'supporting each other through really tough times'

mcculloch29

Mrs VP x fingers... If it is mentioned at interview, you have of course been working on improving your skills with the help of a qualified Maths tutor...
Pops x fingers for Tues night too.
If you want a taxi down to the Club as well as back, pm me with your house number and I'll arrange for mine to come earlier and divert via yours. I just hope the band can make it across from East Durham!

stiltwalker

The funniest things worry me - and it is often not the rational, explicable things either.

You would be very welcome to join us on the tough thread - you are obviously having a tough time at the moment and could do with a few supportive online buds ... In some ways you sound much like us - we're not really struggling too much financially on a day to day basis - we spend (within reason) what we want to at the supermarket, treat ourselves to the occasional takeaway, we have a holiday at Centre Parcs booked for June. We also have parents who would (and do) help us out where necessary ie my parents have just lent us 3/4 of the money interest free,we need to get a new car as old one was proper poorly (gearbox etc etc).
However other stuff makes life tough for us - we have 2 amazing children who both have a very rare genetic disorder which affects their mobility and communication, so we spend large amounts of time toing and froing from appointments and therapies or doing other things with them at home. It also means that any equipment they need is ridiculously expensive so I end up applying for grant funding and spend an awful lot of time form filling (and repeatedly writing what your child cannot do is just so deeply awful!). DH's dad is suffering from altzheimers (sp?) and is slipping away from us so we are now also trying to offer emotional support to his mum as we cannot help practically due to the kids.
If that sounds like a bit of a pity fest - it's not. If I focused on that I would be a complete wreck so anytime I feel myself 'overthinking' on the bad stuff I actually force my mind away towards the amazing stuff - DS learned to climb onto the sofa on New Years Day - woop woop - We went to DD's parent's evening last week to be told that considering her particular disabilities she actually isn't that far behind her peers and in actual fact in many respects she is age appropriate or even advanced!!!!! We always knew she was a clever little mite - it's just until nursery no one else has ever paid enough attention - health have continually underestimated her cognitive abilities due to her verbal difficulties.

For me it is a case of what I chose o look at. I'm not saying take you eye off the ball but if logically you know that there is enough each month for food and bills and you have a little savings cushion (which it sounds like you have) then give youself a bit of a break! You have done all that - as I used to say when I was little "onna own", you have provided security for your family, you keep them warm and safe and fed and happy - well done.

missrlr

Blinking freezing here sat in house 3 layers on. Quite unusual for this house to be so cold. Had been out Doglet walking thought was cold but not that strong a wind so not too bad.

DH is working tonight, he went upstairs to get some sleep and found HE had left the bathroom window open from his shower earlier! As in 4 hours ago! What a wally!

No wonder it was baltic, So heating on for 1 hour to warm up. Plonked.

Smocked haddock, roast pots and veg for tonight. Must remember to get up and cook it in time for DH to get to work!

Own_My_Own

Hi,
I am just popping on to say Hello, as so many of you have posted on my thread about my uncalled for worries.

I am usually found on the 'Holy and Ivy' thread, but just feel I need somewhere else to go at the moment. ( I am not abandoning them, just adding all of you)

I will most probably not post a lot to begin with as I am a little lost on here.
You all seem to know each other very well, and I will watch from the side while I figure out what is going on.

May I just ask 'What is Fish Week ?'

This may help me slightly in keeping up with you.:)

OMO xx

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Well done MRS VP - that deserves another cuppa!!!

Well done POPS - Get that gammon in the slow cooker and enjoy it, nice to see you taking an interest again.

GQ I have 2 steamers, both with lids that I got for 20p each at the Sea Scouts Jumble Sale here in the village about the time Mr Noah was counting his 2 x 2s into the ark. They sit on top of a saucepan, on top of each other and I use them more than anything else I have in the kitchen. Whole meals on one ring are good value yes?

No snow here as yet, but it is getting quite nippy at the moment. The boy and I were glad to be back indoors after walkies this afternoon as it was bitter down by the river. Much nicer after you've had a cuppa indoors though, Cheers Lyn xxx.

katieowl_2

Very very chilly here. Fire is on but not making much difference. The two snuggly dogs piled up on my right are much toastier.

We walked them down on the beach and collected more wood. OH managed to get an 8 foot tree trunk back to the car and he sawed it up to fit in.

I went shopping this morning Mr T and Ald! and scored a few YS bargains. Chicken thighs in Mr T for 1.60 and some veg, but best of all some squashed boxes of Daisy dishwasher tabs, reduced to half price @ 1.20 Ka-Ching. Add to basket. Three boxes. Ald! had some pork mince 50% off so that was a quid a pop, bought four.

The chicken thighs, and YS mushrooms in the oven now with some left over white wine, and carrots from our garden. I've also got some bread dough rising, organic spelt. Thought I'd see if that sat better in my tummy than ordinary bread. Not cheap but cheaper than the GF stuff, and spelt is sometimes better tolerated by those who are merely sensitive (instead of coeliac) I've also a packet of fresh cranberries and two packets of filo pastry to use up, along with a tub of marscapone cheese. Bit floored by that TBH, all the recipes I can find for the pastry are either a different cheese, OR apple and cran.

Kate

Popperwell

Thanks Mrs L,
I always loved my food...and promised when alone I would do all I could to continue to have as much of a variety as possible and when on your own it is too easy to give up or not bother...not that simple fare is not tasty. As long as I don't suddenly have to restrict my diet due to health reasons I plan to have as much as I can of many different things...

Some good bargains there KO. TBH there was a lot today and I too could've gone mad and spent much more and then benefitted for months but...no room in the freezer part of the combined fridge/freezer...:(:mad:

OMO,
Again welcome...you soon fit in and get to know everyone;)just jump in when you feel like it.

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KATE - I think cranberry and mascarpone sweetened with honey and put into filo purses would be very nice, very scandinavian. If you have any dark chocolate to crunch up and put in too that would be luxurious. Mmmmmmmmm Hungry now, Cheers Lyn xxx.

Popperwell

Having a better day altogether...listening to the music Mum and myself enjoyed on a Sunday and though some tug at my heartstrings I have not found myself tearing up...

We always had music on most of the time but Sunday was the day radio seemed to play the music we liked...

Local BBC Radio 2pm-5pm
BBC Radio 2 9pm-Midnight

I understand Michael Ball is starting a show soon 7pm-9pm on Sundays...I am more a radio person than a TV watcher.

Popperwell

Still no snow here...just getting darker...just thinking I still never actually got my Christmas Dinner and all the trimmings. At the rate things are having to be used up due the dates on items...I'll be having it in the Summer or next December:rotfl:

Tonight I think it going to be a kind of Chicken Kiev but a bit more special than that. I've lost the packaging...I'll even be guessing how long to cook it for.:p

That still leaves liver and bacon for tomorrow and a chicken, leek and bacon pie(Topped with mashed potato)for Monday so I'm not doing so bad:)

I'll stop talking of food now:o