Mundane chat thread. Routine. Normal. Grounding.

[MelAndShoe]

Post some general boring, everyday, normal shit going on on your life/home. Amusing stories welcome to.

Only rule = no mention of CV, there is a whole topic for that.

I'll start. I used a different washing powder. Pro - it smells nice and must be same one as someone I'm friendly with as reminds me of them! Con - it's made my nose all allergenic. Back to the supermarket own brand one for me.

I think Millie Bobby brown would’ve made an excellent Amy in little women
She had more of the right build , well as the way I picture her.

Am sat outside in the car waiting for DD to finish school, it's raining heavily. Reminds me I need to buy her new school shoes.
She's off to her first sleepover today. I'll be home alone. Can't decide what to have for dinner.

I'm cwtched on the sofa under my favourite blanket and debating whether to go and have bubble bath.

The WelshcakeCats want go out but it's dark and cold so I'm not letting them. If they reliably came back again I might consider it, but I'm not in the mood to chase them round a muddy lawn at 11 o'clock tonight.

I'm going to eat an Easter egg when having a bath so the toddler doesn't see. Who is still up as my dearest dh let her nap late. As in 5pm. So he's dealing with her as she's now woke grumpy and won't eat despite being hungry.

I tried an online stylist this week. They sent me a dark green faux fur jacket and I LOVE IT!!

I bought some orange Club last week ‘just to have them in’. Ya’know. An 8 pack. Hadn’t had one since childhood. Opened them yesterday as I was ‘tidying’ cupboard. Bloody hell they are good ! Only three left. Also ate one of my Mr Toms. I seem to have a sweet tooth after all !!

Well intentioned - you write beautifully. Good luck with your treatment and hope you are feeling much better soon.

In mundane news I went for a walk with DS 11 who is the light of my life. So pleased he came with me!

I’m sitting on the sofa with a gin and tonic, next to the fire. It’s been a long week and I’m really glad it’s the weekend!

Best wishes to wellintentioned

I am currently craving watermelon after reading the comments upthread, but eating mildly disappointing tinned pears instead. I am watching some TV chef cooking mussels. DCat (who doesn't snore, but does breathe heavily in her sleep now she's getting older) is licking her lips after having some dinner. Trying to motivate myself into doing something productive... failing...

My cat is curled up on my shoulders whilst I sit at the dining table and fill in reading records. She also regularly rides round on my shoulders when I'm walking around the house. Fine if I have a hoody on. Not so much fun if I'm wearing a thin t-shirt.

DS2 (age 6) moved up to stage 4 in swimming last week and thus week DS1 (8) moved up to stage 6. So I'm proud mum at the moment.

Other mundane news. Yesterday I was completely uninspired for dinner so offered the DC a picnic tea of sandwiches, crackers etc. They thought I was the best mum ever. Today the whole family got a McDonald's on the way back from DS2s swimming lesson. I had a chocolate milkshake, which I've not had in years. It was bloody lovely. We'll give them so fresh stuff tomorrow...

Oh, and I have a mixture of songs in my head - Killer Queen, and Adele's Laughing Song (no idea why).

@MelAndShoe

Thank you so much for starting this, it's very soothing. May it be the first of many.

My news: I'll wash my hair tomorrow not tonight, as I'm too tired.

My new skirt from White Stuff is my new favourite. I'm wearing it now, even though I haven't taken the label off yet.

I've got a new app for tracking how much water I drink, it sends me reminders throughout the day. It works!

@Mitsouko67 and @sockittome123 , thank you .
Today , DS3 and his GF came by and helped me start to construct a raised bed , some steps and a wildlife pond with twenty-five railway sleepers .
I found a big old toad in a bucket of water so put her somewhere safe and told her to hang on to her eggs for a little while - there will be somewhere new to lay them very soon .

DH and I are off to B&Q tomorrow to get some paint and new rollers. We went up into the loft today to check what we already had. It was lovely being up there as we found some toys that will be great for our little grandson when he gets older.
Boring normality with some laughs

I met my sister today for the first time in a while, so nice to catch up
I'm now drinking my cup of tea and reading this lovely thread on my bed waiting waiting for my tinnitus to please calm down before bed.

