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

bluebag

greenbee wrote: »

Might as well send him out to work then

Can't argue with that, impeccable logic, very impressive.

maryb

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

.....yes he's untidy and whenever he can't find something it's always 'what have you done with my..........'

Have you noticed, with most men, when he says "where's the [whatever]?", what he really means is "fetch!"

burtha

Well back from work , quite a lot a people in club today ,everyone talking about how nobody was out last night.our club was dead, ..much better today,good mix of people ,no body to drunk,no need to shout or sort anyone out(makes a change! ) . So far a good start to the year! I know its not everyone cup of tea ,but pays the bills,and as i dont drink much can cash in the tips .....real job tomorrow ,ho hum x:)

kidcat

Burtha it sounds ideal to me. The advantage of bar work is you can usually find a reliable workman when needed. My uncles both have run pubs and bars over many years and I know neither has had any problems whenever they need someone to do work for them.

burtha

Yes its good fun,get paid to be nice and catch up with people. Have only done 2 shifts so far, as just gone back to work since r.t.a then brain problem ! So not been there since august , .. Had one little old guy ,come up to the bar and say ' thought you had died ,nice to see you' , he did look a but pail , hadn't been in club for a bit due to his one ill health and the last time he was in the club, talk was i was in a coma . Poor guy looked like he has seen a goast! . The rest of the bar nearly choaked on there drinks ! ..bless him

nuttyp

Well we ventured out first thing, aldi car park was empty and the shop was too. It was a breeze shopping. Eldest DD rang she had a car accident just up the road, so I ran (not a good sight) and she had hit the kerb and it had split her tyre. Her partner works for a garage so he came out and changed the wheel. Now she has to find a new alloy. At least she wasn't hurt, apart from her pride.


I am trying very hard with this diet, yesterday I had beans on toast with no butter on the toast, baby steps as they say.


OH is at work, he rang to moan he was busy - not sure how that helps telling me but hey ho. We are both off next week and I think we both need some time off.


Need to get some laundry done, I refrained from doing it yesterday but its a mountain and is gaining all the time.


Well I must get on, take care all.

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I think theres a lot of sense in both having different areas to work in and giving each other space. We do 2 different dog walks He Who Knows in the morning for a couple of hours which gives me time to do the house, and I walk after lunch which gives him time to do indoor things. He mainly does the allottment and we do the garden together. I do the cooking and preserving and he does the maintenance jobs, some we do together if they need 2 people. I do all the shopping, he's allergic I think!!! and he does the finances and sorting out bills. Having said that, we make all decisions jointly, financial and everyday, we both go individually to visit the girls which gives a few days space at a time to do our own thing and watch our own preference of programmes on TV and we do a lot of things together when we both have a gap. It means we're both still able to be 'me' in the relationship. It works well for us, Lyn xxx.

PRINCESSX87

Morning everyone.

Having a giggle at the comments made about our men! Its funny, because if we say this sort of stuff…Then god only knows what comes out of the men.?

Lyn, Sounds like you & MRLW has found a true balance in your relationship.

My OH is a moaner, He could moan the ears off anyone. However he must be doing something right considering I’m due to marry him this year.

I do mostly everything around the house because he works so its only fair & it works for us.

I also have most control of the money side of things (which isn‘t good) because he has dyslexia which means he doesn’t understand letters / bills which needs to be sorted. Saying that I’ve learnt to tell him what I am doing with the £ ect. So its even now.

What we’re learning to do, Is set aside some “us” time. Because we’re always busy doing something (Normally getting dragged into family problems) we have neglected “date nights” I suppose you could call them. So that’s something we’re working on this year.

Dieting is at a stand still atm. I really need to look into what it is I need to cut out or double up on. Exercise is the most important change needed. I have become rather lazy and hate walking. So maybe adding a extra walk around the park is a start.

fuddle

I'd like to raise the point regarding man's choice of televisual 'entertainment'. If it's not panning for gold it's fishing, if it's not fishing it's about cars and if it's not about cars you can bet your bottom dollar it's about aliens! Do any of us female toughies have control of the TV remote? I sure don't.

Well, got one sproglet making bird cake to put in the bird feeder she made and the other one making a wind chime. Ah peace!

Evening meal with be slow cooked beef and gravy with gravy, mashed potato and going to try frying the spring greens in olive oilSheila.

My hair needs an olive oil and egg yolk mask and my face is destined for a honey and sugar scrub - day off today

We're going to empty the blanket box today to turn it into a downstairs toy box - the girls are struggling for storage in their room while I have space under the stairs so no brainier.

Cleaning wise nothing OS today but I will be clogging vinegar soaked paper on the toilet to keep those brown scale patches at bay.

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PX87 I hate being on a 'diet', hate the way it makes me feel like I can't have things I like and have to eat things I'm not too fond of so I'm never dieting again. Having said that what I have chosen, (not been made to do) to do is to not say I 'can't' eat anything but to say I'm going to only eat until I feel full enough at every meal. I'm currently not having breakfast unless I'm hungry enough, I've totally stopped any alcohol and I'm trying to not eat more than one source of carbohydrates at any meal. I'm not weighing me, I find that the way to give up dieting through being disheartened, but I'm just watching my clothes get looser and baggier and knowing I'm losing weight. I eat everything, even the odd sweetie and have pudding if I want it, most times I don't ,but nothing is off limits and it's working very well for me. It does take some remembering to do when you first start but I very soon got into the habit of saying I'm full and now know what portion sizes to put on my plate to fill me up and not waste things by leaving them. I guess it's a re-education thing, which can be done even at my age eh? Lyn xxx.