Sat/Sun 25th/26th April - What small DFW things will you do today?

Bobarella

Thanks for the info La E. I just have them set on auto reinvest so won't actually see them.

Found a 50p brand match coupon on the floor whilst cycling the shopping home. So total for today's wombles is £3.21 Quite pleased with that.
Made & ate our chicken soup, & a sponge cake which I mixed in about 8 strawberries that got squashed on the way home during the week & I froze. They have added a lovely taste to the mixture. Hoping for a slice soon

FatVonD

Those of you that freeze bananas, please can you tell me, is it just a case of sticking them in the freezer skin on or do you need to do anything special to them? I'm presuming once they've defrosted they are fairly mushy and can only be used mashed rather than sliced?

Bobarella

Yes skin on. Although nothing to stop you doing skin off I don't think. I use them in banana bread as they are perfect after being frozen.

FatVonD

Perfect, thanks, Bob, I will keep an eye out. I wish I had a bigger freezer though!

Fantastic wombling on your part today!

ziggy2407

FatVonD wrote: »

I am a bit of a Kat Von D fan and, at the time I registered here we were watching reruns of Miami ink where she was a bit heavier than she was by the time they filmed LA Ink. I commented to DH that she was more Fat Von D in those days and it was in my head when it registered and I didn't plan on being quite such a regular here then and being lumbered with it! So, my name isn't actually Von or VonD and, while I AM overweight I'm 'only' a size 18 and not quite as enormous as the name suggests!

PS I only have one tattoo (inner forearm) but it's quite big, I took all that 'go big or go home' stuff to heart! It's quite fabulous though, having been obsessed with the programmes and arty myself I spent ages choosing the artist and I'm really flattered that she has it on her website (which is more than can be said for the woman getting a frog after me!)

Haha, you do make me smile - I love how you write. We were probably watching the same Kat Von D programmes. I have two tattoos - one on left shoulder and one base of spine - would love another and am thinking of one for my wrist - both are celtic inspired. Would love to see yours.

Bobarella

We went out for a walk this afternoon, think OH and I would have been happy to slump but small boys are like labradors as we all know so off to the park we went. On the way we incorporated a trip into McDs and used our free tokens for a tea, sprite & small fries from their Monopoly give aways. Sat outside and had that then went for a wander round Sains car park which was empty. Found a 15p brand match, 2p in coppers, & several triple point vouchers if you spend X. Now home for the night.

ziggy2407

Well, weather wise this weekend has been a surprise and am trying to stay positive inspite of a trying weekend with mum - which has left me feeling a little bruised emotionally - but trying to remember there's nothing so strange as families please feel free to bypass the rest of this post I just need to vent

Mum was 80 in November, lives in sheltered accommodation (5 mins from my home), various health issues - has two artificial hips, two artificial knees (which need replacing), has had breast cancer and facial cancer, has various other physical ailments (and lately is not as on the ball mentally as she has been)

I have one older brother (12 years older) married with one grown up daughter (39) - has not seen or spoken to mum since her birthday party in November, despite the fact that he comes shopping every week 10 minutes (at most) from where we live

I have one young brother (13 months younger) divorced with two children (21 and 17), he lives about 1 hr away, visits occasionally, very rarely telephones, he's in a long term relationship and they have a love of weekends away and numerous holidays abroad (she works in a school so they like to go away during most school hols).

Today we're chatting away over breakfast and apparently I don't see her or do enough (I'm just like them) - feel so hurt as we take here wherever she wants to go,if she wants to go for respite on East Coast it's us that take her and bring her home, we do all cleaning, decorating, sorting new furniture and we speak without fail twice a day (not counting the numerous calls I get during the day - sometimes up to 10+). I know that I have called a couple of times on a Sunday to say we were going to give tea a miss as I was either not feeling well or the boy was out playing with his friends - I really don't know what more I can do - we try and spend all the important days with her - birthday, mothers day, Christmas (she stays with us for a week) but I don't go every day.

How my brothers treat my mum is not a new things it's pretty much how its always been - when their children were young it was left to me to do things as "I didn't have kids, so its was easier for me (I was having IVF and desperate for children) and then dad died and their kids were older and it became easier for me cos they had "their own lives to lead now kids were growing up" , at 9 months pregnant we were laying carpets and listening to them both give advice "Oh I wouldn't have done it like that"

So, do I give up what I want to do and spend the days with mum or carry on as is

sorry for the epic waffling post :o:o:o

FatVonD

ziggy2407 wrote: »

Haha, you do make me smile - I love how you write. We were probably watching the same Kat Von D programmes. I have two tattoos - one on left shoulder and one base of spine - would love another and am thinking of one for my wrist - both are celtic inspired. Would love to see yours.

