Daily Project Round 10

hello, still chaotic here - still very noisy so impossible to think at all with the added benefit of the discovery of a pipe with a nail through it, was disturbed with the new pipe work, cue water dripping through the ceiling. The crap joiner who was here a couple of years ago, boxing in pipes and fixing some loose floorboards was absolutely the culprit there. I am still regretting not giving him a terrible online review. I am sure I moaned about him on a previous thread 😄

Busy making a list though of all the cleaning we need to do at the weekend once the bathroom is done. We are back to cold rainy weather. SpiritDoggo might be regretting having all her fur chopped off 😄

Have a good one, SoE

@mumofoneAloneandwell - match result was gutting on Saturday. Hope you and DD enjoyed watching the parade though.

Morning all.

@WinterFrogs - “sodding” doesn’t even count as a swear word to me. I’m Irish! I think we swear the most of any nation!

We had a busy Saturday here. Garden stuff most of the day. Sweeping, tidying, planting. Trip to garden centre. Power washing. Then our neighbours came over for an impromptu drink in the sun while planning for the bbq we are jointly hosting and watching the football then DH bbq’d. We were both tired yesterday and then DH felt really off late afternoon and thinks he had sunstroke. So lots of fluids and an early night for him.

Decorator is back today to finish off painting and put blinds back up. I have some plants to plant into pots. Last lot! Will help DH tidy off rest of patio as I think he is going to power wash the remainder.

Usual kitchen and laundry etc to be done as well.

Have a great Monday all.

Thank you @FourSeasonsLobelia 🙂❤️

My love to you all, and to your mum x

And sorry about your dad @petalpower . It's so hard.

Yay @mumofoneAloneandwell !

Good to see you. ❤🌻

Hope i'm okay to shamelessly pop by and say hello to you all 😬

Daily projects have conpletely stopped here - but theyre back now, i hope to be consistent with them

Tomorrow is:
Go to b&q to buy a yellow paint sample for my front door, and a pink one for dd's bedroom

Clean staircase

Be better at keeping up with people 🙈

Be better at avoiding beef on mumsnet 🙈🙈

Happy June to you all ❤️

Your mum sounds like a strong woman @FourSeasonsLobelia . I hope everything goes smoothly for her and that you’re able to stick to your plan of visiting in a few weeks. It must be difficult to be so far away and also in a different time zone.
Thanks for the kind words @Peridot1 and @WinterFrogs . A decision was finally made (and much wine was consumed!).
Today’s achievements:

• 4 loads of washing done and dried on the line including pillow and mattress protectors
• bed changed
• DD and I attended a village event that neither of particularly wanted to go to but felt we should support
• basil plant potted on
• toaster de-crumbed and cleaned, it had been smoking slightly (crumbs not electrical)
• tickets for upcoming music event purchased, involved sitting online at a specified time when reasonably priced tickets were released
• massive online supermarket delivery shoehorned into the fridge and cupboards
• vegetable garden weeded. There were some unexpectedly vicious baby nettles in there which took me by surprise
• had a FaceTime with my dad when my brother visited the care home, not a good day from a dementia point of view :(
• handwashed a jumper which means I’ve achieved the holy grail of emptying the laundry basket. I’m going to enjoy the moment as it will be transitory!

I'm laughing at "sodding deer" @Peridot1. I like that particular swear and yet I don't use it enough. Sorry about your roses.

The gardening talk is getting a little too technical for me. I aim for tidy and I get nice surprises when anything actually grows. We have a healthy herb garden plus a few strawberries and some dog roses currently. The lawn is looking very scrawny thanks to lack of water and no mow May. The dandelions are also healthy though a bit leggy due to the conditions. The bees are happy and that's the main thing.

I am so sorry, I forgot to ask after your mum @FourSeasonsLobelia. She sounds like she is made of strong stuff!

I hope you got some sleep @Mumtobabyhavoc!

I too did a proper project today and cleared out the cupboard under the stairs. Otherwise a very lazy day!

Had been meaning to ask about your mum @FourSeasonsLobelia. Sounds like she is in good hands. And sounds like she is strong mentally which is great. (Thought of you yesterday as we planted Blue lobelias into pots.)

We had a nice chilled evening at the pub thanks @WinterFrogs. Food not amazing but nice and relaxed and came home and had a final glass of wine in the garden before an early night.

@Mumtobabyhavoc - that was a long list you got done! Hope you got some decent sleep.

Hope the discussion went well @petalpower. They are definitely more of a worry as they get older.

