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ewtSo. Cat-sitting. Do people usually get paid for this, in this country? I have no idea.
I'm wondering whether it's worth asking Jed Phoenix to make me a one of these but ankle-length, or whether I should just press on with sewing stuff and make my own damned kilt. A lined kilt is quite a lot of work. I wouldn't want a zip-out back panel, but that just means even more pleating. Hmm. Is a plain black cotton drill kilt such a horrible thing to want? And another one in black wool for winter. Kilts trump jeans on just about every level.
Home repossessions are up. Is it possible to buy repossessed homes very cheaply in the UK, or do they just get sold by the bank for the full market price?
Yesterday teaching went well. Then off to the Pembury for lovely food; I didn't end up playing any games.
My hip started to hurt in a new place at about 21.45, I eventually moved to the comfy sofa, not sure if it was any help. Probably should have taken painkillers when it started; did take some before bed. This morning my hip seems okay but my lower back is quite unhappy. I'm looking forward to seeing the osteopath later today, as it is likely I'll feel better afterward.
I've noticed I have a tendency to sleep with my wrists bent forward and my fingers and thumb clenched into a sort of beak. This is not actually very comfortable.
With the hip pain not being quite so constantly at the top of my list of ouch, I'm noticing a lot more ankle, shoulder, neck, elbow and wrist pain. It isn't anywhere near as debilitating as the hip and lower back stuff though. Using a pencil grip helps a lot with the right elbow problems.
I need to remember that some of the reason that I'm often so exhausted is because chronic pain is tiring. To counter this I should a) take painkillers a little more readily and b) schedule naps and stick to them. That and the other stuff, doing exercises and so on to eventually rehabilitate my body to the point where it doesn't hurt all the time.
I remain pissed off at my GP, who has been telling me to do things like go running (not great for hypermobility sufferers, certainly when unfit, although I do hope to do some light running when I've got enough strength to do it without hurting myself), ignore the pain I get, and so on. This would not be so bad if she'd actually bothered examining me but she hasn't. Bah.
Yesterday I made some not-wonderful food choices early on in the day and then ended up craving protein and eating more. Not a disaster, and supplementing with the protein foods was definitely the right thing to do, but it would have been more efficient to go with the protein right away and eat less food. I spent a lot of time uncomfortably full.
Plans for today: gentle walking, horn mouthpiece buzzing, lunch, nap, dealing with various things that don't require physical exertion (scheduling, planning, paperwork), dinner, Ki-Aikido. I don't know if I'll practise or not, but I really need to have a chat with Sensei about the hypermobility stuff.
I'm wondering whether it's worth asking Jed Phoenix to make me a one of these but ankle-length, or whether I should just press on with sewing stuff and make my own damned kilt. A lined kilt is quite a lot of work. I wouldn't want a zip-out back panel, but that just means even more pleating. Hmm. Is a plain black cotton drill kilt such a horrible thing to want? And another one in black wool for winter. Kilts trump jeans on just about every level.
Home repossessions are up. Is it possible to buy repossessed homes very cheaply in the UK, or do they just get sold by the bank for the full market price?
Yesterday teaching went well. Then off to the Pembury for lovely food; I didn't end up playing any games.
My hip started to hurt in a new place at about 21.45, I eventually moved to the comfy sofa, not sure if it was any help. Probably should have taken painkillers when it started; did take some before bed. This morning my hip seems okay but my lower back is quite unhappy. I'm looking forward to seeing the osteopath later today, as it is likely I'll feel better afterward.
I've noticed I have a tendency to sleep with my wrists bent forward and my fingers and thumb clenched into a sort of beak. This is not actually very comfortable.
With the hip pain not being quite so constantly at the top of my list of ouch, I'm noticing a lot more ankle, shoulder, neck, elbow and wrist pain. It isn't anywhere near as debilitating as the hip and lower back stuff though. Using a pencil grip helps a lot with the right elbow problems.
I need to remember that some of the reason that I'm often so exhausted is because chronic pain is tiring. To counter this I should a) take painkillers a little more readily and b) schedule naps and stick to them. That and the other stuff, doing exercises and so on to eventually rehabilitate my body to the point where it doesn't hurt all the time.
I remain pissed off at my GP, who has been telling me to do things like go running (not great for hypermobility sufferers, certainly when unfit, although I do hope to do some light running when I've got enough strength to do it without hurting myself), ignore the pain I get, and so on. This would not be so bad if she'd actually bothered examining me but she hasn't. Bah.
Yesterday I made some not-wonderful food choices early on in the day and then ended up craving protein and eating more. Not a disaster, and supplementing with the protein foods was definitely the right thing to do, but it would have been more efficient to go with the protein right away and eat less food. I spent a lot of time uncomfortably full.
Plans for today: gentle walking, horn mouthpiece buzzing, lunch, nap, dealing with various things that don't require physical exertion (scheduling, planning, paperwork), dinner, Ki-Aikido. I don't know if I'll practise or not, but I really need to have a chat with Sensei about the hypermobility stuff.
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Date: 2007-02-12 02:45 pm (UTC)They're generally being sold by the people to whom the money is owed for as much as they would nominally be worth.
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Date: 2007-02-12 03:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-12 06:08 pm (UTC)There is a guide here:
http://www.auction.co.uk/pdf/AllsopBuyersGuide.pdf
In my experience, its hard to find houses coming up at auction without buying one of the 'we will give you all the auction listing' subscription services.
You might make a saving, but you may lose your initial survey, at the moment, I think that its fairly easy to sell houses, so quite often there is a pre auction offer on a property and it never makes it to auction, the ones that do get auctioned tend to be problem properties that are difficult to sell.
[1] My parents bought their house at auction, tho didn't agree it with the mortgage co first, apparently my dad got his bid accepted and then went round the corner to the building society to get the money agreed, this is not the advised course of action!
[2] This can happen with normal house buying anyway if the sale falls through for whatever reason or you decided you don't like the result of the survey.