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linny
26-01-2005, 10:53 AM
Oh my, I've just seen that I've become a 'Senior Member'! Is this because I'm getting old or because I've posted a certain number of messages?? It's sounds rather good!! :D Linny
Copper
26-01-2005, 12:35 PM
Linny, welcome to the senior members club :) In my case I think I might be the oldest member :(
Keeping busy does take your mind off the aches and pains. Cross stitch is also relaxing. My stitching has come to a halt as when I sit down the cat wants my complete attention. He is my daughter's cat really but as she has left home he has to make do with me - poor thing.
Hi all,
Hope this post finds you all well, especially Lyndamc and Linny who said they were feeling unwell. I know I have been feeling a bit rundown recently. Must be the New Year blues.
Hope the moves go ok for Matt, Linny and Pam. Maybe you could make notes later and give us some tips. Would always be a good help.
Copper, nice to hear you are looking after your daughter's cat. Have recently had to take Dexter to the vets as he had a respitory infection. He's fine now though, love him.
Good to talk to you all.
Kind Regards,
Lan. :D
is it something in the water? all of us moving. but where to, all local moves or is anyone planning a long distance one?
sorry to hear about the illness, hope you're feeling better. those viruses are a real pain. you think you've got over it and then suddenly it bites you on the bum again!
senior members, is i t how old we feel or what. join the club, now you can have a senior moment and get away with it.
and as regards those granite beams, i'm envious must look lovely. i've always wanted a kitchen surface made from polished granite, highly expensive but looks lovely.
right, get better soon and enjoy the planning for the moves.
I've lusted after the granite worktops that you see on DIY and home improvement programmes but far too expensive and not really a DIY job to fit them. We're planning to stay local, within the same town so that the kids don't have to move schools (though the youngest two might benefit from a change at the moment with the way that their school is going - (40+ per class and no headteacher, but that is a long story so I won't do it here and now). We just need more bedrooms. Our second bedroom is divided into 2 but you have to walk through the first to get to the second, so all three children are essentially in one room and it is an absolute war zone. We would love a 4 bedroom semi and have our eye on a couple but they will no doubt be gone by the time we are ready to buy.
ellsie
27-01-2005, 06:05 PM
Hi everyone. We moved 2 years ago and I will have to be carried out of here in a box as it was too much stress! Never again! I feel very lucky as we bought just before the prices went up and we have 4 bedrooms, one for each of the kids. It makes a difference to have space. We just had a patio laid last week. It was a new house and they left a mud patch for a garden, so it will be wonderful to enjoy my patio,crossstitch and have a glass of wine in the sun. All I need is some sun!;)
My kids have suffered from the fevery cold bug so we haven't escaped. Good luck linny at the hospital. Take your sampler-I usually find I get lots of stitching done in hospital!
heck i'm movingto a three bed place. just me except when my 6 year old visits. i'm going to rattle in there, but not going to look a gifthorse in the mouth.
granite worktop very nice but bloomin heavy and expensive. at quick look and for most practical purposes the granite effect wooden tops are just as good i suppose......
what happenen to the weather yesterday? slight chance of rain in newbury my #$% it belted down and i got soaked.
gym......well i used to be a major exercise freak. it does become addictive you get addicted to the endorphins, there are worse things to be addicted to.
waiting for the spring nowwarm dry weather and so on. won't be long. then can get on with pottering around in the garden.
Copper
28-01-2005, 01:23 PM
I guess this mansion of yours is in Fordingbridge?
Gym? Sport? Count me out. After a half day at work followed by housework/gardening/shopping I am too tired for any sports activity.
npoe the new place is going to be just outside hythe. much nearer parents which will make life a damn site easier for me in some respects. harder in others as my daughter will still be in fordingbridge....
i miss the gym, did enjoy the exercise. glad now if i can walk a mile or so. used to run 5 or more three times a week. yes i know insane but what the heck i needed to be that fit came with the job.
still no date to move yet but hopefully soon. then it's all the hassle of address changes and elec and gas changes etc etc. you just know i'm going to forget.
already the migraine levels are increasing. maybe they are partly stress induced.
boo hoo , i'm sounding sorry for myself aren't i?
well it's sat, so almost time to prostrate myself before the god of the lottery and pray for my chances.......
