*Stop The Cavalry* It's The 2014 Christmas Chatter Thread

freespirit66

Evening everyone, just had a half hour christmas shop for DS on amazon and ordered 4 blu rays for him with my survey money

NANAMIA oh im so sorry you are feeling meh and you have BD, sending you lots of virtual hugs and hope you feel better soon and DGD2 bless her, there is like you say so many germs around, nope i put on :mad: its my own fault but i am still going to keep at it, it WILL come off eventually, you just keep going, dont give up after all the hard work, the last bit of weight to shift is always the hardest
NANAMIA/RUTHHONEY omg i couldnt believe it tonight, i had to sort some books out to donate to the hospital and i found 3 Carole Matthews books on there :eek: how awful is that, i had forgotten i even owned some of her books, one of them is Meet Me on Platform 8, which i think you have both read
MRSMONEYPENNY oh im so glad it was all you had hoped it would be, from your description it sounds right up my street as well
OMO i hope you had a good day off in the end in the warm and dry i do love your quotes they really make me smile/laugh every day thankyou
PIXTOTTS wow those photos awful isnt it? I too am fascinated by things like this i have had sky news on all day looking at all the floods, omg saw your friends video that is scary, must say though Worcester looks ever such a pretty town
MANDCO sending you hugs my lovely, hope you feel better and more upbeat soon
PEPPAPIG yes we actually had a bit of sunshine today :eek: love your little dgd chat with dd, go you with your techie brain today, i just hand everything over to kids and say sort that can you
BLUEEYEDGIRL the same here i was meant to be starting to redecorate my LR in january, still havent started
SEQUEENA those little moments of preciousness make all the hard work and upset worth it dont they, bless him
FLUFFYSOX glad the christening went really well

Todays challenges
You may find your symptoms can be controlled by breathing and relaxation techniques. Books and CDs on the topic are available both online and from bookstores to help you with this - also see MINDs booklet, How to Manage Stress, for some exercises. Several self-help programmes on relaxation are available online, or you could attend a relaxation class

1. Complete the daily sudoku challenge
2. Complete your Brain Age test
3. Paint a Picture
4. Donate some of your old books to a hospital

todays present was a watercolour pad and watercolour paints

Nanamia

Mrs M so glad the film didn't let you down I've put the book onto my kindle wish list but think I need to feel a bit stronger before I tackle it, specially after hearing your eyes were leaking! Just a light read is about all I can manage at the mo xxx
Linky I hope you enjoyed your day even tho it was a change from what was planned. Weather permitting you will have a good day next week How is the tree going? xxx
Pixtotts oh my goodness! your photos! I'm glad you and yours are safe. The wall is fascinating and definetely not and advert for global warming/climate change. Stay safe xxx
Chrissy we had local radio on this morning and it was on snow watch. Although we've had a little sleet nothing is settling. Pretty to look at but not like you say if you've got to get out and about. Hope you get to ikea xxx
Msgigglewick friends like that you can well do without! Go you, you've really cracked on with the baby order I did wonder if DH would leave the carp sorting to you! I don't know what are they like? I'm off to look at Boohoo see if they've anything I could put away, thank you for that. Can I ask how you are doing with your NYR and socialising? Of course feel free to ignore me if I've over stepped the mark xxx
Mandco aww that is good news. I know I am always saying it but this thread really has got me through some bad times. We've laughed and cried together and daft as it seems but sometimes a virtual hug is all you need. I very rarely have anything constructive to say but I can certainly chatter. So please bob in say hi and let us know what's doing on at yours. It really helps to share Love the gift box have jotted both numbers down in case anybody is going near Argos, thank you xxx
Peppa I actually did giggle out loud when I read the LOs thoughts on heaven. When my DD was 4 my grandad died and I explained as you do etc then one day in the middle of the shops she lay on the floor pretending to be dead cos she wanted to go xxx
B_e_g good luck pinning down your DS aww I remember those days Spoke to my band of merry helpers today and the company that make the sliding doors are being contacted on Friday so you are way way ahead of me xxx
Sequeena ooh fingers crossed you've cracked it with T sleeping through Aww how cute was he signing, melts my heart the little cutie. I hope the education service do turn up tomorrow xxx
Fluffysox oh didn't realise you were near new brighton, DH and I do like it there Hasn't it changed in the last few years, it's unrecognisable. It's our nearest seaside about 40 mins away (in the car) A few years ago when DD was at uni in Liverpool we were regulars and then through the tunnel to pick her up we made a day of it. Really pleased the double christening went so well you can breathe now It's a small world isn't it with your nieces being BFF. You really never know do you. Recently when DGD1 started nursery DDIL put a photo of her in her school uniform on FB and one of my DDs friends has a niece at the same school. Unbelievable 12000 miles away. The number of people we've met since DS has been in Perth with connection over there is unreal. It really is a small world xxx
Feisty you know I have spies everywhere ! I will be holding you to that- and watching for it slowing down!!! Good luck for DH on Monday, I will be thinking of him xxx
Freespirit go girl! get you Christmas shopping and money neutral how very mse Your pm and the hour on the phone to my BFF has cheered me up no end. I'm off to look at boohoo and then find something to read. Night night and thanks again xxx

blue_eyed_girl

Just popping in for a quick :hello:

Feisty - hope all goes well for Mr F on Monday. Don't forget you both have to take things easy.

Nana - sending you some hugs. Hope they manage to get your doors ordered.

