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Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie
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If you are looking for someone under-employed to give you a hand...
I wish I could michaels. Unfortunately it is a timing issue rather than anything else. In a month's time I may have no work at all (including library) so I need to make every penny I can get:eek:.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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PasturesNew wrote: »The party, it turns out, is 2 doors down. Kids of rich Londoners who bought a 2nd home and have turned up to party. They've got a huge outside balcony, about 18'x12' and big patio doors onto it. Balcony's on the 2nd floor. So the patio door's wide open and they're in/out/in/out and hollering and screaming... they have a gaggle of gobby bints in there.
Had to close my window to cut down on the noise, but can still hear them shrieking through the double glazing. So I can't work and can't sleep until they've passed out from alcohol abuse
So many sentiments in one post.
rich Londoners
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vivatifosi wrote: »Evening all! Just stopped by to say hi and that I won't be posting as much over the next few weeks. Have got a few big jobs in at the same time and the juggling means I'll be working up to 11pm some nights and then going to bed before getting up and working. Probably until July.
Long enough tonight though to say Isaac looks adorable and could be a child model....
Hope the work goes well - and that is is both interesting and well-paid!
I think being a child model might be very bad for Isaac (-:...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
He looks lovely, NDG. There's something about the smile that fits with your description of non-stop energy, though. Maybe it's just that I can recognise it because my two are like that too.
Do they think sleep is for the weak, and a moment spent quietly is a moment wasted?
Yours helping with the painting and decorating sounds a useful outlet for energy, though!...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Do they think sleep is for the weak, and a moment spent quietly is a moment wasted?
Of course!
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Yours helping with the painting and decorating sounds a useful outlet for energy, though!
I can only cope with painting and decorating with one of them at a time. Both at once requires two adults to supervise. Mercifully, DS was busy with the computer when DD was helping me, and DD was watching something (probably Horrible Histories clips on the CBBC iplayer) when DS was helping me. Naturally they only help with the actual painting - cleaning the brushes and rollers afterwards is a step too far, and they aren't as careful as one would wish about making sure everything is covered up - I had to spend quite a little while last night with a pan scrub getting the paint off the ceramic floor tiles.
So far they are being good this morning. The cleaner is cleaning, and neither the friend with the active children (ie just as active and noisy as mine) nor the PV quote person has arrived yet. There remains the small problem that I need to buy some food with which to feed the friend and her kids (and us of course).Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
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Helping is also morally good for children, I think. They shouldn't rely on the clean-socks-fairy, who also puts all their toys away and washes up....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »Helping is also morally good for children, I think. They shouldn't rely on the clean-socks-fairy, who also puts all their toys away and washes up.
Couldn't agree more. Keeping rooms tidy (relatively of course
), washing up, cleaning the odd bathroom etc. All teach them a small amount of personal responsibility for their surroundings.
Our were doing their own laundry intermittently from early teenage years too.
Less of a shock going to uni we reckoned..... oh and no way we were raising spoilt layabouts
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »Helping is also morally good for children, I think. They shouldn't rely on the clean-socks-fairy, who also puts all their toys away and washes up.
I make them help get the house tidy enough for the cleaner to clean it every Tuesday! Plus some other helping on an ad hoc basis.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
I was always made to tidy up as a child and do my own chores and everything. By the time I was 13, I had my own laundry basket and did my own washes (except the sheets were done by the fairy).
To this day, I still hate chores and can't tidy
But I am a pretty good cook
Concrete dust bowl still out there but things must be planted out so I'm watering the weeds and the dry patches. The hosepipe ban will soon be upon us I fear0 -
I was always made to tidy up as a child and do my own chores and everything. By the time I was 13, I had my own laundry basket and did my own washes (except the sheets were done by the fairy).
To this day, I still hate chores and can't tidy
But I am a pretty good cook
Concrete dust bowl still out there but things must be planted out so I'm watering the weeds and the dry patches. The hosepipe ban will soon be upon us I fear
I always had a messy room, but had to do chores...laundary, cooing, bathroom cleaning, helping with gardening etc. By nature I'm messy but clean. I don't mind cleaning, I quite like lots of cleaning jobs (hate hoovering though) but still hate tidying.
Horse had a chiropractor today and has been referred to vet. ok I said, wondering if I'll be able to afford to get my own back done any time soon.
edit: even at school we had chores...not doing laundry but taking it down to the laundry, ding our shoes and cubicles.0
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