Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

mrsmac10

bubbs wrote: »

12 pack of NICKY kitchen towels for £2.00 instore at Watt Brothers.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/12-pack-nicky-kitchen-towels-for-2-instore-watt-brothers-2505460

Hi have one near me :A thanks

Jelly_Biactol

mhoc wrote: »

if anyone sees in one of the sales a nice sofa throw suitable for a 2 seater sofa please can you let me know - very cheap
the sofa is a bland grey colour and he seems to have 3 flat cushions so it needs a bit of cheering up

If the budget can stretch to it, might be worth thinking about some bright 'n' cheerful covers for the whole sofa (and existing cushions), made to measure. I did that for mine - well, sofa and armchair; very comfy, too comfy to throw out, but a horrible 70s-style floral pattern. So I got a local sewing guru (through a friend, but also worth asking at your local fabric shop as they often know of people like that) to come round and measure everything up; she made some really well-fitting covers (two sets, one lighter colour, for summer, one darker for winter) plus matching curtains. I bought the fabric, based on the amounts she specified, but the total cost was still quite reasonable.

mrsmac10

Evening all. Snap what a wonderful house your parents to have

Alto jack. Hope you get better soon. Thanks to tweets for the update.

Jelly_Biactol

mhoc wrote: »

I am so glad you feel excited about DS being excited about uni - it really is a joyful time of their lives, I think of it like opening the door of the cage and letting your little fledglings fly free.

Jelly_Biactol wrote: »

"Love is in the letting go"

The full poem that this quote is from (and hankies at the ready, for any parents with children leaving home for the first time)

'Walking Away', by Cecil Day-Lewis

It is eighteen years ago, almost to the day –
A sunny day with leaves just turning,
The touch-lines new-ruled – since I watched you play
Your first game of football, then, like a satellite
Wrenched from its orbit, go drifting away

Behind a scatter of boys. I can see
You walking away from me towards the school
With the pathos of a half-fledged thing set free
Into a wilderness, the gait of one
Who finds no path where the path should be.

That hesitant figure, eddying away
Like a winged seed loosened from its parent stem,
Has something I never quite grasp to convey
About nature’s give-and-take – the small, the scorching
Ordeals which fire one’s irresolute clay.

I have had worse partings, but none that so
Gnaws at my mind still. Perhaps it is roughly
Saying what God alone could perfectly show –
How selfhood begins with a walking away,
And love is proved in the letting go.

mhoc

tweets wrote: »

Good Evening :wave:

Our friend altojack poorly again

She had to call doctor out today and she been told to stay in bed

She stopped taking one of her tablets Her lower legs and feet swelled up.

She feels so fidgety, very hungry, unsteady, tired but not sleeping when she should, falling asleep when she shouldn't.

Doc been he/she was there an hour and alto had a jab and got given 4 tablets got to take 1 a day for next 4 days .

Says she not feeling well at all

Was told I could post and tell her Elite friends why she missing .

Get well soon Jackie :A

poor love, its one thing after another

we get one elite fit and ready for action and then 3 more go on the sick list ...

bubbs

mrsmac10 wrote: »

Hi have one near me :A thanks

Get me some please:rotfl:

bubbs

Nanny and Snap


Laura Ashley 50% wallpaper + possible 10% off +£4.50 delivery
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/laura-ashley-50-wallpaper-possible-10-off-4-50-delivery-2505532

bubbs

M&S Extremely Chocolatey Milk Chocolate Biscuits Half price £3.00
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/m-s-extremely-chocolatey-milk-chocolate-biscuits-half-price-3-2505529

Serendipitious

Jelly_Biactol wrote: »

The full poem that this quote is from (and hankies at the ready, for any parents with children leaving home for the first time)

'Walking Away', by Cecil Day-Lewis

It is eighteen years ago, almost to the day –
A sunny day with leaves just turning,
The touch-lines new-ruled – since I watched you play
Your first game of football, then, like a satellite
Wrenched from its orbit, go drifting away

Behind a scatter of boys. I can see
You walking away from me towards the school
With the pathos of a half-fledged thing set free
Into a wilderness, the gait of one
Who finds no path where the path should be.

That hesitant figure, eddying away
Like a winged seed loosened from its parent stem,
Has something I never quite grasp to convey
About nature’s give-and-take – the small, the scorching
Ordeals which fire one’s irresolute clay.

I have had worse partings, but none that so
Gnaws at my mind still. Perhaps it is roughly
Saying what God alone could perfectly show –
How selfhood begins with a walking away,
And love is proved in the letting go.

Beautiful.

When you said 'Love is in the letting go' it reminded me of this:

https://youtu.be/3YnfCH7LNcM

Jelly_Biactol

Snap-ant wrote: »

Following my DGN through the house to show you my swept yard

Loving the photos:T:)