A new 'tougher' thread... and so it continues

fuddle

We've missed out bin men too PAH. They woke me at 7.30. It was the recycling day. They won't come again for recycling for 2 weeks and it's full. I don't know what I'm going to do now

We used to get a sticker on our bins to tell us what day they were coming on a holiday but that stopped when conservatives came into power.

I need to go calm down a bit. I feel like my head is going to go 'pouff'.

Mrs_Chip

Oh (((Fuddle))), it would be nice if all Mums (and Dads) were totally supportive of their children, but that sadly does not happen, sometimes they just cannot accept that other people live other lives. As long as you are happy with your choices, that is all that matters. It is sad that some people count value in bricks and mortar, even more so when they are family but you know in your heart who the better person is - the sadness is that your Mum is letting you down, not who you are.

And we are lucky here - our bin men come BH or not! Do you have any street recycling centre near you? Or at your supermarket?

manchestermargo

Hi Fuddle
I too used to own my own house but through divorce just as house prices shot through the roof now rent my flat.
I feel the same as you, it is my home and I will spend my money making it as comfortable as I can. when I first moved in 2 years ago I had the lounge wall replastered, decorated every room and now. my son is in the process of fitting me a new bathroom.

One or two people have said the same thing to me why spend money on a place that will you will never own, my reply is always because it is my home.

Spent the day in Howarth yesterday had a great time looking around the Bronte museum. It has inspired me to dig out my Jane Eyre and have a reread.

Hope everyone has a good day, back to work tomorrow for me but it has been a lovely break, pity about the weather!.

MM

fuddle

I should be used to mum's opinions by now. I've calmed down now, eating a fried egg sarnie for breakfast.

There's 3 tins of peaches, 2 jars of curry sauce and dried milk in my store It's what is left from last winters hoarding. I will definitely make a lst of what is in there. Do you make a note of what you use to replace?

This is who I used on youtube to learn how to crochet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NelL5hJ1mfQ&list=PL59FA9DF4C757945B&feature=plcp it's tjw 'crochet geek' many beginner videos on that channel. That link is the very first stitch you would need to learn. A standard (and the easiest I find) crochet hook to begin with is 4mm with DK (double knit) wool.

Crochet is my passion and the best thing is it's silent so DH can watch his docu's while I sit there crocheting (although I am not normally so silent ) I can't knit though! I just can't. I want to learn and have posted on the knitters thread about where to begin so when I am able to get the relevant needles and yarn I give it another bash.

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FUDDLE dear, it sounds as though your Mum can't quite grasp the idea that you are now grown up and can make your own decisions! You surely have the right to make your own life without interference, even from parents. Yes she has the right to make comments, but not to force her ideas on you. You have such good intentions and motives in all that you do, she should be so proud of who you are, I know that all of us on the thread are proud of you. Be who you are and stand tall, be proud and don't take any notice. You can have my vote any day, Cheers Lyn xxx.

jpscloud

Hugs fuddle, take mum with a pinch of salt (easier said than done, I know) I am very, very lucky to have a mortgage but the house was very cheap as it is badly in need of "doing up".

In fifteen years I have never had the money to do it up and sometimes that really gets me down, but I do what I can to make it nice and I have a good garden as it's a corner plot with an extra bit of land.

My mum is an angel and is always happy to share my joy in my home, but I know some family members look down on me, and my very judgemental dad thinks I should be earning a great deal more than I do (I'm qualified as a teacher but work in learning support, for various reasons) and he never misses an opportunity to ask me if a "proper" job has come up yet!! :mad:

Crochet is such good therapy isn't it :cool:

Dee2012

PAH your cupboard is what I am aiming for when I clean out my wardrobe of doom, although it will take a awhile. Love the photos of your garden.

Fuddle, I second what MrsLurcherwalker says :T

Memory_Girl

Forgive me fuddle - for I have failed.

You know I promised you a "here's how" of the Armageddon Cupboard today - well it has kind of morphed into a 6 part series instead.

Off to take some photos to prettify it up and will post at tea-time.

Then I am off to finish my Jubilee Quilt which still needs some binding done as it should be winging its way to a new home pretty soon.

