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The Crepertoire - put on your peignoir and get into the boudoir

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MrsSchadenfreude · 31/03/2017 08:39

And out of the armoire.

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MrsSchadenfreude · 15/04/2017 22:46

Crem - I have, at various times, taken at least six of those pictures to the hairdresser. My problem is that I never know if I want it shorter or longer. And the biggest problem, I have realised, is that my face no longer looks as young as those of the models. So strangely, I never look quite like the photo... Grin

I also veer between loving cooking and hating it, and I do it most nights. I've resorted to a lot of non-cooking cooking - smearing chicken with jerk seasoning and shoving it in the fridge with potato wedges and opening a bag of salad. Ditto salmon and halloumi, without the jerk. I have also told DH that he MUST do more cooking. He has huffily rustled up a couple of curries recently, one of which was tasteless.

I am with Stropps on boredom. I go through phases of this, which is quite worrying, as I often end up going completely off the rails for a bit, and what might have been amusing behaviour in a thirtysomething looks like mad old woman in your fifties.

I bought some bright pink toilet paper for the DDs' bathroom. Cue DD1 shrieking in the night as she thought her bottom was bleeding. Clearly we need a glow in the dark loo so she can see what she is doing.

Quite tempted to get the laser disco lights out to liven things up, but they send the cat a bit mental.

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Stropperella · 15/04/2017 22:50

Yy, MrsS, that is the conundrum. One just ends up looking like a mad old boot. Ergo my efforts to embrace the dull and grown-up. But I just end up feeling nihilistic. Beginning to think I should look at teaching abroad and take ds with me, especially as he is completely bored by school.

MrsSchadenfreude · 15/04/2017 22:59

Stropps, the DDs' American school was stuffed with British teachers fleeing the national curriculum. Go for it.

I am not sure that my life was so exciting in my 20s, really. I married young, which calmed me down a bit.

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IDismyname · 15/04/2017 23:18

Sad no invite for me from Beachy

Collymollypuff · 16/04/2017 00:37

I see you'll all be able to help me with my aubergine glut, if when I grow them in abundance. (No seeds planted yet....)

magimedi · 16/04/2017 07:41

It's not the cooking that gets me, it's the thinking of WTF are we going to eat.

MrsSchadenfreude · 16/04/2017 08:21

Cat has just jumped on the bed and pissed lavishly over it and me. Why couldn't he have done this yesterday when the regular vet would have been available? Now trying to find an emergency vet that will be £££ today. Think he has a wee infection as his box is a bit smelly.

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NUFC69 · 16/04/2017 09:37

Drat, MrsS, I hope you can get the cat sorted.

I really don't mind cooking, but I do hate deciding what we're going to eat. I have got over this, MM, by organising the planning. This will probably sound a bit anal, but I made a list of meals which I cook, divided into categories: beef, pork, chicken, fish, vegetarian, etc. and on Sunday night we look at the diary and then write down what we're going to eat that week. It's not set in stone, but it's useful as I don't end up throwing things away because I haven't used them. And the relief from the pressure of 'what shall we eat tonight' is great. DH probably cooks once a week, but as the rule in this house is that whoever cooks doesn't clear up, etc., I prefer to cook.

It's very cold up here, and I am hoping that it doesn't rain for the Easter Egg Hunt later.

motherinferior · 16/04/2017 10:11

Who was it who had a meal rota but on 17 days or something? That was brilliant.

I'm not even very good at respectability. So end up being this eccentric middle-aged woman, in preparation for being mad old one.

Stropperella · 16/04/2017 10:11

Stroppdog has just gone on his very own Easter egg hunt. First time I've had that happen in 20 years of dog ownership. The Easter bunny was a bit tired and left the traditional trail of tiny Easter eggs down the stairs, thinking they were gold because they had foil on them (usually enough to deter Stroppdog, as he is a polite chap). Turns out they were just gold-coloured and Stroppdog thought they were for him. I prised his jaws open and retrieved 3, but I think he'd already snaffled 7.

motherinferior · 16/04/2017 10:14

Stropps, go for it. You'd have fun.

motherinferior · 16/04/2017 10:22

I meant with teaching abroad not feeding Stroppdog chocolate!

Montypulciano · 16/04/2017 10:26

Eek, hope Stroppdog has a strong constitution and can cope with the chocolate. Shock

Glorious day here - taking kids to the park for some fresh air and exercise before the main face stuffing begins.

bigTillyMint · 16/04/2017 10:34

Surprised he's never tried it before Stropps!

DH does no cooking but can just about warm up a plate of food in the poppity ping. Hence why I get so fed up of it!

