Things are crazy here as usual, nothing new to report except to say, my knees have no wish to work for me presently. Nasty horrid things that they are, they have quit their service of me in tandem and have installed a ton of sharp pains and aches that periodically make me sound as if I have terets.
Trust me, I am not making fun of anyone with terets when I say this, if anything I am commiserating with them about their condition. It is seriously no fun not having the ability to control what words our brains wish to spew out, instead of the polite conversation we wish we were having, and my outbursts are minimal by comparison to what they go through, but outbursts there have been. Many, shockingly loud outbursts at that!
I have had many events this week where I was walking around town, minding my own business, taken a step forward and my kneecap has remained behind. MAN the PAIN!!! It is indescribable. Needless to say, a flurry of swear words flew from my unsuspecting lips and shocked the living daylights out of passers by. Oh well, at least they had their day broken up with a little light entertainment. Thankfully I am scheduled for cortisone injections in both knees in a week’s time so normal knee service should resume!
My son has zero sympathy for my plight. He is in hysterics laughing at me from the minute I appear at the start of his day, (mine has started a good two hours earlier, just sayin’) to the very end of his day (mine usually ends a few hours afterwards). Apparently it is the funniest thing in the world when your mother, who is in tremendous pain, is hobbling around the house swearing profusely and shouting loudly that she is disowning her own knees. Who knew comedy was so cheap?
Anyway… moving on….
On a much more serious note, for all those of you who follow Jenna Kirkpatrick, Raspberry Ripples blog. Our darling Miss Pink is very poorly right now and is in hospital having had a rather nasty start to the week, her man has put a post up to bring us all up to speed on her condition, but please, if you follow her, and even if you don’t, please go send your best wishes, thoughts, well wishes, any kind of good vibe really, to a beautiful soul who is struggling terribly right now. Let’s see if we can lift her spirits up and give her some of our strength. She is that person who would give you hers if she thought you needed it. She is beautiful inside and out.
And…. moving on to the fabulous world of wildlife…
I have bats in the loft again (YAY) a woodpecker tapping away at the telegraph pole at the top of my drive, a squirrel tapping on my window with an empty shell case from an acorn and a dog who thinks that every time mummy appears its playtime. I have been taken over by wildlife and I love it!
And then there was this…
The other day I was bemoaning my lot about people on here who do not click the like button after they have read a post. It doesn’t matter. I don’t need it, I woke up in a sore mood because the other side of the bed which had been full of man when I went to sleep was empty when I woke up!
Now this girl likes her early morning playtime, so it was a bad start to my day. I had a poor me moment that spilled over into a mini rant on one of my comments on my latest post. Meh… I was out of order, the fact that you read my work at all is actually more than enough for me. Sometimes we want more than we actually need. Keep on reading peeps, that’s all I need from you. If you keep visiting I will keep writing. No doubt some of you will be pleased to hear that a spanking did take place because of the monumental strop I threw when said Man re-appeared later in the day… I was the proud owner of a very hot bottom shortly there after.
All that said, I am playing seriously with the idea of creating a novel from Top Hat & Tails and the continuing chapters will be password protected (when I have worked out how to do that) so if you wish to keep reading as a test reader, just email me when the post is up and live and I will email you back with the password. Its all free, but at least I will get a feel for who is avidly following this series and whether it is worth going down the route of publishing it.
Have a good day my lovely peoples!
Jenna please get well soon, I miss you Miss Pink!
💎Gem💎💋
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Sweet Gem, thank you for mentioning Jenna. She is always in my thoughts and prayers recently. And you, Gemma, I will do the same for your knees. Oh, take care. That does sound very painful. Best to you, sweetheart. 😘🤗
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Dave, I confess I am terrifically worried for Jenna and feel entirely too helpless because there is literally nothing I can do. Putting these words on here feels like I’ve said something at least. I just feel so sad that she has to go through this! Enough, positive mental attitude will help her better than sadness!