MG

GreyQueen

Morning all, and welcome LilySue (you're excused teamaking duties as I forgot to ask it on your first posting day). Betcha relieved, huh?:) Don't be silly, I witter on about my lottie all the time and peeps can read it or skip it, as the mood takes them. I love reading about the little stuff in everyone's everyday life, personally.

fuddle I totally get where you're coming from about being looked down on by some because you're a tenant not a owner-occupier. I rent a council flat in a notorious block and you can see people looking at you askance if you arrange to have something delivered.....feeling like saying; OK, sunshine, I just paid cash and no one is going to mug or murder you because you drove a delivery van into the Towers. Heck, some of my neighbours even have jobs, cars and broadband connections.

This downer that people have on renting is a particularly British thing. In continental Europe, even affluent professional people rent their homes and no one looks at them as if they're weird. I've read some interesting statistics about the direct correlation between home-ownership and poverty; the more owned homes in a country, the poorer the country is as a whole. Portugal is one of the poorest European nations and has about the highest number of owner-occupiers, too.

OK rant over.:o

Today is gloriously sunny and I laid in my pit until the heinous hour of 8 am (and am still in jammies!) as am milking this extra bank holiday for all it's worth. Will potter around as have the washer chuntering thru the bedlinen and then tackle the kitchen. Being tiny, it degenerates into a pit at the drop of a teacloth. But I can't use the sink while the washer is running as the water fights in the outflow pipe but I might just about manage to fill the tea-kettle and have another brew up.

:coffee: Tea's up, sun's shining, not going into the salt mine until tomorrow, what could be finer? Have a good 'un ladies.

PS smileyt, I'd pay good money to see you giving your hulking lodger a dressing-down but your weeds will have to go unmolested by moi. I still have the top fifth of the lottie in a total state called The Rough/ The Wildflower Meadow, depending on who's asking. I shall have to wade in there to behead the docks before they flower, even if I can't excavate their roots just yet.

PPS That linkie to the storecupboard pix won't open for me, my pooter's been stuck on it for 10 + mins. So I may have storecupbard envy, but I can't tell until I've seen it. Will try again later.

Tea quote of the day (an intermittant series when I remember)...

When the news reporter said "Shopkeepers are opening their doors bringing out blankets and cups of tea" I just smiled. It's like yes. That's Britain for you. Tea solves everything. You're a bit cold? Tea. Your boyfriend has just left you? Tea. You've just been told you've got cancer? Tea. Coordinated terrorist attack on the transport network bringing the city to a grinding halt? Tea dammit! And if it's really serious, they may bring out the coffee. The Americans have their alert raised to red, we break out the coffee. That's for situations more serious than this of course. Like another England penalty shoot-out. ~Jslayeruk, as posted on Metaquotes Livejournal, in response to the July 2005 London subway bombings

Well, I like it. :rotfl:

ETA, got into the linkie, PAH. Well impressed. I can see 5 FB pies in the corner of one shot. You're slacking there; I've got 28 under the bed on the trollies and one cooked one in the freezer which I'll probably defrost at some point this week. The FB pie is (for the non-vegetarian on robust digestion) the true emergency food. Cheap! Longlasting! Stackable! Edible! Errmmm borderline-edible...............

muffin_man_7

smileyt wrote: »

Mardatha ouch! Your RV is lucky you didn't try to blunt the knife again - on him!!

My store cupboard is being run down at a rapid rate by lodger-boy. He's 6ft 4 and built to match - a 2kg bag of porridge oats lasts less than a fortnight :eek:.

Today has been a mixed day. Bruno rolled in a dead duck (thanks, Bruno!) whilst I shrieked like a banshee at him :rotfl:. On the plus side, I have hoovered the entire house, done all the recycling and mopped the kitchen and bathroom floors. I've also done all the dishes, including the ones lodger-boy left before he went away for the Bank Holiday weekend :mad:. He has just come home now but has a friend with him, so I will wait until tomorrow before I tackle him. Oh, and I sowed some courgette and pumpkin seeds. I know it's late, but perhaps they will catch up and crop later in the season.

I popped by my allotment. Oh heavens, it is covered with weeds and they are almost 5ft high. I read somewhere that vinegar is a good weedkiller, so the next dry day we get (won't be for a while, I think) I will be heading down there with several bottles of malt vinegar and a pressure sprayer. If that fails, I will have to buy some glyphosphate or whatever it's called. I don't really want to use chemicals but there's no way I will be able to hand weed all that. Unless of course Greyqueen would like a little excursion north ....

Right, I'm off to indulge myself with a glass of wine and to see if I can find the Jubilee edition of Superscrimpers on the catch-up service.

how about lodger boy weeding the alotment as way of making up for you doing his mucky dishes sounds fair don't you think?
you will need to be there watching he does only lift the weeds though