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mardatha wrote: »

Was at youngest son yesterday for a quick visit, noticed his hands were freezing and he had no gloves. Asked where's the fingerless gloves I knitted you? - "Erm well.. the ferret was sitting back in a rabbit hole, I was fed up waiting and couldn't get her to come out. So I took the glove off and waved it at the entrance - and the wee bu**er shot out grabbed the glove and vanished back down the hole with it" !! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

My first laugh of the day. That conjured up marvellous pictures!

missrlr

kezlou - ask for a wheelchair with pneumatic wheels, from experience they don't all have them and solid rubber wheels and a PITA to do anything with and blinking difficult to push. Have you considered a motability type scooter instead for out and about stuff? Might be a bit more freedom inducing?

hugs to all, -3oC here (brrr). Makes me hungry this weather!

Possession

Very frosty here but nothing more.
Kezlou a couple of years ago before my knee replacements I hired a wheelchair a couple of times from ShopMobility. I didn't want to, but it wasn't fair to the children for me never to go out with them. When we just went in the shopping centre we didn't pay I don't think, but when we hired for a week or so we had to make a small payment. Make sure you have one where the foot rest is easily moveable otherwise it gets quite difficult to get in or out.

quintwins

Possession wrote: »

Very frosty here but nothing more.
Kezlou a couple of years ago before my knee replacements I hired a wheelchair a couple of times from ShopMobility. I didn't want to, but it wasn't fair to the children for me never to go out with them. When we just went in the shopping centre we didn't pay I don't think, but when we hired for a week or so we had to make a small payment. Make sure you have one where the foot rest is easily moveable otherwise it gets quite difficult to get in or out.

My granny recently borrowed a wheel chair from the salvation army, she gets ir for 8 weeks then she brings it back and gives a donation, she can theen borrow it again the same day for another 8 weeks, i think they only make them come back in to make sure they aren't damaged ect.

gailey_2

Hope everyones doing ok, wrapping up warm.

icy here but now snow.

Had eldest dd age 6 home off school for 3days this week.
Took her to gp yesterday who said its viral and just give calpol.
she has slight temp, sore throat and headache and refusing to take medicine so putting some in her squash and hoping it has an effect even in diluted.

shocking how much medicines are these days spent £10 in chemist.

But had to go out take younger one to preschool/nursery.
we missed all clubs this week.
hubbys been living in work.
she has school xmas dinner tommorow so hoping shes better for that as we have santa booked and paid for after school too.

I havent finished my xmas shopping and feel bad.

we been doing bits every month spread the cost.

have middle ones scooter to get
havent brought baby boy much at all yet watching loads 2nd hand stuff ebay as hes too young to know.

Hubbys made mistake on payday he thourght dec one was the 10th.
But its not until 20th.

we need to get tree soon as 20ths far too late.
so going to take some juggling of finances.

we keep running out food.

im forever doing small shops havent done large shop in nearly a month.

will pop lidls tommorow and spend bare min we have family over for lunch this sunday so doing sunday roast.will get chicken should be lovley to see them.

I do hm mince pies for hubby.
won a tin chocs in raffle.
we not big drinkers but like some at xmas.
we normally go back to my family xmas day tea but sadly not happening this year.

we never go out new years eve so like a few treats then.

have no idea what to get hubby.

nativity-thankfully school provide outfit.

Really impressed by eldest new schools everythings reasonably priced and christmas school trip to panto heaviliy subsidised.

spent far too much on 3xmas fairs last few weeks.- it all adds up so much misc spending in december.

shocked how much freinds say they brought or spent .

Trying to work out strategy for food shop and not sure what to do.

last few years we cut back and realised we brought far too much in the past.

Havent had turkey last few years not sure if will have goose, duck or chicken this year cant decide.

will try great reduced hun xmas eve and boxing day and hope get enough for jan until next pay day.

Food prices keep rising and im confused whos cheapest so will do 4-5different places.

kids keep losing gloves and hats driving me mad.

quintwins

Gailey try poundland for gloves and hats, they do a set of fleece gloves, scarfs and hat for £1, i have a few of these as back ups for the kids, but they also do kids magic gloves 2 for £1, i buy the kids these for school and i buy girls ones for myself, i think kids cheap gloves are thicher than adult cheap gloves anyway, i have long thing hands and i've yet to find a pair that doesn't fit me.

