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#gratitudes

I have only one, but it is a biggie. Today, I am grateful to my friend Anita and her husband for allowing me to join their Duolingo family plan, it is hugely appreciated.

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I'm the same, I don't get notifications from it, so I forget to use it, I can't sort out the notifications

Book repurposing, British Girl's Annual, Quotes for Women.

I certainly hope not, but we seem to be heading that way. I am scared.

#Gratitudes

I am grateful to @ginger-83.bsky.social for finding the key to my medication cupboard, for helping me tidy the bedroom, and for bringing several bags of recycling and rubbish downstairs.

Acknowledgements

I sorted out my girlfriend's son's garden toys.

I tided part of the bedroom.
#SpoonTheory
#ShortOfSpoons

I made an adulting phone call to my psychiatrist's secretary regarding some tests, proud of myself.
#MentalHealthNoStigma
#BipolarDisorder

Haiku

I am too sleepy,
My crochet skills escape me
Have to keep frogging.

#CrochetProblems

My new hoodie present, I love it!

Found my house hippo again (pen for scale).

Faith in humanity restored just a little. I donated a shower stool in our local Bafore The Tip group, the lady who collected it brought me flowers, how kind.

#Acknowledgements

I acknowledge that I managed to hang a load of laundry. I acknowledge that I made several cards for birthdays coming up.

#Gratitudes

I am grateful to Emma for taking Arian home, I was unable to walk. I am grateful to her for cooking tonight as other chores have done me in. I am grateful for our movie marathon today, I'm in too much pain to do much else.

#Acknowledgements

I acknowledge that we were able to help a friend out. I acknowledge that I have passed a 14-day streak in duolingo.

#Gratitudes

I'm grateful that Arian came to stay. I'm grateful to have new light grip mats for my Cricut, my old ones are very not sticky now. I am grateful that Emma's freebies arrived, I get the ear buds (she can't wear in ear ones), and she gets the smart watch.

Saluton! La suno brilas! Feliĉa tago!

(Au tagon, mi estas komencanto)

Gotta pay attention to autocorrect, not doing so just cost me THREE hearts in Duolingo!

#Gratitudes

I'm grateful to Emma for accompanying me to my Muscular skeletal pain management appointment, and to the physiotherapist for being fairly gentle compared to my last one.

#Gratitudes

Just the one.

I'm grateful that Sir Mario the Slink went over the rainbow bridge peacefully with Emma and I both holding him.

#Acknowledgements

I acknowledge that I got a better deal on a new phone for Emma than her old one, that I got a better broadband deal that includes Netflix and Sky entertainment for just £1.50 more.

#Gratitudes

I'm grateful to Emma for finding my stylus after I dropped it, to Paul for being so kind when I forgot to pay in the sweet shop the other day and we returned today to do it, to Emma for returning to Sainsbury's when we forgot cat food.

100 films into setting up my database, my fingers already hurt 🤣

That's awful. Transphobia and the like should be reasons for being struck off, because as if treating a colleague like that wasnt bad enough, medical staff need to be able to provide care for everybody which they can't do if they're bigoted like this.

You know you're neurospicy when...

"Oooh, I love a good spreadsheet, and that's a good spreadsheet."

Me, about my 25 sheet Excel workbook, I even remembered how to do the formulas and stuff.

Please help if you can

#CervicalScreeningJustDoIt

I think so, although, he's just that ridiculous.

In which I'm making a voodoo doll in sc and I got up to the shoulders before noticing that I've done the legs in dc and one is longer than the other (clearly wasn't paying attention 🤣). It's noticeable too, frog it? Nah, I can't even. It's for me, so it doesn't matter.

#CrochetProblems

#Acknowledgements

I acknowledge that I attended a craft Zoom, I started my microcrochet voodoo doll (the photo looked so cute, I couldn't resist). I acknowledge that I was brave returning to my old optician to complain about the half-arsed eye exam, I successfully got a refund for it.

#Gratitudes

I'm grateful to my new optician for doing a thorough eye exam (second opinion after a half-arsed one last week). I am grateful to the assistant who went out of her way to sort out my voucher. I was so impressed I gave them a crocheted eyeball, see it at @theragdollsretreat.bsky.social