:bleh:
Put in a good word to sir Camelot for me too please, Matt, I could really do with a lottery win.
What was your job before your illness? I'm a clerical officer in local government - very boring but it pays a wage (not a very big one but at least it is a wage).
Copper
29-01-2005, 10:49 AM
Well Matt you could look on this house move as a challenge - if you survive you must be getting better. Is this the first step towards getting your life back together?
Doesn't your OU course start soon?
You can't let the knife weilding sicko win - we won't let you :)
previous job: police constable in high wycombe 1994-2000.
to be honest i've reached the point where i've not as such given up but become resigned to how i am. if i should get better then ok but i'm being pessimistic for now. means i can only be pleasantly suprised not dissapointed again! there's logic there somewhere.
open uni course just started, first quick assignment due 14th feb. trouble is i'm either too tired to read the books or write the assignment due to waking too early or like at the moment having the third day of a migraine, which comes and goes but is always there just enough to make concentrating very hard.
could be worse, much worse. but you do find yourself feeling sorry for yourself every now and then.
Hi Matt,
Sorry to hear you are not feeling well. Hope you feel better soon.
What course are you doing? I'm thinking of doing a Creative Writing degree in September.
Kind Regards,
Lan. :D
Hi everyone, Just been catching up with all the news/goss, I havent been on the forums since 24th Jan!!! I have been really really busy.... and I just could not beleive it when I started reading! I was really busy last week because..........We put our house up for sale too!! So I basically spent till Friday cleaning, doing jobs like, wiping window ledges and polishing the fridge door!!! haha!! making it look nice and neat for when the estate agent came round to take piccies. Spent this weekend on a workshop I have just completed my 1st Degree in Reiki, I really enjoyed it. Anyway now I am back and will be checking in frequently again!
i'm doing s103 the general science course. you do either that or the general humanities course to start with. gets you back into the habit of learning and writing reports etc or that's the theory. bit hard when you fall asleep whenever you start to read! if only i then slept long enough to feel refreshed, if only.
so the weekend's here again. doesn't time fly when you've buggerall to do!
just seen that we're up to 499 members!! is only more than a dozen of us bothered to come to the forums it would be great. still up to them, if they want to benefit from the site then they need to put something in.
so how's the week been then. apart from missing/ill cats which all have worked out fine, thankfully.
daffodils almost in flower in the garden. global warming!! the skies falling the skies falling (i'm not a believer, the romans made wine 2000 years ago, it was warmer, no factories etc. just another bandwagon for the greens. end of political slot)
off to get paper in min. just thought i'd drop a note to say hello and hope you have nice saturday. don't spend too much money.
later
Well, we've had a busy week, we're trying to decorate our bedroom and spent last weekend emptying 15 years of junk out of it. All our clothes fitted into 2 suitcases but it was all the other stuff that you push into fitted wardrobes that was the problem. We've had 2 trips to the tip, a car load of stuff to the charity shop, a huge amount into the loft and the living room is still stacked floor to ceiling with stuff - where does it all come from - and more importantly where is it all going to go when we get the bedroom done again? I spent most of Thursday night stripping wall paper but will finish that off later today. We were at a 70th birthday party last night so couldn't do it then.
This morning we have to go out and buy wallpaper and look at carpets before the retail estate gets too busy. The paint fumes will probably lead to a few more nights of insomnia so I'll be spending plenty of time in the arcade this week.
lyndamc
05-02-2005, 10:02 AM
The daffs are out in my garden and all the surrounding hedgerows too. Took the children out for a walk last weekend to look for frogspawn and found tadpoles!! So will take them up there again this weekend to show them how the tadpoles have grown. We also saw three ladybirds last weekend, things are certainly happening earlier and earlier. Thought I heard a Cuckoo yesterday but must have been my imagination.
Won't be spending money today Matt, hubby working and it's not my idea of fun to drag two children shopping!