Today’s list here:

• dishwasher and kitchen
• laundry of some sort
• garden centre run to get a couple of pots and possibly some replacement plants for others*
• deal with roses - they need deadheading (the ones the sodding deer haven’t nibbled) and I need to remove the black spot bits and spray then feed with aspirin apparently. I have 8 roses in pots on the patio so that will keep me busy!
• plant two geraniums into small hanging pots on side of bbq area
• sweep patio steps - DH pressure washing that section of the patio today

The * plants replacement is because DH bought a load of plug plants earlier in the year (which I’m never keen on for various reasons) and the colours are not great. He of course would just use them but I’m a fussy bugger! The selection of supposed blue, white and purple petunias has yellow and pink coming through. Which won’t work in the corner they are meant for.

Have a lovely Saturday all.

Thnaks for asking @Mumtobabyhavoc

She has had all her pre-op testing some of which involved putting her under a general anaesthetic and they said she is in great shape for the actual operation. But not in good enough shape to be sent home from the hospital before the major op itself. So she is in hospital still and the date will most likely be Tuesday.

She and my father have insisted that I don't do the emergency dash now, but wait for when we were meant to go anyway as she will hopefully be on the mend and can really enjoy the trip with the DCs. So that's the game plan right now. With the caveat that if anything changes my father will tell me to drop everything and go there. It's such a tricky time with DH away and DS1 doing his GCSEs. DH can drop everything to come back if need be, of course, but if things end up being relatively routine then they prefer we stick to the original plan and have our summer holiday together as planned. (Well, not summer there of course).

I get an update twice a day by phone and she is in good cheer. She used to be a senior nurse so she is loving watching all the various procedures that they do on the screen (volunteered to be under sedation but awake for one so she could watch it herself, the mad woman).

I'm trying to remember the coloured sunscreen - it was that sort of zinc paste that cricketers put on their noses.

Today I will do a classic Daily Project. Collect all the broken pots for the tip. Collect all the other plastic pots I don't need anymore and put them by the gate for anyone who wants them. Our tip is like The Hunger Games at weekends so I'll book a trip for a weekday.

Best wishes to all on our lovely thread.

Muggy and oppressive are definitely appropriate words @Peridot1 and @petalpower! I have got rid of the headache and it is beginning to cool down a little here.
DH wants to eat out tonight, and I really don't. So we're not. Not that I'm stopping him, you understand. He doesn't have to LT(controlling)B. But I have taken root under a tree and not moving nowhere!

He doesn't really mind. He's watching golf on the telly.

Agreed about the big kids @petalpower. Sympathy and solidarity. Mine are proper grown ups now but the flying the nest process went in fits and starts. I'm often a step or two behind.

Have fun in the pub @Peridot1 😊

All good here thanks @WinterFrogs . DH is away on a course for his hobby for a few days so it’s a bit quiet although adult DC are around. It’s very humid here too. We keep getting a handful of raindrops but nothing more and the cloud cover is making it feel quite oppressive. I’ve been for a hair cut and colour today and did a bit of a multitasking trip whilst out. TG Jones (WH Smith) is closing in our town so everything was at crazily reduced prices. I managed to get 20 packets of Christmas gift tags and ribbons for £4. As DH is spending ££ on his course I felt justified in a trip to Marks and Spencer to buy treats for tonight. One of my adult DC has quite a big life decision to make which is causing stress throughout the house so there is wine currently chilling to get me through another evening of discussions. There’s a lot of procrastination on their part and I’m trying hard to remain calm. I thought the early years of parenting were hard but now their problems just get bigger and more complicated.

That sounds like a Very Good Plan @WinterFrogs. Sorry the heat is getting to you. It’s definitely muggy today.

I have downed tools also. Was up early today and had the dishwasher emptied by 6.30. Did over an hour planting pots this morning with DH, followed by a PT session at the gym. Then a short nap after lunch. Then some pottering about in the garden and the house. We are going to the pub for dinner so will tidy the kitchen quickly in a minute and it will hopefully stay that way for a bit.

Just had a Next delivery and realised they delivered a Next delivery for someone in the next village so am about to hop in the car and drop it off. It’s 2 minutes away.

Have a lovely Friday all.

Hello all!

It's humid here and i am full of headache! I have been out in it with the horses. @SingleThreadJoiner2 the ones with white markings on their faces tend to have pink skin around their nostrils and lips which is prone to burning 😔 @FourSeasonsLobelia I have never seen coloured sun cream - I must have led a sheltered life. I did once have a lovely bubblegum scented horse shampoo though. We use a tea tree one for the horses here.

Your yesterday sounds complicated @FourSeasonsLobelia. And @RunningKatie argh to forgotten homework and yay to sold toy!

👋 @watchPhone you have such a lot going on but it will be worth it! And @Peridot1 too!

❤️ @autumnangel 💐 I hope you had a fun adventure!

I hope you are feeling better @WideOpenBeaches 💓

@petalpower and @teachyourself how are you doing?

