Daily OS 21st February

Pooky

Afternoon all

Catowen - Nice to see you back - You were missed - your daily posts do make a difference and I apologise for not sending a hug your way when you needed it - like others have said - I see you as such a strong person that I didn't think my hug would actually make a difference.....I guess we've all realised today what a difference it can make.

Lilmisskitkat - Nice when someone praises your efforts - keep it up - your tea sounds yummy - I want burgers now!

Hugs to the rest of you - whether you want them or not - it's now the law that you have one - even if you keep it for later.

I've done a couple of hours cross stitch this afternoon - and got fed up of blowing my fringe out the way so attacked it with the scissors...I can see again! Am I the only one that begrudges going to the hairdressers? Mines really good - a wash/cut/blowdry costs me £8 but it takes me over an hour and 2 buses to actually get there.......my time is always best utilised elsewhere.

Toodle pips all

anniestar

Well I wasn't going to post again today am struggling to be honest(made a coffee before without the coffee! BUT... I wanted to add my 10p's worth. I also remember the original post well and am one of the "thankers" it struck a cord as Jeanette one of my closest friends who I had known for ages came to me one night whilst I was working and 5mins before I was due on told me she was emigrating to Italy-hardly the same as Aus but it WAS in the 80's no easy jet and I had very little cash or opportunity it may as well have been thousands of miles away. As I said she told me just as I was due to go on as she figured I'd be ok (show must go on and all that guff) Wel I went on broke down at first song and was devistated. Cat, I DID understand EXCATLY what you were saying and indeed how you were feeling. In fact I asked my DH if he thought I SHOULD respond it wasn't a good expierence for either of us (Jeanett or me)and DH advised against it. You were down enough a sit was. Jeanette did come back home in fact they stayed with me for a time. Without going into everything I felt that my imput would not help you to feel better. I try to be helpful and kind and would never patronise or minimise the problems ANYONE on here is going through.So please never think you are being ignored. This site is just about keeping me sane at the moment. I am finding it extremely difficult to cope or function at the moment and without all of you I dont think I could. This is indeed a very special place simply because of the people who dewll within. Please don't change.Thank you all again for more things than you could ever ever know. AnnieXXXXX

Crazychik

Good afternoon

welcome autismmum
stef sorry to hear ref the appt was cancelled. Like CM said - better to be safe than sorry
(((hugs))) roz_v hope you feel better soon. I was feeling like that a while ago, down etc, but I soon came out of it. Hope your trip makes a difference. Pop over to Chessy some time for a brew & chat, change of scenery might help!

(((hugs))) catowen I think you've hit the nail on the head and expressed your feelings for a majority of us. I too, (especially in a morning) skim through if Im running late. But tend to catch up after work and the evening.

Like others have said, a lot of newbies arriving, it is hard to catch up with everyone. I do try my best.

Oven on ready for mine & kids tea, as OH is having beef casserole, I dont fancy it so will have something light.

Just booked a van through work for monday, for the day £15, its great. Just to move my settee into storage and to fetch my replacement!

Thanks valentine ref my OH & his problems. Hope your feeling ok these days! Hows baby coming on?

Right i'd best go and get something done.
DD not been happy today, she's curled up on the settee, will have a girlie chat & cuddle with her in a while!

Be back later
Love as usual
Emma xxx

Lucie_2

I think the biggest thing I am guilty of is a selective attention span - I do read every post, but obviously only certain things jump out at me as remarkable/outrageous/memorable for whatever reason. Today's memorable occurances:

I too heard about the lady avoiding supermarkets for Lent on radio 2 & wondered if it was Bargain Rzl

Penny Pincher's cleaner nightmare, cos she pays £9.50 an hour :eek: Most of my staff don't get that!

catowen losing a friend to Oz, mostly because I'm desperately jealous & would love to move there myself. I hope someone would miss me as much as you're going to miss her. ((hugs))

Plus MATH & Nelski are always good for a light-hearted amusing post (especially when MATH gets escorted from Tesco ).
BUT
that isn't to say I don't take notice of what anyone else is saying; if I had an extra 3 hours per day I'd be able to pay lots more attention. Plus, I tend to read whilst I'm working from home, it's not easy trying to be business woman of the year (:rotfl:) and OS at the same time Some days I start writing a reply, get distracted by work (how inconsiderate), and come back to it ages later.
ANYHOO (please stop wiffling I hear you cry...) I've been to the gym in my lunchbreak, didn't spend any money in Costco and have just heard from my boss that my bonus is pretty much double last years :j :j
Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday :wave:

smokybabe

Hello there everyone,

Well it's been a carp day for me here today, I feel like rubbish, full of cold and unable to smell or taste anything and I swear my nose is redder than Rudolph's after a few whisky's - which BTW would probably do me more good than the cold remedies. Of course that particular remedy is a no-no until Fri night otherwise I might knock out some of the old dears with the whisky breath tomorrow. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:



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Looks about right to me!!!!

