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

System

Morning,
I had a nice little mooch around the garden center and got what i went for bird seed & fat balls i also picked up a couple of boxes of biscuits for £2-99.
Ive decided that im not doing any baking this year its going to add too much pressure trying to get everything done.
I called in to Tesco on my way home to find the biscuits id paid £2-99 for were on "offer" £7-00 a tin BOGOF:think: .

FF- in 2008 my oh had gallstones that caused pancreatitus he spent 4 months in hospital at the same time dd was taken to a different hospital after her first big seizure not the greatest time in our lives but you just soldier on and get through it . . The worst bit was he was supposed to have surgery but when i rang to see how it had gone i was informed surgery had been cancelled and he would be done the following day as an emergency ??? never did get my head around that one.
In the end i was told he was days away from not making it but he is fit and reasonably healthy now although with only half a pancreas he is now diabetic.
it will get better:grouphug:

Own_My_Own

CHRISSYG wrote: »

Morning,
I had a nice little mooch around the garden center and got what i went for bird seed & fat balls i also picked up a couple of boxes of biscuits for £2-99.
Ive decided that im not doing any baking this year its going to add too much pressure trying to get everything done.
I called in to Tesco on my way home to find the biscuits id paid £2-99 for were on "offer" £7-00 a tin BOGOF:think: .

FF- in 2008 my oh had gallstones that caused pancreatitus he spent 4 months in hospital at the same time dd was taken to a different hospital after her first big seizure not the greatest time in our lives but you just soldier on and get through it . . The worst bit was he was supposed to have surgery but when i rang to see how it had gone i was informed surgery had been cancelled and he would be done the following day as an emergency ??? never did get my head around that one.
In the end i was told he was days away from not making it but he is fit and reasonably healthy now although with only half a pancreas he is now diabetic.
it will get better:grouphug:

Any operation that is not scheduled is an emergency.

So it was cancelled on day one because of ? ( no doctor ? ) and added to the following days list. But because it was not on the list for that day it was an emegancy.
It does not mean it was an emergency for the patient, just not scheduled in that days operations.

quidsy

Junior_J, I'll take pics of the sleighs once I have ribboned them up, they are for ds class mates so will get him to write name tags too.

Nanamia, It was spur of the moment to do them then tbh, I had just bought the glue gun so wanted to play so did them on a bit of cardboard on my lap in front of the telly. As they are for 6yo kids I didn't put THAT much effort into them but they look ok & the glue gun was really effective, so much so that at one point I glued 2 fingers together. haha

System

Own_My_Own wrote: »

Any operation that is not scheduled is an emergency.

So it was cancelled on day one because of ? ( no doctor ? ) and added to the following days list. But because it was not on the list for that day it was an emegancy.
It does not mean it was an emergency for the patient, just not scheduled in that days operations.

The surgeon cancelled it because he was expecting it to be a mess inside and apparently need more time for the procedure.He was right it took them 4 hrs to sort it out

freespirit66

Morning everyone

junior_j wrote: »

pigpen my dad left us two years ago almost three , whilst I was in Scotland funnily enough, he cheated on my mum many a times but she didn't think she would cope without him , till the last affair , he was so brazen with his attitude , as kids growing up they would often split and he didn't seem overly bothered to see me and my brother or help out my mum! I know how horrible it must be for you in the situation with the kids so just want to offer hugs and remind you that YOUR doing a great job! Way to go mum! Xxxx some men/fathers just don't get it , I'm not taking away though that there are good men and good fathers!
My dad finds me being in hospital a nuisance and doesn't really hide it from me either! My mum on they the other hand would walk on hot coals to get to me just for a cuddle! Sorry I started really waffling then!
Tasks for the next few
Wash and pack suitcase I want to cry at the thought of going home but at same time I can't wait to see my mum!
Charge net book and download iplayer stuff
Buy vac PAC bags

JJ Im sorry your dad thinks you are a nuisance that is the saddest thing i have heard in a long time, some dads just arent meant to be dads, but you are right, some dads are born to be dads, my DD1, always used to come home and say her friends dads were completely different to hers, cuddles, talking etc but also PIGPEN is right some mothers just shouldnt be allowed to have kids. Your mum sounds like a mum should sound like, so when you get home you have the biggest cuddle x

NANAMIA yes but these are the last, mind you DD1 turned round yesterday and said can i do some christmas baking she has seen some recipes on pinterest :rotfl:if you have trouble finding these recipes (they are not nigella) let me know.

mandco

fiesty glad dh managed to get home for the weekend hope they find some answers this wk

pigpen I'd say that the kids are old enough to decide what they want to do and if that means staying home where they are wanted & happy then sod the Ex if he doesn't have regular contact the rest of the yr then he has no right to demand what contact he wants at xmas just because it suits him yes when they are little they don't get a say but now esp the older ones have every right to refuse to go if they wish. I'm extremely lucky in that I have no real issues with my ex aside from the frequent lack of maintance payments he sees ds every wk so cant complain really. xmas he has him from lunchtime xmas day used to come back boxing day but now hes older I rarely see him again till the new yr . on the flip side oh ex is a total mare she's always used the kids a way to punish him/us refusing to let him see them or saying he could then when he got there being out for the day ect .many xmasses he was only allowed to see them at her house for a few hrs I think she thought she was ruining out xmas together and getting to play happy families thing is we just celebrated another day the kids were too little to really understand what xmas was all about and by time they were they were used to what we do.

junior-j glad your enjoying your break and making the most of the time with your family germs and all kids do love to share

nanamia thinking of your almost son hope the news is positive

well this wk has flown by and I cant quite believe its 1 month today till xmas :snow_laug and its dec on sunday so the tree can go up :j: not done much this wk been feeling pants due to a killer migraine and no tabs as the doc wont renew my prescription without seeing me and cant get an appointment for 3wks :eek:
ok so you know I said the youngest was finished and I wasn't buying him anything else well the mickeymouse mega pack may have found its was home with me oops
slowly getting there alot of the stuff thats left is sorted just waiting on delivery will feel better once it arrives hate preorders esp on the big stuff as always have that nagging feeling that it wont arrive or something

this wks tasks
buy gift bags & cellophane
finish getting stuff for hamper
sort out donations for school xmas fete
put tree up sunday

missed loads again so hugs/congrats ect as relevent

junior_j

Freespirit- me and dad have had some chats , some times I see a glimpse of a good dad but the rest of the time I am sure he forgets he has kids!

junior_j

mandco thank you Hun , is there any chance you can get a emergency/duty app or ask for a doc to call you back? Migraines are horrible , I'm gonna get the Micky mouse mega pack for goddaughter I think she's 7 months but loves noises/lights ect

mrs-moneypenny

really need to go and do something useful now, this morning kind of got lost, i started this last night

promised myself i cant start the next colour thread till the ironig and washing up are done

FeistyFidget

Thank you for the lovely wise words

My Christmas elves, I need your wisdom! Mil mentioned that she was after some plastic clips that attach to cooking pots and keep one side of the lid propped up to stop it boiling over. Apparently Lakeland used to sell these, but don't make them anymore. Does anyone know what these are called and where I can get them from? X