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[Dimity]

@Patches59 I splurged on an orange kalanchoe today

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They are lovely plants @Dimity plus so easy to take ‘cutting’ from.  Break a piece off a stem, stand upright with the base in water …… fairly soon roots start to appear.

friend saw my kalanchoe plants last week, I’ve offered to do some cuttings for her after the plants stop flowering.

Ive decided to plant front garden with succulents and cacti only.  At my previous address I had different types of cacti growing quite well.  I like the sedum blob plants, not sure if they would be ok planted with the kalanchoe

you mentioning solicitors has reminded me I have two  documents left to do.  I’ve got new will plus Power of Attorneys.  I’ve done everything I can by now for funeral, plot, design of plaque, photos plus what I want done and read, when the time comes.  Had to provide name etc of person who will take care of my cats, if needed, on paperwork for here when I moved in. Not sure if my gp will sign one due to my MH, SH and SI, will need appointment to discuss it.  Need to update and finish my draft Advance Care Directive.

Weather, especially the strong wind, wasn’t the best until early afternoon.  Apart from that, today has been a good day.  Only one twinge when I bent over, not one bit of pain apart from that.  Have finished knitting one side of large cushion cover plus part of self care item done.

test will be tomorrow when I start doing few small things.  I’ve seen online small cases that go into suitcases to help better organise things.  Different sizes and colours …. need to measure my suitcases first.

[Dimity]

Hello @Patches59 hope you had a good day and were able to do more.

I'm not sure how big kalanchoes get. Mime will need to grow and get branches before I can take cuttings. 

Hopefully rabbits would leave cacti alone

I need to write out my Advance Care Directives, I just have drafts. There's the medical one and the mental health one. I think the other documents are ready for signature. 

I did a bit of decluttering today, and got back to my exercises again. I wasted a lot of time today but I'm trying to do more.

[Patches59]

@Dimity my day was filled with doing things that took lots of time with little to show for it.  Things that needed to be done though.

common varieties of kalanchoe growing to about 12 inches.  Earlier this year I accidentally knocked a piece off one of my kalanchoe plants. 

I didn’t know about Mental Health Advance Care Directive was a separate form.  Advance Care Directive I have in draft mentions in Values section about mental health care.  Is there a specific different form?

based on aspect of physical health for myself plus of female ancestors I’m wanting to have dnr in place.

next week I’m hoping to start my exercises again, couple short walks plus catch up on laundry

i was going to work on a cross stitch today, spent too much time playing games on my iPad……again

ive been tempted to join some of the other posts on the forums.  Haven’t been tagged though so not going there.  Don’t want to get in to trouble with something related to the forums again

hope you have a good day tomorrow with whatever you plan to do

[Dimity]

@Patches59 yes in Victoria there's a separate advance statement of preferences for involuntary mental health care.

You didn't mention it but fingers crossed you remained painfree while doing everything. 

Would you like me to tag you elsewhere? Usually I tag just to continue ongoing conversations rather than to deliberately exclude anyone. There's one or two people I've learnt not to engage with but that's just selfcare as they've upset me, and I don't understand where they're coming from. Even if I don't tag you you're fine to jump into my threads. One thing I've learnt is to check who started a thread in the first place and respect them as the owner and host of the thread, and always either include them or at least consider them. 

I dozed on the sofa. My back is a bit troublesome tonight but I'll try to settle. 

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Looks like I’ve got lots of reading to do @Dimity 

big challenge for me will be who to have as contact person/people.  I’ll need to look at next generation cousins, most of which are under 30yo.

pain wise, I’m ok so far.  Waiting to see how I go walking to area where I play croquet.  Is 10min walk max and I usually have to stop at least twice one way.

hoping your back is feeling better today.  
lazy morning here.  Watching some TV today.

Im similar with interactions with people.  Lack of respect, lack of empathy, ignore me ….. things that result in me not having any contact with applicable person/people.  Piece I saw online I find applicable, “don’t push a loyal person to a point where they no longer give a damn”.  As part of self care there are few people on here I have chosen to have no contact with.  

I posted a comment once on post that has your name as starting the thread, comment from you felt like I was in trouble.  Not going down that road again

hoping you are feeling heaps better today and had a restful night.  Lazy day here, watching some TV atm, Luna wanting a nurse whereas I’m wanting to do some work on a self care item ….. can’t do any work today, there’s a cat on my lap  🤣🤣

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Elderly cousin (she’s in her late 80’s) that had been causing me some grief over plaques for Cemetary plots has sent me email.  @Dimity In short, she has seen specialists including Oncologist and biopsy has been taken.  In my head I feel sorry for her, emotionally I don’t feel anything though.  Horrible as I know it is and sounds, 2nd thought I had was about no more disagreements and having to organise etc everything with cemetery trust myself.  Realisation of that thought has me feeling terrible.

hoping today was a good day for you

hoping Tiger is doing well following recent injection

[Dimity]

Hello @Patches59 sorry I'm late with my replies. I'm anxious about family stuff and didn't know what to say. 

Glad to hear that you're doing well. 

I sympathise re mixed feelings about your cousin. I gather you weren't close and that's OK. The cemetery plaques sort of act as permanent records and wording is probably emotionally charged. I remember haggling over details of death notices.

Apologies for upsetting you in another thread.  I'll admit I probably took things the wrong way at one stage, and I got a bit of help from @tyme . I don't remember the actual posts in question and for me that's water under the bridge and have hopefully moved on.

Tiger seems comfortable after his arthritis injection thanks but has lost a bit of weight again. He's finicky and it's hard sometimes predicting what he'll enjoy eating when he changes his mind from time to time.

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Sorry to hear family things have raised their ugly head again.

if happens again and not sure what to say, suggestion is write ‘family stuff, can’t think ‘ or something similar.  
Hoping you don’t feel you have to reply to me within 24hrs of me sending you a message.  Large number of things can happen that can a person not feeling like talking.  ‘Being ignored’ I mentioned in earlier post …. takes no contact from someone for at least couple weeks and person talking with others for me to feel ignored.

Atm I’m not feeling much like talking due to something that’s happened today

[Dimity]

🫂 Hugs @Patches59 sorry to hear it's been a bad day. Happy to sit with you. 

Hope tomorrow's better.