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Swagger Inn 179 - It's looking very Autumnal out there, time to get the winter coats out...

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ApricotCrush · 03/10/2025 16:10

Yet more domestic witterings...

Swagger Inn 179 - It's looking very Autumnal out there, time to get the winter coats out...
Swagger Inn 179 - It's looking very Autumnal out there, time to get the winter coats out...
Swagger Inn 179 - It's looking very Autumnal out there, time to get the winter coats out...
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SisterHelenoftheEternalCatchUp · 27/03/2026 07:35

Bonjour les wenches! (Getting my practise in.)
Le Weather is un peu murky - lots of cloud, but no rain (yet)

Today will be a chaotic mess of holiday prep and keeping half an eye on work (though my 'out of office' is set to 'bog off and leave me alone I have limited email access' so no-one's going to expect replies from me.)

Have a good day all.

SisterHelenoftheEternalCatchUp · 27/03/2026 07:40

PS - Wench alert - FB just showed me a trailer for 'Pressure' with Andrew Scott and Damien Lewis, both in uniform. Out in September.

SisterHelenoftheEternalCatchUp · 27/03/2026 15:28

I think I'm actually packed. All organised and ready to go. So DS has managed to get on the wrong bus home... Zut alors! (Not a disaster, he's just on the slow bus and will be 10 minutes late.)

DH has managed to cut his finger and if flapping. <le sigh>

Laters wenches!

ApricotCrush · 27/03/2026 16:06

Afternoon. Cloudy and rain all day. DD came round when I was doing a cupboard out in the kitchen and I came across her My Little Pony lunchbox she used for school. She was thrilled with it and took it with her together with a vase that I don't use, so that gave me a bit more space.

I've discovered that the pattern and yarn for the cardigan are from America and ridiculously expensive LetUs, so I'm going to have to do some research to see if I can find it here.

Bon voyage Helen et j'espere que vous trouvez beaucoup de HBFs.

Have a good evening all.

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LetUsPrey · 27/03/2026 21:08

Evening wenches.

Also cloudy and rain and just started getting windy again in the last couple of hours.

C’est certainment tres merde inducing Helen re MsrHelen’s finger and LePetitHelen being on le slow bus. J’espere que vous avez beaucoup de fun.

That’s disappointing re the pattern and yarn Apricot. Fingers crossed you can find it here or something similar.

I am a bit headachey and very cranky so I think I’ll have an early night and hope for some decent sleep (won’t happen).

LetUsPrey · 28/03/2026 06:56

Morning wenches.

It’s dry and the sun is shining! Don’t think it’ll last but it’s a nice start to the day.

Meeting BestFriend this morning. Also hopefully collecting my prescription that I couldn’t get last week. Rest of the day will be washing and housework and crochet.

Have super days wenches.

WickedWenchOfTheNorth · 28/03/2026 14:49

Afternoon. Sorry for being AWOL.

The nutter tenant is moving in a week so that's great.

I got a major attack of the travel bug so I booked a trip to London 17-20th of April. I have notified M&S about this so they can stock up Grin I'm going alone this time so I can do what I want. Can't wait.

Unfortunately after I booked the trip (non refundable) Fräsan did an ultrasound and they found something that's not looking right so she's waiting for an appointment at another clinic with an oncologist to see if it's something pathological. Feel like a bad cat mom for going away now Sad

Hope you have a great holiday Helen Wine

Hope you had a nice meet up with best friend Letus Brew

Do you have a pic of the cardigan Apes?

Fancy my idea of gardening is buying some plants in the spring/summer and then chuck them out on the field when they die Grin

SisterHelenoftheEternalCatchUp · 28/03/2026 19:30

Bon soir wenches! Nous sommes en vacance! Le travel went tres bien, except le bit quand nous had to change buses, et le deuxieme bus c'etait illing - nous got 200 yards down le rue et le driver turned around et went back a la depot. Sur le plus side, le replacement bus etait beaucoup de swankier - le reclining seats et everything! DS et moi avons un petit snooze en route.

Am tres tiiiiiiiiiiired though - nous got up a 5am pour le airport. ZZZZZZZZzzz etc.

HBF sightings - 0

Sorry to hear about Frasen's test Wicked - that's a worry for you. Hopefully it will turn out to be nothing bothersome. Good news about the trip and the nutter neighbours though.

<Waves vaguely at tout-le-monde>
<snores>

ApricotCrush · 28/03/2026 20:26

Evening. MN playing up and I wasn’t able to post earlier. Mixed bag with the weather with showers but I left the washing out and it dried eventually. DH is doing something in the garage which involves the heating, so we can’t have it on and it’s cold.

Hope you got the prescription *LetUs *and had a nice:meeting with BestFriend.

Je suis glad que vous arrivez safely Helen mais boo a rien de HBFs.

