Christmas countdown 2020: Lockdown edition (thread 4)

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Here we go, new thread.

We've been very chatty this month! 😁

Belated Happy Birthday Firefly, it sounds like a lazy day and takeaway was the perfect way to spend the day in lockdown.

Wreck 💐 I hope your uncle is ok.

Fluffy Are you insured with Admiral? I still have friends who work there who told me they're doing an automatic £25 refund for every car on cover - it's costing the company £110million!

Veg trug sounds like a good investment most, take him up on it ASAP!

Thank you for the lovely comments on the daffodils. I absolutely must do stems for them today because I didn't get around to it yesterday

I've been up since 7:30 so dishwasher is done, as is breakfast and first load of washing (which is now on the line). I think the big job for today may be clearing the cupboard under the stairs...

Hi gang. How is everyone?

Yes, Crazy, Admiral. We've been with them for 3 years as they've been the cheapest every year (unusual!).

Have you started your Highland coo yet? I might do that next to break up the John Clayton intensity!

I've made a chocolate Victoria sponge at the kids' request and am just waiting for it to finish cooking. Then I'll supervise the kids while DH fixes the boxing in around the bathroom (it had to come off so I could fix the vinyl flooring) following which I'm going to scrub the floor clean. Exciting times!

Chips!!!! How are you doing?

Hi chips, how are things with you?

Fluffy DH is still with Admiral too - they're the only ones whose price has consistently been the lowest for him for the last 3 or 4 years.

I haven't started the Coo yet. I want to finish the daffodils and I want to make a crochet Christmas tree (that I've been meaning to make for a few years and never get around to) then I think I'll start the Coo alongside making the odd crochet project (I have a list of things to make people as Christmas gifts so want to work my way through them rather doing the usual starting in October and rushing through them).

I've attached a pic of the tree I'd like to make - not my pic, it's been taken from google.

DH has strapped by bad ankle up tight today which is helping so I may be able to go for a short stroll today. I haven't left the house for 3 or 4 days now because of the pain and feeling unsteady so I'm looking forward to it!

Cute tree! How big is it? 🎄

Other insurers quote silly amounts. We're at the just-over £200 level now as we're getting old! 😂😂

I missed that you'd hurt your ankle. What did you do?

I'm very torn between doing something else or ploughing in with the John Clayton ones. I think I should have a break else I'll get fatigued!

The tree should end up being around 10 inches tall. I don't even know what I want to do with it, it's just been on my 'I'll make these one day' list for so long I just want it done 😂

My insurance was £200 exactly last year which made me feel old but then there was a little bump a year ago so it's gone up a bit again 🙄

I sprained my ankle quite badly a year or so ago and went over on the same one when I was doing couch to 5K last week. I thought if I rested it would heal but it's been getting more painful so it's now strapped up tight which is helping.

I would switch to the Coo cross stitch Fluffy, then when you go back to do a John Clayton one, it will feel like a nice change.

That tree is very cute Crazy.
Sorry to hear about your uncle Wreck
I have put more washing away today, go me

Crazy lovely 🌲🤗
Hope your ankle is better soon 🦶. Just had a renewal for Admiral too it was £285 . That is for 3 of us driving. My Dd2 is classed as a young driver still . It beat everyone else hands down and l did many price comparison quotes😺
We had them last year as well , they were the cheapest then too. I remember Wreck said about the referral scheme but we were already with them unbeknowns to this daft sod😂

Wreck l am so sorry to hear about your uncle . I hope you have good news soon love 😘🙏🤞

I will be back am just picking up my C&c from Tesco 😁

So it wasn't too bad ,no flour, no cat food and no bananas.
No subs so it was excellent really tbf to them.
Nero well done on the haircut 💈🦲😁
PJ well done on the clothes 🧦😀 it's a scintillating life we are leading 😂 what with you and your animal crossing and me trying to sort out Bob's and Mum's false teef. They are only putting them in the same denture pot 🤮🤮😂😂😂
Many more cars on the road today ,🙄
Fluffy l can see it now
because l used a magnifying glass 😂😂😂
Good news re the 25£ off the Admiral polices too yay,!
I will try the bacon tip too thank you 😋😀🤗
Boot l love Salmon it's so rich in your mouth and so salty yummy 😋😋😋
Have done it in the oven before but l think the frying must be par excellence if it's changed Bob's pov 😂😂
l am always killing threads lol it's my fault l expect 😂
Chips! Good to see you hope you are all keeping safe and well 🙏😀
Most love your pressie , l have been looking at the potting unit on Aldi drool 😀
Just on our way home. Have lots to sort out , shopping for everyone it seems like 😀

My life is similarly rock'n'roll, PJ.

