Frugaleering, cakes and baby talk

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Just starting off a new thread as the other one was getting full.

love we have had awful constipation issues with DS since he was a baby. He was given syrup & meds but they either made him go or made him puke. We found that bananas made it worse and kiwi & pears makes it loads better! Hope she's better soon. It's so uncomfortable

cag yep that's exactly what we had. Ran along the edge and down the side and slowly destroyed our lino! It wasn't sopping but it had damaged the floor.
We can't afford to have it fixed at the mo so we've just installed a shower curtain £1.50 and a telescopic shower curtain pole which was about £10. It has saved our bathroom until we can get someone in to fix it. We tried DIY but we made it worse as the old sealant needs to come off

Ha! seacow I did very similar booking my Xmas ocado slot last night!

Phew cag. At least it appears to be something that can be sorted.
£21 in b&m as extension lead over heated

Love def take her back, lactulose is useless! Movicol or laxido would be better. Being constipated is horrible, warm apple juice helped my dd when she was little. I get migraines as well, they are awful and I am yet to find anything that helps mine are def linked to hormones though.

Wreck we might have some JW books you could have for your dd if you want? Hetty Feather? We were given a load but dd isn't that interested, she loves murder mysteries at the moment!! She just finished a book called The London Eye Mystery tonight which she loved.

Dinner very late tonight! But bathroom pretty much sorted I think.

DD needed comforting as it was hard for her seeing the bully but she did awesomely. Repeating the mantra "she can't do anything to me, she has no power" is helping. :)

Really hope the doctor can help love that's thoroughly miserable. Must be awful for a small child not to be able to go! I am finding lactulose vile helpful myself :o but it depends what's causing the problem I guess and they need to help work out what is going to get things moving and not fob you off.

Ooo girlie that would be brilliant! She's probably read about 20 if not more so let me know what you have happy to pay postage. Not heard of hetty feather?

Aaaaagggh my laptop has died again
Its only the screen I know but 2nd time in 4months.. its 6 years old now so looks like ill have to get a new one.. but i really dont want to move from windows7 hate hate windows 10. Ill have to take it into friendly computer shop again tomorrow

.So muffins ( oops big fail) I had friend round to dinner. Presented muffins as dessert. Yum she said , but hint of curry? .. Ive only gone and put cumin in instead of cinnamon!!! .. really nice with cheese said she, but not quite what I was aiming for.. duh!!

Will check what she has Wreck when I can be arsed to move from the sofa and let you know.

Sorry on phone realise not in ongoing conversation..

laska bahaha that made me laugh so much! I've done that before and my DH actually looked at me like this when I did it >>>

Laska that's so funny

Oh laska that's so funny & they looked fantastic!

Laska. She did sound polite at least!

I am glad you appreciate my awesomeness too Seacow . I am having a go at courgette and Brie soup tomorrow btw.

Cag sounds like you did everything right re the leak. Glad it's sorted. And of course your DC are awesome, even if they have some additional things going on, why should they not be, they sound fab.

Our very generous builders put in all Bosch and Miele appliances when the house was built and we have a Smeg dishwasher in addition. Both Bosch and Miele going strong and it's 6 years almost to the day. The smeg has recently broken but in fairness the engineer said the part that has gone is such an unusual and rare thing to go he didn't recognise it initially. Smeg have also fallen over themselves to offer a 5 year warranty on the appliance now too so value their reputation. My Miele vacuum is incredible so I think I'd go with this brand as my out and out favourite.

Keep the gin order Seacow and I'll be round on the 23rd

Spends and busyness have been high today but that's because I have to potentially stay in all day tomorrow waiting for an engineer.

£16 PT session.
£32 Boots - Nip and Fab are half price Fluffy if you need to know. I got 6 months of magnesium tablets within the on 3 for 2.
£140 Sainbury's, lots of store cupboard stuff and £10 cleaning products to get 250 points. Returned a coat for £35 and got a £7.50 card to utilise too.
£66 feed shop.
£22 nails.

Ouch! I've £80 of Boots points though....

Me and DD have danced round the kitchen tonight to Billy Idol. DS went off to his bedroom to listen to Mozart. True story. Spot where the culture lies in our house.

She really liked them actually .has just texted from bus ( insisted on going home) we islanders are strange folk.. she is eating the ones she took home on bus!

I don’t have a dishwasher and am feeling dishwasher envy

Dh came home from work with naice OJ and also pineapple juice, sparkling water, chocolate digestives, haribo strawbs, crumpets, and a jam Swiss roll my fave

He realised that maybe, just maybe he’d upset me a bit yesterday.

jO peanut chicken oooh was amazing. We had it with rice and mange touts. Mmmmmm. Will def do that one again.

Looks like I need more practice!!

It's great isn't it Em, we had greens like you and baked sweet potato wedges. Not quite enough just by itself I didn't think. The Haribo strawbs would be my personal fave....

Oooh we will have to disagree on the strawbs. I am all about the jelly babies and fizzy cherries when it comes to haribo. And starmix but it has to be the mini ones not the normal size.

Glad he has done that though. Snippiness is basically inevitable in the holycrapwehavesuddenlybecomeparents stage, it's how you handle it and apologise and move on that counts I think.

My friend crocheted me a tiny sloth 😍😍😍 he is going to join me in hospital and everything. Cuuuute.

Oh I've seen those sloths on pintrest. I cannot follow a crochet pattern, so kudos to your friend cag !

Nevermind laska at least they were edible. My last fail was rubber carrot cake. Never use defrosted grated carrot. The chickens liked it but then they will eat slugs and poo

My SiL once made an inedible courgette cake. We sat silently round the dinner table chewing and chewing this cake until DMil, who is quite outspoken and honest said 'Dsil this is bloody awful' and we all fell about laughing, including Dsil.

I got confused there as I read "inedible" as "incredible" :o

Feeling a bit caffeinated wired so I'm on the sofa watching futurama. Going to crack open the moisturiser and attack my legs with it. They are in an awful state

Cag I'd have thought the leak is your landlords problem really, once you've let them know. Slow leaks will cost more in the end if not fixed straight away so they should be incentivised to get off their butt! They sound crap though. Hopefully not your problem soon.

(As an aside I first read that as your DH drying himself under the bath but it didn't sound like a very comfortable spot...)

Love the £2k gift thing is a brilliant perk but not that easy to spend in one go if that's a requirement - DH is checking. I won't be spending £2k on a dishwasher and the only things we've ever spent that sort of money on are our car and long-haul flights - but no chance of a swanky holiday with the dcs at the mo! I am not confessing to my engagement ring and fancy pants camera as they are never-to-be-repeated expenses . And it's DH's money really but he's not into 'stuff' at all.

Need I am glad I have saved you from Brie disappointment and soup disaster

Incidentally the dishwasher that's just given up is a Bosch. Was here and already old when we bought the house - I believe it was installed in 2001 so that's pretty good going!

I don't have a dishwasher em. I have almost got a space for it and a price for the pipes but I can't be faffed with the hassle at the minute. Or spend the money.

Nsd planned today.
Speedy tomorrow as butcher and sainsbury for party weekend.

Cag, Christmas and Wreck* that's really interesting to know about the differences with referrals. The headmistress here thinks it's bonkers too. We're having private tests done but even if a positive diagnosis is given, it won't count in the school system unless we have it repeated through the NHS and they won't refer me unless I go on a 10 week parenting course, for two hours a week. balls

100 Thanks, yes ds's early months were a bit of a frazzle.