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My home is a mess

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  • bearcub
    bearcub Posts: 1,023 Forumite
    Frugal, congrats on the new job. It sounds as if it's picking you you up, and I'm glad to hear that the legal 'thing' is workable. Go get 'em, girl!
  • helen_jelly
    helen_jelly Posts: 2,982 Forumite
    Frugal - well done on getting the job, congrats. My problem is that I have productive days and then CBA days so there's no happy medium, I'm either running about doing stuff or reading and eating chocolate!! Doesn't help when DH is on late shifts and he's here ill 2ish - I get NOTHING done then!

    Helen x
    Projects made for craft fair - 40 :)
    1st fair on 13/4/14 :j
  • Fruball
    Fruball Posts: 5,792 Forumite
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    Frugal - well done on getting the job, congrats. My problem is that I have productive days and then CBA days so there's no happy medium, I'm either running about doing stuff or reading and eating chocolate!! Doesn't help when DH is on late shifts and he's here ill 2ish - I get NOTHING done then!

    Helen x

    Not quite 'Nothing' Helen - Seem to remember you manage to bust up your leg muscles when DH is at home :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    (i will delete that if you want :D)
    Putting these winter preps here so I don't forget! 

    Curtain pole installed in the living room
    Paint curtain pole
    Window quilts for landing window & french door
    Add shrink film to the kitchen door & insulate
    Insulate front door
    Bubble wrap windows & french door
    Wash front door curtain
    Blind for the bathroom
    Find wrist warmers & the wool socks!
    Wash heated throws
    Wash duvet & wool blankets
    Buy vest tops to go under clothes and PJs
    Buy nets for bathroom and kitchen
    Buy or make blind for kitchen
  • evening everyone

    thank you all for the lovely comments

    today ive done .................................................................................NOTHING

    no suprise there i guess ... we didnt wake up til half 10, then went round to my mates and then to my maths course

    where i did a mock exam and failed it ........ seriously failed it .... in my defence i havent been since 9th november, so im a bit out of touch :p

    i did pick up a few toys at my friends house, after my ds made a mess of her place lol


    tomorow, im going back to list writing and start getting this place sorted :)



    xxxxxxxx
  • Cat501
    Cat501 Posts: 1,195 Forumite
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    edited 18 January 2012 at 9:44PM
    Well done on the job Fru!:T:T

    I'm shattered - went into town, not a lot left in the Boots sale but got some bits of make up, a book called "Lovely Things to Make for Girls of Slender Means" which will be nice to read if nothing else.....:D...a Home Diary, not that I needed another diary but it has tips and recipes in it so had to be bought, Xmas cards, and a photo frame which will do for a present if we don't decide to keep it :) Got a much needed new bag at Pr*mark, then went to Debs to get my Touche Eclat. The woman seemed to put loads on me, but really - I didn't notice THAT much difference. Still bought it though, and I suppose nothing works miracles!:o

    Came home, rushed about making various dinners, except mine funnily enough!

    Now got to go and take another load of washing to DS's dad's house, and go back later and pick it up. No rest for the wicked:p

    Big hugs to everyone xxx

    eta hope you had a nice time at your friend's kitty :)
  • MessyMare
    MessyMare Posts: 984 Forumite
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    Well done on the job Fru :) (((hugs))) to those who need them, especially Rum xxx Got to run, dog is whinging constantly unless I fuss him!

    Our greatest weakness lies in giving up; always try just one more time
  • bearcub
    bearcub Posts: 1,023 Forumite
    Well done fr treating yourself, Cat. Does tend to imporve an otherwise dark and dreary day, doesn't it? ;)

    Waited ages for someone to come and pick up some craft mags. She was going to come in for a cuppa, and tell me about a new craft group starting in this area, but was seriously delayed, and couldn't stay. I'd not put the washing machine on, because I thought she was stopping. Still, the washing's now done, and hanging up in the spare room. Have finally finished the churches newsletter, (after someone pointed out something important I'd omitted :o) just need to email it to everyone. Put the clean towels away before dinner, and have done the ironing. :j Tomorrow's aims are to finish 3 half-made birthday cards (so I can put the tool box and materials away), and copy some family tree photos. How many weeks have I been intending to do those? Ho hum!
  • Real CBA evening after very busy day at work. Was planning to empty TD but watched Masterchef from last night and played angry birds instead :o

    Just beginning to sink in that I need to start job hunting yet again as contracts finish in March :mad: and very little sign of further work in my area. Gutted because I love my job.

    Kittens are still here - Cats protection no longer take in cats locally, so have e-mailed RSPCA for advice. As they are feral I suspect if they do take them they will be pts as rehoming would be very difficult :(:( so this is not making me feel great either.

    January seems to be an awful month for us messies - hugs to everyone and hope that light appears at the end of the tunnel for all of us very soon.

    Mess 'A state of embarrassing confusion' (dictionary.com) I definitely agree about the confusion but I am not in the least embarassed ;)

    Take care everyone
  • Rummer
    Rummer Posts: 6,550 Forumite
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    Hello Ladies

    Sorry I was MIA for so long. Been under the weather and then someone was so spectacularly mean to me yesterday that I spent the whole night in tears.

    Anyway I have had a good vent, a long nap and lots of cuddles from my OH so I am back on form :D. Thank you so much for the kind thoughts on here, it is so touching that you all care :o

    Suffice to say the house is less than its shiny best although it is habitable. I really need to get on top of the laundry but I won't have the machines running when I am not it the house and as I have been so busy recently I am hardly in at a time reasonable enough to have them running.

    I have however been tackling the garden (pics on hmpage). Those of you who have low moods get yourself outside and into the garden. The library, garden and a good bath are the three things I turn to when things are bad.

    There are so many of you having a tough time at the moment, remember you are always welcome to vent on here and we will listen :D, take care.
    Taking responsibility one penny at a time!
  • bearcub
    bearcub Posts: 1,023 Forumite
    Mess 'A state of embarrassing confusion' (dictionary.com) I definitely agree about the confusion but I am not in the least embarassed ;)

    :rotfl:

    I like your thinking, SP! Great shame about your job. I imagine jobs in Cornwall are as rare as those on the Isle of Wight. :(
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