Now, don’t feel too badly for the knees, they will get their comeuppance in a weeks time! Cortisone injections are way past due and that’s why the knees have left my employ. I did it to myself I missed my appointment 6 months ago putting covid fears above general health and well being. It’s a long standing wear and tear thing courtesy of my lifestyle and the fact that I was a dancer for too many of my early years. We all pay the price in the end lol. I will be back to normal roughly three days after the injections! WHOOP!! 😛 xxx
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Hey Gemma! I know what you mean about Jenna. I feel the same way, and I’m glad you mentioned her. The good news is that she has a strong team of friends who are watching out for her closely. It is good she is where she is, I believe, with her circle of friends there for her. For you, dear Gemma, those injections do not sound pleasant, but I hope they can do the job that can get you back in ship shape. You deserve it! I’m always in your corner, Gem. So happy to know you. ❤😘🤗
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Aww Dave, thank you for that, I truly appreciate the support and I’m very happy to know you too! Which is also courtesy of our darling Miss Pink! Jenna’s flirty posts brought about me tripping off to explore your poems!
I know she’s in good hands, I know she will get better, there is no other option! I just feel for her. I don’t know, life just seems so unfair sometimes, good people suffer bad things and bad people don’t seem to suffer at all. It’s a messed up world that needs a gentle spirit like Jenna in it to soften the harsh edges and make us smile. You do that too, you make me smile. I appreciate that. Much love my friend. 💎💋💖
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Yes, Jenna is a bright light on WordPress. I miss her more than words can express. You also make me smile Gemma. And your stories are freakin’ hot! 😉 What a lovely trio we make. Much love to you too! 😘
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This was quite the rollercoaster! 😛 Sorry about your knees. That is crazy how it hits without warning…that might make a person scared to walk and require one to stay on his/her knees 😈 I feel you on the ghost viewers. I get so many hits with multiple views on my content with zero in return. They absorb the energy, don’t return it, and don’t think twice about it. It used to piss me off because it strikes me as rude behavior. Like you, however, I realize that it doesn’t really matter because those ghosts were never the reason I wrote in the first place. I’m sure you still deserve a good spanking anyway for your outbursts 🍑💥👋😃😘
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Ah michael, such a naughty comment from someone who would love to see me kneel in front of him and create indescribable sensations for him. Kneeling however is very much out of the question for at least another week! Just the idea of it sends danger warnings shooting to my brain and I go into panic mode! It’s a long standing condition brought on by 17 years of performing ballet and contemporary dance. We are so lithe and flexible in our teens and 20’s! Fast forward 20+ years and payback is on the cards. Ah well, cortisone is a wonderful invention and I shall be off and running again 3 days after I have the injections. You can come back to me then and we can talk about kneeling, there are many ways to make a man who is on an O ban suffer you know…😈😈🍆💧🔥👄
As for the lack of interaction from my readers, I don’t really mind that they don’t click the like button, I know they’ve been due to the visitor counter, but the feedback on the stories would be helpful especially as I think I may have a novel in Top Hat & Tails, but lack of feedback makes me hold back on the idea. Thank you for the support on the ghost viewers thing though, it makes me feel better knowing I’m not the only one who gets frustrated over it. Nora rightly pointed out that a lot of visitors who enjoy reading our naughty stories may feel too embarrassed to out themselves as supporters by clicking like or commenting. I guess that’s true, but, if you want to read about it, at least own the fact you enjoy it. We don’t judge! 🤷♀️😋
I never deserve a spanking michael! Never! lol Well, perhaps I do, but I don’t have to be gracious about it! If I have an outburst it’s because I am frustrated, he should have taken care of me before he left for work, the whole bad tempered situation could have easily been avoided!🤣😂😈
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I am very sorry to hear about your knees, my friend! Of course, I am also quite naughty and considered making some sort of joke about how you must be spending too much time on your knees…LOL (but see, I stopped myself! I didn’t actually tell the joke, I just alluded to it 🙂 ). I am very glad to hear that you got the spanking you were needing! Us naughty girls need our spankings to feel right, to feel like our best selves. We are just too damn intense…carrying all that pain and angst around with us…we need that release! Looking forward to seeing Top Hats & Tails as a book…it is one mighty fine idea, Gemma. I will write to you soon about my book idea. I am still in this intense education phase and reading everything I can get my greedy little hands on written about how-to write… some of it is crap, and I have also learned a lot and identified the process that suits me best. It is also good to be learning some of the technical terms which I never knew so that I can sound like I know what I am talking about. But during all of this… a book idea came to me, and I think it is a good one. Anyhow, Daddy and I are off on a little adventure, but I wanted to stop in and say hello first! Have a GREAT day. XOXO
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Enjoy your adventure Nora and Daddy, I’ll look forward to that email! Sounds very intriguing, I’m gonna ignore the obvious knees almost joke and pretend you were well behaved for once LOL Chat soon honey, enjoy your time with Daddy xxxx
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Ha! Me…well-behaved…now THAT is funny 🙂 XOXO
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I wish it to you so much.
