The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

shanks77

Wow you lot can't half blether lol. GQ I will join you up at the top end of the fence as well as I too am 5'11" so nice to have some company up here. Wish I had some of your motivation hats off to you for how much you have achieved in that lotty of yours.
Looking forward to hearing how Miss Stilty gets on with her presentation.
Glad Miss Veg Plot finally got her op hope she feels better very soon.
Lovely to see so many new faces and people coming out of lurkdom to join us.
Am still enjoying my hols and keep finding a small bit of mojo every now and then so keeping on top of things. Not been very OS I'm ashamed to say but in my defence m'lud most things were necessary with only a couple of things slipping in that could have been lived without. Promise to try harder as I have only to buy 1 tank of gas for my fire and as that is my only source of heating don't feel it's a luxury.
Hope everyone is well and catch up with you all tomorrow xx

MrsCD

Phew! Caught up with you all at last!
Had a bit of bother with broadband connection so I've been out of action a few days.
Is there a bit of room at the fence for another shortie? 5'2'' and apple shaped as the catalogues like to describe me:o
Have we decided what colour to paint the fence yet? or is it staying bare? (I vote for anything but blue please)
As for sweeties - I remember Spangles and Opal Fruits before they became Starburst, and Smarties with the plastic top with a letter on the inside. Nowadays I stick to chocolate as it doesn't pull the fillings out;)

Stilty I watched Justin's House so I must have seen little miss, but I forgot what you said she was wearing! Hope everything goes well this week. Will be thinking of you.

We used to have a raised bed and grew a few vegs in it, but we decided last year to dig it all up and plant a wildflower meadow instead. We had lots of lovely flowers for our first year, but some were a bit leggy as the soil was too good, but they will all settle to their correct form as the years go on.

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Nice bright day at the moment in Kent,I am off to Book Club this morning which I always enjoy as we get to chat about our book of the month and get a new one to read ,along with a free cuppa and biscuit (although the biscuit is off the menu until Lent finishes )

Yesterday I watched some of the recorded episodes of Wolf Hall and what a great programme it has been. I have two more to watch until its finishes.I have both of the books to read and I am saving them to take on holiday with me as sitting on the beach with a cuppa and the shenanigans of Tudor England is right up my street

Reading through the posts it seems we are quite a far-flung lot geographically wise with Canada and Australia being some of the places our posters are chatting from.

One of the wonders of the internet really. I remember when I was a little girl after WW2 my Mum waiting patiently for a letter from my Uncle Jack in Sydney or my Aunt Edie in New Jersey. Her brother went out to Australia in 1912 when she was 12 and never came home again.Once a year if she could save enough cash up she would make a trunk call to him just to hear his voice. He sadly died in 1956.She did get to see Aunt Edie from when she went to the U.S. in 1947, but only twice before she too passed away in 1962.

Today I can talk to my DGS in New York when he is away working from my sitting room via my Ipod, and I can see him as well via Facetime .
The world has become such a smaller place now thank goodness and families can keep in touch a lot better.

I can sit in my study and chat to my brother in France, or niece in Mexico as easily as chatting to my DD half a mile away.T

here are lots of things I miss from long ago, but the instant communication of the 21st century is just amazing. I wonder what my late Mum would have made of it all.

She grew up through two world wars (she was born in 1900) and a depression, and no one ever took things for granted, or in her case wasted anything.

Lots of her old fashioned values and ways rubbed off on me, but I do embrace the new technology as well.

What about the rest of you do you think technology has benefitted us all ? or has it had its downside.Obviously there is a darker side to it that causes problems and feeds on the more vunerable people, but in the main I think it has improved folks lives.
Well time for a cuppa have a good day everyone
JackieO xxx

parsniphead

I love hearing your memories JackieO, please keep themcoming .

I think like everything technology has it good and bad sides, well not the technology really but the people who use it. On the whole I wouldn't want to be without some of it and other things I don't care for. I do have a mobile, a £9 Mr T's special which i keep for emergency's. One thing which does annoy me is seeing people pushing prams and never interacting with the children because they are staring at their phone constantly. I never stopped talking to my DS when he was in his pram.

Anyway back to lurking and DIY.

ivyleaf

Yesterday I read but didn't manage to post, and now I can't remember what most people said

I do remember a few things though.

Mrs Veg plot So glad to hear your DD has finally been able to have her op. Wishing her a good recovery.

Stiltwalker I expect DD is too young for it to occur to her that there might be anything to feel nervous about in being on stage in front of lots of people

I see we have some more new friends, hello and welcome :j

wondercollie You poor love, losing a $30 tablet must have been nearly as painful as the migraine :mad:

silvasava - You mentioned Arthur Haynes the other day and I was quite pleased to see someone else remembers him, as he seems to have completely disappeared from communal memory, rather like Harry Worth! I remember seeing my mum crying with laughter watching Arthur Haynes.

wealthygirl - I remember feeling a bit overwhelmed too when i first joined Old Style. There seemed to be so many things I "ought" to be doing! But gradually I realised that some things were more applicable to our household than others, and that it doesn't have to be all done at once. Baby steps will get you there!

