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

pigpen

Ooh.. Todays bribery.... Christmas cards... If the girls.. 9, 11 and 13 want cards.. I first want floor!!!

Own_My_Own

FeistyFidget wrote: »

Omo I demand you join me on the New Years resolution of being more selfish! You poor love, you really deserve to see some of that caring, consideration back!

Today is my festive day! I plan to bake gingerbread and fragipane mince pies, watch Arthur Christmas, do some wrapping and make my nails festive! Decs are going up Friday, so I really need to deep clean the flat! The two bathrooms took over two hours last Sunday, it was shameful

I think I will join you.

You know, part of the problem is that Dd see that ds doesn't show me any compassion so she thinks she doesn't have to.
Because he wasn't diagnosed until his teens she still doesn't get there is something different about him.
If I let him get away with something she thinks she can as well. But there is no point causing a row with over certain things. It won't make any difference as he just doesn't get it.
She does get it.

Like when he said he hated my tree. He doesn't understand that saying that could be hurtful, so I don't get hurt. But when dd says the same I do get hurt.
But she thinks if he can say it so can she. Or if we don't do something because I know it will stress him out she gets all stroppy because it's always about him.

I know it must be hard for her, but she give him no leeway.

Well me and ds are the only ones up.
He is getting ready for football and I am drinking a coffee. I am washed and dressed and ready to go. Once dd is up I can take the dog out. Then get FM ready and go to the Market.
( why do I feel today is going too smoothly ? :rotfl: )

pigpen I love Marvin ( and the cobwebs). They seem to just appear don't they. One day the corners are all clear the next day they have been invaded with vengeance. :rotfl:

debndot

Hi all, so many pages to catch up on, sorry if I miss quite a few bits but there is so much.
Pigpen I'm glad you got your tree up and hope you get some help with all your other bits,
OMO your decs look lovely so chic and beautiful,
Feisty, hope you have a lovely festive day and get lots done
We have decs up now but the place is still a mess, its very depressing, dh has had a fab first week in his job and as per usual is showing them all how its done, he really is very good and he does enjoy it which is great. In the past 2 weeks we have had a sickness bug and are now full of cold so not much has been sorted. I finished the christmas shopping last night on amazon as I didn't realise how much I still needed to get.
I've been feeling very down lately and finally talked to dh about it the other day, don't think he realised how bad I was but felt better after a cha, just need to ride the next few months out and hopefully everything will come together.
We actually ordered a turkey from the local butchers this year in the end as I didn't trust mr Ts to actually deliver it, I had images of the shopping turning up Christmas Eve morning and no turkey or meat, so thought it better to go to the butchers to save stress.
I do hope the festive feeling is starting to appear for everyone, with all the hard work everyone has put in I do hope everything falls into place and is enjoyable.
This week I'm wrapping presents, baking as the freezer is finally starting to empty and organising when we can visit everyone so I can make sure I can make everything as fresh as possible for their hampers.

FeistyFidget

Okay, so I'm sat in my PJs, and I may have snuck some work into my festive day, but my bank account was bare, and I thought I better juggle some wages about - but in christmas prep, I have finally compiled my own personal Christmas play list It's just under 3 hours long, so shouldn't get too boring. For any of you that fancy a listen, it's here

Own_My_Own

:xmastree: WEEK 2 TASKS :xmastree:

OMO
Must must must wrap some presents.
Must must must wrap some more presents

nic2075
Write mock shopping list for Christmas Day. ( so money can be put away to buy it)
Wrap presents and hide them.
Write cards and post them.

Freespirit
Deep clean bathroom
Wrap Xmas Eve hamper and American food hamper with cellophane
Sort the rest if CS/Decluttering in Conservatory
Buy stamps and post cards
Hand out rest of cards

System

Ive decided to have a bit of a "me" day next Sunday , im going to visit my parents in Durham for the day on my own ,it will be nice to have a few hours away.
I can listen to my music on the journey instead of Dr who theme tunes:eek: for 2 hrs each way ! Barry manilow/westlife here i come

My ear is still very sore but on a brighter note the cheque came from the house sale yesterday :j:j:j WHY aren't banks open on Saturdays cant deposit it until tomorrow after work.

rosalie-lavender

Morgy9 wrote: »

Hello peeps just flying through ... still no deep clean but the elves are here getting up to mischief . Was the OHs birthday today so I always wait til that's out of the way before we put decs up. so deep clean of living room tomorrow and decs and lights up. Latest I've ever been - still need to do xmas cards eek.


Small glitch on Friday ready made pastry - so may be worth a try - in Tesco xmas mag there are money off coupons (2 sets one expired 2/12 but other runs from 3/12). Anyhow one is for £3 off a £12 spend on dairy. Apparently fresh pastry is classed as dairy (not frozen). Jusroll have buy one get one free at Tesco so buy 8 packs (they are £1.50 each). Till thinks you have spent £12 but really its only £6 (bogoff) but the coupon works too minus £3. Therefore 8 packs pastry for £3. (6-3=3) (Sorry the smilies are not working). So worth doing if you need to catch up on the home baking.


I caught my thumb in the airing cupboard door and its very sore and will lose nail so wasn't looking forward to trying to make pastry this year so this is a godsend and mse. Just got to dig out my 20p mincemeat from the cupboard. HTHS


Ladies .... don't peek too early ............ kick off your shoes read a mag do something non Christmassy .... You've all worked so hard this year.


Sending hugs to everyone who needs one - commiserations on nuisance cats in the tree.
Hope everyone stayed safe in the gales.


forgot to say OH broke glass door to the cooker and they don't make replacements so need to find new gas cooker and get it installed before xmas eek........ Men ,,,,,,,pft.

Thanks for that Morgy.

My shopping is being delivered after the pastry offer runs out but I added one pack of cheese to my order, used the coupon and finished up getting it free because I already had about £10 worth of dairy in my basket.

pigpen

OMO.. I have lost my rat on a stick somewhere is the pit so haven't been able to gather the Halloween decs but I shall sort something soon.. I have some old odd bedsocks which I can attach to my broom and use to dust them away so I'll do that when I find floor to walk on!


My littlies are baubling the tree.. they aren't very tall.. can you tell???

Own_My_Own

pigpen spray them silver and make them Christmas decs :rotfl:

Nanamia

Dashing in will have a proper catch up late. Feisty I've just subscribed to your playlist, never done it before so really hoping I can play your playlist as I get a wriggle on today Massive thank you, in anticipation xxx