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princessmelody2009

nerfdad wrote: »

I have a film to watch,cold beer and the wife is out.Is it ok to beg a child to go to sleep:o

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Mrs_stinkface

Shortfatscotsbloke wrote: »

Yep, I am here, just doing a bit of lurking and catching up.

For once I am not grumpy, I've just had a very sad couple of days, so I haven't posted anything. I had to go to the funeral of a good friend yesterday who died at the age of 47, a week before Christmas. It seems that he was misdiagnosed after a car accident a couple of years ago which eventually resulted in him having a massive heart attack.

I knew a week before the funeral that he had died and I had been fine with it. However, when I actually sat down in the church, it hit me, very hard. When I saw all the slides of him and his family on the ohp and realised that neither they, nor I were ever going to see him again, I couldn’t control myself and the waterworks started. I had gone to the church completely unprepared, without tissues or anything to keep my dignity intact, just the back of my hand, which after a short time wasn’t really enouugh.

Anyway, a moral I can take from this (albeit a bit too late)..

Don’t lose touch with good friends, as although with great friends you can always catch up the next time you see them as if you had never been apart, sometimes fate kicks in and you never get the opportunity.:(:(

So sad, sending you big hugs sfsb. So very true though, how many of us presume that there is always later. That something can wait another day. Maybe we should all make a little more effort to try a little harder. X

Mildred1970

http://www.boots.com/en/Violent-Lips-Natural-Leopard-Temporary-Lip-Tattoos-3pk_1243575/

words fail me :eek:

FloFlo

Shortfatscotsbloke wrote: »

Yep, I am here, just doing a bit of lurking and catching up.

For once I am not grumpy, I've just had a very sad couple of days, so I haven't posted anything. I had to go to the funeral of a good friend yesterday who died at the age of 47, a week before Christmas. It seems that he was misdiagnosed after a car accident a couple of years ago which eventually resulted in him having a massive heart attack.

I knew a week before the funeral that he had died and I had been fine with it. However, when I actually sat down in the church, it hit me, very hard. When I saw all the slides of him and his family on the ohp and realised that neither they, nor I were ever going to see him again, I couldn’t control myself and the waterworks started. I had gone to the church completely unprepared, without tissues or anything to keep my dignity intact, just the back of my hand, which after a short time wasn’t really enough.

Anyway, a moral I can take from this (albeit a bit too late)..

Don’t lose touch with good friends, as although with great friends you can always catch up the next time you see them as if you had never been apart, sometimes fate kicks in and you never get the opportunity.:(:(

Sorry to hear your sad news, funerals of good friends are tough xxx

FloFlo

MKS wrote: »

Hi FloFlo, so you didn't read that you were mia?

No was I? I am reading when I can, but not getting chance to read all the way back or post much. Quite a sad week back in school for me as well as busy. Working with children can be hard sometimes, wish I had a magic wand for some of them

FloFlo

Mildred1970 wrote: »

http://www.boots.com/en/Violent-Lips-Natural-Leopard-Temporary-Lip-Tattoos-3pk_1243575/

words fail me :eek:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I think I'll get some for parents evening.

princessmelody2009

rebeccalb wrote: »

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/life-on-benefits-the-starving-of-the-11-million-8448685.html?fb_action_ids=10151233793093403%2C10200317803288567%2C10151363282333891&fb_action_types=news.reads&fb_ref=type%3Aread%2Cuser%3A1gJ4V6mmhzNMrp0h_90src5Wy4U%2Caf%3Asb&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210151233793093403%22%3A402121559873064%2C%2210200317803288567%22%3A402121559873064%2C%2210151363282333891%22%3A460849087296750%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151233793093403%22%3A%22news.reads%22%2C%2210200317803288567%22%3A%22news.reads%22%2C%2210151363282333891%22%3A%22news.reads%22%7D&action_ref_map=%7B%2210151363282333891%22%3A%22type%3Aread%2Cuser%3A1gJ4V6mmhzNMrp0h_90src5Wy4U%2Caf%3Asb%22%7D#access_token=AAADWQ6323IoBAPJmZAgPlTodw5KZAsuEGdTOhAiNJR5JImL6BYEdAPY9V2n6mjZBN3H5XqZAFZAH0PjncNcLgZC9OZAuZBCBR4MBTvLnZC9KPHQZDZD&expires_in=4917

Interesting read, although to be honest him moaning he only had £31 to spend on food and that it wasn't enough I find rubbish. I'm single and my budget is ideally £25 a week(£1 for each meal+£4 for extras) and I generally stick to it.

