The Crepe Papers

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Did it!

Oh MrsS, DD is a hoarder too. Like DM And at your Christmas scene! Well done on the tidying and rearranging

Stropps, I think I would be a 9 at least. This is because I have forgotten keys before now, though DH never gets up at 5.30!

I have been cooking and baking brownies all afternoon as we have my BFF's niece coming imminently for a week and I am trying to be prepared. The fridge is groaning with the delivery that came this morning - so much so that even DS commented on it!

In other news, DD had a good time at her first teenage house-party (a friends 16th - they seem to be big now. Why is that?) and said she had a beer!

Stropps 11 ... Hope you are okay?! PM if you want to rant?

I am home alone too - my star of a childminder has spent the weekend (yes the WHOLE weekend ) minding a family of three - two teens and an eleven year old, and has added ds to the mix so I can go to work in the morning - dp back tomorrow hopefully.

I am making Christmas lists as I only have about four weeks.

Stropps - 13. And v shouty (which just autocorrected to short but you knew that anyway).

Inferiorettes having screaming row over Who Gets The Blue Sheet. Cat just brought in freshly killed mouse. Roll on Monday

Strops, 12. Breakfast in bed on a Sunday of your choice I reckon. And you never have to change the double duvet cover again.

Big red UCAS button pressed by exhausted dd. I am off to find enormous glass of Lidl blackberry liqueur.

I would be Very Very angry and I'm not sure I would have waited up.

I have succumbed to a pair of 'Heavenly Feet - anti fatigue footwear' slippers and am in sheer heaven very old lady slippers .

Fireworks last night went very well, although starting on the white wine at 5pm didn't feel so clever today. Admittedly, the party started at 5pm, so it wasn't only me.....

QQ, well handled. These exclusion ladies are driven by sheer jealousy, you know. They can't accept a brighter, shining star in their orbit - well known fact!

Firstly QQ I am outraged by those women brazenly flaunting their inner-teenagers. Fuck em I say. Email was good btw. What usually happens next ,in my limited experience of teenage feuds , is that woman A and woman B will fall out with each other and come seeking solace from you blaming each other for their misdeeds.
Hold strong and do not let them back in to your circle of trust. LTB in other words

Lalsy - we have spent the weekend polishing dds Personal Statement which now shines like a brilliant turd.
We did attempt the spoof one outlining her unparalleled experience of knicker arranging in M&S during a weekend job and describing her Duke o' Edinburgh trip in horizontal sleet , sleeping in a plastic bag under a rock, which clearly demonstrates plucky resilience in All Situations.
Tis done. The red button of Ucas beckons.

Mrs S most impressed by your embrace of Christian Festivals. Might shove a bit of tinsel on the Menorah to cheer meself up

I for one would welcome 10 sodding minutes 'home alone' to gather my thoughts.
S'like the BB house ( locked in unable to escape )although dh thinks he's actually going back to work next week. Miracle... My wound continues to leak annoyingly.

MI we have also had a rodent brought in this evening but the true horror was when the cat ate it and yay! Sicked it up whole on the dining room floor.

My cup of shit overfloweth.

Nice slippers Beachy! I can see you rocking that fuschia pink! I tried to get dh to buy me an expensive pair of furry bootee slippers today (saying he could give them to me for Christmas). He sniffed and said they didn't look very "practical". May have to go back and buy them for myself.

Stropps very sorry to hear of annoying husbands and stropping teenagers. If it's any comfort my 16yo ds is v v trying on occasions. He told me this evening that he'll be "extremely cross" if his clean washing isn't outside his bedroom door in the morning when he needs it. I suggested he might do his own laundry if he felt the current service was not up to his standards.

Crem. You poor thing. Does it feel like you're on the mend at all?

Crem, I like it . Hope you feel better soon.

Yes Beachy, they don't look too old ladyish - quite flash in fuschia and very fluffy (but maybe that's because I am an old lady!)

Cremo, you poor thing. What is the doc saying? Is it normal for the wound to do this?

No BTM this is not normal. My wound is refusing to knit. Very bad luck indeed. I still have to lie flat as much as possible and wait.
Life is just one long waiting room ATM .
Beachy slippers loverly. Btw You were in my dream last night for some reason can't remember in what context but I'm sure we were up to no good. Also dreamed of dd and desperately trying to find her and then realising she already had left home.
[ minor crepey anxiety dream emoticon]

God Cremo, that must be so boring and frustrating. Poor you.

And about your dream. I am already beginning to worry about DD leaving home!

I just sent someone a frivolous email about the cat. He sent it back saying he thought it wasn't for him. I decided it was best to pretend I'd made a mistake

The cat is looking at me balefully because it obviously thinks I'm typing too loudly.

