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Health Update

Had my first diabetic review at my new gp surgery and everything checked out just fine!

Cholesterol down to 3

Liver function back to normal

I just have to keep a record of my glucose levels for a week and have a phone chat to discuss my medication

So ... apart from my old complaining back and squatter .... I'm doing just great!

#health update

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Check food labels VERY carefully

And don't believe them when they say 'spicy'

Yep, that GIF pretty much summed up what happened the other day

#extra spicy food

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Just a test post

#anyone else having issues posting?

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Call me bonkers, but I imagine Virgil in a Mountie uniform

I'm not trying to break anyone's heart or anything.

But have you ever really studied Fraser's face in the scenes where he hits Ray back and Ray ends the partnership?

Because it hurts.

Here's just before hitting Ray

It doesn't get any better after that

Another Important Person leaving.. why do they keep doing that to him?

And his face here.. :'((

I see watery eyes, but that might be the city lights and the lake they call Michigan.

But I know when I do that stare, I probably need to find a restroom to have a good sob.

We know this has a happy ending. Yay!

Look at Fraser's face when Ray wants to solve one more case with him.

That's one hopeful Mountie.

#due south #benton fraser #virgil tracy

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(for the purposes of this poll, there is no monkey's paw situation: the chore you pick stays the same level of difficulty/grossness/etc. as it normally is for you, and you only have to do it as often as you want to. the chores you don't pick are magically done for you exactly the way you'd want them to be, just with zero effort on your part.)

#taking out the trash #hate dustin as there are too many knick knacks around the house #i dont mind emptying the bins

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It'll soon be May. And you know what that means ....

MerMay!

Maybe, if I've got time,I'll create new mermaids, but in the meantime I'll rehash my old ones

#mermay

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A little moan

Not having a good day

Under the cut

Suffering from severe back pain but that's not the start of it.

Was rudely woken up during the night by hubby who loudly complained about the clean laundry and dirty laundry.

I hadn't gotten around to putting the clean away - heck, it's only been 2 days. And he dropped his dirty laundry on the floor where I could trip over it. So I moved it to the side of the clean laundry - which btw, I can still trip over.

Because of all the medical equipment belonging to hubby, I've had to do some serious rearranging of stuff. And our house is small to begin with. Those make it even smaller.

He suggested putting clean laundry basket in spare room.

Yeah, try doing that. I've got to push a commode away, negotiate two doors and find some space in the already cramped room. While holding a basket of clothes and towels

I've got to arrange a taxi service for Wednesday to take both of us out of town to a funeral/cremation service, then organise another one to the wake afterwards.

In another town.

Before trying to find our way back home

Me

Why?

Because my useless hubby hasn't a bloody clue how to even phone for a taxi.

And he has the bloody cheek to tell people that I 'have issues'

That's MY business to tell people NOT his

#moaning monday

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I thought I'd dust this one off and reblog it

From the Mouths of Children

Aka don't discuss anything within the earshot of EOS

Scott caught John nursing a mug of coffee in the kitchen and raised an eyebrow.

John never drinks coffee, so this must be bad.

"Sup Johnny? Something on your mind?"

Definitely something bad, since he didn't have his usual comeback about his nickname. Instead, he pushed the laptop towards his older brother. The background picture was that of a dinosaur fossil. And an empty chair.

"Hey ... your presentation," Scott replied, sitting down next to him, "isn't that supposed to be today? ... with ..."

"Mr Pleasant. Yeah."

Astronomy might be John's speciality but Paleontology was his on and off hobby. Had been since he was a little kid and discovered Jurassic Park in his grandmother's archives. He watched it avidly and raided the library for more information.

Just so that he could point out all the inaccuracies. He even wrote and published a paper during his college years. It caught the eye of many professors - including Mr Bronson Pleasant.

Despite the man's surname, he was far from 'pleasant'. According to students, he was an old blow hard that delights in making his students feel inferior.

"Couldn't you meet in person?"

John rolled his eyes.

"Think about it Scott," he replied flatly, "considering our jobs, that's not exactly gonna be convenient."

So a video link it was.

That was an hour ago.

"So ... where is he? I thought these things last an hour or so."

John pinched his nose and sighed.

"They are supposed to ..."

"... but ... I feel a but coming on here..."

"EOS got involved."

"Ah ... what?"

"Gordon caught me before the video call and asked if I was okay. Told him I was nervous and I let it slip, my innermost opinions on the old know-it-all."

Scott waited, taking a sip from his own coffee and pushed a plate of shop bought cookies towards John.

"I forgot that I'd left the comms on for EOS ... and she heard everything."

He took a cookie and nibbled it thoughtfully.

"As soon as his face appeared, she grilled him mercilessly, before telling him that he was wrong ... an old blowhard and extremely unpleasant, before saying she didn't like him at all and he should crawl into the hole he just crawled out of. ... before shutting him down. By the time I got back in ... this ..."

He pointed at the screen.

"... is what I have."

A slurp of coffee and another bite of the cookie.

"Oh, and this ..."

He handed his phone over. The inbox was full. A whole bunch of students of all ages, congratulating his 'kid sister' for speaking out and giving the man a few home truths.

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Inspired by my own hair issues

Taming of the Curl

He stared in the mirror and sighed.

There was one spot on his head, near to the front, where a chunk of hair just wouldn't behave itself. Especially after a shower.

