make do and mend for tougher times

fuddle

Intro...

I'm 32, a married SAHM of two girls 7 and 4. We have a pup named Alfie and rent privately due to losing our home and falling spectacularly financially. We're rebuilding slowly.

I've found I love being at home and any idea that I would prove to the world my intellectual worth and gain great amounts of money doing a well paid job has drastically reduced to making ends meet being a housewife and mum. I'm happiest at home and intend on childminding.

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Wine making query if you don't mind? Now I've sieved the raisin and rice wine into the demijon I can see that there's a layer of something sitting on the bottom. Is this ok? What is it?

Wall is a mixture of new plaster board and old brick. It's going to need re-papering

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fuddle wrote: »

Intro...

I'm 32, a married SAHM of two girls 7 and 4. We have a pup named Alfie and rent privately due to losing our home and falling spectacularly financially. We're rebuilding slowly.

I've found I love being at home and any idea that I would prove to the world my intellectual worth and gain great amounts of money doing a well paid job has drastically reduced to making ends meet being a housewife and mum. I'm happiest at home and intend on childminding.

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Wine making query if you don't mind? Now I've sieved the raisin and rice wine into the demijon I can see that there's a layer of something sitting on the bottom. Is this ok? What is it?

Wall is a mixture of new plaster board and old brick. It's going to need re-papering

Fuddle you could just use lining paper and paint over it....

Mrs_Chip

Byatt/Malfiore - I had undiagnosed Adenomyosis for years - I was just told by Docs to go away and get on with the pain. Honestly there were times when I could have happily taken a bottle of pills to stop the pain for good...:( My sympathies for anyone who is told to live with pain, it sucks bigtime.

Fuddle - that should be yeast... you might need to find the bubbler,it is important to keep the wine from the air, but let the bubbles out iyswim.

Byatt

Malfiore wrote: »

Byatt that's awful, so many people have/are suffering with pain because they're not believed, it's ridiculous; I'm sorry you've had to go through that.

You would think it was winter here today, rain, strong wind, just a typical day I guess

Malfiore, that's ok, it was what it was in the 60/70's...a science teacher even insisted they was no such thing as period pain! :eek:

I'm so glad there is more info on endo now even if they don't know what causes it.

Forgot to mention I have a dog, but DD has dog napped her! :rotfl:

manchestermargo

Hi all!

Although I don't post very often thought I would join in and introduce myself properly.

Just celebrated?? my 60th birthday, had a big party which I thoroughly enjoyed especially when my dd, dsil and dgs arrived as a surpris., They came over from Canada where they have been living fr the past 5 years. How fabulous was that!

I work full-time, well more than full-time, I work usual office hours then put my cleaners hat on and clean the offices 'till 6.30 p.m.

I sing in three choirs which I absolutely love. To be honest one of the choirs is real y just a group of us who put on shows to raise money for charities. We are not that good but we have a giggle and raise a few pounds for good causes.

Ds and ddil are living with me until they emigrate to Australia in November. It has been a year now and to be honest I will be glad to get my own space back. I suggested they move in with me so they could save like crazy but lets just say they have been on some lovely holidays this last year!!

Forgot to say also happily divorced.

Have a good day all!

MM

Byatt

Mrs_Chip wrote: »

Byatt/Malfiore - I had undiagnosed Adenomyosis for years - I was just told by Docs to go away and get on with the pain. Honestly there were times when I could have happily taken a bottle of pills to stop the pain for good...:( My sympathies for anyone who is told to live with pain, it sucks bigtime.

Fuddle - that should be yeast... you might need to find the bubbler,it is important to keep the wine from the air, but let the bubbles out iyswim.

I had to look it up because I'd not heard of it, gosh it sounds rough! :eek:

I was told to eat more bran! :eek::rotfl:

Shropshirelass

Malfiore
Friend of mine really suffered with endo in 70's, was told she could not have family, after D&C and treatment, now has 3 lovely grown up kids, so keep smiling there and focus forward... all you mdamers!

On the jam front I'm waiting for things to ripen, but its cold and pouring rain so wont happen fast. The local blackberries are all still green, if not dry and shrivelled. There are a couple of farms down the road which normally sell apples and plums but no sign of their usual placards at the gates yet. I've got bread dough proving so think I'll make some bicuits while the oven is hot. I think I'll try milling the porridge oats down a bit and making biscuits with that, I researched oat cakes recently, but dont think hubby will like biscuits that arent sweet.

I'm also looking forward to the WWII kitchen series, should be interesting.

smileyt_2

Hello everyone, and especially to the newbies, welcome!

My re-introduction: I'm 40-something and live in a 'bad' area of Manchester with my two dogs. They are 13 and 14 now but they are still my babies . I also do supported lodgings for gay young people who have been kicked out of their parental homes for being gay. I've had three boys so far and they are very resistant to OS techniques, especially in the housework department! I keep hoping for a non-smoking girl but all I get are scruffy, cigarette-smoking boys .... (I make them smoke outside, yes, even in a blizzard mwah ha ha ha!). Oh, and I hate this government with a passion!

One of my boys is staying here this weekend because he has been working in a bar in the gay village over Manchester Pride. He was taken to hospital last night because he collapsed at work . He had had nothing to eat (no proper breaks), was surviving on RedBull and they were one member of staff short so he was overworked. His boss is so mean that he employs the fewest staff possible so there is absolutely no slack in the system, and they are all paid minimum wage :mad:. The guy is a millionaire but he is a greedy swine, and health and safety for his staff is non-existent. I think I am going to shop him to the Health and Safety Exec (if it still exists). Anyway, Boy is fast asleep and I am not letting him go to work tonight!

I have skimmed all the posts to catch up. I am just going to say to Byatt - I don't know what you mean about entering Bruno on that dog-shaming site! He never rolls in poop, empties the bin, grumps at other dogs or digs such big holes in my armchairs that I have to replace them with folding camp chairs! No, no, no, no, no, you must have mistaken him for another dog .... :rotfl:

kidcat

Am really enjoying the introductions,

Fuddle- if the wall isnt that good underneath you can buy lining paper really cheap and paint over that.
As for the kids, I think we all need days when we just veg.

We are having a quiet day here too, OH is off so am taking the opportunity to sit and take as many pain killers as possible!!

fuddle

Mrs_Chip wrote: »

Fuddle - that should be yeast... you might need to find the bubbler,it is important to keep the wine from the air, but let the bubbles out iyswim.

going to have to get DH to buy one tomorrow I think, I can't for the life of me find it :mad:

I wanted lining paper anyway for the girls to draw on. Result because I have some paint for it. It's all glossed and waiting.

The girls are watching last weeks GB Bake Off. I have to put lemon juice in with the banana preserve so will have some left. I figured they might want to make some blackberry/lemon muffins later.