Christmas countdown 2020: Lockdown edition (thread 4)

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Here we go, new thread.

We've been very chatty this month! 😁

Could you ask them to include handwriting n maths? It might actually help them too.

I'll give them a call tomorrow to discuss I'm sure they'd be happy to. DH just attempted Tesco but apparently the queue is about an hour long so he's going to try again later.

Wreck don't worry too much about your Ds falling behind the DC are really all in the same boat & they will all catch up, these DC are amazing today so clever and quick , l have been stalking all the main supermarkets for deliveries 24/7
Boot trouble in camp last night Mum was packing her bags to go home . Apparrently he is verymoody , sulks and miserable and wants all his own way l said
'Ok Mum we'll come and take you home now'. She backtracked and decided to stay funnily enough
Glad you got your shopping ok
Crazy hope you feel better now and get a good nights sleep tonight. Think it's really very stressful time for everyone and we have to be so careful to look after ourselves
Fire furlough sounds ideal for you atm , hope it has made you feel relieved and much happier and less stressed.
They have furloughed some of the staff in WRU DD2'S work , she didn't want to be furloughed. She wanted to stay working albeit at home. She wasn't picked thankfully , she is good at I.T & the work they are doing atm is all I.T based so she is thrilled to bits. She is so good though she gets up at half 8 has a quick bath and in the box room for 9 , comes out at 1.30. then back in at 2.30 till 5, she isn't taking the mick at all . She misses the craic & her workmates though , she said they are like a family bless her
Fluffy nice view of the office would you like to be furloughed?
Would it be much better for you with the DC and DH? You can concentrate on the allotment and have a bit of time with the Dc , time you wouldn't be able to have with them otherwise
Totally agree with you Most your house is so tidy and spotless and uncluttered l take my filthy hat off to you
Done a lovely Beef Casserole in the slow cooker , dumplings as well that and the Banana cake will sort them all out they will be snoring their heads off tonight

Firefly hope you get chance to relax while you are furloughed.

Wreck that's a shame about having to travel to a new base. Hopefully school will get your email and be ready for your DC after Easter. Fingers crossed that they do some 1:1 with your DS.

Fluffy did you manage to get bread flour?

MrsMad than banana cake needs caramel sauce on top. I may be biased as caramel is my favourite. Loving "Bob's you new stepfather" 🤣🤣

Woolly that site is gorgeous ! , love the Puffins and the Seagull ! Love them all but they are my favourites
Spring like temperatures on the wEekend Derek the weatherman just said YAY!
Why l was very snarly when l did nights , l just got so irritated it's surprising how badly nights can affect ppl glad you don't mind them
PJ glad you are happy going back to work tomorrow, hope you have a good shift m'dear
Better shift , have a good evening everyone

Mrs I love Derek.

Woolly funny you should say that, the recipe did say to put bananas on the top with Demerara sugar. So l think it would have been caramelised but l didn't have enough over ripe bananas though
I wouldn't mind having Bob as a stepfather tbh he is a sweetheart , my Mum is so lucky

Boots join the queue with us here we love him to bits

Beef casserole very delish , l am full to bursting
Have done enough for Mum and Bob's your father

Erm, is that one portion? showed DH and he said you need to keep your strength up not sure how he knows that

that was my Dh portion Boot tbf he does love it vere much. He loves dumplings

What man doesn't

Woolly, yes, the bakery gave us about 3kg of flour and wouldn't take money for it! How lovely of them. ☺️

Mrs, what's happening with your DD's house purchase? Is it on hold? It's good she's keeping working.

I wouldn't want to be furloughed really, unless it actually paid a bit more as I earn more than the top level it pays out, so wouldn't be getting 80% of my salary. As the main earner that doesn't work for me, sadly. Though if it's that or redundancy, I'll take it!

That's a lot of stew! I love a dumpling too (not in the Carry On fashion Boots was referring to though!).

Oh that's fabulous Fluffy. I have enough of both flour and yeast for a couple of weeks I think. Hopefully the supply chain will settle down soon. The problem with home baked bread is that it gets eaten so quickly compared to the shop bought stuff so with 5 of us at home I'm baking at least every other day.

