Sorry Jackie!

 I'll start with an apology to my lovely Canadian reader, Jackie - I accidentally deleted your comment on my last post, really sorry about that, call it brain fog.  I had a wonderful sleep last night, I read for half an hour or so until my eyes were closing and put the light out just after 10 pm.  Next thing I knew, it was 5 to 7 this morning, which is about an hour later than I normally wake up.  I did wake up once during the night, Betty jumped up on the bed (I didn't know she'd got off actually) and accidentally trod on my hip, which was quite painful as she's such a heffalump.  I soon went back to sleep though, with her stretched out pressed up against my side.  Consequently, I feel a lot better today, although my back, knee and assorted muscles still ache like mad.

Husband's nightmares have now stopped, so it obviously was the neuropathic pain meds causing them.  He hasn't mentioned the pains in his feet (yet) which he was taking the meds for, so it seems that's not bothering him at the moment - he'd be complaining if it was.  His facial bruising is fading now - well, on the side of his face, the black eye is more prominent though.

The Parker Knoll solid wood framed tub chair that we've had for years - which I no longer find very supportive or comfortable for my back - we are still keeping, it's a lovely looking chair and still looks almost as good as new.  It's fine for occasional seating, just not for a long sit down, hence why I bought the recliner armchair.  Husband came in from chatting with a neighbour yesterday and informed me he'd told the neighbour she could have the chair, without saying anything to me, as he always does 😒.  I reminded him that we are keeping it, I had no intention of getting rid of it.....so now he's got to go and tell her sorry but she can't have it, he made a mistake.  Honestly, that man, he causes me stresses every day, his habit of telling or discussing things with all and sundry, or doing things, without consulting me or letting me know what he's thinking of doing beforehand is getting worse and worse.  He also told another neighbour something yesterday which is not true - he again told me afterwards what he'd said.  So he's now also got to tell that neighbour he got it wrong.  He's such a blabbermouth, I can't tell him any secrets (if I had any!) - they'd be round the neighbourhood in no time.  

We did some garden work yesterday, I pruned 2 large roses quite hard back as they were both smothered in powdery mildew, bagged up all the prunings to take to the tip, I don't want them in our compost bins.  Husband cleared one of the flowerbeds and planted 2 dahlias I'd bought.  We might go to the boot sale this afternoon and see if we can get any more dahlias - perennials, not bedding ones, I'm moving away from buying bedding plants.