O/S Weds 12th Sept 2012

bargainbird

Old Style Daily Thread Weds 12th Sept 2012 Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 10th September. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in,put your feet up (although check the fence hasn’t just been painted first!) and join us for an Old Style natter. The more the merrier!

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Morning

Hilly - Ouch Hope your ok xxx
Bitsy - Ours eat dry food with a bit of wet. We think its a long peice of grass. I'm taking her this morning for her endoscopy (as she's still retching).

Blimey it's dark in the mornings now....
Today - Kids to school, Dog to vets, 1 PF clean, then home to change kids beds and hoover upstairs.

DD1 has settled into 2ndry school well and is totally shattered.

Tea tongiht, pie and potatoes......running down the freezers as 1) Maud is taking all our money and can't go shopping yet 2) we've got too much in them and they need de-frosting.....on the bright side DH gets paid on Friday.

Have lovely days and take care xx

Hardup_Hester

Morning BB & all who cross/follow
BB, hope you get Maud sorted soon.
Overcast here today, looks like rain soon.
I was only working for free as I am contracted to do 5 days holiday work & my room was unusable due to building work, I'd gone in but was unable to work as there was no power in my room, I don't want to give anybody the chance to say I wasn't pulling my weight.
Fish fed, DW going, packups made, breakfast eaten, time I got a wiggle on.
Have a good day everyone.
Hugs Hester

Gintotmelinda

Morning BB and HH and all who cross and follow.

Hope Maud is better soon and thank goodness for freezers!

HH thanks for clarification-wouldn't like to see you running youself into the ground hun.

I have been awake in the night worrying about the foodbank.....oh well we can only do what we can do. Hope we have enough food for the clients today.......

Rain forecast for later today so may not do any washing this morning-did two loads yesterday. Quick tea again today chicken kievs from the freezer with oven chips and salad.

Hugs and kind words for all who need them.

Have a good day all.

Gintot

redruby

Morning all,

Bad night here last night, ended up at the emergency Dr with dd, who had another terrible migraine, she was unable to speak properly, and could'nt see well, she was making no sense with her words, and being violently sick, rushed her to dr, who injected her with anti sickness thing, and gave her 2 new lots of tablets to try, she was home and in bed by 7 and has slept for 12 hrs solid, I really hope these new tablets work, its horrible seeing her in such pain.

OH also snored all night so feeling a bit :mad: this morning. DD back at college today and I am at work. Cheesy bean pie for dinner with sausages, its made so just needs heating through.

Work meeting tonight at 7, which hopefully wont go on for more that 2 hours, and at least I get paid for it.


BB fingers crossed for maud today xx

Have good days all xx

nmlc

Morning everyone

Hugs to those that need/want them that are having a hard/sad time at the moment x

Light cloud in the sky, sun trying to break though here this morning. DH up and off to work stupid early.

Boys have settled back in to school very well, with DS1 up and downstairs having organised and eating his own brekkie, whilst I'm in the shower in the mornings - he seems much happier in himself - hoping this will continue. Don't know what's been said/done at school - but since the first day back he seems to have grown up and realises if he doesn't put the work in he's not going to get anywhere, he's also not got the teacher that we had all the problems with last year - at the meetings I went to the Deputy Head and Head of Maths guaranteed me he wouldn't be put in with that teacher and they have actually stuck to their word (even though last year they did things they guaranteed/promised they wouldn't!) - so hoping he sticks with it and gets his head down.

Work was steady but not horrendously busy yesterday. Just working until lunchtime today so will come home and do a few jobs, but I'm working for 4 hours tomorrow as extra as we don't have enough staff and they needed help - one of those things where it sounds like a good idea at the time but then you commit and then have to do it as you've said you will! Oh well, will just be a matter of getting the job done and I'll just have to be a bit more organised as I will have lost one of my days' off - but DH working Sat morning, so can utilise that before we go away Sat afternoon. Going to put another load in the WM in a mo, if it's dry after work - will hang it on the line.

Dinner last night was fish, chips/jacket, beans/veg - remembered to get the sausages out of the freezer, so tonight will be sausages, mash, onion gravy, veg and LO yorkshire puds. May do a spag bol for tomorrow night.

We have a new farm shop opened near us, it sells it's own reared meat that they butcher themselves, it's supposed to be good quality and very good value - will be going to have a browse - and see what I think - will buy a little to see if the quality etc is any good.

Have a good day, stay safe and well x

nmlc x

Essex-girl_2

Good Morning All

Redruby - hope DD feels better, I suffer once in a blue moon and they are terrible.

Very cold start here but the sun is shining. Going to be a lot colder this year as we have fields opposite our house, there used to be a lot of trees at the edge which cut off a lot of the wind but the farmer has just cut them down. Think he has done it because they were likely to blow down anyway. The view is much nicer though.

