Proportional Crepresentation

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There you go lovelies

Momentary dip into Style and Beauty . I have applied these for fun purposes with lovely niece who knows about such things. Feel a bit Cruella de ville.

At Crem. It was a cracker. It was also interminable...people in danger of missing flights to family Christmas...had to be stopped in mid-sob.

And Crem love, take it easy today, the travel stuff can wait, no rush - rest and focus on those Cruella nails!

Yesterday I went through a tortuous process to hide from DH what I'm buying him for his birthday (posh coffee machine). I walked to the bank, withdrew a bundle of notes from the joint account (where all my money is paid), paid the cash straight into my own account, then went home and used that account to purchase the present. But then I left the page open on my tablet when he picked it up this morning to check something. He didn't say anything, and it's just possible he didn't notice but....doh.

Off to B&Q later, as we've decided to paint the upstairs bathroom, which is looking a bit knocked-about. It is currently painted white with an unpleasant greenish tint. Slate worktop, dark grey tiles with flecks of brown, chestnut-brown zebrano wood drawer fronts.....so I'm thinking a pale grey or a light mocha-ish shade. Staying away from my default go-with-grey colour (aqua/light teal) as that seems to have crept into several rooms already. Then maybe some new contrasting/bright towels and accessories.....?

Sounds very nice, CV. Our bathroom is a BRIGHT turquoise-peacock blue as DP didn't check the paint sample properly. I love it. He doesn't.

That's good news, Adele: fingers crossed the DC get what they need.

MM, I hope you enjoyed your swim?

Crem, please take it easy. It's really not surprising that you feel tired, your body has put up with so much stress.

CV, I think that you would probably like my house. I realised when my visiting friend gave me a beautiful aqua dish that it's my go to colour everywhere, so since then I have been trying to branch out into - whispers - other colours.

I have at last finished weeding the paths and patio - hooray. DH is potting on some of the 18 (eighteen, xviii) tomato plants which are gracing the conservatory. Only half are ours, the rest belong to DD who has decided it's easier to use us rather than heat her greenhouse. Roll on the end of May when we should be frost free and they can all go to their respective new homes.

Please could expert gardeners advise - have these precious saplings been planted too close to the fence? Gardener deliberately halved the depth of the border before planting, btw. But don't know if he knows what he's doing.

Left to right, plum, pear, cherry.

Auriga, I would have said probably, too close, yes, although it would depend on the variety. We have two cordon apple tres planted closer than that, though. Also you will lose half the fruit over the fence, I would thought. Disclaimer: I am only very amateurish.

Hmm, depends on the height of the fence Auriga. Have a look at the label and check 'spread.' They will keep growing up if you snip off lower shoots as they grow. They do look a wee bit close, although you could always espalier them?

It's a 5 foot fence. The pear is already almost touching it. All of them grow to 2-3 m spread and all are less than 1m from the fence. I questioned this at the time and was dismissed

Could you prune any branches growing towards the fence and force it to grow the other way? I know nothing about gardening, of course

I love aqua/turquoise but our house is shades of white. Which reminds me I need to email the builder...

Auriga, I think they will just grown taller, and then spread in all directions over fence height. 2-3m is quite compact really. Worry not.

Have been taken to a supermarket by dh and found things somewhat bewildering. Am limp and have tired eyes as a result. I was planning to make a Black Forest frozen yogurt, but too bad.

NU i think my experience with the eye was different because the anaesthetic drops had not completely worked ( this has happened before with a root canal and a toe procedure ) my dentist says he has to use twice the usual dose to freeze me enough now to do do anything like a filling.
I could feel everything the eye surgeon did and it was actually painful. He kept saying I was doing really well, nearly over now, but I said many times that it was hurting with my body clenched, and was ignored. I was only offered a hand to hold by nurse but she took it away when I squeezed it white. Just sayin.
I intend to report all of this at the debriefing consultation next week,

MI - you ok? You seem very quiet.😶

Am in Norwich refraining from parricide.

Sounds great news re offers addle. CV I hope DS gets himself into gear soon but I do feel sorry for the Dc doing AS levels in particular. They're vile, aren't they...I still have lovely memories about what a doss the lower sixth was when I was at school. However your bathroom sounds lovely...hotel standard.