Got to get my creative side going this weekend, we've got a party next friday with a caribean theme - don't you just love fancy dress!!!
Well have a good weekend all...
Lynda
i have to say i'm envious lynda. it's been a couple of years since i was last in penzance. lovely town. and as you say spring earlier than all of us. you should log your dates on the bbc wildlife site. they're taking part in the spring watch this year.
was down in penzance for the "eclipse" on a hill by a campsite just north of maraziene, spelt wrong. the clouds went dark then the clouds went lighter. spooky thing was the birds stopped singing. aaah the good old days before i had such a stict diet and weighed a bit more than a mouse. we camped with a one year old! poor little bugger nearly froze one night. she survived the experience though.
used to go in the pub at top of high street on the left just before the older seperate building if that makes sense, and my memory isn't playing tricks.
enough of this memory lane stuff. thinking about curried chicken or lamb pasties. not traditional but lovely. :drool:
Copper
06-02-2005, 10:46 AM
No daffodils in flower here in sunny Poole yet. Plenty of snowdrops flowering in my garden which make me feel better - I hate winter. My very tame robin has found a mate so they are nesting somewhere close. I hope my cat doesn't find them.
i was in sunny poole yesterday and it was lovely. poole park's got loads of snow drops and crocus' poking their heads up. was geocaching all around the area, a couple in bournemouth and a couple in poole. sun shing down, birds singing their heads off. spring not far away....but will there be a late cold period to knacker everything?
bit nippy this morning. only 3' outside at 4am. meant to be sunny and mild later.
I had a lie in this morning Matt, I didn't wake up until the milk truck went bumping over the speed hump at 6am. We're midway through decorating the bedroom and have newspaper up at the windows (really tasteful huh?) The glosss and ceiling need doing then we can paper which has to be completed before the carpet fitters come on Thursday. I should have a nice new bedroom by next weekend (not before time, it hasn't been decorated for 15 years).
linny
07-02-2005, 04:24 PM
Hi, we've got a 'crocus carpet' out in full bloom in the lawn and it looks lovely. We keep our geraniums out all year round now as we don't tend to get a frost hard enough to worry them. We've got 3 squirrels in the garden at the moment, they really frighten you when you're pegging out the washing and they free fall from the trees! Yes, I peg out washing all year round, weather permitting of course, I'm the only one in our 27 flats that does. I do have a washer/dryer but I prefer to hang it out and save money and the planet!
I think I've been a member for about a year now as I can remember saying that I'd give up dairy for lent and then hopefully carry on - I've achieved something at least!!
Happy soya pancake day!
We have squirrels in the grounds at work, last week we had to have one evicted from the roof space in our building and it staged a roof top protest for the next two days. It has gone away now though so must have found a new home. They are really funny as they fly from tree to tree.
lyndamc
07-02-2005, 06:02 PM
We've had an absolutely glorious day here today. Bit of frost this morning but didn't encounter any ice.
Not sure which pub you're talking about Matt, could be the Star, was it opposite the statue of Humphry Davy???
My Mum was born and raised in Marazion and my Gran worked on the mount for Lord and Lady St. Levan before she got married.
Lamb pasties, you trying to insult me!!! Those shops in Penzance shouldn't be allowed!! Give me a traditional HOME COOKED pasty any day!
I already record Wildlife Events on the UK Phenology Network - Woodland Trust and my son has just become a Nature Detective with them, currently trying to get his school involved as well.
Lynda
squirrels: tree rats. rightly described as vermin. sorry but they cause huge amounts of damage and they've pushed out the native reds...:rant:
it could well be the star. seem to remember it's quite thin and has bands right at the back. been a couple of years though.
yeah i did say that the lamb pasties not traditional and are heresy but i didn't have your address at the time to get the homecooked pasty! at the time i was in a trailer tent so not much oportunity to make them myself.
i prefer to put washing out on the line as smells nicer but being this much further west it tends to rain a bit more. not as much as lynda prob gets.
cornwall, very mild as it's hard to have a frost when it's raining all the time!!
