Let's not fall at the last hurdle!

LondonLiz

Dear Mrs Hinge
In all the years lurking away on the forums, yours was one of the diaries I always followed so when I starting relurking earlier this year I saw weren't active and missed your updates, so can I say I am happy you are back. The reason I picked up on your diary is that one of my friends has EDS and I see your daughter was diagnosed as well. It's such an unknown and little understood condition so I hope she is doing well, unlike my poor friend who is not unfortunately. I think you do amazing given all you have on your plate.

By the way I assume Mr Hinge only put the cats out at 3am and not Superman & Hitchhiker (much as he might have been tempted!).

"Enjoy" your trip to Aldi if you get there; I too am venturing there soon but no matter what time you go it's always packed. Can't quite imagine braving it with a wee hitchhiker in tow.

Best wishes, LL

mary_hinge

LondonLiz wrote: »

Dear Mrs Hinge
In all the years lurking away on the forums, yours was one of the diaries I always followed so when I starting relurking earlier this year I saw weren't active and missed your updates, so can I say I am happy you are back. The reason I picked up on your diary is that one of my friends has EDS and I see your daughter was diagnosed as well. It's such an unknown and little understood condition so I hope she is doing well, unlike my poor friend who is not unfortunately. I think you do amazing given all you have on your plate.

By the way I assume Mr Hinge only put the cats out at 3am and not Superman & Hitchhiker (much as he might have been tempted!).

"Enjoy" your trip to Aldi if you get there; I too am venturing there soon but no matter what time you go it's always packed. Can't quite imagine braving it with a wee hitchhiker in tow.

Best wishes, LL

well hello LL, firstly you wont know how much your post made me smile today! I guess it's easy to forget that the forum links us to many people that we can go a lifetime and never "know" about them. This has certainly been one hell of a rollercoaster and I feel humble that you have joined me from way back! I often think about Stripes with The King, and Head above water from the early days and ponder how life has treated them the last few years!

I hope you will remain out of lurker kingdom and come out to play more often

Missy H sure does has EDS and for many many people it is a jail sentence the robs them of the freedom to live their lives the way they want. We are forever finding ways around these hurdles to keep her as active and living the dream so to speak as much as we can. We are winning currently but have accepted this fight is going to be for a life time and will forever require dedication, hard work, sacrifice and just been a little bit bonkers! I'm sorry the EDS-er you know is finding life challenging


Mr H did indeed only put out the moggies :rotfl: with how much he snored when he finally returned to sleep I wish he had also put himself out :rotfl::rotfl:

Aldi was busy :eek: a hive of activity but more staff restocking then customers thankfully so the grab and run worked well once I master the art of dodging pallets and crates..... bonus was the check outs were practically empty!

Much Love

Ms H..... who really doesn't want to battle the elements to collect the bigger boys from school :cool:

mary_hinge

I am home, very soggy but home :rotfl::rotfl:

Whilst out shopping in Aldi I spent £83.51, I stocked up on nappies and wipes for hitchhiker for the month, Picked up some of the microfibre cloths (£1.59 for 4 instead of the rainbow ones I saw on line for £15 :T) as they are the right size for hitchhiker clean up after he [STRIKE]plasters himself in his food[/STRIKE] eats his dinner I also bought a few baby gifts in the baby event for the hoards of friends I have that are ready to pop or popped the last few days..... Fed the car as the I'm hungry light came on but only £20 as it was £1.29 per litre :eek: will fill up when I am passing Tesco as its cheaper and the points ease the pain! :rotfl::rotfl:

mary_hinge

:cool: Missy H has come home with a letter about a school trip needed for her drama GCSE £25 :eek:

2 steps forward 1 back and all...……...

maddiemay

Quick wave to Mrs H, arrived in bonnie Scotland yesterday, will catch up with you on laptop at some stage, old fingers not great without proper keyboard:j

mary_hinge

maddiemay wrote: »

Quick wave to Mrs H, arrived in bonnie Scotland yesterday, will catch up with you on laptop at some stage, old fingers not great without proper keyboard:j

I love that you are out and about

mary_hinge

May the Fourth be with you!! Happy Star wars day! Superman has greeted everyone in his path this morning :rotfl:

Early start today - up and out for Superman's hobbies - Master H's is nursing a injury so is out of hobbies for a fair while yet.


Last night was takeaway night we aim for 1 every 6ish weeks but it's been a fair few months since out last one, £30 seems an expense for 1 meal but it was much welcomed after a very busy week and a lot of dashing around yesterday.

Payments made to creditors yesterday payment 4/12 for the CC
the others are due next week - well all except Link..... I am yet to hear back from them :cool:

Hair cuts needed this weekend for the older boys- I have loyalty cards for these and I'm sure Superman is due a half price cut :T

other then bread, fruit and milk the fridge and stores looks good until Thursday shopping trip..... the pack up snacks will last a goot 1-2weeks but I need to convince the little Hinges that one snack at a time is enough and not a handful :rotfl:

Best go play with hitchhiker.... he is growing so hastily I don't want to miss a second!

Mrs H x

mary_hinge

Missy Hinge's guitar needs a repair - £29 at the music shop.... I've just ordered the replacements bits for £3 and youtube tells me it's relatively easy to fix.... best case I save £26 worse case I have to pay the £29 anyway :rotfl:

Have sent my token payments off today as 1 - I'm eager :rotfl: 2 - couldn't see any reasons to wait until next week :rotfl:

CC payment 4/12 then it reverts back to monthly payments if I don't make another arrangement balance £2378.26 should be under £1.5k then

D1 1/10 - will clear the balance with payment 10 now £91.53
D2 1/ far too many :cool: balance now £6012.45:eek:

D3 awaiting to hear balance £3665.71:eek:

mary_hinge

A tripped to the barbers today followed by a sausage roll from the bakers.... the loyalty scheme had finished apparently so full price all round... £18 in total.


Ordered 2 birthday presents for £28 items for superman and missy H and both reduced so grabbed them whilst I could.


Receipts snapped and uploaded, surveys done.


plodding on, plodding on!

mary_hinge

Busy morning making the freefrom baked goods to keep missy H in pack lunches this week - Brownies, muffins and flapjack....it's exam time so I'm sure she will appreciate the pick me up in her grabbed 10minutes breaks here and there. Need to top up the baking cupboard as we are out of many key essentials Still cheaper then the £2-3 a box for 5 mouthfuls that the supermarkets offer and much better for her!

Pack ups made and all uniforms good to go from tomorrow, hoping mr H will help with the school run so I can do some yoga - my back is twinging and really needs a good stretch out..... not easy to relax and do with a baby crawling all over you though :rotfl:

Reserved a new iron to pick up tomorrow - missy H's homework project totalled ours :eek: no amount of paracetamol, wire wool or scrubbing was reviving it to be fair it was on it's last legs and had developed a very annoying leak. Got a good sale price so an upgraded model for the same price.


Haven't left the house today and don't need to so will be a NSD :T need to try and get more of these in!

How's everyone's bank holidays looking?

Ms H x