Diary summary week ending 22nd December 2024

[louisa maud]

Morning folks,
Very dull here, no chance of hanging  washing  out, the sun did come out but not for long.

I do hate ordering things online, son in law given me a list of things my daughter might like, all online, I want to shop for them but not sold in shops  grrrrrrr!!

LM

[mare]

Will wish all a good week while here at silly o'clock on a Tuesday morning my time !

Not a washing day Monday with being pretty damp and muggy for us but have had good days with items drying on line very quickly and more of those summery days to come in forecast.
Hope things brighten up a bit for you again, not tempted by online shopping myself either. I did order a couple of items of furniture when we moved here last year as what was ideal was out of area and that did work out well with being sale price and no postage and good delivery time. Hectic out there this close to Christmas I expect, though we received a parcel today that a friend sent from Indonesia just 4 days ago, quicker than our local mail!

[louisa maud]

Never rains but it pours, my washing machine 4 years old,  the bearings  have gone, second one I have had where that has happened   after 4 years, I feel quite  annoyed, I remember not so many years ago I had a machine for donkeys years,  it is more value to buy a new machine  than to replace the bearings  at £275.
Not a happy bunny

LM

[KGarrad]

I do hate ordering things online, son in law given me a list of things my daughter might like, all online, I want to shop for them but not sold in shops  grrrrrrr!!

LM

I used to feel the same, but with my balance issues, I find online shopping a real boon!

Visit to hospital this morning for blood tests.
Painless and efficient!
Shame I can't say the same about the parking.
Commuters use the hospital car park as a park-and-ride

[Roobarb]

Just saying hello and adding to the current week's diary. 🙂

KG, my local small hospital has free car parking but the university hospital where most appointments take place for the area has rather expensive car parking charges, no-one would be tempted to use it as a park and ride. In fact there are vehicles parked all along the yellow and even red lines there which is really annoying in that particular environment.

[Viktoria]

Sorry about the washer, L.M. And at this time of year too.
JYou must feel a bit down given the heating change was not problem free.
Might it be covered in your house insurance? The contents bit?
Hope it is sorted soon.
I had a shock this morning , tidying my purse I looked at the slip that emerged from the  cash point at Morrisons ——- there was a large sum of money missing ,my statement had come a week or so ago .I had not checked the slip at the machine but stuffed it in my bag.
I phoned the helpline and I was right but was told the balance which I knew it ought to be, which was correct ,what had happened was the printer in the machine had missed off the first column, so it showed only the second ,third
and fourth figures - but my mind was at rest and all was OK.phew!
I hate contactless, so easy for frauds if you lose your card.
Well bed calls ,hope all are well,and your machine is fixable L.M.
Viktoria.

[louisa maud]

Viktoria.
I seldom do contact less, like you I don't like it, if it is just a  small amount under  about £10  I don't mind but I am very security minded.

Just discovered my washing machine has a 10 year warranty where they supply the bearings  and i have to pay the labour  charge, will weigh up the pros  and cons as to which is most cost effective.

Off out  today sick visiting with the vicar, the more I see of care homes the more I am determined not to go into one.

Dull day so far
LM

[Viktoria]

I worked in one for a short time,L.M.
Doing Friday and Saturday nights.
The owners were both Geriatric Nurses , but conditions were dreadful.
 Most of the staff were kind but with no knowledge of nursing.
It really seemed the owners were just doing it for the money.
 Broken lift, hot water dispenser for tea making did not reach boiling .
Soiled sheets piled on the floor at the kitchen door washed with other things like clothes and ——- tea towels, there was no machine dedicated to soiled clothes ,towels and bedding.
A shared room and one lady topped and tailed ,the sink not cleaned and the other lady in the room had to wash in that same washbasin!
Hot Summer evenings and one polycotton sheet on a waterproof mattress cover, it was wet with perspiration so was the resident’s nightie.I sponged it ,put a thick bath sheet on and fresh linen, washed the lady’s back, clean dry nightie, got into trouble from the owners, ( attending to the lady “ out of hours” for a non urgent procedure! ) who never did nights so I told them just what I thought ,———bed sores really deep on the hips of a skeletally  thin lady ,no ring dressings to relieve pressure.
Glaucoma drops not administered and out of date anyway .
A very bad odour in one lady’s room ,the drains were investigated ,but she had a gangrenous sore on her foot,bed socks had  hidden it from we night staff ,but the day staff ———-?mostly kind but no real knowledge ,or qualifications, no training.Just cheap Labour.
I got  into trouble quite often but stood my ground as what was going on was really bad and the owners,husband and wife were both geriatric nurses, so no excuse for such failings.
I left but really don’t want to be in one myself .
I did it as we had an enormous job done to the house,structural, it cost almost as much as the house, we did not want to add it to the mortgage so took second jobs and a legacy  from my aunt got it done and paid for in a short time.

I hope I don’t ever have to be in one. Some seem excellent , but still, costly and uncertain as to food,care and treatment.
Money saved to help children and grandchildren slipping away  for rather poor  care in many cases.
Viktoria.
Oh dear, bring on assisted dying

[ThrelfallYorky]

Just popping in to say "Hello". Busy yesterday, bought my Christmas Tree - but car played up on way home, lay down in middle of road. Four very nice gentlemen helped me get going again, blass them
TY