That sounds worrying about Fräsan WW, hope she’s alright. Exciting about your trip. Cardigan below.

Have a good evening all.

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LetUsPrey · 28/03/2026 21:44

Evening wenches.

Didn’t get the prescription. It’s obvious the surgery have never sent it through despite the GP telling me to my face it had gone through so I’ve made a further request which will hopefully be ready before existing stuff runs out. Good job I always request in plenty of time. Excellent meet up with BestFriend. <hides yarn>

Love that cardigan Apricot! Hopefully you can find something similar over here.

Many <squidges> re Fräsan Wicked. Everything crossed for the results. Thanks for doing your bit for the British high street, in particular M&S 😁

Oh la la a la replacement bus being beaucoup de swankier Helen. <wafts lavender scent in Helen’s direction>

LetUsPrey · 29/03/2026 08:09

Morning wenches.

Losing an hour hasn’t really made much difference here. Ironing’s done, although to the accompaniment of the Grand Prix for DS2 rather than a history programme.

Usual sort of Sunday but with a gathering at BigSis’s this afternoon.

Have great days wenches.

SisterHelenoftheEternalCatchUp · 29/03/2026 15:05

Bonjour wenches. Nous avons skied beaucoup et je suis knackered. Il n'est pas les HBFs, c'est tres rude of them. L'hotel is ok. Le mattress is a bit hard, but the food est bien. Nous have only perdu DS once - "Meet us ici, nous ditons".... <phone call from DS> "Je followed mes lunatic amies, et am dans l'autre place." <le sigh> Still, the idea of un vacance avec les amies was so that DS could ski with them. DH located DS and all is good. Heading pour le tub chaud, et le sauna now!

<admires cardigan>

FancyFancy · 29/03/2026 15:36

Afternoon, bit of a mad week at work, but I was able to have a pleasant Friday evening with DD - wine and fish and chips. It's been very windy here too and quite chilly, am warming up after being out in the garden moving a few primroses, Floof is on my lap being cuddly 😸

Sorry to hear that about Frasan ww, keeping fingers crossed for you.

Hope you're enjoying the hot tub and sauna Helen, I'm not a huge fan of hot tubs, but after being outside earlier they seem more appealing.

Commiserations on having to sit through the Grand Prix letus Grin

That looks complicated to me apricot I am in awe of your crafting skills!

ApricotCrush · 29/03/2026 16:16

Afternoon. Bit showery and cold. Still can’t have the heating on so I’m holed up in the small bedroom with a fan heater.

Exactly the same happened with DH’s last prescription LetUs. The chemist originally told him to go back the following week but they still hadn’t got it so he had to go to the GP and get a paper prescription because he’d run out and go back to the chemist to get it made up.

C’est bon que vous avez fun Helen.

I’m not sure about my skill at crochet Fancy, it’s been a long time since I did any. Hmm

Have a lovely evening all.

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LetUsPrey · 29/03/2026 20:08

Evening wenches.

Crikey wenches the wind is howling here! Next door’s tree is at a very interesting angle.

It’s so frustrating isn’t it Apricot, especially if you make a specific trip to collect it. <wraps cloak around Apricot>

Mmmm fish and chips Fancy, and then cat snuggles. Perfect.

Mon dieu Helen. Les DC will be le mort de nous. Hurrah pour le food bien. <passes extra marshmallows for the hot chocolate>

Have been to family thing this afternoon. Lots to eat and drink, and lots of playtime with great nephew and great niece. Told great nephew I could name his dinosaurs and he looked impressed. Less impressed when I said that’s Brenda, Janet, Susan, and Keith. Who knew three year olds could give such withering looks? 😁

LetUsPrey · 30/03/2026 06:13

Morning wenches.

Urgh it’s dark again in the morning. I mean I knew it would be after the clocks going forward and it was nice to have the lighter evening, but even so, urgh.

Don’t think I’m quite with it yet! Ah well, Monday beckons. Still very windy and rainy so it seems Monday is trying its best to live up to its reputation 😁

Have lovely days wenches.

ApricotCrush · 30/03/2026 16:59

Afternoon. The weather app said sunny intervals and 0% possibility of rain so I washed the bedclothes and put them on the line. It rained. Not much, and I think they should be dry now.

I’ve been doing prep for the caravan. There’s so much stuff that I can’t do until the last minute, so it’s always a bit of a rush.

Hope the day has been kind to everyone.

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SisterHelenoftheEternalCatchUp · 30/03/2026 17:09

Evening all. <arf> to naming dinosaurs. Young children can be so scathing... Also, FFS at unreliable prescriptions, I suppose there must be far more that go smoothly than don't, but still. FFS.

