Countdown to Christmas 2020 (thread 9): Vibrating beds and tiny choppers!

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Here we go. We're still a chatty bunch. We're going to knock any previous thread count into a cocked hat!

Go, go, go...

Dh thinks it's bad posture. I've been so tense lately that my shoulders are touching my ears.

I can't take ibuprofen because I have asthma. So just paracetamol.

Can you have Voltarol gel? That's pretty good. DH has also been massaging my shoulder with olive oil mixed with a few drops of tea tree oil (to stop me smelling like a salad)

Fluffy I've just put a load of lights into my basket from we love Christmas. My Dh will kill me though if I buy any more Christmas stuff. My attic is full.

Be careful if you use the gel. I was sensitive to it and it burned my skin!

I hope you get some relief. Muscular / nerve pain is awful.

@NerosFiddle, the company is based in my town. We got one of our trees from them. I'm trying not to look, however!

Right we've done the first coat in the dc's room. We've decided not to do ours, it was a bit optimistic. Dh is about to do the final coat in the bathroom then we can do the second coat in the dc room. I've persuaded dh to just slap it all on which he's agreed to do but he keeps ranting to himself about how shit it is and how the paint isn't as good as the trade stuff etc etc I'm tried now and am not cut out for manual work.

Neros similar here with Christmas stuff. I tend to buy it when I'm on my own, then it appears in the boxes of decorations. My faux-innocent "oh didn't I tell you, I picked that up last year / dm gave it to me" is wearing thing though

We love Christmas is in your town Fluffy? Can you go in and walk around? Do you go often? We have Festive nearby which makes decs all year and open their shop, usually in October. I have to go every year, it's tradition!

Wreck you have my sympathy, I bloody hate painting and would rather go without something so I can pay someone to do it for me

We are being lazy. I had my first lie in since holiday - I slept until 9:30. DH made breakfast and now we're just lazing around watching tv / browsing online.
I will hang some washing out soon, then clean the washing machine, bathroom and kitchen while DH hoovers and mops, then I think we take ddog to the beach 😊

I think it's just a warehouse, Crazy. Maybe I should go and find it, just to check?!

Sounds like you're having a lovely day; I missed relaxed days. And rarely sleep late, even if I have the chance. I think it's an age thing.

DH was looking at Costco online and whittering on , my ears homed in when he mentioned a 5' wreath ( Five feet across yeah ) and a 9' pre-lit swag .........

Then he blotted his copybook by mentioning an 86" LD or an 85" Samsung TV .....and I mentally dropped off his radar .
he isn'r watching a B/W portable telly with an ariel made of a coathanger

But I have had my doorwreath since forever so I need a new one . And a new bannister swag , we threw out a load of the scruffy ones .

You should look at WeRChristmas and their 20% off, 70. That's the sort of stuff they do!

I'll have a look thanks Fluffy

I do realise I need to clear this with The Cats before I bring any flambuoyant decorations in.

Female Cat with roll up her sleeves and make it her mission to destroy
I'll be safe with a doorwreath and a swag but not too much fripparties

Marking place so i dont loose you all

Afternoon everyone.
Have got new car, hoping to get to IKEA just waiting on DD to come home.
Received my Rex order too, happy with everything, but just think that the lunch bags are a little flimsy, good that they are made from recyclable material though.

Crazy my usual get out is 'OMG I've had that AGES!' Think it's wearing thin too

Neros I have asthma too and I find that Voltarol is fine for me, hope you find something that helps you too.

Well we are wonderful aren't we, glad that at last it has been acknowledged!

MrsMad I hope your DM is feeling better. I think it is evil that the scammers prey on older people. Luckily MIL calls me before agreeing to anything- but she still worries.
Crazy I make chilli jam for Christmas and we have it with cold turkey or cheese (or you can spread thickly on Brie, then wrap Brie in Filo pastry and bake*)
Fluffy* Dh and I defrosted the freezer last weekend and found mini mince pies!
V exciting to hear about advent calendars and decorations.
Last year I had the Macmillan one so I could convince myself it was in a good cause I may also have bought the M&M calendar
I hope your neck improves Nero. I have found volturol amazing but also use a microwaveable pad for heat ( I carry a heavy bag on one shoulder.
Have a good trip fluffy.
now to catch up with the afternoon posts (and avoid buying more Christmas towels).

Well found, Constantly!

I've just discovered that you can sign up for Booth's Christmas e-book. So I've done that! I'll like pop over in my lunch break on release day too. Unless I'm in my new job with 30 minutes lunch. I'll go after work if that's the case!

Fluffy SIL always gets me the Booths book. It's ace.

We're nigh-on equidistant between 2 stores (Burscough and Hesketh Bank), so get a few copies. The kids keep them to plan our Christmas food all year. My children are Christmas nuts like me!

Thank you Constantly l'm glad you look out for your Mil the elderly really are easy prey for the evil scammers
Fluffy thank you for the link l know where l am going after l have done my posts Have a wonderful holiday in good old Wales !
I hope your neck is better soon Nero it's just horrible
MM great news re your new car
70 MY dh has been trying it on re the COSTCO Tellys
good try but NOPE!
Crazy don't blame you have a lovely relaxing weekend , recharge the batteries
Wreck well done with the decorating [smile} l can't find the motivation tbh
Most you had a bargain well done !
Boot l agree with you l would send the Dc back on the 7th too , l think of the times l sent them to school with snow forecast and didn't know what to do because the school didn't shut and then sent them home mid day after spending the whole morning in th e hhall bored out of their skin sat on the floor and after a few days of this l though bgr it & did whatever l wanted
Woolly Voltarol is excellent for pain , hope your shoulder is feeling better soon
We are going to bed soon because we are really tired we will watch Midsomer in bed l think
Have a good night everyone

I'm exhausted and it's freezing! I have goosebumps.

Fluffy it's cold here tonight too am off to bed in a min BRRR!

Ooh am checking out garlands in WeRChristmas fluffy :)

We had a wonderful time exploring Monmouth and the Kymin today. The views were spectacular.

Beautiful Most one of my favourite places

Really happy. Saw a tip on the Bargain Thread about Lands End. Needed a new winter coat as my trusty Seasalt has holes and got one that was £155 for £59 and looks like I can cope with any weather in it :)

Lovely views most

I hope you enjoy Wales Fluffy

Constantly I was hoping you'd say chilli jam was an acquired taste or goes with something I don't eat. Now I really want some!

We had a lovely walk today - we did Keepers Pond and a little bit of the mountain. Ddog is exhausted!
It's been a really nice day, finished up with a Harvester tea and is watching Goliath.

I'm part of a fb group about Christmas and someone has posted that they put their tree up to cheer themselves up today - and others have popped up to say 'me too / mines been up a while' etc along with pics

Crazy I've got Christmas bedding on both beds it'll be washed a few more times before December and I'm putting the fairy lights up next week