OS Daily Tuesday 2nd September 2008

mioliere

Happy Birthday to Master Mix!

Congrats to Pooky's DH on how good the new job is!

AnnieB - great the the BP has gone down. Well done!

Mummysaver - I suggest you go back to bed! You sound dangerous today!

(((Hugs))) to Dorry.

Thanks for the good luck wishes for DS2 - he will know by this time next week whether has got the new position at work. Will be keeping my fingers crossed!

Still talking about OS and thinking of RedRuby's post - my last job was so stressful and everything was suffering because I was so tired and grumpy when I wasn't there and seething with resentment when I was. It was my DH who said one day 'Oh, for God's sake, give the b****y job up and let's get the old Kathy back, I don't care about the loss of income!'. DS2 was still living at home then and he agreed with this Dad so, the next day I handed in my notice. My boss wouldn't accept it until my third attempt and promised me all sorts of improvements, but it was when I had had three lovely weeks on holiday and returned to work and was seething as soon as I walked back in to the place that I knew it had had the best it was going to get from me! Our income has taken a knock, especially with DH being self-employed; my earnings were regular and his aren't so that in itself caused problems but, after taking six months off to 'loll around' as DH insisted, I started becoming far more organised in an OS way, joined this wonderful site and started finding work that I could do from home. I still don't earn as much but I am making great savings on the household expenditure, we are living a better if poorer but happier life and my DH is more than happy to work his socks off and come home to a more contented wife! Even DS2 says he loves the thought that I am a SAHM even though he has left home! I also get valuable time with the grandchildren and can do more with them plus I am on hand for them in emergencies. (Don't I ever stop typing?!!)

Well, I'm glad oop norf is getting some decent weather because it's c****y darn sarf here. Windy and still gloomy but the rain has stopped - now i have to decide whether to peg the washing out.

Well, I think I'll have some cheese on toast for lunch. See you all later.

KathyXX

wannabe_sybil

Good afternoon everyone.

Redruby - just a thought. You are struggling to get oxygen into your system and oxygen is as important a fuel as you can get. You could not expect to do lots and lots if you couldn't eat, and you can't expect to lots and lots without oxygen. I think you may have to rest. My main fuels are milky tea and chocolate.

The Health Visitors thought little bear was fine. He is actually having a nap today. Yesterday was absolutely dreadful - he just cried and cried and cried. Apparently it's a phase and there is a chance that he is having nightmares.

I didn't discuss much about my own situation as there was this huge open door just behind me and I felt a bit uncomfortable knowing that anyone could hear what I was confessing. I do have an appointment with the GP next Tuesday, so I can discuss things properly then.

Dear heart is still exhausted. I haven't broken the news about all the home repairs that I am getting sorted out. It is costing a great deal of money, but if the pointing is coming away from the bricks near ground level, and you are emptying a big dehumidifier twice a day, it really is a time for getting things sorted out. For years I have just assumed that he was the one who knew best. Looking back, I'm not exactly sure where I got that idea...

I have to get the cottage pie made today, as it is the last day I feel comfortable using up the beef cooked on Saturday. The Remoska was delivered yesterday, and will sit next to the Tefal thingy. So tonight, if I can work out how and little bear permits, we will have cottage pie cooked in the Remoska and tomorrow we will have lamb casserole in the slow cooker part of the thingy tomorrow -the recipe suggests layering potatoes then onion then apple then lamb mixed with raisins then apple then onion then potato. I wish I could remember which cook book I saw it in.

Dear heart, bless him, brought in fish & chips last night.

I want to be more OS - I joined in here as it is aspirational for me, and doing more will be exceedingly good for me. Isn't there something about increasing the number of footsteps you take in a day to help your heart? There are so many initiatives nowadays that I lose track. Besides, it just seems the most logical way of doing things.

Must dash now as I have the last batch of leaflets to fold!

scuzz

Hello Everyone

I'm off work sick today. Don't know what's caused it, think it could be one of those 24 hour things.

Having a serious think about my life today. I've decided I seem to be a spectator in mine, rather than a participant. Think this might have been brought on as most of my school friends are getting married and have a family, where as I'm still alone, working the clock round. Also think my birthday this year is daunting me a bit. It's not a huge one, but always thought I'd have done more by the time I go there. Two months to go until that day!

