From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future

themadvix

Greying_Pilgrim said:

Watty & rt - you guys 🤣  All additional 'family' welcome - plus hosses 😁 rt - I wish I had the confidence to come down to London Town, we could wave at you from the London museum, doing the mudlarking exhibition 😁

Greying X

If you come to London, count me in! 

(Poor LG, all these random women turning up and wanting to talk to them/play/generally behave in an embarrassing way! 😂😂)

Greying_Pilgrim

themadvix said:

.....(Poor LG, all these random women turning up and wanting to talk to them/play/generally behave in an embarrassing way! 😂😂)....

Sweetheart, I'm pretty sure that would not be an issue for poor anyone - I'm pretty sure wonderful interactions with kind, generous, thoughtful... (I could go on...)  human beings counts as riches, right there 😁

1st load of washing pegged out, next load in the machine.

Greying X

Suffolksue

De lurking ( again) sorry .
Im a bit puzzled by your library’s reading challenge : our ones was read any book and go in and tell a helper about it they had a sticker with their first name ,which every two books could be moved to the next board ,after 6 they got a certificate which was presented at the end of the challenge ,one of the local councillors used to use his locality money to buy them each a medal which was also presented .Non readers and preschoolers could use picture books in the same way .!

Re London is it the crowds etc stopping you as you can usually prebook v cheap train tickets  ,I know it’s a cost ,but would be one super adventure for a day 
you’re doing great be gentle on yourself 

Humdinger1

Where are you based @Greying_Pilgrim...I'd love to be an honorary auntie xx

Greying_Pilgrim

Suffolksue - you're not the only one confused.  The library website is a.w.f.u.l.  There were books listed - under the Summer reading challenge, and it inferred that those were the books to be read.  But on an 'events page' for one of the libraries in a smaller market town in our county, the blurb read much more as you've stated.  Read 6 books (in total) with stickers/prizes along the way.  But it didn't say they had to be under the umbrella of a theme - and I just looked up random council's websites elsewhere in England, and it seems that 'any book counts', as long as it is borrowed from the library - which rather negates our home chazzer shop finds.  However, what I think we might go for, is start with 'what we've got', see if we make any progress and if we're stalling, or the books aren't engaging, well then we'll see if we can join the summer challenge.  It's not very well set out (who would have thought that  a library service would be rubbish at online communication?), but there are events at various libraries - crafts, story times etc - linked to the summer challenge, and maybe we can engage in some of them, even without being signed up to the reading bit.  If we can't, well then we can't.  But 🫰reading will be done.

Re:  London, lot's of things stopping me really, it's not just about cost.  But I know that there are loads of things that LG would love to see, not just limited to the more "obvious" biggies; Tower of London, Buck House, Parliament , Nat History museum, V&A etc etc.  The mudlarking exhibition would really float their boat.   One day.

I'm making white wine, Qu0rn and veg Fricassee in the SC, hopefully to serve with rice, brown or white - not decided yet.  

Washing is bone dry.  I am a melty puddle.

Greying X

Suffolksue

You need deep pockets or a mortgage for the Tower !
sure it wasn’t so expensive when my own children were small ,but now heck !

Greying_Pilgrim

Suffolksue said:

You need deep pockets or a mortgage for the Tower !
sure it wasn’t so expensive when my own children were small ,but now heck !

Plus possibly the patience of a saint to join the queue?  Part of a city's problem is trying to fit everything in that you might like to do in the time available - even without the 'landmark' sites.  

Humdinger - you're a fantastic cheerleader for fam. Greying right here X 😁 

Greying X

Staffordia

Watty1 said:

Am I the only one wanting to spend a holiday with Greying?  There are so many fun activities being planned, great food and I'm quite willing to be a fake auntie for the holiday if that helps?

I was thinking exactly the same!

Greying_Pilgrim

Staffordia - I meant to mention that I have ordered a 'physical' card for the 'employee related' membership scheme you told me about.  I figured a lot of the EH places are off grid, and it's just easier to have the physical card with you as a back up - rather than soley relying on having it in a digital wallet.  I've yet to test it out, with a real-life visit, but you can bet your bottom dollar, I've plans to use it in the hols 😁

Greying X

Humdinger1

Greying_Pilgrim said:

Suffolksue said:

You need deep pockets or a mortgage for the Tower !
sure it wasn’t so expensive when my own children were small ,but now heck !

Plus possibly the patience of a saint to join the queue?  Part of a city's problem is trying to fit everything in that you might like to do in the time available - even without the 'landmark' sites.  

Humdinger - you're a fantastic cheerleader for fam. Greying right here X 😁 

Greying X

Pleasure @greying_pilgrim! Just looking out my pompoms...