Cross-stitch cafe 2010

chickywiggle

thanks girlies!! he came to bed tail between his legs! but also didn't mention it at all!! I shall keep you posted...... <<hugs>> to all those with awful families.

craftgranny i like your approach- we've been 'lucky' none of em have spoken to us really since the christening incident earlier this year, only when they want eh!

ohhh Elle I woulda gone absolutly mad and disowned my family if they did that.

Maria.... i bet yours would say same as my hubby the other month "how much are our bills a month.... about £500??" he almost fell off his chair when i told him to double that figure as rent alone is £550.

Mags_cat i like that philosophy.


gotta go do more shopping today (put tree up only to realise the tinsel and star have disaperated somewhere never to be refound till summer). except the paths are sheets of ice. suns out tho so hopefully it'll be a bit safer in a couple of hours.

maria_and_the_imps

chickywiggle wrote: »

Maria.... i bet yours would say same as my hubby the other month "how much are our bills a month.... about £500??" he almost fell off his chair when i told him to double that figure as rent alone is £550.

ha ha he is exactly like that his answer is always either put it on the card or get it out the catalouge dont think he realises that you then have to pay them lol, thank god we have brains hey!

23rdspiral

craftygranny wrote: »

But then according to them i'm a tight ar*** loudmouth from barnsley. Err yep and proud of it lol.

:rotfl: :T :rotfl:

Elle1267 wrote: »

You can't pick your family but you can choose your friends. Friends will always be there for you. X

so true.

kezbabybabe wrote: »

I suggest giving him the link to the first post which mentions the new mag, so that they don't have to read everything that's not relevant.

thanks that's a really good idea, i'll do that. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/37227764#Comment_37227764 this is the earliest one ive found. if anyone else wants to look feel free!

elliep_2

My ex was like that. He had the buy it now and pay later attitude. He tried to convince me that it was OK to buy a £500 bed that we couldn't afford because we could open a new bank account that gave £500 interest free overdraft for 6 months. I kept saying that we still wouldn't be able to afford it in 6 months and he looked at me like I was from another planet. All he cared about was getting what he wanted, when he wanted it. I think that since he left me he has already got himself into debt. Overall it's another reason I'm better off without him.

23rdspiral

update!!



Christmas Card 'Sampler' Chart from Cross Stitcher magazine 232 (maybe 231 i'll have to check).

i've done the bottom border, now to start on the backstitched lettering that's hovering nearly a grid up from there. above that is a cute scruffy robin. I'm quite nervous about the lettering - some is along the holes, some isn't. it'll be a new one on me to do that when it's not around an already stitched shape. eek!

Oh and the chart said use a piece of 14count Aida only an inch 1/2 less wide than i've got there. that'd be a whole lot of Aida wasted, wouldnt it. I'm glad I didnt start at the centre! :money:

23rdspiral

grumble - i can't get onto facebook or googlemail... is the internet broken? can anyone else get them? i can't email cross stitcher if i can't get onto email...they'll think i've run away! grumble.

i have however added all my xstitch projects to the new page there. thanks Mags Cat! looking at them all in one place made me realise i've stitched 10 things this year! and i'm working on the 11th. wow! ok, so 2 are tiney motifs and i havent even taken photos of them. but i'm dead pleased anyway.:D

tellmeitsfriday

facebook is ok here... I don't have googlemail so I can't check that for you x

elliep_2

gmail is fine for me. And I was on facebook earlier and it was OK for me then, haven't tried in the last hour.

kezbabybabe

both worked just fine, just now.

23rdspiral

thanks everyone. i dont know what was wrong with my connection / computer. so i turned it all off and went and tackled those pesky backstitch letters... and now it's all fine. thanks again.