Clearly not a practised glitcher nor would survive long if he actually had to live off that. My mister works full time and still we survive on a pittance every week; I genuinely believe that if I hadn't found this website, we'd be on the street living off food banks.

FloFlo

Queenriderbrekke wrote: »

Not condoning people who bang on walls, I always do knock on the door for a chat if I have a problem with a neighbour(only ever had to do twice fortunately nice neighbours and each time they apologised and turned the music down)

But I can see that somebody may not want to do this, because they may already be in bed and in night clothes or are elderly and might be intimidated confronting somebody or for other reasons:)

I have to admit to banging on the wall more than a few times. We had the neighbours from hell for around 6 months. I tried knocking, talking reasonably to them, calling the police, by the end I felt like I was being driven mad. They were eventually evicted - nothing to do with me - because the actual owners of the property hadn't paid the mortgage.

Sometimes you bang because: you have already been round and the noise has started again; it is early hours and you know they have a houseful of drunk/drugs people; you have a baby in bed that you don't want to leave; you lose your temper because the noise is driving you mad.:o

SpiralingDown

vanilla_twist wrote: »

Hi all
Spiraling Down
I had an old female Beddlington lurcher cross. She was an older lady when we got her and her owner had gone into sheltered housing. First 2 days she just lay on the floor sobbing. I didn't know dogs could cry like that.
They suffer serious separation anxiety. Night time she slept on the floor in our room as needed to be near by. Couldn't leave her alone for more than 4 hours and never left her in the dark without telly on.
Took about 4 months to settle properly but proved to me that you can teach an old dog new tricks. She learnt that she had to be invited onto the sofa, ended up loving the car and survived a 2 week stay at my dads without crying.
They say dogs are like their owners well I turned this one into a happy blonde.
Sorry but I have no experience of bulldogs at all. I think if the situation continues then rehoming him with an experiences owner would be the best thing. If you can't take him on lead due to his strength then you will never be able to control him in the house and he deserves his walks.
It is a very hard thing to let go of a pet but I think it would be the best thing for both of you as no good having a dog you are scared of. Lurches prefer to be the only dog in the household and I think your female will adjust well especially if allowed to sleep close by (even on the landing or with your son)

In life we have to learn keep ourselves on an even keel and I do worry that this dog situation will further add to the stresses in your life.

I wish you all the best in the decisions you make.
Vx

I have a fabric travel crate that a friend uses to move rescue dogs so think I'll get that and try to have it in the kitchen to see if that calms her. It's pretty good as it gives them security but also allows it to be left open so they don't feel too confined. I bought it for this reason so a little dog I used to sponsor before she got her forever home felt secure. She was terrified of everything and we were advised that being in one of these in a normal home would help her feel safe but also become used to the home she was in and give her somewhere to hide if she felt to overwhelmed.
For months now the dogs haven't been walked, I had been asked not to go as the guy was too busy so only learnt this today when speaking to someone else so not happy . I'd been told that they were regularly walked and played with.
I am giving the male a month or so to see how training with him goes, I know I'll never be able to walk him while there are other dogs about and feel very sad for him because of this. I've spoken to another large boxer owner and she said hers is the same, he's terrified of all dogs but she has a huge garden for him to play in and her DH walks him at 5am so they never encounter other dogs. Knowing that this maybe his future makes me very upset, I've cried for him a lot today.
He's genuinely a big softy in the house, he obeys most commands and all he wants is to sit as close to you as possible and do things to please you. The wag of his tale today as he done his training makes me so happy, he's just happy to have someone who's pleased with what he's done. His face is so full of expressions, his eyebrows make him look like he's frowning if he gets told off and his confused look is funny. Oh and his 'puppy dog eyes' would melt the hardest of hearts.
I love him so much that even writing this and thinking about letting him go is making me cry
If I could walk him somewhere secure it would be great, we'll have to see what I can sort out.

FloFlo

nikkilala wrote: »

Someone shout at me to start ironing and stop looking at booking holidays:eek::eek::eek:I'm in one of those moods where I could just book one and it's not mse at all(Well the ones I'm looking at are'nt:o) I need to do some proper research but my finger keeps hovering over the "book" button:(

Cruise or Disneyworld would be my top choices - or both