Crepe Oddity

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Sorry.

Wot Lalsy and Tilly and the others said, MI. And if it makes anyone feel any better...DS2, who has his birthday today as Facebookers will have seen, wants Mac and Cheese for supper which is his all time fave dish. Just CBA to cook, and I have therefore been to a branch of "COOK" which opened here recently, (having originally discovered one near to the flat...) and bought a delicious looking Mac and Cheese, all oven- ready. So there!

Tilly you're doing a lot of good stuff for DM. Time to come on strong re care. Holding hands with you....And BD, if at any time you need someone to sit with you for a few minutes tea and respite, I will try to whizz down to NPH when you're in the Smoke. Auriga xxx to you too.

Offending Trustee has AGAIN emailed the other trustees to say that she and I will underwrite the study day, if there is insufficient surplus to cover all costs. I have steam coming out of my ears. Would it be wrong to have a quiet word with another trustee about this?

And finally, DH and I have had a bit of long awaited, good news on a big issue, this afternoon hopefully bringing an end a really worrying and stressful 6 months which has been underlying all the other shite which has been going since the second half of 2015. We both shed a tear of relief this afternoon. DH has now taken DS2 to the pub for his symbolic, ceremonial first pint.

And BTM, well done today and good luck getting DM to accept help from carers. Sounds as though telling her things doesn't work any more and it's the same here. DM won't allow carer to make her a cup of tea. Insists on making it for them because they are a guest

Just caught up with the thread. MI, BTM and BD, sending much strength for coping with DM's (and difficult relatives). I very much fear I've all that to come with increasingly forgetful mum. Try and all take a little time out for yourselves.

Rose I'm sure you are much too polite to tell them to get stuffed but that's what you should do. Do not do course!

Today DH took the car so I had to get the school bus to work. Positively scary experience, it was jam packed and I was the oldest person there. Still I have survived but am in need of wine.

DD2 has just received a holding letter from Imperial and is sulking at being on the maybe pile.

Of course you want proper food, MI, I quite understand. I make a creamy mushroom bulgar wheat dish which would probably suit and takes under half an hour. Let me know if you want the recipe. We sit down for ten minutes on a Sunday night, look at the diary and then meal plan evening meals for the week. It takes any stress away for us. I am not saying it's written in stone, but when we haven't got anything planned that's when we spend ages just discussing what we're going to eat.

You're dealing beautifully with demented aunt - you have told her and you can do no more. And yes to a bought chocolate cake. Which reminds me that DGS who will be 5 next month has informed me that he wants me and his DM to make him a cake so we can decide whose is the best!

Auriga, sorry to hear the bad news about your DSis - your family has a lot on its plate.

BD, I am glad to hear that you have had the conversation with DDad.

Rose, of course you shouldn't work for peanuts. I hope the matter can be resolved amiably.

We're going to have posh takeout for DD1's birthday

We're going to have posh takeout for DD1's birthday

And I bloody well hope you serve it on (naice) paper plates so that there is no washing up afterwards.

Yeah to Mr Rose..... That's great news.....
I've just realised that tonight I have made a cake..... Liver cake for the dogs.....the whole house stinks

Very pleased for you and MrRose, Rose. A sentence I never thought I'd type.

Because it sounds strange to be talking to people called Mr Rose and Rose, not because I didn't want to wish you well .

Rose, that is good news about DH. Such a relief when things turn out well after long term angst.

When we woke this morning and turned on the bedside lamps they were very dim - also the ceiling lights when DH got up. No heating, no kettle, etc. I rang the electricity emergency line: we have power problems because of the gales, and they had dealt with them by turning down the power. I had no idea they could do this; quite impressed tbh. Anyway, full power now, including the Internet, thank goodness.

Crem, Bon voyage. Have a great holiday with plenty of wafting.

Oooh yes, Crem, Bon Voyage!

Rose, Mac n Cheese is the most often requested meal in this house, and I hate making it. The cheese sauce is such a faff. DBIL and DSIL are coming for the weekend, the place is a tip, and I have already said stridently that we are having a takeaway tonight, and will make fondue tomorrow night. DH is already muttering about Lack of Vegetables, so we will have salad with it, and maybe some broccoli to dunk in the fondue. Now only Sunday lunch to think about. Maybe I'll stick something in the slow cooker.

Auriga, BD, BTM and MI - you have so much on your plates at the moment. Sending you and and good thoughts.

Rose - so pleased to hear your good news. Cook do lovely food - far & away the best of the ready mades.

Crem - have a wonderful holiday.

NUF - I never knew they could turn the power down - don't quite understand how, either.

OK. A totally different question. What is a characteristic of the way someone looks, which might make you suspect two people are related? Can’t be colouring: provisionally I’ve got the shape of their eyes, but I think that is too vague/clichéd. Perhaps the shape of their mouths/jaws? Something to do with their teeth? They’re both very good-looking but could have a quirk.

