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DirtyGertiefromno30 · 26/07/2026 21:39

It's that time again !
@bookbook@Thebookofcarolagain
@FridayNighFeeling

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Thebookofcarolagain · 01/10/2026 17:17

Fingers crossed for you @DirtyGertiefromno30 that must be a pia to have on. How do you sleep?
Washing is in, bags are on whirly, back entry swept not washing it today! Washing away. Tea is on. After dishes are done I am not doing another thing all day😄
Ds2 had his tea early as going to help a mate. Too many chick peas in tea. Will know next time. Might use lentils or butter beans as they are soft and can be mushed 😄 Goodness knows what ds1 will say😄

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 01/10/2026 17:29

You’ve definitely earned your feet up after all that @Thebookofcarolagain! Once the dishes are done, that’s it, nothing else allowed! 😂
Hope I manage to sleep ok too but l am not banking on it but l have to just get on with it 🤞🙏🙄. Definitely think lentils or butter beans would be better next time. Be interesting to see what DS1 makes of all those chickpeas! 😂
Doing our tea in a bit l am looking forward to it 😋😁.

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Thebookofcarolagain · 01/10/2026 18:11

No wonder @DirtyGertiefromno30 gammon is definately a win. I need to cook mine tomorrow.
Waiting on my cinnamon swirl to cook, my treat for all my efforts 😄 Well that's my excuse and I am sticking to it. Then its jammies and rest of my bottle of cider.
Got job centre tomorrow but nothing else. Might get into gravel out front and get that bit in front of wall cleared.

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 01/10/2026 18:52

Gammon is definitely a win @Thebookofcarolagain😋. We never seem to have it and l don't know why that is but l am putting it back on the menu 😋😂. The Cinnamon swirl is lovely, and yes that’s a perfectly good excuse 😂 .Jammies and cider sounds like a great plan to me. Hope Job Centre isn’t too much of a pain tomorrow. You might get that gravel done too if the weather plays ball , 🤞🙏👏😁.
Just eaten our tea it was yummy 😋
Dishwasher needs doing so l will move my bum now and get it done.
Then for a nice cuppa 😁☕

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Thebookofcarolagain · 01/10/2026 20:39

DS2 just came back from helping his mate with his car. Was talking to me at back o@f sofa then stopped and went "Arghh" ..on top of wall above my head there was a humongous spider😱
I said oh thanks i was in ignorant bliss😄 Made him get up and catch it in a tankard while I opened back door that's the 2nd one today! Just STOP!

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 01/10/2026 21:58

Oh God 😱😂 I’d rather have stayed in ignorant bliss too @Thebookofcarolagain! Two in one day is definitely two too many. Thank goodness DS2 was there to catch it, I’d have been out the back door myself 😂.
Just watched the Traitors am loving it . Had a nice cuppa choc and a couple of Nairns GF bisks .

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Thebookofcarolagain · 01/10/2026 22:25

I got choc covered bourbons in HB @DirtyGertiefromno30 . They are delish. Chunky square biccies, just had the last one left tonight with my last coffee. (I didnt eat them all!) Next time I am in I will get 2 pkts😄
Bless him he hates them more than I do @DirtyGertiefromno30 its usually him running away 😄 I am ok if I can catch it without it moving. I have a thing about quick movements by anything. ( Shudders)

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 01/10/2026 22:44

Ooh, chocolate covered bourbons @Thebookofcarolagain they sound delicious 😋 . I’ll definitely keep an eye out for those in HB they sound absolutely lovely my Mum and Kim Clam will love them ! And I can’t blame your Ds2 , I’d run too if it suddenly started moving 😱 .
My Dd2 is petrified of them . She won't hang washing outside in case spiders go on the washing 😂

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Thebookofcarolagain · 01/10/2026 22:51

Watching FMS they have some great offers in supermarkets to lure you in but the regular prices are crazy! (Especially for the crap in the food)
I dont like spiders but I gird myself if I am on my own to deal with them. But if i have a ds around then I call on them 😄😄
Def get the biccies they're delish @DirtyGertiefromno30

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 02/10/2026 08:28

Good morning everyone 🌞
Another lovely morning here thank God 🤗. Off to see Mum in a bit l have to manouvre the ECG monitor and make sure l don't get it wet lol 😊.
I agree with you @Thebookofcarolagainthe offers are great for getting you through the door, then you see the normal prices and wonder what happened! And half of it is absolute rubbish anyway 🙄
I’m exactly the same with spiders 😂 If there’s someone within shouting distance then obviously it’s their job to deal with it! No point me putting myself through that when I have perfectly good spider catchers available in the shape of DH 😁.
And yes, I’m definitely getting those biccies next time I’m in HB. You’ve sold them to me! 😂
Have a lovely day everyone 🤗

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Thebookofcarolagain · 02/10/2026 08:49

Morning all.
Cloudy here and to get windy then rain over afternoon.😡 Fingers crossed its not bad.
😄 at your Dh shaped spider catcher @DirtyGertiefromno30 .
Crappy night despite an interesting new Skyrim story, gave up before 2 and had a cuppa, fell asleep about 3.
Job centre later what fun 😄
Have a good day all.

