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But he won't know that and if you sing it to him (not the orginal lyrics all he will hear is his name again and again. I do it with mine all the time and they all have their own songs. Maxie I used to sing Oh my darling , oh my darling, oh my darling Maxie moo, how I love you, yes I love you - i really surely do - she loved it. (to the tune of Clementine) Blueboy - He's so fine, that handsome Blueboy of mine (to tune of 'He's so fine'.) Grip - The Grip that I breathe (the air that I breathe) Raffles - Sweet little Raffy - he's my little taffy (to the tune 'Sheila') Elsa - My Elsa (My Guy) she doesn 't know it's a boy song. CB - obviously - Charley is my darling. Summer - Whalzing Matilda ( her Mum is from NZ and it was the nearest thing) They only hear their name and have you attention and if you do it often enough - it can be very calming when they are upset. I have to go know as the men in the white coats have arrived.........................................

You have to put more water in the iron missus. Summer is coming for the day tomorrow, I is sooooo happy.

I have had a few MRI scans and had to have sedatives each time as I am claustraphobic. CT scans were easy you can see the light sort of. I was also put into a lead lined room, completely dark and had to lay there for a long time (or so it seemed) I went to sleep without being sedated - go figure. I am sure you Mum will be fine Mags.

I cannot live where there are no street lights - tis scary to me but I totally agree about the nanny state. A lot of it is laziness - let someone else do it - I can't be bothered. I stopped caring about my carbon footprint a while ago - when the people screaming about the damage I and others were doing, while they themselves were jetting around the world to their vsrious homes and driving gas-guzzling cars - no practise what you preach and then maybe I will start listening once again.

I just started a thread and someone replied and now it's vanished - wtf happened?

I have just put on a veggie stew with oodles of barley, lentils etc, leeks and carrots and will be taking some up to Mum later so she can have it tomorrow. She misses stews as they never have them at the home.

Are the soldiers in iraq and afganistan on their way home? Have all the people thrown out of work because of the credit crunch now re-employed? Is the world now fully fed and peaceful? Have all the threatened species multiplied and now out of danger? Well it must be because every news station has spent most of the morning talking about the possible (not been confirmed yet) divorce of Guy and Madonna. what he gets, what she gets, why, when and how. Who really cares? It makes me sick when the world is in turmoil, a recession looming and our soldiers fighting and dying on foreign soil that the powers that be in the media think all people want to know about is whether two people are getting divorced. Rant over.

Lots of positive thoughts being sent.

Dont' know - I have asked the person who phoned me to tell them that it is not a reason to pts and that I will help if I can - have to wait and see now. It made me upset and very very angry.

Tis drizzling off and on here. I lost my internet connection yesterday evening. Ray is going to a meeting at day centre today - they are electing a new committee. Jacqui - at Mum's home, you can tell those who truly care and those who only do it fir the money. Someone just phoned and told me that an EBT puppy is being pts because he is deaf.

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My brother and his first were were burgled and my sil said what upset her most was that he had gone through all her stuff and put all her underwear on the bed - she chucked it all away. she said she never felt easy leaving the house after that. Someone else I knew was actually in the house. He had just come home from work and before he could turn the lights on he heard the back door being kicked in. He wacked the first one and his the second over the head - they ran away and never came back again. He did half expect a visit from the police but it never happened.

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Please forward and cross post - thank you NEWS ALERT Dear Supporter An article in this week's Racing Post has stated that BBC cameras visitedRomford Stadium earlier this year and interviewed the staff and greyhoundowners regarding racing and the re-homing of retired greyhounds. Thefootage is due to be broadcast this Wednesday 15 October at 7.30 pm on the BBC1 'Inside Out London' program hosted by Mathew Wright. http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/programmes/b00f2rby 'Inside Out' can normally been associated with investigating controversialissues, so if you live in the London area, we would urge you to watch theprogram and judge for yourselves whether the program has given a true andaccurate account of exactly 'how the sport is being kept alive'. Whatever the coverage, we will of course try to keep you updated. Should you wish to raise any concerns prior to the article being broadcastplease email the Inside Out team. [email protected] Many thanks for your continued support www.greytexploitations.com

Thinking of Alex and hoping that she remembers more than she thinks she can. No reply from second email sent to someone last week. At least my Mum is ok - she cannot remember her whilst I cannot forget. I understand the reasons but it doesn't make it any less hurtful. On the bright side I just saw a man berating a woman at the bus stop because he walked into her trolley and was just about to go out and tell him off when the woman moved the trolley forward to get it out of his way, he stepped backwards into the concrete bus post and hit his head.

