food glitches

Well I am back.
I havent actually been away but I was indisposed with a food intolerance thingummy and had to go through the elimination process to discover what it was.
It appears to be both Spuds and Milk.

Having eliminated the two completely, I feel much more my old self.
In fact ,I feel more my young self.

The other good thing about it is, my weight has improved.
I wasn't massively OVER weight but had begun to notice that nothing was keeping me trim as it used to.  Bloating and water retention were the culprits.

I still jump rope 2 or three times a week and that and a couple of walks into town used to be ample exercise for keeping  fit but this last few months it was getting less and less effective.

I think the milk allergy may always have been there.
I fully remember my behaviour panning out over the long summer holidays which was most likely caused by the lack of the daily bottle of free school milk.
We ate very little cheese and butter and mostly drank water but of course milk is in so many things anyway. 
By the time I was a teen, I was drinking copious amounts of tea with milk and 3 sugars so I think that probably took the place of the knock on effects of school milk once I was out of the junior school.


Both my brother and I suffered many ear infections as kids and both had and still have allergy shiners.
I also had a bed wetting problem which went on longer than it should.
I just couldn't predict when it would happen and spent many worrying mornings discovering the awful truth and having to admit it to mum.
Bro is unlikely to do anything about discovering if he has the same allergy.
He just wants a quiet simple life and to be left in peace.
Sis has lots of allergies but I never heard her mention milk.

I did go wheat free for a few weeks to see if it was that but it seems not.

Cutting out the milk means also doing without cheese,many margarine type spreads, yoghurt, chocolate ,butter,many shop biscuits and cakes,even some gravy powders.
Luckily there are many work arounds and I am a good learner.

The spud thing is a surprise to me and was initially more disappointing but actually I am finding that is not so bad either and I have discovered sweet potatoes which are yummy and okay.
The men dont care,neither likes potato.

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Musically we have both been learning our instruments and practicing with them.
I can now do a few tunes with only a bit of squeaking and double stopping where I shouldn't.

OH bought a music stand for us so we can play without having to keep catching the music as it slides down or flops off a prop.
 Having it at eye line helps too to keep the bow angle right.

OH is now quite good with his guitar.
I am less diligent with mine ,I am practicing more with the violin.

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The poor old garden has suffered this year.
I started to chop down the brush with a brand new brush cutter only to have it die on me.
It has taken 2 weeks to get the seller to come and get it so I can be reimbursed.
I will be, I am determined that he will not find a reason to deny me a refund.
I think it was the first time in ages that I have had to go to the resolution center and argue for my rights  on ebay.

It is very strange but some sellers seem to think they are invisible.
I mean ,not that they cant be seen but that their actions and words are secret.
This sellers first reaction when I wrote and told him some of the parts were not right(obviously  replaced with the wrong things so the new item was not what it said), was complete silence.

2 days later I pointed it out again and then when I finally got a chance to use the machine when it wasn't raining, I had to tell him that it didn't work.

He seemed surprised that I was impatient for an answer and  said it was because he had so many queries and messages to get through.

 He said he would collect it and refund.
I waited in and he didnt turn up,well no one did.

I told him he hadnt sent anyone and he apologised and arranged to come.
I waited in and he didnt turn up,well no one did AGAIN.

So,instead of getting very shirty with him,I went into the resolution center and asked him to collect and refund , pointing out that he had twice lied about doing so .

He offered to let me send it at my own expense in 2 days from his message which was not sent until after mid day.

I wrote again and said that the law stated that I should not be out of pocket for a faulty item and he said he would collect it.

A courier finally came and got it . 3rd time lucky?

I took quite a lot of proof photos of the machine in case he is in any doubt about refunding me once he has it.

While his and my messages have been civil, his do scream of back pedaling and lying. I dont think he realises that the resolution team can read the lot.

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I finally finished reading the Game of Thrones.
Such a gripping read.
My favourite character is Aria Stark.
Cant wait till he writes the next one now.
We have watched 2 of the series on TV and find them very sleazy compared with the books.
There is some mild bedroom stuff in the novels but not the pornographical spectacles of the TV series.
Honestly do they think people are that nasty minded or are they just pandering to the imagines masses.
If that sort of thing was not depicted as normal  on TV, it would not be thought about as normal off screen either.

It is just like the old TV series in which every couple would be desperate to disrobe and go at it.

Come on ,life is more than just rutting .
Leaving things to the imagination is so much more respectful.