'supporting each other through really tough times'

kezlou

My partner just doesn't have a clue, he's sweet in other ways but with certain days well I just give up.
On the evening the boys lit candles for me and played a song for me while ds2 did a dance. It was so funny and cute. I got a picture of them with a pic. Thanks for the idea, think I'm to print the pic off and frame it.

Regarding the basil, I think its too cold. It happens every year to mine.


What about pasta, cheese sauce with bacom bits. Really cheap to cook to. Or rissoto using long grain rice, thinks its 40p a kilo from tesco.

Pooky

Snowing silly here, over a foot in the garden now. The village is cut off and most local towns are having major issues. DD1s boyfriend tried to get home but couldn't so he's back here in the warm, most of her friends haven't yet made it home from college and are stuck in a local pub that's taken pity on them. (DD1 had the day off as she's poorly). Poor kittens can't get out the cat flap as its frozen closed so I've made up some litter trays for them.

Going to keep the fire stoked up as long as possible, got some bread in the machine for breakfast and will keep the electric heater on all night seeing as there's no boiler. Have sorted out DDs boyfriend with toiletries and jimjams and filled his tummy with lots of homemade food.


Think tomorrows shaping up for a snow day.

bluebag

Pooky wrote: »

Snowing silly here, over a foot in the garden now. The village is cut off and most local towns are having major issues. DD1s boyfriend tried to get home but couldn't so he's back here in the warm, most of her friends haven't yet made it home from college and are stuck in a local pub that's taken pity on them.



Think tomorrows shaping up for a snow day.

Snowed in at a PUB! I never have bad luck like that.

monnagran

I've only been missing for 2 days but it's taken me an age to catch up. Glad most of you had good Mothering Sundays, (I hate the American 'Mother's Day'.) My DS2 took us all out to lunch in a local restaurant which was a huge treat, and gave me a card with really touching words.
From the other blighter not even a phone call. He never manages a card or present but I do usually get a phone call. However, I sneaked on to his FB and he wished all ladies a day of being spoilt rotten, so I shall include myself in that!

Fuddle: Well done on a good interview and even better well done for giving the agency bimbo what for. What a bare faced cheek! Good luck for tomorrow - everything crossed here.

We've had snow here too.The roads were quite clear but as always on this island everyone immediately went into panic mode and things were cancelled all over the place. We 'Overners' find this very amusing as deep snow is no phenomenon to us and we are well used to getting to work, or anywhere else, by hook or by crook. To see the excitement caused by a thin covering of the stuff is amazing.

It's a busy day tomorrow, snow or no snow, so I think I'll take myself off to bed.

Sleep well peeps.

x

mcculloch29

Nargleblast, re your ribbons. I have a lovely Christmas wall decoration that I made with decorated felt shapes sewn to a beautiful length of ribbon, sewn onto a curtain pole ring at the top . It hangs vertically rather than horizontally and always hangs on the narrow wall that semi - divides the lounge from the dining room. Are the ribbons wide enough to have small picture frames attached down their length ?
I'm trying to think of what else would look good.... Perhaps using them to tie up a dried flower arrangement.

mcculloch29

Meant to add, it all sounds very positive, Fuddle, good luck on your half day in the fields! Sounds like the Norwegian -style 'outdoor' nursery my great-nieces attend down Sarf.

Molly41

Im doing my vampire impression today - yummy blood transfusion:drool:

My thanks to all who donate blood and to all those volunteer motorbike riders who make sure it gets where it is needed:T:T:T

sevenup01

morning all. brrr.....its chilly this morning. My central heating pump went up the creek last weekend and wont be replaced til this thursday. I have had to turn the heating off at the control panel, turn the thermostat down as low as it will go and turn all the radiators off otherwise we end up boiling! And yes the living room radiator is still boiling hot even having done all the above. Not very amused thats for sure.

Fuddle good luck with your half day at the nursery. I hope it goes well.

Stupid cat has just tried to attack a fly at the top of the window and got himself stuck on the curtain. I had to get a chair to stand on so i could unhook his claws. I made him wait while i took a picture first though to send to eldest daughter:rotfl::rotfl:

jackel

So far so good FUDDLE . I would think that (apart from your may skills) one of the thing which would really impress was the fact you actually HAVE a pair of wellies. Retired pig and sheep farmer & wife here. Got everything crossed. jacxx

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Morning Toughies, Brrrrrrrrrrr this cold is painful if you're out too long in the wind isn't it?

I am beginning to notice some serious price creeping going on everywhere, I went to the local Co-Op this morning and nearly everything in there has risen by 10 or 15 pence since I was in there last week. If every item we buy carries on going up in price I think it's going to be very difficult to eat a decent diet and keep ourselves and our homes and clothing in good clean order, even using all our tricks and dodges to make things go further. I am particularly noticing that the price of meat is rising out of all proportion and that the shops reductions are much smaller even on items to use by today. I did pick up 2 very small reduced lamb chops for £1.69 and am making an Irish Stew with them for lunch that will taste of lamb even if there is very little meat in it. I think that times are beginning to get very hard indeed.

This bitter wind and cold has knocked all our daffodils down into sorry looking tattered mounds, I'm not sure they will survive this year, the flowers are all laying down with ripped leaves, and after last summer I was so looking forward to a nice show of flowers. It's all over the village the same. We currently have blue skies and sunshine but it's still feeling arctic and the wind is something fierce. Try and keep yourselves warm today and if any of you were unlucky enough to be caught up in the snow chaos in the south east last night I hope you have all made it to your destinations and are now warm and well, Cheers Lyn xxx.