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Thank you frausorge and dine for the postcards. I enjoyed both a lot ♥

Plan for the day was to stay in and get some stuff done at home, but dad has just called and needs a lift somewhere so there's that plan gone. So, another quick catchup.

James is doing fine after his op. His incision has finally started to heal, with only one trouble spot now. Which is why we've been to no hospitals in nearly a week, though we are going to the limb center again on Friday.

We've redecorated our kitchen and it's looking nice. We're not perfect at painting, but between us all we prepped and painted everything. so now our kitchen is a beautiful, bright sunny yellow. We just need a new blind now and it's finished completely.

No change in the mam and Kayleigh situation, which sucks as Kay's dad only has days left.

We got our new greenhouse and that's up now, as well as a new raised bed. Onions have been planted, seeds planted, flowers planted and it just looks so much better out there now. All of that work was done while being chastised by the blackbird who nests in the ivy. He doesn't like people being in his garden at all.

Dad's Parkinson's has been getting worse again, which is why we're off to take him to the shops as he's unable to get around on his own anymore. What he likes doing is going out to eat, but the places he and Pauline go to are more expensive than the ones we do. I'm not talking anywhere hugely expensive, but our level of eating out is Subway while their's is quite a way over that. I think we've been averaging one meal out a week, and every time dad pays for us. Which he doesn't mind and always says no when we offer to pay something, but even so, it feels like we're taking advantage at times.

And ha, I didn't get to post this before going out and after picking dad and Pauline up they said they wanted to go out for dinner before going to the DIY store. Which is why after never stepping foot in a Thai restaurant until recently, I've been to one four times in as many weeks.

Game of Thrones is back and I'm enjoying it a lot. Despite never watching any of the previous seasons or reading the books James has started to watch with me. This means I'm answering questions pretty much in every new segment. Still, it's nice to enjoy it with someone else.

I'm also enjoying The Tomorrow People, but don't understand why fandom isn't embracing one of the two threesomes that are right there waiting to be written. I mean, threesomes, they're things of joy. Of course, so are daddy issue pairings that come along with lots of angst, but even so. Threesomes, people.

As always annemari has been keeping me in the loop Mikey wise. All I can think about that at the moment is, wow, he's a fast worker.

So yeah, nothing really to report. Lots of trips to various beaches, time out with family, hospital visits, one huge fight with mam that nearly meant she lost us too, time looking at lambs, gardening and painting. So much painting. What I haven't done is written a word, even in emails. I see the A03 meme is doing the rounds again, I may look at that and remind myself I used to be able to string words together.

I've caught up on LJ, DW tomorrow, but for now. I'm off to watch Masterchef.