I love dumplings but they give DH indigestion so we don't have them very often. I think it's only the suet ones though - we had potato dumplings in Munich and Vienna last year without any ill effects. They were like huge gnocchis and were really lovely.

Dumplings are amazing as is banana bread so once this is over I will be at Mrs' for dinner!!!

Tomorrow I will take a pic of the massive pile of clothes on the landing which still haven't made it to the charity shop to show you that my house is not that tidy

Got my first early potatoes in the ground today :)

That's great fluffy!!

I have just finished a quiz that was set up for school workers, really enjoyed it, we came 15th, which we are very proud of, there was a picture of a famous person very young, it was obviously Kylie Minogue and I was right

Your stew looks lovely Mrs

My Mum's birthday present arrived today, she loves it

@pussycatinboots
Woolly Dh loves them , l did a huge potful and he helped himself
Fluffy yes Dd2 house is on hold atm, we are ok about it , everything will come to those that wait. STS
That was so kind of the bakery to do that bless them!
Have got awful wind from the banana cake l think serve me right for being a sclem

Ahh thank you PJ , Happy Birthday to your Mum

Most will send it to you by post

Wreck if it helps I know DH is really happy to have one of his class in the hub school because they need some additional support without being entitled to it so he's tailored some tasks / work for them specifically and is more than happy to provide more support.
While the schools are open at the moment they're not really teaching (here anyway, when DH was in last week they had 20 children from 4 different schools and aged between 5 and 11 so you can't really do lessons). It was reading, P.E, helping them with work they had been set by their own teacher, lots of play, art and film.

Firefly your DH has a very interesting job although not one I could do!

Fluffy I didn't know pay was capped for those on furlough!

Woolly I was debating buying a bread maker not long ago but decided against it because I'd eat loads of it and it doesn't agree with me (or my waistline)!

I am off to bed now. I finally got started on the bird - it has a head 😂 so will do the body tomorrow. It's a bit trial and error as I'm basically mashing together 2 patterns and a picture and making it up as I go but never mind. I'll post pics when the body is done.

Fingers crossed for some sleep tonight 🤞🏼

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Stayed up to get a Tesco slot for 23 April. Sorted now; time for sleep!

The cross stitch is coming on. Though I'm not sure I'll have it done by Easter!

Well done fluffy! Last day of balancing work and childcare for 2 weeks :)

Crazy that's all I want an hour a day of him having a teacher guide him with some maths etc would be great. I wouldn't want him to do any more but to not do any work at all wouldn't be good as obviously most children at home are doing work of some kind. I haven't heard anything about hubs round here I hope they don't do that I'm also stressed because where I'm being sent to is an hour away, maybe 45 mins these days, with driving, parking and walking and that means I'll need to drop the dc and 8 and collect them at 3:45 but I don't know if they'll let me as that's outside of core hours. Although I could make start earlier and finish earlier that way DH could take them and I could collect them. Argh so much stress.

15 tomato seedlings this morning!

Morning everyone 😀
Coconut cake today 😋
The banana cake pud/ although delicious was very trapped wind for me and painful , cue anxiety over CV19 because abdo symptoms being an early indicator 🙄 😬🥺
Hey ho DH slept like a baby in an overdose of carbs slumber😄😂 was thinking that might be the answer to the sleeping problems 😂😂
Crazy hope you had a good sleep m'dear 🤗 l am looking forward to seeing 'Joey' . Very well done to your DH too his work is invaluable to his pupils and fellow staff l am sure 👏💐
Wreck the shopping slots are hit and miss but this should rapidly improve . My friend works in Tesco & she told me they have recruited 20000 ppl to deliver, pick and lorry drivers to transfer the food. Fingers crossed 🤗
I think your work will bend over backwards for you try not to worry 🤗💐
Fluffy well done on the shopping slot I didn't see your Idris swagger like wot l done though 😂😂
Better shift have a great day everyone 😀