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 02/10/2026 09:44

Morning @Thebookofcarolagain 😊 Hope the wind and rain don't turn out to be as bad as they're saying! A spider catcher in the shape of my DH really did make me laugh 😂. Sounds like you had a proper rubbish night, although at least the Skyrim story was keeping you entertained bless you . Hope the cuppa helped and you managed to get a bit of sleep eventually. Good luck at the Job Centre later, always a barrel of laughs 🙄.
Washing out .
On our way to see Mum l will return 😁

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DirtyGertiefromno30 · 02/10/2026 13:45

Home from seeing Mum who was good thankfully, then popped into Aldi , got a few bits for her and us, milk, bread etc.
ECG monitor is ok ATM not falling off.
Just on the way home for a cuppa and a bit of toast 😁.
Hope everyone is ok 🤗

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Thebookofcarolagain · 02/10/2026 14:47

Afternoon @DirtyGertiefromno30
I have been bone idle! Fell asleep this afternoon for about 3/4 hrs.

Have done dishes and made cheese sauce for mac cheese for tea. Just got the pasta to do and ds2 wants bacon as well as the ham in it.
It got really cloudy and cold for a while, sun is trying to get back out now.
I need to move and get hoover out give me a push😄 I really should get out front but for some reason my shoulder is bloody sore today and thats not encouraging me. Sick of this nonsense.

Am watching Zac Rios doing his financial vids. A lot of the clips this time from Calebs show. It's absolutely astonishing how you can get credit cards or loans in USA without any means to pay them back, no financial backgrounds, ridiculous limits, huge car loans for 19, 20 year-old and people just pay minimum payments a month if anything. Some of thier CCs are 30% interest! One guy took out a cc to get the cash back to pay for Xmas...5% cashback v 30% interest. He didn't pay it off every month so no cashback just interest every month!
One took out $1000 loan to buy a PS5 which is costing them $4500 to pay off because the interest is over 400% (payday loan)😱 what is wrong with people in USA? They are all cc crazy and dont seem to care if they pay it back or not. I dont get it.

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 02/10/2026 15:33

Afternoon everyone 😊
You’ve not been bone idle @Thebookofcarolagain, you’ve had a 3/4 hour nap and still managed to do the dishes and make cheese sauce! 😂 I’d call that a productive afternoon especially with no sleep and you went to the job centre 😁.
I’m giving you a gentle virtual shove now go and get the hoover out 😂.
You can do the front after if your shoulder is still sore, no point making it worse. Bloody annoying though, especially when you were hoping to get on with things.
That financial stuff is absolutely bonkers 😱 .Some of those interest rates are unbelievable. $4,500 to pay back for a $1,000 PS5 loan!! 😳 And taking a credit card to get cashback for Christmas when you're paying 30% interest, you’d actually lose loads of money 🤦‍♀️😂. I know people get themselves into difficult situations, but some of those decisions just seem completely mad. I’d be having kittens looking at those balances! 😂
I got the washing in and put it away , sorted the kitchen after dinner and made my baked potatoes and tuna and sweetcorn for my tea and l have another done for tea tomorrow. I bought the 4 baked pots for 28p from Home Bargains what a good price . Listening to the Archers back from June 😁. I used to listen to it loads .

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Thebookofcarolagain · 02/10/2026 17:11

Thanks @DirtyGertiefromno30 . Just drives me mad, don't know why my shoulder is playing up, nonsensensical.
Just finishing tea for ds1 and me. Ds2 had his before he went to work.
Wow thats a great bargain on the potatoes, never thought to look for them in HB. I sometimes look at the fruit or meat. Will next time. 😄
Still havent hoovered. 😱 Tomorrows another day and I can get on with housework hopefully😉
Yes i know the cc thing is absolutely barmey I would be a wreck! Just a couple of grand would do it for me in never mind tens or hundreds of thousands! (Well i wouldn't be that daft to start with! )
Just got the plates to wash then I think I am getting my jammies on and chilling with my heat pad.

Bought fresh hot choc and ds2 and I got those Baileys tube biccies to dunk in it. Hopefully they are nice.