Aujourd'hui, il fait neige et aussi un peu windy at times. Donc, visability et un peu patchy. Je ski merrily along, following les autres, et suddenment, ils on vanishing into the white-out. Still, nous ne perdu pas DS, il a skied ahead mais nous arrivent at le same spot.

Tout les excitement at la maison though. Ce matin, j'ai un text from neighbour 1 asking for the phone number for neighbour 2. Then un call from UK Power networks telling me that ils ont received a report of un arbour sur la line near us, et could I dit ils encore de details? (Non!) Je WhatsApp'd Neighbour 1 et asked elle to call UK Power Networks, et aussi contacted mon pere, qui dit a moi tout le gossip. Neighbour 1's tree has fallen across the road, resting on a phone line and neighbour 2's house. Neighbour 3 allez a la travailles (their petit car allez sous to tree) et reported it to UK Power Networks without talking to anyone involved. Mon pere a dit avec local builder, qui a dit avec un friend, et ils ont having un chainsaw party. C'est vraiment tout les excitment, un nous somme ici! Merde!
(Did you follow that lot?)

Anyway, Je need faire un peu de travailles. (Sounds similar to doing Treville, but less fun).

Aussi, Fancy le hot tub est v. helpful for blasting jets of water at sore muscles. (Et gabbing with fellow skiers about where you've been and what the conditions are like!)

J'espere que vous etait bien!

LetUsPrey · 30/03/2026 20:18

Evening wenches.

Forecast said moderate breeze. What a fib. Nearly got my legs taken from under me at times walking to the car. Seems to be calmer now.

I’m very impressed with your Franglais Helen 😁. I especially liked un peu patchy. That all sounds tres dramatique chez vous! 😁 at chainsaw party.

I’m making a toddler/young child size cardigan. The sleeves seem to take longer than the rest of it. Having said that, I’ve got my eye on a pattern for myself to make with some really beautiful yarn. Trouble is the shades I really like are sold out for now, but hopefully I’ll soon be asking myself what on earth was I thinking making something grown up size 🤦🏻‍♀️😁

LetUsPrey · 31/03/2026 06:18

Morning wenches.

Daaark. Don’t like it <sulks>

At least NC will be back in today so that’s a good thing. No idea of weather, other than can’t hear any wind, as please see previous reference to daaaark. The forecast for the next fortnight looks pretty miserable. Ah well, the rain’s needed I suppose.

<wanders off, boring oneself about the weather>

Have super days wenches.

ApricotCrush · 31/03/2026 16:15

Afternoon. Quite a nice day, when I popped out to the dustbin it felt warmer and the wind has gone.

Quelle drama chez vous Helen. Grin at un chainsaw party.

Go for it LetUs. Although knitting for grown ups takes longer it isn’t so fiddly.

We’ve started watching The Capture from the beginning.

Hope everyone’s had a good day.

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SisterHelenoftheEternalCatchUp · 31/03/2026 20:39

Bonsoir le wenches. Nous avons skied beaucoup aujourd'hui. Ce matin, c'est cloudy et un peu neige, et apres dejeuner il fait du solei. Je n'ai pas le suncream, et ma nez est giving Rudolph un run pour his money Blush (DH et DS avez aussi le visage rouge. Nous glow dans le dark.)

Nous allons up et down beaucoup, and finished on les runs noir. J'ai sat down several times pour rest mes legs - pas que je tombe, Noooo. Je crois que 'visage dans le neige' est definitely le premier way to rest my legs. Grin

Il y a beaucoup de fromage at l'hotel a tout les meals, et je pense ca wenches would like it. On cette note, j'ai mange too much food, et je suis un peu Envy. Le oops.

J'espere que tout les wenches avez le good jour!

LetUsPrey · 31/03/2026 20:52

Evening wenches.

That is very true that it’s a lot less fiddly Apricot (like I needed much convincing 😁). I shall treat myself using my gift vouchers just as soon as they’ve got my preferred shade back in stock.

Un tres busy day pour vous Helen. Mais vraiment vous were not falling quand vous landed sur votre face. Vous were only soothing votre nez rouge.

Work was utter utter shite and the PowersThatBe can get in the fucking bin.

FancyFancy · 31/03/2026 21:08

<pours vodka for letus>

Love the dinosaur naming and chainsaw party 😁

I really enjoyed rewatching the Capture apricot, really helped me appreciate the plot - still got lost a bit during the last episode of series 2 though! Am wondering whether to give it another run through before starting series 3 over the long weekend......

LetUsPrey · 01/04/2026 06:51

Morning wenches.

Appreciated the vodka last night Fancy. Just the ticket.

Looking forward to the long weekend. Think I’ll start The Other Bennet Sister.

Forgot to say yesterday, exciting news! Got a text to say my prescription is ready! The one that I had to re-request because surgery had never sent the original one through.

Have great days wenches.

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