Coffee and chocolate

miggy

Up early (for me) to get my blood test done (I still have blood...). Apparently my cholesterol reading last year was down quite a lot closer to normal, which is good but unexplained. Now lets see which way it's headed this year!

I then wandered into town for shower gel and toothpaste, and came back with various stuff for DD. Poor girl will need a pantechnicon to move if I continue to get 'essentials' for her at this rate. She now has a plastic box with a lid in which to put her microfibre cloths, kitchen knife, spare herbs, bicarb, measuring jug, cheese grater and all the other oddments that I've pulled together so far!

On the plus side I don't have quite as many duplicates on the kitchen shelves.

She sends in her accommodation acceptance today. Nice-looking room with en suite and all bills included - whatever happened to student accommodation?! What happened to being freezing as well as penniless? Not so keen on the area it's in but she can look after herself as well as most.

Now I ought to go and do some housework though I can't pretend to be keen. The altenative is to go and browse for more studenty things and that's not such a good idea!

miggy

Some housework done - who knew there was so much grime on the TV? The TV is grey, which hides it, and dusting doesn't remove finger marks. That's my excuse anyway.

I've run out of washing powder. Oh dear - I see a trip into town coming up. I think I am going to go mad and buy furniture wipes too. This is crazy - when do the MSE police come to chuck me off the site? I would never have bought furniture wipes in the past, after all, what's wrong with polish? Or elbow-grease for that matter. However, cheapy anti-bacterial wipes have done such a good job on other surfaces and we have some old-fashioned furniture with twisty bits on that aren't so easy to keep clean... and all the spiders seem to have started work... and DD is going away so I need therapy.

Plus I have friends coming round later and the house really isn't brilliant.

But furniture wipes... honestly... I ask you...

Mustn't do this too often. I bet they have silicone in and I avoid it on a regular basis because it eventually builds up and dulls the surfaces.

Well, I had better go before I catch myself sneaking out.

ETA - at least they are very cheap.

ani_26

miggy wrote: »

I then wandered into town for shower gel and toothpaste, and came back with various stuff for DD.

Morries are selling palmolive shower gel for 50p, ( or they were.)

Poor girl will need a pantechnicon to move if I continue to get 'essentials' for her at this rate. She now has a plastic box with a lid in which to put her microfibre cloths, kitchen knife, spare herbs, bicarb, measuring jug, cheese grater and all the other oddments that I've pulled together so far!

When is she going? The uni's don't go back for ages yet, do they?



I think you are going to have the odd sniffle. Don't forget to buy some tissues?

ani_26

miggy wrote: »

I think I am going to go mad and buy furniture wipes too. This is crazy - when do the MSE police come to chuck me off the site? I would never have bought furniture wipes in the past, after all, what's wrong with polish? Or elbow-grease for that matter.

But furniture wipes... honestly... I ask you....

YOU CALLED?





You're right. What is wrong with polish? Or elbow - grease?


Or good old fashioned beeswax, for that matter? :rotfl:

miggy

ani_26 wrote: »

Morries are selling palmolive shower gel for 50p, ( or they were.)

That's good! Shame I only read this after getting 4 for £3.99 at S*perdrug.

ani_26 wrote: »

When is she going? The uni's don't go back for ages yet, do they?

I think term starts in about a month, but she has the option to go earlier as her accommodation will be available beforehand. We're hoping there just might a be a transfer available so she can keep her job (a long shot, I know, but someone is trying to help her with it). If she can do that, she could move early, get to know the area and get settled in to her room and the new workplace before starting her course - so it's all a bit up in the air.

I was going to worry about her getting lonely but DS1, GB and GB's best friend all want to go to Freshers' Week... she remonstrated that she was supposed to be making friends down there not socialising with the old crowd! GB's brother is at Uni in the same city too. I rather think it is we who are going to miss the action, which brings me to...

ani_26 wrote: »

I think you are going to have the odd sniffle. Don't forget to buy some tissues?

Who, me? But... but... that would make twice in about a month!

ani_26 wrote: »

YOU CALLED?





You're right. What is wrong with polish? Or elbow - grease?


Or good old fashioned beeswax, for that matter? :rotfl:

I admit - there is nothing wrong with polish, elbow grease or beeswax, except that they are sitting in the drawer and not helping me clean. Incidentally the 20p furniture wipes have beeswax and I think it might just be the real thing because I used one to clean an area of wooden flooring and DS2 nearly skated on it. They are great for catching dust bunnies. Perhaps I should try them on SF, she can be a right grump when I try to pick her up.

Tomorrow is a piano lesson for which I haven't practised at all :(for a week :eek: then in the afternoon DS2 has to have a tooth out. I do not look forward to that but it needs to be done to put his other teeth right. Have to remind myself that ten years ago I took him down there with a wad of kitchen roll clamped over where he'd just knocked two teeth out, then I sat pretending everything was okay so he wouldn't be too upset as the dentist finished the job and stitched him up. Urgh. Did I really do that? At least this time the stitching - if any - should be out of my sight.

MuffinTops

Ahhh Miggy, I love the story about you sitting at the dentist pretending to be calm. That is the absolute best thing you could have done, and made me feel quite choked. I assume his teeth were all great after being stitched that first time?

Hmmm, I have mixed emotions about these furniture wipes! If they convenient enough that you use them often then I'm all for them. I think that's all I should say on the matter

You sound very organised regarding your DD going off to Uni. I hope it all goes smoothly for you all and definitely get those extra tissues Ani recommends.

miggy

Already bought the tissues.

DS2 went off to the dentist on his own! He even sounded surprised that I was expecting to go along... less than a year ago we were having major rows trying to get him there at all. I'm not thinking too much about it. The time I mentioned, Muffy, the two front teeth had to be detached completely - sticking out at right angles, even for half an hour, is apparently not good for them. Thankfully they weren't adult teeth and I can now add sitting encouragingly through stitches to riding the Twister at the theme park - both on my list of things I would never have done if my better judgment had not been impaired by an instinct to support my children.

The furniture wipes are coming in useful... using them on the hall floor wasn't a good idea - I think I may have mentioned this? - as DS2 has come within an ace of removing more teeth every time he walks over it in socks.

Well, I am on the liibrary computer as our Internet is caput. Hoping to be back on tomorrow.

Be good while I'm gone, all of you - biscuits are in the tin (garibaldis, fig rolls, who ate all the chocolate ones?) and you know where the kettle is.

ani_26

miggy wrote: »

Incidentally the 20p furniture wipes have beeswax and I think it might just be the real thing because I used one to clean an area of wooden flooring and DS2 nearly skated on it. They are great for catching dust bunnies..

20p? Can't go far wrong with that. The mse police forgive you. ( ps - where did you get them from?)

ani_26

miggy wrote: »

Be good while I'm gone, all of you - biscuits are in the tin (garibaldis, fig rolls, who ate all the chocolate ones?) and you know where the kettle is.

Ahermm, where have all the ginger biscuits gone? :eek:

miggy

Back again. Internet fixed. Dunno what was wrong but them as does have set it right and that's good enough for me (says she hoping she doesn't get stuck with making it right all on her own. :eek:

ani_26 wrote: »

20p? Can't go far wrong with that. The mse police forgive you. ( ps - where did you get them from?)

S*perdrug... you know, the other fab shop that isn't Wilk0's.

ani_26 wrote: »

Ahermm, where have all the ginger biscuits gone? :eek:

Can't imagine. Here, you might as well open this packet, just don't let me get a sniff of them or there won't be any left.