really old style living?

kippers

ginnyknit wrote: »

Kippers well done - you are living the way we would all love too. But its hard work isnt it? It must be very rewarding.

Yes it is so rewarding especially when i serve up a plate full of home made goodies, but yes it is so much hard work. I do laugh when time and time again other mums ask me what i do all day when the girls are at school..i used try and justify what i did with my time but now i just say i watch re-runs of Jeremy Kyle with a fag! lol

There are times when i wonder if it is worth it, usually when i'm tired, but on the whole i do think it's a lovely way to live and i think it's best for my dd's.

mardatha

It's bloody hard going when you're tired believe me. I get very fedup of being tired !!!

kippers

mardatha wrote: »

It's bloody hard going when you're tired believe me. I get very fedup of being tired !!!

I've been reading on this thread about your ME and i think you are real inspiration ..you keep going and won't let it get you down:Ayou should be very proud of yourself!

mardatha

It does get me down - that's why you keep hearing about it. Cos I moan a LOT ! :rotfl:

ginnyknit

Yes O/S is definately tiring - and I havent got ME, I do admire you Mardatha, other people have illness's and sit on their bums (with a fag watching Jeremy Kyle:rotfl:). Even when you do sit down you are making stuff. I find if we have visitors, as much as I love them, I cannot wait for them to go as I cannot sit doing nothing. I have started bribing myself into getting the housework done so I can then do my cross stitch.

WCS I don't throw things away either - the only minimalist thing here is my bank account! My dear neighbour has just replaced a zip for DS ( the one thing I cannot do) and when she brought it back there was a bag full of sewing thread, she is a home machinist, and loads of lengths of 1'' elastic perfect for Dgs's trousers I am making. I love the fact I rarely have to go and buy something for a project thus saving petrol and cash.

westcoastscot

ginny that sounds just like us - my bank account is definitely minimalist at the mo! Enjoy your sewing - i'm making trousers for me for work for the winter, and knitted items for family at the mo, alongside my stitching and patchwork that I work on in odd moments. I've just had to pack up my craft room and its been a great opportunity to "sort" what I have - I'd forgotton about a lot of it! I think I could keep myself clothed for the rest of my life. Next on the list is window quilts for the living room.

WCS

Hippeechiq

You lot put me to shame , and Kippers, your post was quite inspirational hun

I don't knit and I don't sew. I had a real miserable time in sewing class at school 36 years ago and it put me off for life.

I could turn up a pair of trousers (if threatened! lol) I can tack, oversew, do backstitch, running stitch and blanket stitch but I do hate it with a passion.

The thing is, our hall door isn't double glazed, and even though we adjusted the hinges last winter, which at least halted the gale coming through when the door was closed, it's still absolutely freezing in our hall in the winter.

We hung up a pole and put up a floor to ceiling lined curtain over the door, but it really made no difference at all. I'd like to buy a fleece and somehow attach it to the door curtain, preferably without sewing, but I can't see how that would be possible. So....bearing in mind I haven't sewn anything in at least 20 years, would I just lay it on top of the back of the curtain, give it a quick tack to hold it in place (I don't have any pins) and then do a running stitch?

P.S. nice to see you posting westcoastscot

Jolaaled

I asked the same thing over one 'Preparing for winter thread' and was given a very helpful idea here at post #5043, to push curtain hooks thro the fleece and then hang on the header tape on the curtain itself. Brilliant idea and NO sewing!!

HTH

kippers

Hi all, i thought i'd just say what lovely people you all are on this thread.

This week I am experimenting with diary free things as my DD2 has developed a diary intolerance (it's early days but she is a different child since start a diary free diet 2 weeks ago). I have managed to make choc cakes, bread, wraps, swiss roll, choc chip cookies etc all with diaryfree ingredients...i know i couldn't have done this before i learnt to bake (thanks to the old style forum), but i really don't know how people cope with this when they have to buy everything from the shops.

My allotment is giving me bumper crops this year, even though it has been so so dry. Today i have made up a veg box for my friend (who supplies me with newspapers to make my pots with). It contained:

Spring onions
Lettuce
Khol rabi
cabbage
Frenchbeans
Runnerbeans
Swede
Beetroot
Apples
Onions
A bunch of flowers

I was very proud of it.

Well i suppose i should get on as i still have frenchbeans and runnerbeans to freeze and some passatta to make and two very large buckets of apples to juice and another diaryfree pudding of some sort to make as my dd has a friend sleeping over tonight.

I am actually very very tired today (i'm sure it's not half as bad as you though mardatha) and I do wish i could sit and watch rubbish daytime tv for a change today:)

Hippeechiq

Oh Kippers I wish I had half of your drive and motivation hun.
It must be very difficult to manage your DDs dairy intolerance, so all credit to you for doing so well, and I'm pleased to hear that DD is improving due to your efforts.

I've been caring for my daughter who has a serious mental illness, 24/7 for the past 2½ years and fighting to get her the right treatment, and for her survival, and I think it has finally caught up with me, and I've kinda lost my mojo - I'm hoping it's a short term thing though and that I can also at least start baking again. It makes such a difference to managing the budget if you bake your goodies, that's for sure.

Jolaaled Thanks for the info on making holes in the fleece and then attaching it to the header tape. NO SEWING AT ALL REQUIRED! :T You little treasure you! :kisses3: