O/S Daily Tuesday 19th August

taplady

morning all! am off to work soon and doing a sleep-in so wont be about much now till Thursday!

sistercas and PP - hope the hospital appointments go ok xx

Pixie - (((hugs))) to your DS x

joannasmum - hope the sun shines for you!

Catowen and Mrs_Mix:hello: :hello:

went to see Mamma Mia last night with DS and 2 of his friends. It was absolutely brilliant - :T :T :T the cinema was packed.I shall probably singing Abba all day now!:D

DS is going to do a days work today for one of his old teachers to earn some cash as he's off to Devon for a week Thurday to stop with a friend who has just moved there- thats after he gets his GCSE results!fingers crossed for him!

hope you all have a lovely day

take care x

Dumyat

floss2 ian rankin was on iplayer, I was going to watch it, but when I checked there it has been removed. really annoying how they remove them after only 7 days. Hairy bakers is there,...recommend watching any who missed it. hand made lots of bread including nan bread.

yesterday had a wander round shops, and have ordered from M&S sale online. got a few t shirts etc, nothing exciting just basic everyday stuff...and quidco has tracked it
today its raining, was going to look at cars but trailing round forecourts in the rain is no good. might have a look at suites instead, at least thats indoors.

hope everyone has a good day. excellent news jackieO, nice to see you back pen pin good luck at hospital, pixie hope son is ok.....now my memory has failed me. have a hug anyone who I have missed out..

jannyannie

Morning all

Must stop getting up so late, doesn't help when OH came to bed and kept me awake in the early hours with his snoring:mad: . It's very windy here but no rain, so I shall put the sheets out in a mo. Am at work later so I need to do my suppper in a mo.

WELCOME Judi24, you'l find lots of ideas here.

HUGS to all who want one.

WANNABEE SYBIL I really hope you and your DS got some sleep, at times like this it's so hard to be a good Mum.

Will do some tidying before i go to work, however OH is on holiday for the next two weeks, so hopefully he will get off his rearend and do some of it:rolleyes: .

Have a good day all

Jan :A xxxx

Pippa.S

:hello: Mornin
(((hugs))) for all who feel the need today

Just a quickie today as off to mums in a bit to do her HW and general tidying up, no shopping for her today as sis came up from Gloucester on Saturday and took her to MrM`s. OH gone over to his mums to sort her flat out and do the cleaning,Well downstairs dusted and vac`d,bed made, bathroom cleaned and utility room done. So 1/2 hr on here then jump in the car and over to mums (perhaps jump is`nt the right word,more gently ease myself in):rotfl:

Aussie ooo dont you just love cruising....:cool: but better stay away from chocoholics night yummm,I never knew they could do so much with chocolate:D

Sybil hows little bear today?

Beth your poor hands, and no you dont moan, no-one does on here, just let it all out if you want to, we are good listeners:A

Haribo speedboat wow how good is that enjoy:cool:

sistercas and Penny Pincher hope all goes well for you today

joannasmum have a nice break hope the weather is kind to you.

mioliere your boob is FAMOUS perhaps we could have a sneak preview before the comp....:rotfl:

better go
Anne
x

KAAT_LADY

VickyA wrote: »

Good morning everyone :hello:


I've got a few books listed on Readitswapit and two people have requested a swap for the same book. I don't know which book to choose to swap it with, if at all.

Vicky x

THANKS FOR THIS VickyA,,I have signed up as I have a lot of books I wouldnt mind swapping

Ann xx

mummysaver

Good morning all!

Betheebee - hope your hands feel better today. I never feel like you're moaning, I'm usually in awe of all the things that you seem to be doing!

Kaat - big hugs to you.

wannabe_sybil

Little bear did not have a good night.

But he is much brighter today, and was chuckling madly at the television earlier. I think he was making up his own jokes, because I have no idea what was so funny, but he was happy. From the sound of it he is currently tunnelling in his playpen.

I mentioned on last nights thread that he was woken by someone coming to 'borrow' nappies. I don't think he was that deeply asleep, because once upon a time when he was tiny and I was sleeping in the same room I could move around, knock things over, read books and all sorts without disturbing him.