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Ugh my knees hurt for you and with you. Having had 3 knee surgeries on both needs with a possible partial to full replacement in my future I can certainly sympathize. Anyone offended by your eloquently colorful language can go stuff it because knee pain is horrific! I’m glad you got your spanking though lol, I’m sure you thoroughly enjoyed it in the end :). Feel better my friend and please sign me up as a test reader!!!!
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Oh Gemma, you are so lovely. Thank you for your kind kind words. I felt very tearful reading them.
How are your knees now? It sounded as if you were in tremendous pain.
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I still am but hopefully they will be fixed this evening, I have my first injection at 5pm.
How are you doing now darling? I do hope you’re feeling a little stronger. You are an integral part of my WP life and I was very worried when I read how quickly you went down. Just make sure you look after you first and everything else can and will play catch up later! Much love Miss Pink, just know I do adore you, you are one of my most favourite Wp people. We may never meet but that doesn’t mean we don’t get to care about each other. xxxx
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Aaw Gemma, you are making me choke up with sniffling tears. I hope it goes well this afternoon Gemma. Have you had any snow where you are? It has been freezing here.
I lost a whole week of my life Gemma to being asleep! I contracted some sort of infection, and I was feeling incredibly rough and even more tired than I was already before it really got me. I don’t remember going into hospital, but I do remember waking up in hospital and wondering what on earth had happened. Apparently it was mild to middling sepsis. It freaked my Ben out. He is so glad that we have a very good friend who works for the NHS. He had already called NHS111 and been told to contact our GP on Monday. He called our friend about my symptoms and she said to ring 999 and tell them I have cancer and we think I have sepsis, and apparently from there it was like BOOM – they could not have moved more quickly. Ben is so grateful to her. I am glad to have left hospital. I still feeling astonishingly weary, but I think this is the new norm for me. I am hoping I will have some good days though. Ben wants me to isolate because of this new omicron variant. He was really freaked out when I became ill so quickly.
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No, no snow as yet, but it feels like it’s in the air, so I am waiting for the white out any time soon!
Having had sepsis last year and it nearly taking me out of the picture completely I completely commiserate with you and Ben and am also thankful Ben had the foresight to speak to your friend about what to do!
The weariness is obviously a combination of your treatment, your illness and also the way sepsis wipes you out too! Take it easy darling girl, there is nothing that is so important it trumps you getting better and taking the rest you need. It took me a full year to recover properly from my bout with sepsis, my energy reserves were almost non existent when I came out of hospital and all I was able to do most days for the longest time was basic care stuff for my son. I relied heavily on the care company we use for my respite and they came in and vacuumed and cleaned etc and helped my son with stuff that was just too much for me at the time. Please take good care of you Jenna, you’re a fighter with a strong will, make that work for you sweetheart. 💖💖
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I am so grateful to you for sharing your experience Gemma. All my friends are annoyingly healthy and energetic, whereas I am so pathetically feeble. I do hope to recover my energy, but I guess I need to have some realistic expectations of what my body is going to be able to do.
I definitely makes me more appreciative of the kindness and patience of others.
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Give yourself time Jenna, when your body has gone through the trauma yours has gone through and is still going through, you cannot expect it to just boost itself from nowhere and go back to normal. The treatment you’re having just on it’s own is enough to lay you low. Add sepsis into the mix and I am truly astounded that you have bounced back as well and as quickly as you have. That is the core inner strength I was talking about in one of my comments. You have it in spades girl, you will beat all of this and be back and shining brightly, but it will take time. Be patient and kind to yourself darling, that’s where it starts. Much love Jenna 💎💖💖💖
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