Need a hand hold -Part 3

[Imbluedalale]

Hi spoonies , welcome to new thread , thank you so so much for supporting me .

Good morning Spoonies. Another 4am peri wake up. I think I'm losing my mind a bit 😂
I'm hoping to pull myself together to head to town later and have a few cocktails. It could go either way.
@Imbluedalale glad you're considering being open with the kids. I think you will all benefit. They are more resilient than we give them credit for most of the time.
The weather is so mild here right now....does that mean it's going to turn I wonder. Like the calm before the storm!

@Munchyseeds2 , morning lovely I hope you had a good sleep . Here is the butter chicken recipe . You can do it in pan but it does taste better in a slow cooker.

Ingredients:
4 large skinless chicken fillets (your meant to use chicken thighs but in not a fan of thighs especially my own )
Vegetable oil
2 tps butter
3 gloves garlic (I’m lazy and use lazy garlic paste)
1 x chopped onion
1 tube tomato paste (yes full tube)
curry powder
2 tps curry paste
1 can coconut milk
1 mug of Greek yoghurt
salt

Instructions :
Gather all ingredients

Heat oil and butter together

add chicken , onion and garlic for appprox 12 mins

add tomato paste, curry powder , curry paste

transfer to slow cooker and add the coconut milk and yoghurt ( but wait until it’s not hot otherwise yoghurt will curdle)

add salt

cook on high for 6 hours or if going out for day put on slow for 8 hours

serve with rice and naan xx

Good morning @nornironlady , I’ve already said morning but morning again 😂
I think you should definitely go for cocktails you will enjoy it . I’m getting sofa delivered today which I’m looking forward to and my mum and dad are coming later.
I have decided to tell kids , honestly is the best policy isn’t it but I’m going to tell them it’s just a blip and I am being positive about it all and staying as strong as can be .
We are meant to get really bad snow here from next week so I’m glad that apart from my hospital appointment on Monday I’m staying indoors for rest of week xx

At least someone else is awake at this ridiculous hour! Oh brilliant on the sofa. You can get all settled and cosy this evening on it. Lovely.

Sounds like a good day ahead. Let your parents look after you.
Totally agree, you can choose the language and tell them as much or as little as you want. They don't need every detail.
Your daughter comes tomorrow then? I'm so excited for you @Imbluedalale 💗

My mums made me paranoid in case she rings and I’m in the land of nod . She thought I’d either fell down the stairs yesterday or been abducted by aliens. I think she was quite disappointed about the alien bit.
Ive been reading a sad story about a girl in Australia who was 14 and ended her life because she was being bullied . Then I went down the rabbit hole and ended up watching hockey stretches.
Yes my daughter comes tomorrow but she can only stay a few nights a week until Christmas as she’s very busy at restaurant she works at with all the shows until then xx

@Imbluedalale can you not put a special voice mail message on....if its you Mum, I'm sleeping!
That was some serious rabbit hole 😂 I seen Oz are banning social media for kids. It's so harmful and Meta, Tiktok etc have piles of data to prove it.
That sounds about normal for a 17 year old out working and doing her own thing. By my early 20's, days would go by before I seen my Mum at home. Just out living our lives.

Good morning spoonies ….
I hope you are all well, has anyone got any plans for the weekend?
I have been on it this morning, I spritzed my kitchen , hoovered all rooms , mopped room and kitchen , cleaned bannister and stairs and just about to do bathroom. I didn’t want to do all that but mother is coming later and she’s quite blunt . Yesterday on video call she said I look tired and pale and to put some make up on so god help me if there’s any dust or splotches anywhere. Anyway I’m glad I have done it now.
Has anybody seen the Aldi Christmas advert? Not the main one they have brought out another it is hilarious 🤣. M&S tried to sue Aldi a few years ago for copyrights of their Colin the caterpillar cake as Aldi had brought out Cuthbert the caterpillar. Anyway M&S lost the case and Aldi was allowed to carry on selling cuthbert the caterpillar. Aldi have filmed their staff outside an M&S singing a Christmas carol but adding cuthbert into it and one of them is dressed as a caterpillar 🤣🤣🤣xx

I tried calling mum earlier and she didn’t answer. She’s just rang me back and i said ‘where have you been I thought you had fallen down the stairs’ 🤣🤣🤣
I saw that Oz is bringing in a law where under 16’s are unable to use social media xx

@Imbluedalale laura you are putting me to shame with all that cleaning! despite kitty waking me up 6am i have only juat decamped from the bed to the sofa 🤣 x

Well I’m still in bed waiting for my cup of coffee! Yes I am looking at you, husband. He bloody gets carer’s allowance for me. Bout time he earnt it, I say. 😜

Please don’t think that today is a regular occurrence. It’s not! I have been lazy the last 2 days xx

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣xx

Rest easy @Imbluedalale I’ve got it now. 😂

Tell hubby you’ll get the spoonies onto him xx

Yeah - with our gynormous spoons! 😂
(I think he's fighting.)

Yeah! Trouble is we possibly bent all the spoons on @Imbluedalale‘s Dear Dickhead ex.

Morning Laura and all the Spoonies 🌞
Well you are really on it with the housework today Laura. I could probably be described as more of an I’ll get to it when I can/am motivated to do it where housework is concerned, but there is nothing more motivating than knowing someone is coming to visit. Then I am like speedy Gonzales whipping the hoover around and tidying 🤣
@Apolloneuro glad you have your coffee 😃
Enjoy snuggling on your lovely new sofa Laura, you will be so comfortable now.
Hav3 a good day everyone, enjoy the milder weather while you have it 🌼🌼🥄

What is it with cats and boxes. Immediately jumps in.

@Apolloneuro spitting image of my little furball. If there's a bag, box, or blanket to get into or under then he's there!
I wouldn't have a pet at home for year as I remember my cat being run over as a child and it scarred me for about 30 years. I learned they can help SEN kids so here we are. I think I'm harder now, I'm really not........😂

This one is our princess. We can’t go to bed until she’s in, but she’s very good at coming when called. Now she’s gone to sleep in it. The amount of money I’ve spent on unused beds and cat trees 🙄

Forgot the photo.

my bear is way too human like most of the time now with it just being the 2 of us since lockdowns (god seems a lifetime ago) but everynow and again even though shes 19 now ahe behaves like the most adorable kitten. i have a great video from last christmas when my parents over did the cat nip presents and she stole the bag and is dragging it across the room trying to climb in! xx god i love that furry beastie x

Caught under the influence of catnip. Love it!

@Apolloneuro our furball came very well trained. I needed it with all the stress in our house 😂 he's a dream in comparison to the lads. Apart from going in and out like a yo-yo. I'm considering changing the extra wide patio doors for a slimmer version with space for a catflap. First time I've admitted it to anyone 😂
@spoonfulofmustard lock down feels like a lifetime ago that still affects me everyday. My son and school as well as my own motivation. I can see why pets were a godsend for many. Mine is only 8 months old.

Hello lovely
Thank you for the recipe, I will give it ago (Inc the tube of paste!)
Love anything curry in this house and I'm tring to get ahead with cooking and freezing so I have some meals for 🎄
Enjoy the new sofa!

When we got our first house my mum Came round and ran her finger along the top of something to find dust....how v rude!!
I told her to pack it in 😂

Had some workmates round last night for a bit of a get together....it was a bit of a late night for us (11.30!) So feeling a bit tired today ....I'm getting old!