Daily Project Round 10

Thinking of your mum and all your family @FourSeasonsLobelia ❤️ I hope the days fly by!
Sounds like a bit of a day @RunningKatie so I hope he did bring cake!
Busy day here yesterday so we resorted to the pub for dinner as neither of could be bothered to cook. As always, lots of money for something very uninspiring that would have been nicer at home. But we didn't have to think so that's a benefit. And no washing up either.
I am not surprised that you are feeling like this on such a sad anniversary @autumnangel 😢 I love the sound of the roller skating. It's the sort of thing I'd do with a yeah I've still got it attitude, and promptly fall over and break something. But I think I'm probably a fair bit older than you. I do pre-emptive voltarol before gardening now 😳

I love your football excitement @mumofoneAloneandwell 😄 Not ashamed to admit that the whole thing is passing me by 😎 DH has been watching golf on tv but keeps up with football results on his phone.

Congratulations on the new shower @watchPhone It sounds like you are in training for something- what have I missed?

Shall do a sun dance today for you @Peridot1. Hoping tomorrow dawns fair and bright!

I love that misty photo @Mumtobabyhavoc

Ah @petalpower 💐 You have such a lot on! I hope you are getting time to relax as well.

Good morning/evening @Mumtobabyhavoc congratulations on a bit of time alone! You are such a plate spinner!

Slept late by my standards this morning. Must get up and do something useful. Volunteering today so need to have a proper breakfast or I'll be stopping for sweeties by midday. Have promised to cook a decent meal tonight as we'll otherwise end up in the pub again and my bank balance will suffer.

Have a great day all ☕️ 🍰

Thank you @FourSeasonsLobelia , I hope so!

Okay, so glad the docs are happy with how the op went, and that its done. Fingers crossed for the next two weeks flying by so you can be with her ❤️

@autumnangel well done on getting up and about, and sorry its been almost a year, that could be why youve been feeling so low xx

@autumnangel - sending you a gentle hug, you've had so much to contend with, your poor body sounds like it's processing it all.
@FourSeasonsLobelia - fingers crossed your mum is recovering well.

I've just made 4 different evening meals, so frustrating but also lunches done for tomorrow and my breakfast prepped.
Next I need to wash up as the dishwasher is full to bursting and then help dc1 to do some revision. I fear they are going to crash and burn this first set of mocks but also that it's ok and might help focus them for future revision.

Hoping dh is coming home armed with cake this evening, feeling I've earnt it!

@Peridot1 it has!!!! apart from a leaky shower 😄 luckily they are back tomorrow and it appears to have stopped leaking 😄(for now) I did have the first shower yesterday which was amazing.

@FourSeasonsLobelia speedy recovery to your mum
Today

• need to do some gloss painting for the skirting boards - DONE
• need to put back on the toilet roll holder and get rid of all the stuff - covering all the fixtures once sibling has finished second coat on bit of wall. - DONE
• need to check in for tomorrow's car hire - DONE
• Finance admin -DONE
• need to go for a little run but it is raining - will get ready and then when rain stops I have no excuse.
• tidy up all the tape and rubbish from the cubby opposite bathroom
• just realised the floor where all the bathroom stuff is now clear !!! so i can spread out and get my sewing stuff back out,

@FourSeasonsLobelia - so pleased your mum’s op went well. I’m sure you were on tenterhooks all day. My dad had a quadruple bypass a few years ago and I couldn’t sit still. Deep cleaned my mum’s entire kitchen as a displacement activity. I hope her recovery is smooth.

@autumnangel - do you know what could have caused the allergic reaction? I’m sure your system is reacting to emotional stress so things maybe more sensitive than normal. Well done on the cooking. The char Sui pork chops sound good.

Roller skates!!!

Now, that sounds the business! I hope you enjoy. I am so sorry about the one year anniversary week. It's no wonder you have had a dip.

Love to you, dear @autumnangel xx

Thank you all for your very kind messages. I was at my GP at the beginning of the week and she has giving me some medication but it's not really helping. I think I've had an allergic reaction to something on top of a huge hormonal change (just came off the pill after 25 years) as well as an emotional time (one year this week since DH became unwell and my entire life turned upside down). I'm sure everything will sort its self out eventually but for now I'm just plodding on. I had booked a massage for myself this morning but due to the rash I have all over my body I had to cancel. I was really looking forward to it but I'll reschedule as soon as I can.
I recently bought the batch lady book and this morning I prepped 3(x2) meals from it as well as prepping the lovely spanish chicken traybake from the hairy bikers website so now I have 8 meals in the freezer ready to be defrosted and cooked. I'd love to do big batch cooking but I have a bit of a thing about defrosting cooked food and reheating. I'm not really sure what the problem is and I should probably try and get over it but for now prepping, freezing, defrosting and cooking will do for now. Looking forward to a new recipe this evening - char sui pork chops.
In other news, I spotted a pair of roller skates in the charity shop window the other day and I couldn't stop thinking about them. It's been years since I rollerskated but I looked online and there is a roller rink in town so I've booked myself a spot for next week. Really looking forward to getting out the house and trying something new.
Anyway that was longer than I thought it would be. Hope you are all well, sending much love to everyone.

