Cleaning at home

[betterinrecovery]

Dear Chris,
the change in meds has been a real challenge.
In has in fact taken about 5 months to change meds.
I am just getting used to the 'up and downness' of the new meds.
It is frustrating -
the advantage of the meds is that I am not in floods of tears, so that is good.
The good news is that I am dealing better with the clutter and the hoarding.
Best wishes to you
and will look for your posts on other threads.
B

[christabel]

[betterinrecovery]

Dear Chris,
some garden news
I am growing pumpkin in the garden.
It started off with a lot of growth and some yellow flowers. Now I have started to get some fruit, (I had to go on to YouTube to see how to pollinate the flowers and train the vines).
With luck, a following wind (and some rain), also with fertilizer and extra watering, I should have 7 large pumpkins come September.
The slugs have been at the French beans - can't win em all. Only a small garden.


wishing you well.
B

[christabel]

Hi b

Hope the day Is good for you.
Pumpkins wow. You definitely must have green fingers, as they say.
I googled how to repel slugs as we were inundated after the last rain. We have rain today so likely have to do a slug hunt later.

How's toady? I just noticed we haven't had any ladybirds this year. Was hoping for some as our little great granddaughter loves bugs, any animals actually and birds. She can identify quite a few bird even though she's not two yet. A vet potential. Lol.

I have just realised this isn't the garden page. Never mind, how's things with your sorting and cluttering? I've managed quite a bit of sorting in the wardrobes and sent stuff to charity shop. The kitchen cupboards have had a once over also.

I hope you are feeling stronger. Have read some of the help you and others have offered lately on here and it is lovely.

Take care. X X Chris

[betterinrecovery]

Dear Chris,
Nice to see your post - huggs to you ( if I may give you a hug).

This morning I found a most enourmous slug in the garden - yes, I agree, they are back. And are bigger and badder than ever now that there has been a bit of rain.

I found one on my precious pumpkin yesterday - I launched it into the air with my digging spoon - really! a wooden kitchen spoon that I use in the garden.

Your great grand-daughter sounds like a clever little girl, you must enjoy being in the garden with her.
Will you be going blackberry picking with her?
I am going to ask my neighbours if they are going blackberry picking and if they are I want to go along with them. It is more fun when children are involved, I think.

I still feel rubbish because of the depression, but I am trying to find ways to soothe myself.
e.g. trying some recepies
There is still clutter --a lot of papers and letters. I can't just put them in the bin either.
more later

hope you are having a good day
B

[christabel]

Hi b

Hope you are feeling stronger soon and look forward to hearing from you when you are well enough.

Been trying recipes myself for same reason. Have wrote on other post.

Take care. X Chris

[betterinrecovery]

Have horrible head cold, but I am well enough to eat cake
Wishing you well.
B

[betterinrecovery]

This morning I needed some inspiration and so I watched the channel 4 programme - obsessive compulsive cleaners.

I have been poorly, so clothes have piled up- actually there are piles of all sorts of things everywhere - piles and piles. Books, papers, knitting yarn, news papers, magazines, meds, you name it and I probably have a pile of it.

However....watched the programme in order to get some inspiration and motivation.
How could I not be inspired, motivated and worried?
I was very worried to see people who had a diagnosis of OCD using neat bleach to clean several times a day.

That aside, I was motivated, by fear, I guess. Then I realised that I needed to go easy and be kind to myself.
My mother used to say 'Rome wasn't built in a day', my husband reminded me that I had been ill, so I have to be a bit forgiving of myself.

There is no need to make a mountain out of a clothes hill.

More thoughts of this nature to follow.
B