It's all white outside this morning. Don't mind a little bit of snow but I have a real phobia of ice :eek:. I feel really sorry for DH when we are out - I am a real embarrasment. He tells me to relax and that just winds me up :rotfl:

Stay safe everyone

b_e_g

debndot

hi all, i did spend a couple of hours last night catching up and done a big reply, went to copy and paste it and forgot the macbook doesn't have a right click to copy pressed something and it vanished :-(
so what i remember is happy belated birthday to b-e-g, betasam hope you got the minibus fixed, what an awful thing for someone to do. Nanamia - hope your decluttering is all sorted and your feeling better, o-m-o - scary stuff with the explosion, lovely that the community came together for those affected.
sequeena- sorry the op didn't work, hopefully good news at the next apt. Great he's sleeping through now.
freespirit- love that your still posting your daily tasks, they are brilliant, hope your next cake turns out better,
have a lovely holiday hismissus
fiesty-hope your not working too hard,
jj- hope your ok and enjoying more time with mat.
ive done that from memory so i hope i got people right, missed a few bits so sorry but i cant remember any more without reading through again, so hugs to those that need them too.
on a Christmas note lisaangel.co.uk have some pretty Christmas bits reduced, i got a wicker tree with ribbons and stars that light up, very pretty.
not Christmas but Easter, or just yummy Mr ts have 12 pack of creme eggs for £2 from today, im giving one to all the adults in the family for Easter :-)

mrs-moneypenny

morning all

sending hugs good wishes and positive vibes wherever they are needed
hope the poorlies are starting to feel better soon and those on recovery continue their journey in the right direction

dry and blowy here but clouds do look rather heavy. hoping it stays dry at least over lunchtime wet play is not fun for the kids as they need to have a chance to run about.

thanks for the headsup on the creme egg price at mrT debndot, will look out for those. alos need to find some vegan choc or eggs for DD2 and her family

pigpen

debndot wrote: »

hi all, i did spend a couple of hours last night catching up and done a big reply, went to copy and paste it and forgot the macbook doesn't have a right click to copy pressed something and it vanished :-(

does ctrl + z not undo what you just did on macs?.. or some other combination?

why does it not have right click to copy? OH's does

mandco

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

morning all

thanks for the headsup on the creme egg price at mrT debndot, will look out for those. alos need to find some vegan choc or eggs for DD2 and her family

sains have some in the dairy free section saw them instore yesterday as been looking for something for lo for easter http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/index.jsp?bmUID=1392207139107

freespirit66

Afternoon everyone, oh dear i am feeling as miserable as this incessant flipping rain and as furious as the wind here this morning it only started with waking up to the boiler playing up again :mad: and a big fat stye in my eye, that is all it took so i have come on here to calm down haha :rotfl:

blue_eyed_girl wrote: »

Just popping in for a quick :hello:

Feisty - hope all goes well for Mr F on Monday. Don't forget you both have to take things easy.
Nana - sending you some hugs. Hope they manage to get your doors ordered.
It's all white outside this morning. Don't mind a little bit of snow but I have a real phobia of ice :eek:. I feel really sorry for DH when we are out - I am a real embarrasment. He tells me to relax and that just winds me up :rotfl:
Stay safe everyone
b_e_g

Oh BLUEEYEDGIRL stay indoors and safe, i too am like that in the ice, its pure comedy watching me :rotfl:

debndot wrote: »

hi all, i did spend a couple of hours last night catching up and done a big reply, went to copy and paste it and forgot the macbook doesn't have a right click to copy pressed something and it vanished :-(
so what i remember is happy belated birthday to b-e-g, betasam hope you got the minibus fixed, what an awful thing for someone to do. Nanamia - hope your decluttering is all sorted and your feeling better, o-m-o - scary stuff with the explosion, lovely that the community came together for those affected.
sequeena- sorry the op didn't work, hopefully good news at the next apt. Great he's sleeping through now.
freespirit- love that your still posting your daily tasks, they are brilliant, hope your next cake turns out better,
have a lovely holiday hismissus
fiesty-hope your not working too hard,
jj- hope your ok and enjoying more time with mat.
ive done that from memory so i hope i got people right, missed a few bits so sorry but i cant remember any more without reading through again, so hugs to those that need them too.
on a Christmas note lisaangel.co.uk have some pretty Christmas bits reduced, i got a wicker tree with ribbons and stars that light up, very pretty.
not Christmas but Easter, or just yummy Mr ts have 12 pack of creme eggs for £2 from today, im giving one to all the adults in the family for Easter :-)

DEBNDOT its infuriating isnt it when you have done a nice long post and then bang its gone :mad: thanks for the link will go and have a nose after here and for the heads up on tescos
NANAMIA i felt a bit of a twit to be honest thinking of christmas, i dont know why???
JJ hope you are ok my lovely

mrs-moneypenny

LOL thought of you all at work the children always choose me a book to read hem before i come home so they are settled for register. todays was The best christmas ever, it was a lovely story about a little mouse preping for christmas and helping all her forest friends.

on way out was told we are now in a red alert area for bad weather its lashing with rain and the wind is really gusting i nearly got blown over on way back
off to check the weather now to see whats coming to the east mids

pixtotts

freespirit66 - Worcester is a very pretty city. Especially when it's dry

And more Worcester flood updates... Water levels are still rising, they think it's going to go above 2007 levels. It was only 3cm off in one place this morning and they reckoned it's rising by 1cm a hour and still raining.
Worcester city bridge is closed, they were using a shuttle bus to get people over this morning but thats just been suspended too, my sister and her friends are trying to get us to go pick them up from college, they are worried about them closing more bridges and being stuck there bless em.
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