*The Holly and the Ivy* and the You Know What 2013 Chatter Thread.

marco1dog

freespirit66 wrote: »

Evening everyone,
PIGPEN Baileys is a drink that people either love or hate, but it is one of those drinks that just slips down so nicely and easily, and just gives you a mellow feeling
MSGIGGLEWICK oh hope it all goes ahead fingers crossed for you that you find someone to look after animals now
PINKSTEPS loving the tidy craft cupboard do you fancy coming to do my craftshop it is awful i must do it in the new year
RUTHHONEY love your storage boxes
FLOWFY hope you have a great time at the halloween party
FEISTY that is hilarious, i am PMSL :rotfl:those sort of things are my sense of humour totally, oh that stag luminary?? is gorgeous
OMO glad you didnt have a bad head this morning, its a good job you didnt see the singing stag last night mid flow Baileys you might have ordered it :rotfl:thanks for the homebase link and yes i can see stags but i have just had coffee with a nip (oh alright more than a nip) of Baileys
MARCO1DOG hope you feel better soon my lovely
FEISTY Essential oils i can think of are Frankincense and Myrhh, orangey type ones like Neroli or even Clove hths
ETA sorry i see PINKNFLUFFY has given you some ideas
PINKNFLUFFY oh i might try flubit thanks

Thanks freespiritxx
I must find out how to multi quote!

picnmix

Hi everyone

Had a lovely morning shopping with the kiddies, back home and have a stew in the oven and Yankee Candle Sugared Apple burning.

Nipped into Primark again, had some more Xmas jumpers in, got a lovely cream fluffy jumper with a gold embroidered snowflake on the front, the snowflake also has large decorative jewels on, I'm quite pleased as was going to buy one from Tesco's but this is really soft and lovely. Got my little one a lovely pink knitted jumper dress and could not resist gingerbread man leggings for her.

In Wilko's got a lovely welcome light, contemporary design, but I have been looking for ages for a battery operated one, and there it was - I couldn't not buy it!

Into garden centre on the way home and they had lots of Yankee candle tealights reduced, picked up a box of the previously mentioned Sugared Apple and a box of Season of Peace (hubby loves this one) box of 12 for 4.50 also snapped up a apple and pine needle one for 50p.

Hug to all, take care x

System

I'm seriously naffed off today , had a call from my bank apparently my debit card has been compromised !!! so they have cancelled it and it will take 3-5 working days till my new one arrives.

They cant tell me when or where it may have happened although i suspect a local atm thank fully i always shield my pin.

picnmix

Sorry me again, forgot to say anyone who has a Monster High fan to buy for, Smyths have the Make-up advent calender reduced to 8.99 - hope it helps someone x

marco1dog

Nanamia wrote: »

Squeena big hugs to you and Thomas, hope he's recovering wel
Kelly how's the job hunting going? It's sad that it's had to come to this, end of an era but hopefully something perfect will come along and you'll start a whole new chapter X
Mrsinvisible sorry I wasn't around yesterday morning. I hope your day went well yesterday and you managed to smile Now today was 60 minute makeover day wasn't it? How'd that go? Hope you've not over done things. Thanks for mentioning that there is a bit of jealousy with your DGCtoo, makes me feel much better. I thought maybe I'd given out the wrong impression or signals. So thank you very much for that. DGD2 always wants to chat to DGD1 but she'll have none of it xxx
Murie my lovely, you do say some very thoughtful things xxx
Feisty thanks for the painting tips, I'm not really after a distressed look, I've a bit of acrylic paint floating about somewhere so will have a little 'play' and see what happens Has DH been at the hospital this week? Thinking about you both, try and make some time for each other this weekend xxx
Loubylou, Linky should be able to tell you which page her mammoth organisation list is on, most of us are working our way through it Post our tasks and Linky keeps us in check Sadly I'm usually in the naughty corner or doubled over on the naughty step haha xxx
Nicki well done with the planning, I think that's the hardest bit! When you've a list and a plan to follow its much easier X
Arthein, Kkatie and Ellie_B welcome, hi to you all. I'm sure you are going to love it here
Linky well done to your DD, wow she's growing up so fast now isn't she It's a shame her bestie turned into a green eyed monster hope they've managed to sort it between them. Baileys testing!!! Oh my word xxx
Chrissy I would definetely say a stag toooooo farrrr but we know what she's like- anything is possible. Everywhere I go now I see stags winking at me all trying to get a place on that beautiful side board xxx
Mandco did you see the wooden reindeer too, think there were three sizes in sainsburys with a red ribbon around their neck and a little jingle bell. I loved them but thought the three came to about £13 I think so put them back (obviously regretting it now! As usual!) but I'm not sure I'd have room for them. Might Justbe talked myself into going back for them haha xxx
Blooming Tasty that sounds like a perfect day X
Nic I love the sound of your big family Christmas, I'd love it. Thought Flowfys sounded brilliant, then she tops it with she'd never do it again haha. I do often think a roast is as easy for a large number as it is for 2, but oven/ burner space would be my concern xxx
Morgy hey don't be blooming worrying about housework, you are still getting well my lovely. I don't know if you've read the flylady thread over on the OS board but it's brilliant. My house is shocking, can't even use the decorating as an excuse cos the rest of the rooms shouldn't be so bad. I've jumped on board with the flyladys a few times. One of their lists is a 15 min job, each room comes around the next week so no great shakes if you don't get it done. But babysteps are the answer, little jobs instead of looking at the house as a whole Maybe worth a look xxx
Msgigglewick glad you get to go on your trip after all xxx
Marco you poor thing, being poorly again. There certainly is a lot of yuk about. Your house sounds so exciting, we'll be able to watch it grow with you I can't wait. I know it'll be hard work for you though! Think DH had the right idea, have a holiday get some sun and come back refreshed and rearing to go xxx
Pinksteps love what you've achieved with your craft stash Had to google butlers pantry ha xxx
Ruth_Honey like those boxes very much, and worked out very reasonably priced X
Pinknfluffy go girl, you are doing well. Makes me chuckle the things children remembering that you've promised them, so DD is to have her ears pierced xxx
Princess you two sound like you need to close the front door firmly, unplug the phone and have some "buzz of world time". Try and forget the chaos and just enjoy each other But I will neeeeed to see photos of the finished bathroom xxx
Freespirit well my lovely sister from another mister, you can say what you like but I've a feeling not all is well? ( feel free to tell me to buzz off) Is your next appointment booked yet? (Drs) must be nearly a month now and time for a review?? I'm nagging aren't I - sorry. I worry xxx


I'm other news the crazy Nana house is in it's usual chaos, however the living room is done I love love love it. Will pop some piccies on to bore you all tomorrow Having two more doors replaced tomorrow (kitchen) a cake to do and 17 party/gift bags to make up always fun here night night xxx

Thanks Nana Looking forward to seeing your finished pictures. Hope your doors are replaced. I wish I could bake cakes and I love seeing your creations. My only creation at the moment is SW roulade which is not very difficult but we have a half of one each every night and it is only a half sin for a whole one!
I am sure I will bore everyone with my new house. My Husband is driving me mad with talk of woodburners and heating systems. The exciting bit at the moment is that we are waiting for a price for a Cattle proof fence which has to be put up within six months. It will be great to see our bit fenced off as it is a bit of decrofted land at the moment and it is hard to imagine it as ours. It is a third of an acre so plenty for the two of us and a daft dog. We are going up to see it on Tuesday so looking forward to it.

pigpen

msgigglewick wrote: »

where did you get the gingerbread plates from pigpen? my dd4 is gingerbread mad this year

Half cost but the range have some amazing ones in too..

Muppet Christmas Carol on now.... The Grinch next!

mandco

well not much xmas prep going on here not alot happening at all really having a meh type day was meant to be away for the weekend but had to cancel the kids are sick and sky have just charged me £4.50 for the privilege of writing to me to tell me that despite the fact i've cancelled they've charged me another month :mad: however gotta look at it as its all small stuff in the scheme of things so here I am for my xmas fix to cheer me up

nanamia loved the wooden reindeer in sains and will have to get a couple more of the small one. will need pics of your cake of course but hope its one of the pre agreed ones and not an extra one.
feisty love the stag luminary
chrissyg sorry about your card total pain when your stuck without one esp over the weekend but at least they caught it before someone used it
choccymoose glad you feel up to posting enjoy your evening
welcome sugarhunny and any other newbies
prob loads more but I forget who said what and

gotta work out what to do this wk as its 1/2 term will def pop to sains as 25% clothes from tues thanks for the heads up just need to decide which jumper I like the most and then boots thurs for the points event. anyone know if Ikea have any xmas stock instore yet?
right off to browse the xmas goodies links :D

megan01

Hi everyone! Just thought I would pop in here and let you all know that you are very inspirational people! I always thought I was slightly crackers loving Christmas as much as I do, but it's really helping lift the mood in the house at the moment, making my parents feel more happy about Christmas rather than a reminder of those who are no longer alive to celebrate it. So thanks all

pinknfluffy28

choccymoose wrote: »

Thinking I am in a place in my head to come back on board this weekend, lots of catching up to do, off to see Sarah Millican tonight

Very jelous - I think she is sooo funny!

CHRISSYG wrote: »

I'm seriously naffed off today , had a call from my bank apparently my debit card has been compromised !!! so they have cancelled it and it will take 3-5 working days till my new one arrives.

They cant tell me when or where it may have happened although i suspect a local atm thank fully i always shield my pin.

Oh hun how annoying for you! At least bank are on top of it, a few yrs ago i was one of many to have my card "cloned" through lush website, and I had to prove to my bank that I hadnt made the purchases, I think the fact that I didnt even have a passport, let alone having travelled to Dubai helped!!

megan01 wrote: »

Hi everyone! Just thought I would pop in here and let you all know that you are very inspirational people! I always thought I was slightly crackers loving Christmas as much as I do, but it's really helping lift the mood in the house at the moment, making my parents feel more happy about Christmas rather than a reminder of those who are no longer alive to celebrate it. So thanks all

Aw shucks :embarasse the guys on this thread have helped me through a lot. Virtual buddies are very often the best kind!

pigpen

megan01 wrote: »

Hi everyone! Just thought I would pop in here and let you all know that you are very inspirational people! I always thought I was slightly crackers loving Christmas as much as I do, but it's really helping lift the mood in the house at the moment, making my parents feel more happy about Christmas rather than a reminder of those who are no longer alive to celebrate it. So thanks all

I had to remind my mother a couple of years ago that those who are no longer here to share our Christmases are replaced by new little people and one day they themselves (my mother not the tiddlies) will be no longer here and they should enjoy it and remember fondly those who have gone from this earth because they brought so much joy and laughter and love to Christmas that it would be an injustice to their memories to be moping.

It is a reminder of those who are no longer here but also a celebration of the new people who are

My mother seems better about it this year thankfully!.. but it is years since her mother passed and 4 since her brother did too and it is those she misses most. In that time we have added 9 new people to our family!