With a whizz and a bang, here comes Bonfire Night to herald your 50 day warning! Countdown to Christmas, thread 8

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Here goes!

Thread 8 already; wonder how many we will get to before Christmas?!

Fluffy good luck with the weather! We are in a winter weather advisory from like 1 am to 11 am and are supposed to get about 2-3 inches of ice and snow. (5-7 CM)

Would any of you ladies like a Holiday Card from me? If so I have a postables address book. Just put your username where it says company so that I can figure out names to usernames :) www.postable.com/melissalane

Hairspray That's fantastic news! Also yes give us a diagram! I'm trying to figure out where to put our TWO trees this year. I was going to just do the vintage aluminum tree but my kid threw a fit and wanted our regular tree too so now I have to figure out that lol Maybe I should do a diagram also? Or just photos of my front room haha

Good luck with your knitting biddy

Acey I love that mug! So festive!

seafood I'm so sorry! That sounds miserable and I'm sending all the fluff and hugs and holiday miracles and happiness your way.

Mrs Have fun with the ducks! All ours have flown south and we are duckless. We do have some cute Squirrels though.

Acey That advent is gorgeous! Wow!

It's 10:37 AM. Lilah's eyes have been treated and she's anger eating over there. Kid younger is eating brekky and oldest kid is on school (We homeschool). Tomorrow my new chair is arriving and it's Christmas Tree day!

DD went to Kew Gardens today, she's just come back from her SPaG booster, DS2's at Adventure. 😆

Evening! Another hideously manic day. The type where you treat yourself to a wee only when you've actually needed to go for at least an hour!

It can only get better. Or something! 😂

Thanks wheelie 😁 I love the advent calendar, it’s so pretty!

I am exhausted and still got so much unpacking to do! I’m having pizza soon and will do more unpacking tomorrow. Feel so tired and my whole body is aching!

On a happier note; my cooker will be fully functional on Friday. I haven’t had a cooker in over a year, so safe to say I’m hella excited! Just making a shopping list now 😁

Forgot to mention; Addie’s beautiful keepsake box arrived earlier

Eugh. Another busy day. No one offered us coffee (I went to three different places), lunch between visits in the car and didn't stop for a wee all day. I feel manually exhausted and it's making me really stressed. Managed to hang the wet washing up but still haven't put away the dry stuff from the weekend. I can't wait for bed 😴

My work is manic too at the mo. We're being audited / reviewed so stress levels are high. I'm still in the office doing overtime 😴 At least one colleague felt sorry for me I think and made me a cuppa before he left.

Can't wait to get home. Fingers crossed DH won't be home until around 8:30 so I can watch something festive relaxing with my crochet for a while (although I may just fall asleep)

Picked DS2 up, had chicken chow mein for supper, DS2 went to bed and fell asleep, DD will go in a minute, laid uniforms out, put home clothes on radiators as they have a mufti day on Friday for Children in Need. 😋🍗🍜😴

How is it only 4 pm? Today has been a rough day friends. I have a heart condition and today my heart rate decided 175 beats per minute would be a good idea. :(

Philomena Sounds like a productive evening! Time for mom to relax? LOL

crazy I'm sorry work is so crazy right now. I hope you can chill tonight and relax (or sleep. Sleep is good)

wreck small victories like hanging laundry are still victories. You did good today!

acey That is a gorgeous keepsake box too! Also yay for functional cookers!

fluff I hope things calm down for you too. Sounds like everyone here needs a holiday.

Wheelie! I hope you’re feeling a bit better now. Your heart condition sounds scary, I hope it doesn’t affect you too much yay for finally having a cooker! I love the keepsake box, so precious! I would definitely like a holiday card 😁

Today’s pregnancy safe bath bomb is this fabulous rubber duck

I'm going straight to bed Wheelie! 😂

Thanks Wheelie I'm slumped on the sofa watching nonsense tv and trying to keep my eyes open.
I hope you're feeling a little better. I have high blood pressure and migraines and together they sometimes result in increased heart rate. It's never as high as yours but it's a bloody horrible feeling!

Acey what a cute bath bomb!

I realised today I bought 2 candles in my tired state yesterday when I meant to get one for a friend of mine. I've decided I'm giving her one and keeping the other as it's so cute and smells nice. It's this one:

acey I'm ok now! It's down to 80 and doing good but man it's scary and exhausted me!

I love your bath bomb! I need to get some new ones lol

Night Night philomena!

crazy Its awful. I talk to some people whose heart rates go up and they don't feel it. But when my hr hits 140 it feels like a horse in my chest and it's bloody scary.

That's a gorgeous candle and I'd keep the 2nd one too!

