Thank God for Piriton!
May. 16th, 2008 12:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blackberry444We went to B&Q yesterday to replace the kitchen lights and I took the opportunity to look at the flooring. While I really like the genuine-looking stone tile floor panels like we have in the bathroom, they're just too expensive for such a large room as this one; they're also not very warm on bare feet, although that can be an advantage in the summer, if we ever get one. Please don't anyone tell me that diabetics aren't supposed to walk about in bare feet; I've done it all my life and I can't change now and in any case, I still have full feeling in my feet.
I couldn't see any vinyls I liked, but we have masses of flooring salesrooms around here I can inspect.
I found the chipboard loft panels, and they are exactly what we put on the kitchen floor underneath the cork tiles. We walked about on them for ages before John put the tiles down and I really like them, because they're made of wood and feel warmer than vinyl or laminate. They're a nice pale colour which would reflect the light and are also extremely cheap, but John said that he's not sure they would be up to, for example, moving my desk chair backwards and forwards on its casters even when varnished. I could always buy one of those see-through floor protectors made specially for that problem.
I could also have nice rugs dotted about the place, which is something I like, particularly on a hard floor. My lovely Arabian "magic carpet" that John bought for me in Tunisia back in the 70s is just the right cream, brown and rust colours.
I think I might very well go for the loft panels, but I will ask Christopher what he thinks since he gets around a lot of building sites and knows what's what.
We bought some incredibly cheap lights from B&Q, made in China, I'm afraid. I try to avoid cheap Chinese goods in case they're made by slaves, but considering that the long-life low consumption bulbs alone cost me £63.84, I had no choice but to buy 2 extremely cheap spotlight bars, since we have no light at all in the kitchen at present. When we got them home we discovered that they're only made from horrible old silvered plastic, rather than matte chrome, which is what they looked like in the shop, but they'll do for now. We have to have something to light the kitchen. The advantage is that all the bulbs I bought are low-energy (they have tiny folded up tubes inside them) and they're supposed to last for 10,000 to 30,000 hours.
I also bought a new bedside lamp for Charles with a similar bulb and he's very pleased with it. I just hope he can manage not to break this one!
I had another horrible night and felt so ill this morning that I went back to bed, but John got some more conventional Piriton for me and I already feel a lot better. I must be ill, because Phoebe has twice come and sat on my lap while I was sitting up in bed and the only other times she's done that is when I was recovering from chemo. I felt so ill when I woke up this morning that I didn't take the new blood pressure pill at all, let alone half a dose. I simply can't tolerate this.
Yesterday I was too ill to go to my writing class. Boo! But I did get a telephone call from a nurse at the cardiac rehabilitation unit inviting me to go along on on the 28th. for them to see what I can and can't do. She offered to send a taxi for me, and actually insisted on booking it in case John has a job that day. When I protested that I didn't want to start stinging the NHS for taxi fares, she said it's nothing to do with the NHS, but is sponsored by some charity or other, the name of which I didn't catch. I'm looking forward to it, but hope that LLD has managed to do something about my horrible cough by then. How lovely it would be to be fit enough to go swimming again.
I suppose the fact that it's sponsored by a charity explains why access to the programme is limited and difficult to get.
I like the icon for "awake" It looks as though the cat is coughing and covering her mouth!
Ooops! I've just remembered the Test Match. I must go and retune the radio to Radio Five Talk Sport or whatever it's called. Oh, bother! It's the lunch period of course and some bird is talking about singing.
I couldn't see any vinyls I liked, but we have masses of flooring salesrooms around here I can inspect.
I found the chipboard loft panels, and they are exactly what we put on the kitchen floor underneath the cork tiles. We walked about on them for ages before John put the tiles down and I really like them, because they're made of wood and feel warmer than vinyl or laminate. They're a nice pale colour which would reflect the light and are also extremely cheap, but John said that he's not sure they would be up to, for example, moving my desk chair backwards and forwards on its casters even when varnished. I could always buy one of those see-through floor protectors made specially for that problem.
I could also have nice rugs dotted about the place, which is something I like, particularly on a hard floor. My lovely Arabian "magic carpet" that John bought for me in Tunisia back in the 70s is just the right cream, brown and rust colours.
I think I might very well go for the loft panels, but I will ask Christopher what he thinks since he gets around a lot of building sites and knows what's what.
We bought some incredibly cheap lights from B&Q, made in China, I'm afraid. I try to avoid cheap Chinese goods in case they're made by slaves, but considering that the long-life low consumption bulbs alone cost me £63.84, I had no choice but to buy 2 extremely cheap spotlight bars, since we have no light at all in the kitchen at present. When we got them home we discovered that they're only made from horrible old silvered plastic, rather than matte chrome, which is what they looked like in the shop, but they'll do for now. We have to have something to light the kitchen. The advantage is that all the bulbs I bought are low-energy (they have tiny folded up tubes inside them) and they're supposed to last for 10,000 to 30,000 hours.
I also bought a new bedside lamp for Charles with a similar bulb and he's very pleased with it. I just hope he can manage not to break this one!
I had another horrible night and felt so ill this morning that I went back to bed, but John got some more conventional Piriton for me and I already feel a lot better. I must be ill, because Phoebe has twice come and sat on my lap while I was sitting up in bed and the only other times she's done that is when I was recovering from chemo. I felt so ill when I woke up this morning that I didn't take the new blood pressure pill at all, let alone half a dose. I simply can't tolerate this.
Yesterday I was too ill to go to my writing class. Boo! But I did get a telephone call from a nurse at the cardiac rehabilitation unit inviting me to go along on on the 28th. for them to see what I can and can't do. She offered to send a taxi for me, and actually insisted on booking it in case John has a job that day. When I protested that I didn't want to start stinging the NHS for taxi fares, she said it's nothing to do with the NHS, but is sponsored by some charity or other, the name of which I didn't catch. I'm looking forward to it, but hope that LLD has managed to do something about my horrible cough by then. How lovely it would be to be fit enough to go swimming again.
I suppose the fact that it's sponsored by a charity explains why access to the programme is limited and difficult to get.
I like the icon for "awake" It looks as though the cat is coughing and covering her mouth!
Ooops! I've just remembered the Test Match. I must go and retune the radio to Radio Five Talk Sport or whatever it's called. Oh, bother! It's the lunch period of course and some bird is talking about singing.