Thebookofcarolagain · 02/10/2026 17:16

Yum that was good. I added Coleman mustard ( i love it but havent put it in mac cheese for ages) but didn't let on cos ds1 claims he doesnt like it. Ds2 said it tasted rich, ds1 said it was good and never mentioned mustard. 😄😄😄😉

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 02/10/2026 17:27

Hope your shoulder settles down soon, it's so annoying when it just starts playing up for no reason 🙄. Hopefully the heat pad helps. What are we like, we are a right pair, me with me left calf and ECG monitor and you with your back and shoulder , we wouldn't make one good person with the two of us put together 😂.
And sod the hoover 😂 Tomorrow's another day, it'll still be there! Get your jammies on and chill, sounds much better to me 😉
I know, the cc thing is absolutely nuts 😂 . Live for today and bigger tomorrow. Oh hot choc and Baileys tube biccies 😋 Hope they're nice they sound yummy 😋.
Just going to have my tea , DH doesn't know what to have l think he's angling after a Chinese 😂

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DirtyGertiefromno30 · 02/10/2026 17:30

Thebookofcarolagain · 02/10/2026 17:16

Yum that was good. I added Coleman mustard ( i love it but havent put it in mac cheese for ages) but didn't let on cos ds1 claims he doesnt like it. Ds2 said it tasted rich, ds1 said it was good and never mentioned mustard. 😄😄😄😉

Ohh you naughty Mummy😂😂😂

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Thebookofcarolagain · 02/10/2026 18:43

Ha ha at us 2 not making one functioning body @DirtyGertiefromno30 😄😄😄 So true.
Yes i am a bbaaadddd mummy, you got me🤣 Enriching the taste of food, shocking isnt it? 😉
Am in jammies, heat pad on back as its moaning too.😡
Might venture on Skyrim?
Oh those salted caramel Baileys tubes are pretty ĺgood😋

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 02/10/2026 19:06

We really are a right pair @Thebookofcarolagain between us we might just about manage half a functioning body! 😂
And definitely not a bbaaadddd mummy 🤣 .Enriching the taste of food is a very important job , you are only helping him out 😉😂
Hope the heat pad helps your back. Jammies, heat pad and Skyrim sounds like a pretty good evening to me 😄 Just don't get sucked in until 3am again! 😂
Those salted caramel Baileys tubes dangerous little things though! 😂
Watching Gavin & Stacy Christmas special 🤗❤️
GW not on tonight it's football 🙄

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Thebookofcarolagain · 02/10/2026 20:04

Very dangerous tubes @DirtyGertiefromno30 i had to put them back in kitchen 😄
What a swizz bloody football! 😉

Been binging FMS and today's video. Love thier videos but I dont do anything they advise against 🤣 Dont go shopping for "fun" unless I need something or i might go raking in charity shops but dont buy just for the sake of it i only buy sonething that i will use/need. Dont spend hours scrolling Amazon for something to buy. I just dont have hundreds of pounds to waste or put on a cc a month. I have to watch my spending cos my bloody rent comes out my bank 10 days before my UC goes in.😡 But I enjoy thier vids and the comments non the less. And the recipies are usually great. Although I laugh at some of the things they make for breakfast or sides. Just so alien to me. And what's the USA obsession with just applesauce for pudding, sides, snacks??😆😆

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 02/10/2026 21:51

I know @Thebookofcarolagain fancy postponing GW for the bloody footy 😱.
I am the same as you l think a lot before buying and l bargain hunt . I buy my boots and shoes from Vinted. They are so much cheaper there . I know what you mean about the bloody apple sauce 😂 they are obsessed with the stuff lol . Just had a hot choc and watched Traitors , now watching Hignfy 😄

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Thebookofcarolagain · 02/10/2026 22:57

I got winter ankle boots in Primark about 4 years ago. Soooo comfy! I was shocked! Still wearing them, got different ones last year but I have to wear thick socks as they are a bit loose. £20 each. Well worth it.

Thebookofcarolagain · Yesterday 10:58

Morning all.
Turning into a nice day here fingers crossed.
Am slathered in brufen and taken cocodamol so hoping my stupud back settles but not holding my breath.
Washing is on, got a load of mystery (not so mysterious really😄) dishes to do.
Took cooked chicken wings out last night so ds2 can grab some before he goes to work. There's some mac cheese left either ds1 or I can have at tea time. Got gammon to cook.
Realised I forgot to put some air holes in compost bin so have that to do.
Hoping to get that damm gravel done, even if its only up to the wall and i do other side another day.
Hope you are all having a great relaxing weekend with good weather.