It’s one of those

Terrified of becoming a single parent

Heartbroken at the thought of not having him in my life like that after 13 years. Yes it’s grest we are friends but it’s not the same

Acey that advent calendar is gorgeous! I'm sorry the sofa wouldn't fit :( I hope the company are being reasonable about it - we had a very teeny hallway in our old place and the sofa company had to be fought with to refund us, apparently we didn't allow reasonable access - also known as letting them remove a giant bay window?? in a rental house at that!! That keepsake box is beautiful!
Where is your bath bomb from? DS would go crazy for that!

Wheelchair Thank you! I've been given amoxicillin, apparently I can't be given 'the good stuff' because of pregnancy booooo! oooh new chair, what does it look like? are you putting up your tree tomorrow??

fluffy hope you've made it to the loo now! I hope tomorrow is less hectic for you.

wreck I feel tired just reading about your day, forget the dry stuff nothing will happen to it overnight. Put your feet up or better yet get some much needed sleep! .

Crazy that's a pretty candle, I'd be keeping one too!

side I'm really sorry for what you're going through, big changes are always tough but you will come out of the other side however hard it feels now.

Bless you, side. It sounds tough.

I've started cross stitch 2 tonight (though haven't quite finished 1 yet!).

Chips

Wheelie I've a condition called P.O.T.S that causes me to have a high heart rate too.

Just got home, been to hospital with Clem as he seems to be having trouble breathing and tonight had an asthma attack. Been in A&E for hours and am shattered now, Ike and Algy had to stay at my mums and we’ve only just been able to pick them up and they still need baths etc so we’ve decided to just put them to bed and give them the day off tomorrow. They’re such sensitive little boys that they couldn’t sleep and have been crying all night, they saw Clem have the asthma attack so are really shook up. Think it’s a snuggly day in tomorrow for us!

chips sweetie I'm so sorry. :(

seafood It's a really nice recliner that swivels too! I'll share photos when I get it in place. Tomorrow is tree day! I'm so excited

fluff that looks great so far!

fiddle I have POTS too as well as SVT. I have an implanted loop recorder that records events so I sent it all to my doctor.

Frangelico Oh honey :( what a horrible night. Your poor boys. Sounds like a day off is something you all need tomorrow.

Hubby is at work and I'm hanging out with my kitty cats and kiddos in the dark lol. I'm too tuckered to turn on a light. Here's my Bengal boy Balthazar for you all to see

Morning!
Maverick the kitten decided to wake me up at 4.30, and wouldn’t take no for an answer so I am up and awake 😂 well, at least it’s practise for when Addie is here

Crazy - that candle is gorgeous, you should definitely keep one. The bath bomb smelt grand too 😁

Wheelie - I’m glad your heart rate is back to normal, must be hella scary you poor thing!
You can never have too many bath bombs

Chips

Seafood - I love the advent calendar and I’ll definitely be reusing it they tried several times to get the sofa in, they even took the front door off and it still wouldn’t fit! Aye because the Landlord would love you taking the windows out 😂 these ones are from a huge stockpile I got from when I was in the UK. If you go on justmylook website, they have so many bath bombs, there’s also a robot one that smells divine! Free delivery too no matter what you spend

Love the cross stitch fluffy!

Frangelico - you poor thing I really hope Clem is doing better this morning and that your boys are okay too. Must have been terrifying for all of you

Wheelie - he is so handsome and I love his name

The Whittards raspberry ripple hot chocolate is pink 😍

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Morning! It's my Friday. Woooo!

Sorry to hear about health issues. I've a friend with POTS and it's not easy to live with by all accounts.

Weather is going to be nice today apparently. 😁 🌞

Ooh thanks for the reminder Acey! Had the raspberry ripple last year and loved it!

I have WPW and the anxiety I had when trying to breastfeed DS led to a dangerously fast heartbeat. When it reached the point where technically I would have to go to A&E every time I tried to feed DS I switched to formula.

Morning! Drinking coffee and watching - is it Carol or Matt today? 😆

l'm so disappointed by the JL Christmas AD! BAH HUMBUG!
Good morning me dears!
PSB it's Carol the weather and l don't like this blue dress !
Fluffy thank you for the G&B comment on t'other thread , l just had visions of me getting home with the boxes all opened and the bars all over the place and me just giving in to temptation and eating the damn lot !
So Brexit ...MEH! Am afraid we are being taken for mugs by the EU and we do not deserve that as a country. Don't get me started . l am trying to believe that T M is doing this as best she can but l am afraid l don't trust her judgement . I will stfu now l am trying to avoid it like the plague because it worries me.... stupidly it worries me .
Red aw bless you sweetie that must be so worrying for you
DH has atrial fibrillation and when he gets the attacks l am lying by the side of him all night, so frightened for him , while he snores his head off lol, he has a pill in the pocket treatment and it took nearly 5 hrs last time to go back to normal , so l realise how scary it is for you and your family