I've just checked her FB and it doesn't go back pre 2010 now but mine is similar to the one here on the second row that says 'precious' (ie it is script with the swirly bits around it.)

Mine says 'Live your dreams', I think I mentioned on here a couple of days ago that I spend my whole life daydreaming about doing something else and I was bored silly in my job and planning the 'make your own pop video' venture so I planned it to remind me to get off my aris and actually DO it.

I then got made redundant and spent (over a year) around £10,000 on renting a studio/equipment/everything else that running a business entails only for it to flop spectacularly. We got bookings but not enough to be making a profit and certainly not enough to live on so living my dream didn't work out very well for me at all!

https://www.facebook.com/eternaltattoosdorking/photos_stream

xJOJOx_2

La_escocesa wrote: »

Oooh you reminded me of a couple too :T

I thought I found some 'useful' roadkill the other day but it was a half euro coin... Still - at least I've got a keen eye for it. :cool:

xxx

I remenber once I found a money bag with notes and coins in it. Turns out the notes were money print tissues :rotfl:

FatVonD

ziggy2407 wrote: »

Well, weather wise this weekend has been a surprise and am trying to stay positive inspite of a trying weekend with mum - which has left me feeling a little bruised emotionally - but trying to remember there's nothing so strange as families please feel free to bypass the rest of this post I just need to vent

Mum was 80 in November, lives in sheltered accommodation (5 mins from my home), various health issues - has two artificial hips, two artificial knees (which need replacing), has had breast cancer and facial cancer, has various other physical ailments (and lately is not as on the ball mentally as she has been)

I have one older brother (12 years older) married with one grown up daughter (39) - has not seen or spoken to mum since her birthday party in November, despite the fact that he comes shopping every week 10 minutes (at most) from where we live

I have one young brother (13 months younger) divorced with two children (21 and 17), he lives about 1 hr away, visits occasionally, very rarely telephones, he's in a long term relationship and they have a love of weekends away and numerous holidays abroad (she works in a school so they like to go away during most school hols).

Today we're chatting away over breakfast and apparently I don't see her or do enough (I'm just like them) - feel so hurt as we take here wherever she wants to go,if she wants to go for respite on East Coast it's us that take her and bring her home, we do all cleaning, decorating, sorting new furniture and we speak without fail twice a day (not counting the numerous calls I get during the day - sometimes up to 10+). I know that I have called a couple of times on a Sunday to say we were going to give tea a miss as I was either not feeling well or the boy was out playing with his friends - I really don't know what more I can do - we try and spend all the important days with her - birthday, mothers day, Christmas (she stays with us for a week) but I don't go every day.

How my brothers treat my mum is not a new things it's pretty much how its always been - when their children were young it was left to me to do things as "I didn't have kids, so its was easier for me (I was having IVF and desperate for children) and then dad died and their kids were older and it became easier for me cos they had "their own lives to lead now kids were growing up" , at 9 months pregnant we were laying carpets and listening to them both give advice "Oh I wouldn't have done it like that"

So, do I give up what I want to do and spend the days with mum or carry on as is

sorry for the epic waffling post :o:o:o

Oh, Ziggy, you poor thing, how ungrateful of her and how unfair.

I have always had a very fraught relationship with my mum but adored my dad. She made his life hell, spoke to him (well, everybody actually) in a really rude, aggressive manner. She totally denies this now he's dead saying she just shouted because he was deaf but it wasn't the volume it was the hateful tone in her voice and the way it was her default tone for speaking to him. When my dad was alive I have actually visited them, walked in the front door and then straight back out again as she was ranting at me from the minute I got out of my car. On one occasion my ex husband drove off without us even getting out of the car.

My dad died about 18 months ago (with me seeing much less of him than I would have liked because I didn't get on with my mum) and since then I have tried to do the right thing and see her more because, whatever her faults, she is an old lady who has just lost her husband.

On the anniversary of my dad dying I took the day off work to do something with her so she wasn't on her own. She wanted to go shopping and then for afternoon tea. We brought some of the cakes away with us and she dropped them in the car, I told her to leave them where they were but she insisted on picking them up and trying to jiggle them the right way up and I snapped at her and 'leave them, you're making it worse' and she actually said to me... 'you've gone and ruined my day, just like he did'. ( a reference to a day trip they once took where he snapped at her at the end of the day.) I was gobsmacked, I had done what I could because it was the day my dad died and not only was she rude to me but she was horrible about him on the anniversary of his death.

Anyhow, sorry I turned this into being about me I think I'm trying to empathise but I'm not very good at it.