Its tough, it will get better and guess what its freezing brrrrr!

ChocClare

Ooh! Yes, good point, jackie: how did it go, annie?

katholicos

northwest1965 wrote: »

Wow, I've only been away for a short while ( we eloped to get married) and so much has changed!!
Theres a lot that need hugs right now so here's one to all of you that do.
I'm not much of a Christmas decoration person either. Last year I didnt even send cards, just emailed evryone and told them I would make a donation to 2 charities of my choice instead. It felt good

Northwest,

congratulations! May you have many, many happy years together :beer:

To all you lovely bunch here on OS, thanks so much for your supportive comments. Much love to you all!

CRANKY40

ChocClare wrote: »

My grandfather had a spoonful of pudding almost at his lips when it burst into flame again - and it kept spontaneously combusting all afternoon... never for very long, but for long enough to ensure that no-one had any Christmas pudding :rotfl:

...and that little gem gave me a much needed laugh too :rotfl::rotfl:

It may be tough, but we're sticking together, and advice and anecdotes shared are all free. Community spirit is something very valuable (and you can't add VAT to it either!).

mardatha

CC, I can't even imagine losing an only child, that should just never happen. Sending healing vibes for those poor parents, that hurt will last forever.
Re the cuts on Wed, alcohol is quite a good idea I think ! Cos sure as hell we wont be able to afford it afterwards!

bluebag

crumblepie wrote: »

I'm liking the idea of a 'cold and flu' hamper. A friend of mine is one of those impossible to buy for and this has given me the idea of doing a man flu survival hamper with cold remedies, paracetemol etc maybe hot water bottle too. I could knit a manly cover for it as most hot water bottle covers are quite girly. Another christmas present sorted.

The had some dark tartan hottie wattie bottie covers in my local £1 shop this week, would be OK for a male.

Annie56

ooh Mardatha good job you mentioned the cuts are on Wednesday, I thought it was on Thursday, the heads not in the right place right now..

Divorce hearings Tuesday...got lots to sort out, in many ways this is the week of the rest of my life..............:rotfl::rotfl:

Night all xxxx

Will fill you all in re hunk tommorow need to havea good think before i set pen to paper so to speak....;);)

Nite nite all xx
Annie56

bluebag

Annie56 wrote: »

ooh Mardatha good job you mentioned the cuts are on Wednesday, I thought it was on Thursday, the heads not in the right place right now..

Divorce hearings Tuesday...got lots to sort out, in many ways this is the week of the rest of my life..............:rotfl::rotfl:

Night all xxxx

Will fill you all in re hunk tommorow need to havea good think before i set pen to paper so to speak....;);)

Nite nite all xx
Annie56

O M G the suspense is baking my noodle! Ya can't tease us all like that, it's not fair.:(

kezlou

Frugal :- you are all in my thoughts, hope things work out okay and your dad's feeling positive (((hugs))) my darling xxx
Its better to write things down and get it out of your system, were always here for you love xx
Kath you too hun xxx

[FONT=&quot]pagangirl[/FONT][FONT=&quot] that's absolutely shocking, makes me so angry, reading that.
at least the CAB office were able to help you and you've done amazingly well with food allowance. Good on you!
Happy belated birthday![/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] Thanks for the link rosieben, will have a look at that later.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]prophecy[/FONT][FONT=&quot]_grrl[/FONT],cherie1122 [FONT=&quot], [/FONT]jimjams mommy,youngmummy,JoJoB ,[FONT=&quot][/FONT]welcome to the thread!

[FONT=&quot] kirsty822001 that sounds horrible, i used cliit once, never again. It doesn't agree with me or my asthma.
flowertotmum thats why i gave up our allotment last year, got sick of everything being stolen inc the soil:(
ah well at least you can have your revenge muhahaha[/FONT]
I'm sorry bluebag i couldn't help but laugh about your mum :rotfl:
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:mardatha
northwest1965 congratulations!

:T go mrs bluebag!:T

youngmummy this is the best place to come, full of support laughs and general shannigans!! Tree em what's that. We gave our artificial one away two years ago as 1)i was on a cleaning spree 2) i prefer real ones. I wouldn't worry about tree's yet, after all its only October. Instead look on your local freecycle or gumtree they might be people giving them away.

CRANKY40 my cats are exactly the same, that's one of the reasons why we gave our fake tree away, darn cats kept climbing in the box :mad: the little pigs.

Annie56 !!!!!!!!! You naughty woman ! Keeping us in suspense!


Well we've had a fab weekend so far, went to my OH school reunion, the food, sights well all of it was amazing. All organic, homegrown nosh and it was lovely. We took the boys with us, so while OH caught up with old friends we wandered aroumf the coutryside.
So today got fed and watered at inlaws, went for more walks in the coutryside, veyr relaxing and gorgous.
Also went to the car boot sale and spent a whopping £6.10 between us but got snips (DS2) a pair of pj's and 3 jumpers. coddy(DS1) a spy game and i bagged a M & S dress for a £1 :j. couldn't find any jumpers for coddy though so will have to keep looking.

Went to B & M and the lego sets are brill, so going to get the construction set, fire station and police station all for £32 and some older boys lego for coddy. So xmas is on its way here.

Well better get off as i'm shattered and need some sleep. I've done far too walking and my legs are aching me.

HariboJunkie

Things just got a bit tougher here. In opening up the fireplace OH has damaged the old back boiler he was trying to remove which is still cnnected to the water tank. In order to switch off the water he had to knock down the back wall of the shed to get to the pipes. Have had to switch off the mains water now so no water tonight and he's away all day tommorrow so can't get the replacement pipes till Tuesday. :eek: The kitchen project is a nightmare so far. At least my furniture restoration is going ok.
So today has been working a 10 hour shift, then mopping up sooty water all evening.
Still, despite the kitchen being a disaster zone, we still haven't resorted to take away food (which isn't in this month's budget) and had slow roasted pork rolls for dinner :drool:

Hope all those with real problems (unlike mine) get resolutions soon.:)

bluebag

HariboJunkie wrote: »

Things just got a bit tougher here. In opening up the fireplace OH has damaged the old back boiler he was trying to remove which is still cnnected to the water tank. In order to switch off the water he had to knock down the back wall of the shed to get to the pipes. Have had to switch off the mains water now so no water tonight and he's away all day tommorrow so can't get the replacement pipes till Tuesday. :eek: The kitchen project is a nightmare so far. At least my furniture restoration is going ok.
So today has been working a 10 hour shift, then mopping up sooty water all evening.
Still, despite the kitchen being a disaster zone, we still haven't resorted to take away food (which isn't in this month's budget) and had slow roasted pork rolls for dinner :drool:

Hope all those with real problems (unlike mine) get resolutions soon.:)

Oh, my days. At least I'm not the only one that any kind of repair job seems to morph into a major reconstruction and cost four times more than you expected.

Last boiler repair resulted in needing a new foor and repairing the joist to the sub cellar in the kitchen, ergo battered bank balance. Deep flippin' joy.:(

Good stuff on resisting the take away.:A