DH has died and MN Aunties are keeping things ticking over (Juan)

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Just starting a new thread on Juan's orders. She'll be back when she feels up to it.

Thinking of her on Sunday/Monday as always.

'Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Dear Cake, Happy Birthday to you'!!

Just a quick pop in to wish everyone a good nights sleep - especially Cake
Selena - who needs clean clothes? :)
Willow hah! everything in threes ...
Thoughts and Prayers

Willow I think I'd try the temp job - it's only a month and the notice period is likely to be a week, so if something else came along you can always ditch it. Good luck with the interview tomorrow.

Selena hoping things get sorted quickly and your home resumes a semblance of normality - I'm in awe of everything you are achieving. I'm just in limbo really.

Better get on, need to shower and get to work.

Morning all.
Waiting on the guys with the new window...fingers crossed they appear.

I have emailed the temp job guy to let him know of my circumstances and what hours I could work, and that I am looking for a permanent job etc but if it suits him I would take the job (but have worded it professionally Will see he hasnt got back to me yet but if he does will have to cancel tomorrow.

Raining yet again today, was going to do the windows outside but after all this stress I am taking Selenas lead while the window is put in and I am running away for a relaxing coffee and my book I need to go to opticians and make dentist appointments too as our checkups are due anyway.

Just realised the holidays are coming up, no school mornings, no manic bedtimes...no hols for me then! (sobs quietly in the corner)

Have a good one folks.

Morning ladies
Well, sat here but should be dressed and doing.
Dark, has been raining and it looks like its due most of the day.
So - it is attack kitchen day - oven and fridge to clean and tidy and I think cupboards tops too .. lovely!
Willow - very upfront and honest - I'm not sure whether to keep my fingers crossed for you to get the job or not!
Hope everyone has a good day, rain or shine , and hope you got a good nights sleep Cake

Better night and so far better day, thanks to you all for the wishes. Today is my decompression day, so getting bits done but at my own pace without any intrusions apart from shouting at the telly (got this morning on for light relief)

Hope you are all having productive days. I need to add cleaning out the kitchen cupboards to my to do list for next week.

Afternoon all.
Well dilema solved for me. The temp job needs me to start too early in mornings (why dont they put start times on the damm adverts?) So that leaves me the volunteering interview tomorrow till something else comes along.

Been looking on Groupon but a lot of spa/golf breaks not a lot child friendly! Just thought a couple of days away one of the holiday weekends might do us all good but hey ho. And all the activity things - all for 2 people or 4 people arghgghgh. And cinema tickets looked good till I checked and there is nothing on in that cinema for kids over the holidays, who thought up that smart idea? I give up!

Window people are still here! Didnt arrive until 9.30, then after setting up had forgotten something so had to leave again, back at 10.30 so I left him to it and ran away. Had lovely half hour in cafe with my book just letting the world go by. Guess what, window still not in when I got back, he was waiting for someone to arrive to help him! Their work is fine but the most disorganised, hopeless firm ever!

Cake glad you had a better night, chill out today cupboards can wait.

Book good luck with the kitchen, can you do my oven too please?

Gave in and brought eggs on Tuesday, got home today and the Leghorn had laid - in the open in the middle of the run! Quite small (brown egg is from the ones I brought) but a start 😀.

Ha that's typical isn't it. Like when you have lost something and but a replacement and it turns up the next day.
Those hens are out to mess with you 😉

BUY not but stupid phone changing words again I am sure it's possessed.

Willow, sometimes, just sometimes, the Universe helps sort things out!

After being the kitchen fugitive again all morning, then lunch with school friends, calling in briefly to hear plumber moaning that 'it doesn't fit' with his head under the sink, then chilling out (ish) at physio, I arrived home to find I have a working sink, heating properly sorted out, mixer tap with boiling water thingy too - so it did fit after all.

After tomorrow I can put things in cupboards and drawers. Tiler supposed to be coming Monday.

Ladies, the kitchen saga is drawing to a close. Rewiring is another joy to endure.

Physio says my shoulders are holding too much tension and kindly cracked my back into place, so I floated out - I've to get more sleep.

Hope you've all had a good day, eggs on toast all round perhaps courtesy of squirrels kind hens?

Lol Selena 1 small egg won't go far between us .
Sounds like the kitchen is coming together.

At least you don't have to stress about the job Willow hope things come together for you.

Evening all
aww, what a lovely egg Chasing - now she has started, it may encourage the others maybe? I love seeing white eggs - I used to get my free range eggs from a local lady, and they were white, but sometimes a lovely pale blue :)
Willow - at least you know ! Did the window get fitted in the end - its a horrid day for a gap in the wall . I managed to get all my jobs done, but it rained all afternoon, so I have started doing a job I keep putting off - mending/making good my sofa cushions. The material has been sat mocking me ,and it needed doing. Got one side sorted, another 3 to go .
Selena - yay! a working kitchen! we looked at those water boiling taps ( and the filtered water one too) but decided against in the end - is it good?
Cake - hope today was better for you, and you managed some 'me' time - who needs tidy cupboards anyway?
Mind you - I tidied my linen cupboard today ( the rain made me :)) and I have loads more space now - only got rid of one old sheet and a few old towels! Amazing how refolding and laying flat helps . :)

Book yes the window is done. Looks lovely no more drafts😀 I forced myself to fold everything in the linen cupboard and now its second nature and stays reasonably tidy (except when kids put stuff away or haul towels out😤)

Squirrels that sounds fab am very jealous.