Cher I tried to post the photos you sent of 'crime doesn't pay' but it didn't work. Could you post them here please? Thank You.

Katiebob - I am sorry that you are going through this too. Scotslass - I think it's fear - fear that you really do have to be a grown up. I know just how you felt. All my protecters, my champions, my safety valves are gone. Well Mum is still here thankfully but she is the child now and I am the one giving the re-assurances. I hold Mum's hand or cuddle her and say the words of comfort she once said to me. My brother said to me when our Dad passed 'we are half orphans now'. We spend our early years wanting to be grown up and then wishing we could be children again without the worries that adulthood brings.

And so you should be Cher - Keri is a daughter to be proud of and obviously has her Mum's rod of steel running through her.

You and your orbs Cher - last night I dreamed I went to a party with a pack of playing cards - they all had arms and legs and they could really dance but orbs kept circling the dance floor and getting in the way.

Wonderful news about Beenzie. Great news about your immunity Alexis. I have just eaten my own ratatouille in a large yorkshire pudding with butter beans and lentils added - it was mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Ray was playing Charades at day centre this afternoon. They decided on songs and you had to sing the song if they didn't guess it. I asked him to show me the couple he did and nearly peed myself laughing - I don't think he is very good at charades.

What upset me the most was the weird feeling of being small and holding Mum's hand. I was trying to skip (never really mastered that), I don't know if that is a memory I have but it was really upsetting for me - I wanted to stay in that moment and not be in the present, to be that small child again with no problems and Mum in charge. It was very unsettling. We had not been up for a week because of my cold and whenever I let more than 3 days go past without seeing Mum, this sort of thing happens - then she snaps out of it as if by magic and is totally aware of what has happened to Dad and Terry. She always says when she does remember that she had a dream that my Dad was there with her, I think that when she wakes and he is not there it confuses her but if I go up within a day or two it doesn't have such a strong effect on her. She has never been able to remember Dad's funeral not even a few months after - she wiped it out completely. She remembers Terry passed even when she cannot remember Dad has passed. It's weird. I told her not to worry about what she cannot remember, to enjoy the lovely memories she has kept. I am going to speak to the manager and suggest that maybe some of the residents could benefit (bedridden ones) from having extra tv channels. Mum only have 5 but as she reads a lot -tv is not that important to her - cept a pub on some soap that she is really annoyed with the owner and was disgusted 'by the way they carry on'.

Sending good thoughts to Mags Mam. Lil Angel take comfort that your Bridge boy is visiting you.

Well I am still awaiting my dinner. We took the doglets out first and when we got back I prepared everything and now Ray is in the kitchen cooking.

When we arrived Mum was upset. She wanted to know why my Dad had not been to see her. I told her Daddy was gone and she asked why no-one had told her. She seems fixated that my Dad died in the war and no matter how many photos she has that show he go through the war, she doesn't seem to be able to grasp it. Then within minutes she was ok again. It is upsetting to see her cry because she cannot remember stuff. Then we went into the garden and sat and chatted for an hour or so. I really enjoyed it as Mum was on form and then started to wander a bit. Suddenly I felt really weird. I was lookimng at my Mum and wondering how we got to this point. She so frail and elderly - almost helpless in a way and yet I kept seeing this vision of myself looking up at her, holding her hand while trying to skip along. It was really weird and sort of like a time warp. We came home with a list of requirements from the residents. Magnifying glasses. I had said I would get Mum one and also replace Jimmy's as he keeps losing it and it's broken anyway - everyone wanted one so after checking with staff we have our orders as they said yes that's a good idea. Jimmy asked that Ray put a hole in the handle of his one so he can have it round his neck. I don't understand why the staff cannot supply these. They must realised that some of the people need that extra bit of help with vision. Another thing that upset me wasa an elderly lady in the next room to Mum never comes out of her room anymore. She cannot read anymore and as she says there is nothing on the telly that really interests her - 5 channels is all she has. They all have a minimum of £20.00 per week to themselves for any bits and bobs they want - the home supplies everything else. wouldn't you think someone would arange for her to have sky/freeview something to give her extra channels to watch while she spends all her time in bed? She loves the info channels like discovery and the animals progs - it could enrich her life yet no-one seems to think of how easy it would be. They have sky tv for all the tvs in the lounges - she just cannot get to them anymore and just sits in her bed staring at the walls. The manager is back at the end of the year and I will have a word as I cannot see a problem - it's there so why not put it into some of the rooms where the people are bed-bound?

Thanks Sam I just couldn't resist watching it again. I have it on my favs as well. I love it. We are having a roast dinner with roast potatoes, parsnips, brussel tops (my fav) brocalli and yorkshire puddings.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm