The one with the brief glimpse of summer. It’s countdown to Christmas thread 3!

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Here it is!

What were we at 247?

Hope you feel better soon Internal.

It's apparently OpenReach Fluffy. They need to connect two gizmos together at the junction box

I'm over the confirmation (but need sleep to recover) - DD had a great day though!! And she loved the trip to the Gaeltacht (Irish college) with school a couple of weeks ago too (that meant DH and I had to drive 4 hours away and stay in a very quiet hotel nearby in awful weather for 2 nights - but she got there and enjoyed it and had no issues, and school recognized that we had done that for her, big time!). Work is absolutely manic still, but I can see some light coming at the end of the tunnel. DH work also manic - we talked this morning about how we've both been going at 120% the past 8 months. But we're trying to work on some exercise, eating at least moderately healthy, and getting more rest for the next few weeks to get back on track (I went up a stone again!).

I really must start to think about this Christmas a little - my planning has fallen apart on looking ahead (Christmas and other things), and I need to get back on track or it won't happen or will be manically stressful for everyone, which we don't need.

DH is flatly refusing to admit to DD the Christmas secret, he reckons she knows well (probably) but I'm worried that she's going into secondary school in September and may have a tiny amount of still believing, and be lambasted for it at some stage (and she's going to have a hard enough time as it is).

But we have agreed that we are staying at home this year, and doing the Christmas Eve swim again (I think DH really enjoyed it as a "start of the holidays" event, even if he only held towels). The problem this year is that 24th is a Monday, so theoretically both of us need to work the morning. I might just take it off anyway.

MrsMad, sorry to hear about Percy, at least it sounds like he didn't suffer.

Woolly, sorry to hear about the wifi problems, although I like the "accidental breakfasts" solution!!

And sorry to hear about all you ladies who are under the weather - I hope the sunshine today bleaches all those bugs to oblivion!!

Congratulations to your DD on her confirmation Biddy. What name did she choose? DS gets confirmed this summer and has chosen DH's name - we call him DH's mini-me and this confirms it (no pun intended)

She picked "Lucy" - out of a book of saints names they had in CI class at school and had informed the teacher of the choice (as a final choice) about 2 weeks before we'd even asked had she started thinking about it!! It's a nice name, just symptomatic of the amount of stuff we never hear about....!

Hey all! Am just about to have an hours nap on sofa while no ones here!... had lovely time with Mum and Auntie, which did include cake!! Got a new (well charity shop new) Joe Browns dress too 🙂. Hope your Monday’s have been less snotty lol. Will check in later I’m wiped so gonna catch a few zzzzzzzzz

Openreach are clearly rubbish then! BT customer service is utterly dire too. I hope they're actually trying to sort you out rather than just leaving you to it with no idea what's happening.

Other than the lack of internet, how's the house doing?

You're always so very busy, Biddy. I'm glad your DD enjoyed her confirmation. Lucy is a lovely name.

Lucy is a lovely name.

Had creamy peppercorn chicken with sautéed potatoes for lunch, picked the DC up, had tuna pasta bake with garlic bread for supper, both DC were in bed by 7.40, I've laid out uniforms and DD's PE kit, have put DS2's PE kit in the bag (DD wears hers under her uniform to protect her modesty), doing wash then bed. 😋🍗😋🐟👔👕👕👖👗👚😴

Random time to post but fell asleep again after tea and just woke up on recliner!
Lucy ... I like it Biddy
Woolly... we have ridiculous internet. Fine when main pc is off but as soon as its on you can’t use internet for anything else!! Which means as soon as pc goes on Ds in downstairs in 2 seconds to see if we can switch it off 😑
Back on to another 7 dayer now (sob) ..not sure how manage tomo as I’m still having to blow my nose literally every 5 mins and my throat feels like I’m swallowing glass! Just lots of water and plenty of strepsils. Think il also have a lemsip before I leave In morn.
Off to bed now to catch a couple more hours.

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Morning! Hope you feel better soon Internal.

Drinking coffee and watching BBC breakfast news when it starts. 😋

It's so cold!

Definitely a chilly start again. It's meant to be nice later though! ☀️☀️

Morning.. thanks buttocks! I feel awful, should have probably stayed at home but hey ho will see how it goes! Hope you all have a good one x

Yes it's cold but lovey and sunny! The weekend is looking warm too

It's getting much warmer for us after this week. Hurrah!

Same here Wreck. Forecast high of 15° today, but the torrential rain's back tomorrow. 💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧😭

I've just had a bacon baguette. 😋

The weather is gorgeous. I'm off to Tesco for a stroll at lunch.

We're forecast rain tomorrow, but only before lunch.

I had chicken in red wine and thyme sauce with potatoes in creamy garlic sauce for lunch. 😋🍗

Afternoon all.
Coughing and barking is the order of the day it seems , I am totally exhausted . I don't know how you are dragging yourself to work Internal really I don't , you have my full sympathy my dear .
It is so cold here I have my DH fleece on and am fully dressed underneath . The sun is shining but the wind is bitter. I am just sat watching the second Ep of Morse . I can't remember them so it is wonderful , l so loved it . I could not watch the last episode, too upsetting .
Missing Percy here, the house seems strange without him . I still can't figure out what happened . He just died in his sleep it seems . I have the other boy here by the side of me snoring his head off, it's a great comfort .
Hope all ok , normal service will be resumed shortly l am sure .

Hope you feel better soon too Mrs.

A family member is having a mental health crisis so I may disappear for a few days while I push for help and provide support. I am exhausted today so a huge crash / binge sleep is imminent, probably followed my a full blown cold (my bunged up feeling and sore throat didn't amount to much).

Biddy your life sounds so busy, I don't know how you keep going! Must say some of your travelling and work meetings sound so interesting. I would love to do the odd bit of travel for work but unfortunately my company don't send us very far

Ahh thank you Perfect and Handbag, well thank you everyone
Handbag hope you feel better soon and your relative is much better too.
for you too take care .

I hope the ill ones amongst us are better soon. Colds can be utterly miserable, can't they?

We've just got DS' school paperwork through. I can't believe my baby is off to school in September!

DD enters her last year in primary in September!

Picked the DC up, had Lancashire hotpot for supper, DS2's in bed, DD will go at 8.30. 😋😴