Hoarding...not just on TV

whitewing

Skipsmum, sounds like DH's boss's wife has aspirational bananas too; and declutters by baking cakes for work! Or she could just be a lovely person.

Remember my letters from the man who'd been convicted years later? I did manage to discuss them at a recent appt. I read some sentences out (maybe 6 sentences across the 2 year span of letters). It was apparent then that they weren't as innocent as I had thought but carefully crafted. We didn't linger on the discussion but it had its useful points - to benefit me - and I definitely won't be keeping them.

I know someone on here suggested that it may help him get treatment, but he is elderly now (judging from his age at conviction) and I don't really see how it would benefit either the public or him (not that I am fussed about helping him anyway).

valk_scot

Well I haven't done at all well today on the One In One Out system given that I got a delivery from Approved Foods today and also went round not one but three garden centres, two of the B&Q variety and also our huge Dobbies. I was looking at greenhouses but have reluctantly decided that since the one I really like is about £800, it's probably going to be staying in Dobbies.

But since I was there....I bought a tray of reduced violas in the first B&Q, and two strips of reduced Cos lettuce plantlets out the Dobbies reduced section. So far so good, they're plants, they have a purpose and anyway I refuse to buy most plants at the extortionate full prices they charge in garden centres. 99% of the time the reduced ones only need a bit of water and comfrey tea to perk them up again.

And in the second B&Q I bought two fold up directors type garden chairs and a red garden parasol. Very aspirational! In my defence though they were reduced too by quite a lot and in my garden clear out a few weeks ago I'd thrown out the old manky plastic chairs and tattered parasol. I'd have had to buy new chairs and parasol for next summer so why not now at 60% off?

But I also bought a notebook with "Keep Calm and Keep Gardening" on it......aspirational or what? As if I need another notebook!

(And as an aside our three month old kitten has just stuck his germy little tongue into my last Pearle du Lait coconut yoghurt........:mad: )

blossomhill_2

skipsmum wrote: »

I have a problem with aspirational bananas today.
No one ate them, so they have gone brown, and I thought I could make banana cake with them. But I'm lazy/have no time/have no walnuts (recipe says walnuts needed)/can't bake anyway.

DHs boss's wife bakes all the time and sends him in to work with cake to share, including banana loaf. Her house is tidy and her kids have clean clothes and go to be at 8pm. I aspire to be like her, hence hanging on to the bananas.
Now I have thought this through, I am going to get up and put them straight in the compost bin.

skipsmum - you could bury them under your aspirational rose bushes :rotfl:they are great rose food!

valk_scot wrote: »

(And as an aside our three month old kitten has just stuck his germy little tongue into my last Pearle du Lait coconut yoghurt........:mad: )

We don't believe you so will need to see a photo of said kitten as proof!

whitewing

skipsmum wrote: »

Then I will only have to deal with the box of aspirational apples.

I make aspirational apple curd. Very easy and totally lovely. Search it on MSE - I think it is on one of weezl's threads.

Loving the director chairs, Val. I imagine you sitting in the sunshine with your hugely blossoming rose bushes, barking orders to DH and DS as they fill your car with the clutter.

valk_scot

whitewing wrote: »

Loving the director chairs, Val. I imagine you sitting in the sunshine with your hugely blossoming rose bushes, barking orders to DH and DS as they fill your car with the clutter.

Roses? I only grow skanky long climbing roses with great big thorns I'll have you know. They make a very useful sort of green barbed wire to keep the neds from climbing the wall into our garden. The other 95% of my garden is a vegetable plot. I need a chair so I can sit and plait up the garlic or strig currants or survey the beds of kale and celeriac.

valk_scot

blossomhill wrote: »

We don't believe you so will need to see a photo of said kitten as proof!

He's !!!!!!ed off now to molest the big cats but here's a picture of him I posted a few days ago. He's ten weeks old here.

Byatt

Elona, hope you have good news from the hospital.

I took the kitchen stuff to a CS although retrieved the Cha$$eur pan and left it at a relative's as I think she may like it, a bit of cat flapping as I didn't ask but said she could get rid of it if not wanted.

Took a bag of dog food that pooch doesn't like, in a puppy plastic box that I got for free, for the RSPCA's collection box at T's.

Really, really tired today though so just doing bits of cleaning...

Love the idea of aspirational fruit...pineapples' are my downfall. :rotfl:

Oh Val, that's the cutest kitten imaginable...I want one...:D

Byatt

whitewing wrote: »

Skipsmum, sounds like DH's boss's wife has aspirational bananas too; and declutters by baking cakes for work! Or she could just be a lovely person.

Remember my letters from the man who'd been convicted years later? I did manage to discuss them at a recent appt. I read some sentences out (maybe 6 sentences across the 2 year span of letters). It was apparent then that they weren't as innocent as I had thought but carefully crafted. We didn't linger on the discussion but it had its useful points - to benefit me - and I definitely won't be keeping them.

I know someone on here suggested that it may help him get treatment, but he is elderly now (judging from his age at conviction) and I don't really see how it would benefit either the public or him (not that I am fussed about helping him anyway).

WW, well done for dealing with something so difficult. And for being able to see the words for what they were. :A

blossomhill_2

valk_scot wrote: »

He's !!!!!!ed off now to molest the big cats but here's a picture of him I posted a few days ago. He's ten weeks old here.

Oh Squeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Thank you!

lostinrates

If you need to derigchard that kitten cat flap him right here! Too sweet for words.

Obviously throwing the bag derailed me somehow as i had to go in to hospital again last night . Fine and dandy this morning, but was tired having been awake for too long, so came back and slept this morning at home. Taking a couple of days off clearing. Tomorrow i am going out with my mother (god help me) to the temple of richard: tk max.