Old Style Diary Archive - APR 06

chardonnay_2

hello to all the newbies!!!!!!!!!

sad to see you leaving as a board guide squeeky - hope you still post.

pp - has mr pp explained to his tutors that he is a ft carer - they might be leanient with deadlines for him too if he explains the situation. it might help the stress levels in your house.

hugs to all
and hope all missing oldstylers will post every once in a while!

i miss the funny bloke cooking posts!!!!!!!!!!! lol

chardonnay_2

johanne - i think you need to put your health first for a while. perhaps you should move back with family and get your own place when you are back on your feet. take it easy without any financial commitments of having your own place and try to build up your resistance to stress by perhaps volunteering in a charity shop when you feel better. take care x

SnowyOwl_2

Morning everyone!

Am very glad not to be one starting today's thread...I get a bit embarrassed sometimes...

So, I haven't been to bed yet, have been doing a stupid essay - yes, that one I was given six weeks ago, and suddenly it's due in today. Me own stupid fault for putting it off and putting it off. I have that strange feeling where the eyes feel like they are out on stalks due to tiredness, but I also feel really lively. Don't worry I'm not going to get my Stardrops out and start cleaning, will get into bed and just lie there worrying that I'll accidentally oversleep in the morning and be late for work...:o

FirstClassMale - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! - and welcome to Old Style. You really don't have to be a regular to post on here, everyone is welcome whether they post once a day or once a month or somewhere around those parameters. It's good to get a man's perspective on things too -- hope you don't mind lots of women brandishing microfibre cloths and recipes for the slow cooker.

Not much has happened in my little life since my last post, so will love you and leave you. Hopefully I'll be having a "snoretastic" time in about five minutes from now.

Bye!

SnowyOwl

jockettuk

Morning all.. ive got up as there are a hundred and 1 things going through my head at the moment lol.. buyer pulled out of our house but then wanted it again, sent me a email with a list of complaints on the house and then wanted to drop the price 10k lol house is 90 yrs old and in need of decoration which he said was ok but now seems like he hung me on for months blaming my solicitor on things only to try and drop the price.. told him no thank you and will do decor to spruce up the house then put it back on the open market.. luckily i dont have to sell to move as moving in with other half so can sell the house empty.

took dd for a free pizza last night thanks to the sun as we had a pre sats meeting and her teacher has said she has upped her average by abt 23% and im putting that down to all the help that VICKYA has been giving her, one to one has certainly helped her calm down and concentrate and that not all teachers are horrible lol oh and dd thinks im brill for getting her a pizza lol.

as soon as dd off to school im starting the painting as im away at the weekend so want to get started on the house before putting it back on the market.

Im not going to get to stressed abt the sale falling through just be glad when its finalised and my new life starts in aylesbury.

The good thing abt the sale falling through is that my ex hubby and i are actually being nice to each other, we both got fed up with all the messing around and now realise that we both want to sell but can help people if they dont want to be helped so onto the next buyer lol..

so have a nice day everyone and dont let all the stresses of everyday life get you down.

BWZN93

Morning all!

Chardonnay - yeah, I will be careful! I just want to wake up on the weekends and take my cup of tea back to bed with me instead of springing out of bed to start cleaning, I just need to learn to relax a bit more and want the bed to be a relaxation haven where I do nothing but chill etc! Ive been having panic attacks in bed on the odd occasion and dont want to be scared of the bed really.

Snowy - I also understand where you are coming from essay wise, during my entire degree I would leave essays until the very last minute and invariably hand them in late. I didnt really get on too well with education - I enjoyed being a student and can learn things eaily enough, I just dont have the motivation needed. If I ever go back to college or anything it will be something practical and be for fun, like sewing machine skills or something!

I used to do the OU too, I did DD100 social science which I found really interesting, then W200 Law, which was possibly a wrong direction. I really enjoyed the law with the OU - but proper law at uni was another kettle of fish. I should have transferred on to the archaeology programme as soon as I got there and I would have done so much better.

Happy Birthday FirstClassMale! I hope your OH's finger is feeling better soon - and you are always wecome to post on here! I agree its nice to have some fella's on here, we could do with some more!

I woke up mega early this morning! :rolleyes: I fell asleep on the sofa at around 9.30pm and then boyf sent me to bed at midnight, and now im awake. To be honest, im quite glad - its lovely to have some peace and quiet in the world!

