'supporting each other through really tough times'

kezlou

Oh and meant to say the tea tree oil can be used safely everyday. I stopped using the medicated ones as one they didn't work and secnd they caused a massive allergic reaction on my youngest sons head. Poor things started head bleeding with it all we were plagued w ith them.


Great news with the fishing fuddle :-)

Just heard from oh, he and ds1 are on they way back from caving so been watching films with ds2. Couldn't take him, he managed to have lots of accidents over the few days and run out of trousers. Roll on till we see the incontinence nurse. He's enjoyed it though just chilling in the house.

Mrs_Chip

Evening All

Thanks for the kind words - totally undeserved!

As for the van and mercy missions, forget it - it has a mind of it's own and knows exactly when to break down! Not known as 'The Beast' for nothing!

Weather here is very changeable, but spring has been in the air and I finally emerged like Mole and have been cracking on with the garden. Lots of earth moving, to make access into the top garden (not ours, but we have been given use of it). At the moment it is a very ungainly climb with a final scramble through the fence. I am going to get a quote for steps with a bit of decking at a height that I can get under - it's a lovely view from there and I can use the under-deck for storage, or hope above hope, a potting area. That way, if the garden is taken back we still have use of the structure.

I have already cleaed an awful lot of the new garden - mostly brambles (well all really, I had to hack my way in like Livingstone), and planted a potato patch. I will dig another couple of beds and a patch for a runner bean wigwam. Then once we have steps I can think about chickens :jI have to crack on as it will soon be the season proper and I won't have as much time for fun things...

Have a lovely evening all!

shegar

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

GQ we've had quite a few Brimstone's around in the woody bits and across the common for the last week or so since it's been that bit warmer and you know what Moomin says ' If the first butterfly of the year that you see is a yellow one, it will be a good summer!!!' so here's hopeing he's correct, Cheers Lyn xxx.

Hi all, I havent posted for a while just been so busy now the weather is getting better and so much to do inside the house and definately outside now......

See 2 peacock butterflies yesterday in the sunshine, my son bought me a blue tit nesting box and camera fitted, well at last we have a blue tit now starting to build a nest in it,:D, she is really working so hard getting the moss in first, cant wait to see how many eggs she will lay , then to watch her feed her brood will be very exciting indeed, I love wildlife so much.........

Also got 2 blackbirds nesting in the garden, one wren , and a pair great tits in another box, so its all happening, plus all the pond life going on in the last few weeks........With all the doom and gloom going on in the country my garden is my sanctuary......

I have been reading some posts on here , but cant keep up if I dont read everyday, so I hope you are all okay and getting through each day.........Sheila....

nuttyp

Evening toughies, just got home from DD's shes sent home some clothes for the youngest. Bless her, they still think of each other.

Work has rang, tomorrow I have a 14hr day, more wages next month for me.

just worked out the money we had from our wages, we have just enough this month. Think im going to need some help with easy meals, anything that can be done in a slowcooker would be great. I have to be creative, and back to basics as in no convenience foods.

Take care everyone x

fuddle

Chilli nutty, or simple mince and onions in gravy. Tinned carrots do well in slow cooker too believe it or not. Can do steamed puddings (onion, leek, etc) in SC as well as dumplings... On top of stew last 30 mins. Yum. Meaty casseroles with cheaper cuts and brisket in hot beef sarnies.

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Hi SHEILA nice to hear from you again, I guessed you'd be busy at this time of year. Those camera nestboxes are magic aren't they, my neighbour had one as a christmas present a couple of years ago and there are a pair of bluetits nesting there this season, luckily for us I can see the box from the kitchen window (we are quite a lot higher than the neighbours garden) and can see the parent birds being very busy in the silver birches 'bugging' all through the day. I shall be very excited when the fledglings finally emerge from the box, they usually sit on the fence just outside the window in the first couple of days, so I get a very good look at them being attended to by the parents, so lovely. Hope you and your OH are in good health and that Rosie doggie is too, Cheers Lyn xxx.

nuttyp

Thanks for the ideas fuddle, have you ever batch made Yorkshire puds and frozen them yourself?? I know you can buy ready made ones frozen but was sure about 'fresh; homemade ones iygwim.

Think tomorrow will have to be sausages, as its the only thing not in the freezer!

maryb

best way to stop reinfestation is to use cheap conditioner (needs to be fairly thin, so cheap is good) and use a fine tooth comb every time hair is washed. Assuming you wash their hair twice a week, that will break the cycle and if you just make it routine you shouldn't have to worry going forward,

The other thing that helps is to use vinegar in the final rinse when washing hair. Conditioner makes it possible to comb the live beasties out, vinegar dissolves the eggs - and gives the hair a lovely shine. I've often wondered if the reason our grannies used vinegar was as much to keep the hair free of lice as it was to make it shine

MrsCD

Hello everyone - just de-lurking to add to the conversation, if that's ok?

Yorkshire puds - I make titchy puds at Christmas in my mini muffin tray and freeze them. They only take a couple of minutes in the oven from frozen, so if you make them in cupcake size tins they should only take a few mins to heat up.

The best advice I ever had about headlice was from a health visitor when our DDs were young. She told me to brush their hair thoroughly as many times as they would let me, because the brushing would break the legs of the lice and then they couldn't hold onto the hairshaft to lay their eggs. I still checked their hair regularly, but they didn't have as much trouble as some of their friends.
DD1 is now a teacher, and she swears by the £1 or 3 for £2 Herbal Essences Tea Tree shampoo.

Fuddle - I've been awol for a while, so I'm not up to speed with everyone yet, but from what I just read, it sounds like you're better off out of that place, pet. Take care.

savingqueen

Thanks for sharing all the counselling info and experience JellyBox . I have been interested in doing counsellor training for a very long time and been too scared to do anything about it. I feel the need to know whether or not its for me - whether I can actually do it and whether I want to do it. I realise that even if it does work out, I might not get more than part-time hours and lots of further (expensive) training can follow. If it doesn't work out, I have a plan B based on my previous work experience.

The particular degree I've been considering does actually qualify you, its accredited by BACP and you have clients from year 2. Its a brand new programme and I am lucky to have all the up to date info as DH works for the uni dept offering the degree .

sq:)