@Wigeon I was thinking that. The R4 thing was the one where people could send in their own personal news item for the day, but it had to be in one sentence, or a certain number of words. Some were hilarious, some were deeply touching.

@BabbleBee....what did you say to your bully ?
I'm rubbish at speaking up for myself but once , when my stalker reestablished contact with me after a thirty year interval I emailed to him a kind of victim impact statement .
I was quaking in my boots when I pressed 'send' but oh , it felt so good and I am SO brave !

I've just spent roughly £50 on Revlon lipsticks (as I don't need to keep back the money for what I originally intended it for) and bought a CD I want. I also bought more tea when I went into town today. What is wrong with me? Is there a tea addicts anonymous I can sign up for? I did get quite a lot of said lipsticks, so it was worth it.

Also my FWB is ignoring me (again), and I saw my ex-H for the first time since last July. My feelings are a little bit confused today! I left my ex-H 18 months ago, I'm going to ditch my FWB too if he doesn't get his act together soon. I think my ex misses me, but I don't miss him.

Hello again. I’ve been waiting all day to find out about a job interview I had this week. Heard nothing which is very annoying.

I did however order another ring, I ordered two on Thursday as well! I do NOT need any more jewellery but I do love them.

I’ve come up to bed but I’m not very tired, I should try sleep as DS usually wakes up early.

@SapphireSeptember I too have a FWB, my first ever. I often feel I message him too much, can’t see him this weekend which is rather annoying too. Glad to see you don’t miss your ex, that’s a good thing hopefully?

This is my first FWB too, (and only the third person I've slept with) and I don't quite know what the protocol is. He was the one who initiated the whole thing, but he hasn't been talking to me as much lately as he used to (and he hasn't been to visit me since January!) I do see him fairly often as we work in the same place, but we're keeping quiet about the whole thing because office gossips are the worst.

It is, I was with my ex for nearly 12 years (married for four) and I left cos he was ignoring me. I had to go round to his because the ticket for the gig I'm going to got sent there instead of where I live now, and he seemed really pleased to see me, and gave me a hug and a kiss when I went home. Dredged up a lot of feelings I've buried ruthlessly, (mostly how miserable I was during most of the time we were married) so I came home and had a little cry. I've been feeling very lonely the past few months because spending time with my FWB has reminded me of what I'd been missing in my last relationship, but he doesn't want us to be in a proper relationship (fair enough) and I think it's far too soon for me to get into another one anyway. I'm still trying to heal from my ex. Other things are not helping either. My family live miles away and I miss them but I don't want to move back because I like it here.

I'm sorry, that was long. I do like to rabbit on, especially when I'm tired.

pot noodle for dinner... so awful... so good...

Awake with painful throat (3 fucking weeks of this, waaaaah!). Spent the evening re-dyeing my hair as I'd done it a horrible mousy colour by accident (wanted blonde as per). But the new shade has also come out mousey too (has nice n easy changed it's colours or am I virus-ly incompetent?).

Am lying in bed waiting for paracetamol to work and wondering what to wear to a posh dinner tomorrow and how much wine I'm going to need to anaesthetise my throat to get through it

by the way, had to dash downstairs to grab more painkillers and was halfway down in pants and shirt when remembered that DDs BF is staying, was paranoid he'd bump into me on the landing, take one horrified look, think 'god that's what DD will look like in 30 years', dump her and it will be all my fault. But a) I fear I'm overthinking that and b) I didn't bump into him because everyone is asleep. Which I should be. Really need to sleep !

Woke up feeling like complete crap this morning (not ill but bad mental state). I got up though and have managed to

Have a bath
Brush teeth
Referee kids on xbox
Have a coffee
Unload dishwasher
Clean out revolting shower drain

Today is going to be a baby steps day. Banging headache and puffy eyes. I'm proud of managing the above.

I'm going to see a man about a kitchen. Then I'm going to saw a massive hole in the back door to fit the cat flap and mop the floors upstairs. I hope my hangover lifts