My home is a mess

Cat501

Frugal wrote: »

What is this ironing of which you speak? I have an ironing board but it is a burglar alarm (leans up at kitchen garden door!) :rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I don't, and wouldn't, have a fur coat, but I've got a lovely black suede fake fur lined jacket which is just soooo warm! Exactly what I've always wanted - and just £4 out the charity shop!:j

helen_jelly

Blimey your lucky with the charity shop find. There is never anything in the shops round by us - all old, old lady stuff hehe.

Frugal - love the burglar alarm

Did I tell you I have no ironing hehe

Helen x

Cat501

yes I think you might have Helen.....:D

Very lucky, I was looking at the books as usual and just glanced down and saw it!

Weather here is now worse than last Thursday I'd say!:eek:

Fruball

My fur was from ebay - £10 plus delivery :T

I would never commission a fur coat to be made for me, but its a shame to waste one that was already out there... Its from the 60's I believe and immaculate condition - I feel a million dollars in it

helen_jelly

Its SNOWING :T:j:T:j

Well it was for 10 minutes!! :rotfl:

Rummer

Good Evening

Sorry I was MIA yesterday, I have been so tired that I flaked out it was good in a way though as my OH did the dishwasher!

The weather here is very scary :eek: and my wee one was almost blown off her feet on the way home today. Seems to be whipping up a real storm here. I wonder if there will be as big an impact as there was last week?

Tonight I am going to do NOTHING AT ALL :D:D

Fruball

helen_jelly wrote: »

Its SNOWING :T:j:T:j

Well it was for 10 minutes!! :rotfl:

hmphhhhh

I want snow!!!! If it has to be this cold, it might as well be snowy! I'm in Berkshire and we have a chance of snow here on Friday :j

Emm-in-a-pickle

Hiya Mesies. Against my better judgement I am still up, still relishing being off tomorrow.Did a long-day today, very satisfying day at work, one day off tomorrow then back in on an early. Should be a late next day but our Charge Nurse has sweet-talked me into another long-day on Friday. He is such a dear, but it`s a good job I`m more than old enough to be his mum, as I can`t say `no`! (OH not impressed)
Have briefly read here - got engrossed in the `HI Everyone` thread by Skintmum & poured out my guts there, it struck a chord & couldn`t help myself!
Snookey, your ratty problem had stuck in my head. Glad your problem is sorted, pity about the rat but I`m glad you know it`s sorted. I LOVE rats, we`ve had several as pets over the years plus used to have dissections and lab-rats when I taught biol years ago. Wild ones are a different thing though, just as intelligent but not what you want indoors unaccounted for.
Anyone who WANTS SNOW - you are most welcome to my share of it.
Messy status here:-
Downstairs - fairly static, no worse. Better than expected, really. Settee still clear, & kitchen worktops ok, pretty amazing really as I wasn`t here all day to nag about them.
Upstairs - still a state, but I`m cool with it. Shared my recent Liberating Revelation about `no chance till after pressies distributed` with a couple of colleagues today, they found it true & helpful. More wrapping tomorrow if I Can BA, so `twill get worse before it gets better! Only dread is that Daftie-dog will blunder into stacked storage crates in bedroom in middle of night & knock it all over...

FUR - Frugal,thanks, read your post and have to share this memory...my mum always fancied a fur coat, and it never happened, till a colleague of hers got way too fat to wear hers & wanted to sell it...mum cajoled my dad he bought it...mum, honour satisfied, finally had a fur coat, but never felt `right` about wearing it, then she put weight on. Mum had a mad do one day and took it to bits, made a floor rug from the main bit (armpits down, made a fair-sized rug) it was placed by dad`s armchair, & he reckoned it helped his chilblains no end. Then our Sally-dog (a truly foul-tempered spaniel !!!!! badly spoilt by mum, cussed & ignored by dad, walked/fed/ groomed & most handled & almost trained by me in my early teens, and my ally &`alibi` for walkies to meet my first boyfriend) took a liking to lying on the fur rug. Dad complained as she was lying too close, he couldn`t move his feet. They clearly weren`t going to share.
No idea what fur it was, but it was browny-black. Sally-dog was black. Mum & I always used to do the flea-inspection together & flea-powder applications - me holding dog as mum was nervous of getting bitten & mum applying stuff. That dog knew the word `FLEAS`. The fur rug question was resolved by a flash of inspiration. Ignoring the Sally-dog, mum & I dived on the fur rug around dad`s feet rooting in the fur saying the word `fleas` loudly to each other, and pretended to hunt & treat the rug as we treated the dog. Dog growled & hid under the sideboard (ignored her, kept up on the rug, repeating `FLEAS!` to each other. Dad cussed the dog, and said no wonder because all females in his house were mad! Dog kept away from the fur for a couple of days, & when she looked like she was interested again mum & I just pounced on the rug saying `FLEAS`. Dog under sideboard, rewarded by biscuits. Dad had fur rug to himself, dog avoided it like a plague! Binned the fur after dad died, he`d had a lot of comfort from it but bestowed a lot of mess in it too.

beemuzed

loved the fur rug story!
On a roll today - bathroom and cloakroom cleaned already, plus kitchen tidied once more. Actually forced myself to the gym yesterday afternoon - first time in ages, but really enjoyed it!
Need to finish the last of the cards today and make a list of what needs doing over next week and a half. Might even tidy a bedroom or two!

MessyMare

My Aunt (well, mum's godmum) has the most beautiful reindeer pelt for a rug...divine, it really is (and I suspect all of the meat was eaten too as it did come from somewhere Scandinavian). I'd love a fur coat but always fear I'd end up covered in enamel paint or something by someone!

Housework wise I was very busy and organised last night, on the surface everything looks very tidy. However, don't go in my spare room or look under the bed!