Hello @Mumtobabyhavoc you are an exceptional multi tasker and I always enjoy your pictures ( especially the coffees!)

I'm in survival mode here. The heat is beginning to get to me. I have some work calls to make and then i plan to down tools, shower, and sit in the garden.

Thank heavens it's Thursday evening. I am sitting supervising homework, 4 days till school goes back and dc1 has just noticed they have some. Bring back homework diaries! Everything being electronic makes it hard to check and me to chase up
Just put one of dc2's toys up for sale, it's got good resale value and I've said the proceeds are his so it's all been sorted this afternoon with zero effort from me.
I'm going to wipe down the inside of a kitchen cupboard as I emptied it earlier and it looks like someone shook a bottle of coke inside it. They haven't.....
The heat's gone a bit now, we had rain overnight and of course I'm at an outdoor event next week in predicted rain.

Hi all

Been busy here with garden stuff and the decorator back. And dealing with the heat. I love it but don’t like gardening in it. Although to be fair I don’t love it this hot really. But I refuse to complain.

House is a mess. I keep escaping to the living room as it the only room that is not a mess. Decorator has been painting two walls in the sitting area off the kitchen. We did one wall in dark blue last year and decided to carry the colour further around. So we had to move furniture and lamps and the tv. He is also painting a sideboard unit from pale gray to dark green so everything from that is on the dining table. And he missed most of yesterday as he was in agony with a toothache. Was hoping he’d finish today. Can’t wait till it is all done.

Sympathy to you on your bathroom @watchPhone/SoJ. It will be worth it I’m sure but it’s always such a big job.

Off to empty dishwasher and fold up laundry and take laundry in and hang more up.

Loads of achievements here both on the thread and Chez Lobelia!

Ive spent a ridiculous amount of time today trying to order white goods and other goods from AO. AO has been brilliant and I am exceptionally impressed with their customer service, because I was a Very Difficult Customer thanks to my bank witholding payments due to fears about fraud and trying to be on one phone with AO and on another with DH who was shouting specs at me on speaker phone and then on a third phone with Lloyds fraud saying yes I really DID intend to make these payments. (Lloyds are jumpy because my card got cloned about a month ago).

It was all quite fraught but okay now.

Now I am about to cook chicken curry. There might well be a glass of wine in there too.

Hello
bathroom guys here a week early so it is noisy and dusty here already. Thankfully it's much cooler. How come the second the bathroom is out of bounds everyone wants to use the loo 😄I have a banging headache with all the noise today. My 'while boiling the kettle' job is emptying the dishwasher and clearing of the worktops (usually condiments, tea towels and dirty cutlery 😄) It's become second nature now, as is moving from one room to another with my hands full of stuff.
Today

• the 'chuck in the skip' list was finally put in action
• SpiritDoggo is very distressed by all the noise and coming and going so is out on a long walk at the minute and is out at the groomers so will need to pick her up in an hour. She has got very matted legs after running in and out the lake the other day to keep cool.
• we had a thunderstorm last night so the yard is looking very bedraggled so need to pick up some pot plants and washing that was draped over garden furniture that is now on the floor.
• indoor plants need watering
• I was opening the patio doors this morning and one of the screws on the bolt has come off so need to fix that otherwise locking back up later will be tricky
• lots of deliveries coming today. We've had to go out and buy another toilet as the one we got wasn't suitable #grrrr - did that last night and that will arrive tomorrow.
• there is absolutely no food in the house - slim pickings for tea I will shoot out to the shop when I get a break
• my desk is out of bounds at the minute, so am working elsewhere on another untidy surface- maybe it's just me 😄So will tidy that up in a minute

@watchPhone - and the rest of you lovely lot - I cleared the cookies on my iPad about 10 days ago and don’t appear to be able to post under this username on it.

It’s still attached to my old or older username.
Still trying to figure it out 🤷🏼‍♀️

However I’ve been squinting at my phone and can keep the same persona on here if I use it.

I went down with a viral infection at the weekend. I won’t specify but taking a lot of meds and taking it easier this week.

Some great tales of your various projects… and that iced coffee @Mumtobabyhavoc looked LUSH. If I ever swing by your neighbourhood 😉 I may have to invite myself over.

So jobs I’ve done…

• washed a load of winter jumpers
• set my Power of Attorney up (not finished, but in motion)
• sent a very old but much loved high quality moth eaten cashmere sweater for repair
• figured out where a leak is coming from down into my kitchen. Or at least narrowed it down a bit…
• girding my loins to sort out my study. I have new furniture and storage arriving in the next couple of weeks
• also girding loins to assemble paperwork for accountant. I normally spin into a panic around the end of October.

Hope you’re all enjoying the weather. The temperatures is not sitting my optimum operating range at all! 🫠🫠🫠