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Dust off your decs and bring out your baubles; this is your 5 week warning! Countdown to Christmas thread 9

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NoWordForFluffy · 19/11/2018 06:15

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Morning! Brand new thread for the new week!

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WheelchairWoes · 27/11/2018 22:09

I've completely finished my shopping now haha I love Amazon. I do still have to buy paint for the kids room and a new faucet for the kitchen and a garbage disposal.

firefly I've done similar! No worries! Sometimes they can make scary sounds!

wreck it might be smells or something poor little Wreckcat I hope he'll be fine later without any issues.

Crazy Those are fantastic decorations!

I think tomorrow I'll be painting my children's room now haha

FireflyGirl · 27/11/2018 23:08

At least you realised now, not after you moved Frange. And it's helped you realise you do want to move, even if you're not sure where yet.

Whitby is lovely (we might be going next week as part of our adventure), but you should spend some time there - or anywhere, I suppose - before deciding to move. Whitby is quite exposed to the weather, and there's a lot of hills/steps. And tourists!

Enjoy the decorating, Wheelie Grin

Seafoodeatit · 27/11/2018 23:15

wheels you look lovely in your kimono :) wooohooo for buying presents, still not halfway here so got to get a move on. I still need to buy paint too, I love picking out colours!

crazy His tree sounds fab!

wreck oh no poor kitty :( I hope he feels better soon.

frangelino Devon is sadly not great for jobs, ditto Cornwall, it's why we lived there for such a brief period of time. Yorkshire is massive but what I've seen of it is beautiful countryside, DH's grandma was from Harrogate so I've visited there once.

firefly I can see that how would happen, glad it was just the windscreen wipers though. If it's any consolation I often think my stomach growling or the radiators are something scary at night!

fluffy your cross stitch is coming along really nicely.

acey I'm sorry to hear about your cough it sounds dreadful :( Hooray for internet and TV! I can't believe it's been almost 2 months since you moved, feels like you only went over a week ago!

AFM - I suffer from irritable uterus in pregnancy, painful shitty contractions that do nothing - with ds2 I was in labour and didn't realise it as the pain is the same. I overdid it today thanks to shitty bus driver, had a hospital app. Even though there was room on the bus he made me fold my buggy which has to come apart in 2 bits plus the shopping basket. I had to do it whilst holding ds2 and trying to get DD to sit down, I then had to hold them both in my lap for the hour journey. Can't pass my driving test soon enough!

Mrsmadevans · 27/11/2018 23:31

Love the wreath espesh Crazy , l love mistletoe and holly Xmas Grin well done on the audit!
Fluffy hope you don't need surgery , fingers crossed Smile
Cross stitch is lovely you clever girl Smile
Wreck l hope poor Wreckcat is alright now bless Smile have never played with Lego , l obv need to try it! Xmas Grin
PSB my DH lurves Malteasers lol , l bought 10 fun size packs last weeks for him because they were el cheapo lol he he
Frange l have never been to Whitby but it sounds lovely , l am sure the cottage will sell soon m;dear Smile
Wheely have a great day tomoz painting your DS bedroom , l am banned from doing any painting till after Christmas Xmas Grin
Better shift to bed now DH is sniffing the 'l want to go to bed sniff'
mwah ahahaha
night night have a good night sleep everyone Xmas Smile

Mrsmadevans · 27/11/2018 23:38

Seafood Flowers ahh sweetie such a mean bus driver Flowers you did really well today , it can't have been easy , give yourself a huge pat on the back Smile

NerosFiddle · 28/11/2018 04:04

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Can't sleep tonight. Don't know if it's because of the wind outside, or my hip being sore or my dh snoring

WheelchairWoes · 28/11/2018 04:37

fluffy that stitching is drop dead gorgeous! Way to go!

seafood the kids room is horrible wooden paneling and I think painting it blue will make the room so much cheerier!

Mrs LOL at least you have something to look forward to AFTER Christmas?

It's 11:40 PM and everyone in the house is awake. We might be insane lol I'm eating cheese right now because I wanted a snack. Husband is building me a little side table too haha

WheelchairWoes · 28/11/2018 04:37

fiddle probably all the above lol

PhilomenaButterfly · 28/11/2018 05:26

Morning! Got up at 4.40 for DD's reading booster. BrewBrewBrewBrewBrewBrew

NoWordForFluffy · 28/11/2018 06:13

Morning!

It looks like it's been wild out there overnight. We had to shut our bedroom window yesterday (we tend to keep it on at least vent all year) as it was so bad.

I've just hung some washing out and stuff has blown all over the garden!

I love a bit of painting, Wheelie. I think you're right that it'll brighten the room.

Malteasers are yummy, Mrs. I agree with MrMad!

We went to Whitby in the summer. It was heaving; I couldn't cope with it. I'm in a seaside town too and I avoid tourist areas in summer. It's just not worth the hassle! You'd probably end up the same, Frange!

Seafood, I'd complain about that driver. What an arse. Are you having driving lessons?

Oh, and yay for TV and internet, Acey!

Windscreen wipers are awful for noise, Firefly. Easy mistake to make.