Anyway, work was a trial and the inspectors were in :eek: :eek: :eek: and I hope to be in tomorrow too as I can't use the excuse that I may pass it on to everyone else as it's them that have passed it on to me!!!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

I just wanted to add that I like to thank each and everyone of you that posts as I love reading about your days and I think of it as a way for me to aknowledge you and the time you have taken to write to us all about your lives. I find it rather intimidating at times to jump in with advice and comments as I am a fairly new poster on this thread and you obviously know each other so well.

I do like to post a hug picture every day and hope that it is taken in the spirit it is intended and also as an 'umbrella' type hug for everyone who needs one.

Anyway,I have to tidy up and it's plain old mash and mince for tea and then I intend to die quietly on the sofa before it's time to get up and start all over again tomorrow.



for everyone today.



Smoky. xxxx

Shez

Hello again!

oh gosh maybe I shouldnt have responded to N9eav's post today and started everyone off! but your right tinkerbelluk - at how everyone is feeling the same lately? so maybe it is this time of year? who knows.

I know no one is ignoring me really (well you can if you like - I know I would!), I just feel such a silly old boring moo!

but looks like most of us feel like that now and dont feel we have anything exciting to put - so I wont feel guilty about posting my dribble! as Math says!;)

catowen - I too maybe guilty of not saying enough either, truly sorry - I agree with annie, I think I should say something and then think my response wont be as good as what ive seen someone else put ("why didnt i think of that" i always say to myself!:o )

roz - (hugs) you do sound very down tooxx


oh I forgot....one bit of dribble - I just walked out of my job:eek: :eek:
(just abit more exciting than putting the DW on!)

anniebooklover

Hi again,

As one of the ones who feels invisible a lot of the time, I'm not even sure I should make this post but here goes. I like the daily thread - I read lots of threads on this site but this is the only one where I post most days. Most of the time I feel I have nothing of any value to say but feel part of the OS community in doing so.

Some days there are just too many things happening to take them all in and mention in one post. In the past I have had to search out some paper to write down names, events, etc so that I could mention them in my posts. It then ended up that I felt guilty posting long threads with lots of names but I knew that I was still missing people out. Now, I try to avoid that and keep my posts as short as possible (as you can see by this one, I'm not really succeeding but I AM trying). I say thanks and will mention people if they have posted something that is of interest to me or if I thought I had something to say in response.

I find myself avoiding giving advice or getting too involved in people's problems - not because I don't care but because I don't feel that I have anything of value to offer. That says more about me than anything I guess.

I really haven't explained myself very well and there are one or two other posters who have said this much better than me but I hope you get what I mean.

To all those who feel invisible today ((((hugs))))

stressedoutmumof1

Afternoon all :j

Nothing much to say (as usual) except for DH's is at work till 7.00pm, DD is round a friend's house and then going straight to Brownies - so I don't have to pick her up till 7.30pm, therefore I have the [STRIKE]pigsty[/STRIKE] house to myself Now, I could be good and actually do some housework, or I could sit on my lard a$$ and watch tv and relax I have just stuck a wash load on :A , and phoned my FIL who is poorly at the mo - I don't want to over do it

My clubcard vouchers came today (£5) we're saving for airport parking in November - only £15 to go.

catowen - sorry I didn't send you hugs as well. My friend moved to Hawaii last August, so I certainly know where you're coming from. We speak to each other 3 times a week (I get free phonecalls via talktalk) and we constantly email each other photos, jokes etc. Luckily for me my daddy is paying for our tickets to go out and stay with them for 2 weeks - so we've not that long to wait

(((((hugs)))))

ageandjo

Me again!!

After reading a little more of todays thread and how lots of us feel the same perhaps it's a good thing that we have all got it off our chests so to speak:T
Catowen I am probably guilty too of not supporting you, I remember reading that your friend was waiting for the 'yes' to move to Oz, my sister emigrated to Oz 3 years ago and I know exactly how you feel, I miss her so much I havent seen her since she left cut I will see her this year, just think though what a fab holiday you and the kids can have:T
I dont acknowlege a lot of posts but I notice when people are missing IYKSWIM I'm rambling now......Chin up chicks..... x

Pooky

Shez wrote:

Hello again!

oh I forgot....one bit of dribble - I just walked out of my job:eek: :eek:
(just abit more exciting than putting the DW on!)

I don't know - the lengths some people will go to for a virtual hug eh!!


A drastic move - hope all works out well.