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Crepe Fear!

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GiddyGiddyGoat · 11/10/2015 18:13

Ta Da.

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motherinferior · 25/10/2015 10:10

I must get up. I am not entirely sure what I'll do then, though.

herbaceous · 25/10/2015 11:19

Right. Citrus-braised lamb shanks in the oven, booze on stand-by. House being frantically cleaned from top to bottom. Very aware that we have the smallest house of the family, and that Sis's children, who live in vast Surrey mansion, might say 'where's the rest of the house?'

hattymattie · 25/10/2015 12:13

Herbs - sounds fabulous - and not many people in London have huge mansions. I do know how you feel though (thinks about DSis with house in the country and actual field).

NUFC69 · 25/10/2015 12:29

Rose, you had an interesting morning. Sorry to hear about the problems with the POA - solicitors aren't very helpful sometimes. I do think that DB is chancing his arm, it's never acceptable to assume things about other people's finances.

Herbs, the lamb hocks sound lovely - they're something I never cook, but often have when I am out for a meal.

Have you decided yet how to spend your day yet, MI?

Here I have replenished the cake tins/freezer and made triple chocolate brownies (courtesy of Costco's wonderful mix) and a cinnamon oat bake. I will be spending this afternoon hunched over the laptop typing up the minutes I took on Thursday.

BeachysFlipFlops · 25/10/2015 16:49

dd1 is home Grin, so the fridge is full of 'delishousness' and she is in heaven..... Tonight we have fondue for dinner! Not sure what to do for the rest of the week, sort of got as far as getting her home, then stopped.....

NUFC69 · 25/10/2015 17:10

Have a lovely time, Beachy. My DS used to moan that the fridge was full of old people's stuff when he came home from uni.

Are you there yet, BTM?

motherinferior · 25/10/2015 17:36

We have been out to pootle round a National Trust place and have cake.

motherinferior · 25/10/2015 18:09

I have also, after considerable thought, sent my mum my novel draft. It has had the desires effect of giving her something non-cancerous to think about but that also means she is being annoying. Oh well, I've taken one for the team.Grin

Stropperella · 25/10/2015 18:11

Lol, MI, that is seriously selfless.

motherinferior · 25/10/2015 18:19

Well, I thought about it a lot. I decided i might end up wishing too late she'd been able to read it, at a point where she has lost the capacity to do so. I shall just have to ignore the annoyingness. Yeah, right.

Cremo · 25/10/2015 18:40

Mi I think that's lovely of you. And also a little heroic .indeed heroism medals to BD and Rose in the search for clarity with dps. It ain't easy, and for me feels heartbreaking.

Talked to my friend who is leaving at work this afternoon and unprompted mentioned every single thing that I've been worried about, and which has persuaded hero leave. She's 55 so picks up her work pension benefits and 10 years VRpackage. So worth it for her. Ultimately she says she can't take another minute of lies and backstabbing and broken promises. Trouble is she can afford it and I can't.
I am now having appalling nightmares. I know I should get myself signed off, but I'd just be putting off the decision and it would haunt me.
Going to get legal advice tomorrow and hoping it will shift things into getting me off my very spiky fence.

It really helps to write this down but I'm sorry it's SO dull.
You are all such an inspiration to me,

hattymattie · 25/10/2015 18:42

I think that's a great idea MI - she gets to read it and feels she's doing something practical as well.

Have done nothing much today once the euphoria of the personal statement going off had died down we've all just lain around reading, computing ...

MrsSchadenfreude · 25/10/2015 19:50

DD2 is refusing to go to Scotland tomorrow and won't pack because she doesn't want to go. She has been an utter pain in the arse all weekend and threw the most almighty strop in Forever 21, because I told her to ask the sales assistant where she could find the jeans she liked that were on the mannequin (I wouldn't do it for her). She won't speak to people she doesn't know, doesn't want to go away, doesn't want to leave her bedroom all week, hates her bedroom because it "stresses her out" (yes, I know, none of it makes sense).

She is charming when everything goes her way, like when we were shopping this afternoon and I bought her some clothes. She is becoming an entitled little cow and my hands itched to slap her earlier. When she went to France the other week, I ended up giving her 100 euros (as that was all I had - nothing smaller), and told her to bring back the change, and not to spend it all. She spent the whole lot, brought back about 30 cents, nothing to show for it, it had all gone in McDonalds, apparently.

And the Man Upstairs is becoming an ever increasing pain in the fucking arse. Tap, tap, tapping at the door late at night, finding him sprawled on our landing, claiming to have fallen down the stairs (he hadn't, I wasn't asleep and would have heard him), so DH had to take him back upstairs. He was there again early this morning, seconds after DH had gone out, dithering for about an hour - he had pushed his bank card under our door, then decided he wanted it back, or did he? And they were going to kill him, had his bank details, had blocked his phone, had put cameras all round his flat...

