Come and tell us your dull and unexciting news 35: Calmly through the day

[Mumtobabyhavoc]

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A quiet and friendly corner of MN to share the very dull day to day happenings of our lives. No criticisms, political discussions or controversies here - unless it is along the lines of "scone" v "scahn" and jam or cream first. Then it's gloves off! 😁

How did this start? I have found v.2, but not the original:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/chat/4006800-Come-and-tell-me-your-dull-and-unexciting-news-THE-SEQUEL?page=1

Tried to catch the Aurora last night and tonight and only got very poor photos. Was so cloudy...
Suppose to be good again in about 4 or 5 days so i hope for no cloud....

I love this thread and hope it’s ok for me to join in .
My dull news is we definitely need a new mattress ! I think that’s why I’ve been waking in the middle of the night .
Have decanted to the spare room and the mattress is lovely and soft and comfortable.
Will definitely need to have a chat with DH !

I missed it, too!

Just stay in the spare room 🫣🤣

Welcome 😊
@Bonkers1966 @CrikeyMajikey @farmlass @ImDoneOnceAndForAll2 @LapisBlue @MorphingintoMargo @Poddingtonpeace

How did you find us?

Wowzers math 😱😱😱😱😱

farmlass could you swap your mattress with the one from the spare room?

Sadly we have a king sizeand the spare is a diuble

What a shame!

“How did you find us?”

On the ‘active’ page. Longtime mumsnetter anyway ( on and off), so have seen these threads before. Just needed a break from all of the Trump/politics/ WW3/Beckham threads and this thread is lovely and soothing.

Anyway, have woken up with a cold (was a bit of a snot monster overnight), so visit to the charity shop is postponed. A quiet day at home is called for.

Found you on active page. Wanted something non toxic that was unlikely to descend into a bitch fest. Glad I found you.

You've come to the right place. This thread is like neighbors chatting over tea while the kids play. It's very friendly and calm.

I slept till 6.30 when I needed the look and DH had already got up. Then slept till 10.30. I am in pjs today.

I do have to call the car finance company and explain I won't be paying for a service plan for a car I sold to them five days after the plan was taken out.

But otherwise relaxation all day. Dentist tomorrow morning at 9.45 (I'd better set an alarm) and I've just been given a telephone appointment for ENT for Saturday morning.

@MrsSPenguins DD and I are fans of the Below Deck franchise, although not fans of watching the bed hopping and drunken nights out. We like watching the badlybehaved guests and guessing the tip at the end. Some of the food is out of this world. I am in awe of some of the meals the chefs make in such a small space. We've got 2 weeks to catch up on as DD got back last night from her trip away.

@mathanxiety your morning routine was exactly the same as mine, including the times, very strange.

@Mumtobabyhavoc I love aquariums, which are so different now than when my children were small. We used to go to an aquarium which was in the basement of a library and was just fish in tanks in the walls. Upstairs though was an art gallery and museum which we regularly visited. We loved them, me, because they were free!

We regularly used to get mail for someone at the same address, but a different town. The mother had the same first name as me and her son and daughter had the same name as mine! Their mail was not good and I had visions of undesirable people turning up on my doorstep. They used to get parcels delivered to them, instead of us. They claimed a garden bench of mine, luckily the driver informed me of the delivery and he went and got it back. They didn't even have a garden!

Good to see new posters on here. I love reading what people get up to. My day is getting better now the painkillers have kicked in. I might make it downstairs in the next hour!

Well, despite the cold, my colleagues and I are all expected to show some backbone and make it to work tomorrow. We are all hoping for burst pipes or a failure of the heating system.

Hoping you get at least one stay home day Math. 🧊

Late evening pancakes... 😂
(choc chip oatmeal)

Hello you lovely nest of dull vipers. It has been a whilst since I last posted. I have lurked a bit but also missed several threads completely.

@Mumtobabyhavoc I see you are taking the first step towards a life revolving around ponies and pony mad girls. It’s so much fun. Please pay the pony tax with a piccie, obviously after Havoc and baby Havoc have dismounted.

@hildatablet The first car I ever owned was one of the deflated mini coopers. I inherited it and used it to get to and fro my first job.