Mum and I are going to look into making jewellery when we get back from holiday, so hopefully that might lead to something.

Weather is appauling here today. Think we've got the weather we were meant to have on Sunday.

Washing up has been done this morning but nothing much else has been done.

Hope everyone's ok and hugs to those who need them

joanneinwonderland

Bit of a lurker here and not posted on this board before (don't think I'm OS enough although I do try!)

anyways making a tomato and pepper soup and it's finished although somethign is missing......i forgot to put in a blooming onion (can you tell I'm new to this cooking malarkay!! Everything starts with an onion!)

anyways the soup tastes ok possibly a bit of salt but I'll add that when i eat it. do you think I should just forget the onion or stick ne in and cook it off now?

Feel so stupid!!

dry and sunn just now in aberdeen but I can see a big cloud creeping over so not for much longer boo!!

hi to all and thanks in advance!!

xxx Joanne

Larumbelle

Mummysaver, my mother did the same thing to me and my sister when we were kids. She only had to do it once, mind you. She told us if we had too much stuff to keep our rooms tidy we'd have to get rid of some; the stuff she scooped from the floor was obviously the stuff we valued least. Cue frantic tidying, lots of voluntary donations to the charity shop and promises NEVER to let our room get messy again. And actually, we developed a Saturday morning tradition of tidying the room together that lasted until I left home. The idea of having too many possessions if you couldn't find a home for them all stuck and once every few months we'd take a bag or two down to the charity shop of our own accord. I used to get a real kick out of seeing our pre-loved stuff on sale and even more of a kick when it went off sale and had found a new home I and I still feel that way now, though I have fewer possesions to dispose of these days! It's a lesson that needs to be learnt one way or another. I remember reading a kids story once as well, about some kid who breaks her favourite toy becuase she stood on it when her room was a mess. She learnt to value and take care of her stuff. I can't remember what it's called now, but it had a profound effect on me!

And what is evil is that I have accidentally used sort of the same strategy to get Dave to sort his fishing gear out! It is all kept in the porch cupboard, but it gradually took over the porch itself and then the hall. Then we got a leak in the porch roof, and I had to get everything out of the way in a hurry for the landlord to come and sort it out. When OH came home from work to see all his fishing gear piled up outside he thought I'd carried out my oft-uttered threat to get rid of it all. He keeps his stuff tidy now too :rotfl:

Sorry to lower the mood but I have just seen something horrible at Tesco and need to get it out of my system. A kid was whining, as kids do, and her mum hit her good and proper three times, the kid was screaming and you could see a handmark across her face, and without thinking I went rushing over to try and pull this woman away. Another customer did too - I'm not a busybody but she properly beat her kid! Before I got to her she turned and started shouting 'what the f:eek:k are you staring at? What the f:eek:k has this got to do with you' and some other stuff and I thought she was going to smack me too. Then a security guard and two members of staff came running over. CS were lovely it has to be said, they took me and this other customer off to have a cup of tea in the cafe and said they had contacted the police as that was their policy for any kind of assault or act of child cruelty, and that sadly it's not that uncommon. I know that - I've seen it happen there before, though I didn't feel so involved that time. The security guard had seen it all on the CCTV. And I know there's nothing I could have realistically done but I still keep thinking there has to be something unrealistic. I have no idea what happened after that. So anyway, the tesco lady got my name and address and phone number in case they decide to do anything about it. I am a little bit in shock now, and can't help wondering if the kiddy's life is like that all the time, or if that woman just snapped and is going to regret it for the rest of her life. My parents both had violent tempers with us kids and I know it haunts them. Well, it always did even straight afterwards, until the next time, but now I know my father in particular tortures himself about not learning to control his temper sooner. And Dave once - just once - hit me during a row, and it has never left him. He was convinced he was going to turn into his father, and every time domestic violence gets mentioned in any context he gets all down and goes on about how sorry he is. So I know it's not as clean-cut as it first seems but I can't help thinking about what happened and why it happened and what's going to happen to them now. Am I just being a drama queen?

elona

Joanne

If you have a microwave you could "cheat" and chop up an onion and cook it in the micro for a few minutes then add it to the soup.

