Awake and up all night

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“Getting a cancer diagnosis is extremely stressful, and that brings a whole load of emotions, and lack of sleep certainly does not help. I think many of us have periods of insomnia. I experienced a long period of not sleeping. I could go off to sleep quite quickly, but after an hour I would find myself wide awake again, and would spend the rest of the night getting frustrated because I couldn't sleep."
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  • Awww Gilly, Kate didn't get her username from Puddletown, she's a West  Yorkshire lass like yourself, no we were talking about Gaelic names, and I  mentioned Puddock was Gaelic for frog, which she has a thing for, so changed her username to it from Candysmum, after losing her beautiful furry friend Candy, PS I've done a drawing of Candy for Kate, I'll put it up. Strangely Sheila isn't a fan of hot weather, but the long sunny days keep her head in a good place, I hope you both had had something to cheer about after the match.

    love Eddie xx 

  • Wow Helen, you don't do things by halves, and why not, unfortunately we're stuck indoors as its rained all day, but its been lovely, I was hoping to visit friends Nr Oxford for a couple of days on the way home, but somethings popped up. Oooh lemon drizzle cake, fab, my fave is homemade spotted dick with ice cream.

    love Eddie xx 

  • I remember my first Spotted Dick, it was in the infants school, with Pink custard!  I think it was nice, I'm sure I had another bowl full.

    Steve (SteveCam)

  • Aww that's a lovely drawing Eddie, and Candy looks like a Westie. Thinking In the clear about Kate now, but I thought she might have lived in Pudsey before Scotland? Anyway, we've got frogs in common as I've got several, ceramic and wooden ones, dotted around the house. I've always loved frogs.

    The match -  we're not the happiest couple in town right now, but the blue air's cleared enough to get into the kitchen and make the tea. I'm convinced the two commentators were kitted out in full Forest kits throughout, and that's what really narked us!

    Forgotten now and sausages and mash on the menu, with a pudding for afters. Helen's description of what they had for brunch made me hungry like the wolf! Love from us xxx

  • Spotted Dick was a good, wholesome suet pudding popular in school dinners back in the day. Together with a tasty first course, and before school toast with salted dripping for breakfast, we were well set up for the day of learning or yawning (history!!).  Spotted Dick small puddings were available In Tesco until a year or two ago. Now they only seem to sell the very sickly-sweet treacle sponge or jam sponge variants. 

  • Ray, I don't know about the 'dripping' though!  But looking at your comment again...on toast sounds interesting!

    Steve (SteveCam)

  • Gill, we're not happy either!  Looks like we will be in a relegation battle this year!

    Steve (SteveCam)

  • We've had a lovely sunny day here.

    I don't like lemon flavoured foods so would give the cake a miss anyway but I'd certainly go for spotted dick & custard. 

    Sorry you can't get to Oxford.

  • toast with salted dripping

    That brings back memories 

    H

  • I love beef dripping Ray, as long as the bread's dead soft. No extra salt or butter, just as it comes, mountains of it Yum xxx