Food wise all i can suggest is a meal plan, and shopping from a list but i'm sure you know all that.

Xmaswise, can you get a 2ndhand scooter? and your youngest will prob be happy witha few poundland toys, we are limiting the kids to 5 pressies each this year as they get so much from other people, they all have bikes, twins ones were £50 and the youngests was £10, then they all have a chocolate hamper each at £5 each, a packet of primark jammies each at £5, some board games i picked up cheap for the twins around £5 and a money box for the youngest (my mil has got the bigger 2 m&s percy pig money boxes) Then some primark socks. Next year there will be no bikes this was a one off as the bigger 2 really needed them (i'm sure alot of o/s will be very shocked that i said that and think they don't need them but physio recommended we got them to help them) inplace of bikes will be some of the argos 2 for £15 toys, me and hubby are getting a joint pressie (very expensive camera but a really good deal) and a chocolate hamper each. Next year i will be refilling the hampers for other family members, i'll be using freebies, stuff bought with vouchers got from surveys and some poundland bits/stuff we have lying about, I plan to do one kitchen one for my sil (tea towels, measuring cups, cake mix that kinda thing) 3 smellies ones using stuff i already have for my mum, sister and hubbys mum, (nail vanish and bathbombs i got this year on the superdrug deal but don't really need, and yankee candles i got from the yankee doodle mega pack this year aswell, with some ceramic from it aswell) and then 2 chocolate ones for hubbys dad and brother, other family members will get whats left in the pressie boxes so i won't be spending anything, i'm cutting down to one pressie each now (2 if there small smellies sets) where as before i always sent loads. I'm aiming for £5 extra top top it the main peoples pressies then the rest from stocks, i'm hoping vouchers will cover the kids and these £5's if i get say tesco vouchers i might spend it on my shopping and use put the money from my shopping away for pressies.


We get free scripts here so medicines free, but we still buy good cough bottle/throat spray and cold and flu if we need them because you can't get them in script.Might be worth looking into an annual script subciption.

Popperwell

Morning All,
Easy for me to say but I was cosy in bed and though I promised I'd get up and cary on with clearing the rubbish at 6am...I didn't!:oBut I am doing a reasonably good job of it now.

The more I do today it will be taken away in the wheelie bins tomorrow. If I get sorted it means I can do the final tasks over the weekend. And feel quite pleased with myself.

Still looks chilly outside, no more so but the roads and paths are white and look icy.

And yet the house whilst not warm, is not cold which is good.

I may still risk a look out later.

Jem, good idea as Pooky says to write questions down and have numbers to call. I hope your OH makes it, it is awful to go to such appointments alone.

I always liked to be there for Mum and vice versa but now I have to do so as many have to. Thinking of you. I've always been compassionate and kind of nature but even more so these days.

Great bargains Seven Up, often what goes out in our YS area of the SM is rubbish or they start off by reducing items by such a little amount, if you then go back later when they may make it worth your while people have decided to buy when the reduced price was still poor so the shelves are empty. It really is pot luck. But for now I have no room in the freezer when a bargain is put out I still lose out!

Popperwell

missrlr wrote: »

kezlou - ask for a wheelchair with pneumatic wheels, from experience they don't all have them and solid rubber wheels and a PITA to do anything with and blinking difficult to push. Have you considered a motability type scooter instead for out and about stuff? Might be a bit more freedom inducing?

hugs to all, -3oC here (brrr). Makes me hungry this weather!

I hear a second hand one(often sadly because the original owner did not have the scooter for long)are quite inexpensive these days. I have been tempted and one day who knows.

quintwins

Popperwell wrote: »

I hear a second hand one(often sadly because the original owner did not have the scooter for long)are quite inexpensive these days. I have been tempted and one day who knows.

Just aslong as you'll use it, my granny got one about 6 months ago, spent £1600 and has only used it in her garden the day she got it, now she has a wheel chair like i said she'll never use it, thankfully she can afford it, but it's onlya good investment if you need it and will use it.

nuttyp

My mums just popped in, she bought a coat in B**mache but they have left the security tags on it. Shes far too embarrassed to return, so i will be doing so on route to work today. I wonder if the alarm will go off on my way in.

DD has made some delicious cupcakes this morning, before she goes into collage for a half day. I have only eaten 1 so far. This could change tho, diet whats that lol