The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

Softstuff

Floss, yes please to the recipe. Sure I can de-dairy it.

We're not glitter lovers. It's the herpes of the craft world, once you get it....
Hubby got some in his eye (glitter not herpes) and it was bad for days.

Ivyleaf, I didn't know where to start with the plastering either, I've only ever dealt with plastered brick walls, this is jointed gyprock, but I've seen it done once so thought I'd do it... managed an hour this morning and yes, it's better than dealing with cards.

I very much like the sound of your windowsill Nursemaggie, I hooe you enjoy your tree.

Monnagran, I think in polite circles they call it eccentric

silvasava

Nah Softstuff - surely it's the barmy army on here?

monnagran

Softstuff: So when did we make any pretence of being polite?

Let's not fudge the issue here. When I say "insane," I mean "insane."

I applaud your industry though. I always think that plastering a wall is akin to icing a cake. I can't do that either.

I've been missing you nursemaggie, nice to hear from you again.

burtha

Hi all,
There seams to be an awful lot of naughty language on here of late , people keep talking about b***** Christmas , would rather plaster a whole house than have anything to do the c :eek:
Sorry to be the grinch but I hate it ..... stomp stomp stomp
Everybody stressing over !*!*!*! Insane , not you lot of course ,we are all to normal :rotfl:
Anyway winge over , back to normal life ....
At least I can rant on here without having to explain my thoughts or receive looks of horror ....:D

X

nursemaggie

Sorry monna got a terrible cold, we both have. Did not have much to contribute to the kitchen discussion.

burtha if you get nearly everything done months before you don't have to worry about it when it comes. After all we know it's coming 364 days before. I have been known to do most of my Christmas shopping in the January Sales. I always buy my cards then.

As soon as I get some space in the freezer I will go and get our Five Bird Roast from Ald! Highly recommend them if there are not many of you. I have everything else but fresh stuff now and I will be buying fruit and veg at least twice more before then, so what's the difference.

magicdance

Hi there. I have a dreadful cold, running a bit of a temperature. I have a mountain of Christmas cards not yet sent, gifts not yet wrapped, gifts I know are perfect for people and are cheap enough but I can't afford, people whom I don't know what to get for, etc. I wish I'd done what nursemaggie said and prepared at the beginning of the year... bah, humbug, this is grinding me down.

burtha

Think my problem is I don't want to do Christmas, full stop :T
On count down to the number of years I will still have to do it , yougest child is 13 , so think about another 5 ...
Never liked it , fuss over nothing , stopped doing cards many years ago , if kids Want a tree up , if they put it up , fine , ( have been known to put it up on the 23rd and take down boxing day )
So not really a case of being prepared early , just hate it sooooo much
But on the plus side it will be over very soon
Not even bothered about the 'meal' , like cooking and can hide in the kitchen all day if I can get away with it ... 11 here for lunch 16 at tea time , and if I don't think about it its fine ( and people leave me alone)
Hey ho

magicdance

burtha, I dislike Christmas too. I don't really keep Christmas myself. I stick my neck out for the family and friends, but honestly I could do without it. I've had so many family deaths around that time that I just can't see the light in it. All it means to me is getting drunk, fat, and broke.

nursemaggie

Hi magicdance. Welcome.

You could try making a few things, any crafts you do or make sweets or biscuits. There is a thread about making Christmas gifts.

There is no need to buy decorations you can always make some. You can also make cards if you have any materials to make them with. There is a knitting thread and other crafts too.

magicdance

Thanks for the welcome, nursemaggie! Sadly I can't bake to save myself, and, although I knit, I don't currently have any needles or wool/yarn. You have given me the idea to knit my father a nice scarf, though! I knitted him a scarf a few Father's Days ago, but he probably wouldn't mind another one with different colours. Last Christmas I got him a pair of Ted Baker Chelsea boots, but I must've messed up the size on my order, or they size oddly, because he never wears them. A scarf, on the other hand, is one size fits all.