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today i am feeling pleased with myself

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onlyjoking9329 · 11/10/2008 15:48

today i have single handedly taken apart the dining table and moved the table and six chairs in readiness for our new floor being fitted, and i have painted the outside front wall and the outside of the kitchen wall, i have done a reasonable job i think i am now grabbing a coffee before taking the kids to a party. then i have to work out how to set the timer on the DVD recorder

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UnfortunatelyMurderedMe · 11/10/2008 15:50

well done you I have tried and failed to lay carpet tiles and have had to ring my mum to get her to help me
so too at your capableness

artichokes · 11/10/2008 15:50

That is amazing OJ. If I achieved that in a week I would be impressed with myself!

tangarine · 11/10/2008 15:52

Well done you! You should be pleased with yourself! I followed your story but didn't post at the time as I didn't "know" you.

mrsmortenharket · 11/10/2008 15:53

wow!!!!! well done oj xxx
i haven't got a dvd recorder (tho i do have a video recorder which doesn't work ) so no help with that (btw, tis i, fm!)

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onlyjoking9329 · 11/10/2008 15:57

it is more than i have done for ages but all these jobs are stacking up, it was odd doing the painting thou as steve was a painter & decorator, i can only imagine how horrified he would have been to see me painting probably with the wrong brush or doing something not quite to his proffessional standards

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ladytophamhatt · 11/10/2008 16:03

He's prob grinning from ear to ear OJ, watching you do such a great job!

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onlyjoking9329 · 11/10/2008 16:05

i have given up with the dvd recorder, i can't get it to work, its probably not tuned into the new TV, i am gonna miss X-factor and it is the only programme that i watch
well i had best take the kids to this pizza party.

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mrsmortenharket · 11/10/2008 16:09

lol at image of steve standing behind oj pointing out bits you miss or saying well done (OJ) xx

can you catch up with the repeats?

UnfortunatelyMurderedMe · 11/10/2008 16:10

oj you can catch x factor on itv catch up online

mrsmortenharket · 11/10/2008 16:12

i think the link is www.itv.com/online
have good evening xxx

mylittlepudding · 11/10/2008 18:29

OJ - wow!!! Often I think wow, but very definitely today.

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onlyjoking9329 · 11/10/2008 19:24

phew i made it home

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cheekysealion · 11/10/2008 22:17

good for you...

I also had a very productive day...

weekly shop at 8am

2 trips to the tip

One new unit put together- it is very Lush and hide lots of clutter

and bike ride with little ones

then chip shop chips in front of telly

estuaryfairy · 11/10/2008 22:34

OJ, Sky+ - you'll never have to do anything remotely televisually technological again. It's so easy, even my 16 m o DD managed to record The Backyardigans, though that could have been a fluke of toddler button pressing

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onlyjoking9329 · 12/10/2008 07:52

Chip shop sounds good.
We have an NTL box, the DVD recorder is ok to use but it is well over a year since I used it and I have forgoton how to set it up, I must find the instructions, thou it is always fun trying to guess where Steve put them.

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Yorkiegirl · 12/10/2008 07:55

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unlikelyamazonian · 12/10/2008 09:25

OJ you must be very proud of yourself. It's these small hurdles - domestic household things that the fella would have done - that mount up in the minds eye when you're coping with grief. Each chore brings back to me the fact that I am alone now..like getting the coal and logs in from garage, mowing the lawn, washing the car, replacing batteries in things, etc. But now I have done lots of them and so far not electrocuted myself or pulled any ligaments, I am chuffed.

I cannot work our DVD recorder at all either. The instructions are as long as the bayeux (sp??) bloody tapestry. exh did all that and the sad thing is there are downloaded movies of us with new baby at xmas on it, and I am not ready to see anything like that so almost daren't try and get it going.

Sky+ does sound the answer.

Blandmum · 12/10/2008 09:29

Good for you OJ!

I felt similar when I phones and organsed all the extra insurance cover for our Holiday week after next. Dh would always have done this in the past

Traceless · 12/10/2008 09:31

Well done oj get you!

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onlyjoking9329 · 12/10/2008 09:33

of course I can do your painting for you yorkie I can bring 3 hellers, thou I fear it would cost you your sanity a lot in chocolate and coffee, it maybe cheaper to pay someone to do a proper job it for you.

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onlyjoking9329 · 12/10/2008 09:43

of course that should have said helpers it seems as time moves on I discover more things I miss, I am gonna have to get the chimney swept and order coal for our stove fire. It does feel like a kick in the teeth when you have to do stuff like sort out insurance, I still forget that there are 4 of us now and not 5, elliot insisted we buy an egg poacher that does 4 eggs cos we couldn't have one before for five of us.
I remember getting really cross and tearful as I couldn't get in the safe as Steve had changed the number and of course he had forgotten to tell me.

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onlyjoking9329 · 12/10/2008 09:46

where you off to Mb? How did last Saturday go, did Ds go with you to do the ashes?
We are off to menorca on Friday for two weeks of no paperwork phonecalls or inlaws

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Blandmum · 12/10/2008 12:24

centreparcs in Holland

Taking MIL along (she is a hoot) and she is going to teach the kids to Ski (while I have a well earned break)

Blandmum · 12/10/2008 12:25

oh and last week was tough, but OK (you know the feeling) ds didn't go, but dd did and I had my bro and his dd with me for company. didn't want a big fuss

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onlyjoking9329 · 12/10/2008 19:51

enjoy holland, i expected last saturday would be tough for you, how do you feel now you have done it?

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