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Hi Purplemunchkin - I will go and have a look at the survey this afternoon, but I was wondering if I could ask you - I picked up a Carers form from my GP last week but haven't had the nerve to fill it in yet! I don't want to set in motion so huge train of events that I then can't stop. What...

Oh I'm so glad you posted this - I've been looking in the mirror this year and thinking God you look old! I had a bad year last year, loosing my Dad, caring for my mum as a result plus loosing other friends and family members before their time. I figure it has to have taken a toll. I've...

A belated and massive thank you to my KK - I have baked my minty chocolate balls in to cookies already (well - the ones that weren't eaten) and I have worn my beautiful earrings. Thank you so very much x

I'm a Supporter rather than a Sufferer so I hope you don't mind me chipping in... I'd hazard a guess that you are voicing a lot of people's inner dream! We (Husband and I) always talk about the Winnebago that we're going to buy (yeah right!) and leave the world behind... On a serious note - yes...

Just thinking aloud, but the only way you would "become the abuser" is if you purposefully slapped his arm to provoke a PTSD reaction. I personally think what you did was reach the end of your tether and snapped. Ok it wasn't the best thing you could have done, but providing it was done in all...

Hi Glara - I think you could have described a lot of Supporters in your thread. I guess I was lucky in that I was already married to Husband when he had his breakdown / was eventually diagnosed so we had already "started that chapter" so to speak. But - I do know what you mean about not having...

Hello all - I've wondered about posting in this section for a few months now but I kept thinking this phase would pass. We lost my dad in June. He wasn't poorly - or at least he didn't know he was. He was 69 and was due to retire in 10 weeks on his 70th birthday in September. The thing is, it...

Thank you Sheila - that has made me smile. I lost my dad in June - he was my everything. On the way to the funeral my mum told me that she was saying her prayers in bed (I had no idea she did that) and suddenly there was a bright white light in the corner of the room. She said she blinked...

Ooooh! Ghostbusters!!!! I love that film...! Nightmare before Christmas is a brilliant suggestion - but unfortunately I bought it a few Christmases ago and Husband had a really bad time just before we sat down to watch it. I used to love it, but now it just reminds me of that evening - he'd...

Ok, so my last year's new year's resolution was to celebrate the holidays. Christmas is going to be a bit of a bummer this year but I still love Halloween. I've already planned to make Pumpkin Chilli and bought pumpkin fairy lights! :p What I need now is a movie. I don't want a horror movie or...

Received! :inlove: I all the excitement of finding, buying and sending one I'd completely forgotten to expect one in return!!!!!

Sent! :)

Hello Sighs - I'd say you pretty much summed up my life too - so you're certainly not the only one! x

I'm in!

I'd really like a Clinique Chubby Stick!

Oh... just catching up on this thread - all that beautiful make up! All those names I'd love to try!!!! I would love, love, LOVE and Urban Decay Naked pallet! And a Nars lip gloss. You're NEVER too old for lip gloss!!!! :)

Can I add another...? Haven - I LOVE it! The place is stunningly beautiful (I think it's filmed in Alaska rather than New England where it's set), the stories are gentle but intriguing - and I want to be Audrey!!!

My boss once made me laugh - she said that she is a member of the "Bad Grandma Club" because she and her friends all sit and drink tea and compare stories about how badly their grandchildren are being brought up - she once told me that her grandson's favourite tv programme was the 10:00pm...

Hello - I can't comment on your medication, or its effects, but what I can say is that when I was at school and college and didn't need to set an alarm I would wake naturally after 11 hours sleep. It's been a long time since I didn't set an alarm! But on the rate occassions I don't have to I...

Chocolate and marshmallow? Genius!!!! My list for next year is getting longer and longer! Thank you also for the explanation - religion is very confusing. Especially Easter being a movable feast!

Technically it's called Shrove Tuesday and is the day before Lent begins - apparently it was a way of using all the rich ingredients you weren't supposed to use for the next 40 days (is Lent 40 days?!) and now it's an excuse for a pig out!!!!

Wow Tillybee - a lady after my own heart! I have settled on... Mushroom and spinach crepes for starters Butternut squash, chickpea and blue cheese "lasagne" pancakes for main (you layer the filling with pancakes and bake like a lasagne) Buttermilk pancakes with blueberries and maple syrup for...

Thank you so much guys - so many great ideas!!! I wonder if it's wrong to have Pancake Week instead of Pancake Day...? :)

Ok, so my new year's resolution was to make the most of celebrations... and in the UK it's Pancake Day on Tuesday. It was saying on the television this morning that the US doesn't have a pancake day - but I know you have pancakes, so... Ideas please!!!! Ideally I'd like to do a starter...

This is going to be a bit of a general answer, but I have found that my Husband has general abandonment fears and belief that everyone is either out to get him or the world is conspiring against him. In small doeses I'd say these are normal - but not to the extent he can take them and I can see...