Already left a sarky reply on FB so will now send over my sympathy  

Good job your beast is auto...as at least you can still get about! Hope the alcohol kicks in and you can sleep xx

Oh Elsa,  hope are ok. It looks really painfull, hope you are feeling better soon.

Oh Elsa, do take care - flippin' weather. Hope you can cope with all the things you have to do. Hugs.
Just a thought - is this one of your talents that you keep hiding under the bushel ?   .....  

Sunday 13th January

Quoted from brightsprite

Oh Elsa, do take care - flippin' weather. Hope you can cope with all the things you have to do. Hugs.
Just a thought - is this one of your talents that you keep hiding under the bushel ?   .....  

Thanks for your well wishes every one and yes Val...I've practiced long and hard with one arm tied behind my back to be a one armed typist...I can now put that talent to use...   Good night's sleep....i don't think that I moved and the pain killers out here really work without messing with the head.

This morning's first challenge...the ash can was too heavy to carry outside so I got my dustpan from 'dustpan and brush' and hioked it out into a bucket...Shimple.  Next one...striking the match to light the fire.  Solution...wedge box in corner of top of grate and go for it...unfortunately the matches in BG seem to be made of wood that 'bends' but on fourth attempt....success and fire going beautifully.  Daily Mail sudoku complete in record time and now I'll see what challenges are out there to be overcome.   My report to follow...

Hi   Elsa I hope you are coping  well  . Let me know if I can do any think

My goodness Elsa thank (those upstairs) it could have been  much worse   sending healing thoughts and a SOS prayer  
Jackie

Sunday continued

Managed to prepare leeks and onions....potatoes provided the challenge.....so walked over the road and my Avatar's eyes opened wide when she saw the wrist but she willingly peeled the spuds and sliced them.  Soup made, a deputation of the local women followed and even my horse-riding sheep farmer came to inspect the damage.  Later this afternoon I delivered some soup to my Avatar as a thank you and it was well received.

Rest of the day spent quietly reading in the sun.....it has been a beautiful day with wall to wall sunshine but the temperature has dropped rapidly now the sun has gone. Several phone calls to check on the 'invalid'.  I managed to cook honey flavoured chicken on sticks so that I have a platform for the pain killer I'm just about to have.  Hospital at lunchtime so Librarian is doing the chauffeuring.  She didn't let on it was her birthday today so let's see what we can manage to get up to tomorrow...

LN...I'm off for my knock-out drops....  

Hi Elsa,

we are thinking of you and hope u r feeling better soon, a lot to be said for our heatwave.


J @ D

Monday 14th January

Seven thirty start to the day, used the same technique to get the ashes out, fire started and off to the hospital for twelve.  Picked up the daily document, off to the fourth floor to be greeted by 'Madame' by my doctor and I duly responded with a 'Monsieur' and was ushered into his surgery. four more doctors arrived to practice their English and he set about me with scissors removing the tightness around the thumb and the palm and applying a bandage over the whole thing.  Another document and off for two more x-rays....back to the fourth floor...x-rays retrieved from my doctor's computer, alignment confirmed to be excellent and I go back on Friday to have the permanent plaster applied.  All this in under an hour in a backward country....

Little bit of shopping which took longer since all details had to be revealed several times.  Home and perked up the fires....supper was the rest of the leek soup with the honeyed chicken kebabs followed with orange juice.  I checked out the painkillers on the internet and alcohol should be avoided so I'll try not to get in the way of a rum and hot water.....

I'm saying LN.  This is the second time I've typed this one two fingered.....the first was lost when my connection went AWOL....oh and thanks again for the well wishes....I shall pull through....LN

Tuesday 15th January

Very grim this morning Jim.  There was just a glimmer of sun and then it went away again.  I caught my Avatar on the way up yo see if there was anything that  I wanted her to do but I had no potatoes to peel and I had managed to put my hair out of the way with a springy clip and job was a guddun.  I really want to wash my hair and try for a shower.  Bed baths are OK but they leave the sheets damp or am I doing it wrong...

Wood in but there was really no need to stockpile.  The rain set in this afternoon and with it came higher temperatures.  The snow has all gone and the hillside back to normal,,,so I settled down this afternoon in front of the fire with a couple of cushions under my elbow so that the fluid would be drawn out by doing the suggested 'make a fist' exercises.  It seems to be better and I've been spreading Arnica on the exposed bits all day to bring the bruise out.

Eyelids got the better of me this afternoon for an hour or so but last night I was aware of sleeping with my arm up and again doing the clenched fist stuff.  Maybe this afternoon was just a catch up.

Supper was haricot beans with onions, tomatoes, chili with honey with chunks of snoked bacon thrown in.  Bit like a ptage and I'm certainly not going to fade away despite my disability.  LN...Ken Follett....'The man from St.Petersburg" is no more....back to the second of the Bourne trilogy..LN