13 Moons ... ( *** Off, I'm Fabulous )

taxi73

yuck to virgin messing you about.
we cancelled our sky a while ago as like you I don't venture much onto the paid for channels.
well done on tax rebate...they are always welcome.

Karmacat

I hate Virgin with a passion - its the only thing I hate - they're purposely confusing, and sound like they're so reasonable when you complain, but still very little happens. You have my every sympathy!

And a good strategy with Waitrose, thats the one thing wrong with this place - no Waitrose!

Lula-Hula

It's funny, but until this latest wireless hub business, I was in fact the only satisifed virgin customer I know of. I've never had any problems until now ... boy oh boy are they making up for lost time now though :rotfl:.

Work was just gruesome today; I wondered what on earth was going on when I walked in & saw Goblin all dressed up in smart trousers & a jacket. Turns out that some finance bigwigs were visiting & being taken out for some serious @ss kissing & lunch.

Oh my goodness she was absolutely beaming with self important smugness. She told the bigwigs all about her job, her family & how she comes in late one day a week to do her water aerobic class ... I could tell they were both thrilled & fascinated by the relevance of this riveting bit of information.

She took them on a tour of the entire company, starting by my desk & completely & utterly ignoring me & sweeping them past me as though I wasnt even there :rotfl:.

Poor old Grumpy hates kissing @ss almost as much as he hates Gropey & did some very good mimes behind his back which I really struggled not to laugh out loud at. He's a very naughty Grumpy .

I have 2 days off & it wont feel long enough but I will be making the most of my time. The first load of laundry is done & DD has gone to her pyjama party having had a bath beforehand so I can just usher her off to bed when she gets in.

Another NSD here & another No Exercise Day too . Staying up too late & unable to drag myself out of bed in the morning. I have a dvd to watch that was delivered last weekend but apart from that I will be clearing & decluttering this weekend.

The 'just put it in that corner for now' bit of the living room is growing again, the 6ft shark has started to fade into the background & the scrap materials basket is overflowing under the dining table since DDs tipi project & I still havent found a better location for the cat basket & decorating equipment other than behind the sofa . I did suggest to DD that we build a wall & turn the area into a 'box/junk' room but she's not up for the challenge so I'm just going to have to sort it out, old electric sewing machine fitted into a table anyone ? :rotfl:

Grrrr I hate clutter & mess & how it sneakily creeps into your life while you're concentrating on something else

bye for now
xx

Souk08

GET IT CLEARED LULA!!!! I'm lying along my sofa listening to Tony Hadley on Radio 2 and eating carp. I heart Tony Hadley!

Karmacat

I'm with Souk on this one! And I love the description of Grumpy doing his mimes

Virgin, by the way - I was really happy with them for years. It all went to pot when I changed to cable from phone broadband - I'm sorry to tell you it took about six months to sort the mess out - not constantly, obviously, but every now and then there'd be a little rumble of the volcano, and the next piece of magma would shoot out

taxi73

the clutter thing I can certainly relate to that....got a whole house to declutter and no energy.

Shoe_Gal

Souk08 wrote: »

GET IT CLEARED LULA!!!! I'm lying along my sofa listening to Tony Hadley on Radio 2 and eating carp. I heart Tony Hadley!

Hands off Souk! That's my first love you're talking about

Souk08

Lol. I've seen him live at BCM back in the day. Yum!

Taxi lovely you are allowed to have no energy.....Lula on the other hand!

Lula-Hula

Oh you bullies - I dreaded getting up today knowing what I had to achieve, I know you're right though, I HATE clutter & get so cross when I cant get rid of it

Having been a bit of a lazy moany mare for the last couple of days I lay in til about 9, just reading & then got up & before I'd even had a drink I did the superfit workout

I've sussed myself out now, I can miss a day or two of exercise & then get back into it, but miss more than 3 & then I'm out of the habit, lost the energy buzz & sink back into my lazy old ways.

I need to lose 2lb by monday or I'll get all disheartened again :mad:.

After the workout I had a lazy long bath while the washing machine did it's magic & then made a start on 'that corner' ... :eek:. first thing was to finally sort through all DDs old school books. At the end of each year she bring home all her books & folders & I say " ok, we'll have a look through those during the hols "...

Yeh right, it never happens & that first bag of books has multiplied into 5 & as we're nearly halfway to the next one so we did it today & it only took about 40 minutes. We've kept all the topics & literacy ones & ditched all the maths, spellings ( pages & pages of 19 or 20/ 20) & homework ones. I also 'recycled' a lot of the barely used books for shopping lists & notepads .

All the old picture frames I've stored in the hope that I'll do 'something' with them are going back to the charity shops they came from. I havent done anything with them & I dont have storage space. If I feel the urge to be creative then I'm sure I'll find more.

The box of photos that I'm still only about a 1/4 of the way through sorting into albums have now been put away into the cabinet I bought off ebay & painted. I'd forgotten that it's empty .

I cleaned up my grandmothers old sewing machine & then had to try it out to see if it works. The light came on & it worked first time; must be 30 odd years since it was last used. I'm still undecided as to what to do with it. It should probably be serviced & there is a very local shop that can do that. I'm wondering if I should ask it's value & whether they may want to buy it ? It's definfitely not beautiful like the old fashioned hand one I bought from there, but it does work & is free.

Making curtains is something I've been meaning to do (for about 10 years :whistle:) & I do wonder whether I will now get on with it ... I feel it's unlikley & that if I do feel overwhelmed with the urge to sew, then I would rather buy a very cheap but small modern machine.

It was meant to be for DD1, but the chances of her ever using it are remote & unlike the table , book cases & old toys I'm storing for her, the sewing machine cant go in the garage or loft ... I'll call the shop on monday .

Got rather bored with all the delcuttering & having run out of milk first thing we were both gasping for tea so headed to Waitrose to get more supplies. I got a few reduced items & also used a 40p off voucher, didnt get much really, just milk, cheese, yogurts, bread, cereal bars for packed lunches, fries & fruit but still spent £18.31 :mad:.

My total grocery spend is now £151.20 & we will need more bread, fruit, veg & some sugar & buttery stuff as DD is baking cakes as I type to make sure the eggs get used up before they run out. It's now 10 days until payday & apart from the above mentioned stuff I know we can survive on the storecupboard.

Next year we'll have our own produce from the garden; never mind sewing, I'd rather be wearing my wellies & playing in the mud .

All the travel talk over on Karmas thread has stirred up my camper van longings again so I'm off to have a yearn at ebay & then do some more decluttering.

bye for now
xx

ps - girls ... my boss knows T.H

Souk08

Lula ....I'd love to KNOW TH!!!!