The OS Doorstep - a helpful and supportive thread in these tough times

greenbee

Mar - I use olive oil to clean my face and no moisturiser and it works really well.

Mrs_Chip

Morning Toughies!

Very knackered here, weather being good we are taking dogling out three times a day for walks and games on the beach and oh my, my poor aching body knows it! But it is a good thing, and eventually I hope to ache less .

Kidcat - Monkey World is great, but when we had a weekend away down there (staying in Milton) we got the ferry across to Yarmouth on spec and had a fab day. The weather was gorgeous though! Yarmouth is a lovely town and it happened to be the 'Old Gaffers' festival, was very colourful and lots going on. We got an open top bus tour and went to Alum Bay and rode on the chair lift down to the beach which was brilliant. I O W is very beautiful.

Mar - I swear by Germolene for everything needing healing, but agree it's a bit sticky for use as a face cream .

Burtha - glad the swine that broke into DD had been arrested.

Very envious of the polytunnel but tbh this year have not looked at the garden, we have been too busy with the hound!

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

fuddle

No touristy things for us this holiday... the roads are chocka! We are nipping up the National Trust site 2 mile away for an Easter egg hunt early tomorrow morning though.

Shed is complete. DH has done a marvellous job. The rebuild cost us £42 but that's nothing compared to the cost of a new shed. This one is sturdy and designed to fit our needs. Really very happy.

He's also build me a raised bed out of pallettes which I am about to go treat. We're on with making the garden a nice (but working!) space because I think we will be spending most of our time in there when its holiday season.

I have 3 strawberry plants and a pack of peas. We're able to have more of a clue where the sun will hit so most will be up near yon side fence. Also have peas to sow it need compost. I am planning to clean that Belfast sink up today too as it will be my herb garden.

We are still surviving with meat and 2 veg and no carbs but still not losing weight! I think it must be the bread intake. I'm not noticing any lowering of groceries though - further proof that fresh produce is more expensive than carbs.

Can I ask a OS question? Any tips for getting tea stains off cups?

Mam is home. It's been ok having her here but I have to say that unfortunately the time has come to cut my sister from our lives. I'm not sad at the decision but a little numb. It is such a shame. Blood is meant to be blood.

Knit_Witch

fuddle wrote: »

Can I ask a OS question? Any tips for getting tea stains off cups?

a teaspoon of bicarb, then boiling water (do this in the sink it will fizz like anything!) to about half way up the cup/mug, leave for a while (let it go cold), then rinse out and wash as normal

kidcat

Fuddle my nan used to clean tea stains off with either a tsp of salt or sugar and rubbing it in. Always worked but have never tried it myself. I never have cups long enough to need it with my lot they are always being smashed.

DS10 is struggling this trip, his behaviour for the last few weeks has been difficult but today has been worse. It's being made more difficult by the reactions of people around us tutting and loudly debating what a terrible parent I am. Witty retort is beyond me today.

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KIDCAT depending on what you and the family like to do there is Portchester Castle which has been a garrison since roman times, Bucklers Hard over towards Beauleigh on the other side of the New Forest which is a row of cottages and an architects office for building sailing ships and also the Motor Museum at Beauleigh itself, I think they have the James Bond Cars there. There is the Blue Reef Aquarium on the front at Southsea, and on the other side of Fareham at Fort Nelson is the Royal Armoury, it's both a museum and they occasionally fire one of the big guns, so don't know if your lads would care for it, was interesting though. If anything else comes to mind I'll post later, Lyn xxx.

mcculloch29

I second bicarb for cleaning stained cups, Fuddle, you only need a dab. A bleach solution works well but then you spend ages rinsing the cup clean to ensure the next cuppa isn't tainted.

Pleased that your Mam's visit went reasonably well, Fuddle . Distance will help to disconnect re your sister.
I love my sister dearly, and we are close emotionally, but she is nothing like me.