Today I was a proper 1950's housewife as I scrubbed the bathroom floor with a scrubbing brush which DH bought a little while ago. I'd cleaned it with a cloth and bleach the other week, but decided it was still grubby. It's positively gleaming now (I've taken the bleach residue off by steam mopping just now). What with fixing the flooring (the fitters left a kink in it; 5pm Friday, cash job, they clearly did too quickly) and giving it a good clean, I'm very happy.

I need to touch the paint up (thankfully B&Q is re-opening next Friday) and then I'll be happy.

I've also taken DS (monumental pain in the arse, frankly) to the allotment to water. He looks like he's been up a chimney due to mud as he dug some - unnecessary - digging!

We've not done any washing today; I feel like we've wasted the weather, despite having nothing left to wash! 😂😂

We have some to put away, so feel free to visit, PJ!

Mrs, I don't think no cat food was a success, even if you did! I can't believe there was no sub for it!

We got ours down to £200, Crazy, but the Volvo increased it, even though it was the same engine size. Insurance calculations are bonkers though.

How big is the trug, Most?

Mrs, don't forget to eat the bacon too!

Hey guys I'm alright, just plodding on

Off work at the moment as schools are closed so it's all fun. Done a bit of Christmas shopping but not alot. How are you all?

Fluffy l had to clean my bathroom this morning it was stinking,
l listened to Pop Master while l was doing it and l didn't even mind doing it. Ken Bruce is fab ! I even cleaned the chrome towel rail I didn't however us a scrubbing brush well done on that!
No danger of us not eating the bacon
Chips glad you are ok , well done on the Christmas shopping .l feel like l will never see another Christmas it seems so far away .

Thanks for the well wishes. He was vented within an hour. No results back yet though.

A distillery near us is offering home delivery on cocktails. £10 a bottle with four servings. DH said I should get some and I think I might.

Nice to see you back chips.

Wreck

DH and I had our Silver Wedding, (I'd booked off a couple of days , we were going to go to London then have a day to recover , nothing too outlandish , saving all that for the cruise -which isn't happening)

Just decided to keep my couple of days off , I'll be reversing my leave later .

We have to get a plumber/heating engineer round , I'll be at work, DC can hide away and DH can keep Social Distancing .

Pesky heating/pipes or something

I have ordered one of those food vacuum thingies (had one years ago, they are brilliant ) I shall be bagging everything that sits still .
Bags are re-usable too, wash and dry , re-use .
This is DS Anniversary present to me (my choice)

I ordered an eternity ring ( my choice and I told DH he'd bought it) Diamonique (QVC) not diamond , I'm not a jewellery wearer but very pretty so no point at all paying £££
. Might put a photo up once my poor raddled hands have recovered from tomorrow at work .

fluffy our B&Q is already open.
Could you put DS in the washer? He's not that big and would probably fold up quite well... then peg him out when it's finished, you wouldn't need to iron him
1950s...you'd be wearing a pinny then? (my m&d married in the 50s)
did you do the "curlers in the hair and headscarf" too?
Mrs pets at home will deliver (either to you - which is probably safer for the cats- or bob) we bought a bit too much some for our 2, they may not need to nibble me until Christmas now
Not sure I'd want to share a false teeth pot with DH...actually NO I wouldn't...ever

I want a QVC Diamonique pretend WAG ring too , WAHHHH!
Ahh didn't realise Pets at home delivered thank you Boot
Congratulations on your Wedding Anniversary 70 one day your ship will come in & you can go on a lovely cruise
I am not a one for jewels either but do like a pretend big rock for show then l wear it for a couple of DAYS hours & then l can't be arsed

Wreck hope it is good news soon

Mrs something like this? I bought one similar about 15yrs ago and it still looks pristine! www.qvcuk.com/Michelle-Mone-for-Diamonique-7ct-tw-Set-of-2-Rings-Sterling-Silver.product.344074.html?sc=NAVLIST

I was going to say if you want Bling go onto QVC- Diamonique -Michelle Mone . Some utter corkers , you can wear them as WAG as you like

Mine is a 0.7carat full eternity Platinum plated on silver .

I;ve got a huge Diamonique Tanzanite 3 stone but it's like a knuckle duster

I used to walk past a ver ver expensif jeweller in Chester, in the Rows.
They had a huge tanzanite ring in the window for £6k I would have sold my spleen to get my sticky mits on it back then

Yours sounds v like the one I have, tiny sparkly stones but passable as the "real thing".

Mrs QVC will provide you with a WAGtastic ring!

There's a jewellry arcade in Glasgow , just off Argylle Street . It is lovely to wander along , I like the really old fashioned , crammed into the window ones , rather than the sterile , lit , white surrounding displays .

The ones with a rich burgundy (Kayes) or blue (Lowes) velvet background are always the most cluttered and best and the most expensive I don't like modern bright white light jewellers either.