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Thanks so much @petalpower . She had her 'big op' our time 9 pm last night, out at around 3 am our time. She is currently under heavy sedation and not expected to be brought out of it until tomorrow. The operation went well it seems. My dad is staying in a hotel near the hospital and said people were very pleased with how it went.

The Dcs and I are due to head off there in 2 and a bit weeks. It feels like an eon away really. She is expected to be out of hospital / isolation in around 10 days.

I hope your FIL is well and your dad too. It's so hard!

Thinking of you @autumnangel . You have had just so so much to deal with over months- not surprising to have a huge emotional crash now. thinking of you. xxx

@Peridot1 . I bought blue lobelia too yesterday! I have re-started my spring/summer habit of buying a pot plant every time I go to the supermarket to fill in gaps in the garden beds. One particularly bare bed is beginning to look very full!

@mumofoneAloneandwell your DD is going to have happy memories of the World Cup! As I get older I have come to truly believe in the principle of celebrating everything you possibly can. It's joyful!!

I have my lobelia to plant today and some purple dhalias also. Our cleaner has been and gon and so I tend to use Thursdays to catch up on batch cooking and laundry as I don't feel the compelling presence of the Unwashed Floor following me around grumbling.

Love and hugs to all on our lovely thread- and to lurkers too. ❤

@Mumtobabyhavoc it came on tuesday! I must say, i was impressed with the whole experience with Very.co.uk. I had their insurance.

That place looks beautiful!

@petalpower my love to you and your pils x

@Peridot1 glad its all coming together

Good morning everyone from a very tired household! But dd is up, on 6 hours sleep. World Cup opening ceremony today so I will be trying to teach her the 'en ger land' chant! She will likely not care 😄

Today's projects:
Deep clean kitchen
Pop to sainsburys for bunting and snacks
Get admin organised - theres papers everywhere, I dont feel like I know where everything is should an emergency crop up

Have a lovely one all 🥰

Morning all.

Hope you are feeling better @autumnangel. A GP visit might be a good idea.

You have been busy @Mumtobabyhavoc. As always!

@watchPhone - hope the bathroom has turned out as you hoped.

BBQ is on Saturday. Weather forecast is good 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞. We do have gazebos on standby.

Garden is looking good @petalpower. The rain has definitely helped. And it’s raining currently so will help some more. I could do a few more bits but we are at the stage where it’s extras really. I need to plant two pots by the front door but if I don’t I don’t. DH still has lots of plug plants in the greenhouse so might just dump some of them in. They are pretty tiny though. Actually he does have some blue lobelias so might put them in in honour of our lovely @FourSeasonsLobelia.

Yesterday was gym day plus a trip to the garden centre not for plants. I had seen a picture I really liked so got that and a wipeable table cloth for our dining table in case of drips or spills on Saturday. Afternoon was weeding followed by eyebrow tint and pedicure.

Today is all inside jobs. Pictures to go up in hallway. Clean and clear fridge in kitchen. Clean and sort fridge in garage. Clean lights over island unit. Dust and sort display cabinets/shelf unit in dining area. I have been redistributing ornaments etc from it to other rooms as they have been finished so it’s looking a bit odd as there are lots of gaps. Vacuum and wash floors in kitchen/dining area. Wine, beer and glasses get delivered this afternoon so will need dealing with.

Have a great day all.

@autumnangel I hope you’ve been able to make some small steps forward. As others have already said do you think it would be worth seeing your gp? Sending love.
That clip is quite something @Mumtobabyhavoc!
How long until the bbq now @Peridot1 ? Hopefully this spell of wet weather will have made the garden grow and look lovely but will pass in time for the bbq.
Any news on your mum @FourSeasonsLobelia ? I hope everything is going as well as it can.
Apologies on anyone I’ve missed out - it’s lovely to hear what you’ve all been up to!
We've been away looking after and visiting oldies and family since Monday and going home sometime today. Waiting for a fairly important visit from a medical person for FIL before we leave and they haven’t specified a time. Will visit my dad again this morning. He slept through all but 20 seconds of my visit yesterday - only opened his eyes briefly but I hope he knew I was there.

