I’m dreaming of a cold Christmas! It’s countdown to Christmas thread 5!

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Wooo!!

Constantly that's a nice idea!

Fluffy I used to take amitriptyline for hmm can't remember what now. Nerve pain probably. Anyway I found it helped.

I'm awake silly early today probably because I'm excited for my Ikea trip dd is coming with me and we will be popping into west quay shopping centre too. Also it's 1st September!! Proper autumn 🍂 and no one can say 'but it's only August' when I mention Christmas

It's the first day of autumn hooray! I am lying in bed waiting for DS to wake up which is almost unheard of. When do I start to panic?!

Don't! Lie in bed and relax. I try and do that. I set my alarm for 50 minutes before I think DS2 will get up, he gave me exactly an hour this morning!

He is awake now :)

Morning! Got more sleep last night. Wooo!

Wreck, mine is for the nerve pain caused by the impingement. So nerve pain sounds right!

I used to be like that, Red. Now I just will them to stay asleep as long as possible!

It's too summery for September! Feels like a late spring morning.

I'm happy as now it's September no one can say it's too early to start planning Christmas!

It's cold in the mornings here in London, 13° when I woke up, but it's supposed to get up to 23°.

Morning! Happy -ber months are here! Taking W to the movies to see Hotel Transylvania. Not my thing, but I can sit in the dark mainlining sugar just as well as anyone.

Hope the pain eases, sounds awful. Have you seen the pain clinic?

Not yet. That's the joint clinic job, to decide where next! Long-winded process!

I love the -ber months. My favourites!

Happy September everyone!.

We’re making cakes tonight then are going to my nans for her birthday party so a busy day today!.

Hooray it is the first day of my favourite part of the year . Happy day !

Dd gone to a scouts event all day, so dh and I having done lots of her shopping this morning (extra uniform needs etc), he is now mending the shed in peace and I am making a curry feast to match he autumnal feel!

I'm knackered! Grand Plan in full swing!

So far I've painted the masonry window ledges / lintels at the front of the house, weeded the front and back, swept front and back and generally tidied the garden areas.

It looks amazing now, but I need a shower now!

Sounds like you're being productive, Biddy.

Have spent the day in Ikea. Am knackered now. Matalan has lots of Christmas bits out but I was too tired to look.

Ooh you all sound so busy! We were away last night so haven't long got home. Both me and DH are very tired and I think I'm coming down with something - I have that pain in the side of the throat when I swallow that usually means my immune system is low and something is coming 😷
No housework for us today, instead I'm about to have a lovely bubble bath and put pjs on and struggle to keep my eyes open while DH cooks something nice for tea.

You have all inspired me and I have tidied the shed and garden. Don't have a before picture but everything was just piled up and reached about a third up the height of the shed.

Happy September everyone! I bounded into Starbucks earlier to buy something autumn-y but it was still the summer menu! Don't they know its the first of September. We need wooly jumpers, boots and pumpkin spice lattes damn it!!

Had chocolate pancakes and Disney Cars cereal for breakfast, gammon hock in cider sauce with mustard mash for lunch, did wash, did DD's online secondary school application , had Thai red chicken curry for supper. 😋🍫🚗🚘🍛

There must be something in the air!

DSis took DS out for the morning with DN, so DH and I got all sweaty in the bedroom - we flipped the mattress (it's a super king sized extra deep one that weighs an absolute tonne!)

Then I put on clean bedding, put away the laundry mountain, set the robot vacuum to do the floor, read some recipe books, scrubbed the toilet, made lunch and did some autumn crafting. Quite a productive day! We've had leftover roast beef sandwiches and chips for tea, with a glass of Asti, and now we're just chilling.

When we first lived together, 9 years ago, we had a huge, deep, Cadbury Flake bath and DH and I used to have long leisurely baths together on a Saturday night. It's nights like tonight I miss that...

DD will go to bed at 11. 😴

So excited it’s now September! It’s the season of fresh starts! I’m starting my new job this month too.
Spent the day pottering about and then read the autumn section of The Magic Apple Tree.

Your DD will be up later than me, Butterfly! 😂

Good luck in your new job, Badger.

I'm in bed now. Soooo comfy!

Me too, Wreck!

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I have DS cast off cold

Jaw ache , blocked right nostril that also dripping (I know, I'm a catch eh? )

Coveting jumpers and cats now I'm free from NoSpendAugust