NST Awesome August

Thrifty_Taylor

thriftylass said:

@Thrifty_Taylor how did you make the rug? Was it a kit you bought. Do you have a picture of the finished product? 

P.S. what did it mean when your friend said she wanted to be your friend from first sight? Not a native English speaker and never heard that expression.

No @t@thriftylass it's not a kit. I had everything in my stash already, which has been bought from charity shops over the years. When sorting out my balls of wool in the springtime, I found 4 x 200g of grey Aran wool. I have a wooden wool guage (20o from Red X shop) that I wrap the wool around, it has a groove along the top, which you insert your scissors into to cut the wool to the right length. Had a hook from when I was a teenager (ahem a few years ago 😉), so just needed time to make it. Will attach a photo of the bit I've done so far, only 20 rows left to go now!

My friend thought that when she first saw me, she wanted us to be friends straight away. Have you heard of love at first sight? Age meant a similar thing to that, without the love bit.

Thrifty_Taylor

Hope things improve @ditty1234, & your appointment went ok @Toni'sfriend. Hope you feel a bit better tomorrow @grandmanerd. I know it won't help this time, but a friend says B0dy Sh0p satsuma mist is great at keeping midges away. They have been appearing in Scotland this week unfortunately, so might give the mist a try!

NSD#5
Had a lie in this morning. Had a back & neck massage booked for 10.30 (paid for from my sewing business, so don't count it as a spend). Did a bit of sorting paperwork on my return, then started a new book. DH used most of the mushrooms in the fridge & made soup for dinner. Afterwards, we walked through a wood (not many of them on our island), & collected lots of pinecones for my bug hotel. We were going to walk through the field on the other side, to get some locally made ice cream, but the field was full of cows, a bull & sheep, so we turned round & came home. I had ice cream from the freezer 😋 Had a chat with DS2 about relatives & drew him a family tree, then showed him photos. He was quite interested, as not met most of them. He last went south when he was 4, & now nearly 19! Not many relatives have been up to visit, except my brother & his family, & 1 of my cousin's. Then went & spoke with DS1, who explained why he was feeling sad yesterday. I think talking about it helped. Hoovered the car out, then dishes after tea, a bit more rug, then reading in the bath. I'm a quarter of the way through the book already, so might have it finished by the time I return to work on Monday, then can give it back to a colleague.

Grateful for a nice walk, pampering time, a tidy car & time to read

Happy fri-yay tomorrow folks!

grandmanerd

Friday 18th August 2023

A brighter day.

Funny Positive Quotes
1   Middle Age is when your age starts to show around your middle (Bob Hope)
2   People often say that motivation doesn't last -well neither does bathing, that's why we recommend it daily (Zig Ziglar)
3   Good judgement comes from experience and experience - well that comes from poor judgement (A A Milne)
4    My wife and I were happy for 20 years - then we met (Rodney Dangerfield)
5   If you want to look young and thin, hang around with old, fat people (Jim Eason)
6   I don't know if there are  real ghosts and goblins but there are always more trick or treaters than neighbourhood kids (Robert Brault)
7   The only normal people are the ones you  don't know very well (Alfred Adler)

8   If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito (Betty Reese)
9   Swimming is a confusing sport because sometimes you do it for fun and other times you do it not to die (Dmitri Martin)

I have more but I just typed 5 rows of 7s followed by 2 rows of fullstops so it may be time for another wee nap.

beanielou

@Thrifty_Taylor. Rug looks fantastic. 

f0xh0les

Lovely rug @Thrifty_Taylor looks like you know exactly where it is going -  it looks made to fit somewhere  ,- oh, bespoke I mean .  
Yesterday was A-levels day. DS2 got the results he deserved for the work he did.  😭 He just would not be told. So now he is looking for a job. Allegedly.  Like DS1. Allegedly. 
But, survived another week on Planet earth 🌍, it is nearly the weekend, the sun is still in the sky, I have £15 left of last week's budget and food in the fridge.  Plenty to be grateful for. 

thriftylass

Thrifty_Taylor said:

thriftylass said:

@Thrifty_Taylor how did you make the rug? Was it a kit you bought. Do you have a picture of the finished product? 

P.S. what did it mean when your friend said she wanted to be your friend from first sight? Not a native English speaker and never heard that expression.

No @t@thriftylass it's not a kit. I had everything in my stash already, which has been bought from charity shops over the years. When sorting out my balls of wool in the springtime, I found 4 x 200g of grey Aran wool. I have a wooden wool guage (20o from Red X shop) that I wrap the wool around, it has a groove along the top, which you insert your scissors into to cut the wool to the right length. Had a hook from when I was a teenager (ahem a few years ago 😉), so just needed time to make it. Will attach a photo of the bit I've done so far, only 20 rows left to go now!

My friend thought that when she first saw me, she wanted us to be friends straight away. Have you heard of love at first sight? Age meant a similar thing to that, without the love bit.

Thank you for explaining. I looked it up and realised I have one of those hooks in my sewing basked (with various inherited tools etc). Always wondered what it was for, lol. I have a huge stash of thick wool and saw the base mesh on Am@zon. Might be another winter project to try.

No major plans for tonight. Might just try B+Q again to find the paint for DD room, was sold out yesterday. And then loads of painting tomorrow as I need to finish at least DD rooms as the furniture gets delivered on Monday. On Sunday we have a family BBQ. 

Toni'sfriend

You are clever, Thrifty Taylor. I am hopeless at anything crafty. My Granny taught my to knit when I was little. Maybe I should take it up again. It might be quite relaxing.

Scan all done, As I suspected, the radiographers were as confused as I was.

I was very naughty and rewarded myself with a take away Chinese for dinner. First time in ages. OK, I'll head over to the naughty step.

Few things I want to try and do today so I'd better get on. xxx

Toni'sfriend

Good news - I got some jobs done

Bad news - Himself put my prescription into the chemist to be told they don't have the cancer drug I need because there is a shortage and they don't know when they will be able to get it. I've only three left. So, tomorrow I shall have to trawl the chemists in the town and see if by any chance one of them has some. If not I'll have to enlist the help of my neighbour to see is we can access it further afield. If we can't don't know what to do. I have an appointment with my oncologist on Tuesday morning. Perhaps she can help. Feeling totally pi**ed off today.

beanielou

Blimey @Toni'sfriend  That's not on.
Hope you can get it sorted soon.
You could do without that xx

lcc86

@Toni'sfriend I really hope you can get it sorted, that sounds like a horrendous situation to be in 

Didn't post yesterday, but was feeling much better than I did on Wednesday. Had a busy day at work, I ordered something I needed for the aquarium so no NSD. I booked swimming after work but got held up so I had to cancel, lost the money unfortunately as I cancelled too late. Perhaps I should book before work instead next time, no risk of being held up then!

Today has been a NSD, am feeling back to normal. Got my test results and everything is fine so back to the drawing board for what the problem may or may not be. Went to the gym first thing, managed a walk at lunchtime then back to the gym after work. Am currently on call doing overtime, forgot I'm on call until midnight!  I'm usually asleep on the sofa by 10, better make sure that doesn't happen tonight!