:bleh:
have a lovely pancake day, save yourselves the hassle, forget the pancake and just go for the fillings instead. swedish glace with maple syrup and sugar or golden syrup. just as nice without any hassle in the making!!
none for me as i'm going to the orchid festival in kew. might take a couple of tesco's freee from pancakes for my lunch!!
Ah yes, the rats with fluffy tails. Last summer there was a tail-less squirrel, it looked really odd. It must have lost its tail in an accident or fight but I haven't seen it recently. They all have different markings so some of them are quite recognisable. The one doing the rooftop protest had a scar down its back with a bald patch and there is another with white tufts in its ears. They are all huge after devouring the vast numbers of conkers that fall in the grounds. Very entertaining when I've not got much work to do and I have a ring side seat looking out of the window over the grounds. One of my bosses said last week "how does Pam know everything that's going on?" The answer.... because I'm always looking out of the window and if I want to know something I ask the question! Nobody sneaks into the car park without me knowing about it!!!
linny
08-02-2005, 03:01 PM
The squirrels are a problem here too really. If we plant bulbs out in pots we have to cover them with netting or the squirrels dig the bulbs out. They also bury their nuts in the pots and in the grass. I've never yet seen one dig up a nut - I bet they're too stupid to remember where they left them!
The squirrels at work regularly dig up their nuts to check them, then bury them again, it is funny watching them pat the soil back down when they've finished.
now where's that shotgun..........:o
they're on the vermin list for a good reason. sounds harsh but they don't do any good and cause huge amounts of damage.
kew gardens yesterday. bit cloudy but the orchids are well worth the trip. parakeets very noisy i can only imagine it's the start of their courtship. i was thoroughly tired by the time we finished but happy with a day well spent. if you get the chance to visit take it. orchids until beginning of march.:lol2:
linny
09-02-2005, 01:48 PM
:) The Alpro soya milk pancakes were delicious, my husband thought they were better than the normal ones too, as they were lighter. I don't think we'll be waiting for Shrove Tuesday to have them again.:drool:
Well there's not much goes on here. I've been on three or four times (before joining) and I was the only one on the site. So here goes - what can I tell you?
I've a 6-year old son who has a severe allergy to milk (we're talking anaphylactic reaction at the age of 2) and Epipens carried around since then. So we've had to be extra careful and it hasn't been easy for him, having to be different from everyone else at birthday parties etc but I have to say that he is amazing about it and apart from a sudden bout of independence two days before his sixth birthday when he decided to do some experimenting (fortunately he didn't take anything he shouldn't) he has been really fantastic about it. We wonder how much, if anything, he remembers about the major reaction but we don't want to go on about it too much. Some parents look at us with pity and one even said that it was a shame that he doesn't like eating (her assumption - nothing else) but that couldn't be further from the truth. He adores eating and is one of the easiest children you could imagine to feed, as long as you know what he can have. Other mums who have had him to tea ( and some do feel daunted by it) have commented on how enthusiastic he is about food, in comparison with some of the more picky children who could eat anything but don't. I've loved cooking for him because it's a personal challenge to find new recipes and new foods which I think he might like and it's great feeling to see him enjoy something new and to see him looking fit and healthy on it. I'm a bit out of date on baby foods now but more than happy to share any ideas or thoughts about different foods. By the way I abandoned long ago any ideas of trying to find a cheese substitute which was palatable to him and that I could bear to give him. He seems to find all of them revolting and I have to say that I agree, and why should I force anything on him that I wouldn't want to eat myself?
i know what you said about the cheese but tofutti soft cheese is nice for a change. at the end of the day it's not one of life's requirements though!
welcome to the site. any problems questions ask away. i'm sure someone will have the answer or will know where to look.
i know what you mean about six year olds, my daughter is six. thankfully it's me with the problem. she's a food vacuum cleaner....not all that fussy and will eat vast amounts if allowed. loves spinach and broccolli, will not touch icecream! her fav is choc with choc sauce on a bed of choc.....:D
Hi Tan, we tend to flit in and out of here and you'll often see guest visiting, even if they are not actually members, being such a specialist site it is not going to be active all day every day but there are probably around 20 new messages each day at the moment. I hope you will join us and increase activity.
