Old style daily thred 06 December 2010

NoahsPennilessMummy

afternoon:D

freezing here -9 but no more snow.....just ice:o
Stlll not got my dress....going to have final fitting tomorrow and veil should be there by Weds:eek:.....all too last minute for me.
Mum and dad cant get train from Edinburgh as planned as will not be running so are driving down tomorrow morning, staying at Ncastle overnight.
However she just phoned.....full of snow and airport and rail shut also road bridge:(
I just have to hope for the best. Am not postponing it as it would be too much for DS to cope with and everything is planned and dont want to start it again.

camelot1001

NPM - fingers crossed.
Moilliere - positive vibes on their way.
esmf - chin up, you're doing fine.
Jaxx - I lived in Gosport for a while, think it was shut!

Afternoon All

What a morning. It was raining when I got up and the rain turned to sleet. By the time I was ready it was heavy snow. Should have realised how bad it was when some other drivers had to give me a shove onto the main road, but no, I soldiered on. Got to school only to find that the head was advising parents to take their children home again. A decision was made to close the school and I got away at 9.30. The road outside was gridlocked so I decided to go on the bypass - big mistake! Got to the roundabout after an hour and a half only to find that the road was closed. Had to abandon my car part way and walk the rest of the way.:eek: Got home to discover I had left the house key in the car. :mad: Thankfully the spare key was where it should be. Eventually got in at 12.30 - THREE HOURS to do a normally 10 minute journey. Anyway at least I am safe and will go back for the car in a bit. Wouldn't mind but I was home about 20 mins and the road opened!!!

Had HM soup when I got in, hadn't had any breakfast so was starving. I am making a couple of banana loaves to use up the sad bananas and may bake some twinks later.

Hope you are all warm and safe, take care and thanks for listening!! XX

Loulou2010

NoahsPennilessMummy wrote: »

afternoon:D

freezing here -9 but no more snow.....just ice:o
Stlll not got my dress....going to have final fitting tomorrow and veil should be there by Weds:eek:.....all too last minute for me.
Mum and dad cant get train from Edinburgh as planned as will not be running so are driving down tomorrow morning, staying at Ncastle overnight.
However she just phoned.....full of snow and airport and rail shut also road bridge:(
I just have to hope for the best. Am not postponing it as it would be too much for DS to cope with and everything is planned and dont want to start it again.

it said on the news that all scottish airways are closed/closing. severe wearther warnings gone out. fingers crossed that the worst of happens today so it starts to clear tomorrow

THIRZAH

Still bitterly cold here and lots of snow on the ground. Since no snow was forecast for today I decided to go into Manchester to do some more Christmas shopping. I dithered between wearing my walking boots or ordinary shoes with ice-grips but DH pointed out that my feet would be cold in shoes so wore the boots.The paths down to the station are still really bad. I crossed the road at one point as the pavement on the other side looked clear only to discover it was black ice.

The train was freezing,there was frost at the bottom of the windows-on the inside! Still snow in Machester although the pavements were clear.

I got DD1 a pair of fleece pjs from Primark. She's coming up by train this year and can't bring much luggage so I said I'd buy her a pair of pjs to leave here. DD2 already has a couple of old pairs here.I got a nice fleece blanket from Primark too-purple on one side and pink on the other. It was reduced to £2.

DD1 wanted a new address book . I picked up one reduced from £7.99 to £3.99 but when it was scanned at the till it was only £1.99. I pointed out to the assistant that it was marked at £3.99 but he didn't seem bothered so I got it at £1.99. I also had a £5 Body Shop voucher from yesterdays paper so got a couple of bubble baths as stocking fillers.There was a Sharpe book that DH hadn't read in the Works and I got 10 blank cards with envelopes in Poundland so will use up some of my scrapbooking oddments to make cards after Christmas.So I felt that I'd done quite well today.

It was a long walk up the hill back from the station though.

taplady

afternoon!

not long got home from work, will read the thread shortly.
Very cold still here, nothing is melting and its foggy too.
DH has had a long day and is having a nap, his arthritis is bad atm in the cold and he's got a stinking cold too poor thing. Some tlc from me required

Had leftover soup for lunch, not decided whats for tea yet - I fancy something with chips.
House tidy-ish. Not doing anything else today except the essential stuff.
Am just having a hot chocolate, ten mins on here and listening to DS1 on the radio - Halight you'll be able to get him in Worcester(Sunshine Radio):) 3pm till 7pm weekdays.

