'supporting each other through really tough times'

ginnyknit

Thank you Kidcat, thats kind of you, will let you know. Oh bought a piece of pipe lagging for the outside tap the other day but DGS discovered it in the car and it took 4 days to get him to part with it :rotfl: luckily its now on the tap. I love my outside tap it makes my life so much easier and the kitchen cleaner. Its one of the last jobs Oh did for me before he got too ill. He suprised me today by ordering a new plastic cover for the greenhouse as DGS and I broke the zip on the other and didnt want to tell him but he noticed it flapping about the other day when he was getting a drink in the kitchen.

I do hope your DD gets the place she wants kidcat, if she felt at home there then it is a good start for her. Its a terrible worry for you all supporting your children through Uni but well worth it.

Bluebag, anything you can use must help better than nothing but sounds like you did well there with the tea towel. :T

kidcat

We used to use pipe insulator as bumper bars around tables and things, worked a treat - if anyone has any leftover, worth bearing in mind.

bluebag

ginnyknit,

I think my neighbours think we're 'the Clampets', but it is neatly applied and happened to be an old black one, so doesn't actually look that bad!

stiltwalker

Bluebag - we're a bit clampit here at the back of the house, stil have the bubble wrap round the pipes outside that DH put up as an emergency measure not last winter but the winter before!!! Thankfully no one has noticed or if they have - well suffice it to say that our lovely next door neighbours kept a horse in the garden until he sadly had to be PTS last month!

Give me a big round of applause please guys and gals - Mummy Christmas has wrapped all but one of the FC presents - it needs batteries putting in, I try to remove as much excess packaging and sort stuff like that before I wrap as when DD opens things she just likes to get on with playing with them not have to wait while we extract them from the boxes etc. I also wrapped, packed and booked courier for DH's brother's families Christmas pressies so only got my family, DH's parents and each others pressies to wrap now. DH will just have to suck it up and wrap mine though as I'm not spoiling the surprise - What I want to know is how come we have FATHER Christmas when 9 times out of 10 it is poor old Mum doing the buying and wrapping???

Night all - heading off to bed now and hoping that DD lets me have a bit of a lion tomorrow - she's getting really excited about Christmas now and spent most of dinner insisiting "I good girl - you tell him, I good girl!" I can only assume that they've been talking about FC bringing presents to good girls and boys at nursery today! I nearly had a cry as she also told me all about being a good angel - they had the dress rehearsal for the nativity next week - and explained all about the tinsel she had to wear on her head with a mix of words and signs. Think it may just have been the longest and most comprehensively understandable conversation we have ever had - she is coming on so well my little girl - truly my little angel. X

grandma247

jem132 wrote: »

Hi all good evening, glad some of the older toughes are back ds2 cakes back from his dad's as he's decided to go this weekend to see his baby brother. Covered in cold sores I have been using activor but the poor boy is really unwell they are going nowhere. Do any of you lovely people no of any old wife's tales to make them go away and also anything to prevent the little blighters in the first place. It's freezing brrhhh x

No old wives tales but have you had the cold sores looked at by the doctor? They can turn nasty and make sure he does not touch them and then touch his eyes.
I use tea tree oil as soon as I feel the tingling before they come out and if I catch them soon enough they do not appear. Stress and sunshine can make them break out. Being run down is another trigger.

Lavender oil seems to work ok too.

JKJ

bluebag wrote: »

I always find it helpful to remember that the person is responsible for what they say or do, but I am responsible for how it makes me feel.

I do not allow negative people to live in my head rent free. The positve folk are welcome.

Excellent idea. Thank you, I will give it a go.

Kidcat Good luck to your daughter.

It is -8 here today :eek: I have loads I need to do and should really get out of my cosy bed but ahhhhh.......I don't want to

Bought some reduced oxtail, never cooked this before but was reduced to 75p for 5 largish chunks. Anyway, I cooked it for 4 hours in the slowcooker with loads of celery, onion, carrot and brocoli stalk and a couple of stock cubes. Allowed it go cold then stripped the meat from the bones, froze enough to make a pie next week, then added the remaining meat to the vegetables and stock, blitzed it, returned to the pan, and reheated with the bones and a few bay leaves and it was truly gorgeous :T ..... have to admit I started pouring it into bowls before I remembered to remove the bones though :rotfl:

VJsmum

kidcat wrote: »

Of course it may all be academic

University - academic LOL couldn't resist.

I always say it isn't that you should do the best course in the best university, but the right course at the right university. Mine is not a top 20 "Russell group" university - far from it. But our school runs vocational courses which lead to jobs. I ran a course for those with degrees in non construction subjects who suddenly realised they won't get a job with those degrees and would get a job in construction.

Lots more people are living at home due to the stupidly high fees in order to cut costs down. Hope she gets an offer.

jem132

Thankyou everyone for your suggestions I did take ds to the pharmacy he said its a bad cold sores bless him he looks a bit better today.

Stiltwalker. That's fan news about your dd

And kidcat your dd has found something she enjoys and is good at that's good

It's freezing out side again arhhhh dh is taking ds3 to school ds1 is at his dad's so he's taking him ds2 is snuggled on the sofa next to me.

I've felt a bit shity on my tablets but today I am gona clean from top to bottom and make some mince pies mmmmmm

And maybe something for tea.

GreyQueen

mardatha wrote: »

I won't be intimidated, nobody has the right to do that and I won't let them. I second the advice by Unixgirl above - but I add a touch of drama -
If they say something catty or condescending - looking them in the eye, take a step back, look dead surprised, raise your eyebrows (and your voice), and say quite loudly "oh what a catty/nasty/b*tchy (insert your choice) thing to say!!"
As I said, I do like a bit of drama queening
They will have a quick furtive look round to see if anybody heard and then scurry off

Like it, Mar.

I used to be a very quiet shy person and gradually grew into my character. I don't have a problem making eye contact but have realised that a lot of people do, and that green eyes like mine can weird some people out.

One thing I've developed in recent years, if subject to a random act of gratutious rudeness, is to ask the rude person, in a tone of genuine interest Did that help?

Typically response it Wot?

Me, with smiley optimistic expression and cheerful tone. What you just said to me? Did that help you? Has it made you feel better? It hasn't done much for me, frankly.

It seriously-messes with people; they're struggling for a response, they haven't received rudeness back in turn, there's been no bad language, they have been set back on their heels and made to think.

I have never had a repeat offender.:rotfl:

Generally, if you walk with an upright posture and your head held high, regardless of your actual height, you come across as a confident person not to be messed with. Sometimes you have to fake it until you make it. IYSWIM.

Mar, glad to hear that there's been some progress and hope for much more.

(((jem))) sorry you're feeling rough with your meds but good on ya for wanting to do stuff. Just don't go at it like a bull at a gate and knock yourself out, eh?

Well, have developed a cold and followed my usual strategy of putting myself to bed really early and will be doing the same tonight. Feed a cold, starve a fever, as the oldies used to say.

Righty, better get a good brekkie down my neck then take my dulcet tones off to the call centre to assist the public with their enquiries. I like helping people, although some people are more likeable than others.:rotfl:

catznine

unixgirluk wrote: »

for all those suffering with dry hands/feet. Smother them in any body lotion or olive oil and then put on cotton socks/gloves and leave over night. In the morning you'll have lovely soft skin.

Thanks for this unix girl! Did this last night for my poor feet and not only do they feel better but I had a really great nights sleep, no more cold feet waking me up in the night!

I am another one like Pooky I only wear make up very rarely and use lots of basic Nivea cream on my face, worked for my Mum and myself and now my dd recommends it to her friends! So much cheaper too!