OS Daily Thread - Friday 13th April 2012

jaxx46

Morning All,
((( hugs for Tru & Bitsy)))
Not much OS going on by me so not much to report lately, Family are keeping the OS show going tho'. I have decided that I would rather use my spoons up on stuff I like to do so have adopted the" whip cracking manager" stance as mentioned previously on here so menu planning & allocation of chores is my bag & the physical stuff is down to the other 3 adults in the house. Apart from a bit of initial grumbling from the ya's it seems to be working quite well so far.
Hope everybody has a good Friday the 13th & the weekend to follow,
Hugs & spoons where required x

jaxx

LameWolf

Moorhen wrote: »

So sorry to hear your news Tru and yours Bitsy.

Hugs and love for both of you.

^ ^ ^ Wot she said. Wolfy (((HUGS))) for you both.

Just_want_a_house

Good Afternoon all,

Hope everyone's Friday 13th is going well so far.........this is prob the one day i'm not particularly superstitious about!

Was sitting here reading all other posts thinking I havent got much OS to tell you about, but then I realised I was eating my homemade-leftover-from-easter-sunday-lunch-soup along with my HM bread! Silly me This week I have made 2 french sticks and frozen them (much to OH disgust!) and have eaten my carrotts that I grew in my tiny veg patch at the old house. They were very nice.

I have been mostly cursing my new house this week as we seem to be having one problem after another at the minute, and heamorraging money left, right and centre. Yesterday I got home to find the cavalry (my parents & their neighbour/best friend) fixing the boiler that had broken on us - again, only to be told that the shower that had tripped the electrics the night before (coincidentally after I'd taken a bit longer than I should in the shower ) had indeed broken beyond repair and that we needed a new one. So good ole mum managed to scour the internet whilst I had a hissy fit at my OH for making me buy a house instead of renting (I do this a lot at the min, he knows I dont really mean it!) and she managed to find us a like for like replacement for £150. Said shower has arrived this morning and will hopefully be fitted tomorrow by a very helpful George (parents neighbour/best friend).

So it seems that I will in fact be going very OS tonight and having a squaddie wash before I go out for a couple of drinks with my neices mum! :eek:
Makes me realise how much we rely on modern conveniences, although we try not to where possible!

The water butt we brought with some arg*s vouchers someone had kindly given us as a moving in gift, is still not fitted as its a case of square peg/round hole situation with our guttering! So need to wait till we get paid and buy a different attachment. Shame really as we seem to be getting rained on immensley at the min!

This weekend I shall be working tomorrow morning (hope I dont have a bad head after tonights drinky-poo's!) then we will be painting the bathroom ceiling and trying to distress paint a mirror that I had in my old bedroom at my parents house when I was 14 and that has survived 8 house moves!!!! A little OS gold star for me I think :A :rotfl:

I hope that all those who are finding it tough lately are able to see a little light at the end of the tunnel, and I genuinely realise how lucky I am at the min (house probs or no house probs!)

Take Care Y'all

Lou x

sistercas

bitsy so sorry to hear about your grandad (((hugs))) to you and your family x

Tru thats the british justice system for you :mad: try and put it behind you now xx


been shopping and spent a fortune as usual but the freezer and fridge are bulging and hopefully will last a couple of weeks

DD2 has had to go into school to catch up with her gcse coursework seems to be par for the course these days going into school in the hols - never did that in my day

miffy257

Hi there , has been gorgeous here today and the sun is still shining.:j
Have done my chores for the day and been to Mr t's as had a coupon that needed to be used. Hopefully will just have to buy some bread in the week.
Hugs to all who need them esp Tru and Bitsy Lovely to hear from you JG and glad that Eliza is thriving.
Hope everyone has a good evening.:)

RosyRed

I've been a bit of a lurker this week,been full of a cold and feeling rough,have read most days I think.
Bitsy- very sorry about your Grandad
JG- Eliza sounds like she is doing very well
Tru- how maddening for you and DS :mad:
Lou-glad you are expanding nicely
Done more today than I have all week,shopping for DGN birthday pressie,and also DS1s gf,then the weekly shop,went to the big one in town so Ds1 picked me up.I went down on the bus,and 24 children from a holiday scheme got on with their minders The noise levels rose:eek:-took me straight back to being on trips out kids from school.They kept everyone entertained nicely:rotfl:but were very polite :T
Onto cleaning when I got home,we are having overnight visitors tomorrow,off out for a meal then 2 are staying over.Not much OS ,though I have nearly finished sewing a little dress for DGD.
Off to put my feet up now -hugs & spoons to those in need.xx

DundeeDoll

Bb and tru hugs
RR hope the cold is abating. Mine's much better but still lurking. Been sooooo busy at work really hoping it calms down soon.
Making quiche tomoz special request of DDs back from uni. Memories of making them individual ones in yorkshire pud tins (wipes sentimental tear) also gonna make more bread and must do SM shop, though strangley freezer still seems to be full.well into 4th month of os and having a ball :money: have read so many library books (cost 20p the one time i hadnt finished the book and someone else had requested it so couldnt online renew, and defo wasnt taking back on time as was only half way through:rotfl:) i love my library

meanmarie

Evening all,

Had a really nice day to-day with DD4 doing some clearing in the garden, sun was shining, we haven't seen much of each other during school holidays, but we both really enjoyed our pottering....sadly, there is a lot more work needs to be done, but maybe can get some done each day.

Bitsy...sorry to hear about your grandad.

Tru...hugs.

Made some nice bread over last few days...have a slight problem with the paddle of the BM, although it is always washed in dishwasher, it seems to have built up some kind of black substance, which comes off on dough...anyone else had this kind of problem and found a solution for it?

Nothing exciting happening in Mean Mansions, we lead a boring life.

Hugs to all who would like one or more, sleep well and stay safe

Marie

flutterbyuk25

Evening all

headache went by lunch, but came back at 3pm resulting in one very foul mood! Went to hen do but only stayed for food cos I just felt so awful, plus the flashing lights affected my vertigo! Hoping I'll wake up in better mood.

Nos da

x