The summer equinox has been and gone, the nights are drawing in. Come and join the countdown to Christmas 2019, thread 4!

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New thread for the new month tomorrow!

Thank you Fluffy l was a good girl !
Yes. Amazing wonderful work by the Emergency teams bless their tired aching limbs.

Mrs I haven’t been keeping up with the dam but I’m glad it’s fixed now. It must’ve been terrifying for those involved.

Dsis is back down the hospital with DH. Her leg is still sore today and her foot is freezing cold. I’m worried stiff.

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Morning!

It's ☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️ here today! I'm drowned after my walk to the station. I might dry out by home time! 😂 Thank god I keep my shoes at work so will have dry feet if nothing else!

Champagne, I hope your sister is OK.

Definitely feels autumnal today. I need a Christmas hit big time! 🎅🏻 🎄🎅🏻 🎄

Morning

It’s dry here for the moment. Hoping it stays that way!

Morning all.

Does anyone do Christmas Eve boxes? I'm going to do a want, need, wear, read one. I've got hot chocolate (want), Christmas PJs (wear) and TNBC (read). I'm struggling with need though. It should just be something cheap. Any ideas?

I do:

Pyjamas
TNBC
Stockings
Sacks
Plate for Santa's drink / snack.

They don't drink hot drinks (DS actually will only drink water!).

Tbh my 2 haven't drank hot chocolate either but they love chocolate and I thought it would be something a bit different for them.

I might just do the plate for Santa.

I got a lovely personalise one from eBay which they think is brilliant.

Hi can I join? I’m a Christmas hooligan

Hi Poetry, Christmas hooligans are always welcome here, they mix well with us Christmas Nuts!

I’ll catch up on everyone’s news soon, I have a few pages to read (yikes! I thought I was only missing about 2!).

Christmas plans changing here but getting reorganized in my head at least - staying here for the day, traveling to see family over the break but not going overseas. DH suggested a turducken, we’ll see - he has Pooh-poohed a goose. And I’ve made a head start into my Holiday Grand Plan as I have a couple of weeks off and the house was in CHAOS (can’t have anyone over syndrome!) - bathroom and hot press totoally deep cleaned, and a start made on 5 other rooms (I needed to work around the family), including 5 bags gone to charity shop yesterday. And the Hoover breathing a sigh of relief every time it’s put back to charge 🤣

DH birthday today, so I have to bake a cake and make a curry, I might make naan breads if I get time as it’s a long time since I have but he enjoys the hm versions.

Gosh this thread is moving so fast! Finished one cross stitch. Glad I started in the summer as it's going to take me a while

That's lovely, Emrys.

I really need to sort / clean, but there's almost no bloody point until the kids are back to school as it'll just get crazy again straight away. Hopefully I'll have every other Friday off by Oct. Or Monday (though I'd prefer Friday!). That will help things a bit!

I bet you feel better for getting sorted with so much, Biddy. Do you reckon the not booking flights was partly because you were both a bit reluctant, inwardly?!

Emrys that’s really pretty. I must start my cross stitch projects, I just know they’ll take about twice as long as I think they will!

Fluffy I really want to clean (not a sentence I thought I’d be saying!) but no point til DS starts preschool next month. I’ll do a deep clean then, and then another one at the end of November before the decorations go up.

One thing I will miss about the summer is being able to exercise outside once the kids are in bed. It’s the only chance I get as a SAHM as DH works long hours. I’ve been doing Couch to 5K and loving it, but the thought of running in the rain when it’s pitch black in the middle of October doesn’t really appeal..

Emrys thank you for your welcome :-). Your Christmas plan sounds great, well done for being so organised. We’re hosting this year so I’m trying to start our plan. I definitely won’t be hosting again, it’s more stress than it’s worth.

Emrys that’s gorgeous, is it part of a bigger cross stitch?

Christmas I really enjoy running when it’s cold and wet, it cools me down.

Biddy Happy Birthday to DH
You are hectic as per m'dear well done on the plans for Christmas! Biddy what is a hot press m'dear?
Welcome Poet so you are going to be the hostest with the mostest this year m'dear , think you need the Poncy thread as well as here l have only just discovered the Poncy thread but it sounds like a must for the hostess with the mostest
CIJ how lovely running in the rain hope she realises l am not being sarky l would love to do that with my gammy leg , oh it reminds me of a song l love
"Laughter in the Rain" Neil Sedaka ......ohhh love it
Em l love that cross stitch it's fabulous well done sweetie
Oh God now l am on to this

I have cleaned upstairs today it was feelthy funny how it feels better when you do it Nero never did them here with my DDS l missed the trend by a couple of years but l do put their Xmas duvets on in Dec till the end of Advent and we always have new pjs all of us the whole family Chips it's a dry one here too m;dear Fluffy no rain here it's glorious Emrys will vouch for me stealth boast 3 lines of washing dried Champers hope your DSis is better today oh God l nearly wrote Campers then 'Hello Campers' Am so pleased about the Dam being safe Got the music in me and am singing but DH wants to watch telly he has just put the subs on , l think he is hinting at me to stfu He should know better 'I really think that we could make it girl' tra lala! The gittar is amazing in this better go now l have bored the pants off you all

Have read back my post , l sound like l am on something Tramadol and Co Codamol with a Gabapentin chaser
MRI tomorrow morning l actually can't wait to have it done.

Mrs the hot press is a storage cupboard. It usually has a hot water tank in it. I think it's a very Irish thing along with the immersion.

It's sunny here now. And windy; perfect drying weather!

I think a hot press is an airing cupboard and a press is a normal cupboard. The Scots use the same terms. 😁

I'm still very tired today. Think I need another early night!

Mrs, good luck tomorrow. 🤞

We have immersion heaters here too. If you have a standard - non-combi - boiler they're essential!

Tank you Biddy . I like the sound of it, very Pride & Prejudice
Glad it is sunny and windy for you now Fluffy , it's exhilarating l love it Also thank you for the good wishes for mri l just want it sorted now , l bet you know exactly what l am on about it just drags on and on and you feel like nothing will ever change .
Anyway have an early night m'dear recharge the batteries

Mrs what’s the poncy thread sorry if that’s an obvious question...I’m new to all this mumsnet stuff. Best of luck for your MRI tomorrow🤞🏻

I hadn’t heard of a hot press either, they sound very whimsical but now you’ve explained it I know that I had one in my old house.

Poet have a look at this it will explain it
Thank you for the good wishes for the MRI tomorrow

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/Christmas/3375764-Poncetastic-Christmas-2018
Forgot the link lol

Thank you Mrs I think that thread will come in handy

Poetry welcome.

Mrs best of luck with your mri tomorrow.

I've just spent far too long reading the parking thread. I need a good calm Christmas thread now.

The poncing thread is great once it gets started. I wish I had the talent of some people.