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Group 7-day waking average?

7.7 here this morning. Better than the last couple of days anyway. I love warm weather but this is too hot for me. Frustrating as well when you finally get your ratios sorted and they need changing because it can't cope with the heat. We got hardly any rain here last night but a good lightning show. Supposed to feel like 37°here later!!! . Have plenty of water and be careful out there.
 
Madeline said:
Grim. Have you tried drip watering for your plants?
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I’d need to rig up some kind of Heath Robinson device to hold water bags and then run the drip hose everywhere. Not entirely sure where to start doing that this year but it’s certainly something I’ll look into for next year.
 
5.7 this morning for me.

Stay safe and well everybody.

Dez
 
Morning all. 6.9! One word...rice! Yesterday was soooo hot and humid, literally unbearable at times. But the joys of living in a 300 year old sandstone cottage is that, downstairs at least, is always lovely and cool. Upstairs is a different matter! We had all the upstairs windows open through the night so it felt a bit cooler, had a better sleep. The house has been ransacked, but at least it was cool! 😉
Off for post lockdown haircut number two. I waited 21 weeks and 3 days for my last one and now I’m off for another one only 18 days later! Back to “ normal”. Would generally walk into town but taking the air conditioned car today, never, ever want to feel like I did yesterday after our 5 mile walk.
@ColinUK my hanging basket had to be brought in from the front garden as it was embarrassing mess of crispy petunias!😱
Have a warm Wednesday everyone. 😎
 
Kaylz said:
Had a Morrison's delivery booked for last night to Bruce's between 10-11pm, email in the morning confirming it was packed etc and rather surprised as it was a large order with NO substitutions! But the even more shocking thing was the fact Bruce left here just before 9pm for me to receive a text while I was in the bathroom so didn't get it at 9:05pm from a strange number asking if I was ok to get my Morrison's delivery early! He was waiting outside Bruce's in the van when Bruce got there 😱
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I had that from Morrison's when they delivered to me - he came an hour early! 🙂
 
@eggyg If I didn’t know you better I’d wonder if that was a euphemism!

“Have you seen her front basket? It’s full of crispy petunias!”
 
ColinUK said:
I’d need to rig up some kind of Heath Robinson device to hold water bags and then run the drip hose everywhere. Not entirely sure where to start doing that this year but it’s certainly something I’ll look into for next year.
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Try inverting a bottle of water into the soil, or you can buy these sort of bulb things, they’re called Aqua Globes.
 
Northerner said:
I had that from Morrison's when they delivered to me - he came an hour early! 🙂
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The one last week was bang in the middle of the slot I chose but this shocked me, in a good way of course! lol, they have had a good range of slots available but then I think that's because they only started delivering in my town a few weeks ago and I don't think too many people know yet, I only went with a slot so late as it was only £2 haha
xx
 
Madeline said:
Try inverting a bottle of water into the soil, or you can buy these sort of bulb things, they’re called Aqua Globes.
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Done that. Have two litre bottles inverted into the hanging basket and the troughs. I’ve cut the top off and stuffed them with coir to slow the water drainage. They’re dry within an hour in this heat.
 
ColinUK said:
Done that. Have two litre bottles inverted into the hanging basket and the troughs. I’ve cut the top off and stuffed them with coir to slow the water drainage. They’re dry within an hour in this heat.
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Mad isn’t it, all I have left then is to suggest carefully lifting out the whole shebang and lining the baskets with a folded bin bag so the water can’t escape. Or try using bottles without the tops off so the water drips through more slowly.
 
It’s a shocker this morning: 10:25 BS 14.3 😱 But, it won’t stay that way for long. A little sign of relief after 2 doses, 4 sachets, yesterday with still the odd twinge of pain here & there. Then, conked out slept around 20:00, I think: remember thinking can I last until 22:00 to take the final dose, 2 sachets, of the day? That was the last conscious thought I remember: slept like a log through till now & no last 2 sachets, no midnight Levemir & just 1 very dazed, half drunken loll to the bathroom in the night where I had a wee bit more relief, cleaned up & was SO sleepy I barely felt the usual cold dunk in a couple of inches of cold water in the bath before going straight back to sleep!o_O🙄 Discovered I forgot to switch off the bathroom lights & the hall lights on my trip back to bed!😳 That’s how “Spaced Out!” I was!🙄:D😉

A quick Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day!😉

I’m getting some insulin in me, eat breakfast & have 2 more sachets of laxatives after! Maybe relief will start speeding up a bit? Can’t wait for the blockage to be completely cleared!🙄:D
 
eggyg said:
@ColinUK is that your ruggedly handsome face that’s just popped up on the Diabetes UK page on my FB and Insta feed? Smashing photo may I say. 🙂
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That pic is a little old. Now I’ve only got the one chin!
 
eggyg said:
When God was handing out chins, I thought he said gin, and I asked for a double! 😉
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LOL

(presumably to see if he can see straight through to the other side!)
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and LOL

S'funny and entertaining this thread. :D

8.2 @ 8.33am. Ermagerd I'm melting and have sprung a leak, I have to wipe my face every minute. Gas men have cleared off for the day and left the hall all over dirt so I've to get the Henry out.
:-X
S'too hot. My lips are salty.
 
04:57 BS 12.0 Still a bit high & erratic but, corrected & won’t stay that high for long! 🙄

Relief is frustratingly slow & I still have to eat sometimes & certainly drink water. The odd painful episodes have to be calmed down with a couple of paracetamol & need to keep an eye on how many I take!o_O I’ve been eating noodles & mash potato with baked beans. Kept cancelling my shopping orders this week & reordering for the following day! This time tesco IS coming later today 14:00 to 15:00 & I’ve ordered only various brands of fresh vegetable soup & bottled still water! That’s all I’m eating til I’m cleared: vegetable soup for a bit of fibre to help things along; felt I’m going a bit backwards everytime I eat & the pain builds up again!:( An unavoidable rare pain induced frown from me, I’m afraid!😳 Also, getting to hate the taste of Laxido!🙄

A very early Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day!😉

I would LOVE to have a Wonderful Day again sometime soon! Sigh! 🙄:confused:
 
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