OS Daily Thursday 1st September

Butterfly_Brain

Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Thursday 1st September.
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Butterfly_Brain

Morning All

Pinch punch first day of the month.

Had a bad night so I have been up for ages, just grabbing a few minutes before I call DH.
Went over to Sports Direct in Bletchley last night and kitted out DS with some kerrimore toe tectors for college reduced to £22 a bargain for someone with size 12 feet :eek: at 17 years old. We also got him some airwalkers and some loafers and I got a few Christmas pressies in there as well.

Well I had best call his nibs and make him a cuppa
Will pop back later so BFN x

Molly41

Good Morning Butterfly Brain and all who follow x

I was also up early but slept through so feeling quite rested this morning:T

I am planning a quietish day as cleaner coming today. DD is more settled now and has a Plan C so hope it works out for her. She has had the stuffing knocked out of her and is still gutted that she didn't get into university.

Jackie G - hope your BIL is a little stronger x
Redruby - hugs to you and your family x

Hardup_Hester

Morning all
Well yesterday I saw 6 magpies all together, so I sat in all day waiting for a pot of gold to arrive, unfortunately, it didn't, still Hubby won £4 on the euromillions, so that will have to do.
DW's on WM about to go on, fish fed & packups made.
Plans for today include slicing up the joint of beef I bought & cooked yesterday, I shall freeze it down in portions with some gravy. Listing some wool on Ebay & listing a few more books on Amazon.
Have a good day everyone.
Hugs Hester

nic1lou2

Morning all

Firstly hugs to those who need (or just want) one JG hope your BIL is improving.

Well off work till Monday now, am going across to Manchester today to see my sister who is over from Ireland for a couple of weeks, so it will be nice to catch up with her and my nieces, might stop over depends, on what her plans are. If not, tomorrow I intend treating myself to a mooch around the shops, dont often have time to do that and then on Saturday am going to a concert with my brother (Classical Fantasia, held in a 11 century abbey in Leeds, great music and the fireworks are amazing), we go every year and it is one of the things I look forward to doing, so looking forward to a nice few days.

Housework is up to date, wm just finished so I will hang that out now, bright here but a real chill in the air - feels very "back to school" weather:D

Hope you all have good days whatever you are doing
x

Islandmaid

Morning all,

Still a bit blearly eyed at the mo, woke up late

Chilli this morning :cool:

Ribs for dinner, just covered them in sauce to marinate all day.

Have a good one all x

bramble1

Morning all! I have my internet back!!

Thank you for your kind thoughts all, it's so much appreciated.

Just having a cuppa before work, not been up to much, I did a food shop last night (the first in about a month) £135!! I was over charged £17.99 however, so need to arrange a refund. Hopefully we don't need to do another shop this month, except for fresh bits. I did mostly stick to my list but got a few extra treats. picked up some cheap cuts like beef shin for our sunday dinner.

I've been making myself a list of daily tasks to keep the house in order and it seems to be working, today i've got some clothes to put away, the kitchen to give a once over, clean the bathroom and put a wash out on the line.

It's getting nippy!! I love winter so i'm pleased got soup making on the books for the weekend!

Lunch today is some fruit and some noodles out the store cupboard, OH is having steak for dinner i think i will have chicken kiev.

have a lovely day all, I will catch up on the threads i have missed later x

Moorhen

Morning all,

I am off to Skegness for the day today with DD1 and DD2 and a couple of their friends. (DS doesn't want to come- how can you outgrow Skeg?!).

WM is on and will hang out a load before I go, it may dry.

Tea tonight is fish and chips on the beach but OH and DS will be more OS as they are having HM meatballs from the freezer.

Right, off to make the packed lunches.

Hugs to all that need them especially Lou and NPM

Have a lovely day everyone.:)

[Deleted User]

Good Morning everyone, and a brand new month ahead of us.A slight autumn feel in the air today .When we were away last week we spotted conkers on the trees already ,admittedly small ones but seemed very early and some of the trees were already turning that beautiful golden colour.A bit of a worry as my late ma-in-law always said an early autumn means a cold winter, and she was the 'old wife' that all the tales were written about:)My children thought she had witchy powers as she had so many remedies for different ailments.But of course when her booys were growing up before the war few people could afford Drs so many had home medicines to treat themselves .My late OH never saw a Dr until he was called up to the RAF in 1951at 18 and was extremely healthy.In fact in the 40 odd years we were married I can't remember him ever having a cold or cough.His old Mums upbringing must have worked o.k.He adored 'dripping toast' especially on brown bread and said that it kept the colds away I could never eat it though so I seemed to get his share.:)
Well time to make breakfast I think and get some caffeine down my neck,have a good day whatever you may be doing
Cheers JackieO xx
p.s. I was walking past a young lady yesterday who had a small boy with her and she was berating him dreadfully
Mum 'I'm fed up to the back teeth with you and can't wait until monday when you go back to school'
Little boy 'I'm sorry Mum I didn't mean it '
Mum 'Thats it next summer you are going to summer school I can't be putting up with your noise for 6 week'
little boy started crying'No Mum I don't want to go there I like being with you'
Mum 'Well I don't like being with you ,you are just too wearing for me'
I know kids can be a handful at times but this little lad was about 6 and was very upset and I thought of my DD and her tribe and how she would love to be at home with them during the long summer holidays .Yesterday she had a day off as she had the dentists to go to for an extraction in the afternoon and in the morning she took the boys swimming thenout for a special treat for them which was a McDds(they don't normally have them as a rule)and when I was talking to her she said although she loves her job she wishes that she could be more with the boys .The only reason she can work full-time is because she knows I take care of them as she would and she would never threaten them with summer school .I felt quite sorry for this little boy and sad that his Mum doesn't realise what precious time she has with her son and how soon it will be gone and he will be grown up and off her hands.maybe she's not maternal I don't know but it just struck me how lucky I am to be able to look after the boys, and what great enjoyment we both get out of it.

Bitsy_Beans

Morning my lovelies

roll on Autumn and Winter Sorry it's not that I don't like summer, I do but I love [STRIKE]Christmas[/STRIKE] Winter months more. Just prefer being cosy and hibernating :rotfl:

So plan today is to finish putting away all of the stuff we took on holiday and change the kids beds. H is off so I shall leave him in charge of the washing mountain whilst me and the kids visit a friend this morning for her little boys birthday.
No idea what's for tea, have some bacon defrosting so might do a pasta bake, although DS declares he doesn't like pasta any more. Or cheese. Heaven only knows what this child will live on <rollseyes>

Anyway slept in as DS woke at 5.30am so I had better get a move on.

Hugs and spoons all round, especially NPM, hope you're feeling better lovey.
Hugs for Jackieg's BIL and Redruby and her dad xxx

Have a good day OS or not.

jannyannie

Morning all

Nights done for now, am so tired. Chilly last night and this morning. Have both kittys trying to sit on me this morning.

JACKIE O unfortunately I know a few mum's like that, ExOH and I have always shared the childcare between us, although it's really hard at times, DS really does appreciate my need for space at times.

Hope all is well, not read the thread. Big hugs to all who need one.

Off to bed in a mo, need to defrost the fridge when I get up. Also If it's dry I shall potter in my garden.

Have a good day all

Jan x