SATURDAY SNIPPETS

Hello everyone,  I`m here at last after missing a whole day without an entry!  I was just too busy yesterday that when I got on here I couldn`t be bothered to post an entry of my own.  I just read all the journals as I don`t like to miss anything.  I had my hospital appointment yesterday and I`m not too pleased with the result.  I got seen exactly on time, so far so good, but the doctor seemd disappointed when he asked how I was .  I`m sure he was hoping I`d just say " Everything is fine," and then go away.   Well I didn`t , I told him exactly what I thought of the operation and it`s resulting problems, politely you understand.....  He then said he was going to speak with the consultant.  When he came back he told me I have to have more nerve tests, physiotherapy and possibly another op.!  It will be 1st July before I go back to the hospital after having the tests.....then Kerry`s baby is due at the end of the month, THEN we go on holiday 14th August.  I`m not cancelling my hols for anything, so IF I need surgery I won`t be back at work again until after Christmas.  To say I`m displeased is an understatement! 

A lot of my friends who have commented on Wednesday`s entry, said that they didn`t know what TIS was. My fault, I should have explained.  TIS, or TIA stands for Trans Ischemic Strokes, or Attacks.  They are mini-strokes that are painless and just cause `blackouts`.  In my mother-in-laws case they will become more and more frequent.  When these attacks happen she knows nothing about it. When she wakes up, she just feels very tired and usually sleeps for the rest of the day.  When she wakes up though it is as though nothing happened.

Jake continues to make good progress. He is getting better each day and his appetite is fine now.  The swelling is much reduced and I`m sure he will be glad to have the infernal lampshade removed forever.  But he has been so good throughout.... bless him!  The photo I`ve posted is one I`ve used before but I`ve been messing around with `fun effects` in Kodak Easyshare.  I`m trying to learn all different ways to present my photos.  One of the effects is called `fisheye` and it does make things look very silly.  The one I used above is `cartoon`.

We went to the garden centre for lunch today and there was a sale on.  I bought a lovely azalea for just £2.99, very cheap!  I`ll get another next time I`m there.

Anyway, that`s it for now, have a great weekend !  Bye for now.....:-)

 

~  The River Nile has frozen over only twice - once in the ninth century, and again in the eleventh century.  ~

~  In ancient Egypt, if a patient died during an operation, the surgeons hands were cut off.  ~

~  Alfred Nobel invented dynamite, his father Emmanuel invented plywood.  ~

~  In ancient Egypt, when a cat died, it was mandatory for its owner to shave of his eyebrows to show his grief.  ~

~  In Sweden in the Middle Ages, a mayor was once elected by a louse.  The candidates rested their beards on a table and the louse was placed in the middle.  The louse`s chosen host became mayor.  ~

~  Legend has it that after he was beheaded , St Denis, the patron saint of Paris, carried his head around and walked for some distance.  ~

~  Adolf Hitler`s mother considered having an abortion but was talked out of it.  ~

~  Cleopatra wrote a book on cosmetics.  One of the ingredients was burnt mice.  ~

~  Spanish doubloons were legal tender in the US until 1857.  ~

~  The Pentagon has twice as many toilets as necessary because in the 1940`s when it was built, Virginia still had segregation requiring separate facillities for blacks and whites.  ~

~  During World War II, it was against the law in Germany to name a horse Adolf.  ~