'supporting each other through really tough times'

GreyQueen

Morning all.

Fuddle, your phone is giving so much free entertainment, please use it occasionally even when you have proper internet up. I'm ROTL over here.

My first mobile (Nokia 2610) bit the dust after 6 years + and I can't afford an i-phone nor do I have need of one, I just use the mobile for exchanging daft texts with mates and being reachable on the lottie etc. So I wandered into the phone shop and announced that I wanted the most basic one they had, no camera, and came away with a Nokia 100.

Starting texting away and the bliddy thing started fighting with me over words (I'd never encountered predictive text and what it was predicting wasn't anywhere within a dozen miles of what I was attempting). Disabled that function PDQ. I frequently get cryptic texts from a pal, followed by explanatory corrective texts saying what she really means, once she's realised her i-phone has done something mental.

I used to scratch my head but now I just wait a few mins and the correct text comes in. I fink this is what they call progress. Also, for some unfathomable reason, I also want to explode with laughter whenever I see someone "stroking" their phone's screen. But I should probably just grow up and join the 21st century.

I have also misplaced 2.5 lb of myself in the past 5 days, weight is slipping off at about 0.5lb a day. Too little to see where it's departing from but I figure it'll allow my rind to shrink back with me. That's called the Stop Eating Chocolate and Cake Diet, if anyone is following diet formats.

Hokay, some more tea and t'interweb then off to the lottie. Gonna meet a pal up there so must do some before I get distracted into nattering.

Oooh, VJsMum, without a spoiler, did you rate that film? I've tentatively got it on my possibles list, after I've seen The Hobbit, of course. That's my January treat.

mardatha

Meme I'm the same re photos. I can't stand them. Or loads of wee wotsits cluttering up the place and causing dust.

GreyQueen

mardatha wrote: »

Meme I'm the same re photos. I can't stand them. Or loads of wee wotsits cluttering up the place and causing dust.

Whenever I see a lot of ornaments, I mentally hear my late uncle's voice sneering Dust-gathers! Not that he dusted; they were auntie's ornaments and she dusted them but it's not how I choose to spend my time.

Bad enough keeping the dust of the IT stuff and the sofa and big furniture. I'm a fan of the frequent deployment of the dusting attachment of the Henry vac and a dampened microfibre cloth.

I don't like family photies up, either, neither does Mum. She insisted that I have graduation pix done on that day whilst I would have happily passed and then insisted on framing the darned thing. I made her put it on the landing rather than in her sitting-room by telling her earnestly that the sunlight would fade it downstairs. Which was true but my motivation was to have it somewhere where it wouldn't be seen too often.

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Morning Toughies, I too love FUDDLEs phone texts, I wonder if it's has secretly been talking to the lurchers of this world? The spelling seems much the same!!!!! I might be getting older, but my nearest and dearest know better than give me nick nacks and older person things for gifts. This year they clubbed together for my dehydrator and on christmas day I got a book on dehydrated backpacking foods, some tea bags, biscuits and choc bars for my store and a montage of photos of my ancestors to go on the wall , all of which were so very much appreciated. I don't do frilly!!!!! Have a good day all, Cheers Lyn xxx.

RosiePuddingPaws

Good morning

I also hope Fuddle uses her phone to post occasionally as it stretches my imagination trying to work out what the original message was.

To those setting out on the 5:2 eating diet, don't forgot such things as cod in parsley sauce (101 calories or thereabouts). Served with a plate of veg and perhaps a modest boiled potato, it makes a low calorie and tasty meal. I followed it for three months or so at the end of last year and lost 22lbs. I've lapsed over Christmas (and put on 4lb) but will be back on it again once I've finished the last box of mince pies!

A quick question for the practical sewing toughies. How feasible is it to sew the lining of my door curtain to the outer? I made the curtain and put a fleecey layer between the curtain and the lining (an offcut of quilting batting). Trouble is, fluffy boy cat likes to bring his playmates in during the night. Initially I couldn't work out why he was launching himself up the curtain, but it seems that as he plays with his mice friends the curtain and lining gap enough so the mice can climb up the fleece (inside the curtain).

My concern is how the curtain will hang/drape if I sew the outer layers together. I guess I would have to lay the curtain flat and pin it well to tackle the sewing, but would it still hang properly?

RPP

Softstuff

I don't mind a few framed photos, but given how small our unit is, and that I have to look at them regardless of where I am in it, I picked them! As for things you have to dust, I'm very averse, particularly since our entire unit is a dust magnet. Artificial flowers make me shudder.

And you're not nasty at all for wanting to avoid being given *stuff* meme. When I grew up, one of the great pleasures of it was being able to choose the environment I wanted to live in and what I wanted to be surrounded by. Fair enough, that's generally constrained by cost (I don't have to compromise with hubby, we have the same tastes entirely), but generally I'm happy if I can just have very little and can paint the walls magnolia! I'd much rather someone baked me a nice batch of cookies than bought me something they'd expect me to live with forever.

Popperwell

RosiePuddingPaws wrote: »

To those setting out on the 5:2 eating diet, don't forgot such things as cod in parsley sauce (101 calories or thereabouts). Served with a plate of veg and perhaps a modest boiled potato, it makes a low calorie and tasty meal.

Thanks for that...it's funny how you sometimes forget about some of the easiest and simplest meals.

TBH it is often good to have someone suggest ideas. It also gives a bit of a kick up the backside...and try a bit more variety especially if cooking for one...

sevenup01

Morning all.
Rosie pudding paws could you lay the curtain flat and then use small back stitches every 8-10 inches to hold the layers together so that it will continue to hang nicely? I'm thinking of the way quilters baste their quilt tops together before they actually quilt.
I dont have many pictures around - just four on the living room wall. Partly because the construction of the house means it is extremely difficult to put a nail in the wall (prefabricated concrete) and there are no window ledges to put any pictures in frames on.
Roast pork for dinner tonight. I'm looking forward to it and i refuse to wash up afterwards so will be annoying the children with that little job.

7_week_wonder

Morning all,

Thanks for all the hugs and sharing stories of older relatives. I've calmed down now, but it certainly helps to here how other people cope and I know that I am pretty lucky as mum has had pretty good health (both physically and mentally) so far.

Jamanda, good on you and good luck with your parents: I'm sure this is something so many people are going to have to consider/take on in the very near future. I'm very lucky that OH had both his grandmothers living with them when he was growing up, so I think he is more used to the idea than I am!

Stiltwalker, please keep us up to date with your DS's adventures and progress - it is lovely to hear about (even if it must be doing shocking things to your nerves!)

GreyQueen, well done with the diet. All you need to do now, is write it up using pseudo-science and motivation phrases and you'll make your fortune!

Jem, I'm so sorry about your tooth. I think problems with teeth are the worst thing on the world: hope you get it sorted soon.

Did the week's shopping today: having checked the fridge and freezer we only needed fruit and veg. I have lots of yummy left-overs meals planned starting with morrocan beef tagine tonight.

Have a good day everyone.

jem132

Thankyou all for your kind words. It's bloody killing arhhhh.
Well it's been quite productive hear today so far dh has fitted a new lock to our back gate witch we can lock with a key from inside and out so I feel loads safer with that I don't use my front door and got a metal gate on so safecas can be. We feel really vunrable hear as we own our house ex la not many do and we seam to be the only people that go food shopping and work a regular job. I am worried if it gets any worse mh stores will be stolen.
I've cleaned my oven wow what a job that was. Off to make up boys beds take pooch out. Then bake all lunch food for the week.
.then dentist arhhhh
Have a good day all

Forgot to say my pad does productive words some times itt fuddle see my brain with me been dyslexic.