Plans today - in office at mo doing essentials. Then jump in shower and pop out to the city, need to get some petrol and a few bits from the £ shop. Home again bit more office work then I will finish the darn ironing.

Picked up a chicken cheap from Aldi the other day so roast chicken with all the trimmings for dinner.

Have a great day all.x

esmf73

Morning all, fingers crossed for me today please as we go to view a school that I hope will take my disabled son. He has serious behaviour issues due to his disability and mainstream education can't manage him.

Red ruby - might be an idea to ensure that your daughter is drinking enough water, as I find this helps with migraines. Ridiculous maybe but I find I need to drink about 3litres a day so I feel like I am swimming inside, but no headaches! When I don't drink I become sluggish. Only been doing a week or two, but the difference is amazing!

Lost 5lbs on my diet last week which Im pleased about, but still have a fair bit left!!! Only plans I have for this week are to finish decorating the hall, but before I do that I have to manage a group of young beavers tonight. About 20 5-8 yr olds. Thinking of doing a mini Olympics. Should keep them busy for an hour!!!

Tea tonight will be steak for dh and me (bought on an oops sticker!) and something high fat for the boys as they need to put some weight on! Hugs to those in need. X

nlj1520

Morning all, sun is shining and washing on the line.
Esmf73, I really wish you luck in your school search. As you probably gathered if you've read any of my recent postings my son is also disabled with behaviour that challenges. He is now 20 so I'm done with all the school stuff. Once I did get him into the right school he really benefited. However as he has learning difficulties it sounds as though I was looking for a different sort of environment than you are. There was no question of my son in a mainstream school. The very, very best of luck with it all. Hang on in there until you find the right place and your son will benefit for the rest of his life.
I'm going to be working today, after a trip to the gym.
The neighbour who complained about my son living in the community has now escalated the complaints (all that's actually happened is that a cup got dropped over his fence and one night the night staff had the TV on too loud). Staff have told him what they have done to solve these problems, but neighbour still not happy. Now he says that the care provider aren't supporting my son properly. Rubbish in my opinon, but iit has escalated the whole situation up the management structure of the care provider and it's all becomng rather complicated - As he could be seen as a whistle blower. There's nothing to fear from an inspection but it will be disruptive.
Really warm cyber hugs to mgrained daughters, poorly pets and those with siick relatives. Also anyone who just needs a hug.

halight

Morning all:j:j

Chilly here this morning,

Well the girls have just left for school. Another half day for them today. But tomorrow will be there first full day.

Its my wife's day off today as soon as she has dropped the girls off at school she is off to the supermarket.
This afternoon my wife has a job interview. She has been looking to change jobs for awhile.

This morning I'm off to do my wife's nan's and granddads garden. This is not the nan's garden that I normally do and have been doing for the last 3 years. This is the other one. My wife's granddad is 91 now and had a fall in the garden a couple of weeks ago. His wife who is frail has said that she no longer wont's him to carry on doing it.(he dose) So I'm off to cut the grass and do the weeding for them this morning.

Lunch will be fruit bread for me today.

Dinner tonight for my wife and I will be a take away curry form asda. The Twins will be having dinner at my Mums and Dads today.

Well I hope that you all have a great day.

Enjoy:j:j

Butterfly_Brain

Morning All
It was lovely this morning when I got up, but it has clouded over now.
I don't have any washing today (Well no one is up so I expect they will bring it down later )
nlj I truly hope that your son's neighbour gets the Karma he deserves......... what an absolute @-hole :mad::mad::mad:
Redruby (((Hugs))) for DD. I used to get terrible migraines with zigzags, couldn't see, vomiting etc, but they calmed down after I had the children, I still get them but only once in a blue moon thankfully, hopefully they can sort things for her, has she had an MRI? If not ask your GP if there is any possibility of her having one x

uolypool

Morning all, bbbbrrrrr its a tad chilly .
Was woken again this morn at 4ish by a howling dog. Cannot figure out what house it is coming from:mad: if it carries on I will be buying earplugs.

Everyone up and out to school so just me and woofer again. who is currently snoring really loudly:rotfl::rotfl:.

I clicked my heating on for an hour yesterday, only to check it was working ok;);). Changing the curtains in the front room for the autumn/winter ones and putting the door curtains up as well I think. Am washing the front room fleeces atm just to freshen them up.

Have popped another casserole in the slowcooker for tea tonight .

Achy today, hips and back are actually really hurting so gonna fill the hot water bottle up , make a cuppa and curl up on the sofa and do some surfing for an hour (or 2;)) to hopefully ease the aches.

Hope you are all well and have good days:)

Redruby.............. hope your daughter is feeling better soon