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turpsWhen KC was here she introduced me to the delights of fresh fruit salad. Since then I sometimes make a bowl up and keep in the fridge for breakfast and if I get hungry at night. I've actually developed a thing for fresh pineapple, it's just yummy, but man, is it difficult to get at. You wrestle with the spiky top, hack at the bumpy sides, but it's so worth it. Anyway, why I'm bringing it up is the banana always goes brown and yucky, even after a day. Am I missing some preserving trick? Should I be putting some kind of juice on? Because I just chop up and throw in the fruit now. So, any fruit salad tips?
The MiL is still in hospital. We'd hoped she could come out yesterday, but it wasn't to be. It wasn't a good night yesterday. She's been in a ward and quite liked it there. She was near a window, important because the place is boiling hot. With people she liked and could talk to. Then she was moved, and they've put her on a geriatric ward. She's on a ward with someone who's clearly mentally disturbed and spends all the time screaming and shouting at anyone in sight. The MiL told Nicola not to bring my niece and nephew in anymore because they were so disturbed by this woman. She's just been told she's diabetic, has heart problems, is on a load of new drugs which means she can't take pain killers for her arthritis, on a ward she hates with a mostly foreign staff who can't understand her properly. It just got too much for her last night, she was crying and, when he left my FiL was crying, and he just doesn't do that. Fingers crossed she can be moved today.
We're going to see her today, before that though we're going to go buy a new tumbler. No more drying clothes over the radiators or backs or chairs. Glee! By next week everything should be fixed in the house, which hopefully includes my computer monitor. The one I'm using is fine, but I miss my flat screen.
Before I go though, have a meme.
Give Me Something
Of course we're talking symbolic here, I don't expect you to go buy me anything...just post telling me something you're giving me: an actual thing, a song, a thought, a wish, a piece of advice, something you know I've always wanted...etc. etc. etc. If it was within your power, what would you give me?
As the norm with memes, take it to your place and see what you get from your fellow LJers.
The MiL is still in hospital. We'd hoped she could come out yesterday, but it wasn't to be. It wasn't a good night yesterday. She's been in a ward and quite liked it there. She was near a window, important because the place is boiling hot. With people she liked and could talk to. Then she was moved, and they've put her on a geriatric ward. She's on a ward with someone who's clearly mentally disturbed and spends all the time screaming and shouting at anyone in sight. The MiL told Nicola not to bring my niece and nephew in anymore because they were so disturbed by this woman. She's just been told she's diabetic, has heart problems, is on a load of new drugs which means she can't take pain killers for her arthritis, on a ward she hates with a mostly foreign staff who can't understand her properly. It just got too much for her last night, she was crying and, when he left my FiL was crying, and he just doesn't do that. Fingers crossed she can be moved today.
We're going to see her today, before that though we're going to go buy a new tumbler. No more drying clothes over the radiators or backs or chairs. Glee! By next week everything should be fixed in the house, which hopefully includes my computer monitor. The one I'm using is fine, but I miss my flat screen.
Before I go though, have a meme.
Give Me Something
Of course we're talking symbolic here, I don't expect you to go buy me anything...just post telling me something you're giving me: an actual thing, a song, a thought, a wish, a piece of advice, something you know I've always wanted...etc. etc. etc. If it was within your power, what would you give me?
As the norm with memes, take it to your place and see what you get from your fellow LJers.
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Date: 2006-09-16 10:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-17 09:19 am (UTC)I could so use that.
Thank you!
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Date: 2006-09-16 10:17 am (UTC)And if it were me - I'd give to you a never ending supply of TrickC fanfic! Stuff that you could just dig out at a whim, read, and feel all warm and tingly all over! And it would be written in the style you prefer with all your favorite kinks! Yep, that's what I'd do! :D
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Date: 2006-09-17 09:22 am (UTC)I'd give to you a never ending supply of TrickC fanfic!
Man, that sounds wonderful! You think of the best gifts!
*smooch* Thank you :)
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Date: 2006-09-16 10:57 am (UTC)also, man. that must me horrible, I can't even imagine. I hope--- yeah. that she either gets out or gets back to where she was.
also, anything at all. with a nice topping ( heee! ) of Chris.
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Date: 2006-09-17 09:23 am (UTC)Well, she didn't get moved, so I'm hopefully she gets out tomorrow.
also, anything at all. with a nice topping ( heee! ) of Chris.
SQUEE!!! Just perfect!
Thank you! *mwah*
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Date: 2006-09-17 01:00 pm (UTC)you're welcome!
