Thursday, 23 April 2015
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Weekend fun times
The other weekend we had various adventures.
On the Saturday we went to Jacob's ladder in Sidmouth:
At the top of the steps was an amazing cafe with the HUGEST cakes. It was amazing. The pictures don't really do it justice.
Then on the Sunday we had the first BBQ of the season.
And on the Monday night we went to a pub in Topsham for drinks.
Sooo pretty =D Shame I had to work this weekend or would have been more sunshine fun times...
On the Saturday we went to Jacob's ladder in Sidmouth:
The white steps are called Jacob's ladder for some reason
At the top of the steps was an amazing cafe with the HUGEST cakes. It was amazing. The pictures don't really do it justice.
Then on the Sunday we had the first BBQ of the season.
And on the Monday night we went to a pub in Topsham for drinks.
Sooo pretty =D Shame I had to work this weekend or would have been more sunshine fun times...
Garden Update
The garden is coming along nicely. The spring bulbs are over and the blossom is coming out.
The vegetable patch is coming along nicely. The peas are poking up:
The blackcurrant is flowering.
And the blueberry:
The tomato I planted out early is still alive!
The raspberries are sprouting:
And the onions have started poking their heads up:
So it's coming on nicely =D The indoor plants are also doing well. I'm trying to resist the temptation to plant them out for as long as possible but think I can probably only hold out another week or two! At least then it'll be May right...
The vegetable patch is coming along nicely. The peas are poking up:
The blackcurrant is flowering.
And the blueberry:
The tomato I planted out early is still alive!
The raspberries are sprouting:
And the onions have started poking their heads up:
So it's coming on nicely =D The indoor plants are also doing well. I'm trying to resist the temptation to plant them out for as long as possible but think I can probably only hold out another week or two! At least then it'll be May right...
Awesome Things on the Internet
http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/i-am-an-immigrant-posters-aim-to-celebrate-not-demonise-immigration--eJzc1MLhVkW
This is so sweet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggXJ5G8JCt8
New design for a nursery school in Japan (watch the video at the end)
http://www.upworthy.com/a-new-kind-of-kindergarten-design-encourages-kids-to-be-their-silly-selves
This is so sweet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggXJ5G8JCt8
New design for a nursery school in Japan (watch the video at the end)
http://www.upworthy.com/a-new-kind-of-kindergarten-design-encourages-kids-to-be-their-silly-selves
Saturday, 11 April 2015
Amaryllis!
Mum the amaryllis is looking frikin' awesome!
It's huge! Look how small the beer looks next to it.
I've been using the new vase you got me. Guess how much those lilies cost? 60p! How sweet is that! (Reduced from £6, they weren't even open when I got them)
I've been using the new vase you got me. Guess how much those lilies cost? 60p! How sweet is that! (Reduced from £6, they weren't even open when I got them)
Friday, 10 April 2015
What My Patients' Said Volume 1
I've recently started a new job in the care of the elderly department and work on a ward that has a large number of patients with dementia and similar conditions. Some of the things they come out with are hilarious.
Two of our nonagenarians are war veterans and yesterday my consultant thought it would be nice to introduce them, especially as they're in opposite beds. One was in the marines, and had a marine visiting him and the other was in the RAF. The marines seemed quite happy, but RAF man didn't really engage, but instead wanted to show my boss a photo of his war memorial. One of the marines started telling him about what regiment etc. he'd been in and the RAF man very firmly said "I don't care what regiment you were in, I'm trying to talk about what I have done!". Fortunately the marine was too deaf to hear this, but he asked us to repeat it! (Clearly we didn't...)
We have a couple of younger patients (50s/60s), one male, one female, who have brain injuries and are very physically fit but struggle mentally. They're quite difficult to manage because they're so fit so they move around a lot causing no end of trouble. The female patient, lets call her Judy wanders a lot and doesn't understand other people's boundaries. She loves to write in people's charts and rearrange files and will happily sit on other patients' beds or come into their cubicle while they're on the commode. She also loves 'tidying up' which greatly upset my SHO when she throw away his coffee!
Our male, let's call him Tony, has severe paranoia and delusions. He gets quite agitated as he's very fast mentally and can't understand why he's being kept in hospital when he thinks there's nothing wrong with him. He'll almost convince you that he's got nothing wrong with him, until he says he must be fine, he was just up in Scotland that morning.
The other day they met, but unfortunately it wasn't a budding romance! Tony became fixated on the idea that Judy had stolen his bag containing a large sum of money that he had got out of the bank that morning (he hasn't left the hospital in over a month). He's actually much improved, he used to think he was spending his days fighting terrorists, so now his paranoia isn't totally unfounded... But they had this huge altercation on the ward which was kinda hilarious because both of them are totally delusional and it was brilliant watching them trying to reason with each other.
This morning I had my first experience of the weekly fire alarm test on my new ward. Where I used to work in surgery the patients merrily ignored it, but in a ward of dementia patients that's easier said then done! My favourite quote was "Will somebody answer the bloody phone!"
It's not just the patients causing havoc. I learnt today one of our nursing auxillaries believes she's a psychic and a few weeks ago told our occupational therapist that she was pregnant. Instead of laughing the OT became really concerned and was asking where she could buy a pregnancy test. She then called her boyfriend and said she had something really important she had to talk to him about, but wouldn't tell him what over the phone! Unsurprisingly she's not pregnant...
