Anyone fancy a really boring chat?

[ISmellBabies]

There's a thread about boring conversations people had at Christmas. Sounds great. I have countless young children and haven't had an uninterrupted conversation in years! Let's have a boring chat now about anything you like. What time did old Mr so and so next door come home last night? Remember Mrs such and such whose son went to your school a gew years after you left? No? Well, she's dead now. Any particularly boring anecdotes will be re-told to all my boring relatives next Christmas, in a "I heard, from a friend of a friend..." kind of way. So what's your least interesting gossip?

DD's waiting for an app to download, DS2's trying to fall asleep in our bed.

Lost another tooth yesterday. Been discussing getting dentures with DH tonight. Feel too young for that! (Mid 40s)

I drove back from my mum’s around 1am this morning and the m25 was more busy than I was expecting!

My cat is sleeping on my lap. My 3 teenage/adult kids are home. We have fuck all financially... But I wouldn't change a single thing, right now.

I've run out of dog food and can't be arsed to walk the 500 yards to the shop so dog will have a leftovers treat for his breakfast tomorrow.

My father is here and driving me slowly up the wall. Distract me please. The large glass of red wine isn't helping.

Nobody else in our street has put the bins out. They should have been done on Wednesday, but with it being Christmas day they're now due to be emptied tomorrow.

Follow That Camel having finished, we are now watching the Two Ronnies' unseen footage and will doubtless go on to watch Christmas University Challenge which is on afterwards.

MrsMoastyToasty Our collection will be on Saturday this week due to the Bank Holiday, but only the recycling, not the wheelie bin.

I was pleased that we got a leaflet with 2020 collection dates on it because we didn't get one for 2019 and whenever was a Bank Holiday we had to work out was being collected when by looking at what the neighbours were putting out. Luckily the 2020 leaflet included Dec 2019 so we're OK for our Christmas waste collection data!

Dh bought me the wrong colour jumper for Xmas and is annoyed because he thinks I said I wanted that colour.
I didn't.
Camel makes me look like I'm dead.
I'm just about to clear up after the third day of hosting. It's been so much fun but I'm done now.
The cat is resting her head on my new slipper I think she thinks it's a new friend for her.

To have cheese and crackers or to remain on the sofa...

That's as far as my brain will take me.

I just made myself a nice dinner of leftovers before realising that I wasn't really hungry. I ate it anyway.

I'm roasting some potatoes and in another tray I'm doing honey glazed parsnips and carrots. Going to cook the remaining pigs in blankets shortly. Sort of like a roast but with no meat!
Went to my dad's today, was really looking forward to a fry up of yesterday's leftovers (we had xmas day dinner there yesterday)- but he'd left it all out overnight and never put it in the fridge! He said, "Nobody told me I had to do that!' He's 75.
So I'm home now cooking everything that didn't get cooked yesterday. Not going to eat it though. I'm going to let it cool, put it in the fridge and fry it all up tomorrow!

I'm wearing tights.

The budgies are making their pre-bedtime noise. Budgie #1 is hoping I'll let him out for a fly around, and is banging the door of the cage. Problem is he's a bit of a grump going back, so not sure it's a good idea.
Budgie #2 is trying to flirt with our only female. He wants to feed her, but she's not interested and keeps turning her back. So he then pulls her tail. She then turns round and squawks at him, and he retreats hurriedly.
The old pair are only interested in food. Ds gave them a new toy for Christmas. This is Very Suspicious.
However they have to go past it to get at the food. So going to the food has become a major operation of stealth.

In a minute I'll put the blanket over the big cage and take the old pair up to ds' bedroom for their his bedtime story.

Number one nephew likes drinking in the pub one town over, he won't say why. Number two nephew prefers the local, which has recently been done up but in a very modern way, so no use for us.

The new road into the village isn't actually quicker but it takes you past the shops so at least you've seen them now.

LeslieYep
I'm having the same predicament.
Food or sofa?

I’m wondering if next door neighbour got furniture for Christmas as they’ve been hammering and banging all afternoon. Or maybe they got up early to go to the sales for furniture. But I was up early and their car has been there all day. Unless her Dad took her to the sales, he does a lot for her. And he’s got a van.

Also, considering going to the tip tomorrow. Should I go first thing or hang on until late afternoon when the rush might have died down.

I wonder why my neighbours' curtains have been closed all day?

I've really enjoyed reading this thread with my hot chocolate.
Going to carry on reading my book now - Wrongful death by La Plante which I bought from a charity shop and finding it a bit of a slog to read, not really enjoying it and not even half way through it but I'm going to keep going and get to the end.

Actually I'm not - partner is about to join me in bed so we can carry on with an old Morse we recorded :) The book will have to keep.

Titchy Oooh! Huge hangovers? They're having an all day orgy? They're setting up a cannabis farm? They've got a new sofa that looks embarrassingly bad? So many intriguing possibilities.

My £3 slippers from B&M are toasty warm and so comfy.

I can hear when my neighbour upstairs flushes the toilet. Drives me mad......

@ScreamingValalalalahLalalalah

One of their cars is missing so think they're just out

Not sure why you'd close all the curtains though.

I can hear when my neighbour upstairs flushes the toilet. Drives me mad......

We can hear when next door turn on their bathroom light. Irritating.

@TitchyP I close all mine if I know I'll be out and coming home in the dark, and leave a light on. It feels safer somehow.

My DS is refusing sleep but also I CANNOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES PUT HIM DOWN. It results in instant full on screaming. So we've been cuddling since half six. Sounds cute but I was halfway through cleaning the bathroom and am starving and need a bath. He's also gone loopy when I tried to put him in the sling. Apparently it's not the same.

Things my in-laws said in a one day visit.
Me: are you not feeling good DH, I can drive home if need be.
FIL: you have a license and don't drive regularly? That's a massive mistake there you've made.

MIL: shall I pack this left over meat for you, cook?
ME: sorry, do you mean me? I won't thanks, as I don't eat much meat at home, DH might like it though if you ask him
MIL: yes but you're the cook and housewife so I'm asking you

FIL and MIL: That's way too many presents for dgd
MIL: DGD has got a cold because you alwaysfair don't wrap her up warm enough. Repeatedly.
MIL to DH whilst Im sitting right there and can answer myself: So is alwaysfair a vegetarian or vegan now or what?
MIL to me: so why are you eating less meat then, have you lost weight? If not, Why are you doing it?
FIL and MIL: your school choices for DGD are wrong. (We haven't chosen yet, we just explained the options)

If that isn't boring enough, there was an ambulance outside for ages today but I couldn't see which neighbour it was.
The other neighbours have got more bins as they produce so much rubbish and they have put them in front my house.
I wonder how I can get rid of this cold in time for my week of holiday starting on Saturday.