OS Daily Monday 19th September 2011

hilstep2000

Hi guys,
Doing my weekly stint at our local Hospice Shop today. I always seem to spend when I am there! OH says I'm nuts, but it's for a good cause after all.:rotfl:
Had a lovely weekend. OH has nearly finished the doors for the wardrobes he has built in our new spare room. Looks lovely. He has been doing them all year, (supposed to be last years' Xmas pressie!) Be done soon I hope:T
Had two M & S dinners over the weekend. Should have cost £30.99, cost us £10 as I had two £5 vouchers from The Mail Rewards club. Had pork on Saturday, and chicken yesterday. OH and I had enough left over for sarnies and tonight's dinner. Also made 2 pints of stock from the skin and bones. Bargain:T

JackieO Hope it goes well today.

JackieG Sorry for your loss. I have a funeral next Monday. Sisters' FIL.

Quiet week this week, manic next week, then we are off for two weeks to St Lucia! Reward to us both after DD's wedding.

Have a good day all!

JulieGeorgiana

Butterfly Brain You're not the first to mention about it being superstitious. But I had my pram and crib in the house with DS and he turned out just fine. My MIL lives 70 miles away (anyone else I am close to lives 40 miles away), so I would have nowhere to put the baby when it's first born. She suggested the same as you though, but then she also suggested I buy nothing without agreement I could return it if something happened to Baby Roo, which is just shocking to me because that's what she made my SIL do!

Truth be told as a Christian I trust in God, and therefore am not supersticious.

Also on a practical note, the cats have to be trained not to go in the crib before the baby is here (although I have a cat net, training them is a good precaution in case the net slips)

But i do thank you for your concern though

jools27_2

((((Hugs)))) for JackieG, and any one else in need.
It was very quiet around here yesterday, very strange for the day of an old firm match with Ibrox just down the road!
WM is on 2nd load, ironing board is up for work clothes, then off to see to old great auntie and I may go to the shops and think about starting the C word shopping!
Have a good day!

mioliere

Hi everyone, and a special hug for Jackie G.

JackieO - good luck today; hope the treatment does the trick.

Tired Mum - I must admit that I took the NHS well and truly for granted when I lived in the UK. Here in France, to see the doctor you have to pay €23 up front (you get some of it back via the French health system, as long as you're in it, and that's a red tape minefield on its own!), then you get some more back from private health insurance that you have to take out, and that's not cheap. And that goes for children, too. Prescriptions are charged by the cost of the medication - when DH needed antibiotics for an infected finger, he needed two courses and each one cost €24.99. The prescription also included dressings, iodine solution, and so on; I nearly died when the bill at the pharmacy came to well over €100! And, of course, you need to have that money available at the time. I know we'll move back to the UK some time in the not too distant future and, when I do, I will never complain about the NHS!

Well, DH is starting a new job that he quoted on last week, so I'm hoping it all goes well because the work will last right through the winter, which will be great financially.

Dinner tonight will be spag bol and probably bananas and icecream for pudding.

I have some paperwork to get through today; my office is a complete tip at the moment. I also need to wash all the floors, and do a bit of dusting and vacuuming but, as this is my first day all to myself, some of that may well wait! There's always tomorrow!

Have a good day, everyone.
KathyXX

beemuzed

Good Morning All
Hugs to jackieG on the loss of your great uncle.
JackieO you lead such a busy life! Hope your hospital sessions go well and that the sunshine lasts.
Donnygal, I'm sure you have the right approach to encouraging mental maths skills with card games - makes it all fun. I think short cuts are taught still, but sometimes children can't "see" the obvious ones.
Well...another 999 call yesterday and up until bedtime DS was still in resuss but just beginning to come round. Hopefully the doctors will realise that just at the moment he needs to be admitted for his own safety, not released to have another attempt straight away.
I feel as if I'm operating in two completely different spaces - frantic worry on the one side and holiday preps going ahead on the other! in my head I know that we both need this break and that we have to leave him to "live" his own life, but it;s not exactly easy.
Need to get the ironing mountain tamed a bit today and some routine housework. Supper tonight will be a salad with beef from yesterday, and using some lettuce, beetroot, tomatoes and spring onions from the garden, so not too much to buy! Hopefullt will get on with my seing, but don't have much motivation just now.
Was awake in the night so not been up long and need to get dressed! Hope you all have a good Monday. Do take care.
Forget to say how lovely I though your DD's wedding pics were, Hilstep.

