Zombie's Journey into 2017: One day at a time

[IamtheZombie]

Previous thread is HERE

Happy New Year Phalanx and, indeed, all of Mumsnet!!

We've had the wedding. We've had Christmas. Or, as I refer to it: THE MOST AMAZING CHRISTMAS EVER.

Now it's onward one day at a time.

There will be planning of the wake so it's going to be THE MOST AMAZING PARTY THREAD EVER.

If you've not joined us yet, please do so now.

don't believe them bathsheba - it's purple soil

Am no fan of fruit tea either. Insipid stuff.

But it's snowing so wetly (madey up word) here that I can't face muffling up and trudging to the shop for milk.

As music, food, drink, & table decoration seem to be sorted, we now need lighting. Think we need a soft corner & a dazzling bit for contrast and ostentatious dancing.

Ooh and sparklers.

Gin I love its earthiness, although sweet and soft sounds lovely too!

Ah, thanks Bath. Living in the arse end of nowhere with no internet shopping is v pretty but not v practical when one is in dire need of food & drink.

Now have tea. Dozed off just before making it earlier and have now overslept. Enjoy Maccys. There's a hard frost here and the roads will be hell due to Southern.

Oh Fid sounds nasty. Keep a bottle, well a plastic carton, in the freezer.

Morning, there's going to be a thread a week at this rate!

May as well go the whole hog and get fireworks.

You're welcome Fids

Love fireworks - quite rare here apart from NYE from the castle on the hill.

Roses I do/did but ArseEx lets himself in when we're away Came yesterday to pick FidGirl up and I told him to pick some up/replace and then he 'forgot'.

Meh, fuck him & his childish shite. Am off out later anyway in the snow as have a very dear friend coming for dinner. No beetroot

Am still (acc to my children unreasonably) baffled as to how such a technologically advanced country can have no online grocery shopping

I have only done online shopping in extremis , and found it annoying, yet useful.
A lot of my food comes from popping to my allotment and digging :)
(Shame you can't lock the fridge Fiderer )
Indoor fireworks then?

Fid The Castle on the Hill sounds like a Gothic novel.

BBB

How about Purple Haze?

Lidl do a red herb tea that's a bit more palatable than most. It's not as good as coffee though
Back in work now

Morning. I've never made a cocktail and I'm a stressy sweaty mess when it comes to hosting any event but I'm VERY GOOD at loading the dishwasher so I offer my services for this.

G'day y'all. I was a lightweight and therefore missed out on all the beetroot stuff, which may or may not be a good thing...

Have woken up feeling my usual bleugh, but it passes so will embrace the day, quite possible from the comfort of m'granny chair whilst drinking tea (non-fruit) and eating shortbread.

Hope it's a good one and people are happy doing their thing

Well I'm at work, just had a meeting and dreading switching on the computer. See you all much later.

Morning Zombie - hole you are OK and sleeping better x

I am surrounded by a whole carpet full of lego and trains... looking after 4 yr DGS today. I am his partner in crime and grovelling on the floor :)

Blimey it's nearly midday and I still haven't left the house.

Spent the last few hours having long WhatsApp discussions with FidBoy1 who's still in Berlin. Supposed to be starting a work placement in Frankfurt for 5 months but as it's not paid, he needs money to live on. German education system. Don't ask

Then I went to put the heating up as it's so cold. Heating room flooded, ominous dripping sound so am waiting for heating man. Good thing - balancing out arse end of no where - heating firm installed the system, are around the corner and man will be here within the hour.

Man already been (mid-post) to assess drip, will return. Await another huge bill

At least have given up on tea ...

Morning phalanx and of course Zombie.
Hope you had a good night Zombie and no more discomfort in tummy.
I am waiting for a call back from my doc, I have another chest infection, so will prob just get a script.

Just checking in to MN briefly as I had some PM's, including a link to this new thread so I could find you all quickly.
(Thank you Goingtobeawesome )

I've just caught up on the old one and then this:
Glad you had such a wonderful Christmas Zombie.
And thanks for the sweet messages to me and Lovely, all.

I don't dare listen to the wake songs right this moment but will do so at some point soon.

Good to see you Somer

Went to Sainsbury's after breakfast in McDonald's, DD bought a Texta puppy, Galt planes to make and Bongoo, one of YooHoo's friends, with her birthday and Christmas money, did food shopping, back home, just had creamy peppercorn chicken with sliced potatoes for lunch, watching Cars on DVD.

Afternoon phalanx and Zombie

As it is the first day back at school here I, of course, have a child off school sick. (Child no. 2 in a series of 3) He is never normally ill so in a fit of never before shown motherly care am making a vat of chicken stock, so hand over your cups if you want something warming to ward off the purple drink head today.

Have serious McDonalds breakfast envy.

That's early to be back at school We don't go back till next Monday. I think. I hope.

Boiler man has been back with tools and after a convoluted discussion in German about pumps and circulation and my repeating "Fix it, keep it cheap" several times, I think (hope) I got off lightly. I did mention that they installed the heating system and I was never sure why they installed xyz. I do know, they were ripping off the people who built the house.

Amazing the skills one picks up in Forrin

Negotiations with Berlin-stranded FidBoy1 have been temporarily settled with a €€ transfer from me. And a maternal lecture, but not too stern as I fear he's had troubles of the heart with his gf who's moved there. Made me soft-hearted and more generous with the €€.