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Date: 2006-09-16 11:04 am (UTC)Lemon juice always works for me with bananas and apples.
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Date: 2006-09-17 09:43 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2006-09-16 11:28 am (UTC)And with that nugget of wisdom, I have given you something. ;)
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Date: 2006-09-17 09:44 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2006-09-16 11:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-17 09:45 am (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2006-09-16 12:32 pm (UTC)I hope the MiL is able to leave hospital today - or at least to be transferred to a different ward (it sounds awful!).
And I'd give you a magic machine that transcribed pretty fic thoughts automatically from your head to the page (no... not a computer... MORE magic). Or possibly euro-era-Chris with a need for comforting over the braces.
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Date: 2006-09-17 09:48 am (UTC)I hope the MiL is able to leave hospital today
Sadly she's still on the same ward, we just hope she can get out tomorrow. It's bad enough being in hospital without being surrounded by the people she is.
And I'd give you a magic machine that transcribed pretty fic thoughts automatically from your head to the page (no... not a computer... MORE magic). Or possibly euro-era-Chris with a need for comforting over the braces.
Dude, I don't know which one I want more. They're both perfect!
You give good gifts! *mwah* Thank you!
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Date: 2006-09-16 01:12 pm (UTC)Re the fruit sallad I'm going to be a slightly dissenting voice and say that while lemon juice (or lime) is indeed perfectly okey to use orange juice works just as well and tastes much better together with the rest of the fruit!
I'm giving you a pocket-sized Chris-with-braids-and-braces of your very own, complete with one interchangeable sparkly boy for the pairing choice of the day :-)
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Date: 2006-09-17 09:51 am (UTC)I've actually got orange juice in the house, so I'm going to try your suggestion first. It sounds like a good one.
'm giving you a pocket-sized Chris-with-braids-and-braces of your very own, complete with one interchangeable sparkly boy for the pairing choice of the day :-)
*flails* The perfect gift! Thank you! *mwah*
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Date: 2006-09-16 02:17 pm (UTC)I'd give you a trip around the world, with stops at every house of LJ you wanted, complete with fic readings and lots and lots of outings.
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Date: 2006-09-17 09:53 am (UTC)I'd give you a trip around the world, with stops at every house of LJ you wanted, complete with fic readings and lots and lots of outings.
That sounds wonderful! You so know what I want and need.
Thank you! *mwah*
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Date: 2006-09-16 02:27 pm (UTC)I hope your MiL gets moved to a better place today. *hugs to everyone*
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Date: 2006-09-17 09:55 am (UTC)Sadly she hasn't been moved yet. I just hope she's out by tomorrow.
*hugs*
Thanks, honey.
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Date: 2006-09-16 06:12 pm (UTC)Unfortunately, I'm a zero in the kitchen, so I have no good advices for the fruit salad. But if I hear any, I'll let you know.
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Date: 2006-09-17 09:57 am (UTC)Unfortunately, I'm a zero in the kitchen
LOL. You and me both.
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Date: 2006-09-16 06:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-17 09:58 am (UTC)I'd take that in an instant!
Thank you!
*mwah*
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Date: 2006-09-17 05:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-16 08:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-17 09:59 am (UTC)That would be wonderful!
I just have the most perfect image of him doing that.
Thank you! *mwah*
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Date: 2006-09-16 08:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-17 09:59 am (UTC)I love him!
Thank you! *smooch*
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Date: 2006-09-17 11:35 am (UTC)I'm sorry to hear about your MiL. Doesn't sound like a nice place she's in. It's scary to be helpless. I hope she gets better soon!!!
I wish you a day without worries or fears, but full of love and happy thoughts.
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Date: 2006-09-18 09:07 am (UTC)Thanks for the good wishes about the MiL. I really hope she's out today.
I wish you a day without worries or fears, but full of love and happy thoughts.
What a beautiful gift! Thank you!
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Date: 2006-09-17 05:51 pm (UTC)And ack! I hope your MiL is OK--I'd be freaking out, too, poor thing. I'm sending you all good thoughts and such...
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Date: 2006-09-18 09:01 am (UTC)That's a wonderful gift, Thank you.
She seemed a lot better yesterday, I just really hope she gets out today.
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Date: 2006-09-18 11:11 pm (UTC)And I give you, my trust and my ear. And I wish I culd give you a oause button for the universe.
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Date: 2006-09-18 11:15 pm (UTC)That's a wonderful gift, one I'd treasure.