd let you know for when you go back...[emoji6]
 

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Good morning/afternoon all and Happy Monday.
It's very hot and humid here - thunderstorms possibly on way for tomorrow.
Sunday was quite an eventful day for me, went out for a very nice lunch with some of the family, but my brother was admitted to hospital with a UTI after having to use a catheter for the last couple of weeks, so popped in to visit him, and I was in the wars yet again yesterday thanks to recycling.
When washing a tin my hand slipped and I have a very small but deep cut at the base of my left thumb.
I think it has affected some nerves and I have numbness in my thumb; if I try to use it I get what can only be described as painful electric shocks.
I have strapped it to my finger to stop the cut constantly opening up but it's pretty inconvenient.
Forget the bubble wrap that Karen suggested I've decided to invest in a suit of armour!!
Lyn be careful. Maybe we should open up a health insurance company and a few clinics :D When I cut my trigger finger deep. It took about 10 years for the numbness and tingling to subside. Hope you do better.
 

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Poor Opo with this heat. He grazes in the morning and explores. Comes in and eats food I prepared and goes straight to his humid hide. My temp gun says 90° in there so I am spraying him down every hour or 2.
I have been watching 2 black snakes in the morning slither thru the grass and pick morning dew droplets off blades of grass. It is amazing how fast and efficient they do it.
Happy Monday what's left of it.
 

JoesMum

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It must be the weather... it’s not just you @Lyn W

Texts from daughter just now
“I somehow managed to shut my own head in the car door earlier and now I have a big lump between my eyebrows”
“It hurts to frown”
“And I don't know how to explain the accident to people without sounding like a moron [emoji23]”

She’s not seriously injured, just bruised.... JoesDad and I are giggling
 

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Good morning/afternoon all and Happy Monday.
It's very hot and humid here - thunderstorms possibly on way for tomorrow.
Sunday was quite an eventful day for me, went out for a very nice lunch with some of the family, but my brother was admitted to hospital with a UTI after having to use a catheter for the last couple of weeks, so popped in to visit him, and I was in the wars yet again yesterday thanks to recycling.
When washing a tin my hand slipped and I have a very small but deep cut at the base of my left thumb.
I think it has affected some nerves and I have numbness in my thumb; if I try to use it I get what can only be described as painful electric shocks.
I have strapped it to my finger to stop the cut constantly opening up but it's pretty inconvenient.
Forget the bubble wrap that Karen suggested I've decided to invest in a suit of armour!!
Oh no, I would get a vet oh uh no a doctor to look at it:D

Tins are notorious for causing cuts and wounds, especially baked bean tins and the like.
 

Maro2Bear

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Poor Opo with this heat. He grazes in the morning and explores. Comes in and eats food I prepared and goes straight to his humid hide. My temp gun says 90° in there so I am spraying him down every hour or 2.
I have been watching 2 black snakes in the morning slither thru the grass and pick morning dew droplets off blades of grass. It is amazing how fast and efficient they do it.
Happy Monday what's left of it.

Boiling hot and humid here too.. all week long...upper 90’s! Yuck.
 
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