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.

Fatty my mam used to work for citizens advice she's done food parcels (and gas/leccy vouchers) for situations like yours in the past.

Any professional (GP/HV/midwife) can give you a referral. I know there is a massive stigma around food banks but there shouldn't be. You can always pay it back at a later date. Your ex is a massive knob

Fid you could always burn the house down.

Thanks everyone. I know it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme for things. I just like them to have a "proper" meal.
I can sort the uniform. Just means I'm going to have to max out my catalogues to buy them the clothes they need for the rest of the time. They need jamas, and a few outfits each. Luckily with dd starring preschool she spend a lot of the week in uniform so I won't need as much. And the baby will be OK in cheap joggers etc. .my mum is going to try and help me pay off my catalogue.

Ex just phoned. He's on his way. He was supposed to be here 2 hours ago. So much for not wanting to let them down.

How about flooding the cellar out, so they can swim out of your house ( sorry but this is amusing me, even though I hate rats ) or catch one of those wild boar and let that in, it will eat the rat, then you can roast the pig , problem solved ! Hahaha ! Mmmm wild boar rolls are very tasty.

Rats can climb stairs Fid

Fatty we've just had a delicious meal. I call it Cajun pasta. Boil your pasta, and while that's on the go fry up a bit of chicken (you can get the pre- cooked diced stuff for less than £2 a bag and wouldn't need a whole bag so it'd do you for two meals) and a diced pepper if you like it. Once that's cooked add in a tin of chopped tomatoes and a tin of tomato soup and as much Cajun spice as you like. Drain your pasta and once the chicken and 'sauce, is bubbling mix them all together.

....chicken....?

Rats can climb stairs Fid

No they can't, not German rats. They're too busy making complicated sentences with odd verbs here & there, and frankly bizarre adjectival endings.

Have spent the day doing bugger all doing admin. Paid the freelancers we employ & was v generous rounding up their hours.

Need to go shopping but FidGirl is waiting for her hair tongs (didn't think they still exist?) which she bought with her Christmas money. The parcel lot usually come around 7pm so am stranded in RatHouse till then.

What about my boots? Must rescue them from downstairs

Fear (& daftness) is odd though.

If the children hadn't told me about TR I might have seen it & been all 'Another poor field mouse' & 'Maybe a large grandfatherly mouse' and imagined a homely life for him and his 47 mouse children & grandchildren. Like something out of the children's books when they were little & before they discovered Netflix.

Now I know it's there. And bloody FidGirl did the hands - "He's this big, Mum" thing. With bloody FidBoy2 helpfully adding "Oh, yes, Mum, I've seen him, he's enormous."

I think I'd rather have had the surprise than the

Could take to the ladder but that's the other side of the boiler room. May end up on the roof. But it's snowing again. Send air fare and money for gin.

I'm impressed they got close enough to see it was a boy rat.

I don't think they did tbh.

Was more "There's a fucking great rat downstairs." Gender issues not a priority.

( tries not to chuckle at Fids dilemma )

Speak to your friendly boar huntsman Fid everyone knows everyone in that community, he's sure to know someone with a terrier rat catching dog,
or burn the house down

Good point All

I also know the mayor. May have kissed him voted for him.

To be honest it's not difficult to sex rats. Males look like they're sat on a space hopper (no pics - don't want to upset rat-phobic).

Wotcha everyone

Fid I'm with you, rats are awful (the vermin kind, not the pet kind). We had one in London a few years ago. Blimey, more than a few now that I think about it! It was before we renovated so pre-2011.

Fatty sorry to hear about your troubles with asshole ex.

Very very lazy day (morning) over here. It's 12.34 and I am still in my jammies MN'ing on the sofa. DH is still in bed!!!! The Teenager has not yet made an appearance. DD2 is watching probably dodgy Youtube videos. I am looking around wondering when and where I am ever going to find the motivation to sort this place out.

Zombie I am being rude. How are you today?

At least they haven't named him/her yet. Mine name spiders (harry and Harriet if anyone's interested)

I found a live spider INSIDE our filter coffee machine this morning. So now I am drinking spider-flavoured coffee.

Hearts you have a,teenager! God how time flies.

iklboo it's easy to sex rats. Well yes, according to this thread most are x's or stbx's - usually male ones. Therefore most rats are men

I've done bugger all today hearts except the hairdresser. Have laundry to put away, washing to do, dishy to unload, tidying after ds's departure to do, dinner to cook. A vair nice glass of Languedoc Rose to finish first

Loving the idea of grammatical German rats!

Roses

Had breakfast in the Sainsbury's café, bought the DC spring clothes, apart from that I haven't done much today.

Bath spring clothes in January, boy are you ahead of the game!

ikl I am not going to ask how you know about sexing rats.

Roses I know. She is going to be 14 next birthday. How the fuck did that happen??

I have unloaded the dishy. Love calling it that. Will do from now on

Going to get the DC to do some chores, they are pretty good about it usually. Christmas tree coming down today.