SO - today is the day of the new bed delivery which im super excited about, and my lovely new bedside lamp will be delivered too. As soon as I get home from work ill be building it and sorting the room out! :T :j The mattress is due in the morning and the bed frame in the afternoon, the lamp at any point, so boyf is under strict instructions that he needs to be awake all day, so I told him im going to roll him off the mattress and take it away, and then force him to sit near the door all day. Any mess ups by him today will be greeted with severe disapproval and one massive argument.

Just been on to the online banking and for some reason, Swalec have taken a massive amount instead of the usual dd of £12, so I might have to make an annoyed phone call today to get it back as its not in the budget to take £80 - I could cover it but then it wipes out my entire emergency cash fund and means that the month will be very tight. I think ill have a contemplate on whether I should call up or not.

Aside from that, not much else to say really so Ill go and have a browse and another cuppa tea.

Have a lovely day all!

novice_money_saver_2

Good morning everyone - just looking for some company!

I'm not really having an OS day, I've woken up mega early and cannot get back to sleep. I need to wait for OH's alarm to go off before I can get up properly as he needs his kip - didn't get in from work until after 11 last night (having started at 7am) :eek:

JW - new bed mmmmmmm - lovely

FirstClassMale - happy birthday! If the presents aren't wrapped, that's very OS as it doesn't generate unnecessary waste

Jockett - good luck with house - hope all works out!

Snowy - I was the same with my essays when I was studying and so is probably about 2/3 of the student population - don't beat yourself up about it!

Racking my brains for an OS excuse for having posted - still nothing, but I hope no-one minds!

Have a good day all....

NMS

Penny-Pincher!!

Morning Everyone

Not a good night here and can just about move this morning.

WM is on and will be hung on line when done. Toilet cleaned and DW half full. Have SIL here today and shes doing a few bits around the home and me iironing. DD's lunchbox done too.

I have more reading to day for my course and start getting the essay drafted up. Probably a couple of hrs then a break followed by another couple of hrs..lol.

Also going to send off a complaints letter today about the non-existent wheelchair access at the caravan, when we were told there would be.

Breakie:Toast/Jam/Juice
Lunch:Left Over HM Fish Pie
Dinner:Spagbol with garlic bread

Anyway, got to go.
Have a good day everyone.

PP
xx

smokey112

Morning all

Happy Birthday FirstClassMale and welcome

Zed - good luck with the potty training

Jocket- glad to hear that you are relaxed about your house sale - sometimes it is easy to let something you cant ontrol get on top of you - I was famous for it - now I let it wash over me.

NMS - welcome - you dont have to have anything to say - sometimes it is just nice to vent.

PP - sorry to hear you didnt have a good night - hope you feel better soon and get in the right frame of mind for letter writing

Snowy - hope you sleeping now

J0 - good luck with your bed delivery today - hope it is sweet dreams for you - I too like being able to relax in my be - we have a large TV and access to Sky and we like watching TV (amongst other things ) in bed

Well w*** today - Wed is usually my busiest day - I have not made myself do much the last couple of days so will need to stay away from the internet today except on official breaks

Looks as if it is going to be a lovely day here today

b - cereal
l - sandwich
d - stew/sausages (was going to have them last night but got a £8 T time special from Indians which fed both of us and gave us one meal for the freezer)

Just checked my online banking and noticed that TalkTalk have not taken their DD yet - I changed to them last month and they told me my DD date would be 23th of month - I had asked for it to be 28th but they said it wouldnt be possible because of my billing period

Better go and get ready now

have a lovely day all

Take care
Ang
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ageandjo

Morning!

Not been on for a couple of days, I managed to buy stardrops yesterday and started cleaning at 11pm and I couldnt stop :T this stuff if brill :T
Oh went to docs yesterday and has got to have another op on his knee!
The past two days I have had dinners in the sc and will also have a curry in the sc today, I am slowly converting to os.
Cold here this am, just walked the dogs now im freezin

Have a good day

Icemaiden

Morning all,

Happy Birthday- FirstClassMale, Welcome to OS, also Welcome NMS.

Gosh, everyone is up and about early this morning!

Just stripped our bed and its in the WM as the forecast is another good day, can hear abit of movement upstairs, DS I think, makes a change from having to drag him up :rolleyes:
My mum is here later for her fortnightly lunch visit and gossip catch up, so need to flick round with the duster and vac. Really wanted to get the Tomato plants I bought yesturday from Woolies (2.99 for 4, well established) planted but they are on the window sil still in pots but that may have to wait till tomorrow.

Anyway, Must go motherly duties are calling, have a lovely day and catch you all later.

Ice
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