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PhilomenaButterfly · 28/11/2018 06:19

DD's got that sicky, headachey cold again, so I'm letting her sleep. 😭

WreckTangled · 28/11/2018 07:05

Thanks. He's not usually a scaredy-cat he's massive and thinks he owns the whole road. He's better this morning though.

I'm hungry this morning. I don't usually have breakfast but think I might have to.

Last night for dinner I made chicken teriyaki. It was really good but the sauce was a bit thick.

AceyMac13 · 28/11/2018 07:34

Morning.

Just heading into work, so I will catch up when I finish at lunch time. Feeling a bit down in the dumps today due to this cough causing constant sleepless nights for the past few weeks. I shouldn’t complain though, people Are going through a lot worse than this.

Just wanted to check in and say I hope everyone is well and has a grand day.

Speak later Smile

AceyMac13 · 28/11/2018 08:04

I won £155 off a 10p bet on UK football last night, and I was one team away from winning another £70! I normally cash out but I had fell asleep before half time. Well that’s brightened my morning Grin

AceyMac13 · 28/11/2018 08:09

Right, better get to work, we have so much on at the moment.
P.s I know we use euros here in Ireland, but figured I’d translate it to English money as most people on here are in the UK Grin
€174.92 = happy Acey Grin

TheWoollybacksWife · 28/11/2018 08:25

With apologies to all you marzipan haters weirdos I've just had a lovely breakfast of stollen bites.

Sorting my food order today. I want to buy some beautiful wrapping paper that I've got my eye on but I think I have enough already and it would be a waste. I'll snap it up for next year if it goes into the sale.

Mrsmadevans · 28/11/2018 09:20

Morning Xmas Grin
weather is diabolical here rain rain go away come again another day ! Smile
We are decorating the tree today so have to get the decs from the attic soon Hmm cue DH moaning about his back, shoulder and ribcage YES you heard me ribcage Hmm
Woolly hope you are bearing up sweetie Flowers
I love Marzipan , so much in fact that l have bought 2 or 3 stollen cakes just for me Xmas Grin l too love wrapping paper and have a wide variety, located about the house my fave being the very beautiful Emma Bridgewater one l bought about 4 Christmas ago that l cannot bear to use Xmas Grin s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b2/46/c6/b246c69129a5c1627c1cc2911e4263fb--christmas-crackers-emma-bridgewater.jpg
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Acey fab news re the win , hope your chest is better and lets you sleep tonight love Flowers
Fluffy DH opens the bags of funsize Malteasers about 4 bags Hmm and empties them into a plastic bag before eating them , he isn't fooling anyone here Hmm Xmas Grin
Nero hope your hip is better today m;dear Flowers
PSB poor DD she must be so tired getting up so early for the stupid cramming Hmm (l know it is necessary) hope she is better too poor child Smile
Wreck glad to hear Wreckcat is fine this morning m'dear , chicken teriyaki sounds amazing !
Wheely l can barely wait to do the decorating, said no one Xmas Grin hope the table and painting goes well Smile
Better shift my carcass have a lovely day everyone Xmas Grin

WreckTangled · 28/11/2018 09:22

I love marzipan Grin

Mrsmadevans · 28/11/2018 09:26

Wreck me too Xmas Grin
Have you tried these ? My faves slurpppp! Xmas Grin
www.thorntons.co.uk/christmas-chocolates/marzipan-fruits-collection-77178255.html

FrangelicoCandyBoughs · 28/11/2018 09:40

Morning all! Thank you for the info about Whitby. And I agree, Devon isn’t the right place for jobs. I work in health and social and have a degree in midwifery so technically coukd get a job anywhere but DH wouldn’t be able to. I have my break in a bit so will catch up with all of you whilst it’s still early

PhilomenaButterfly · 28/11/2018 09:52

I'm keeping her off school today Mrs, she's on her tablet at the moment. Had to cancel CAMHS as well.

I've looked at Christmassy things and bought DS2's Spiderman Illumi-mate. 🎅🎄 Just had a ham and mushroom omelette and a banana. 😋🍄🍌

FrangelicoCandyBoughs · 28/11/2018 10:10

Hope you get some sleep tonight Acey and congratulations on the money!

It’s horrible weather here, I finish work in a bit and have my meeting to book the date for the scan!.

Seafoodeatit · 28/11/2018 10:19

Mrs I love malteasers too! I don't remember the last time I had them, I'm going to have buy some now! Why do you have to wait till then to paint?

Philomena I hope your dd feels better soon, hopefully the appointment won't get rescheduled for too far away.

frangelino Good luck for you appointment! Horrible weather here too blahhhh.

fluffy I am having lessons, I've had close to 40 hours now but I'm a slow learner, I paid for my next lot of 10 last week so I'm hoping it's not going to take too much longer, I'm hoping to pass by summer but you never know!

Seafoodeatit · 28/11/2018 10:21

Acey congratulations on the win! hopefully tonight will be better for sleep Flowers.

Mrsmadevans · 28/11/2018 10:23

Seafood DH has banned me mwaha 🤣🤣🤣 it is too much work with Christmas and looking after the parents tbh but we will see to it in the new year 😀

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