I had a strawberry daiquiri and I could taste the alcohol at the first sip. J enjoyed hers too, it was lovely sitting there in the sunshine. Felt quite squiffy by the time we left, ...
Hello All
Yes RTL a week behind. I was 2 weeks overdue at birth
, so behind at the starting post
"daiquiri" so that is how it is spelt
I believe I've had a homemade
Mango daiquiri in NZ, yes very nice and feeling relaxed is not a bad thing occasionally, if the car is left at home.
My Step-daughter and fella have moved to a plot and buildings on a hill and making a new home there, after renovating their original home and having a company to build their next home. I call it the Ranch.
They have worked very hard. Her chap is also into self sufficiency, very shrewd and careful. They generate their own power by Solar and in Winter have a generator. Toilets flushed by rainwater storage and they have their own Local Authority approved and installed sewage and foul water treatment now.
So low Bills. Tax, insurance, internet from a Satellite and drinking water purchase, plus food and drinks. When he finishes building, he'll be surfing at the beach down the hill a bit more and growing his own veg etc., and doing a bit of work.
We have recently been sent a bit of film, with the Sirens going and the school down the hill (but above the beach) being evacuated, getting everyone and pupils to higher ground. An earthquake had occurred some distance away under the sea. They seem a lot more safety conscious than us in the UK, I don't think our UK siren system works anymore, I never hear it tested at any rate.
The wave that came in was not that much, but safety first!
Plus a bit of excitement for the children and a few hours away from lessons.
Firefighters still responded by siren even at night. Where we stayed on an incline, the longer Fire engine had low crawler gears to get up the hill, as it was heavy with tons water in its tanks. The other had sailed by in front, a bit like ours here.
I can't see myself going again, I had a job with Health Insurance cover last time about 5 years ago, to cover a rare brain condition and now still recovering from an inflammatory response and organ problems after a severe bronchal flu illness in January 2020.
The NHS have been quite good (albeit awful to get through to GP Surgery on phone and then once answered up to 39 mins wait in a queuing system for blood test results from my Surgery). My GP has got me in twice for urgent scans either before 8am and one on Sunday (which was brought forward by telephoning me), in the last 12 months. Whilst improving, my rash and swellings were reignited by insect bites in the garden late Summer. My GP has tried a number of meds to calm my inflammatory response without success to start with.
About 10 days of this latest medication, I've got my daily bowel function back and can hear my stomach / digestion working properly again like it did previously to January 2020. My kidneys have been showing reduced function, so I'm hoping they will improve or not get worse.
GPs seem to be either taking their time deciding, or getting advice, when issuing prescriptions.
I pray that I'll get through the last of my recently new problems.
My infant Grandson has a bad cold and deep cough, my Daughter has been to the Doctors and he has had Covid testing too and negative, so bad chesty colds etc., are showing up. I held him on my knee with my mask on and he is just beginning to smile again now.
Take care, Mark
Added: Roobarb you ignore the "decadent" bit in the other post. MH probably fancied one too really
