'supporting each other through really tough times'

stiltwalker

Evening all.

My little lady has curls to die for! They are however a nightmare for brushing (especially with her JS related lying on her back and wiggling habit) and we'd be lost without avon detangling spray! My hair is poker straight and won't even hold a curl if put in - last time I had my hair cut I let the trainee loose drying and styling it - she swore blind my curls would last but by tea time (appoint was at 1.30 in aft) I had a pathetic amount wave left, and not a curl in sight!

Got a very sore arm as have pulled/sprained something in my wrist with DD lurching when I was holding her so typing one handed. It's was so bad today that DH has had to ring into work as I'm not going to be able to get the kids up and dressed in the morning. Think he'll have to take it as unpaid emergency leave but it'll only mean going down to his new wage a week early as he has reduced hours from next week to help me with the kids as physically it is getting too hard.

Coincidentally it is DD's birthday tomorrow - I can't believe she is going to be 4 - where did the time go? She is proudly showing 4 fingers when we ask how old she is going to be, it's the first birthday that she has really understood. We'll do cards tomorrow morning but will be leaving pressies until after nursery - bed is still better than presents ATM although I can see next year being a different story!

Right off up those wooden stairs - night all. X

mcculloch29

Hello all, been a busy few days. Being self employed with my sort of job is very much feast or famine, snag is there is often a lot of work to generate a very small amount of income.
This was the case for most of last year and up to this month. Anyway, this month should be better, with hopefully a more stable income for future months, but it has been a lot of new, quite intensive work that has generated this income.

The usual Toughies mix on the boards. Good news and not so good - hugs to poorlies and those with job worries.

Someone (I should make notes) posted about being given a pic showing her with her Dad - I only have one as well, though I'm aware that others exist, my sister has all the photos of me as a baby and small child except one. They are squirrelled away in the loft. It would be nice if Sis sorted them, so that I could share one or two with my family. It probably won't happen.

Fuddle, you will be shattered to start with, with your new job, but you will adjust, I bet the weight falls off you, so do eat well!

Pops, hope you are OK. You missed a good night at the Club, lots of regulars, nobody new, but a very pleasant evening.

I've had a good couple of days. I've done hundreds of induction phone calls but was on the receiving end of one yesterday; a conference call for the Mental Health Awareness course I am doing.
It's turned out that it isn't online but is book based, which is nice, as I will have resources that I can keep.

I bought a foot pump for the trike, more in hope than expectation. Keeping the tyres properly inflated has been the biggest bugbear over 10 years of ownership.

Hand pumps aren't much cop, my son threw out one brand new stirrup style pump not knowing what it was ( he does this a lot with things). I could never figure out how to make most car tyre pumps work for the trike anyway.

I fully expected the new one to be useless. It isn't. I worked out how to use it. I inflated the tyres properly, and oh Lord, the difference.

I shot down town in literally half the usual time. I took the hairpin bend out onto the road from our footpath so fast that it was only good reflexes that kept me off the opposite pavement. Great fun!
It put all the pleasure back into riding the trike. The winter tyres are very grippy and under-inflated, they really made the trike very hard to ride.

Liver and bacon casserole made it back on to the menu for the first time in over 20 years, now that liver is once again widely and cheaply available. Heron do frozen lambs' liver that is very cheap, but very 'bitty'. Ideal for a casserole or pate.

I layered cooking bacon, liver dipped in seasoned flour and very finely sliced onions (just one big onion) in a buttered small Pyrex dish, added Oxo stock to completely cover and a sprinkle of herbs and topped it with some made up stuffing mix. I jazzed the stuffing up with extra finely grated onion and bacon bits.
75 minutes at 150 C in a fan oven did it all nicely.

DS is off large amounts of carbs so rather than spuds , he had an extra large portion of garden peas with it. I'd forgotten how tasty this was, a cheap, relatively quick and easy meal. I got the whole thing prepared in under 15 minutes, shoved it in the oven and got back to work. My kind of cooking - made from scratch, more or less but without taking hours.

I remembered that I also used to make the stuffing from scratch with breadcrumbs made in the blender, herbs, seasoning, finely chopped onion and finely chopped cooking bacon for an extra something.

Popperwell

Emailed you and thanks for asking after me...

Some lovely ideas there for a meal...even I could do that...trying to create some space in the freezer for more HM meals...I don't have to worry so much about using up my canned/dry goods in the cupboards/food store but the freezer is another matter, its packed which is good in one way but in another restricts me cooking in bulk.

I saw someone making a turkey, ham and leek pie on tv the other day and now fancy that...but can't decide if I can make it as cheaply for one or should just buy one...but I could make several smaller ones and perhaps(space permitting)freeze them.

Usually shop bought is family size...I suppose I could portion it out so I don't have to cook the whole thing or maybe I could cook it and then just reheat what is left another time.

Molly41

stiltwalker wrote: »

Got a very sore arm as have pulled/sprained something in my wrist with DD lurching when I was holding her so typing one handed. It's was so bad today that DH has had to ring into work as I'm not going to be able to get the kids up and dressed in the morning. Think he'll have to take it as unpaid emergency leave but it'll only mean going down to his new wage a week early as he has reduced hours from next week to help me with the kids as physically it is getting too hard.

Hope you feel better soon - I use Ibuleve extra strong gel and it works very well.

Hope DD has a lovely birthday x

savingqueen

Morning all, just have 5 mins before whizzing out, be back later to catch up properly. Had a very hectic day yesterday and feeling dizzy with tiredness, emotional stuff and excitement all mixed together.

Stiltwalker - hope the pain eases soon.

Monnagran - glad the cake was a success and great to hear about the cheque donation.

Jem - hope the counselling helps. I have had both counselling and longer term therapy and it helped me enormously. Hugs to you.

Hope all the snoozing is doing it's thang for your GQ. How are you doing today?

got to whizz off, take care all
sq:)

Peanut2013

Jem - Also had to read twice!

My gorgeous little boy is 2 months old today Can't believe we've lasted this long, lol.

OH did the night feed so I could sleep through and I passed out at 10. But I'm feeling worse Joints aching so much I struggled to lift LO up this morning. Thank god for grandparents though. His nanny and grandad have just come to pick him up for the day so I can sleep. I really don't know what I'd do without them

ginnyknit

Stiltwalker - Ouch! hope your wrist feels better soon x I love birthdays and cake,when Dd goes to her friends littlie ones parties the girls always send me cake

Peanut, Im glad to hear you have support, somedays you just need to take a break

Suppose I had better get a grip on the Hw today

Nargleblast

I am informed by OH that Uncle George in his Budget today has given us all a penny off a pint of beer?

It is going to be a real struggle not to let this change my way of life....

boultdj

A whole penny! Wow! Uncle George is spoling us..........

The_Dragon

Yes but cider, wine and spirits are still going up! :mad: