Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

90 days only

Just Supporting 🤗

963 replies

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 11/05/2026 23:01

Thanks for the heads up re the new thread , new one here hope everyone finds us 🤗.

OP posts:
Thread gallery
49
DirtyGertiefromno30 · 14/06/2026 17:42

Glad it’s not throbbing as much @Thebookofcarolagainthat’s a good sign l think even if it’s still sore to touch. Fingers definitely crossed it keeps easing off for you 🤞
And that tea sounds gorgeous, steak pie, tatties, strawberries and cream and puff pastry oh proper yummy food 😋. Lucky Ds2 getting home in time for it 😁. Put your feet up if you can , you’ve had enough on today with that finger💐
Just finished the rest of the washing out it away . Going to have pizza for tea and a nice cuppa ☕.
Football now Germany v Curacao 😁
I nearly forgot to say Congratulations to you for Scotland winning against Haiti too 😁

OP posts:
Thebookofcarolagain · 14/06/2026 18:05

😁thanks @DirtyGertiefromno30 . Not watching the WC but good for us.
Tea was good. Made chantilly cream, sliced up the strawbs, cream then pastry on top of it and a dusting of icing sugar yummmy. 😋(Lot of effort for me for a change 😆😆). Still got some left for tomorrow.

Sun is shining again, good grief.
Got pile of dishes to do, how come there's always dishes,?????

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 14/06/2026 19:22

That tea sounds absolutely lush @Thebookofcarolagain 😋. Chantilly cream and strawberries with pastry on top is proper fancy effort for a just a normal day , you’ve definitely earned those leftovers tomorrow!
And honestly dishes are like a never ending Skyrim quest 🤣. You finish one round and somehow the sink refills itself 😱.
Glad the sun’s decided to behave again as well it’s been a very FGS make up your mind weather lately.
Hope you get a bit of a breather before tackling the kitchen. I am so impressed by your gorgeous strawberry dessert s 👏❤️
So impressed l had to have a fewviccirs with a cuppa to compensate myself 🤣

OP posts:
Thebookofcarolagain · 14/06/2026 20:23

Glad you compensated yourself @DirtyGertiefromno30 that never goes wrong😁
Tea want down well thankfully.
Dishes done, kitchen tidy, coffee consumed, in my pj's now doing no more.😄
Oh damm I need to order meds. Always something 🤨
Just watched a bit of Dave Allen on religion. He was so funny. Those were the days. 🤣

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 14/06/2026 20:30

Sounds like you've earned those PJs @Thebookofcarolagain😁
Typical though, just when you're done, you remember your meds order.😱 There's always something!
Dave Allen was hilarious. 😂
He was so good. Those definitely were the days 🤣.
Watched one match second one lined up for 9 o'clock Go Me 🤣

OP posts:
Thebookofcarolagain · 14/06/2026 21:18

Go you indeed @DirtyGertiefromno30 a martyr to the cause 😁
Am plootering aboot on Skyrim, just having a wander and checking out places i haven't been in a while 😆
Found 2 more stories i hadn't watched/listened to yet today so was happy😁
Listened to his history channel last night about the Mount Tambora eruption in 1815 and how it affected the world. Was fascinating. It was the cause of the weather which kept Byron, et all indoors so they had that ground breaking horror story challenge! So many other things too. He said in some places the sky would have looked like the sky in the film 'The Road' 😱 Love his stuff.

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 14/06/2026 21:36

Sounds like a lovely evening @Thebookofcarolagain😊
Bonus points for finding two more stories today too! 😁
That Mount Tambora one sounds fascinating. It's amazing how just one eruption affected so much. No wonder it inspired such eerie stories if the sky looked anything like The Road 😱.
Enjoy your plootering , much more fun than being a martyr to the cause like moi 🤣

OP posts:
Thebookofcarolagain · 15/06/2026 12:25

Afternoon all.
Another meh day. Cloudy but light just not one thing or another.
Just pottering, stripped my bed, washing on, kitchen tidied etcq

Mainly laughing my socks off watching QI while I do stuff😄

Think I will go out front and do a bit of weeding/thinning out. (I will try and remember a glove on my sore finger hand😁)
My finger seems to have gone down a bit thankfully, not as sore either. Keeping up with the mag sulph so fingers crossed.

Thebookofcarolagain · 15/06/2026 14:39

I should know better!

Done gravel and paving out front. Put more eggshells round my huge hosta (which is remarkably intact!) and my lupin trough.

Put washing out and started pulling weeds out through fence had a look at top border and bottom border.. New plants/ transplanted plants are doing well! Walked along wall to raised area pulling weeds out fence. Then noticed my foxglove leaves were nibbled...found a load of snails all along the wall so they got the hoy. Got eggshells and put them down. 😁 its never ending, I get carried away every time but its fab. Need to check the bags at the end of border on raised area, i forgot to do it. Snails get under there..😡
Still laughing at QI. 😆
Coffee time!

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 15/06/2026 16:04

Afternoon everyone 🤗
Sounds like one of those pottering days where you end up doing loads @Thebookofcarolagain😁.
Glad your finger is less swollen and sore. Hopefully the mag sulph keeps working.
Your Hosta is doing brilliantly, and it's great the new and transplanted plants are settling in well too. Trust the snails to be hiding everywhere though! 😱.Good job spotting them before they demolished more of the Foxglove. 😁
QI and gardening sounds like a lovely combination. You've definitely earned that coffee ☕😋.
Been to have lunch with my friend , it wasn't very nice, a sopping wet quiche and salad yuk🤑. Waste of money 💰
Popped to Aldi after and hone , put it all away got the washing in and put it away . Watching the Tennis from Queens . Mum ok thank God 🤗.
Two football matches tonight hey ho. 🤣

OP posts:
Thebookofcarolagain · 15/06/2026 17:16

Oh no more footie @DirtyGertiefromno30 . Hope you have.something interesting to do.
What a shame about your lunch. You should have sent it back. Always point out shoddy food in a cafe, I speak as one who has worked in many cafes.

Have remade my bed and done not much else. Need to get washing in but that's it.

just on you tube on sofa, lazy mare😄
Ds2 going to work soon and has had his own tea so just gonna do burgers for ds1 and me.
Sun is still shining but its gone much colder.

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 15/06/2026 17:25

Haha, nothing wrong with a lazy sofa afternoon after all you did over the weekend @Thebookofcarolagain😁.
You're right about the lunch, I should have said something. It's so disappointing when food isn't up to scratch because you look forward to it .
Sounds like a lovely easy evening with burgers for you and DS1 🤗
Enjoy YouTube,the burgers and sofa😁
Dh having burgers , l am going to have tinned mackerel on toast 😋
On my phone, reading my book and playing UNO 😁

OP posts:
DirtyGertiefromno30 · 16/06/2026 09:01

Good morning everyone ☀️
Weather is very nice here again thankfully 😁
Hope it's good for everyone else today too 😊. I am off to see Mum in a bit , then town for the library/market.
Hope everyone has a good day 😊

OP posts:
Thebookofcarolagain · 16/06/2026 11:47

Morning all.
Didnt sleep last night, sun was coming up by time I did.
Cloudy here, sun trying to get through, breezy too.
Going shopping later with kids, its never ending!
Hope you all have better weather than here. It's just depressing.

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 16/06/2026 13:15

Afternoon everyone 🤗
Oh no @Thebookofcarolagain, that's a rough night when the sun is coming up before you finally get to sleep bless you. Hopefully you'll get a chance to recharge later. Shopping with the kids definitely sounds like a marathon today with no sleep. Out weather is fine thankfully 21C and nice out . Another 2 loads on the line 😜.
Just coming back from seeing Mum she was fine there thankfully 😁.

OP posts:
Thebookofcarolagain · 16/06/2026 16:01

I did get some skerp @DirtyGertiefromno30 from about 4 till 9.30. Will prob doze off at some point😁😁

Back from shopping. Ds2 came. He got me a steak slice and we had them in the car😁
I was very good, didn't spend loads in aldi but was tempted by 2 dahlias in HB! 😁😁 One smallish (only £1.99, that's my excuse) and a larger one. Thinking i will put the small one in the pot out front where my dahlias arent sprouting at all yet. The other can go in a border. They need a bit of tlc first.
Shopping put away. Need to face the freezer jiggle and chop up the chicken breasts. Got a pk of meatballs 75% off so they are in freezer. 😁
Got a Toblerone in HB. Medium sized one normal price for the ones next to them, £4.95, that one cos it has valentine hearts on it £3.99! That will keep me happy for a while😁 (But February made me shiver... 😉)
My washer is still doing its own thing i think. I heard it beep when we got back, way too long to finish