On the EV discussion my DH and I both drive them. It started with DH, who is car mad getting one of the first Teslas sold in this country. He liked it but we had lots of repairs under warranty so didn’t want to keep it. He part exchanged it against a new one.
When he was first driving the EV I had a small manual car which we used for long journeys. At the time the charging network was very sporadic and a bit random.
A John Lewis van then smashed into my car writing it off. This forced me to make a quick decision on my next car. I bought a small EV as dh’s new Tesla has a bigger range and charges quickly, so fine for long journeys. The network of chargers is also much better with some at pretty much all service stations.
Our electric bill obviously went up even with the overnight rate. So next we installed solar panels and batteries. We charge the cars and batteries overnight at the cheap rate and run the house off the batteries and solar as much as possibly.
If all continues as it has been we will have made back our investment in the first 7 years.
We have one charger which was installed and the grid connection upgraded to cope. If both cars need charging overnight we plug one into our outdoor socket. If charges slower but generally fine.

Sorry for such a long post 🤣

Welcome to all of the newbies and delurkers. We always get some when a new thread starts. I hope you keep reading about our dull news even if you don't post your own.

It was a bit warmer yesterday, so DH and I went for another walk by the Hudson River. There was a lot more ice on it than the last time we went, and we saw lots of birds. I have a huge pair of Army-surplus binoculars that we brought along. The first picture shows a heron and two gulls. We also saw an American eagle with the binoculars, but it was too far away to get a picture. It was a juvenile. You can tell because adults have a ring of white feathers around their faces.

The current forecast for Sunday's massive snowstorm is 14 inches. The storm is so big that I understand it's made the news in the UK. Fortunately, DS will be here to help clear the driveway. For all the newbies, I live in an exurban area called the Hudson Highlands, about 40-50 miles north of New York City. Because we live in an area with relatively low population density, we're on two acres of land and have a huge driveway. It's about 150 feet long and has parking spaces for three cars, plus the bit by our two-car garage. It's a big job to clear the driveway when it snows. We do have a small Honda snowblower, which helps a lot.

DS has something to celebrate. He's taken a new job with a 15% pay increase and better benefits at a law firm. He's a tax accountant. And even better, it's a five-minute drive or a 20-minute walk from his new flat, so it's a win all around. We're taking him out to a posh restaurant for dinner on Saturday to celebrate.

For some reason, my link to the Hudson Highlands wikipedia page keeps getting deleted when I post it within the text, so I'll try putting it here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Highlands

I just taught my 11 week old puppy to do fetch and drop the ball !!

Hi all. Not working this week as under the weather- agency = no pay. Thought I'd have my nails done but had to cancel due to stomach issues😕. Trying to do a jigsaw puzzle- am not particularly good at these, but find them relaxing. Going to start a new book. Weather terrible

Its quite rainy here today but tomorrow is forecast no rain all day so we will do more garden path work. DS (asd) walks so much on our garden some of the lawn has turned to mud and yesterday he seemed to have found a new game of run in the mud and slide.

Great news about your DSs job @MissConductUS

Sorry about the no pay @BCBird hope you feel better soon.

Good morning, everyone. The temp has dipped below zero to -1c which is a surprise!
I've been awake for about two hours, so have been listening to podcasts. The third one has just started. I need to get back to sleep. It's just about 5:30am. Will check-in later. 🩷

Got in touch with the doctor’s yesterday afternoon because I was a bit worried about my leg. I sent an online message and five minutes later the receptionist rang me and said I had an appointment this morning. They took a swab and I have to carry on with the antibiotics, and go back to see the nurses in the treatment room next week for different dressings. There is a two year wait for the vascular clinic, but I’m looking at going private, but not quite sure what to look for, so doing a bit of research.

Quite tired today, possibly because I didn’t sleep well worrying about medical visits. However, it’s the final of the Traitors tonight and DD and I have watched and enjoyed this series so far.

Tell your ds well done from us mumsnetters MissC I remember his angst over previous career decisions so it’s nice to hear he is progressing.
No spoilers please on the Traitors, dd and I are watching it but a little behind. No doubt I will see the results but she probably won’t.

My dull news of the day is that my ds failed his driving theory test. The cocky little shit went in very confident but luckily I told him it would be no problem if he failed. He got pretty much all the multiple choice questions right. Then he had to do a hazard awareness test. He said the screen was swimming and he couldn’t concentrate, plus was annoyed it hadn’t been covered by the DVLA app. I said I was surprised it wasn’t and he got his phone out and found there was a “hidden” section on this.
Trouble is there will probably be a 4 week wait to rebook it. Then you can only book your practical test once it is passed and there is roughly a 6 month wait for this. He is desperate to gain his independence but I am happy he will have someone in the car with him for a while yet.

See if you can just cancel the cheque, or direct debit. Sometimes though these things end up on credit cards and you have to phone up.