Year: 2022

Ellie is definitely relaxing on her holiday!

After breakfast we went to Alexandra Park in Hastings. A really lovely day with the sun out. We stopped and had a coffee so that Ellie didn’t get too tired.

We went for lunch at the Conquerors March. It was a real coincidence that we planned our day last week and in the morning I received an email from them offering 30% off. They must have known we were going! Of course we ate outside.

Back to the caravan park in the afternoon, for a relaxing afternoon.

Thought for the Day – “Spring is when life’s alive in everything.” ~ Christina Rossetti

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We took Ellie to the vets because of her limp. We saw Cate and she was very thorough examining her. She will have to have X rays but meanwhile she has osteoarthritis and so she will need monthly Librela injections for pain relief, supposedly better than Metacam, we will see.

We then packed up for a few days at Coghurst Hall.

We stopped for lunch at The 3 Oaks pub, it is very close to Coghurst and we usually visit if we are in the area. Their lunches never disappoint.

We booked a Gold Plus caravan and it was really nice. They have upgraded a lot on the site and now have nice outside seating areas by the clubhouse. We unpacked and had a walk around and then in the evening went to the clubhouse for drinks.

Thought for the Day – “Everything I know, I learned from dogs.” ~ Nora Roberts

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Down to the allotment early to weed and water. Mal also dug a bed ready for my sunflowers. So much rhubarb at the moment, so we picked some for Louise next door. The broad beans, asparagus and garlic is doing well too.

Mal decided he would cook the Sunday roast, delicious it was too.  Home grown asparagus, nothing quite like it !

We watched the Hammers game…Disappointing!

Thought for the Day – “Every day brings new choices.” ~ Martha Beck

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Ellie and I walked above the seafront at Broadstairs after dropping Mal off.

I posted more birthday presents, our family seems to be getting much bigger!

So sad that beautiful Arina at Howletts has been put to sleep……

Thought for the Day – “There are seven days in the week and Someday isn’t one of them.”

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A morning walk in the park after I dropped Mal off.

The college want Mal to stay longer than he wants to!  So many staff leaving. It turned out to be a fairly short walk as Ellie was limping slightly.

I had to take Ellie to “fatclub” (weight management) at the vets and she has lost another 2kg! Yeah!! I also made an appointment to see Cate, the vet on Monday morning along with Mal as he thinks the prescribed slimming food doesn’t have enough glucosamine or chondroitin in it. We will see what she says.

Thought for the Day – “A beautiful day begins with a beautiful mindset.”

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I dropped Mal off for his first day back at work and Ellie and I went to the park. Not as long as usual as I started getting hay fever. The park did look lovely as even the newly planted trees are blossoming.

I then headed off for Dover, once again avoiding the queues of stacking lorries. Waze is an excellent sat nav for avoiding trouble, even told me about the caravan wedged in a Sandwich road, completely blocking the way through!

The start of my next lot of Maxillofacial treatment. The clinic is overlooked by Dover Castle!

I wasn’t given quite so much anaesthetic this time. I am not sure whether that is a good or bad thing!

Thought for the Day – “Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.” ~ Wayne Dyer

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I had an appointment with my dentist Avraj. I wanted to discuss the next stage for my teeth as he is a Maxillofacial surgeon. I arrived and was told to go upstairs. His surgery has never been upstairs. I went up there and saw another dentist, Juliette. I told her I wanted to see Avraj, he wasn’t working today and is leaving anyway. This is my fourth dentist since I have been at this practise. So, this is my new dentist and I then discovered the lengthy letter Anna had sent, was nowhere to be found, a good thing I took my copy! Juliette checked my teeth, took an X ray and gave me her advise. I now have to tell Maxillofacial who my new dentist is! I guess I have to think myself lucky that I have an NHS dentist!

My sister sent this to me………”.Have you had an unusual skin symptom?

Back in 2020, we launched the COVID Skin Signs website. Together with expert dermatologists, we documented all of the skin symptoms ZOE contributors sent to us during the first lockdown. 

Our team at King’s is currently working on analysing skin symptoms as a key indicator for new variants. For example, many people with the early Alpha variant documented symptoms of COVID toes or a chicken pox-like rash. You can take a look at more skin symptoms on the COVID skin signs website, and make sure you report anything new or unusual in the app.”

One of the rashes was exactly the same as I had, so now I know what it was, a COVID 19 Skin Pattern!!

Thought for the Day – “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.” ~ Mark Twain

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