Come and tell me your dull and unexciting news 31: Calmly through the day

[MissConductUS]

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I don't know if it is my eyes , astigmatism or nails....or just my phone .....
But I am really struggling lately to tap the correct letters !

It is like I am alwys doing the letter next to the one I want to tap !

My jenga style of putting all the mugs away let me down tonight 😭.
Ds mug fell out and broke 😢.

So ...I have been on the hunt for something similar.

Seems a bit silly to give them all hot chocolate sac6yreat for Christmas..if no nice mugs to go with them !

Found a lovely site and bought them all a new one to go with their sachets.

My problem now is.....

I can buy ds1 a nice hot chocolate mug and not buy his gf one as well !
That's just mean 😂.

So I seem to be buying things in 4 's
now !

But I am definitely done now !!

Pj bottoms for them and that is it !

Bizzey, try turning phone off/on and also make sure latest update has been loaded.

Havoc ..u don't think I can blame my phone for everything!

I do think my misalignment is to blame ! 😂.

I am fortuitous in my old age that my nails still grow very well .

And I am naughty ..and let the grow for fun !
Then file them off ...and start again !

But they are a bit much at the moment.

Ds has said ...he can hear me tapping!

@bizzey
Oh Gawd. We are alike! I am terrible on the keyboard! However, in the nail department I am not so fortunate. My nails are dreadful. Full of ridges, split, just horrible!

@bizzey

Dunno about bizzey but I am dizzey! I read your post and saw my name and thought I had posted it and wondered why I was telling everyone else about a toffee caramel cake! Duh!

As you were.....

Weird, now your post seems to have gone???!!!

No ...my post is still there 😂!

And strangely enough.....I am finishing off the last slice of the cake right now 😂😋!

For a cheap shop bought CO -OP sponge ....it was really nice !

I will definitely be getting it again if needed any maybe trying out the coffee one !

Just watching an interview with Juno Temple. Hoping Ted Lasso season 4 happens!!! 🤞

Tummy is in knots tonight and I am not quite ure why !

I think I have said on this thread and in real life how happy and smug i am that my boys are so close and get on really well ...

Well ....they are off on a little city break tomorrow together....and my tummy is in bits .

The only time they have flown together is when I have been with them ....
So if the plane goes down ...we all go !!

This is just feeling so weird ...that the 3 of them are off without me !

Obviously...very good and positive and stuff.......

But ohhh my god.....
Are they going to look out for ds3 ?.
Are they really going to get to the airport in time ?
Are they......

I know I am being ridiculous and irrational....

Soo....
I decided to waste some time by ironing some t shirts for ds3 to squish up into his small carry on rucksack 😀 😀!

I put 6 pies of pants on his bed...

He said he was only going for 3 days ....

I said ..be prepared....

😍😂😂!

Havoc, Apple TV+ just became available through Amazon Prime Video, and I'm thinking of dropping Paramount Plus and getting it instead. Is it really that good?

Bizzey, I'm glad I'm not the only one doing their son's laundry. I also drop it on his bed.

The first picture is the view coming down my street in front of my house. It's like driving through a golden tunnel. The sun on the reservoir was really pretty today. It was a bit windy, so the light reflected off of the little waves the wind made.

But, did you pack condoms, Bizzey? 😃🤷‍♀️🫣

At the other end of the spectrum I'm trying to get out the door to take my two dc to a pumpkin patch. Two hours trying... 🤦‍♀️

No condoms 😂🤦..

I am trying to explain to ds that

7 t- shirts and 1 pair of pants is not the best combination for a 4 night trip away 😂😂!

Ohhh bless him 😍..
He has just come up with a cup of tea for me 🤩.
(Wrong mug and no sugar ...but hey ...I am drinking it !)

@bizzey

Enjoy your cup of tea! Don't worry, your boys will be fine! They may even text you though boys are not great at that, I know.

Worry more about all that cake you are eating!!!

We're having a lovely, crisp autumn day here. I spent Thursday evening and the dawn hours on Friday shifting everything off my deck as there were power washers arriving at 8am on Friday. LL sent word late on Thursday afternoon... Anyway, some plants are now indoors and some are in the three season porch. The deck furniture and spare flowerpots are in the backyard under a tree. My legs and back are feeling the effects of all the heavy lifting and I'm not looking forward to bringing it all back up again when the sealing of the deck is finished some time in the coming week.

I went to the Farmers' Market this morning, the last one of the year, and bought seven small, warty, knobbly-looking gourds in shades of pale yellow, orange, and green, which have now been washed and dried and arranged on the mantelpiece. I'm going to see if I can scoop out their innards after Hallowe'en and dry them, and maybe plant the seeds next spring.

DD is at a Hallowe'en event downtown and might take the train home. It's nice to have the place to myself. I bought some doughnuts at the market too - cinnamon apple flavour, delicious.

Off on a 2wk work trip and downloaded Rivals on the Disney+ app.

Math, donuts sound delicious!!!

I've just hoovered pancakes with white choc chips, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries with whipped cream. Sipping a cold milk latte. Perfect cool weather brunch. 😛😛😛

@bizzey I'm sure DSs will be fine sounds like they are amazing young men.
@Umanresources your birthday sounds amazing, glad you were able to be with family and friends.
@Mumtobabyhavoc I am also not a fan of sweet potato but the soup looks lovely.
I am, however, a lover of fish and chips, especially with curry sauce.
@DandyDandylion I don't generally like going to the cinema but it is quite nice going alone. I went last Christmas to a Nutcracker Ballet live streaming.
@mathanxiety I love autumn. @MissConductUS your photos are lovely.
Been a very fraught week in work as had to do extra hours and will have other time off as they will not pay extra. Went for a walk today whilst waiting for DS's game to start, it was lovely and autumnal. Going to my parents' tomorrow with DSs after DS2 has played. Trying to get them organised - we are only going for two days!

Ok Brits, your food combos are crossing the line into bizarre. Sprouts, curry sauce? That sounds like a throw together after a late night at a club. 😱
And don't get me started with your obsession with beans on toast...

(Totally light-hearted, btw) 😃

Gorgeous pics, btw Sprouts! 😄

Havoc .. you don't know what you are missing ith our curry sauce in our fish and chips 😄...and beans in toast has been a staple " cant be bothered to cook " meal since ...well ..forever 😂...!
I add cheese as well and 30 secs in microwave to melt it !

Boys have arrived !

Well ..the plane has 😂.

I was quite impressed it arrived early.
I had the flight details and was looking at departures to see if it was delayed or not or cancelled as they had booked with Wizzair .

Well all the flights at that time were delayed ..by quite a bit ...but their flight took off on time ...and ...arrived 20 mins ahead of schedule 😲!

I always have an extra bit of worry for ds3 ...but once I knew he was with one if the others I felt better.

I was asking him something as he was leaving ...he looked at me and said .." Mum ! We are all fully grown adults now "
I replied .. " yes ...but I am not .....so humour me " 😂😂!

He actually laughed!

I have enjoyed doing a sort out ..and spreading my self to his room !

I had his bedding stripped even before he got on the bus to the station! 😂