Money_saving_Diva_2

Silver charming - no you are not being a drama queen. Just reading your post upset me too. My mother had a temper and I used to creep in from school never knowing what sort of mood she would be in and when I see something like you just did, it brings back bad memories and I know you must have felt so helpless because whatever happens to that child, you cannot change his/her experiences so far. All you can do is feel proud of yourself for going over there and trying to help - a lot of people wouldn't have, which is a sad indictment of our society these days.

*hugs* honey

Diva.x

meanmarie

Afternoon all,

Came down this morning to a pool of water on top of washing machine, little pools in several places on floor and lots of drops waiting to fall from ceiling, when builder arrived it turned out that one of the old pipes had pinhole in it and water was gathering on top of the (now sodden) kitchen ceiling...so some of the ceiling has had to come down, pipes are having to be replaced and the cost of this kitchen refit is soaring....co-incidental that it happened now, nothing of the work done yesterday went near piping, so at least it is not coming down on top of my newly fitted kitchen!

Thank you for the lovely post Silvercharming....OS does make sense if it is a little tiring sometimes, I am much happier since I retired last year and really find that I can stretch the money much better than when I was at work.

Lynseyanne...ouch!

Hugs to all not feeling well, needing or wanting one and congratulations to all who are celebrating.

Marie

Larumbelle

Joanne, if it tastes okay, I would just eat it, nobody else will know it isn't exactly as planned

Scuzz :grouphug: hope you feel better soon. What the CPN has told me and it helps me, is to remember that life is already happening, the mythical perfect life is never going to start happening. Don't judge yourself by what you 'should' have done or be doing, but what you want to do and whether life makes you happy. You just need to start taking the tiny steps today that will help you to get to where you want to be, remembering that each step gets you closer, then amending the grand plan as you learn more about what does make you happy. It's basically just living in the present rather than the past or the future. I know that's cliched, but it's repeated because its a universal truth. And I know it's difficult, (and that I'm a fine one to be giving out this advice!) but it does help if you keep reminding yourself of it.

Sybil :grouphug: you know where we all are if you need us

Kathy, that kind of sums it up for me too.

Elona, good plan for the remoska. I showed Dave the page in the lakeland, and he got into the idea by watching the JML halogen cooker infomercial on TV. We are going to try and afford one in the next month too, we are kind of looking at it as an investment purchase as it will save us time and leccy money, just a bit of a longer payback time than a slow cooker.

Diva, thanks. I guess I just needed some reassurance. I do kind of think too much about stuff generally.

Money_saving_Diva_2

Ok, sorry for posting twice but I just wanted to answer Silvers post earlier, so here is my 'real' post!

PrincessPixiedust and PenPin - hope you both feel better today
stefejb, chrisca, betheebee and Gena; I am with you all as regards clowns and dolls.. Clowns just freak me out totally and as for those pierrot dolls that were trendy in the 80's.. I swear they are possessed!
Happy birthday Master pixie and Master Mix:j
Silver charming - Yvw honey *hugs*. Also wanted to say that I really enjoyed reading your earlier post about OS.. I was on that work treadmilll in my twenties.. I managed a 350 bedroom hotel and had a bleeper that constantly went off. Plus entertaining clients most nights meant that my own life really stopped existing. One day I fainted while trying to work out how to run the kitchen with 4 chefs down with flu and when I came round it was as if a lightbulb had come on. I hadn't slept in my own bed for over two weeks and had been existing on 4 hrs sleep a night for longer than I could remember and my life was just work.. nothing else. So I decided to stop. Just like that. I handed in my notice, came home to Devon and took a part time job while I 'worked' on myself (went for therapy too for a while which really helped me) and I realised what I wanted to do was be a counsellor/life coach, so I trained, and that is what I did for the next 12 years. When I left Birmingham I had been earning a LOT of money, so the downwards adjustment was really hard, especially as I had eaten in the hotel all the time so hadn't had to buy food for myself, but I saw it as a challenge and I have never ever regretted it.

Ok, waffle over.. Weather is lovely here so I am hoping to get out into the garden and pick more tomatoes. I have 5 bright red chilli peppers now on my indoor plants and that is soooo exciting!!

*Hugs* for anyone who needs one and congrats to anyone celebrating today!:beer:

Diva.x