Chatting and Stepping! Stepping and Chatting! (and the odd rant!)

[carrotsandcelery]

Come inside for a and a and maybe even a if the mood takes you.

A thread for chatter and nonsense

Not sure what happened to it, but they can't redeliver until wed eve so I'm going to have to go get a few things today.

The girls have gone to GPs today, but I have a checkup at the dentist this morning & a facial this arvo, so will have to fit some flying around them.

This time next week I will be back at work

Morning all! How is everyone?

I am finding it hard to get going so far. I have got the DC up, ready and to school but am now behind (late breakfast etc.)

I slept somewhat better last night. Asleep before 11pm but woke up at 12.00. From then on I only woke up every 2-3 hours, so not so bad but I think I did a lot of tossing and turning and still feel tired (but not as bad as yesterday).

I have a bit of a headache.

Sorry to hear that scout! In my tossing and turning and having weird dreams last night, I woke with a headache too, but it has gone now! Does fresh air help you?

It depends on the type of headache, arti. This one feels migraine-y which means a dark, quiet room and sleep would be good but it's not going to happen today!

I did go outside to take trash and recycling to the bins and TS & used his new magnifying glass to look at snails. Unfortunately we have rainclouds overhead so anticipate the heavens opening any time.

I am here briefly. Hello everyone. Sorry about the head Scout. Can you numb it a bit with drugs? Most of my friends know the right "cocktails" of meds to be able to function if they can't go and hide.

I put the light off at midnight and slept solid until 6.30 and feel loads better for it. I will ease into the earlier nights much more gradually from now on as it was not working for me.

It is my friend's birthday today and a crowd of us are going out for lunch to celebrate I get picked up in ten minutes.

I have packed up the paid for ebay parcels and posted them though and done some beading I needed to wind down after yesterday's relentless mania from ds. I have also done a massive pile of paperwork so not all is lost.

I hope everyone has a great day.

Usually I just have a bit of caffeine (sounds crazy but the prescription I used to have when I was in uni was mostly caffeine) and ride them out. My stomach was upset earlier (which, for me, is a sign that I woke up with a migraine) so taking pills would have caused me to gag/vomit (sorry for the TMI). I'd love to nap with Toddler but I've worked out I can't let him sleep his usual length of 2+ hours or bedtime's a nightmare and if I went to lay down I'd sleep all afternoon.

MrScout was supposed to not come home until Thursday but he forgot his wash kit (despite having a toothbrush, contacts & pills at his parents he needs his shaver and can't make due with a razor for two days) so is coming home. I told him I'm going to bed when TS is settled and he can sort dinner himself since I wasn't planning on him being home.

TS went down for a nap without getting up once (yay!). I'm giving myself until 12:30 to veg then am going to crack on with jobs for the last half an hour of Toddler's nap.

Just checking in for lunch.

Checking in for lunch too!
Scout - my friend who has migrainish headaches says that caffeine helps too!

also popping in for 5mins

I've been experimenting with different ways of cooking the quinoa bergers.

I've taken two that I cooked in the oven yesterday and re-heated by frying. Still v nice!

I've got 4 more in oven cooking, but this time I put oil in tin and heated in oven before putting mix in ( like you do with Yorkshires) in the hope that it sticks less ( I haven't got any greeseproof paper!)

A thought. If I make a Yorkshire pudding in Lancashire, does that make it a Lancashire pudding?

I'm just lurking while eating cake and drinking a

Need to kick self up bum soon and get on with it!

artiam hoping to bake some biscuits later that have no added sugar or fat
will post recipe if they are nice

cats-here comes my hob nailed boot in direction your bum

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and for good measure

go cats go

Waves to Zoo and Cats
No added sugar/fat biscuits sound great! I didn't know such a thing existed! Please post recipe if they are nice!

Just been to heat up another burger ( my third this lunch time)

Drat! burgers still stuck to pan! I've put greaseproof paper on my shopping list!

5 more mins and I must do some more work!

1 x washing up done. Still have CBA feeling today.

Keep going Cats!

I feel really tired and useless! If I didn't have to do the school run I would try and have a nap.

((cats)) Try not to get too stressed about it. You are bound to go up and down a bit. Give it a bit more time and you will have more days like yesterday energy -wise

Hello again. Arti i am glad it is noy just me who finds these things dont always hold together well. Cats just take little tiny steps. 5 mins washing up then chill etc.
Hi zoo!
My friend seemed to like her gifts. Yay! I also have a proper paid commission from one of my mums friends. I wont let her pay as she is very good to the kids. She admired one mum was wearing not knowing i made it. Am chuffed!

New-to-us Toddler group good fun for a small boy but perhaps not so good for my head. Didn't bother me too much while I was there but the post group/noise come down has been a killer on the head.