If we weren't sisters, I doubt if we would be good friends, though I would welcome her in my wider circle of friends.

stiltwalker

Fuddle - Staying in away from the tourists is our usual plan of attack up here in the ever popular Yorkshire dales too!! Been round the village on an Easter treasure hunt today and then tomorrow will be Church, followed by lunch in the pub with the annual duck race as Monday's entertainment. Or maybe I should call it the duck meander as the beck we "race" the ducks down is pretty slow running. I've given hubby a pass card for tomorrow night so he is going to the pub with the boys for a 'shandy' or two as I got a mummies night out last month with the mums from school.


Families are a hard one, like Mcculloch says hopefully the distance will help. We are currently being the bigger man, so to speak, with DH's bro as to do otherwise would upset his mum, fortunately they live far enough away that we don't have to see them too often, my own bro lives further away still but between the massive amount of stuff that we each have going on and other stuff we aren't in touch anywhere near as often as I'd like cos I miss the little b*gger! (even if he's in his 30's and bigger than me now!)


Sausage casserole for tea tonight - second successful slow cooker meal. I just browned off and chucked in the pot while DH made the sandwiches for lunch then it was ready when we got back from the treasure hunt. It's going to be a godsend when I'm off at meetings halfway across the county. Even DH can chop, brown and chuck in a pot and it will mean I stop nagging him about contributing more to the kitchen area of the house (which I have been doing since he finished work as a couple of meals a week was supposed to be one of the things he was going to do to reduce the load on me).


Realised tonight when taking a sleepy little man upstairs to bed that I'm not going to be able to do that for much longer - he pulls his legs up and twitches and he's getting so heavy now I'm not going to be able to do it safely much longer. Still nothing come up on the housing list though even though we have top banding and have been looking for 6 months now, the phrase 'rocking horse poop' springs to mind!


Sorry this post started off quite positive and turned into a bit of a moan. Hope you are all ok out there - Hx

burtha

Well interesting day today,pub I was working in is a family friendly national type pub, very quite on the children side and the few that were there were there because the rest of the family wanted a good drink,iykwim..sorry if I offend anyone but why ??? I know I might be a bit odd, but very strange...ho hum...tomorrow at national trust place ,which is always full of nice people, I know I sound like a total snob but honest I'm not ...anyway twist over
Kidcat....any parent has moments when other people judge them,just keep going,whatever you decide to do ,it is right for you, i remember pushing a trolly around with a small child hanging on to my leg and the other one sitting smiling at me ,others looking and tutting,they had no idea of what problems my child had...just hold your head up and smile.....its there problem,not yours:)..x

fuddle

Thanks I have plenty of bicarb so will have a go with the cups in the morning.

Ah sisters. I'm calmly resounded. It's been coming for a long time and now it is on my terms due to a wrongdoing on her part. I feel no guilt. I have to keep in touch with my neice and nephew though. Not sure how as they are only 4 and 1 but my aunties stopped communication with me when my dad died and it hurts. I'm thinking communication via my 2 girls and then a message from me in the end... possibly.

By gum we're feeling the chill tonight - both sat here watching (or rather DH is) a film with the blankets on our laps. I have chilled out with my reader app catching up on blogs and surfing Pinterest. I am relaxed and happy doing nothing but being quietly inspired. It's been a long time since I have indulged in all things crafty, frugal and homemaking.

I am in the process of saving jars of various sizes in order to paint them with a translucent glass paint ready for summer evening garden relaxation and candle burning.

My crochet blanket has come to a stand still so must pick it up this evening. DH likes watching films in the dark so thankfully I have the solar spotlight so can sit with it focused on my lap without it bother the bloke person. I have finally found a crochet pattern with a real heal for socks so I would like to invest in some real-I-am wool for winter socks, even if they are just house socks. Not until blanket is finished though. I haven't started hand stitching the bed quilt yet due to being overwhelmed with the price of fabric