April Amigos Accounting Achievements and Adaptability

[Wolfcub]

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Morning everyone 😀
Snuggly Weather has changed completely here , cold & overcast. We are sleeping with the windows open though and the bird song in the morning is beautiful 😍
Dd1 seeing to Mum & Bob today so we have a rest today 🤗👏
Love the beautiful hair pics 😍
givemeacall rhubarb crumble , delicious 😋 😄
Did not eat catrabbit don't worry 😂
Have a lovely bank holiday Easter Monday Everyone 🤗🧸🐰🐣🥚🐰🐣🐤🐥

Mrs it sounds like you had a full on day yesterday, hope you get to relax more today.
snuggly I love rhubarb crumble. I'm hoping to get a good crop from ours this year.
Em hope your peaceful spell in the middle of the day helped you feel less anxious.
Loving the hair pics. Mine needs washing every couple of days, can't help feeling a touch of envy as my hair has changed radically since going grey. The texture is very different and so to look presentable when not tied back, it needs blow drying, straightening or both.
Thanks for the messages about ds, he is managing to laugh about it now!
I had a low day yesterday. My mum is struggling with tech stuff and it's very hard to help without being able to see the screens she is seeing. She is 80 and was getting very frustrated, but we managed in the end, but it took over an hour of my time and was stressful. Dd needed help with the quilt she's making so that was another couple of hours gone, when all I wanted to do was to have a couple of hours to myself.

However, on a positive note, we did Easter chocolate nests and I found a recipe for White chocolate rocky road which I had all the ingredients for. It is absolutely delish. White chocolate, butter, syrup, shortbread, mini eggs and marshmallows, mmmmmmmmm! Ended the day with 3 hours of tv.

Sun is out today, but much fresher. Today I'm going to quilt....

girlie I always have garden envy when I see pics of yours, it looks lovely again.
give glad your dc got eggs, the chocolate cake looks good.

Our crumble was lush. Mr Rhubarb is looking much happier this morning. He has put on a growth spurt overnight. The rain appears to have done him a world of good. I suspect I need to water him more often & keep him weed free.

Today will be a day of planting seeds which didn't happen yesterday. And make a start on the front garden. I need more cement for ds & dh to finish another wall. I also need compost (lots) and plants... In an ideal world I would have the Corono- time to garden and the freedom to whizz about without thinking.

DD is pricing up containers, outdoor pizza ovens, and garden furniture... knowing her style habit this could be expensive.

North I find asking people to sort the washing, empty the dishwasher, put bins outs etc guarantees being left alone for hours at a time.

Yes it's much cooler today and the rain woke me up in the night.
Ds is in an awful mood today. He has moaned about everything, wanted his breakfast fed to him, wanted to be carried upstairs, had a full on tantrum because he wanted a hair clip, then he didn't want it so dd put it in her hair at which point he wanted it again. He doesn't like dd's dress now. It's going to be a long day!

Started the day with spider Capture it move to where the longest vacuum nozzle would reach it. Vacuumed my bedroom carpet after for good measure to ensure it got an extra whirl around. Then Pilates. Need to shower now and start the day. Ds is watching a Jackie Chan film.

Snuggly hope your day improves and ds comes around

Unescorted I'd love a pizza oven. My garden is too tiny though.

I too have massive garden envy when we see pictures of Girlies beautiful garden

Mrs hope you can relax today yesterday sounds quite eventful

I hope today is better North, that sounds very stressful.

Everyone’s baking sounds lovely - again. I need to stop being tempted to make things!

I am annoyed with DH today, about his selfishness. Something minor triggered it but it has just made me realise how much resentment is brewing about how he’s not pulling his weight. I’ve been doing most of the child juggling, all of the food shopping, cooking and cleaning (a big job!). Organising all of the activities for the children. He does some washing up, some child juggling and puts the odd load of washing on (never puts anything away though). He’s been working but he actually works fewer hours than I do, now his job’s been cut, and earns a lot less, but acts as though his work time is untouchable. I am highly stressed about how much I have to do and he isn’t. I am fed up with him today.

Rant over. Sorry.

