The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

monnagran

mar, tell him to wear them carefully. They've got to last a long time.

Honestly burtha, words fail me, and they don't often do that.
I know just what you mean when you say that you don't recognise him as the man you married. I bet you are waiting for the door to open and the man that you have loved and cared for, for 20 years to walk in, not the stranger who seems to have taken over his body... it's always like that when it all happens so suddenly.
Soon you will be able to look back and recognise hints of what he was capable of being although you didn't notice it at the time. Or perhaps you did but explained it away or brushed it off.

He is properly destroying himself in his children's eyes, isn't he? They are not fools and will soon accept the fact that they no longer need or even want him in their lives. As you so rightly say, he will be the loser.
In the meantime you will all survive as the tight family unit that will care for each other, laugh together and make a success of your lives.
Pratface and Lilo Lil can go to hell in whichever way they choose.

I have just dried my tears. DIL posted me a picture of Pickle all dressed up in her school uniform ready to start school this morning. She looked so grown-up with her hair in plants, - p.l.a.i.t.s - very short plaits but still, and her school cardigan rolled up at the wrists as it has been bought to last. Apparently she walked in, hung her coat and bag on her peg, turned to her proud parents and said, "You can go now."
They hung around for a bit feeling, as DS2 said, like spare parts, while other children around wept and clung to their parents.
Eventually the teacher came out and informed them that Pickle was quite happy organising where everyone should sit. That's my girl. The only people who wept were the adults in her family!

CRANKY40

Monna Pickle may be ready for school but I'm not sure school is ready for Pickle :rotfl:

I'm tired today as we finally had a decent night's sleep last night (isn't that always the way?). I filled the cat's water bowl up first thing then trod in it five minutes later. I may as well have poured the whole lot straight onto the kitchen floor. On the plus side the floor is now very clean in there.

Burtha words definitely don't fail me but if I wrote down what I was thinking I'd be banned.....

ivyleaf

mardatha wrote: »

Sainsbugs had them last year for £8 odd nm and M&Co have them now for £12. Wish I'd got. them there instead lol. It's his birthday on Fri so I told him them knickers are yer pressie.

I remember back in the 70's my OH being shocked when he needed new shoes and they cost more than £5

thriftmonster I have a very tattered copy of The I Hate to Housekeep Book on my shelf. I can't part with it, especially as Peg Bracken has died. I used to have The I Hate to Cook Book as well, but I let that go as I never cooked anything from it. It was fun to read though .

nursemaggie

Supermarket underpants don't fit DS. They are usually in the bin within three months. Supermarkets don't make the only style that fits him.

£50 a pair is the starting point for designer underpants.

Slinky

Burtha I don't often post on this thread, but your situation reminds me a little of when my mother left us all when I was in my mid teens. She continued to waltz back in and out of our home as it suited her for a couple of years, when she finally went, she wondered why it was my sibling and I would have nothing to do with her. She told everybody my darling Dad had 'turned the children against her'. No dear, you managed that all by yourself. 35 years on we still have nothing to do with her. She didn't just leave my Dad, there was never any talk of us going with her. We were an inconvenience in the new life she wanted for herself. Damned if I'll ever have anything to do with her ever again, and that was all down to her.

fuddle

Floss I wrote to CCG right at the beginning to complain but they replied saying they didn't deal with surgery complaints but having read your message earlier this afternoon I have just sent an email to them asking for their stance on not being able to access treatment that has been written in consultant notes, any information about the availability of the vaccine and information about what to do when the vaccine is not accessible. I talked about the consultant and hospital stay and not being able to access treatment that was required there so hopefully I've worded it in a way that will help get some sort of answer so thanks for that tack.

I have started my complaint letter. I'm annoyed about it today.

I had two hours peace and quiet on my allotment, the first since I got it as I got it the first week of the summer holidays. I've also been able to collect flower seeds from the dead flowers in next doors garden. Freebie flower bed next year then

Mince and onion in gravy with dumplings and cabbage coming up any minute now.

And Kitchener stitch? Stinks! It's on YouTube and I watch, and watch and cannat fathom it. I'm scared to have a go incase I ruin the ruddy sock!

Floss

Fuds good plan! Hopefully will get a good result too

Puffinbertha

fuddle wrote: »

And Kitchener stitch? Stinks! It's on YouTube and I watch, and watch and cannat fathom it. I'm scared to have a go incase I ruin the ruddy sock!

After 50+ years of "sock knitting fear" (from schooldays) I finally started sock knitting a couple of years ago and now love it.

I use this http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer04/FEATtheresasum04.html for Kitchener stitch.

(apologies for butting in xx)

mardatha

Fuddle, google "The Zen of Kitchener Stitch" and then go to images. You'll get a big poster thingy that's really clear to follow.

maryb

The best tip I ever had was, after you've done the first two preparatory stitches, then after that every time your darning needle points into the middle of the two needles you slip the stitch off the needle. Doesn't matter if it's purl or knit, if you look at a video while they do it, you'll see what I mean