Crem - so sorry about your lack of healing. I have had this every time I have had surgery on my stomach (appendix, spleen and c-section) - the wound just won't knit, especially at the edges. There are homeopathic things that helped with the C-section, will try and remember what they are. Comfrey? No, that's for bones. Think, Wilbur, think.

I have met today's deadline. But really don't feel like cooking a very uncomplicated supper.

Actually it was tomorrow's deadline but tomorrow is looking vile. OTOH if I work tonight I'll be knackered tomorrow - when I try doing this I just bloody peak too soon....

Wilbur, am looking up: could it be arnica or hypericum?

Crem - just to add my best wishes to the rest. I can't Imagine what you're going through, I didn't realise you still had to lie flat. I thought at least you could creep round your house.

Yet another bank Holiday here in France today and it has got really cold. We had a family trip out to M&S to get British goodies for Christmas (BTM and Schadenfreud's fault). I now have my pudding and crackers - all I need really for a British Christmas in France.

MI - we had a very uncomplicated supper - M&S steak pie followed by BlackBerry cheesecake - they all thought this wonderful. Sometimes I don't know why I bother trying to cook stuff.

Arnica is supposed to have anti-inflammatory properties. I found mention of something called Bellis perennis specifically for use after abdominal surgery. Any help? (Note: I know v. little about homeopathy and am extremely sceptical about it). Crem, hope your wound stops fighting you very soon.

Thanks for all the feedback on the crossness scale re: dh's late night numptyishness on Saturday. I feel rather pleased that I managed not to shout but just did some angry hissing before stalking off to bed. He was v. apologetic the next day and unusually helpful. I was also most restrained in the face of some very trying adolescent behaviour during the w/e and playing the diplomat to keep dh and dd on relatively congenial terms. I award myself several gold stars. I have also spent today catching up on a month's worth of admin. Yet another gold star. And I am currently ferociously pre-menstrual ...

QQ, I don't know how you don't rise to comments like the one your ds made re: washing.

ps: MI, I don't think I've mentioned how splendidly cheering your photo is. I hope you have a framed copy at home.

Stropps your halo polishing made me laugh . Glad it's going better for you.

Hypericum - that's the one! And yes, I have come across bellis perennis for surgery too, although I think you have to be careful as it has an effect on hormones. Might be worth googling crem and see if either is worth a try.

Stropps - well done on so much productive activity, even if it was done through gritted teeth. At least you have something juicy to refer to in future when dh is being unhelpful .

I am contemplating a trip to IKEA before the end of term. I got an email from them with all sorts of cute Xmas stuff in and thought I might be able to sort some stocking and small pressies there. I have a plan to get some of these and fill them with something homemade - but what? I also need to look at sinks and also buy some bathmats, as our two are about to go and start a commune together.

Oh Wilbur Stropps MI and hatty
Thanks so much for thinking of me and I will have a look at hypericum now . Honestly Ill do anything to conjure some change in my semi-recumbent state.
BTM bored is right . Bored .com
Can't even shuffle to the shop and my eyes are skew-wiff from peering at my iPhone and eBay.
Anyhoo the Dermatologists think I should stop one of the immuno-suppressants I am taking as that's affecting the healing process
The Endocrinologist thinks I need better blood sugar control and that's The Issue
The gp says I'm moving too much.
The Gynae team who did the op say that it's the scar tissue from the last op that's causing me to ( in her words )
" do A San Andreas Fault" ( poetic but I wanted to stab her with a fork .)
I actually cried in front of the practise nurse today who tenderly slapped a big silver coated dressing on my tum and scolded me for even thinking about work.
Meh!

Oh god Cremo no, there are times when one wants very, er, clinical and non-expressive language. I too thought you were vaguely ambulant. How unspeakable.

QQ, I would show the little bugger the washing machine, possibly adding a few choice items of my own.

Wilbur those wee mugs are gorgeous . What about a little fagot Of mulled wine spices tied with a gingham ribbon?

Cremo, that sounds dreadful. I would be going mad with frustration and self-pity.

DM has got herself into a complete twist over her new boiler - apparently she barely ate for the 3 days they were fitting it and now she cannot understand how to use it. The fitter tried to explain, but obviously got a bit f*d off with her inability to understand a word of it, plus her general attitude towards tradesmen.... Her Dbro has motored up to hers to try to sort her out which is very kind of him, especially as he is 78 himself and they live in the far end of nowhere in Wales.
Fingers crossed!

Wilbur, what about hot chocolate "lollies" - saw a thread somewhere on here mentioning them and they looked lush.

Liking your thinking BTM re ikea mugs.
Sawthese chocolate spoons in the Lakeland catalogue today ( guilty pleasure)
There are also chocolate stirrers you could put with a sachet of posh hot choc and a little pile of mini marshmallows.
[drool]

I saw them in Lakeland on Sat, Cremo - they did look cute!

this is the link to the homemade hot chocolate sticks I saw!