Recordings received. Not once, but twice in the call i was asked to call at 8am. You know the 8am rush that was supposed to be non-existent. Yeah that one. She checked for an apt but not for the GP just the pharmacist. Trying to get a straight response from these people is ridiculous.

Having to ask for the phone call recording as they're claiming I was offered an appointment, I wasn’t, and that while the appointment was routine the rebooking wasn't. 🙄 I really hate these people but there's no other surgery I can move to.

Is there anything worse than dealing with a GP surgeries admin staff. It's like they're trained to be obstructive and unhelpful.

The NHS should never have allowed private GP surgeries to operate under their name. Our GP surgery owns two surgeries. So the 3, yes only 3, owner GPs work across two surgeries. No wonder getting an appointment is impossible.

1 sock down one more to go. Pattern The Bird by Karin Aida.

Tree is up. Leak is sorted. Off to the Tate Britain for Members Night while the boy watches the dog.

Leak found. Drain pipe loose thst was inserted in soil pipe. Globbed a shit to of waterproof silicone sealant around it. Hoping for the best. Showers commencing and then a check.🤞

Great a junction of plastic drain pipes is leaking behind the sink cupboard. Hoping we dont need to completely disassemble the units to fix. Mate going to look at tonight, Plumber tomorrow pm and worse case scenario our builder Tuesday pm. Which is cutting it close.

Still dealing with leaks in the drain pipes in the kitchen. Hoping its not behind the units or its going to be a much more complex problem of removing the units, fixing the plumbing and then putting them back. Shit.

Why even bother passing the Employment Bill if you're not banning fire & rehire, zero hours contracts and not implemented day one protection from unfair dismissal. Fucking useless.

It was delicious, but next year I'll go out to eat.

I don't think I'll be having thanksgiving next year. I've done everything today, while working, and I'm kind of sick of it all. Only an offer to boil potatoes and make his disgusting bread pudding, so fuck it next year.

21 years ago yesterday my mom passed away. So long ago now its weird, but I still remember our last phone call thanksgiving day.

Everything I've bought for my husband has been an cock up. Evri broke a parcel then lied about it. Zone 3 forgets to put the gift card in the envelope. Not going well.

Absolutely fuming. Ordered a gift card from a company and guess what, gift card not in the little envelope. This ought to be fun to try and get a replacement for. Why can't companies just check their shit before they send it. Waste of money and time for me.

Prep has begun. To be fair there's only two of us to feed now. So the rest will be done tomorrow afternoon. My son has decided not to join us this year. 🙄

Gibb needs to go. Of course a right whinger refuses to resign. They like to be forced out and cry about it. Boycott the BBC until he goes I guess.

Today's sunrise was amazing. Couldn't resist a picture on my 10k run.

This. I haven't had Starbucks in over a year. Use smaller British cafes. If they won't pay UK tax we should not be supporting them.

If you use Evri as your delivery service I will not shop with you. I've had far too many issues getting my parcels to deal with their farcical service.

Hard to believe 5 white guys are ruining the world.

Also, can everyone stop trying to be an influencer. You're only influencing me to turn this shit off and not watch your shit. Which is actually good i suppose. 🤔

If Tommy Ten Names is happy with your immigration policy you are doing it wrong. Labour will never get Deform votes so why push the policy. 20 years for citizenship? Why bother contributing to British society? Why help the British economy? Then the right whingers will complain about that. Idiocy.

The "markets" are run by rich people. Rich people who want working class people to pay more taxes, and not pay themselves. Let them be spooked. We should of put them all in jail in 2008.

More NHS saga. Did my annual pill check online. Asked to review as I'm unable to lose weight and have high BP (only in past 3 yrs). Apt 6 weeks away with pharmacist. Called this am now 3 weeks away and with dr. Husband got his medication review in the same week with Dr. Whole thing is frustrating.

I have a health check next month. Not with my GP (whoever that is) with a nurse. I hope they can help me with my questions about perimenopause and my current bc, as I'm sure one of them is the culprit to my weight gain. Which won't shift no matter what I try. 1/2

Now I get it. Sky wants to buy ITV (Sky is owned by Comcast and American company), and the right whingers want the BBC dead so they control the media. All makes sense now. I hope the govt doesn't allow the purchase to happen.

Oh, Deform is having yet another press conference. Blaming brexit? But isn't their company director the architect of brexit?🤔

"50 Years Ago" on November 10, 1975 The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a storm with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. The mysterious sinking is famously documented in Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 song www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST...

We were sitting and being handsome.

Being a homeowner means dealing with water way more than you want to. Washing machine sprung a leak. But before that, the drain pipe was clogged and flooded the kitchen. Anyway, the new machine is being delivered tues, and we're pulling the laminate floor up this week to replace with ceramic tiles.

3.4 miles this morning. Saw the sheep, cows and the crane. And two horses were staring at me when I walked the dog afterwards.

Ahh, yes. The poppy n*zis are out again. You know people who haven't done a damn thing for their country questioning why you haven't got your poppy on. I'm a veteran. I'll wear it at the Rememberance Day parade and to the 11th. Question me again, and I'll punch you in the throat.

OHs 55th today. Day up in London visiting the Sky Garden (35th floor) and having lunch at the Ivy Market Grill.

This morning, I walked around the local recreation ground.

Happy Halloween to those who celebrate! 🎃 🕷 🕸

I got a Tate Gallery membership because there are Turner/Constable and Frida Khalo exhibitions coming over the next year.

It's time for some knitting. Can't show it as it's a Christmas present for my sister.

Very busy morning. Made my first batch of cinnamon rolls. Batch cooked spagbol sauce and chili. And frozen a couple of stew packs.

Ah we're nearing budget time. Time for banks, gambling companies, and the wealthy to begin crying about paying more taxes. Doubt any of them will. I forsee tax-free rate frozen, a rise in income tax (hopefully not the low rate) and refusal to remove the triple lock (should just go up with earnings).

My thoughts on this. 1) As cabinet leader, she is NOT the final say on all decisions, esp of this magnitude. The Cabinet is. 2)It's not about the people of Kent paying more tax. It's about the optics of their ability to govern and to impress Nigel.

Fresh yummy homemade knishes.🤗

Stand up on No Kings Day

This China stuff sure sounds like a good distraction from the Welsh Reform leader taking Russian money, and Tories who were cozy with the Russians...

We've tested the heating. All radiators are working now, thanks to our plumber neighbour! It pays to be friends with your neighbours. We've helped many of them out with bits and bobs before. So kind of them to help us out. 🤗

Do I, or dont I, buy the £200 bread maker. I love homemade bread. But mine never rises due to my shit cold house.

I'm sorry, I didn't realise calling someone rascist when they are, in fact, rascist was a street assault. But, a right whinger actually calling for death of the PM is totally cool, apparently. These people bore me.

If a Labour leader had been accepting bribes from Russia, it would been on the front pages of every paper for weeks (and quite rightly so). And yet apparently the BBC won't let us talk about Nathan Gill and Reform. It should be headline news everywhere.