Tonight I am using up grills to free up the freezer for more sensible, OS items, so it is lamb grills and mashed potatoes with some fresh rosemary from the garden. I am also going (little bear permitting) to soften some onions and peppers (peppers need using up) and stir in some tomato puree for the veg. Or use frozen peas.

To do today -

• Find the living room floor
• IRONING
• Make some biscuits

Little bear has unpacked all his books from the box where he put them and carefully placed them all over the living room floor with an emphatic 'Dee' or 'Geh' at each book. He knew what he meant.

Now little bear is quiet and happy in his playpen I am going to ask a neighbour to keep an ear on him and I will pop to the shops for the requisite potatoes. I always feel that leaving my child in a safe, warm playpen with lots of toys next to a baby monitor which is being closely listened to by a neighbour with six children and three grandchildren and brilliant with all of them is so neglectful. Little bear loves the neighbour and trusts them so should anything happen in the maximum of ten minutes I am out it will be fine. I keep trying to put it in perspective, but five minutes away from the house with someone else listening to the monitor at the moment is a huge sanity saver and a massive guilt trip.

I need to buck up.

The book swap sounds a really good idea, but I have to say that at the moment I am only managing to read a few pages at a time, then the next time I want to read I either can't remember how the story started so I have to start the book again or I can't remember where I left the book so I have to start another book. I think that is another item on the list of 'things to do when little bear is a bit older'.

Hugs to all

Sunnyday

Morning peeps :wave:

This is our last day without water (inside) so hopefully things will be back to normal tomorrow, i hate having no water but the maintainance must be done i suppose :rolleyes:
Outside is a different story as it is absolutely lashing it down again, i`m hoping for a break so that i can walk the houndies before i go to w*rk but at the moment it`s not looking like there will be one, i relented yesterday and took them out before DH got home as the young houndie was practically bouncing off the walls lol, she is so funny:D
I try not do take them out until it stops as the oldie gets a bit off when he has had a soaking but it wasn`t too bad. The microfibre doggie towels that i found in the pound shop are great! quick and easy to towel the houndies down as they are much more absorbant and they dry really quickly too, i was going to cut them up as one would easily make 6 dusters but i think i`ll leave them as they are, this will mean less washing as towels are so much bulkier.

Dinner tonight will be beef stew and i have defrosted some spicy carrot & onion soup for lunch, given the weather i`m looking forward to that more than usual. There is a ham hock defrosting in the kitchen and some rump steak that i found in the freezer that we can have tomorrow, i haven`t really decided what to do with the hock though but i will save the stock for soup.

I really need to get my act together with the GC as i`ve not posted on there since i started it this month, i have an enormous envelope stuffed with reciepts so i need to sit down and work everything out, i need to do this soon so that i know what we can spend this weekend and i also need to cut some more corners as eventually the price of the remoska has to come out of the grocery budget as there`s nowhere else to pinch it from :eek:

Next door have a joinery van parked on their drive and i can hear lots of tapping, i think i`ll be popping round to ask if they can recommend the person when they`ve had the work done as we desperately need a joiner, quite novel too as the name on the van is "Sues Joinery" so i hope that this is someone that we can use. Our last joiner did marvellous work but let us down badly not turning up and he seemed to have a bit of a drinking problem:rolleyes:
The last straw was when he failed to turn up the day before the plasterer and he left us in a right state as the woodwork had to be done before the plasterer could start, i was hopping mad.

I think that i`ve rambled enough now;) so i`ll go and stare at the rain, have a good day everyone.
SD

wannabe_sybil

mummysaver wrote: »

Good morning all!

Betheebee - hope your hands feel better today. I never feel like you're moaning, I'm usually in awe of all the things that you seem to be doing!

Kaat - big hugs to you.

Betheebee - I am also very much in awe of you. I wouldn't know where to start with any of the things you have mentioned except the curtains, and that is a little hit and miss. I am very impressed.

sistercas

just wanted to say what a lovely bunch you all on here :happyhear I love reading this thread:D