MrsS, I hate making it, too. I was bemused on my first trip to the US many years ago to discover that a) they sell it in fast food outlets as an accompaniment to, for instance, fried chicken, and b) sell enormous pots of the stuff on the deli counters in supermarkets.

MM, I didn't know they could do that either with electricity, it did make the first part of the morning easier, though. The gales are pretty bad here this morning, coupled with showers.

I hope MI, BD, BTM and Auriga all have good days with their parental responsibilities.

I have seen it in the mouth - very much the shape of the mouth when the person is in repose & not talking.

My exciting news is that we have sorted out Christmas 2016.

Please don't all hate me - but we have booked a rental in Tenerife from mid December to mid Jan - a whole month away from pudding island & the wretched festive season.

I felt pretty miserable last year over Christmas, knowing everyone was with family & we couldn't be. So we've gone & booked. Believe it or not, things for that time were already going so felt we had to do it now. I just have to forget about it all for 11 months.

Magi - that sounds a v wise move. I have often wanted to do just that myself.

MI - noses are often a give away. Often quite comical the way the exact same nose can be seen on otherwise different faces. 'Noses run in the family', etc

Rose - what a relief about DH! At least that one worry you can remove from your burden.

Here I'm teaching the sulky teens later, then having friends round after school, so have to blitz the house before I leave for college. Then this evening out with the NCT girls! Then tutoring tomorrow morn, so must take it easy on the booze. One-to-one teaching with a hangover must surely be the worst thing in the world.

Oh and all those - eg Mrs s - we hate making cheese sauce, have you seen the mumsnet hack? Melt butter in bowl in microwave. Add flour, milk, cheese, heat 30 seconds, stir.. Repeat X 3. Voila!

MI What about what we call 'bum chins' - a little cleft

We have had an episode of delirium (UTI based) with Mum this week. It was noticed quickly by dsis (in situ) dx'd and treated fast as well but it went through my psyche like a shudder and hampered my sleep and cognition. Which is my way of saying.... you must all be under massive pressure and compromised in all ways BD, MI Auriga, BTM (in no particular order)

Rose, I am so glad some pressure has been removed from you and DH. Hopefully it will free up some emotional energy for him to support you.

Here we have a funeral next week for lovely uncle Fred the provider of the yearly holiday cottage and many other kindnesses. He left a will in which DH and his bro were mentioned. He didn't sign or date the will

Crem: and r-e-l-a-x

Magi - 'pudding island' You funny.

My house smells. And not in a good way. I am enjoying my made up people too much to care. I wonder when I'll decide I do. No resentment here. The cleaning is my job and in a wonky-but-it-sort-of-works-for-us way I get paid badly for doing it.

Do you ever think, 'my kids will tell people this (bonkers thing we do) and it will make us sound old and nutty?' You do? Then share! Ours is: we have a bread bin. And we keep the bread on top of it.

I don't mind making cheese sauce, although my fail rate on lumps is not good.

Thanks everyone. May the waft commence.
Storm Gertrude a bit of a worry here this morning. V v windy and everything delayed. ( 1st world problems I know)

Mi for me it's in the shape and character of hands. Dds hands so remind me of dbro I can hardly look.

Cheese sauce is easy peasy - even DD can make it because she LOVES mac cheese!

MI my cousin and I look alike because of hair colour and noses. DS also has the nose but also DHs slight bun chin and eyebrows and way of holding his mouth. Everyone says DD looks like me but she has DHs shape head and chin (though not bumness)

Well Memory Clinic nurse is also worried about DMs rapid deterioration. And the fact that she has not had any meds for a month. We are going to see how daily carers works - she needs to cooperate with them! And I am going to look at care homes when I come up at Easter.

WAF, that definitely make you bonkers - even DM keeps her bread IN the bread crock!

And Cremo, fingers crossed the storm doesn't delay you.

WAF, we also do the bread on top of the bread bin thing.

MI, wait until you have GC. DD's two DC are so much like what DD and her DBro looked like. But back to your question. I sometimes think it can be something as simple as a tilt of the head, or the way people walk. I have a crooked joint at the top of my little fingers; DD doesn't, but DGD (her child) does.

Herbs, I do cheese sauce the MN way. I think it tastes floury as a simple cheese sauce, ie uncooked, but if you then pour it over something and put it in the oven to cook, it's fine.

We're off out for lunch after a bit of a walk round Newcastle; we thought about the coast, but like Crem we have gales so don't think it's a good idea. We haven't been to ZaZa Bazaar for ages, so will probably end up there. There is also a Chinese bakery nearby so I think a little visit there might be on the cards.

Sorry to hear about DM, BTM. I think doing some initial scouting re care homes seems like a good idea. And take lots of advice from the local professionals.