OS Daily Thread - Friday 3rd July

Bitsy_Beans

Thriftlady - ah the joys of metaphysical poetry - not the easiest to get stuck into but I in addition to the one in my sig (To his coy mistress - Andrew Marvell) I also like For Whom the Bell tolls - John Donne. Good stuff and apart from Wilfred Owen I am not much into poetry

sistercas - what's starting to worry me is next Saturday I have my daughters 1st birthday and christening and we are having everyone back to our house. Garden is like a tip due to fascias being overfaced etc, lawn needs cutting, everywhere outside needs sweeping, I have to move the toys from garden round to my kind neighbours garden, I have to shop for the food, clean the house, start the catering and help my mum make the cake.
Can you hear the panic starting to set in?! :eek:

Janae

Good morning all

Well, DD1 is feeling a bit better thanks to paracetamol, cough medicine and a good night's sleep. I've also slept really well after the previous disturbed night and am now on annual leave - 10 days with no work and no on-call :j:j:j.

So, no excuse for not being OS today :A- will amaze you all with my list later:rotfl:.

have a good day everyone

Julie - hope DD feels better soon.

grandmasam

Good morning all

Massive thunderstorm and stairods rain just as DS3 and family set off for ferry to uk last night, so i wont have to water today.Their flight to barbados is at 11 from gatwick,so i hope that DS will get some sleep as he was at w**k from 5am till 5pm y'day.:eek: My days of that sort of energy and determination have long gone i'm afraid.
Much cooler here, temp is 'only' 25c so will start with the top floor with cleaning and s &s the bath and shower rooms.

salads for lunch and tea as its too hot to cook [cant be bothered ]

Julie....hope DD better soon
Beemuzed....lots of cooool [[[hugs]]]

keep cool everyone,
caz

thriftlady_2

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

Thriftlady - ah the joys of metaphysical poetry - not the easiest to get stuck into but I in addition to the one in my sig (To his coy mistress - Andrew Marvell)

:doh:Doh! Andy Marvell not John Donne. I was getting muddled with Donne's 'The Sun Rising'. I did Marvell too and the rest of those metaphysical guys and I studied the war poets for o level back in the day. My favourite was Owen's Futility...that's about the sun too (amongst other things) now I come to think....:think:

bargainbird

Morning All

Julietiff - Congrats DH, hope DD feels better today
JackieO - :j 1 year :T
Bitsy - I love sports day, glad yous DS did too:T, ours is next friday:D good luck with Christening our is next sunday
Redruby - Make the most of your quiet night
Thriftlady - Don't fall again

A tiny drop of rain overnight, overcast now though....

Yep i agree too hot for housework any excuse ah :D:o

Mr T's for me today, and will try to sand and repaint the fireplace before it get put up....

Hope you all have a good day

taplady

morning!

didn't get chance to read or post yesterday so hope alls well.

Julietiff - well done to your DH and I hope your DD soon feels better - make sure you have a rest later x

jackieO - I'm so pleased you had good news at the hospital x

Bitsy - make a list of jobs for the party so you know exactly whats to be done then tick them off as you do them - its a great way to stop feeling so stressed at having lots to do!

PP - :hello:

Had some good news last night - DS1 got the job he went for:j:j:j its only part time to start with but with the prospect of becoming fulltime eventually. Its a start for him after being out of work since last November.

Am working an 11 hour shift today followed by a sleep-in so a long day for me but hopefull I'll get chance to watch the tennis later as the service users like listening to it too:T

Have cleaned through the house - worked up a sweat but at least its done.
tea for them is frozen pizza - its all they feel like eating, I'm having mine at work.
I've got 3 days off starting tomorrow:j and I'm having a garage sale at Mums house to try and shift a few bits of leftover carboot stuff.

Have a great weekend all x

HariboJunkie

Morning everyone :hello:

Didn't manage to post yesterday as day two of the holidays and the girls seem to feel that each day needs to be more action packed than the last. :rolleyes:

Went to the farmers' market yesterday morning and stayed there for lunch then spent the afternoon at a secluded little harbour (it backs onto OH's office and no one uses it during the week). OH and the girls pottered about in a dinghy, the dog swam and I read my book (and threw 700 sticks for the dog).

Oh was supposed to be cooking last night but funnily enough he bought subways on the way home (bogof) and we ate them at another beach where we paddled until after 9pm. Lovely day but I'm jiggered this morning.

Have tidied up so far, fed the birds, emptied DW and made the girls' beds. OH is still in ours.One load of washing on the pulley.

No idea what's on today. Suppose it depends on the rain so it will either be a trip up to Glencoe and use our NT membership or games and and indoor picnic. The girls have just found some clay and are waving it in my face so that's maybe an option.......for their father. They are wearing tutus and wooly hats and have been leading the dog round all morning on a scarf lead.

OH is cooking tonight and is "doing something lovely with fresh duck eggs".

Delighted your appt went so well Jackie. :j
Hope the MRI gives you the results you need Halight. x
Congratulations to Taplad. :j:beer::T
Kjsam... glad your DD is feeling better.
Julietiff.. Hope your DD is better soon and congrats to your OH. :beer:
Haribo x

melli_2

Long time half lurker here!

I'm so glad the heat has gone, I loved it during the day but it was far too much at night and am looking forward to a decent nights sleep tonight...
The annoying thing is that I normally just get through my veg box in a week but because I've been eating so many salads, I've now eaten everything veg wise (bar some potatoes!) in a four days! The next box doesn't get delivered until Tues so a top up shop is needed or a freezer raid. Summer eating is so expensive!
My cut and come again lettuce as died from the heat too so I'll need to buy another one...

I've officially gone from being know as tight around my friends to being thrifty! Hurrah! Now hopefully they might take some tips from me :rotfl:

SunnyGirl

Good morning everyone!

It's a lot cooler here today which is nice. I washed & pegged out all of DS2's washing from his trip last night and it's dry now :T so pleased with that. The normal 2 loads plus some bedding are almost done so I'll get it all on the line soon.

I'm going to Asda in a while to get some bits & bats and also going for a look in Home Bargains & another cheap freezer shop in town for cat food. I buy on offer wherever I see it. It's a pain sometimes but does save money :money: DD finished college yesterday for 9 weeks so she may come with me.

Dinner this evening is pasta bake although it may morph into pasta salad Hope that everyone is ok & cooling hugs where needed xx

Edited to add: Taplady Well done to your son!

halight

Morning all:j:j

Well its reaining here this moring. But aleast its cooler now. I think that the rain is in for the day so wont be doing much outside.

Not much ontoday really. Just a bit of pottering arounf the house really. Which is good as i feel warn out today.

Thanks again to everyone who wished me well yersterday. Just hoping that it wont be long now untill i get an appoiment to see my consulant.

Luch today will be homemade soup frob carrot and leek.

Chicken stir fry for dinner tonight.

Well i hope that you all have a great day. ill cheak in later
enjoy yourselfs everyone:j:j