When I watched DDs GCSE drama rehearsals, I was also struck by how dark most of the subject matter was...

I am lolling. Had a lovely morning, first a blissful back treatment and massage at a salon in the village, and the a great new walk we've discovered , rolling farmland but with the coast on the other side and finally through quiet lanes with gorgeous thatches and gardens carpeted with blue and whitebells. The late lunch in the sun back in the village. Have tix tonight for a pleasing Alan Bennett, starring Richard Wilson.

Oh Cremo that sounds awful. You poor thing Definitely report. And that you were there till 10.

DH and DS out for a stroll and DD revising in the kitchen with her bestie. I may have napped.

DH suggested we should go out for dinner tonight. On our own

Oh Rose, loads of the boys in the play are locals, some in dd2's class. I haven't got tickets as we saw Richard Wilson's Fracked last year and it was so rubbish, I can't bring myself to see him in a play! But the reviews are good and dd2 is desperate to see her mates on stage, so I may relent......

Bad week here, but only one and a half days of school missed. All right today so I'm gardening like crazy.... if that Johnny Frost comes again, I'll be fuming. All my winters seed growing is tumbling out of the greenhouse and being planted!

Cremo that sounds awful and I won't be telling Ddad who has that op coming up...
I'm lolling on bed after being brought breakfast AND lunch and DDad pinching every idea I had for DS's birthday (yes BTM, MI and MrsS the tres expensive shower gel has been purchased...)

Off to Kent for 60th Wedding Anniversary tomorrow then home for a day catching up on laundry!!!

Thanks everyone. He has agreed to move the trees. It was that or be sacked. They are young enough not to mind.

I'm still ill, though not all day every day. Trying to be patient. A bit of tidying threw up an old diary with details of DD's baby and toddler days which has been fun to read.

Sorry you are still below par as well Crem. I suggest we give in and coast for a bit.

Crem, that sounds awful - WTF didn't they listen to you when you said it hurt?

Had my swim, first one for 4 months. My arms ache, my legs ache & I doing nothing else today.

Crem, how dreadful. I really hope they d and say all the right things when you report back, and offer you the chance to talk it through with someone if you want. Coast and rest

After dd was born, I needed stitches and they didn't give me enough anaesthetic and then wouldn't believe me - and there was no rush to do it or problem with stopping.. The lovely and rather brave student midwife who had delivered dd bellowed at me "tell them you withdraw consent". I have always been very grateful to her.

Rose, that sounds lovely.

Exhausted here after late night with lost phone shenanigans....taken ds out for excellent birthday lunch and about to ply him with tea and cake before his next social do. Early night and Masterchef catch up for me I think.

Where did you go for lunch, Lalsy? Am thinking ahead for DD...

I do not know. I expect they thought I was one of those theatrical complaining types they ar used to in private medicine. Feel sick thinking about it.

I am back to lolling a la Rose ( oh what a perfect day lovely 🌹) and refusing to be ein Eierlegende Wollmilchsau . Stropps you will know those words but hopefully not fulfilled their meaning.
Dsis has been round and we have commiserated with one another about ending up as 1950s housewives despite having 4 degrees between us, 3 post grads, various jobs and brought up 4 lovely children.
I'll shut up now I'm whinging...

Well I can report that Herbs' church choir were amazing. I hadn't expected them to be so fantastic - it must be a very big church to have such a large choir. The Halleluliah chorus practically blew me away. Poor mini Herbs was stuck behind very tall girl bless him - he was impeccably behaved and took it all very seriously.

Cremo - the eye thing sounds the stuff of horror movies - hope you're feeling a little better.

Auriga - sorry you are still feeling ill.

Magi - well done on swim.

I'd better look lively now as DH is plastering and I'm on MN so feeling a bit guilty.

Crem, I can't believe they brushed aside your complaints at the time. That's awful.

Rose - I love a bit of Alan Bennett - enjoy!

Efforts to hide DH's birthday gift purchase suffered another blow when I got a text from the delivery company while in the car with DH.....which popped up on the in-car display. He said "what did you order from x?" and I mumbled some far-fetched story about buying something for work. He has surely smelled a huge rat by now.