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Pippi’s pulling up her stripey-socks for the final sprint towards the Good-Life……………

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  • MrsMoo2U
    MrsMoo2U Posts: 4,005 Forumite
    Thanks very much Gill and Pippi you both made me laugh out loud at your descriptions. I will start chatting. Now in egg cartons on windowsill in downstairs loo so I will keep you informed. Chillies - thats the other one :) !

    Lovely day here and a whole day off work so lots of decluttering going on today.
    Some days there aren't any trumpets, just lots of dragons. Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow -- Mary Anne Radmacher
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,273 Forumite
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    Glad you're a little more cheery today cherisong! :T :T

    Morning gardners all (and non gardeners too!)

    I'm on strike :D And it's a gorgeous day for it :j
  • starnac
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    I'm on strike :D And it's a gorgeous day for it :j

    do you work on the trains in south wales by any chance??
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  • Lemon_Tree
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    Cheery i've never known anyone so cheery about being on strike lol Nice day for it though, well it's not bad weather here.

    Pippi, lovely to see a bit more of your stripyness, you've reminded me i need to get my spuds chitting, they're still in their bad doing it all by themselves but i must sort them out. Did mention it to OH but nothing has happened so i will sort it out tonight ish.
  • EssexHebridean
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    I have to confess that we never bothered chitting spuds - left 'em in the bag until we were ready to plant then threw 'em in. :D

    Sounds like a marvellous amount of productiveness going on over here - I've done a bit - got herbs (parsley, purple & ordinary basil, Tarragon) Spring onions, mixed leaves, parsnips, baby turnips, garlic and radishes sown on Sunday and dragged one of our old mini poly-tunnels out to cover over some of them too so fingers crossed that will encourage them to stick their heads up. Seeds are a bit of a mixture - the parsley seeds expired in 2001 but were a sealed packet so we threw them in and hoped for the best. They looked OK.....
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  • Cheery_Daff
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    Nope starnac, not working on the south wales trains :rotfl: universities out today too (or some of them - everyone out on Thursday I think). I'm only cheerful about it because it means a day off :D (unpaid, of course, and really I should be standing on the picket lines or something, but it's all about pensions, and I deemed it more prudent to look after my future by investing in the garden :rotfl: or something :D)

    Pippi - can you dig up and move a magnolia bush, or will it thoroughly object?? Will I be able to do it in the next week or two?? It's about to flower, but the flowers only ever last a week or so, so can I do it after that?? Please?? :D
  • The_Dragon
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    Nope starnac, not working on the south wales trains :rotfl: universities out today too (or some of them - everyone out on Thursday I think). I'm only cheerful about it because it means a day off :D (unpaid, of course, and really I should be standing on the picket lines or something, but it's all about pensions, and I deemed it more prudent to look after my future by investing in the garden :rotfl: or something :D)

    Pippi - can you dig up and move a magnolia bush, or will it thoroughly object?? Will I be able to do it in the next week or two?? It's about to flower, but the flowers only ever last a week or so, so can I do it after that?? Please?? :D

    Dr Dragon is crossing the picket lines Cheery Daff, as he says we don't have two wages and we need to pay the mortgage! :eek:
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  • Cheery_Daff
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    Quite dragon :eek: Fortunately I've only been working full time for 3 months, so haven't got used to full time wages yet, so can afford to miss a couple of days, but it's not like that for everyone
  • Hey chaps = beware of a rant alert

    :) hope you're all good

    silly daddy surpassed himself tonight.

    :) deep breathing


    I'm thinking about spontaniously combusting

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  • MrsMoo2U
    MrsMoo2U Posts: 4,005 Forumite
    Oh dear, you rant away, venting makes you feel sooooooooooo much better.
    Some days there aren't any trumpets, just lots of dragons. Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow -- Mary Anne Radmacher
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