I have a 5 year old faddy eater who is milk intolerant. Fortunately accidents only cause her to have tummy ache and sleepless nights but she is none the less very careful about what she eats and tends to be more cautious than me. I have always ensured that there are lots of dairy free goodies at home for her so she doesn't need to go without when her brothers get something nice to eat.
morning pam you're up early. and you must have passed 500 posts now!!
Copper
11-02-2005, 04:08 PM
I can't possibly compete with you two!!! I don't have time to switch the computer on in the morning as I am in a rush to get to work. Now that it is half term I have no intention of getting up before 9am.
wish i was able to go to work, time at home looks great when you work but becomes terminally dull after the first year!
i never have the intention of getting up before 9am, trouble is i still wake up at 3!
not much else to do at 3am other than go online. radio 2 on as per normal. i don't look forward to the weekends as the radio turns dull at 7 on sat and sun either churchy stuff or sounds of the sixties. if i'm in the mood i like some sixties stuff but not all the time.
will i ever catch up on the number of posts though? what is the top poster prize?:lol2:
Steve
12-02-2005, 05:07 AM
will i ever catch up on the number of posts though? what is the top poster prize?:lol2:
At the moment the top posters are:
Name Date of registration Posts
Pam 29.04.2002 506
matt 26.05.2003 484
Lan 02.04.2002 359
Copper 07.07.2003 233
Steve 02.04.2002 177
linny 01.03.2004 123
ellsie 27.06.2004 120
Matt, you've been going mad over the last few days, I was 30 ahead of you all week until maybe yesterday, now it is nearer 20. You'll be pipping me soon.
Copper
12-02-2005, 09:50 AM
At least I feature in the table :)
Steve
12-02-2005, 01:08 PM
At least I feature in the table :)
You have more posts than me!!
:bleh:
Copper
12-02-2005, 03:03 PM
I guess that is because you are kept busy trying to keep the forum up and running :)
lyndamc
12-02-2005, 06:16 PM
How come you didn't go up to 238 then Copper???
linny
12-02-2005, 08:22 PM
Yeah, I've also noticed that the numbers are staying the same!?
well the trouble is that i write alot but don't necessarily say much. no one's told me to shut up though, so either you just all ignore me or i'm not as dull as i think i can be!!
going to check my post number now was 485 when i started this reply so should be 486 now.
amazing how many posts you can do at 3am on a sunday morning! not much else to do. tried to trick myself last night, went to bed 1/2 hour early to get extra half hours sleep. more fool me, i just woke up 1/2 hour earlier!:(
well such is life, wouldn't mind but i'm knackered all day:lol2:
:bleh: post counter working fine for me.:bleh: one closer.......
Make that 2 closer, or more if you add up all your posts from this morning. Only 10 to go to get the 500 now Matt.
Well, I don't think i'm even going to try and compete with you lot. I'm one of those who don't log on that often. I had over 200 messages this time. I'm going through the process of house buying at the moment so my time and mind has been filled with other the things. The house we are buying is next door to the one we own. Our plan is to knock through and make it in to a detatched. A lot of hard work and hard saving for the next couple of years. It has been our dream to buy it for along time, hopefully everything will be complete by beginning of April, then the fun will start.
That sounds like a good idea, no hassle of packing up to move. The house next to us came up for sale about 10 years ago and went for a song as it completely needed renovating, we wish we'd bought it then instead of worrying about how little money we had. We would have had a lovely big house now.
I usually visit first thing in a morning before everyone else gets up as I am an early riser (but not as early as Matt!). I like to have a bit of time on the net before the rabble gets up.
linny
13-02-2005, 06:55 PM
Wow, what is it about being dairy free and house moving/buying - how strange! Must be something in the soya milk!! Half term this week, Megan was off sick last week too! I've got a list of ideas but my energy levels will run out before the tasks have been completed! Tomorrow we're going to make a dairy free Valentine's chocolate cake!! Yum!