Hovered up in bedroom and fixed the headboard and put everything back. Now I just need the motivation to paint the bedroom!

I have school trousers and a jumper to sew.. not ecstatic about it tbh maybe if I ignore them they will go away😉

Maybe if you leave it on enough the ds's will do it themselves Willow? Lol - no thought not, mine neither.

I love it when I've tidied the airing cupboard - I have all these old towels in there that never get used, no idea why I keep them really.

Just taken the boys to joggers then met John's best friend and wife in Wetherspoons, plus another couple of friends and their daughter came. So a good evening. Lovely to see ds1 (who is quite shy) holding proper conversations with people he doesn't really know.

Hello all

Today has been a better day. Hurrah.

Loving the egg

Glad to hear of the progress Selena and glad the window is in willow also sounds like a productive day book

Catch you all tomorrow x

Evening all
had a very lazy evening :) not even done any crotchet ....
Good to hear your day has been better Cake - hope that continues , and DS sleeps a little longer in a morning.
Chasing - You know when your DC are growing up when they can have a proper conversation with strangers.
It's a very nice feeling, having a tidy linen cupboard - DH helped , and he was trying to encourage me to get rid of old towels. I had to put my foot down - you never know when you may need them ...
Willow - now decorating? you are a glutton for punishment

Hoping Somer is not too sleep deprived
Good night all, sleep well
Thoughts and Prayers

Book
Ha not yet, have enough on my plate but have had the paint for months waiting on the bleeping window. If I manage to get a job will get my local painter to do the bedroom, re-do the living room where the patio doors went in and where the kids play on the xbox where the wall is ruined!

Am amazed you have been lazy Book its a miracle!

Have to do a quick list of all the stuff am selling to email to dev officer, have a pile of jeans and school trousers that are too small for ds2 and shoes, trainers and football boots hardly ever worn that are too small too. Must get that facebook page set up! How do I start am clueless!
Need an early night! Shower, hair plaited as busy morning then working pm. Roll on the weekend

Cake fingers crossed for another decent nights sleep all round.

Up early, off to Newcastle today.

That egg is lovely chasing; I always loved egg collecting on my aunty & uncle's allotment

Selena, the kitchen sounds amazing, won't be long until it's completed by the sounds of things.

Good Luck with the interview Willow

Good luck Horse tissues at the ready?

No luck on the sleeping in front, but what we had was settled so that's a start. School photos today and his hair is all over the place

Good luck for today Willow

I've got a to do list as long as my arm, but first off I'm stopping into Costa for a cuppa with a friend.

Have a good day all

Lots of tissues Cake

Morning

Up early too. Thanks for the good luck I think I might need it 😀

Well the gods continued to mess with me last night! Went to get baths towels out airing cupboard and discovered they were all wet! Have 2 lots of shelves and the bath towels are at back nearest boiler they all had 2 inch strip wet and do so did the sheets on middle shelf and curtains on bottom shelf😲 obviously water been dripping from boiler somewhere but had heating on last night and couldn't feel water coming from it anywhere. Not happy I can tell you. That's a like pile of washing I don't need in this weather. Have put heating on to see if I can spy drips on the shelf this am. Arghhhhh.

Have a good trip Horse good luck to D's he will live Newcastle. You could keep going after dropping him off and pop in for a cuppa if you have time😀

Where did 'like' come from?

Morning all
Lovely sun here after the miserable weather yesterday.
Horse - an emotional day, and a long journey too , so a tiring one all in all. Hope it all goes well . It's another leap into adulthood .
Cake - oh dear , sleep is elusive. Hope the photo shoot goes well :) Enjoy the coffee , don't work too hard - It's nearly the weekend !
Willow - the boiler now. I suppose , looking on the bright side, you have found out now rather than in the midst of winter .Could it be the water feed into the boiler if its near the top and back? Regardless, I guess its a workman thing. Re selling on facebook. I am actually on the local selling site - might it be worth seeing if there is one already set up ? ours is called something like -"Stuff for Sale or Free in xxxxxxx' - you have to apply to join, but its very successful.
Well, off to the allotment soon -
Have a good day all

Book
The irony is it was serviced on Saturday! Never had that problem before then! Will talk to LL when I get back from interview.

Stomach churning now😀 off for coffee to pass time till interview.

Will attempt to join Facebook later too I don't have an account. It can only go pear shaped😁