I am fed up with the whole fucking lot of them and wish they would all fuck off and leave me alone. My cold has come back and I am feeling ill again, so this is also making me tetchy and crabby.

MrsSchadenfreude · 25/10/2015 19:53

MI - I think that is an excellent idea to give your Mum your novel to read. Not least because she will enjoy it very much, because it is brilliantly written BY HER DAUGHTER.

BeachysFlipFlops · 25/10/2015 20:24

I think that's a great idea MI, as long as you can disregard everything she says about it...

Here DH is like a bear with a sore head, or I should say a stroppy bear with a fat sore hand! He got a wasp sting yesterday, didn't take anything, then took stuff too late, woke up and shouted at everyone with fat hand, went to A&E, argued with me that Piriton was only for children, passed out asleep, then woke up and shouted some more and refused to have fondue dinner, because he thought I'd shout at him. Hmm have given up!

BeachysFlipFlops · 25/10/2015 20:25

Swap your dd for my dh, Mrs S.... Offer does not include neighbour!

Stropperella · 25/10/2015 20:31

Oh, MrsS, I feel your pain re: batty teen dds. And I can only applaud your restraint in not having done terrible harm to your neighbour. I would have pushed him down the stairs by now, especially if he is pretending to have fallen down them anyway.

MI, hope the annoyingness is not too annoying. You have def done a Good Thing, as it will probably be the best occupational therapy your dm could possibly have.

Stropperella · 25/10/2015 20:39

Oh dear, Beachy. Do wasp stings usually have that effect on him? Glad you have dd back safe and sound. And many thanks to you and Rose for sharing your respective "failed the theory test by one mark" stories. Dd perked up when she heard that "the artist" and "the piano player" (as they are known in our house) both had the same trouble as she did and has now asked (nicely) if I would possibly book her another test (she doesn't have the requisite plastic and can't book her own).

Rose, I am really sorry to hear about all the stress caused by the POA thing and wish you luck for the conference call - it sounds as though it could be extremely tricky.

Stropperella · 25/10/2015 20:42

As a special treat, I bought myself some olden days newsprint yesterday, but typically did not get round to looking at it until this morning. In it, I chanced upon a reference to this . Who is going to try it? Grin (Coz we all want to look like the lovely Jane, who has never had any surgery. Obvs.)

MrsSchadenfreude · 25/10/2015 20:49

Stropps - pushing him down the stairs myself has unfortunately crossed my mind. Grin

DD2 has apologised and is half heartedly sorting stuff out to pack. In case anyone thought I was sending her to visit strangers in Scotland, she is going to stay (with DH) with friends of ours, that she has known since she was about 2. I will also add, that DD2 has asked to visit them, as P is a professional baker, and DD2 wants her to teach her to make macarons and to decorate cakes properly.

Man Upstairs' daughter is coming over tomorrow and his sister was visiting him today.

motherinferior · 25/10/2015 21:11

Courage, MrsS. This time tomorrow you will be ALONE. EnvySuggest you tell neighbour's daughter that you are reporting him to police for harassment and her as legally responsible for him, which I know is utterly unfair and unethical as she has presumably good reason for not seeing him but you have HAD TOO MUCH TO PUT UP WITH.

Crem, I think a few days' sickie might help you get some sleep - you can nap in the daytime etc - which might help get a bit of a grip on what you can/want to do out of your awful options?

Yes, re DM, occupational therapyWink.

MrsSchadenfreude · 25/10/2015 21:15

It may amuse you, re neighbour, to know that he asked DH if he could possibly trace his eldest son, to see if he could come and live with him and keep him company. When did he last see his eldest son? Oooh, about 30 years ago. He has six children and appears to have shown most of them remarkably little interest. Some of them are NC for very good reason.

MrsSchadenfreude · 25/10/2015 21:24

In S & B news, these are my Hotter shoes. Dull, functional work shoes, not too grannyish though? They are comfortable beyond belief so I have ordered another pair.

Cremo · 25/10/2015 21:29

Crepe Eraser, for all those pesky Crepeys you want gone .....GrinGrinGrin

Mrs s , can you get your hands on the daughter and explain your ishoos? Sorry dd is being a princess. It seems to come to them all at certain points. Her unwillingness to go to Scotland is probably about some other minuscule slight that you are completely unaware of, and absolutely nothing to do with you.
Glad she's condescended to pack now. Will you get some head space with them away?[santa]

BeachysFlipFlops · 25/10/2015 21:30

I love the fact they are called Shimmy Shoes, Mrs S. Just in case you fancy a shimmy at work!

Stropps, he does have allergic reactions to weird stuff, weird rashes after lying on grass etc. No lung incapaciting gasps or such. I've just been up to ask if there's anything he wants. The answer was 'I've done everything I can do' in a Downton sort of gasp. I may sleep in the spare room, to avoid dying of vicarious martyrdom......

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