Incarceration

[Bodice]

I don’t know about the rest of you but I have these great plans for passing the time while I’m incarcerated. (Apart from the noose knitting! 😈)

I’ve decided it’s great time to do all the things that I’ve shelved for so long.

I am a sad creature because I’m actually looking on these things as being treats, and I’m really looking forward to achieving them.

I have, over the last 10 years, whittled down the routine housework to bare essentials, but now, for ‘excitement’ I am looking for extra curricular stuff. Yippeee!🙃🙃

For instance:-

1). This week I’m going to shampoo all the carpets with the new machine that arrived from Amazon last Thursday, I know I will be horrified at all the thick muddy water that will end up going down the drain - it’s been a very muddy winter and 2 dogs have transferred a fair amount of the garden into the house. The carpets won’t know what’s hit them!

2).Then I plan to make a batch of yoghurt - I used to to do that years ago, there’s none in the shops - so a small victory. Self sufficiency 1.

3).Then I will make gluten free ‘bread’ from just yoghurt, flour and xanthan gum. Also none in the shops so another small victory. (It’s not bad, but it’s not real bread.) Self sufficiency 2.

Then I’d like to potter round the garden, tidy up a bit, feed the roses and the clematises/clemati.

Then I’ll wash the curtains.

Then I’ll trim and bathe Amy, my little Westie.

Then I’ll trim my Beagle, Poppy’s nails - not popular.

Then I’ll tidy out my wardrobe, get out some summer things to cheer me up.

Then I’ll ........... and then I’ll ..........

But wait a minute, It’s going to take me all morning to get started on No 1.

I know that I will only have enough energy to get the carpet shampoo machine out of the box, not fill it, not use it, just unpack it and maybe, just maybe read the instructions - or not.

So that is a whole day’s achievement in itself.

I’m sure many of you will recognise not only the feeling but the expression, ‘my eyes are bigger than my belly’ -I t’s what my dad used to say when I had ideas far beyond my capabilities. It fits now! Oh! How it fits!

I would love to gallop through this list and all the other 30 “and thens” that I could add, but Fibro/CFS + age have other ideas.

However, I’m trying to “Look on the bright side of Life” (maybe we could adopt that as the anthem for the current situation).The list of things which previous to having this b***dy condition, I would have galloped through at warp speed while standing on one leg - well, it’s going to keep me occupied possibly into September and maybe August and beyond.

So I suppose that there is actually some small advantage to be had in that I won’t get bored out of my skull over the next few weeks/months - knackered - yes - bored - no!

Meanwhile, the knitting is coming on nicely, thank you 👹

Stay well 😁

Bodice.

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Hi Bodice

You sure are going to be busy . Like you I have a list of things that I could be doing but ........

However I have put the cobweb 🕸 brush around and done lots more reading 📖. Yet the list seems to get longer. Shame that we can no longer whizz around and get lots done. Still we will get there I am sure as there is talk the lockdown will take until the end of June.

Good luck with all your plans especially the carpet cleaning . Take care and enjoy your Sunday. Love and hugs 🤗 Lynn xxx

[YASMINTINA FMA UK Volunteer]

Good post, well I started off last week being able to go out each day in the garden and tackle something, feeling very pleased with myself as life has changed for now, no looking after little grandson during the week, no little journeys out etc, but whether it’s Fibro or not my weekend turned into feeling unwell so all these little extra jobs will now wait till I feel better so like you it could take many weeks. Take care glad the knitting is coming along nicely something I have not followed through like family before me they were all very good. Xx

[dannyxox]

I gutted my kitchen this week I just done it in stages took me all week but my kitchen is gleaming. Now I'm knackered but I'm resting all weekend then tackle another room next week that's my plan for lockdown I cant go my daily walk so I blast my music and do hula hoop for a bit. take care be safe xx

[skit in reply to dannyxox]

I'm with you on the dancing to radio bit. Can't do the kitchen bit very well as other conditions limit lifting thins in and out of cupboards. Maybe a cupboard a day?

[Bodice]

Much more sensible - I think I’ll adopt your plan, Skit.

Stay well.

[Bodice]

On second thoughts, maybe a shelf a day.😏

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Oh another westie Mummy , hi !

I have Maggie the westie, who is 6, she is an ex breeding puppy farm Mummy and I have Archie who is 3 who I adopted 2 weeks ago, he's another rescue westie

I have had 2 more westies Scooby and Petra who are both now at rainbow bridge

Good luck with your list of jobs, I'm not getting much done as I'm in awful pain this week X

[Bodice in reply to Hidden]

Hi Speechless_1

Gosh you will never be lonely with your Westie pack. I wish I knew how to add a pic to this, perhaps someone can help me with that.

Amy is ? 9, from Many Tearsr rescue kennels in South Wales.

Ex breeding bitch, tiny little girl should never have been bred from, certainly not in the circumstances she was in. If in dire need, Westie fur is brilliant for absorbing tears. Beagle Bum, aka Poppy is not so absorbent.

Stay well.

Bodice

[Hidden in reply to Bodice]

When you write a post there is a box that says upload photo, just click on it I've made a new post called my westies so you can see them xxx

[Bodice in reply to Hidden]

Ok, thanks for that, I wanted to put it in my reply but it looks like I need to start a new post, so I’ll do it that way.

[izzykirk3]

Every morning I get up and think of all the things I will do. I'm lucky if I get half of them done before exhaustion sets in, but I do take the dogs for a walk along the tow path for 20 minutes and hearing the birds singing really cheers me up. It the simple things in life that give the most pleasure.