Afternoon all 🥰🥰

Collected my shopping - done
Set up the replacement vacuum - done
Deep clean the living room in preparation for the World Cup starting tomorrow
Hang up washing 😪

@autumnangel did you make it to asda? If not, no worries, youre still a worthwhile person - you can get through this x

@Mumtobabyhavoc what talented men eh!

@WideOpenBeaches oh gosh, i'm sure youll be okay re the paint - as long as you mist coated!

Have a lovely one all xx

I expected one of them to trash the cello at the end but I guess cellos are quite spendy.

I've just had a semi terse phone call with a car hire company as they do their pre-checks for a weekend hire - I know it's to do with their risk assessment for insurance blah blah blah but I don't want the segue into what their plans for the weekend are!!!

So the bathroom is nearly finished, all plumbing done, but they need to come back on Friday to put the radiator, shelves, bathroom cabinet on. I am not quite sure why they didn't include painting the walls on the quote as we had asked them to (my miss) so we are now trying to paint all around fixtures and fittings and are paranoid about getting paint in places it shouldn't 😄It is all completely covered up.

Today

• clean the bathroom door; it has bits of plaster on it and some black marks
• chuck the redundant heater on the skip before the skip goes Friday
• put an undercoat on skirting boards
• debit card has gone awol again and I am out the rest of the week so I really do need to find it. I have definitely checked all coat pockets and jeans/trousers.
• my phone is about to give up the ghost (bits of glass flaking off the screen and the touchscreen is starting to be a bit hit and miss) so I need to investigate a replacement
• Desk. Tidy. Who knows, debit card may be under all the paperwork. (Oh no it's not)
• Another sibling birthday next week need to post some stuff off to him
• need to find a birthday card for friend am seeing tonight! I don't want to go empty handed but I am fighting my inner fussiness over cards 😄 I don't have an hour to dither in front of a card selection today.
• clean up an toothbrush holder - if it doesn't scrub up well in the skip it'll go 😄

That's astonishing and brilliant and hilarious all at once @Mumtobabyhavoc!
I googled them thinking that this be right...but there they are! What did the children make of it?

@autumnangel I hope you got to Asda and got yourself some lovely fresh food x baby steps ❤️

Hi everyone

Our day started at midday here - still suffering the effects of that nap we took last week 😫

Today's projects
Empty bins - done
Organise a small food shop - everything is stupidly expensive now - done
Washing up - done
Make butter chicken for dd who is apparently only eating rice and chicken now - rice done, curry on
Clean bedroom - will do before bed

@autumnangel your post has really touched me as I've been there 🥺 - you take all the time you need to get back, but definitely a good job just to tackle the most obvious things at first. You can make it to asda, and will feel so much better once you do!

Can you get a window open and some music on and set 10 mins to clear your sitting area? I found that was the best way to get going. Sorry its tough 😔💐. As above, it might be time to reach out to the doctors? You deserve to feel okay xx

@Mumtobabyhavoc that pizza looks lovely, so good that theyre happy to eat the spinach - mine will eat the pepperoni and then declare herself finished!

@Peridot1 sounds stressful but not long now! @WinterFrogs someone backed into my fiesta at tesco - forgot I need to get that sorted!

@FourSeasonsLobelia an indoor day here too, sometimes you just need one xx

Love to all on the best ever mumsnet thread!

Those look lovely @Mumtobabyhavoc 😍

Love to you @autumnangel ❤️ Have you had any bereavement counselling or seen your GP? I wish we could help 💐

I scraped my car the other day too @Peridot1. Squeezed into a hedge but found a sticky out branch too. Party plans coming on; you're nearly there!

That pizza looks incredible @Mumtobabyhavoc well done getting all the goodness into the kids
I had to google campanula @FourSeasonsLobelia (I'm not a gardener at all!) love the colour
I've missed lots of this thread...is your big bbq this weekend @Peridot1?

I've been unwell for a couple of weeks now. Nothing major but still haven't got to the bottom of it and now I'm feeling more miserable than anything else. I've been spending a lot of time just sitting around doing nothing. The house has gone completely to pot as I've not even been doing the bare minimum. The fridge smells awful and the bin is overflowing etc. I've had far too many takeaways and not enough fresh air. I am feeling a little better today so I'm starting with the basics. I've thrown out the rotten food and realised there is not much to make an actual meal so I've made a meal plan and I'm going to go to Asda.

It's 4.30pm and I'm not out of pj's or brushed my teeth yet. It's been so long since I put effort into anything I'm struggling to see where feeling ill stops and the effects of sofa rotting start.

Hope everyone is doing well

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