Its sort of hazy here, like fine fog. Warmish though just not inviting.
Coffee time, got some Italian biccies to dunk in my coffee😋

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 16/06/2026 17:30

DS2 bringing a steak slice in the car is a proper win @Thebookofcarolagain😊😋
Good job not overspending in Aldi and great bargain 75% off those meatballs but those £1.99 Dahlias were never going to be left there 😉 .They’ll be lovely in the beds with a bit of TLC.
DH has a lovely one in the garden l bought him in HB last year for £2.99 . Got to say their plants are pretty good on the whole .
Freezer jiggle and chicken can wait coffee and Italian biscuits first definitely 🤣
Toblerone bargain is a great find 😂 Hope the washing machine behaves itself 🙄.
DH having steak Mushies chips and tomatoes , l am having cheese on toast
😋 DH watching the Searchers cowboy film because no match till 8pm aw what a shame 🤣

OP posts:
Thebookofcarolagain · 16/06/2026 17:49

Chicken dealt with, freezer tetris a success yeah me! 🤣🤣
Ds2 looked at all the freezer drawers amazed and said we don't need anything for a month! I laughed and said you would be amazed at how fast it goes! But hopefully it will last a couple of weeks at least.

Yeah washer didn't behave, it had stopped and the duvet cover was still soaked. Re spun it all, stupid machine it's supposed to handle 9 lbs.
Have chicken chunks for tea but still no idea what to do with them ds2 no help whatsoever. 😄 Might just do butter chicken as have naans in freezer. We arent hungry after the steak slices so might just do toasties and keep chicken for tomorrow...
Got more strawbs and cream but they had no pastry, damm, oh well we will live. 😁

Thebookofcarolagain · 16/06/2026 18:31

😁😁 great minds ...Ds2 just came down i said I was thinking about toasties for tea and he laughed and said he came down to say dont bother making tea he wasn't really hungry yet. Oh well that's me off the hook.

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 16/06/2026 19:07

🤣🤣 Well done on the freezer Tetris @Thebookofcarolagain! I had to laugh at DS2 thinking it would last a month bless him 😁
What a pain about the washer, but at least you caught it. Sounds like you've earned a night off cooking too , great minds thinking alike with DS2! 🤣
Enjoy your strawberries & cream and put your feet up, you've had a busy day!
DH finished watching The Searchers and he's now on Eastenders 🙄
Then the football 🤣 ⚽🏟️🥅

OP posts:
Thebookofcarolagain · 16/06/2026 22:47

Just had a cheese toastie for tea and a slice of my Toblerone @DirtyGertiefromno30 That was plenty. Will have strawbs snd cream tomorrow.
Just been noseying on you tube, now put Skyrim on 😁
Got job centre in morning oh joy.

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 16/06/2026 22:53

You’ve had a nice tea with a proper treat on the side @Thebookofcarolagain yummy 😋
YouTube and Skyrim sounds like a good way to wind down tonight nice bit of escape before tomorrow for you 🤗
Job centre in the morning isn’t anyone’s favourite thing though 🙄.
Nevermind, get it over with.
Hope you get a good sleep tonight 🤗
Watched the France match but not going to watch the other one it's on too late. Just had a club biscuit and a cuppa 😋

OP posts:
DirtyGertiefromno30 · 17/06/2026 09:15

Good morning everyone 😊
I am taking my Mum's friend to Aldis this morning , sister doing Mum 😁. Weather has panned here , back to wet wet wet 🙄.
Hope it's better where you are, have a good day everyone 😊.

OP posts:
Thebookofcarolagain · 17/06/2026 11:17

No better here @DirtyGertiefromno30 . Rained this morning and its not clearing, dark clouds all over. Rubbish weather.
Been to job centre and coop with Ds1. I had to get white bread cos he doesn't like brown 🙄 No damm pastry in there either 😡
Hope others are having better weather.

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 17/06/2026 12:39

Afternoon everyone 🤗
Have taken my Mums friend shopping to Aldis and did a bit as well for us , it was £63 😱. Mum is ok, thankfully, my sister's day to visit today . I bought some Eton Mess for her to have tomorrow it was in the freezer in Aldi it's lovely 😍 😋
Shame about the pastry @Thebookofcarolagain but good to get the JC over with . My DH hates brown bread too 🤣.

OP posts: