Hi
@kindred - just catching up and popping in to say 'Hi'. I've been away for a couple of days (daughter on Mum duty!) Saw Mum yesterday and she's a bit more 'with it' (well as 'with it' as she can be) so hopefully the UTI has reacted well to the antibiotics.
Mum's conversation makes little sense (but is quite entertaining), so for some reason I was amazed a few weeks ago to find out that she could still read the time. I therefore resolved to replace her watch that went missing, as she often 'feels' for it. I bought a nice looking but cheap watch with a largish face and very clear numbers. The elasticated strap was said to be small, but as after 3 years of hardly eating Mum is skeletal, it was far too big. I did a bit of DIY and managed to prise off the metal strap, but wanted some 'pretty' elastic to make a new band. Good old £ shop, I bought a pack of pretty elasticated pony tail ties and HALF one of those was the right size
. I carefully sewed it together whilst I was away and took it in to Mum yesterday. I put it on her, she played with it, read a couple of numbers, took it off and cleaned it, and tried to tie it to her cardi ........ yep, she can now no longer tell the time. Something else gone. Oh well, she loves new things so she will have fun with it anyway and wrap it up in tissues and hide it, like everything else. I have changed her bedside clock to just read the day and time of day now, rather than the actual time itself
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On a brighter note mmmmmmm....... lilac perfume! I am a self-confessed perfume junkie and have a ridiculously huge collection. My lovely Dad always bought me perfume when I was a teenager if I ran out between birthdays/xmas, as he said it was important (he always smelled gorgeous - I think that's where I get it from). Never heard of 'En passant' but as I haven't been up to Liberty's perfume hall in ages, I think a trip may be in order
When I lived in the Middle East I had a wonderful jasmine oil that was excellent and back in the day I bought (from Liberty) one that smelled exactly of carnations (my daughter re-appropriated that one). Daughter's favourite (my fault as I bought it for her first) is also wickedly expensive and is called 'Messe de Minuit' - it's lovely, and smells like old churches! OOoops! You can tell it's a bit of an obsession and my verbal diarrhoea has got the better of me and I'm blabbering on ..... sorry ...... but at least you know that the person on the other end of this message smells nice!
Hope you have a good day and talk soon OO that's all good to hear. Well done on the watch strap darling even if in the end ... I love perfume too but in accordance with austerity, being as am self-funding, only buy 4711 cologne now ... The Lilac one is for sale but the tiniest amount if £34. It's from the house of Malle. Your jasmine oil sounded amazing. And smells like old churches! That is so nice. And you lived in the Middle East sweetheart, so flipping exotic. Thank you, lovely lovely to hear from you sweetheart. I do agree, sometimes these conversations which make no sense are really entertaining¬ Love and best, Kindred aka geraldinexxx
Love XX