Two of our nonagenarians are war veterans and yesterday my consultant thought it would be nice to introduce them, especially as they're in opposite beds. One was in the marines, and had a marine visiting him and the other was in the RAF. The marines seemed quite happy, but RAF man didn't really engage, but instead wanted to show my boss a photo of his war memorial. One of the marines started telling him about what regiment etc. he'd been in and the RAF man very firmly said "I don't care what regiment you were in, I'm trying to talk about what I have done!". Fortunately the marine was too deaf to hear this, but he asked us to repeat it! (Clearly we didn't...)
We have a couple of younger patients (50s/60s), one male, one female, who have brain injuries and are very physically fit but struggle mentally. They're quite difficult to manage because they're so fit so they move around a lot causing no end of trouble. The female patient, lets call her Judy wanders a lot and doesn't understand other people's boundaries. She loves to write in people's charts and rearrange files and will happily sit on other patients' beds or come into their cubicle while they're on the commode. She also loves 'tidying up' which greatly upset my SHO when she throw away his coffee!
Our male, let's call him Tony, has severe paranoia and delusions. He gets quite agitated as he's very fast mentally and can't understand why he's being kept in hospital when he thinks there's nothing wrong with him. He'll almost convince you that he's got nothing wrong with him, until he says he must be fine, he was just up in Scotland that morning.
The other day they met, but unfortunately it wasn't a budding romance! Tony became fixated on the idea that Judy had stolen his bag containing a large sum of money that he had got out of the bank that morning (he hasn't left the hospital in over a month). He's actually much improved, he used to think he was spending his days fighting terrorists, so now his paranoia isn't totally unfounded... But they had this huge altercation on the ward which was kinda hilarious because both of them are totally delusional and it was brilliant watching them trying to reason with each other.
This morning I had my first experience of the weekly fire alarm test on my new ward. Where I used to work in surgery the patients merrily ignored it, but in a ward of dementia patients that's easier said then done! My favourite quote was "Will somebody answer the bloody phone!"
It's not just the patients causing havoc. I learnt today one of our nursing auxillaries believes she's a psychic and a few weeks ago told our occupational therapist that she was pregnant. Instead of laughing the OT became really concerned and was asking where she could buy a pregnancy test. She then called her boyfriend and said she had something really important she had to talk to him about, but wouldn't tell him what over the phone! Unsurprisingly she's not pregnant...
Thursday, 9 April 2015
I can smell summer!
Today I finished work at 5pm so I went for a cycle down to the river. It's so amazing to finish so early and be able to enjoy the evenings, especially as they're getting lighter.
On my cycle I could smell the awesome combination of cut grass and barbecues.
Double locks pub, on the river Exe (another example of my phone's auto-awesome... not really sure how or why it does it, but it's kinda pretty)
After cycling me + Gabby had a trip to B&Q. She bought some wood stain for our garden furniture - her next project.
Wednesday, 8 April 2015
Awesome Things on the Internet
I'm not sure if I can post other people's pictures on here without it being a copyright infringement, but here are some links to cool things online:
http://www.boredpanda.com/my-neighbours-children-how-im-documenting-the-childhood-of-my-neighbours-children/
https://instagram.com/penguinthemagpie/
http://www.boredpanda.com/my-neighbours-children-how-im-documenting-the-childhood-of-my-neighbours-children/
https://instagram.com/penguinthemagpie/
Sunday, 5 April 2015
Happy Easter!
We had church on Budleigh Salterton beach this morning, which was lovely. Not sure the photos really do it justice...
Then I (finally!) mowed the lawn and then went to my friends Dave + Jen's for lunch who I know from Truro, but who moved to Exeter last summer.
They had this awesome flower boat
Then I (finally!) mowed the lawn and then went to my friends Dave + Jen's for lunch who I know from Truro, but who moved to Exeter last summer.
Can't resist another spring flower photo from the garden!
Saturday, 4 April 2015
Planting and Life Paint
The vegetable patch is look pretty sparse at the moment, but hopefully there's a lot going on underground. And not just of the weed variety (there's definitely plenty of that).
I planted my potatoes the other day. Not entirely sure this is how you're meant to do it...
I know you're meant to earth them up so I figured an easier equivalent would be to plant them really deep and only half fill up the hole. Then later when they need earthing up I can just fill in the hole. I expect there's a reason why no one else does this... We'll see!
I also planted my peas. They're probably a bit close together, and will go a bit crazy.
Today I planted my onion sets. Again not much to see yet!
Here are a few pictures with a bit more colour in them!
On a completely different note I found this awesome video. Unfortunately you only seem to be able to buy it in central London. Mum maybe you could get some when you're up in town sometime?
I planted my potatoes the other day. Not entirely sure this is how you're meant to do it...
I also planted my peas. They're probably a bit close together, and will go a bit crazy.
Here are a few pictures with a bit more colour in them!
I don't know how or why but my computer edited this picture by itself. It calls it auto awesome which I find a little presumptive...
Primroses
Grape hyacinths
Daffodils
Camellia
On a completely different note I found this awesome video. Unfortunately you only seem to be able to buy it in central London. Mum maybe you could get some when you're up in town sometime?
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