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The new builds round us have literally no garden. A row have just gone up by the comprehensive school, not 50cm from an 8' fence and main road, the area the other side is paved for a car to park on. And I know of at least five local big houses building houses in their gardens that they have carved up and sold off. Why!

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What a beautiful place to live

Realised on my way that I've lived around here all my adult life and one year off half my entire life at this stage no wonder I'm fobbing off anyone that suggests I move back to my home county, this is home now

Wreck weirdos

Lonely building flatpack furniture is my absolutely favourite hobby. I'm sure your dd would enjoy it, though she might need an extra pair of hands.

I've just been out and mowed our garden. It was like a wildflower meadow but looking a bit unkempt so it's all neat now. We have blue irises in the lawn and I'm hoping that the flower buds are still to come up so I didn't lose them.

There's a pair of blackbirds feeding three babies on the lawn now, which is very nice.

And it’s pop n Tiff time. Yippee.

Em you really are making the most of your day. Good on you x
Wreck your garden is fabulous

Dh has joined us at dparents. He is in a foul mood. I picked him up and he shouted at me. Because I left him alone and ds and I have had a lovely day (as evidenced by a number of selfies we took and sent to him).

I’m in the “fuck this shit” mindset at present. I’m going to make plans and carryon with them. With. Or without dh. I’ve spoken to Dm about it and she has excused it as “poor dh. He’s ill”

Having a cold is not 'ill'. Yes you can feel crappy but when you have responsibilities you take paracetamol, suck it up and get on with it. for you em

I've got cinnamon roll ice cream yum!

€163.66 in Aldi
€6.13 in Dunnes (used €2 loyalty vouchers)

This is €20 over budget but proving my point that we're better off with SuperValu delivery

There's only a chicken & 4 burgers in raw meat, no dog food, cleaning products or sliced pan as we'd plenty

I stuck to the list for the most part. It's a good haul nonetheless lots of fruit fresh & frozen

What was your reaction to being shouted at em?
Were all three of you supposed to stay home just because he felt under the weather

I enjoyed a lovely 5k walk along the canal, a walk I often did as a student avoiding study

Mammy it does look gorgeous where you are!

Good grief. House full of kids here which I don't mind but one of them is definitely not coming back. Plague of juice, crisp, biscuit and lolly locusts.

Nosied at an empty house today. It's about 100k over priced even recently reduced. I know someone who rang up asking if it was a typo in the pricing.
Gonna view and make a cheeky offer

mammy I stopped the car and very calmly told him to stop shouting and grow the fuck up or get out and walk home.

We are ok. Ds is enjoying an apple. I gave him the whole apple. Peeled a part of it. Then dh sliced it. But I’ve told him he must supervise.

Ds is having crushed new season jersey royals and some gammon in parsley sauce for dinner. #gastrobaby

Wreck on a good day like today everywhere looks well

Lifelong did you like what you saw when you peeked?

Em I will be taking lessons from you if I ever embark on another relationship

That's true about the sunshine making everywhere look better, Mammy.

Oh no, Em. I wouldn't pick him up next time, if I were you. Sounds like you and DS were having a great day until then.

Spends: £14.something on the rest of the shop in Asda.

Slightly fell off the last thread, been a bit hectic here im on a decluttering mission. Going to go back and have a read through. 😁

creme he didn’t ask. I went home and gave him the “are you coming for dinner yes or no” talk. He had 10 minutes to decide and get ready. Taking. No. Shit.

We built dd's draws. In a room that is the size of a standard double bed (ie it would fit and you could not even walk round it) a double length set of draws was no mean feat. However, I did measure the bed right, and the draws slipped under with 3mm to spare It now looks like a midi sleeper.

em you're my hero today. Be prepared for a "you've changed so much since having ds" conversation at some point. They are so much fun.

Nsd for me, and not planning on going out tomorrow.

We had spice tailor wraps for tea, a doddle of a lazy dinner and very tasty.

em get you! Look at it as parenting ski!ls for the toddler years.
Mammy you live in a beautiful part of the world.
Wreck That is a fab sized garden. I am not sure I could have the responsibility of mowing a lawn that size.
Our garden is starting to look something like..... I will work out how to do photos. My parents don't know yet but they have bought me a fine quantity of compost and bedding plants for my birthday. A little different from the clothes my mum had thought they'd bought.

Yes Mammy there is lots of potential.
All comes down to the price.

Take no shit em.

life Do you reckon it's a deceased persons estate trying to sell it? I've noticed they like to charge the earth despite no modern kitchen and primrose yellow bathrooms.

£6 painkillers and tcp in Superdrug. I just need one tonsil to drain and I'm done. Tried poking it with a makeup brush. It didn't work. I gagged hard. It's still there.

We are now in frome. Frome residents enjoy buying second hand furniture fit for the tip, putting tinsel in their beards & driving after 4 pints of Stella. The no-poo school of hair care is thriving.

I have never seen so much tie dye and rainbow attire and I was alive in the 80's.