I got up with the kids, am now having a quiet cup
of tea upstairs before having a shower and then tackling the huge pile of clean laundry on the spare room bed. That is also my work space (because DH has commandeered our joint study for his work ) so I have to tidy it before works starts again tomorrow. I might have to actually order a desk and chair and get rid of a chest of drawers in the bay window - I think I need the work space more than storage right now as sitting on a bed isn’t doing my back much good! I bet desks are out of stock everywhere, I shall have a look.

Today I need to blitz the spare room, tidy and clean the rest of the house, including bathrooms (but I’m not doing DH’s), blitz the study too as I need to find various resources for the Dcs and it’s so messy I can’t move in there. I also need to plan some activities DS can do semi-independently tomorrow as he is getting very bored. And I need to do some paperwork for my company accounts and pay corporation tax - I hope I can find the payslip thingy. Oh, and cook for everyone. Sigh.

Have a good day everyone.

Feeling a bit better today.

I’m going to dsis’ to drop off her birthday present. Will leave it outside her door. Desperately want to see her and do birthday hugs etc. But no. Just leaving it outside the door.

Then to boots for food for Dd.

I’ve spent £107 this morning on a sewing machine. I’m going to make cushions for our garden bench. Ordered the fabric earlier in the week then realised I haven’t got a machine. Dm does. But I’d have to go there etc....

I got very excited when I discovered that a local garden centre is delivering plants. I spent ages looking through their website and choosing shrubs for a new border I want to create in my front garden. Then I had another look at the website and realized they're only delivering within a 10km radius. And I live 18km away . Maybe I'll just pick out the plants and plan my border in anticipation of the garden centre opening again. I wonder if plants will shoot up in price (no pun intended)? People won't be going on foreign holidays (or possibly even local ones?) so they'll be spending more time in their gardens and devoting more time to them.

Dropped off dsis’ present. Yay.

Now in the queue for boots. Yay

Thanks for the garden love, it's really only a small space but I pack a fair bit in, gardening is my therapy!

Sea I think you have the patience of a Saint, this is why I remain single I absolutely could not put up with a man child and I would be permanently furious with the inequality of the work balance! At least when it's just me I only get annoyed with myself when jobs don't get done 😆 I have started getting dd to pull her weight a bit more now she's off as well, generally she's been okay at helping out more.

We had a nice long walk Ystd afternoon, we're lucky that we live close to a canal, it's beautiful to walk along and we always spot tons of wildlife. Ystd we saw a stork being chased by a crow, ducks and ducklings (very cute) a squirrel who was flying from tree to tree, a kestrel hovering and a fox. Occasionally we see deer along there as well.

Dd also spent 4 hours doing this jigsaw.

On Saturday I spent £30 in Pets at Home on pet food, as I'm NHS I get 10% off at the moment and don't have to queue which is a bonus.

I also spent £16 in the chemist on my prescription and hay fever meds for dd who is struggling with it at the min.

I completed an online form with Wessex water to get a rebate as they're offering £50 to NHS workers for the increase water use in washing uniforms etc.

sea - take the desk from the joint office & replace it with the washing mountain and chest.

I am not sure why the washing sorting is a sacrosanct activity reserved for female parents.

Indoor seeds started off - the end of the dining room table is now a greenhouse.

Sea I think Unescorted's plan is sound. Take the desk, replace it with both children, install a lock on your spare room/new office door

Ds has finally improved after a lot of grumpiness e.g. jumping on his sister's puzzle, throwing things, hitting dd2 over the head with a wooden spoon and so on. I took him out for a long walk. I put his back pack on with the strap attached and told him it was because he was in a silly mood and I didn't trust him to walk by me. He sulked and whined fr the first 5 minutes then we had a nice chat and watched some birds, looked at the blossom etc and he is ok now. I think he's perhaps getting a bit stir crazy at home.

Hello everyone.
Went to wilkos and got some compost and a few other bits £7.40. Luckily no one was there when I got there, so was in and out in 5 minutes and did not see hardly any other humans.

Snuggly glad ds cheered up.

Sea hope your day improved.

Give, your ds is so cute! Hope the chicken pox isn't bothering him too much.

Mrs, lovely cakes, as ever!

Unescorted, thank you for all the advice re herbs, I have separated them and I'm sure they will keep growing!

North, glad ds can laugh about the police now!

