Confessions of a very tired old styler. Please join in.

ChocClare

I have just found this thread and have laughed out loud (mistake, as I am at work, and they all think I've gone doolally).

Why do I recognise myself at every turn?

My confessions will come later. For the time being, let me just tell you about my friend's mum. She was a widowed Cambridge don, living in a huge rambling house giving onto the river at Chiswick. My friend was the youngest son, so when he was away at college, she was alone in the house. He came home for the holidays one time, went into his bedroom, and found a huge fungus growing in the corner of his ceiling. Understandably, he went and asked his mother about this. Her reply was, "oh, don't take it away, dear. It stops the water coming in."

Mrs_Veg_Plot

Off work sick atm and this thread is cheering me up no end

Put the dining room curtains up as a temp measure when we moved in and pinned them up as they were too long. That was 11 years ago and they are still there and no they have not been washed in all of that time.

My bedroom curtains have dust on the tops of them and have not been washed for about 7 years but to be fair they did shrink when last washed and if they shrink again they will be too small so I think its safer not to wash them as there are three windows in this room and it will not be cheap to replace them

The three fruit bowls in the dining room all contain fruit:eek: (yes we eat a lot of fruit each week) but the fruit bowl in the kitchen contains
4 pens
2 boxes painkillers
magnet
buckle
clothes peg
bulldog clip
shopping bill

I have just checked the dining room light and there are dead insects in there, no idea how long they have been there.

OH cleaned our bathroom three days ago and the cloths and stardrops are still on the stairs.

And to top everthing off whilst vomitting in the downstaris loo last night I realised it needed a good clean but that will have to wait until this sickness passes .

Fruball

The workmen in my house think I am 'working' on the laptop. I have told them how busy I am so obviously I cannot possibly have time to deal with the mess. I have tried to make a few important sounding calls when they have been within earshot so they really believe it IS work I am doing

If I am just reading the threads and they pass by, I tap the keys furiously without actually pressing them... and frown a bit for effect :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I have emptied the dishwasher and made soup today so they must think I never stop

:beer:

Raksha

celyn90 wrote: »

I can't find my fruit bowl

what's one of those?:rotfl:

zarazara

LOL muchly at these replies.

Raksha

am I noticing a trend amongst us? Lots of refences to pet hair and children, does this perhaps mean that those of us who are Mums with pets are less 'house proud' perhaps?

quintwins

my new sofas were suppose to arrive on sunday there still not here yet, just aswell i havent seen my livingroom for toys since the middle of last week, i did start it yesterday but thats as far as i got, i'm taking it as a sign and once i clean it they'll come

GreyQueen

I have a backlog of plastic breadbags to wash out piled on my draining board. I know normal people would throw them away but I need to have some by my to freeze h.m bread or to split a bought loaf into 2 or 3 so I can shoehorn it into the crevices in my freezer. Can only dry 2 at a time so I keep postponing dealing with them.

:T However, I did do the washing up last night and cleaned the sink and I hope to get around to the countertop alongside the sink as the bits which I can see apart from the microwave and the breadbags looks grubby.....

Does anyone else postpone cleaning the cooker top because they are going to cook just one more messy meal? And can't you keep that excuse running indefinately or at least until your mother comes over.:rotfl:

brighthair

Frugal wrote: »

Does anybody dare to post up pics of their horrors from this thread?

you can have a photo of my spare room in a bit :-)

brighthair

Raksha wrote: »

am I noticing a trend amongst us? Lots of refences to pet hair and children, does this perhaps mean that those of us who are Mums with pets are less 'house proud' perhaps?

maybe? except I'm not a Mum so no excuse there
However I do have horse, 4 fish, and a hamster. My Dad is sick of unblocking the bath plug/pipes of shavings/straw/pony nuts.
If I see a dog hair in my cup of tea, I pick it out and carry on drinking it..... and I share apples with the horse (a bite for you, a bite for me...)