Going to see DD1 later as we bought her and DSIL some sugar-free chocolate when we were away - it was in a Tosco Extra store, they don't have it in the local one. I might suggest DD writes to them and asks them to stock it though, especially after them being so helpful to the person whose electric whisk was beggared by the marshmallow recipe! Sorry, can't remember who it was as it was a few pages ago.

SDG31000

Morning all


Well I survived having a 4 year old in the house again. He was actually very well behaved, apart from running away from us once in the museum and not wanting to brush his teeth. I spent the night listening out for him to wake up and be upset, but he went to sleep at 9pm and woke up at 9am. My sister was waiting for us to call and bring him back home at 3am.


Stiltwalker I have recorded Justin's House and will watch it again. This time without my nephew accusing me of trumping every two minutes due to the sound effects. I'm sure that you and Miss Stilty will do an outstanding job on Thursday


That was good of Tesco Mrs Veg Plot. Better luck with the next batch of marshmallows.


I hope you are feeling better now wondercollie


Welcome to the madness wealthygirl


I remember Pink Panther chocolate bars. They are one of my earliest memories. I used to eat almost every sweet going, but really loved jelly babies and banana split toffees. Now my sweet tooth is more directed towards cake and biscuits.


I've got a busy week ahead, so am spending the morning catching up on laundry and trying to meal plan with the contents of the freezers. I can see some imaginative meals ahead.


Take care everyone xxxx

cat4772

when I left work on Friday we were just up to page 4 - back at work today and well onto page 9. Taken me a while and I've just caught up but have a bit of a dilemma.

I can't always catch up on a weekend so do I just jump in where it starts on Monday (and possibly miss important things) or do I try to catch up on Monday?

Cat.x

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I'm a survivor! Picture of my amazing little primrose who was mown flat last year and has come back with a lovely show of blooms, little taste of spring!

nuatha

wealthygirl wrote: »

Good evening everyone, have been lurking and reading on and off all day.

I think I have joined the thread at the right time as things are going to be very tough for us over the next few weeks. DH is starting a new job tomorrow which is commission only, so am feeling a bit down at the moment.

I hope the commission flows quickly and regularly

I have been reading the forum for months now and have implemented a few things, but really feel quite overwhelmed at times, so don't really know what to do first. I think this thread is going to be very helpful for me, so will keep reading and posting.

First of all, no one can do everything and its far easier (and long term more effective) to start with the small things that appeal most. Once they've become habit you can add a one or two more and so on. (You may well realise that a few things you hadn't consciously added find their way into your routine as well.) Start small, what do you need to tackle most?

As to gardening, I do like it and love the idea of growing our own, however, we are renting at the moment and think we could be moving soon, so will have to start planning lots of pots to take with us. I have applied for an allotment, but guess it will be a few years before we are lucky to get one.

Have you got a windowsill? A few herbs in pots, they look good, smell good and add a serious flavour hit to cooking. I've never managed to keep Basil going throw a winter so will be starting that soon.

Sorry to ramble on so much but I don't really have any friends to talk to so its nice to be able to tell you all. I feel that I know many of you from reading the threads, so its nice to chat. Sorry to offload, I'm sure I will feel better tomorrow. Thanks for listening.:)

OS is a friendly board, among the chat there's a host of brilliant information and folk who will ferret it out for you or help you find answers to questions.
I don't see any need to apologise.

cat4772 wrote: »

when I left work on Friday we were just up to page 4 - back at work today and well onto page 9. Taken me a while and I've just caught up but have a bit of a dilemma.

I can't always catch up on a weekend so do I just jump in where it starts on Monday (and possibly miss important things) or do I try to catch up on Monday?

Cat.x

Catch up if and when you can, by all means jump straight in and catchup later (or not as time permits). And if you don't have time to catch up, then don't worry, posters often quote earlier posts or refer back to them (several posters do what I think of as summary posts commenting on several posts in one, usually in separate paragraphs starting with the poster's name in bold - I think these are wonderful and sometimes I pick up on things I've missed despite reading every post). I often find that someone else had said what I would have said (and often far better) which saves me commenting.
I read three threads on here and dip into others but actively ignore far more that I know would interest me - there just isn't the time in the day, (and some days attempting to keep up with one thread can be too much)
HTH

cat4772

On Saturday as my two girls went to play outside, my day was brightened by the sight of some in bloom daffodils swaying and dancing in the breeze near the greenhouse. With thoughts of spring, Wordsworth and a smile on my face I went about my day.

Going out later in the day I noticed that there were significantly less blooms swaying and dancing, then along the path to the gate stemless blooms dotted here and there:eek:

My girls volunteered that they'd put them there so I could be "walking on little pieces of sunshine":cool:

Still not sure if they meant it or just thought VERY fast on their feet!

Cat.x