We are having our jabs this afternoon.
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What a beautiful daughter you have, Geof. Happy birthday to her!
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Lovely looking women - young peopleās skin is just so joyful. Why did we never appreciate it at the time!
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The relief must be monumental. I must say it surprises me you have had to wait so long.
I canāt recall how long my first one took to arrive - it was 4 years ago, for Spain. My first S1 for FR was speedy. I do recall exactly how long a buckshee second one took - 7 days exactly, from phone call to arrival.
We got our first Pfizer jabs this morning. Part 2 in four weeks time.
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The puppy ate my last pair of reading glasses a week ago - pack of new glasses arrived from China this morning. Thereās at least 6 months supply at the rate I step on / sit on or the damn dog eats them. But 6 days ā¦ Considering recently 2 weeks to put packets of seeds in an envelope - 4 weeks to put fencing wire on a palletā¦
4 sets of reading glasses at less than 80 euros including express postage and 6 days ā¦
Good news indeedā¦hope puppy is ok?
Grandaughterās birthday yesterday which totally forgot until late Saturday afternoon. Phoned the bookshop nearest to them, Chatted to knowledgeable woman about what might be good for a 7 year old obsessed with heroines, she offered to gift wrap and send for Ā£2.75 all in. Parcel arrived yesterday - Amazon eat your heart out!
Just never understand why something can cross the world in 3 days, which is same as a bill from just down the road.
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Weāre doing a spring clean and a long-overdue re-do of the lounge. Itās a big deal for me, since itās the first time in this house that I get to pick the colors! Iām planning on a nice atmospheric color and I think the ceiling as well as walls will all get painted same lovely very pale aqua-blueā¦ Nice to move forward on this, on a dreary rainy day (though the plants/landscape do/does need the rain).
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More countries have followed Denmark by suspending approval of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID vaccine. Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, and Italy have now opted to halt use of the vaccine, creating more problems for Europeās sluggish vaccine rollout.
The halts follow incidents involving blood clots in patients who recently received the vaccine
Itās daft isnāt it! One batch where there MAY be an issue, and some cases of blood clots at about the same level as one might expect in general population.
At an individual level this is very sad, but at a population level you do more harm by stoping the vaccine roll-out than by risking a handful of blood clots.
We have our fingers firmly crossed that France wonāt follow suit!
And anyway this is the cheerful news thread, so Iām putting my fingers in my ears.
And going āla, la, laā I hope. 
Definitely āla la laā 
Iāve been really hoping for something good to share as itās a difficult time for lots of us and so easy to just get bogged down in it, or go round and roundā¦ However, nothing springs to mind at the moment so Iām relying on everyone else to have something good to tell us! Perhaps tomorrow, Iāll have something too 
Oh hope so too! We need every scrap we canā¦
If they are prescription glasses I guess they are well priced but if not you should visit Action or Ecogem and one or two other outlets who sell a big range of reading glasses from 1.5 to3.5 strength for less than 2 euros a pair.
I only use glasses for reading and these are brilliant.
For a change in direction of cheerfulness, I found this ālambcamā delightful. Just what I need, a quiet moment watching a flock of sheep as they give birth.
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Morning Christopher
Yes it was a worry.
I initially applied in Jan, chased in Feb, to be told it was in the post and wait for another 2 weeks.
Chased again in mid Feb, to be told it had not been sent and they would issue another.
Then low and behold, two letters arrived on the same day, with 2 S1s in in letter.
Much relieved as you said.
Take care
Andy
They are Prescription - and the Action ones are fine for DIY but less than ideal for long term reading.
Yes, it should be cheerful news, but it does seem that the EU is choosing to put down the AZ vaccine at each and every opportunity whilst at the same time complaining that they havenāt got enough of it.
Our jabs rdv is due in exactly 2 and a half hourās time. I have the mobile alongside just in case there is a cancellation, I assume we are having the AZ. 
My 2 foster dogs were becoming increasingly unmanageable walking together. It was not that they donāt get on but, the one that howls and barks and pulls in anticipation of wildlife, has begun to infect the other with the same āvirusā. She doesnāt bark but she was beginning to ignore my recalls in favour of ground scents.
So yesterday I walked them separately. The result was beyond my wildest dreams. Both dogs behaved impeccably, no more howling, no more (or very little) pulling and almost walking to heel when required. Amazing. Even more amazing, the same result again today. 
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Our dog drove us slightly demented as a pup. The worst was wanting to chase cars, and bite the front wheels. Then one day he stopped. Such a happy feeling. Enjoy your two walks a day, and your jab!
And to addā¦just back from our dog walk, despite rainclouds looming and got caught in a baby hailstorm. But then saw that pulsatillaās were flowering all along the path, so cheerily beautiful even on a cold, grey, windy and soon to be wet day
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