Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

Isn't that pretty? The picture doesn't really do it justice, but its red cabbage (and other things) juice.

Very pretty. Only the second prettiest of your pics today though lir. I missed commenting at the time (was trying to persuade myself to get out of bed), but that was stunning. You almost tricked me into getting up just to look out of the window. Almost

vivatifosi

Nikkster wrote: »

For a nanosecond I was thinking of getting something croc-like for pottering in the garden.

I think I'll be sticking to old trainers, flip flops or wellies as suits the task/ weather :rotfl:

I understand crocs even less than I understand physics.

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

I wear bare feet in summer , and boots/socks etc in the winter.


My feet are cold all the time so I wear the hideous not uggs. . Hepodeous, unsupportive and drag along when I limp making a terrible scuffing noice, but WARM. I trash shoes because now because of weight , limping and stuff I over promate. I don't want to ruin my pretty shoes. And my feet have really suffered.

Mainly I prefer being in bare feet. Although my feet are always so swollen now, I have to buy shoes a whole size bigger.

I prefer bare feet inside. But it's socks (currently thermal walking socks) in winter.

Not sure whether I'd go barefoot in the garden though - I spent last Sunday afternoon scrubbing (literally) the conservatory/ orangery/ lean-to floor. Might scrub it again this weekend, then I think it'll be ok with the steam mop.

SingleSue

LydiaJ wrote: »

I think I was too gobsmacked to know what to say. But it was at least 10 years ago, and although I have a very clear memory of him saying it, I can't remember what happened before or afterwards.

Mine was more of the confidence sapping type of thing, always telling me I was useless, fat, ugly, a bad parent etc.

We also had the shouting/throwing times too.

One memorable occasion was a meal I had cooked for dinner, it was apparently not a proper dinner, so he promptly threw the plate (including its contents) across the kitchen into the wall. Two weeks later, he asked why I hadn't made that particular dish for a while and when I replied it was because he said it wasn't a proper meal, he told me I was stupid and that he couldn't possibly have said that.

It was actually a relief when he left our home for the last time, me and the boys realised that the underlying feeling of tension/threat was gone....we had all been walking about on tenderhooks for months.

The worst part was when he became violent and aggressive in a social services run facility where middle son was having private tutoring. This was after our marriage had broken down but before he had moved away from the town....his actions then gave me a whole year of hell from social services because of the witnessed domestic violence, everything was put under a microscope, diagnosis challenged, so much pressure was put on me and it is one of the reasons I don't chase respite help.

Their 'help' is the reason why the boys do not like anyone in the house, why I can't have friends over for visits, why my parents can't spend time here, all because of one support worker (who was supposed to be supporting and helping us), who decided that she was going to barricade the front door to prevent middle son going to a neighbour's house, a pre arranged thing we had for when he felt like he was going to explode into an aspergic rage.

Unfortunately, to prevent the support worker being hurt, I got in between her and middle son, he kicked me to the ground and kept kicking me, my neighbour was on the other side of the door trying to get in, the support worker was still refusing to open it and I ended up battered and bruised. After that, they trusted no-one to come in and still don't.

What really annoyed me was that after approx a year, I regained some of my confidence and challenged them as to why we were still having meetings bearing in mind the ex hubby had not only left the house but was living 400 miles away. They then immediately said everything was fine, no more meetings were to be held and that I was an excellent parent....and would I like to run their autism parenting group!

I told them to stick it....but maybe not quite so politely :rotfl:

Nikkster

vivatifosi wrote: »

I understand crocs even less than I understand physics.

Post of the day

Yorkie1

I have crocs which I sometimes use in the garden

Washing dirty feet in the bath, without staining the enamel, is always a challenge afterwards

Have had a frustrating few days at work. Colleagues were all on a team meeting on Monday / Tuesday; I couldn't attend so was left holding the fort. This including sorting out some c*ck-ups caused by some of them, such as not telling the organiser for a course tomorrow that we had moved office and the room was now 1/3 smaller than previously...

Tomorrow I have a separate meeting on a particular piece of work commissioned by topic specialists. Some time ago, they had committed to reviewing the progress and letting me have their comments by COP yesterday, so that I could input them into software today, ready for a meeting with them and our technical partners tomorrow (who will have travelled from the other end of the country).

However, zilch received from them today despite 3 increasingly frantic emails to them ... they eventually rang me at 5pm, saying they hadn't got round to doing the review (i.e. between 3 of them they hadn't scheduled it in). And, the 2 who were going to attend tomorrow's meeting haven't got it in their diary so probably won't attend.

I managed to get most of what I needed from the one who rang me, and then spent until 8pm inputting it, when the office closed.

Really not happy with this. :mad:

End of rant.

lostinrates

Nikkster wrote: »

Very pretty. Only the second prettiest of your pics today though lir. I missed commenting at the time (was trying to persuade myself to get out of bed), but that was stunning. You almost tricked me into getting up just to look out of the window. Almost

It didn't last that last that long like that. I came inside pretty swiftly to get macputer and snap it. As it came up I could see the colours were particularly snappy.

Its funny, if we put colours like that together they'd be brash, but nature does it with such aplomb.

SingleSue

I need new high heels (mine would be the lesbian variety according to Mrs McT, any higher than 3 inches and I would have to begger about with my crutch height). My sale bargain of approx 10 years ago are finally giving up the ghost.

Finding the right pair is not easy as my fashion sense is not in this decade of horrendous looking platform, clunky, thick shoes but nice delicate court shoes in a plain black colour and minus the dreaded very rounded toe, the square toe or the very very pointed, elongated toe.

Think I might have found a pair in M&S but at £16, they will have to wait.

michaels

Generali wrote: »

I've walked the path that I think michaels is walking and it's desperate, just horrible.

All I can recommend is to try to enjoy the sunrise because if that's the only joy in your day then it's better to have some than none.

You know that feeling - it is the end of June, a sunny evening, the beer is cold and you still have exams to revise for whereas your mates have all finished and you wish it was cold, raining and the bars were closed...

lostinrates wrote: »

Why cannot I motivate myself to get ion the shower?

Sigh.

Anyone want to come with me?

GDB2222 wrote: »

I've had two showers today, already, but Michaels is usually game for a romp in the shower.

I thought our shower romps were our secret

lostinrates

SingleSue wrote: »

I need new high heels (mine would be the lesbian variety according to Mrs McT, any higher than 3 inches and I would have to begger about with my crutch height). My sale bargain of approx 10 years ago are finally giving up the ghost.

Finding the right pair is not easy as my fashion sense is not in this decade of horrendous looking platform, clunky, thick shoes but nice delicate court shoes in a plain black colour and minus the dreaded very rounded toe, the square toe or the very very pointed, elongated toe.

Think I might have found a pair in M&S but at £16, they will have to wait.

When I fuss with my walking stick height I often wonder if people realise its because I've changed shoes. I wonder if they even notice?



I'd like a pair of shoes I have made for me again with slight change, so I cannot bear to throw them out, they ARE flat and have very pointed toes, but I loved them. They are very tatty now, proving they have been well loved.

Its actually quite important not to wear heels all the time if you don't want contraction in soft tissues. ( crudely, think of the baby ballet exercise of good toes naughty toes, because its important to stretch out those soft tissues. )