Off to catch up now x

Mioliere - (((hugs))) for your sister and her DH x x x

HoneyB - sorry about the job x x

NPM - hope everything works out ok for the wedding x x x

Loulou2010

well i've managed to declutter my living room today :j:j alan will be shot if he so much as puts one thing out of place :eek: just a few more bits to put away and then on to the hallway... knackered but all the stuff i decluttered is now sat there :rotfl: all the rubbish has gone so just need to find homes for these bits. and somewhere to hide the christmas presents...

adelight

My life feels like a bad comedy at the minute "The World's Unluckiest Girl"?
I have a deadline/exam everyday this week.
Work haven't sorted the christmas hours yet so i can't book my trains home yet, if it's left any later it'll be £60+ each way so I won't be able to afford to go home and i might have to come back after two days!!
The disgusting flatmates are calmly refusing to do their part of the cleaning rota today and claim the rubbish is a "collection"- a collection that will be on their beds at 6pm tonight if it's not cleaned up first!!
I was thinking how the day couldn't get much worse, then I get home and the entire flat reaks of solvent. The boys thought it was my nail varnish?! The whole two storeys stink! I'm sitting in my room freezing with the window open because the smell is so bad.


Someone bury me in the snow somewhere so I can ignore it all

jackieglasgow

Evening All!

As you've heard, we've had a little bit of snow here I had an appointment this morning in thw city centre at 9.30, and left the house at 8.50 to drop the boys at school, and the snow arrived at the same time. By the time we got into Glasgow, the snow was about 2 inches on the city centre roads, and by the time I got back in the car at 10.15 it was even worse. It took us almost five and a half hours to get home, its about five miles I would guess. We were stopping every five yards at the most, people were slipping all over the road. Luckily OH was in another vehicle, and drove behind me, so we had the option of a second mode of transport if one of them gave up, there were lots of people slipping and sliding all over the road, and lots of men puching or digging out other motorists to try and keep the traffic moving. I have never experienced anything like it in my life!!

It was like a scene from The Day After Tomorrow!

No OS today, but OH isn't going away now, so the tree will probably go up tomorrow as the 16 inches of snow which fell in four hours today has closed the schools. Plenty of food in, heating working fine, and I am staying put!

Hope the sick friends, and your sick relatives are on the mend, or at least keeping the same.

Hugs Spoons and Hi5's for everyone. NPM I am sure the roads will be cleared a lot overnight, as long as it doesn't fall again like it did today there is still a good chance they will make it.

Jackie xxx

flutterbyuk25

Evening all

snoozer wrote: »

On a happier note I am absurdly happy because i bought myself a Cath Kidston shopping trolley yesterday

Snoozer - I adore Cath Kidston stuff!

THIRZAH wrote: »

DD1 wanted a new address book . I picked up one reduced from £7.99 to £3.99 but when it was scanned at the till it was only £1.99.

thirzah - where did you get the address book from? I am looking for one for my nan for her birthday but oddly can't find any! I've tried Tesco, Wilko, Home Bargains and the £ Shop!

NPM - finger's crossed your parents, dress and veil all make it for the big day!

Bitterly cold here today, I decided to walk to work as the car park here was like an ice rink so didn't want to risk bumping the car for a 3min journey. The walk was only 20mins and it's a nice walk. A colleague gave me a lift home cos it was dark when I left work (although I was happy to walk, he insisted!).

First day back in work after my holiday, work kids had missed me! And they liked the maple cookies I brought back! Today we were holding a market stall in the shopping centre entrance. We didn't have much hope of many work kids turning up cos they all complain it's embarassing to stand in the town centre :rotfl:, but only 2 were absent. We just had bric a brac on the stall and took donations for any items people wanted, lots of people just gave donations. We raised a fantastic £120 :j:j. It was quite cold as we were at the entrance but they hardly complained . I also snaffled myself 2 ramekins for 50p!

Not much OS here today, dinner will be leftover HM veg chilli with rice or jacket spud. I may make another soup, I'll delve into my recipe book to see if anything appeals to me.

Tonight I need to finish off my uni assignment, it just needs tweaking and printing (well emailing to work and printing there tomorrow ). After dinner I'm going to sit down with my copy of the new Cook Vegetarian magazine and see what new things they have .

Have a good evening all

x

flutterbyuk25

ps Jackieg - glad you finally got back ok!

x