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Saturday 3rd September 2011

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  • Molly41
    Molly41 Posts: 4,919 Forumite
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    Congratulations to Candy Girl and her family on the birth of baby Dexter:T:T:T He was a very good weight - no wonder she needed acupuncture :eek:
    I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
    Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
    I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over and through me. When it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
    When the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
  • Good Morning All

    Congratulations Candygirl and family :j:beer::T

    Seems like loads of hugs are required - please feel free to take one :grouphug:

    Lovely sunshine here today, wm, dw are on. Kitchen wiped down and just about to clean the bathrooms.

    OH is meant to be taking DS to watch the football later but was called into work last night. Hopefully he will be up in time or I will have to go (have fingers crossed). DD is out with her boyfriend and his family today so if everything goes to plan I shall have the afternoon to myself.:j

    Haven't had the house to myself for so long.

    OStlee today - soda crystals down sink, also de-limescaling sink with vinegar. Will wait for the sun to go off the back then will wash my kitchen windows and blinds.

    Molly41 - you have reminded me, gonna look online now and book someone to do my oven its gross at the moment.

    Well have a good day everyone.x
  • Morning all,

    Congrats Candygirl, delighted for you all, and I love his name. :)

    Bramble, absolutely let me know if you need me, I would,be glad to help you out, and live in betweenn the airport and Airdrie, so thats easily doable. :)

    Hugs fot butterfly and lou and whoever else needs them.

    Off to ds1s football shortly, then home to watch the Scotland match, os will be,ironing while thats on, [/U][/U][/U]
    mardatha wrote: »
    It's what is inside your head that matters in life - not what's outside your window :D
    Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory. - Ghandi
  • Hardup_Hester
    Hardup_Hester Posts: 4,800 Forumite
    edited 3 September 2011 at 9:58AM
    Morning all
    Big hugs to all those in need.
    I've not long arrived home from Birmingham (very long story, no trains etc) but last night I went to see Dolly Parton, she was fantastic, my feet are killing me & my throat is raw from singing.
    I'm looking after the DGC in an hour, so I'm off for yet anothe cuppa!
    OS today (you'll be bl00dy lucky) I do have a huge bag of apples I need to make into something.
    Have a good day everyone.
    Hugs Hester

    Never let success go to your head, never let failure go to your heart.
  • bramble1
    bramble1 Posts: 3,096 Forumite
    thanks Jackie - you are a diamond, you really are. x

    Hester - thats a long journey - how did you manage to get home without trains?! Glad the evening was good though :)

    I'm off to waitrose in a second to get ingredients, then i'm going to attempt a carrot cake and a jam roly polly too.
    Annual Grocery Budget £364.00/£1500
    Debt payments 2012 £433.27
  • Bitsy_Beans
    Bitsy_Beans Posts: 9,640 Forumite
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    Morning my lovelies :D

    Quick one from me, I am about to go and dance infront of the telly like a loon doing Just Dance :o Meh this exercise lark is too much hard work :o

    Plans for today I think will be taking down large computer table in DS's room. It's not used, has a slower than a slow thing PC on it which NEVER gets used so suggested to H that it could go in the loft for now and maybe sell the table. My mum has a bean bag she keeps trying to offload on me and this might be quite nice to go in DS's room instead.

    Dull and cloudy here but no rain so that's a good thing. Final load of holiday washing on the line drying and H has done the majority of the ironing too :T gotta love that man sometimes ;)

    Not sure what's for tea, probably do pizza for the kids. Am contemplating buying the Takeaway Secret......but I need to remember I am aiming for some NSD in September........b*gger :rotfl: Perhaps I'll see if local library has it :money:

    Hugs for Bramble, Lou and Butterfly xxxxx

    Hugs and spoons to everyone else too :) Have a great Saturday OS or not.

    PS forgot to say congrats to Candy on the arrival of baby Dexter and have fun tonight ;)
    I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it'll be with a knife :D Louise Brooks
    All will be well in the end. If it's not well, it's not the end.
    Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars
  • taplady
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    morning all!

    off to work later but got a nice morning pottering at home first.

    Congratulations Candy:beer: x x

    (((hugs))) to lou, Butterfly, Bramble and ebveryone else in need of one x x x

    Decided to give the oven a good clean last night for some strange reason:D and also did a bit of decluttering. The garden sheds are next in line for a good turf out!
    Have had a quick clean through. Got to do some ironing this morning before work.

    Not a lot else will be going on here OS wise this weekend due to work.

    Have a great weekend all x
    Do what you love :happyhear
  • Morning all

    It's boiling here, got a fair bit done in the front garden yesterday, need to finish off in a bit. I live in a 1950's council house and the gardens are massive. Late on here today, didn't sleep too well last night and then woke at 8.40. Not sure about tea tonight, possible tuna pasta, something simple anyway seeing as I will be in the garden. Glad to say I now have red tomatoes :j.

    BRAMBLE hope your Grandad is ok, sending positive vibes.
    BUTTERFLY sorry to hear of your loss
    LOU MIND are a very good starting point, they have a helpline and will be able to point you in the direction of support groups and give you information. Sorry services are so crap in your area, as a psychiatric nurse makes me feel so frustrated. You can PM me anytime hun.

    CANDYGIRL congratulations :beer:

    Well this won't get jobs done. Hugs to anyone who wants one. Have a good day all.

    Jan x
  • Morning All

    Don't seem to have had two minutes to post this week but have been trying to read each day. Back at school (coming into the 4th week) and everything seems to be fine but working quite a lot of evening shifts at the other job which is quite tiring!

    Congratulations CG, hope all's well. Enjoy the wedding tonight!

    Hugs to all, especially Lou, Bramble and Butterfly Brain - thought our hamster was fading earlier in the week but she's up and about now and full of beans. It doesn't matter how small a creature is, if you have looked after and loved it it will be a sad loss.

    Down to one car this week, DS2 has borrowed mine to help move someone to London (they have paid all the expenses). He will call at his Gran and Grandads in Sheffield on the way back (probably today) - it's the only way he can afford to go at the moment. DD has been really good at not having her car all the time but of course I had to have it yesterday when it got a puncture when I was on my way to work! That was £50 gone as it was a new tyre needed.

    Had a bad day on Tuesday, one of the girls I work with got her finger trapped in a classroom door and it chopped the end right off. I was asked to take her to the hospital (with someone else) and ended up feeling quite queasy myself for the rest of the day. Poor girl was understandably hysterical and the school has been crawling with H&S folk ever since. As she herself said thank goodness it wasn't a child.

    Housework fairly up to date, have baked millies and cupcakes this morning for the duck race tomorrow - it has been cancelled twice as the river was too high and it has been pouring all night again, can't see it going ahead somehow!

    Had blinds fitted to the back of the house, love the living room one but hate the hall. Not sure what to do next as they cost a fortune!

    Anyway, hope your weekends are good and you are all well. Will try harder next week! Take care. XX
  • :eek: something not nice is happening in the dock outside my flat at moment. It's like WW3 out there - police, helicopters, ambulance, firemen, coastguard, boats, divers :s They been there for an hour or so, looks like they are searching for a body :(

    x
    * Rainbow baby boy born 9th August 2016 *

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