uolypool

:( she's gone to her dads:(:(:mad::mad:. I was in the shower and I heard the door bang , boys have all gone off to school, ds2 staid at his girlfriends last night, thought it was her leaving for school. Carried on as normal , finished showering went to pick up any washing in her bedroom and on her bed was a note."Told you I was going".
She has emptied her draws out, taken her school stuff and gone:eek::eek:. Have spent the last half hour on the phone to the school she isn't there , been phoning her dad , no answer. Tried her phone nothing. My neighbour has just gone after popping over to tell me her dad picked her up. Least I know she is with him , but don't want her there. He was violent to me whilst we were together, has been a lousey dad since we seperated what to do . She wont talk to me , he wont talk to me school have tried phoning her and him , diverted the calls. Am sitting here in tears, never believed she would go to him. What do I do ?

Bitsy_Beans

Ulypool as much as it breaks your heart perhaps it's best if she goes to stay for a while. She might actually realise the grass is not always greener. She sounds like typical teenager drama because I assume she can't have her own way living at home with you. As much as Ex is a !!!!! better that she is somewhere relatively safe than wandering street or kipping on friends floors. Huge hugs for you xxxxx

Jackieg pics of the cake please hugs for you on the loss of your Great Uncle. hugs also for DS too xxxx

Candy hugs for your. Hope OH realises he's being a !!!!! xxxxx

As for me.....full of carpy cold. Couldn't sleep from 4am as felt rubbish. So am torn between pushing myself to get stuff done to sitting on the sofa in a stupor
Tea tonight is savoury sausage bake.

Hugs and spoons all round. Have a good day OS or not.

redruby

Morning all

Bright and beautiful day here :Tgot washing blowing on the line, and another load to go out.

Busy day today, need to clean through downstairs, including hoover and mop, wash out my food cupboard and make sure all dry stuff is in boxes, I saw a creepy crawly in there yesterday _pale_, I need to do an online shop, pop to the shop for loo roll.

Roast pork for dinner, might phone mum and see if she wants to come, she is a bit lonely without dad there. I need to see him today or tomorrow too.

Jackie G, sorry for your loss, and I hope things settle for your ds xxx

Hilstep lovley photos xx

Beemuzed, wanted to send special thoughts to you, you always go through such a lot with your ds, and yet you are always so calm when you must be worried sick, big hugs to you xx

Better get on, have good days all xx

flutterbyuk25

Morning all

(((jackieG)))) sorry for your loss x
JackieO - hope treatment goes well
Uolypool - (((hugs)))

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Just remembered to let you know that I got a copy of the takeaway secret in the works for £1.99 if anyone is interested in buying a copy.

I saw this on Sat and made mental note to tell everyone on here but totally forgot! :rotfl:

Well I'm at work, but not got any work kids so haven't really got much to do! I should be assessing their files really but I CBA'd!

Still rainy here

OS wise - need to pop to Aldi for fresh stuff, need to tidy room (sorry BB didn't get round to it yday!), bins went out this morning, DW needs emptying.

Have a good day all

x

redruby

uolypool wrote: »

:( she's gone to her dads:(:(:mad::mad:. I was in the shower and I heard the door bang , boys have all gone off to school, ds2 staid at his girlfriends last night, thought it was her leaving for school. Carried on as normal , finished showering went to pick up any washing in her bedroom and on her bed was a note."Told you I was going".
She has emptied her draws out, taken her school stuff and gone:eek::eek:. Have spent the last half hour on the phone to the school she isn't there , been phoning her dad , no answer. Tried her phone nothing. My neighbour has just gone after popping over to tell me her dad picked her up. Least I know she is with him , but don't want her there. He was violent to me whilst we were together, has been a lousey dad since we seperated what to do . She wont talk to me , he wont talk to me school have tried phoning her and him , diverted the calls. Am sitting here in tears, never believed she would go to him. What do I do ?

As difficult as it is, I would completly stop all contact for now, you know where she is, and that she has a roof over her head, she will want you to be chasing after her at the moment. I bet you she will be back within the week moaning about her dad, hugs to you, its hard, but she has to learn.