The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

juliettet

Never heard of those Softstuff.

Softstuff

juliettet wrote: »

Never heard of those Softstuff.

They're called chokos here, but have other names

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chayote

Apparently a bit of a love it or hate it kind of thing. I'm giving them a go because every bit of the plant is edible and no pests touch it

Hard_Up_Hester

No sarcasm Monna, when I look after my DGC's they are closer in age, 14 & 3 is a huge gap to cover and must make everything so much harder.

Knit_Witch

Okay been away from the fence for about 10 days (ish - 5 days in bed throwing up everything I had ever eaten or drunk :eek: followed by 6 days in hospital on IV antibiotics, painkillers and rehydration fluids! I was released back into the wild yesterday lol)

Mrs Snowy - sorry to hear your news :(
Fuddle - hope you get some good help and soon for your DD/s
Softstuff - ye Gods and Little Fishes you are going through it!
T&T - good luck with everything

Anyone else I have missed, hugs, drinks, giggles or whatever as needed!

ivyleaf

Oh goodness knitwitch that sounds horrendous :eek: I wish you a speedy recovery, but do try to take things easy meanwhile.

monnagran and Hester - I greatly admire both of you because I find it exhausting just looking after 8 y.o. DGD and about-to-be-10 y.o. DGS after school some days.

Been busy today having a clear-out of the area behind my armchair, which had become filled with books and papers. Most of it was to do with the OU History course I wasn't able to finish - I'll never take it up again, but am loath to get rid of it as it's so interesting. Decided I'll keep it for now and think about it again at a later date.

Hard_Up_Hester

Hugs and welcome back knitwitch

Tipsntreats

Sorry I not ignoring the rest of you, it just that the word RYDE jumped out on me!
monnagran I lived in Ryde for many years. I wanted to make a comment about Southern Vectis, the most expensive buses I know of! When both my late Mother and my husbands lived in Ryde, we sometimes left our car in Pompey. Now one of my twin sons has mobility problems. As it is a long trek up Union street then the High street, I jumped on the bus with him. He has a free bus pass that includes a companion. On this particular winters day, I had NO money on me. The driver refused the pass and threw us both of the bus!!!! Many of the other passengers were appalled, and offered to pay for us. Naturally I was not going to except that as they were elderly. I had to wait in the station whilst my hubby ran up to the bank and get some money.

Hugs to everyone else. Just had to have a old moan about the above.
Tips x

FairyPrincessk

Knit witch The sounds completely and utterly awful! I hope you're starting to feel more like yourself again.

Ivyleaf Interesting books and papers that I won't be using again are an occupational hazard for me. I disposed of a large pile that had been stored for about seven years this summer. It was still fun to look through them.


Today's work was interrupted late this afternoon by a panic when I found a mistake that I couldn't immediately remedy. It would be of a very public nature, even if only a few people will notice, and is at someone else's expense and I felt just awful thinking about it. Once I calmed down a bit I realized that tomorrow or next week I should be able to sort it out with minimal fuss. That decided I only had half an hour left in my work day so I cut my losses and went to the gym early. Still feeling a bit peeved with myself, so I might have to get out the desk scotch while I make tea.

I've found some butter in the fridge that needs using so I think I'll make brownies instead of my quick oil cake (obviously I can't just freeze a partial block, so brownies are practically an OS necessity ) We were out of salad things at lunch today--the fridge is already looking quite bare--so I grated up some carrots and added a few splashes of cider vinegar and mustard for a salad. OH liked it, I think next time I'll be slightly more circumspect with the vinegar.

monnagran

Hester, the age gap between the DGC is not so bad, the autism means that quite often they are content to do the same things. Of course sometimes the 14 year old pulls rank but on the whole they get on well.

Today we started by making sausage rolls and flapjacks for the picnic, which we ended up eating in the garden as the tide was in. When there was a bit more beach we made the most of it. The cheapie kite was brilliant, it went straight up and stayed there until Pickle decided to remove the rock that was keeping the kite grounded and take it for a walk. It ended up being rescued by a man in a canoe.
The children spent the rest of the afternoon making roads, rivers, bridges and castles and I spent the afternoon disentagling the kite string from the knots and clumps of seaweed that it had knitted itself into. I then walked 2 mudlarks the 100 or so yards home.
Am now sitting with a cup of strong black coffee having handed over the reins to their parents.

Phew! Knit Witch. That sounds horrific. Be gentle with yourself, you must feel as though you have been steamrollered.

Tips: Oh, Southern Vectis are renowned for that sort of thing. I have a friend who wages an unending war with them. She absolutely hounds them over every incident that she gets to hear about. I must say that things have improved in the last couple of years. I lived in Ryde for 5 years during which i had no occasion to use buses but now Ive moved to Bembridge and have given up the car I rely on them much more. So far they have been fine but I will be watching and will have no hesitation in setting my friend onto them if need be.

FairyP: you do know that you are absolutely obliged to eat those brownies now, don't you? It would be extremely wasteful and unappreciative of their deliciousness to refrain from doing so. Enjoy!

x

Hard_Up_Hester

Today I put 4 garden chairs, a washing basket and a sewing machine out by my bin and they all disappeared which saves them going to landfill. A friend came round and collected the first load of gardening equipment.
The bad news is I managed to lock myself out, in my attempt to stop the dogs escaping!
So I ended up clambering up and over my padlocked 6ft side gate, not bad for a pensioner wearing a dress!