I do wonder when my 8 yr old can beat me at junior dingbats!! Senility setting in!
It's my eldest son's birthday on Tuesday so I will have to make a dairy free cake tomorrow so that we can all have a piece.
We're hoping to move this summer too but heard on the news today that the government are hoping to keep interest rates low which will give the housing market another boost. We don't want prices to go up any more than they already are as we will have to pay more than enough already to make the jump up to something big enough.
like i've said if someone can suggest something better to do at this time of the morning (and don't say sleep unless you want me to visit) i'd do it. fun to be first to visit site in the morning and see what's been said.
hope you all get a nice valentine pressie/cake/card etc. i don't expect anything:( :(
i'll be bloody suprised if one does turn up.
no real competition on posts, i'm not really trying to be top poster.
Oi! watch it you! I see you had a mega posting session this morning Matt to take you over the 500 mark.
My valentines don't come with the normal postman, they have to send a special van with the huge delivery (not!!!!). It isn't something we bother with in our house and hubby's going to be in for a disappointment if he's expecting anything. I don't think I have any secret admirers at work so I'm not expecting anything there either.
linny
14-02-2005, 12:49 PM
;) Well I got a lovely card, a beautiful vase and some after eights!!!! Perhaps it's because I feel so ill this year! Just as well I bought my husband some chocolate shortbread and a card otherwise I'd feel really guilty! We've made the chocolate cake and Megan wanted a heart on it, so we're going to sprinkle icing sugar on using a template of a heart.:drool:
We're going to watch the Shark Tale DVD this afternoon as Megan bought it with a gift voucher yesterday, got some popcorn too!
Pam, I hope your son enjoys his Birthday, is he dairy free?
i'm just envious, i used to do really romantic stuff and buy expensive jewellry. not the flowers and cards deal both over priced and a waste of money. flowers die too quick and can't eat a card!
no doubt the ex will be expecting soemthing! trust me she was upset when i didn't send her flowers on out anniversary last year:unsure: we've been seperated for almost two years. go figure? not that she got me anything you understand..she just expected something from me:bleh:
No he's not dairy free, but he gets a dairy free cake so that his sister and I can share it.
I'm a bit bah humbug about valentines day, it is just a money maker for the card shops and florists.
Copper
14-02-2005, 08:33 PM
We just do the cards thing :) My birthday was on the 28th January (nobody here noticed - even one of my sisters forgot :) ) then we haddaughter number 2 birthday on 8th February. Too many events in a short space of time.
My mother has lost the plot when it comes to birthdays in the family as my sister has two children with birthdays in February, 9th and 22nd! They are much younger than my children so I still got in first.
copper, what can i say? really sorry to have missed your birthday. i have to admit i don't normally bother checking as the site doesn't tend to keep up with me and i tend to get those notifications the following day! bit late then but not this late. so did you get anything spoecial for your latest 21st?:lol2:
well as i said i got myself some really romantic freefrom pancakes! just had one for breakie, yum.:drool: but that was all i got, course the postman might deliver one or two today........yeah right.
Sorry we missed your birthday Copper, but I think the automatic posting thing has disappeared since the site was re-vamped. (We'll all blame Steve for that ;) )
We have a glut of birthdays between Christmas and the end of Feb. My neice on 6 Jan, nephew on 19 Jan, sister 1st Feb, eldest son 15 Feb (today) my mum 17 feb. It costs me a fortune and I'm hopeless at remembering them all too so I end up running round like a silly fool at the last minute to get all the pressies sorted out.
Hi Copper,
Sorry we missed your birthday.http://www.dairyfreeuk.com/forum/images/smilies/sad.gif Hope you had a good one and was spoilt rotten, big dairy free cake etcetera.
Kind Regards,
Lan and Steve
so does the birthday thing work at the moment? or will it soon?
forgot to say on the othe thread, i also like waitrose. customer services so much better than anywhere else. i don't know if it is the training or just the people who apply to work there. but they are just so much nicer than elsewhere.
oops i think i might have woken the idiot upstairs again:lol2: :lol2:
We don't have a Waitrose around here and I don't think customer services at any of our local supermarkets are particularly good, I've had run-ins with most of them! They all seem to give the bare minimum back if anything isn't right.
