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

purpleivy

I was just reading the comments about Xmas decs still being out. I have just realised that ours are on the floor in my dd's room, she's living away for 6 months, they go in the cupboard under the stairs in her room. My argument is that you always find some more stuff after you have put the box away!

I need to get in there really andtidy up. She'll be home in 3 months! At the moment it's just easier to shut the door! That is shut anyway and the radiator is off.

Rage_in_Eden

The lights are still in the trees outside and 'round the door (I can't get them down as I can't go up a ladder as I've still done my knee in); the house OH has been working on since December 2007 still has just a new bathroom in (and we really need to get it let soon but he wants to do it all himself and not have workmen in :rolleyes: ); the bedding I took off the beds on Sunday is still waiting to go in the wash, I still have lots to list for e-bay; the front room is still being used for storage and not as a front room; I've got the cleaning stuff upstairs into the bathrooms but not much further........ I could go on but I don't want to be a show off.......:rotfl:

sparrer

ampersand wrote: »

I'll find the quote later - about those fail to learn from mistakes being doomed to repeat them.
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The two Georges - Shaw and Santayana, among others.

Ha I didn't repeat the mistake of divorcing the second time - I'm rash and impetuous and know if I were divorced I might just rush into marriage for a third time :eek: God forbid!!

I've been happily separated for 8 years, he's in the West Country and I'm north of London so a healthy distance apart - in more ways than one. And as he was the 'guilty party' I'm blowed if I'm going to pay, no matter how little, for a divorce. So does TMODOS count? :rotfl:If so add me to the list

FairyElephant_2

Well, DH & I both did it once before - we say that everyone is entitled to make a mistake....and at least we've got it right this time!

...back on topic...
Well there's no longer an 'overflow' pile of dirty washing next to the linen-bin, or a suitcase of dirt clothes from holiday.....problem is that now almost everything is clean, the 'floordrobe' in the bedroom has reached gigantic proportions. This morning the cat knocked over one of the piles and I was trapped in the bedroom for 5 mins when I got up (late and in dire need of the loo of course!) as couldn't I open the door until I had moved it all. Now that pile is all heaped on the bed. Will I sort it out when I get home? - probably not, it'll probably just go back to being another pile on the floor again......

boredofbeingathome

ampersand wrote: »

I'll find the quote later - about those fail to learn from mistakes being doomed to repeat them.
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The two Georges - Shaw and Santayana, among others.

This one Ampersand, happens to be one of my favs.

We learn from history that we learn nothing from history. George Bernard Shaw

George Santayana

Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

sparrer

Today I think I've excelled myself...re-washed the washing that's been in the machine since Tuesday but have left it in the machine, spilled half a bag of rice behind the fridge and haven't bothered to pull it out to clean up, spent all morning chatting with a friend on the computer, all afternoon playing with my neighbours DD and didn't do a stroke of housework, looked out of the window and saw the dog doing what dogs doo when I'd cleaned up after him earlier...so there it'll stay til tomorrow . Why does he have to doo so much, he's only little?

Re Christmas deccies, got DS to put them in the loft only 2 weeks after 12th night, how good is that? However, I saw some lovely things in the Jan sales for next Chrissie that are now sitting on my dressing table, and under the stairs, waiting til I bother to get a box for them to put in the loft. Mind you if I leave it much longer they won't have to :rolleyes:

ampersand

Apologies sparrer - have freed up some pm space now:D .

Valli

mumoftwins wrote: »

Ampersand, you could be the TMTD member no 1, I'll be no 2 - any others like to join??

Waves from Flylady thread (not site notice :eek:) just the nice well balanced thread...me too!
Does that make me TMTD3?

mum26

I half love this thread and half despair of us all on this eternal frustration hamster wheel (without the calorie burning benefits, lol!)

I've got 6 kids, a house that is too small (i'm desperate to move house, we are in a 3 bed mid terrace town house and it just does not suit me or the size of my family) and a dp that works permanent nights so is permanantly tired and whose backside seems to be magnetically attracted to the sofa.

House is an absolute bombsite of unifinished diy, ironing waiting for me to have the energy/inclination and clear pathway to the drawers in kids rooms to pack it away and suffering greatly from the effects of half term plus almost a whole week off because of the snow.

SOS!

Hawthorn

Mum26 - I hear you. I have four kids, but our house is tiny. There is barely enough room in the biggest bedroom, for a double bed! My hub works shifts, plus his work is very stressful and he sees a lot of unpleasant stuff, which is hard on him.
We were going to move a little before christmas, but decided not to. We have cheap rent, it's secure, and that is more than a lot of people have Plus, kids aren't kids forever.
Instead, we're just tackling little jobs and making it as nice as possible for us.

Get yourself an MP3 player -sometimes you just have to shut out the 'mummy do' for a little while. I put mine on (or I did, it just broke) and boogie whilst I'm doing the housework!
It's hard work with four though, so I can only imagine what having six is like.


On a happier note, I've been feeling a bit crappy and tearful lately. Went out to a local village today, and got a new Per una jumper for £2.50, a new with tags pair of GAP jeans for one of my lads....priced up at £16.50, for £3!!!...charity shops..I just love them LOL.
Plus a huge sack of spuds for a fiver (25kg worth) from the farm shop.

So, why is this in confessions you may ask.....well, I got some fish fingers too. Lynch me now LOL.
fish fingers and chips for tea, it is. What is most depressing, the kids all whooped as if it's gourmet fare. I spend hours cooking, deciding, selecting lovely ingredients. Dinners are a work of art. And what do they whoop at? Farm foods own bloody fish fingers. I give up.