make do and mend for tougher times

missrlr

Yippee some good news, 7WW puss cat is home!!

boultdj

Yippe to cat coming home.

savingqueen

7ww - from me too YIPEEE!!!!!!!!!! What brilliant news! :DSometimes life is good!

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fuddle

Aw yey! Really good news 7ww

mcculloch29

:T :j Now that is karmic... Great news on the cat 7ww . :j :T

Pops, you should still be able to get tickets for Richard Digance no problem, if you haven't already, just ring the TH.

The guy who normally runs the folk evenings at the TH does the sound most weeks at our live music club on the town. I've been to a few of those TH evenings and they are a really good night's entertainment. I'd have gone to RD if I wasn't watching the pennies more than usual.

savingqueen

Kidcat - ouch re DD's hand, poor lass. I also have problems with left/right (was ambidextrous as a young child) and on one of my driving tests (note the word 'one' ) I made up my own route, I was turning left instead of right and vice-versa. :rotfl:Needless to say I didn't pass my test and my lovely, eccentric, family friend's friend of a driving instructor (male) cried and I had to comfort him!

[QUOTE=fuddle;56754727]If only we could set up the toughies charitable trust.. we could help out every one who is in dire need whatever the circumstances were. I'll give you all a shout when I win the lottery. Our HQ will be the coolest around with kitchenette's, pot bellied stoves, cast iron kettles and apron and head scarves galore! I'd look forward to our AGM

I get 17p per hour more than NMW. It's a sobering thought to think I have to work 4 hours to pay my uniform off.[/QUOTE]

Fuddle - love your idea of a charitable trust. I used to assess charity applications for charitable grants (many moons ago) and it was a really interesting and humbling if not stressful job. I've also been a charity trustee. I have always said if I ever win the lottery (more than a tenner obviously!), I will set up my own charity, employ people who need a break to work there on a proper wage, not waste any money on red tape and fripperies and make a real difference. That and living in a house with no condensation, a proper roof and that doesn't have a list of repairs etc an arm long in a friendly semi-rural area with good schools are my dreams. You've gotta have dreams and who knows they make come true!

Now my mind is wandering I can't remember who else I wanted to say something to. I won't get on here tomorrow as DH is working from home and my blooming laptop battery charger has still not arrived - please please let it work when it finally turns up otherwise ... no laptop as can't afford another.

Tomorrow is parents eve - I wait with bated breath particularly with DS2!

right DH has returned from the mists, been to college and he is freezing cold poor man

have a good eve/night
take care everyone
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kidcat

Thanks SQ - thankfully they are home and she is just badly bruised, through tears she recounted the instructions from the nurse

I passed my driving test first time, thanks to an instructor who realised that she was never going to teach me something many others had attempted previously so worked around it, she labelled the car left and right , the dashboard, just by the indicator icon and each wing mirror was labelled. She then explained to the examiner that I had a difficulty but that car was labelled. The examiner was good in that she also pointed her hand in the right direction, turns out she was the head examiner but she was really fair.

Am trying to get Christmas organised and everything done and bought, but am now struggling to store the stuff - what does everybody else do?

Popperwell

Oh I love good news...as 7WW's cat's returning:)

Another cat story is in the news where a missing cat was under the bonnet of a car sitting on the engine...don't know how it got there...but though he needs some care from a vet, he should be ok...

The last few days I have been less troubled over the loss of Mum though I would have her back immediately and give up all that I own which isn't much...depression as such as gone away for now but I do worry what the future holds, not just for me but many others and I see things much as the last few posts on the WTSHTF thread...wonderfully well expressed(but scary)posts written by posters like GQ and 2 Tonsils. To some extent it is acting as a distraction...

I promised myself a sausage casserole in the slow cooker but instead I settled for a couple of sausage butties...

Unusually for me I am about to doze(well that's the plan)and perhaps get a couple of hours...then should I wake I will catch up on some TV on the laptop(mainly documentaries and cookery shows)

Then early in the morning I plan to tidy the kitchen(whatever is to happen to me)and then I am reasonably happy...for now at least.

Popperwell

mcculloch29 wrote: »

:T :j Now that is karmic... Great news on the cat 7ww . :j :T

Pops, you should still be able to get tickets for Richard Digance no problem, if you haven't already, just ring the TH.

The guy who normally runs the folk evenings at the TH does the sound most weeks at our live music club on the town. I've been to a few of those TH evenings and they are a really good night's entertainment. I'd have gone to RD if I wasn't watching the pennies more than usual.

I tried all day and no one answered the phone...then at 6.30pm success...I was told they were closed:pwill try tomorrow...only £6 if I can get the concession price(late November)He does not seem to be appearing anywhere else...I would have thought he could easily fill or get a decent audience at the Civic D'ton/Gala Durham...I don't think I have been there except once and I cannot remember why...wonder what I have missed over the years? Thanks...

Must try and get to that club sometime...

bluebag

kidcat wrote: »

Thanks SQ - thankfully they are home and she is just badly bruised, through tears she recounted the instructions from the nurse

'snip'
Am trying to get Christmas organised and everything done and bought, but am now struggling to store the stuff - what does everybody else do?

So glad she's OK, sounds very painful though, I would imagine it will become some interesting colours in the next few days.

Christmas stuff, hatefully lives on my bedroom floor in IkEEa bags. My bedroom seems huge when it's all over. What can you do?