OS Singlies - We Do It Our Way!

Horace

Sorry to hear about your friend BookWorm - it is always hard when a good one is no longer around because they have passed on - no doubt they are looking over you.

Still not shopped or got petrol but washing done, just taken it off the line because it is about now that folks start lighting bonfires. Got angry with a tree that overhangs my washing line - every time I walk up the path it would poke me in the eye. I got my saw out (an aldi special just for lopping branches off) and lopped a few branches off, these are have all been cut up small and are in the recycling bin. I have done some deadheading, found some woodland strawberries which I ate, emptied out my blue ceramic strawberry pot because the strawbs in there did not do well and I have no time for plants that don't pull their weight. On a good note my neighbour did not come out and insist on yakking.

Grrr.. just spotted another ruddy cat in the garden anyway I have just been out and put a few handfuls of lion poo pellets down - that keeps all unwanted beasts out of my garden.

Need to go shopping but can't be bothered although I have no food in (well I do but can't be bothered to open a tin - it is too hot for soup).

BookWorm

Thanks Horace

I have been out for meal, drinks and natter with some friends this evening. We shared memories and laughs about our friend and had a general catch up. So I feel a bit 'lighter' now than I did earlier.

Quiet in here today - hope everyone is ok

Winter_Phoenix

BookWorm wrote: »

Emotional day for me as it's 3 year anniversary of losing a very good friend to cancer. Not a day goes by I don't think of them though.

I'm sorry to hear that, BookWorm. I've lost two "best friends" over the years, and it leaves a huge gap in your life. I hope that you can find some comfort in remembering your good times together.

BookWorm

Thanks WP

Horace

I walked to the supermarket - bought things from the whoopsie shelf, I only paid full price for some cream, a jar of beetroot, a jar of red cabbage, some black bin bags and some small white bin bags - even the filo pastry was half price. Still managed to spend £11 though (I hate buying food - it is always expensive).

I have been catching up with tv that I missed during the week - thank goodness for catch up tv. My washing wasn't entirely dry so it is now hanging up in my bedroom - the washing basket is also full of dry, clean things that need ironing.

Lion poo has worked - no ruddy cats in the garden. At least with no cats the birds will be relatively safe, it isn't unusual for me to find a dead bird lying on the lawn (I put some gloves on, hold my breath, get the shovel out and shovel it into a carrier bag which I tie up and then wrap that in a bin bag which I then put in yet another bin bag with any rubbish I have to put out).

Dunno what is wrong with me as my nose won't stop streaming.

MummyBobble

Good morning all

Well DS's first football match of the season is this morning so we'll be off shortly (it's an away match and will take us about half an hour to get there, they're meant to be there about half an hour before kick off for warm up so it's going to be a long morning!).

Bit of a bargain I think. Got some vouchers in the post from Sainsbury's for £10 off a £50 shop. Decided to do it online because once I am in a shop with a trolley I'm dangerous, all sorts of unnecessary stuff ends up in there. Managed to bring the shop in at £51.15, various offers to come off, voucher off and, even with the £3 delivery charge, it came in at £36.65! :j

Planning to chill this afternoon. Next week will be DD's first full week in college and DS's first full week back in school (I did a full week last week with two INSET days) so I think it might be a long week for them. I'm expecting tears and tantrums at some point (probably me :rotfl:).

Enjoy Sunday everyone

3forholidays

BW Good friends are so hard to come by so it's so sad when they are taken in their prime.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable Sunday.

JustKeepSwimming_2

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

WP's Crash Course in Tact and Diplomacy due to be put into action shortly..arrangements all made to do so. Thanks again for that.

Have been hugely reassured to find that I have "big guns" up my sleeve in case that I hadn't even realised I've got. I just bumble around making friends with whoever seems like a nice person regardless in all innocence...but have already had one heck of a helpful bit of advice that I think should "solve things neatly" forever more and shove dictator back into their box and even padlock the lid so to say. They may (do) have this hugely forceful will, but strong will alone has often got them what they want in the past, but strong will isn't actually a physical thing that can have a physical effect, so I'm mentally decorating the box with candy stripes on in case it comes to having to bring on the "big guns". The fact that I know that I have them in reserve if need be should help me feel confident enough to get through this sweetly I hope.

That's an intriguing post MSTM - there are one or two people I'd quite like to put into a box, so I may ask to borrow your friend's muscles at some point. Hope it all works out well, without violence :rotfl:

BookWorm wrote: »

Morning everyone

Slept for almost 12 hours :eek: so guess I was more tired than I thought!
Emotional day for me as it's 3 year anniversary of losing a very good friend to cancer. Not a day goes by I don't think of them though.

BW

Bless you BW - it isn't easy, but it sounds like you had the best day possible. Hope things are a little easier today.

MummyBobble wrote: »

...Planning to chill this afternoon. Next week will be DD's first full week in college and DS's first full week back in school (I did a full week last week with two INSET days) so I think it might be a long week for them. I'm expecting tears and tantrums at some point (probably me :rotfl:).

Enjoy Sunday everyone

I've had my tears already after a full week of school/work & my 2 have been quite snappy, so expecting more tears next week.

Can't believe how quickly this w/e is going :mad:

mum2one

Hope everyone ok and having a good day, quiet here the 1st day I've not had to do anything, had a little lie in, the dog is now sleeping on my bed, getting use to him snoring again he had me up at 330 and again at630, dd having her Sunday lie in, thou now has her iPod so doubt she'll move to dinner ready.

Catch up afternoon got a weeks worth of post to sort, and should get some clothes measured and photo ready for eBay, whether they get done pass - not feeling very energetic.

Things so so with dad he's struggling with everything and to make matters worse were having to do all the follow ups ourselves as the hospital has done nothing all we get told it was a bad hospital discharge - our poor gp still thought he was in hospital, so far we've seen district nurse, then arranged appointment with the stoMa nurse for next week, the gp arranging for McMillan nurse to be appointed - were literally the blind leading the blind with what's going on or better rephrase that what's not going on hat should be.

Better go and sort dinner, hope everyone has a good day and take care xxx

moneyistooshorttomention

J.K. Swimming

It's not muscles involved, its brainpower (a much better bet imo). When you're offered advice from A Damn Good Brain it counts as manna from heaven.

I'm not stupid and I thought I'd got things worked out right and its so reassuring that DGB thinks I have and I can cope with them calling me naïve in the process (as I was..:o). Hands up = guilty as charged for naivety (at my age I really should know better and I thought I was a cynic and not likely to miss attempted bamboozling).

I was talking to another very good and longstanding friend earlier and telling them all about this and commenting that I have no particular talents (unlike them) and got told "Oh...yes...you have...sheer determination when you know you're right and you'd be the obvious choice to us if we ever needed anyone on our side" and that they didn't envy the wrongdoer in this and burst out laughing.

Nor do I actually, thinking about it as calmly as possible, but its still a distressing thought knowing I have to deal with someone like this. I'd much rather go for a walk and admire Nature. Speaking of which...on that note I'll head out and do just that.