And your cats a naughty cat too
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I'm exhausted! But feeling well pleased with myself. I got my strimmer going and did some in the back of the house. Then I had to turn it off while I got the front gate open (it sticks). Couldn't get the strimmer started again! So I left it awhile and spent half an hour or so pulling a wheelbarrow full of goose-grass out of my berberis bushes in the back. Not sure what variety they are, one is Darwinii, but the other two are purple leaved in Summer but bare in Winter. With absolutely
vicious thorns! Then took the wheelbarrow to the roadside and pulled another barrowload of goosegrass from there. By then the strimmer had cooled, and I was able to get it started again, and I used it at the roadside to attack the nettles, overgrown grass and bracken. Then it was to weeding the polytunnel and watering out there. All this was this afternoon. This morning, I had to go buy a new wheelbarrow! I had got a new wheel for the old one yesterday, but when I went to change it, I discovered the frame was so corroded (it had been a very lightweight cheap one William had bought about 15 or 16 years ago) that it just crumbled away! €70 for a new barrow! But it's a good strong one and not too heavy or large to manage. Then I went to the nursing home (with the wheelbarrow still in the back of the car!) and got to feed William a drink of orange juice with a spoon! He "drank" it all. I spoke with the nursing director too, as she had asked the staff to alert her when I was leaving. She wanted to let me know that they had had the GP in to go through the hospital reports and do the paperwork to confirm that William would not be transferred to the hospital again, which meant that the nursing home could get in stock the medication they might need to keep him comfortable and pain free at the end, so she said they have that in stock now, even though at the moment, he seems to be doing ok. We got talking about the very comfortable chairs they have - high dependency mobile armchairs with footrests. She said that although the Health Service do supply them, it takes
six months to get one from them! So, she said that a lot of the chairs they have, families actually bought them for their relative - and they cost a minimum of €2,000 - and then when their relative died, they donated the chair to the nursing home, who were very grateful for them, because it meant that when someone suddenly deteriorated, like William, and needed one, they had one ready.
Which gave me an idea! So I asked her if they would have a use for the Bath Lift I had bought for William, which I still have at home. She was thrilled! They have a standard bath, but don't have a bath lift. She has been hoping to get one, she said it's on her "wish list", because some of the residents would prefer a bath to a shower. So I will bring it to them next week. It's the same kind as is supplied by the Health Service here, but you have to wait so long for an OT to visit and approve anything - and at the time, I needed it badly, as we don't have a separate shower, so I bought it. I'm glad it will get an appreciative home!
And for tea this evening, I have had the first few peas and spinach leaves from the garden!
Happy days!