Morning lovely ones...
Mrs it was such lovely news about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Ashoori.
Martha I know what you mean about the news. It is unremittingly awful. The only silver lining is that the group of people who bang on with their false memory WW2 nostalgia have gone silent as they realise that this is what close combat war looks like in Europe. Not that the skin colour should make a difference, but to them it does. And then there is all the bad news that is being buried. I am finding it all overwhelming and may also turn to Spotify.
Tayto 17 is such a difficult age. Old enough to want to go out but having to go to the less discriminating (safer) places. We did the same as you - waited up to bring them home. We also ended up being the safe place for kids to sober up before being posted home with a hangover. DD had a lot of friends with parents that were a bit My Way or The Highway - it seemed safer to let their kids sleep over than have them thrown out of the house in the wee hours to sit out until they sobered up. There are a few families in the village who are surprised that their kids know us well enough to stop & chat...... and are happy to do so.
Wolf that sounds far too busy. I fail to see the lie on the couch and do very little for most of the afternoon part of your day.
Curls lovely frock. All I want from dresses these days are sleeves, pockets and not to cling around the mid-drift. I have taken to making my own.
Speaking of which I need to pick up the sewing machine from the random bloke who fixes them. £40 for full service, new bobbin casing/ spooler that had warped ( I am looking at you DD & DH) and a lesson in how to look after it properly.
DS has picked up on frugal ways...... we used to watch the F1 with dad and he paid for the £10 each race on Now TV. So now that is not a thing I said we could do Now TV here...... DS worked out it would be cheaper to sign me up for the new customer deal. That gets us the whole season plus some of the football for DD. I have 2 happy children.