OS DAILY 21st DEC

Shez

kathy - funny I have just been putting titles to the pictures, if you look now I've put whose who in the pics now. yes I am on the left in one of them, with strawberry blond hair (not ginger as snowyowl calls me!)
The cake is Twinks All-in-one Fruit cake recipe BTW.

shame I didnt have any colin firth pics to put on the top of the pies eh??!!

dlb

Afternoon everyone!!
Well would you flipping belive it, ds1 who broke up from school yesterday has got the sickness bug too!!! Thats 3 of the kids down!!!
BUT iv decided xmas starts at 4pm today here when dh gets home from work, ill or not we will enjoy it even if it means decorating the downstairs loo and their sick bowls as thats where they will be most off the time!!:D

Lol the house is spotless all washing and ironing done, yes i still have to face the food shopping and hit town but hey its all the fun of xmas last minute presure i work well on!!!!:rolleyes:

Hugs to everyone, i may not be around for a few days as now dh has broke up until 3rd Jan i have so much to do, whilst he looks after the sickeys, just hope ds2 doesnt get it....but knowing my luck!!!:p

Have fun everyone
Donna
Ps-Hope your ok Crazychick not seen you for a while or read any posts,(())

dorry_2

afternoon :wave:

dlb, donna----no not another one, down with it!!! hope you don't get it, keep washing your hands, you don't wanna catch that !!

pen pin----I hope you are back soon xxxxxx

ellie2912--bil, sounds like a nightmare, you did right not to have him stay:eek:

just waiting for tesco food shopping at teatime, did someone else have their shopping delivered today? was there anything missing???? After reading how busy tesco is, I don't fancy that. my plan is to just pop to local shops for any missing things!!


Oh is on his works do, so should have a quiet night

love dorry xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Dumyat

Ok I think the presents have all been bought. some have still to arrive! hope they come in time, but the kids are old enough now to understand if the odd DVD doesnt arrive for the big day.
will start wrapping later and do the final stocktake. plan to do some food shopping tomorrow.

ivyleaf

Hello!:hello:
Shez - those pies look yummy! Well done!

Penny-Pincher - I know you won't see this if you've had to stay in hospital, but just wanted to say I'm thinking of you anyway.

Scuzz I couldn't believe they didn't offer you time off in lieu! I dohope you're going to ask for some!

dlb - so sorry to hear about your poorly kids! hope they will get better really fast. Same goes for everyone else with poorly children, or who are poorly themselves.

((((HUGS)))) to all who are feeling stressed - which seems to be most of you atm!

Well DD2 is finally in labour:j :j :j , but things are progressing very slowly so far - she had a "show" last night and has been having contractions since, but although they're uncomfortable they haven't become any stronger, so she and her DH have gone for a walk in the hope that that will get things moving a bit. We were poised to rush over there to babysit DGS this morning, then she didn't need us! I noticed that in her book about pregnancy it says that "with a second or subsequent baby it's best to go into hospital once the contractions are 10 minutes apart, because they may suddenly get much stronger and more frequent right near the end" (which happened with my own 2nd and 3rd babies), but our local Maternity Unit is so busy that they currently tell people not to go in until they are having 3 contractions in 10 minutes. And yet the people in charge of the 4 local PCTs want to close the Unit, insisting it isn't needed! It beggars belief, especially as its lovely new midwife-led Birthing Centre has only recently opened! :mad: :mad: :mad:

I was just about to hoover upstairs to try and get warm - I'm wearing plenty of clothes but my hands and feet are freezing - but DH, who isn't well atm, has just announced he's going for a lie-down, so looks like I won't be hoovering after all. He did say to "give him a kick" if DD2 rings to say she needs us in a hurry!

We've done most of the Christmas shopping, and DH isn't well enough to go far afield so anyone whose present hasn't been bought yet (only DD1''s husband, i think, as he couldn't decide what he wanted - he has got a chocolate car from Thornton's though, so better than nothing) will have to wait til after Christmas/new baby/ MIL's operation etc.

Better go now - must at least hoover the living room:A

Best wishes

ivyleaf xx

csarina

Right, I will have another go at posting; my last one went into space.

(((((((((((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))))))) if you need one……………Penpin, thinking about you……………

Funeral went very well, saw people I have not seen for years, managed to get back in time for youngest son and GS &GD to visit, they stayed for over an hour. DGS has AD what ever, but he was not too bad this afternoon…..they seem to have got hold of it fairly quickly and he is doing quite well at school.

We have to visit the library tomorrow and I forgot to get a loaf for toast yesterday, so will have a quick trip into Tesco for that at the same time. I need to put the bread maker on……….fish and chips for supper tonight so OH can cook for once.

After the lunch on Wednesday my freezer has some spaces at last, so not so much worry about how I am going to get my shopping in the freezer until this time next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have just had a really nice surprise; the residents who were at the lunch on Wednesday have bought me an orchid as a thank you, how nice is that.

Well I am going to sort out some laundry and take it down, I am running out of nightshirts…………I only do a delicate wash when I have a full load, but I will be changing the sheets, so clean nightie needed and the draw is empty.

meanmarie

Afternoon all,

Saxy1...condolences

PenPin...good luck at hospital

Have not been around for last couple of days...my friend who is alone and was expecting her baby on 26th started labour at 3.30 am Wednesday, went in to hospital far too early, we came home, collected DD2 and DGD1 from airport...flight delayed one hour leaving Heathrow, got back to have something to eat and off to Maternity hospital again at 9pm, laboured all night and delivered 8 lbs 12 oz baby girl at 6.10, all well...eventually got home at 8, fell into bed, woke at 11.30 when friend who had arranged to drop in for coffee arrived, got another couple of hours around tea-time.

I really felt as if I was not going to be able to continue functioning, but slept well last night...to be wakened this morning at 7 by my visitors from Holland...they had been caught in traffic in both France and England and missed their Holyhead /Dublin crossing so came on next one...at least there is only one more to arrive and she will be driving so hopefully that is the end of the hiccups!

Still lots to do before my Christmas baby...who has no name as her mother was convinced she was a boy!

Nollaig shona

Marie

loumac

Hello all,

To anyone that remembers me posting on here then sorry I fell off the wagon and I just wanted to say hi - I'm back and hopefully more permanently.

It is so lovely to come back though and see so many familiar names still busy living the OS way.

I hope you have all had happy and successful times so far this year and I will no doubt be chatting to you all and pestering for advice again soon.

:j :j :j :j :j :j

ellie2912

welcome back LOUMAC

Theres plenty of babies on there way/arrived for Christmas. Still doesnt make me broody (thank god!)
i was munchin a mince pie when i saw SHEZ'S ~ you done good girl! glad i had one of my own or i would have been jealous!:D

redruby

evening all,

Pen pin hope all is ok with you xx

loumac welcome back xx

ellie, I was wondering where you were hugs xx

meanmarie and iveleaf, christmas baby's how lovely xx

shez, you look just like i imagined x

kathy, start to put the loo seat on yourself, he will be in there in a flash works every time, go on try it x

finally got my trife bowl in BHS, (ageandjo they had nice salad bowls), also got some t towels and 6 wine glasses, they had really nice champagne glasses which I need, reduced to £3,50 each, half price, I could not make my mind up weather to buy them or not, wish I had now as when we got home OH's boss, my BIL, had put a £100 xmas bonus through the door :j , so OH said we can go and get glasses after xmas :j

DD finished school now, so christmas starts here :beer: , feeling a bit coldy, but if I feel better may have a glass of something tonight xx

Pen pin, thinking of you xx