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

kittiej

Aww siegemode, yes you have a nice cuppa :coffee: here you go.

I know what it's like being a go-between but if your OH gets super-stressed as well then you have my sympathies.

Telephone support is not always all it's cracked up to be, it's a shame the guy couldn't not take over your computer to have a look.

Hardup_Hester

I married in 1976, home made dress, no bridesmaids and home made high tea in a room over a nearby pub.
Married again 2 years ago, home made dress, no bridesmaids, then back to our house for a pagan handfasting in the back garden. Home made buffet to follow.
Hester

kittiej

Well done Hester for being true to yourself.

I love a good wedding story especially when it's done in a resourceful manner. There's far too much waste going on today.

Speaking of Germolene, I used to love the smell of it as a kid. Weirdo that I am lol.

ArthriticOldThing

Hello again. I have a couple of days away from laptop and end up with loads to catch up on. Great.
To all the lovers of Germolene - Yuck:eek::eek::eek: - I hate the very smell of it but quite like TCP/Dettol. I remember that Vicks and Vaseline were always in my parents home. I suffered with bronchitis so have vivid memories of nights spent covered in Vick and they were essential standbys when my two lads were growing up. Still have both in 'medical' drawer;)
Had a lovely day yesterday at friend's ordination and then lunch in her garden with friends as the weather was kind for a change. Was very naughty and had two pieces of hm raspberry Pavlova:j:j
Have had a quite OS day today as went to town - using bus pass got before I left work - and bought trolley load of fruit and veg from the market. Got lift home as well. The bread maker is on and tomorrow will be spent make soup in the SC.
I hope everyone sleeps better tonight - me included.

shegar

Well you probaly all know what TCP stand for....toms cats p*ss, because it smelt rank.......:eek:.....Ha ha ......
I use to love the smell of calamine lotion .................

Been super today again, haps summer is here well and proper now, we dont get much rain, just dank dismal cloud , just as well to have rain than cloud, at least rain do some good.....Its a lovely sunny evening, makes me wake up early when its light very early in the mornings, lovely are singing away here at 3 am............Sheila

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Evening all, it's been one of those golden days here,and we have sunshine to savour this evening, like molten gold, it should be a beautiful sunset. The lad and I walked this afternoon with Charlie the Retriever and him Mumi and did our usual path across the common and through the woods, then back down the footpath where all the forageable things are and as we walked back into the village came across one of the council Park Rangers who was watering the newly planted hedgerow they put in for the Jubilee last summer, it's been a bit dry and the plants needed a drink. We see him quite often doing jobs on the common with the voluntiers and got nattering and he told us about the remnants of a really old orchard that are still in the woods just off the pathway across the common, apparently there is a very old greengage tree and some equally ancient apple and pear trees there, we'll go exploring next time and see if we can locate them. He was responsible for putting in a huge 'WILDLIFE HOTEL' at the back of the new wildflower meadow last spring and we've been watching what happened through the year and he was so excited because they had a hedgehog use it as a hibernation den last winter, not exactly earth moveing, but really lovely and it was so nice to see the enthusiasm he felt for his project. There were also lots of signs of the Badgers whose sett we see when going across the common, it's nice to have the wildlife so close to the village, a real treat in fact. I've been picking french beans in the polytunnel, there are loads of flowers on the plants and we have lots of peas at different stages of readiness and the courgette is again becoming triffid like and giving us a courgette nearly every other day. I love this time of year, it is hard work as I have to do all the sorting out for things to go in the freezer but, it's great at the end of a week to see just how much we've managed to put away from our own home growing, makes me happy!!! Have a nice evening all, and I hope it's cool enough for everyone to actually sleep tonight, Cheers Lyn xxx.

GreyQueen

My parents had a longer engagement than intended in the early sixties as they were going all over to find somewhere to live. Eventually found a cottage to rent and had to do a lot of work to make it habitable. Put the banns up and married in the local church with only 6 weeks' notice.

Village tongues were a-wagging but no, I wasn't on the way just then.

Mum and Dad were each doing their full-time jobs then spending their evenings working on the cottage. Mum dropped 2 dress sizes in the weeks before the wedding, working herself to a frazzle. Bought an off-the peg gown the week before the wedding and sold it on a couple of weeks after.

On the day itself, female relatives descended from all over and Mum was making sandwiches until nearly an hour before the wedding, couldn't get into the bathroom for primping aunties, then she jumped into the bath and dressed and off she went. Two bridesmaids only. Sit down meal for 40, paid for by my parents themselves.

Totally the opposite to the modern Bridezilla. The honeymoon was in an undiscosed location (the cottage) and they're coming up towards their 50th anniversary. Lots of their peers have been married as long and not a single one of them had any kind of fussy wedding. I often wonder if there's an connection between fussy weddings and shortish marriages, and vice versa.

Didn't get to the lottie today but I did get my new glasses. Baby's first varifocals. I'm too tired for new input today but I shall wear them tomorrow and see what I have been missing.

Ugh. More tea needed. Nuuurrrrrrrrrssssssssssseeeeeeeeee!

Possession

I was just reading a wedding dilemma on Mumsnet, £30K wedding, hen night and stag night each a week abroad, and wedding spanning over 3 days. Beggars belief.

kittiej

OMG £30k? What is wrong with these people :rotfl:

I gather it's the fashion to have 2 Best Men as well * shrugs shoulders*

It just goes to show GQ that spending a lot of money does not guarantee a long marriage

mardatha

Think you're right with that wedding formula GQ. We eloped, had 2 friends as witnesses, then all over to the bikers cafe where we spent most of our evenings & weekends for a (free as a wedding present) plate of chips & coke.. Next anniversary is 48 years