New, New Thirfty Gifty for Christmas and All Ocassions 2011..Santas Challenge...

rufusdog52

Mary - I do hope he is all right xx

Sugarspun - Wow, well done you!! Thats a lot of items. Just think if they only go for 99p each! Good luck xx

abdonz

Sending my best wishes Mary!!
Xx


Thank you for the freecycle idea have registered and posted today
Think I will make a start on my jam if it going to keep might do onion chutney too then I don't have to think about them.
Xx

mary-op

Hello all :j
Many thanks for your kind wishes. Means a lot to me.
Least OH looked ok when I got there last night and not too knocked out with morphine.
CT scan showed there's something still lurking about inside but doctors don't know what. First they were going to drain it off then decided to do 'cultural blood test' (whatever that is) so he's just lay there now waiting for result and not sure when that will be. They don't want to open him up again if they can help. He's hoping not -42 stitches so far including both op...........he's really fed up being there and a bit of 'depression' is starting to creep in -not surprising. But he's determined to stay there till he gets a clean bill of health -or near as damn it

Cleaner came today and took me shopping.....oh my little pile did look just like meals for a lonely person............lol Found a shop in town I didn't know was there that'll have to be popped into again for the odd pressie. Wanted ink for printer and computer shop closed due to illness ! Typical.........oh well it'll wait.
Got some brown wool and think if I use a strand of that and strand of the beige I've got it'll make a thicker scarf for my son so might start that tomorrow.

Hope you're all ok:)


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mrs-moneypenny

hope the blood test shows what the problem is and that it can be resolved without surgery. im not surprised the poor guys got a touch of depression i feel deprssed for himm with everything hes had to endure. i dont know how youve managed to stay so stroung through out this i think i would probally have strangled a doctor or two by now if i were you. sedning hugs and hope your mels for one arent as sad or lonely as they seem we are all 'virtually' with you holding your hand everystep of the way mary

Anglea

Hi all

Sugarspun, you are really good with all that listing, it will be nice to get the financial rewards for all that hard work.

Twisted Angel, I wrote a message to you a few pages back about painting your chest.

Mary, sorry to hear yet more problems for poor OH.

Mrs M and Rufus, just reading your posts about stuff all over the the beds is giving me shudders as I was remembering Saturday when I got out all my clothes to de-clutter and put them in piles on my bed then popped out to the pub completely forgetting about them.

I don't know why but bedroom sorting seems neverending. I've still got all my surfaces to do - I use my bedroom surfaces as an office, putting things down temporarily before putting away or filling in forms, or laundry to be put away. I'm not even going to attempt actual decluttering of the drawers, this is purely going to be surfaces this month.

Christmas squirrel - do you mean decorations or presents?

Today I had planned quite a relaxing day, DS2 was arriving in the afternoon from the care home, as you know things don't always go to plan, his brother arrived unexpectedly from his trip (I was expecting him tomorrow) and I got into a disagreement with mum so now I feel very grumpy I'm not the sort of person that can just switch off easily and end up brooding.

rufusdog52

Evening all

Mary, I dont know what to say, your saga just seems to be going on and on. I hope too that the blood test tell what is wrong so they can sort it out at long last.

Anglea, I know what you mean about not being able to switch off. I had my eldest GS kncok on the door this afternoon, he was well upset, had had a row with Mum (my eldest daughter) and his step dad. He is such a mixed up little boy at the moment. My daughter split up with his dad when him and his brother were little and the dad has never really wanted much to do with them, it has always been the case that when the CSA get in touch with him he starts getting nasty and saying he wants to see HIS boys but then after a couple of visits he disappears again for months or years even then when they get in touch again out he comes from the woodwork. His latest thing is to say that he doesnt believe the middle lad is his and wants my daughter to pay for a dna test to prove he is, the cheek of him. Hence he has said he doesnt want to see this boy any more until he knows he is his, just wants to see the eldest one. The middle one was fine with this (didnt know the reason why but didnt want to see his dad anyway) for a while so EGS was going now and then to see his dad on his own, but he is so unreliable. Now the middle one has started to get upset so ED has said neither of them should go until he sorts himself out. Has told him to go to the court and get access through there if he really wants to. EGS was fine with this too and agreed he didnt want to see his dad until it was all sorted out but after him having a row with his mum and step dad today he has gone and rung up his dad without his mum knowing and it has caused a bit of a ruckass. His mum has said he cant go see him this weekend because other boy is upset he cant go too but EGS thinks he is being kept from his dad because they are punishing him.

I tell you, he had me in tears here this afternoon. He did go back home again after an hour of talking and lots of cuddles but I am so worried about them both. They are not being treated bad at home or anything its just messing them about in their heads and its hard to know what to say.

Sorry for the rant but I know some of you have been through similar things.

I am going away for the weekend in the morning, going to my Dads to decorate so dont know if I will be on that much until Sunday. Depends how much free time I get lol.

I might be around later on as OH gone to work tonight but if I dont then have a nice weekend everyone. Rufus xx

mary-op

Hello all :j
Just spoke to OH again - he's still really down but didn't seem quite as bad when I told him builder had dropped kitchen brochure off...........got him talking then about the kitchen we want and it'll give him something to look at when I take it at the weekend.
I'm getting back to some sort of normality........I think. Undid the four rows of knitting I was doing for my son(scarf) and now doing it using two threads, brown and beige, and bigger needles. Thought it might be a bit different. So, least I'm doing something:)

Anglea

Hi all

Rufus, that does sound like a lot of complications in your daughter's life with that ex of hers, and it's having a big impact on all of you.

From what I've heard from other mums, there seems to be a similar pattern, one child seems to have different treatment. It happened in my household too.

Not surprising your GS's are confused and upset.

Good luck with the decorating.

Mary I must say I'm surprised you and OH are thinking of redoing the kitchen when he comes home, wouldn't that just be adding to the stress?

I would also be highly stressed if I had to undo my knitting LOL I always had trouble picking up the stitches.

My lights fused a short while ago, thank goodness I had bought some of those easy circuit breakers because I used to have to change the fuse wires and that was a fiddle. And I couldn't find the step stool, so had to stand on a chair that was too short. DS2 was in the bath and always has to have the lights on and it was always one of my fears of the lights going when he was in there as he'll get very upset. However, managed to calm him. Luckily it was still daytime, if it was dark there would have been a problem.

nannyboo1

tRying to be organised and looking for ideas for Christmas and found this site HERE some free ebooks to download including one for gifts in mason jars

Anglea

I don't think I'll have any time for MSE once I get on that site Kate - some really good things on there.