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@silverandblonde

Books, film, theatre, podcasts. Busy with family, especially my elderly parents.

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I am going to look at wedding venues with my son, his fiancée and her mum tomorrow. Was kind of hoping they’d go off on holiday to get married to save all the palava but will be nice to see my lovely son get married. ♥️

06.03.2026 16:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

… I don’t know what to do. You can’t manhandle someone into the bath or wash their intimate areas without permission. What do they do in hospitals and care homes? Also my mother-in-law is being discharged from hospital tomorrow so that’ll be another difficult woman to contend with. Sorry for moan 😩

06.03.2026 16:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My dad is at his wits end. A bath chair was fitted about six weeks ago and my mum still hasn’t used it. She has refused to bath or shower for a long time. The carer ran the bath for her today but mum told her to bugger off. She won’t use water wipes. We can sometimes wash her legs but that’s all…

06.03.2026 16:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A computer error message showing a red exclamation mark with the words “unable to connect to server”.

A computer error message showing a red exclamation mark with the words “unable to connect to server”.

My working day is not going well and it’s not even 9am.

06.03.2026 08:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Like most Samanthas my middle name is Jane.

06.03.2026 08:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

He’s a bit busy for that! 😂

06.03.2026 07:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Mine does the same but rarely looks passable let alone good despite my best efforts. I must make an appointment now I think of it.

05.03.2026 20:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Bless you I think my son will probably take it but he will have to convince his partner. They already have one ginormous television. 📺

05.03.2026 20:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’d be delighted if my hair looked this good.

05.03.2026 18:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I mostly escaped hot flushes but yours sound volcanic. Awful what we have to put up with. Good luck with the remedies and sweet dreams. 😴

05.03.2026 18:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ugh. You end up sleeping with one leg in top of the bedcovers Good luck with the remedies. Any recommendations gratefully received 🥱

05.03.2026 18:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Oh that’s the absolute worst. You have my sympathies perhaps we should try gummies!

05.03.2026 18:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

No. It’s on my to do list. Flipping thing.

05.03.2026 18:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yes you’d have to be exhausted 😩
I don’t think I have slept nine hours through since I was a child. I sometimes manage a solid block of six hours then a little additional snooze after much tossing and turning.

05.03.2026 18:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you! ☺️

05.03.2026 18:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Glad it’s not just me.

05.03.2026 18:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Exactly the same here and I probably woke up several times in the night. I so envy people who sleep well. 😴

05.03.2026 18:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Finished watching The Fall of The House of Usher about two years after everyone else. I thought it was terrific, especially Carla Gugino who played Verna. Took me a couple of episodes to recognise Mark Hamill.

05.03.2026 18:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Me neither. I’d love to go to bed at 10pm and wake up, perfectly refreshed, at 7am but it’s not happened in decades.

05.03.2026 17:44 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Some health expert on FB saying we should aim for nine hours sleep. I’d need a general anaesthetic to achieve that.

05.03.2026 17:36 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

You’d need a lottery win to buy there but you can treat yourself to a holiday 🌴

05.03.2026 07:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes! Never been to Palm Springs but it seems rather tainted now.

04.03.2026 17:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Row of stucco Georgian houses in Regents Park, london. Blue sky above

Row of stucco Georgian houses in Regents Park, london. Blue sky above

My daughter scored four goals at her lacrosse match and her team won 🏆
My husband has taken a fancy to living in Regents Park but we are about £30m short. Not sure how Peter Mandelson afforded it 🤔

04.03.2026 17:11 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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I’m in beautiful Regents Park to watch my daughter’s last lacrosse match for her university.

04.03.2026 13:43 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Good to know they are on top of their security! 🫤

04.03.2026 10:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Went into Boots where the assistants have been replaced with self check outs. My scanner flagged up a problem and man just put in his staff code in without engaging with me at all. I could have had a handbag stuffed with stolen items for all he knew. It’s a shame everything is now so impersonal.

04.03.2026 10:08 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Wow! Congratulations to your cousin ⛸️

03.03.2026 16:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That photo 🤣🤣

03.03.2026 11:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Radiant 🌟. Oh bless her. She sounds like she was a lovely lady.

03.03.2026 07:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I might have a little nap this afternoon 😴 xx

03.03.2026 07:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0