Sunday is a hot one

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I'm very into country and beach life. I know 100% I couldn't live in a city, I'd struggle with the businesses. And I love to be surrounded by the beach and scenery.

However, since spending more time in London, I can totally see why people want to live in a city. It's just not for me.
 
Dry food is really high in carbs, which makes their blood sugar go up. Ideally he should be on the lowest carb food possible, which is something like Sheba fine flakes which he's on, but not liking in this heat.

He's on a special dry food for diabetes which should keep his blood glucose stable, but it still raises it.

It's really confusing. The vets are very pro prescription food, wet or dry, but the owners of diabetic cats who test daily are pro low carb wet.
But doesn't that depend what dry food you feed them on? We tend to buy more premium dry food, but cheaper (Whiskas/Felix etc - not the REALLY cheap stuff) as wet food. And then more expensive wet food as an occasional treat.
 
I do have pangs of guilt about what I feed them some times and if I should be buying even more expensive food.

Then I go back to blobbing about on the sofa stuffing my face with maoam pinballs and realising their diet is already better than mine anyway.
 
But doesn't that depend what dry food you feed them on? We tend to buy more premium dry food, but cheaper (Whiskas/Felix etc - not the REALLY cheap stuff) as wet food. And then more expensive wet food as an occasional treat.
It does, and heathcliff is on Hills WD which although high, it is slow release. But Sheba wet is something like 2% carbs, the Hills dry is 25%>.

Most dry food is at least 20%> apart from Thrive which is very low.

But, I'm still pro dry food in general. I noticed a massive difference in Heathcliffs teeth and breath when he was only on Sheba, it stunk and his teeth were covered in plaque. Now he's on dry as well it's much better.

Most vet prescribed dry food like Hills or Royal Canin definitely has more benefits than cheap wet food in healthy cats.
 
I just like the more expensive dry food because it makes them shit less and the shit smell less :)
 
The only thing I always worried about with dry only, and a male cat, is him getting a blocked bladder. So I always made sure I got a prescription food with an S/O index to stop crystals. Most cheaper dry foods doesn't have that.
 
We're very much still contemplating retirement options, but I know I wouldn't want to have spent my life until now at least anywhere other than a reasonable (at least) sized city.
Last week Mr. Bay said sth like "am really looking forward till we're retirees so we can properly move to the island for good" and it kind of shocked me cause am not sure how healthy it is for a man in his late 40s to be longing for the time he's 67 so he can retire.
 
Last week Mr. Bay said sth like "am really looking forward till we're retirees so we can properly move to the island for good" and it kind of shocked me cause am not sure how healthy it is for a man in his late 40s to be longing for the time he's 67 so he can retire.
"The island..."

Unless you're referring to the Isle of Wight I don't think you can call anywhere the island 😑
 
Last week Mr. Bay said sth like "am really looking forward till we're retirees so we can properly move to the island for good" and it kind of shocked me cause am not sure how healthy it is for a man in his late 40s to be longing for the time he's 67 so he can retire.
That's probably about the age I started seriously thinking about it. In my case Mr L is 7 years older than me, which I think probably made me think about it a little earlier than I otherwise would, though. I'm always conscious of his age more than mine really.
 
@lolly did I tell you Mandy and I booked our hotel for Bristol's Pride? It's in Cabot Circus or something 🤷🏻‍♀️ we have to get a shuttle bus to Clifton. I'm hoping we get to Bristol in time for the march.
 
@lolly did I tell you Mandy and I booked our hotel for Bristol's Pride? It's in Cabot Circus or something 🤷🏻‍♀️ we have to get a shuttle bus to Clifton. I'm hoping we get to Bristol in time for the march.
Cabot Circus is the main shopping centre, so you're very central. Is it the Future Inn? We've had training things there. It's very close to the start of the march - no more than a 10 minute walk. It is a bit more of a distance from where the festival is, but there are loads of buses that will be heading up that way.
 
Cabot Circus is the main shopping centre, so you're very central. Is it the Future Inn? We've had training things there. It's very close to the start of the march - no more than a 10 minute walk. It is a bit more of a distance from where the festival is, but there are loads of buses that will be heading up that way.
Yes that's the one! I think it had on site parking, although Mandy's worried the roads to it will all be closed by the time we get there 😬

Are you going to the festival bit or just the march?
 
Yes that's the one! I think it had on site parking, although Mandy's worried the roads to it will all be closed by the time we get there 😬

Are you going to the festival bit or just the march?
I think you'll be okay - it's not on the march route, and very close to the end of the M32, so you'll be coming from the other side.

I'm planning on doing both. But going somewhere for lunch on the way from one to the other. But that may depend on timings in terms of who is performing.
 
I think you'll be okay - it's not on the march route, and very close to the end of the M32, so you'll be coming from the other side.

I'm planning on doing both. But going somewhere for lunch on the way from one to the other. But that may depend on timings in terms of who is performing.
Excellent thank you, I'll let Mandy know.

I'm coming with my step sister as well. Very excited. We will have to meet up.
 
Excellent thank you, I'll let Mandy know.

I'm coming with my step sister as well. Very excited. We will have to meet up.
I assume from you saying that Mandy was worried about missing the start of it that you're travelling up in the morning?

I wouldn't worry TOO much about missing the very start when they all gather in Castle Park - last year I turned up about an hour after the start time and due to police controlling marchers exiting the park and the sheer number of people, they still hadn't all left. And then they march in a sort of loop to start off with - you can easily cut through and catch up or get ahead.

Last year was great weather, and I imagine if it's the same this year the march will only be even bigger. I get the sense of more buzz about it this year.
 
I assume from you saying that Mandy was worried about missing the start of it that you're travelling up in the morning?

I wouldn't worry TOO much about missing the very start when they all gather in Castle Park - last year I turned up about an hour after the start time and due to police controlling marchers exiting the park and the sheer number of people, they still hadn't all left. And then they march in a sort of loop to start off with - you can easily cut through and catch up or get ahead.

Last year was great weather, and I imagine if it's the same this year the march will only be even bigger. I get the sense of more buzz about it this year.
Well she was mostly worried she wouldn't get to park at all. I think we're on the 7.30am ferry so should be in Portsmouth for 8.30am. So hopefully we will get there in time.

I really hope it's good weather!

Mandys mostly excited about seeing Nadine 🤦🏻‍♀️
 
That's probably about the age I started seriously thinking about it. In my case Mr L is 7 years older than me, which I think probably made me think about it a little earlier than I otherwise would, though. I'm always conscious of his age more than mine really.
I think what got me worried is that saying that could have meant that he may be unhappy with our current life. Which probably makes some sense cause we work different hours and i guess he gets bored alone. Maybe i need to find ways so that he gets to enjoy our present time together more. 🤷‍♂️
 
I think what got me worried is that saying that could have meant that he may be unhappy with our current life. Which probably makes some sense cause we work different hours and i guess he gets bored alone. Maybe i need to find ways so that he gets to enjoy our present time together more. 🤷‍♂️
Do you get much time off together?
 
Mostly weekends, but i may need to make more of whatever time we have together in the working week.
Mandy and I have started to make a real effort to at least have one day off a week together since we've had the shop. And we make sure we go out and do stuff on that day, walks, meals out etc. And now the evenings are lighter if we are at work we will do something after.

Definitely try and do stuff together!
 

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