Combat the Christmas Crush with the NSD challenge

cw18

butdoineedit? wrote: »

My stepdad (well not legally as he never actually married my mum, but in every other way), has just come back off holiday & announced he has married a teenager in Africa!!!!!! :eek::eek: (yeah, i know it sounds like a plotline from a bad soap)

So have spent most of the week trying to support my mum.....

What a situation to be put in (both for your Mum and you) :eek:

Think you deserved that bottle of wine

IF

Good evening all x

Spoony I did it got my 5th NSD for today.......can't believe I've got 5 in a row, (all due to the snow mind!! ) don't think I'll repeat it!! :dance:

This made me smile

beanielou

Love it if wishes

moneypenny2k

butdoineedit? wrote: »

Aargh what a week!!!! Been so :mad::mad: that i couldn't even bring myself to post..... the reason for this??? My stepdad (well not legally as he never actually married my mum, but in every other way), has just come back off holiday & announced he has married a teenager in Africa!!!!!! :eek::eek: (yeah, i know it sounds like a plotline from a bad soap)

So have spent most of the week trying to support my mum, who is draining at the best of times & just feel exhausted with it all, oh, & fixing the heating which stopped working, but luckily that was just frozen pipes which seem to be ok now i have lagged them

Have so far managed 2 for December, am quite pleased with that really & the only comfort spend i had was a bottle of wine, so different from the days when i would have bought myself a ton of clothes & stuff to deal with the stress!!

Having gone through many a time that sounds like a bad year in eastenders I know just how draining it can be. Hugs to you and your mum.

3Dogs

You couldn't make it up, could you ButdoIneedit? What a thing to happen - thinking of you and your Mum :A

It's been another no spend day for me today, making NSD NUMBER 4 - went to see Mam, then went shopping with brother again (he paid:T) Mam was OK but much better when we all got there - at one point there was me, my brother, my sister, and my neice with her two girls aged 5 & 9 - it was crowded in her room but Mam really enjoyed herself with me and my greatneices singing Christmas Carols, kiddies songs and even Y.M.C.A., yes, with all the actions - Mam was laughing her head off :j :j

No more snow here today, but icing over as light faded so don't know what it will be like in the morning - not that it will matter to me as I am having long lie-ins while I am up here Some weather forecasts are saying more snow tomorrow but will just have to wait and see won't we?

cw18

Sounds like your Mum's a lot brighter 3Dogs - and that's fantastic news

niccatw

Hi guys

Sorry I don't have time to read all your posts. I had 1 NSD on Friday and 1 today, so 2 so far.

I crashed the car tonight . Taking off from green lights, police sirens went off, looked to see what direction they were coming from and didn't see the car in front had stopped, slipped on the ice...

We were all ok (me in my car, a couple in the one in front), if a bit shaken. I am very glad I was only taking of and not going at all fast, or I dread to think. It was just a young lad driving his mum's car too, he didn't know what to do and I feel terrible. They were very nice about it really. But still

Feeling a bit rubbish and a little bruised. Big hugs to all who need them. (Especially BDINI - I've read the posts on this page. It does put things into perspective, as my mum said to me, it's only a car, every-one was ok and there are worse things. Thinking of you and you mum xx)

solventsoon

butdoineedit? wrote: »

Aargh what a week!!!! Been so :mad::mad: that i couldn't even bring myself to post..... the reason for this??? My stepdad (well not legally as he never actually married my mum, but in every other way), has just come back off holiday & announced he has married a teenager in Africa!!!!!! :eek::eek: (yeah, i know it sounds like a plotline from a bad soap)

So have spent most of the week trying to support my mum, who is draining at the best of times & just feel exhausted with it all, oh, & fixing the heating which stopped working, but luckily that was just frozen pipes which seem to be ok now i have lagged them

Have so far managed 2 for December, am quite pleased with that really & the only comfort spend i had was a bottle of wine, so different from the days when i would have bought myself a ton of clothes & stuff to deal with the stress!!

Hi BDINI
Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that, your poor mum must be devastated, I'm not surprised you're furious. What a bummer of a week for you, well done for resisting the spend temptations.

I really don't know what to say apart from I'm thinking about you and your mum and ((((((hugs)))))) to you both.
spoon xx

solventsoon

niccatw wrote: »

Hi guys

Sorry I don't have time to read all your posts. I had 1 NSD on Friday and 1 today, so 2 so far.

I crashed the car tonight . Taking off from green lights, police sirens went off, looked to see what direction they were coming from and didn't see the car in front had stopped, slipped on the ice...

We were all ok (me in my car, a couple in the one in front), if a bit shaken. I am very glad I was only taking of and not going at all fast, or I dread to think. It was just a young lad driving his mum's car too, he didn't know what to do and I feel terrible. They were very nice about it really. But still

Feeling a bit rubbish and a little bruised. Big hugs to all who need them. (Especially BDINI - I've read the posts on this page. It does put things into perspective, as my mum said to me, it's only a car, every-one was ok and there are worse things. Thinking of you and you mum xx)

Hi nicca
Your mum's right, it is only a car and they can be repaired. As long as you and the people in the other car are OK, that's the main thing. It does leave you shaken up though, so take care of yourself.
((((((hugs))))))
spoon xx

3Dogs

niccatw wrote: »

I crashed the car tonight . Taking off from green lights, police sirens went off, looked to see what direction they were coming from and didn't see the car in front had stopped, slipped on the ice...

We were all ok (me in my car, a couple in the one in front), if a bit shaken. I am very glad I was only taking of and not going at all fast, or I dread to think. It was just a young lad driving his mum's car too, he didn't know what to do and I feel terrible. They were very nice about it really. But still

Feeling a bit rubbish and a little bruised. Big hugs to all who need them. (Especially BDINI - I've read the posts on this page. It does put things into perspective, as my mum said to me, it's only a car, every-one was ok and there are worse things. Thinking of you and you mum xx)

Ooops sorry about that Nicca - just goes to show how easy things like this can happen, doesn't it? Glad you and the people in the other car are OK - (((((HUGS)))))