Had a great time yesterday - bit choked up when i watched my uncle walking my cousin up the aisle - she looked beautiful. Who says crepeys cant rock a long white wedding dress with a train! And so lovely to catchup with that side of the family. And blue sky and sun till 8.30pm! Definitely worth the 5 hours each way Smile

IDismyname · 16/04/2017 10:34

Mea Culpa on Beachys FB - I am indeed invited.

So sorry Beachy

I have just returned from church (a rare thing) and have prayed for you all - I hope you appreciate it Grin

I also prayed VERY hard for Trump, Putin and Assad. Its not looking good.

Have a Happy Day - and hope Stropdog doesn't have too much lasting damage. Can't imagine he'll be the only chocolate ingesting pooch today. I gather the stronger the chocolate, the worse it is, so if it was cheapo chocolate and not Lindts Finest 90%, you may be OK...

MrsS - sorry - no advice on cats, but hope you find an open vet. After all, they're probably waiting for the procession of chocolate eating dogs, so a cat with a waterworks infection will come as a pleasant diversion.

motherinferior · 16/04/2017 10:44

CloudGrin

Nothing planned here. DP is knackered and grumpy. He claims he "can't lie in". I rebelliously stayed up reading an admittedly poor novel last night (she's written some other excellent stuff - I think this was a deadline issue and reads like a first draft) and then got to bed and felt cross about him wheezing and snoring.Angry

Then I had a lie-in. Again. I feel pretty damn good.Smile

magimedi · 16/04/2017 10:52

I do meal plan (& used to do the 17 day rota, which I must exhume!).

MrsS - writing down all the meals in categories is a brilliant idea & I shall do it later today. I think that will help hugely. DH does cook but as he makes all the bread I tend to do more of the meals.

motherinferior · 16/04/2017 10:56

DP is being Ostentatiously Martyred about cooking ATM. I am going to make lunch just to spite him. Smile

Stropperella · 16/04/2017 11:02

I have always had very high-security chocolate arrangements before, especially with Stroppdog's predecessor. I was a bit slipshod this time, but they were only tiny galaxy eggs, so I'm assuming they only had a passing acquaintance with actual cocoa. Fingers crossed. Stroppdog is knocking on, is small and has a heart murmur, so a large amount of choc would probably have disastrous side effects.

I made the mistake of listening to a bunch of tunes yesterday that I last listened to when I was teaching in Borneo. And living a rather more adventurous life with h1. Who was a drunk and extremely self-pitying, but did like the great outdoors and wildlife, unlike dh. And we climbed mountains and volcanoes and canoed to islands and trekked through jungle in dangerous and haphazard manners. And lived in a house on stilts. And drove cars with no brakes. And got arrested for wearing shorts in the wrong place (him) and for being in possession of a book containing a rude joke about the head of state (me). And we generally did mad things in wild places that are now manicured tourist destinations. No going back, sadly. But I was also feeling nostalgic about all the nice friends I had there (local, not expats) and have lost contact with, because this was all now 24 years ago and my life became very different when we returned to the UK

hattymattie · 16/04/2017 11:09

Wow Stropps that all sounds amazing. At least you went and did all that and lived. I think there are fewer and fewer opportunties to do this now - especially with the world going haywire.

I don't like cooking, I find it a chore. If I was super rich I'd have a cook! Off to lunch with friends now. DS staying home as he hates their younger boys.

motherinferior · 16/04/2017 11:28

DP has beaten me to it so is having a glorious time feeling putupon as he slaves over a hot stove. I do not want spag bloody Bol at 1pm, I've only just had a hot cross bun, dammit.

I want an exciting life.

motherinferior · 16/04/2017 12:45

Also my dad is working himself up into a state as the anniversary of mum's death approaches, memorial notice in paper, etc. He clearly expects Dsis and me to be similarly sledgehammered with grief. For us, after the awfulness of a year ago, we're still staggering out from a feeling of overwhelming relief...

I have put on v loud Bob Marley and am sorting out non-winter clothes.Smile have also tracked down a denim jacket from DD2's room to wear with still-to-be shortened red maxi dress.

Cremolafoam · 16/04/2017 13:01

Poor doggies and kitties. Mrs S could you not wait a day for the cat, or would it be dangerous to do so? I don't know.id wait I think.

I don't mind the actual cooking, but do loathe the having to think of something to cook. I do the meal planning thing, but have got a bit more lax as it's only the two of us. Dh never bloody cooks as he's slumped into the easy routine of arriving late home and his dinner just being served up to him. I can't not eat so it always falls to me to rustle something up.

Stropps your previous life sounds incredible. If you still have wanderlust I think go fo it.Grin

I have woken up with a crushing headache and vomiting. Oh dear.

Blackduck · 16/04/2017 14:15

Nothing to add...

The Crepertoire - put on your peignoir and get into the boudoir