Give It will be a peaks and troughs ride but you are welcome to join me ... tonight is going to get to -4deg tonight. My jasmine, clematis and passion fruit might not make it through. I have brought my pots in as I don't have any fleece to tuck them up with. Tomorrow we start the front garden.... it is more problematic as we have a badly placed spring that has decided to turn up in the garden, some of the soil is very clayey, there is mares tail, shade in places, builders rubble and one bed that is bone dry. We can do this ….

wolf how did your spider enjoy his waltzer ride in the vacuum cleaner? It was a rookie move on his part to move his hairy legs to be in reach.

Snuggly everyone is getting cabin fever. there is a person down the road singing what sounds like the Sex Pistols soundtrack, but I think he is trying for Oasis. Either way his nearer neighbours are wishing that he will get to the point where he has consumed enough beer to make him stop. We are far enough away to find it funny.

That's funny Unescorted! Our neighbours have probably seen us dancing along to various tunes over the weekend

I've been the nightmare neighbour today. Both DC just been outside screeching and shouting. Too much pent up energy.
Hope it's warmer tomorrow and I can run them out

Tayto did you see on news where someone left €500 in a shop in west Kerry for all children & elderly to get an Easter egg, kind gesture.

I bought condensed milk for lemon cheesecake then decided it'd be too sweet and didn't use it, I'll hold out for a crowd visiting to use it.
Had no lemon curd either so made it with lemon juice, very novel

We also had clues for Easter egg hunt for first time, ex started hunt thing a few years ago so I had to carry it on

Lane my last takeaway was rubbish too but that was poor quality food rather than flavour.

All talk of hand washing dishes is amusing me as it's really the only thing au pair is doing for her wages while lockdown is on!
Will be glad of dishwasher again when we move as it does make kitchen untidy very quickly

Em I felt a bit like that yesterday everywhere I went someone followed me but now I've learned that I'm going to be alone tues night to sat night I want to take back my bad thoughts from yesterday

Girlie your gardens lovely

Sea beautiful curls dds are just like this, wash once a week and leave to dry naturally brush through conditioner is key, then Aldi leave in conditioner spray daily, when she can wash her own hair twice w week would be better for keeping it fabulous

I wash mine twice a week most weeks but some weeks get away with once!
Ds took it out of ponytail today told me I'm more beautiful with my hair down

Curvy I miss my pixie cut but not the frequent washing

It'll be two years before I'll have rhubarb again won't it? You're not meant to harvest first year I think

We didn't plant ds's seeds yet tomorrow hopefully, they're at home painting blown eggshells with au pair, it'll do me and them good to get a break from each other. I'm catching up here and listening to pink, went slightly outside my 2km

Sea most unusual for you to complain about your dh hope ye find the balance

Girlie I hear you the reason myself & bf work is because we don't live together & there's no chance of it happening either

Hi all :) bringing a spend forward a few days earlier than planned - downloaded just dance on the switch. Eldest is miserable, the Caglets do agree we need to do stuff that isn’t sitting on phones all day but this game will sweeten the deal :o

I have set a recurring alarm for 11.55pm to try and get a Tesco delivery

Had quite a frugal day sorting out all my books , though did indulge in a packet of winegums when DP went for diesel. I have decided to let a lot of classics and vintage murder mysteries go as I can download those free of charge. I can mostly see what is on my shelves now, the books are not double parked. I have two books from amazon en route though, so not so frugal maybe.

The rhubarb crumble sounded most delicious. I have to make it apple in our house as DP doesn’t care for rhubarb. I have one last pack of apples from my Mums trees last year in the freezer so that might become a crumble this week.

Shepherds pie for dinner this eve, then the cat and I FaceTimed my sister, and I rang my best friend. Nice evening.

Morning all hope everyone has a lovely frugal Tuesday. It's quite frosty here but the sun is shining so the light is nice

I'm in the queue for Tescos - was here half an hour early but still at least 10 people ahead of me! I'm embarrassed to admit this is the earliest I've been up in weeks - I need to get back in the swing of things as I'm on the school rota next week.

I made some gluten free, veg suet pastry last night and made a filling of spiced lentil and spinach then assembled into mini-pies for snacks. I'm so chuffed with myself - not something I would ever usually do - but trying to genuinely use up odds and ends in the cupboards is leading to bring more inventive.