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The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

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  • shanks77
    shanks77 Posts: 1,182 Forumite
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    Sending best wishes and healing hugs to grandmas DH, wondercollie, fuddle, ivyleaf and anyone else whom I have missed.
    Yay to monna and the disappearing roadworks.
    Many thanks to those who replied to my question on log splitters is there anything we can ask that someone on here doesn't know the answer to?
  • silvasava
    silvasava Posts: 4,433 Forumite
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    Echoing Shanks good wishes too for all the poorlies. Do hope we get a bit of fine weather to buck up our spirits. So its not just me Grandma who thinks this winter has dragged on too long.
    And no Shanks - whatever it is if someone doesn't know they can point you in the right direction, that's what our lovely garden fence is for ;)
    Small victories - sometimes they are all you can hope for but sometimes they are all you need - be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle
  • mrssnowy_2
    mrssnowy_2 Posts: 403 Forumite
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    edited 20 March 2017 at 11:56PM
    mardatha wrote: »
    Absolutely yes, nursing has left me with a lifelong passion for nice smelly soap and hand cream :)
    Maggie I just bought (for 1p on amazon) Monica Dickens books "One Pair of Feet". It's bringing back some not so happy memories lol

    Me too,friends and family always know what to give me-and much appreciated too.

    mrss

    Hugs to all who need them
    You can't stay young for ever,but you can be immature for the rest of your life.
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    Gorgeous morning here, heavy snow started at 6am and now we have 6inches and the sun has come out, brilliant blue sky and white world :):)
  • ivyleaf
    ivyleaf Posts: 6,431 Forumite
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    Ha ha, thank you mrssnowy - You prompted me to put some hand cream on :D At the moment I have a big tub of goat's milk hand cream I bought at a craft fair last May Bank Holiday, and it's almost lasted the full year but i'm not sure it will last right until the beginning of May. Perhaps this time (we go most years) I'd better buy a big tub and a small tub!

    VJs Mum Sending you gentle ((HUGS)). What a difficult time for everyone, especially the children :(

    grandma247 Glad your DH is getting on so well :T

    I'm feeling chilly this morning, but only a few days to wait now til the new boiler's up and running. Shame the weather's turned colder again, but hey, we've been lucky til now.

    We should get our own car back early next week, but in the meantime we've got a big 7-seater to use. It took OH some time to park it when he brought it home. People tend to park right up to the edges of the blue badge bay as parking is so limited, which makes it difficult to manoeuvre in and out. But at least we can get around :)

    I sound like Pollyanna today, finding the bright side :rotfl:

    ETA You're a happy bunny today then mardatha :D
  • camelot1001
    camelot1001 Posts: 6,384 Forumite
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    Ok so what happened monna? I've come home from work to temp traffic lights at the end of the road which is all to do with the gas works, just when I thought it had all gone away!
  • ivyleaf
    ivyleaf Posts: 6,431 Forumite
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    Hiya Camelot, I'm glad I haven't killed the thread :j
  • Hard_Up_Hester
    Hard_Up_Hester Posts: 4,656 Forumite
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    edited 23 March 2017 at 2:32AM
    Lovely to see you posting wondercollie, glad to hear that dh is improving grandma. Fuddle I'm glad you are finally getting the treatment you need.
    I'm not sleeping well atm, too much to worry about, dd1 has spent nearly 3 years being fobbed off by her Dr who told her she shouldn't expect to keep her figure after having twins. It turns out the two finger gap from her belly button to her sternum is a hernia that needs surgery! I'm hoping ds, dil and all their friends in London are safe.
    Another weekend of driving up to the boat, we are taking 6 year old dgd with us, I hope she enjoys herself. We will buy her a life jacket when we arrive.
    I spent hours on the phone yesterday trying to sort out mifi for the boat, hopefully it will work.
    I'm going to read for a couple of hours now in the hope that I can fall asleep for a couple of hours before it's time to get up for work.
    Chin up, Titus out.
  • monnagran
    monnagran Posts: 5,284 Forumite
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    So sorry Camelot. I found several redundant road-diggers-uppers lurking behind the bus shelter. It seems that they are temporarily devoid of suitable good roads to despoil and were having withdrawal symptoms. I supplied them with corned beef sandwiches and pointed them northwards. I didn't give them your address. Honestly.

    So anyone on this thread who doesn't have enough complications in their lives and fancies having the road outside their houses noisily ruined for the next 6 months please apply to Camelot.

    No timewasters. No hawkers. No circulars. No peasants. November.

    I wish to remain anonymous.

    x
    I believe that friends are quiet angels
    Who lift us to our feet when our wings
    Have trouble remembering how to fly.
  • camelot1001
    camelot1001 Posts: 6,384 Forumite
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    Thanks monna, I'll send them to you for their tea break!
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