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How’s that for a title?!

Well, I’ve done a deal on the car. Actually it drives very nicely. I can see it’s practical. And it’s not an old banger.

It’s not very me. But it is sensible, and sensible I must be.

Actually got some kip last night. 9-5.

How’s everyone else doing? Justilou is it warm in Oz? One of my best friends lives there and I haven’t seen her for too long. RandomMess have you managed to have a better night / find out when you’re going home?

I haven’t told him about handing it over to the solicitor and no mediation on Friday yet. Waiting for the notes and financial summery from the mediator first. Hopefully today.

Also, Pinterest is your friend when looking for GF&DF recipes also

If I ever got a few months off work I’d make all this lady’s gf cakes - every single one! I have eaten a few at parties and they are the bomb. fromthelarder.co.uk/
I would like photos of the snowman decorating, that sounds great. Or a very good diagram that answers all the questions I have about it

Ask away @timeisnotaline and I will endeavour to answer!

Will have a looksee at the cakes. Pondering a grown up one like Gin and Tonic. In no way an added bonus that Geller is the only grown up there who doesn’t like gin.

He’s absolutely cockahoop thinking I’m going to buy his 7 page proposal. Hahahahaha. Well, it buys me and the girls a more peaceful Christmas holiday so I’ll let him be lulled into a false sense of security.

LOVE the idea of the wallpaper panel and still have a couple of rolls in the loft so that’s exactly what I shall do, either that or wallpaper the inside of a cupboard once I’ve bought my new bolt hole. Thank you.

Spoke to my new landlords yesterday. They are decorating the house for me so I have a completely fresh slate. Isn’t that kind? Boiler has been serviced and chimneys are being swept next week. Less than a calendar month to go...

I think you did the right thing on going to mediation with the cockwomble. He’s just so arrogant that you are right in assuming, he’ll think you’ve agreed to his 7 page doc of doom.

I would definitely go down the G&T route.

So excited for you re. New start, & the smell of fresh paint in your new house. Wish I could move in

Your whole world is about to open up, i am so excited for you.

It's just a shame that you won't be there when he realises you aren't going along with his proposal and have instead set SHL on him...

OP, if you want a new best friend I'm your girl!

Nothing helpful to add. Just think you sound brilliant and i'd like to drink gin with you and have a good rant.

All new friends, ranters, gin drinkers, lurkers, supporters and general good eggs more than welcome.

I have cried SO MUCH tonight.

Bloody bloody COVID. I hadn’t realised just how much I needed Christmas Eve and Boxing Day with friends. Such a fuck up on so many levels. Worst of all is that we were all allowed to get our hopes up. Massive Comms error on part of Johnson - how’s he going to last past the end of Jan? It’s worse because we were all allowed to make plans and gets hopes up. If it had never been allowed then it wouldn’t have been such an issue. Not wishing to derail and get into politics but I honestly just despair.

Geller has been in full drama Queen mode. Kids all excited and shrieking about Strictly:

‘I hope you’ll meet someone who puts up with this level of shit from the girls. There’s ZERO respect and discipline in this house’ stomp stomp.

I have wine. I would go out for a fag but it’s pouring down with rain.

So I’m going to eat chocolate instead.

It's really shit.

I am disgusted at Gellar's speech about the girls being nasty and criticising them for being children

Our plans were just us anyway as no extended family that are actually bothered about us!

We have buffet on Christmas Day everyone writes down want they want to eat and it gets served up.

Not sure how much lovely wine or gin I will be drinking from now on 😢

He's such a fun sponging shitbag!! You'll get through it though, the end is in sight and all that...

Oh that's awful of him. And so typical. Mine did that crap too, refusing to empathise with our DDs' lives, telling me they were awful kids because they occasionally said 'fuck' (as teenagers). You're so well shot of him.

And I'm so sorry about your Christmas plans. So many of my friends are in the same boat - we are still Tier 2 and we were only planning Christmas with the one adult in our support bubble, but it's not like that for everyone.

Grab the wine, an umbrella and go out for a fag.

Have you contemplated playing a game of Giants and Trolls on the stairs with the kids? 🥷🥷🥷

After the bombshell announcement this afternoon, I am sat at home for my one alone night a year whilst the teens stay with their dad for 'Christmas'.

Because of tier 3, I couldn't arrange to go out and now I am contemplating Christmas in town for the first time ever!

It's not the end of the world and we don't need the escape like you do but it is a bit shit. Not least because my grocery shop is arriving at my parents house 80 miles away next week!

On the plus side, xh won't be here and I hear he is claiming to have long covid and I can just imagine how he would be milking that if he were still here (not belittling the effect of that for anyone suffering).
Op I hope that you do manage to see other people. I can't really imagine anyone would begrudge you the support of friends at the moment but that is entirely up to you.

As for the dcs, it won't be many years until they see through their dad, just like my two have .

All the more pigs in blankets for me, I can breastfeed freely around the house, take baby to bed when I need, and watch what I want on tv. To be honest I saw it coming a mile off with numbers so didn't make many plans. (I am in the worst hit part of the South East)

That was not a kind thing for him to say about the girls excitement, but he can eat his words if you found someone that did just that! He won't like it one bit if his daughters actually like the person you some day come to date... Try and concentrate on the girls and make this Christmas with them as warm and fuzzy feeling.

Can you still go to church op? I thought that was still allowed?

I'd just smoke with my upper half out of the window like when I was at boarding school.... extreme circumstances need extreme measures...etc
Chin up, you will soon be shot of your village idiot, make it a great Xmas for the DC, cover them in love & laughter...
You can do it, think of it as effort well spent, your Dds will love you forever, (whereas......)

Wrap up warm and plenty of walks with friends to get a breather from the joy sucker x

Go sit in Geller’s car and smoke

It’s shit isn’t it, was meant to be meeting up with my parents today who live in Wales for a suitably socially distanced picnic at a NT place halfway between us. Instead I belted up the motorway last night and met them at Gordano to exchange Christmas presents and the food shopping I’d done for them, so depressing.

Rubbish, I’m so sorry about your plans. We’d made plans when Christmas announcement came out. I swopped turkey order from a 4 person to a 10/12, then as time went by we could see the way it was going so all cancelled, too late to swop turkey back though!! Will be eating turkey until Easter.

We’re tier 4 now, my mums bday today and was planning on driving over with kids to stand in garden but made a quick trip last night instead when I saw the news. Just have to keep on keeping on.

I can’t imagine being stuck in a house with a geller, you are still allowed to move house (something to fantasise about on bad days perhaps) fingers crossed for better weather and lots of lovely winter walks.

Forgot to say my name is a name change, pootle was my favourite character from ‘The Flumps’ and it was a nickname years ago. I’m not a professor, just wanted something else starting with a ‘p’!

I am currently assembling home made crackers from a kit. I didn't realise how dexterous it would be 😳

Keeping me occupied...