It just ... stuck out and refused to cooperate, no matter what he did.

A little water to tame it?

Nope

A comb ran vigorously through the wet hair

Heck no.

This ... was a renegade clump of hair, determined to ruin his brand new look.

Searching through his stash, he discovered that he'd ran out of hair gel and grandma was still working on the shopping list.

He couldn't go out looking like this, one stubborn curl sticking out like a ducks butt.

One thing for it.

He'd have to pinch some of Scott's industrial hair gel. That stuff was like nanocrete. Once on, it would stay there - permanently

Oh well

Yes, his original hairstyle was ... unique. But it took a lot of time and effort to make it look good. All those stubborn curls needed to be put into place.

So, it was time for a new look

Whilst he was sighing and frowning over that one particularly challenging curl, he didn't hear - or see for that matter - his bathroom door opening.

So he jumped when a hand came into his view, with a can of hair mousse.

"You can borrow mine ... if you want."

He blinked and looked at Kayo, surprised that she actually uses any sort of hair product. Especially a well known brand.

"That's if you don't mind smelling like a delicate flower," she shrugged with a devilish smirk, "I won't tell if you don't."

She popped the lid and pressed a blob of white fluffy mousse into her hand. The size of a small tangerine and waited.

"Your choice. This .... or that stuff that Scott uses that will never come out."

"Er."

She touched the errant curl with her free hand, he flushed brightly.

"O-kay ..." he said eventually, "but don't let Gordon get wind of this."

"Don't worry, he won't. I'm good at keeping secrets. Can I?"

He blinked momentarily then nodded.

She scooped some of the mousse and applied it gently, tugging the curl upwards and into the cockscomb spike he used to have. It obeyed her deft fingers and slotted into place.

He was surprised.

"How ... how did you do that?"

"A woman's touch. Besides, you've got to work with how your hair grows and moves.."

Her fingers moved so delicately through his hair, tweaking and cajoling each section.

"There, all done."

She stepped back and let him admire her work.

"I don't know what you were trying to do, but I like this style so much better. It suits your face shape."

She rinsed her hands, and turned to leave, pausing at the door.

"Besides," she said with a wink, "your helmet is designed around that style. Brains would have a field day trying to redesign protective headgear for you."

She waggled the canister in her hand.

"Just in case Gordon starts snooping around."

"Thanks Kayo."

"No problem, no problem at all ... Virgil."

And she was gone. He looked back at his own reflection and admired her handiwork.

Yep, she was right. It did suit him, and ... well ... serves him right for trying something new and radical.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

He's better off talking to Brains about new concepts and experimenting different styles when he had time to paint

#thunderbirds are go #virgil tracy #kayo/tanusha kyrano #hair can be a menace at times

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Happy birthday! Glad you had a great time

One of many photos and videos taken yesterday during my birthday celebrations.

A massive thank you to everyone that came along the course of the day, as well as all of the lovely well-wishes from all over the world, and the lovely gifts 🥰🥰🥰

Well, I guess I should finally embrace my first steps onto the 40s 😅🙈

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it's funny, I was talking to someone last night who didn't really know what an illustrator was. so when I introduced myself as one, he gave a speech that would've probably gone over well with a gallery artist, but which was precision-tailored to make any illustrator within a 50 mile radius go into eyes-glowing-red kill mode.

his speech was about how there is a difference between craft and art, and how people can practice craft (as in, skillfully execute a painting) without it having any artistic merit.

so I'm someone who gets paid to paint waffles for restaurant menus and dinosaurs for museums exhibits, and AHHHHHH! AHHHHHHH! you can't make art without it being something something you've made. does that make sense? like every illustrator I know has an individual way of approaching any given imagery that is informed by a lifetime of inspiration, and of passive intake of culture, and of the specific mistakes they make because of whatever their particular mass of grey matter deems as important thing to render or unimportant, just fuck it up.

I can make something that is informed by both a century of Canadian print-making and by my own particular neurosis, and it can also be commissioned commercial imagery that I regurgitate without care because I want to pay my mortgage. everything is art, nothing isn't art, art is something sticky and impossible to shake off of you.

anyway he got very wide-eyed and said "I'm sorry if I offended you," so today I feel a bit bad for having gotten so, uh.... excited.

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Reblogging to main

Regency AU WIP

I'll finish this off a bit later on. But here's the initial sketch

#regency au

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how?? just how?

#amaury guichon #the chocolate guy #a flamingo!

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Resting up right now, as my back is seriously playing up and the painkillers are starting to wear off a wee bit too soon for my liking.

This happened after standing waiting for almost an hour for a taxi yesterday, not with pushing and pulling heavy weights around *coughhaulinghubbyslazyarsearoundcough*

So yeah, it's a grit your teeth and bear it day today

Thank goodness I've got nothing planned

#personal moan

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#happy moehanga day

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So we all know that Tumblr is US-centric. But to what degree? (and can we skew the results of this poll by posting it at a time where they should be asleep?)

Reblog to increase sample size!

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Well ... he had to have another dressing put on because he bounced around like a kangaroo when they took the other one off to check it.

And it has a little infection in it.

I've got to go back on Monday to get it checked out.

They suggested getting a bootee, so that he doesn't lick at it once the dressing is off.

So ... he doesn't have to wear the dreaded cone of shame.

I've ordered a set of bootees and saw a doughnut shaped collar but decided ... nah.

#tommy update