Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

LydiaJ

Pyxis wrote: »

Edit...Oh....and a dressing-table stool. I forgot about that as I use it as a bedside table for my dictionaries and crosswords!

Another NP who does crosswords in bed! :hello:

Downstairs I have
3-seater and 2-seater matching reclining sofas (in the living room). One end of the 3-seater is badly broken and not viable for sitting on except for DD, who seems to like it. The 2-seater has seen better days but is still OK to sit on.
Very ancient 3-seater sofa and arm chair, both also in a poor state of repair but possible to sit on if you're not too heavy (in the kids' room)
Random arm chair that somebody gave me when downsizing, two non-matching upholstered chairs with wooden arms that came from LNE's family, one v small upholstered chair without arms (from my grandmother's house) and a 100-year-old bentwood cane-seated rocking chair suitable only for a child (all in the conservatory)
8 dining chairs (1 a bit wobbly so we don't use it but I haven't got round to getting it mended) that came with the dining table when LNE's parents gave it to us and 4 kitchen chairs (1 in bits waiting for me to organise getting it mended) that he got second hand when he moved out and I got when I cleared his house

Upstairs we have 3 swivel office chairs - one very new in the study, and two that I got off freecycle years ago that are well past their best.

There's also a tall kitchen stool that gets moved round the house to wherever somebody wants it for something, and 4 folding chairs that fit under the butterfly table that I got off freecycle years ago. The table is now in the utility room (folded down) and I am not sure where most of the chairs are. One (the one whose back rest has fallen off) is on the landing where it has recently been used for standing on to open and close the loft hatch while getting Christmas decorations and other things down.

In conclusion, I score quite highly on quantity of seats, but shockingly badly on state of repair.

Pyxis

Lydia, if I were ever to come to your house, remind me not to sit down! :rotfl:



Yes, crosswords in bed!

I find them extremely relaxing. The concentration needed is a bit like meditating.
I also find them useful if I can't sleep, funnily enough.
I read a hard clue, turn off the lights, then lie there trying to work the clue out.

If I manage to solve the clue, I just pick another one. Very often I fall asleep while I'm thinking about it.
Strange.


It's probably because if I'm not thinking about the clue, I start thinking worrying thoughts which do keep me awake. Thinking about the clue stops that, and so I suppose it lets the sleep process take over.

Masomnia

Michaels, your inbox is full

ivyleaf

We needed to do some grocery shopping today, so as OH has a cold and cough and feels rather below par, I suggested going to an M & S Simply Food, so that he wouldn't have to schlep round a big store.

Well, it was freezing in there! I was wearing a Berghaus jacket with its fleece zipped in, Warm boots, hat, scarf and fleece gloves, yet when we were waiting in the queue I realised I was shivering!

I'm now sitting here with my Jacob sheep's wool hoodie on top of my fleece jumper (and even wearing a vest, my mother would be gratified), thick woolly socks, and a hot water bottle, and I just can't seem to get warm. I expect I need to jog round the block a few times to warm me up, but can't manage that

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

Which is why life is so unfair ....

I'd probably do it better, in half the time, too :P

There is no probably about either of those.

Masomnia wrote: »

Michaels, your inbox is full

Nope (not any more)

Pyxis

ivyleaf wrote: »

We needed to do some grocery shopping today, so as OH has a cold and cough and feels rather below par, I suggested going to an M & S Simply Food, so that he wouldn't have to schlep round a big store.

Well, it was freezing in there! I was wearing a Berghaus jacket with its fleece zipped in, Warm boots, hat, scarf and fleece gloves, yet when we were waiting in the queue I realised I was shivering!

I'm now sitting here with my Jacob sheep's wool hoodie on top of my fleece jumper (and even wearing a vest, my mother would be gratified), thick woolly socks, and a hot water bottle, and I just can't seem to get warm. I expect I need to jog round the block a few times to warm me up, but can't manage that

Do some hoovering. That always makes me really hot!

LydiaJ

Pyxis wrote: »

Yes, crosswords in bed!

I find them extremely relaxing. The concentration needed is a bit like meditating.
I also find them useful if I can't sleep, funnily enough.
I read a hard clue, turn off the lights, then lie there trying to work the clue out.

If I manage to solve the clue, I just pick another one. Very often I fall asleep while I'm thinking about it.
Strange.


It's probably because if I'm not thinking about the clue, I start thinking worrying thoughts which do keep me awake. Thinking about the clue stops that, and so I suppose it lets the sleep process take over.

This is exactly what I do and it has the same effect on me!

hjd

LydiaJ wrote: »

Another NP who does crosswords in bed! :hello:

and another... also Sudoku and futoshiki (no, that isn't rude).

Masomnia

hjd wrote: »

and another... also Sudoku and futoshiki (no, that isn't rude).

I'm not very good at crosswords sadly. But I do like the futoshiki, I find it very satisfying Not in a rude way!!

ivyleaf

Pyxis wrote: »

Do some hoovering. That always makes me really hot!

I didn't think of that! You're right, it works like a charm. I'll do some tomorrow though. I had planned to wash my hair this afternoon but couldn't face removing any clothing, so will do that tomorrow too.