Matt, life is too short to fall out with neighbours, it only makes everything more stressful for you in the long run - I know, I've been there! Only thing is, I hate backing down when they are in the wrong and don't see why I should let them get away with it. We have a shared garden and one of the sharers got a puppy last summer. We eventually fenced her part of the garden off and now you can't see one square foot that doesn't have a pile of you know what on it - it is a blooming big lurcher too so we're talking big piles. I'm so glad we stuck the fence up.
Steve
17-02-2005, 08:05 AM
so does the birthday thing work at the moment? or will it soon?
I should have it back again soon.
don't worry i don't normally partake in neighbour wars. but i am moving soon!! i've asked nicely and always try to be quiet myself. i do lkeep very unsocial hours. it's a two way street though. i'll be normal if they can't be quiet. i'm not tiptoeing around when they slam doors all the time.
plus like i said i'm off soon......all bets are off:lol2:
They probably don't realise they are making a lot of noise. Normal daytime activity probably seems acceptable to them and to be honest, I don't mind what sort of noise our neighbours make between 8am and 7pm. Outside those times I get a bit upset becuase I'd like my children to be able to sleep but during the day I know that my children can make far more noise than anything they can do. Unfortunately we've had neighbours who think nothing of slamming doors and putting music on at 10pm and later but then knock on the walls when we do DIY at 10am on a weekend morning.
We probably cause more of a problem than our neighbours cause us at the moment and I just hope that if and when we move house we get reasonable neighbours.
lyndamc
18-02-2005, 10:04 AM
It definately isn't worth falling out with your neighbours, we fell out with ours nearly eight years ago and haven't spoken since! Our dog Aramus and their dog Barney got into a fight and my neighbour put herself between them and got bitten, my word she went to town, she tried her best to get our dog labelled as 'dangerous' and put down. The police came and took Aramus into my garden and spent an hour trying to get him to snap or show any signs nastiness - none. The only time our dog was aggresive was when he was shown aggression by another male dog but she would have none of it. It's sad because both dogs have passed on now, but any attempt at peacemaking is returned with a load of nastiness from them. Not sure I want to be on friendly terms with people who even told us what colour to paint our house and which year to do it!!! We're not even allowed to trim the lane to stop our car being scratched either. We had sky installed and had a week of beeping horns as they drove past! Assume they didn't approve! The previous occupier sold up because of them, and no doubt it will cause us problems when we move.
Having terrible problems with phoneline and broadband, and have been for the last week, can't get online for more than thirty seconds. BT engineer coming on tuesday so hopefully all this wonderful 'technology' will work properly once again.
Your neighbours sound like a real nightmare Lynda. Unless anyone specifically asks about your neighbours I wouldn't say anything. I don't think you have to list any disputes on legal documents unless the case has actually gone to legal action.
Hope you get your phone and broadband sorted out quickly.
you have to tell if asked! no need to volunteer the info but if they ask if there have been any probs with neighbours then you must say or you;ll et sued.
saying that you must have so much hassle. i sympathise. my idiot upstairs stamps around and slams doors all the time. if he gets up at 1 am or during the day......i've asked nicely and he says sorry then just carries on. my daughter doesn't stay here anymore because she gets woken up by it. it's hard not to retaliate especially when i'm moving soon. not like i'm going to have to worry about not speaking for years, and it's a council place so no worries re selling it. council bunch of gits, they couldn't give a damn.
You can still be very economical with the truth about neighbours. Instead of saying we don't speak to them say "oh we hardly ever see them" or "they keep themselves to themselves". On the legal form about neighbour disputes I'm pretty sure you only have to list things which have actually involved solicitors and courts eg boundary disputes. Nobody is going to be any wiser if you omit to tell them about arguments over noise.
lyndamc
19-02-2005, 02:31 PM
oh dear, we've had lots of solicitors letters, especially over a 'right of way'.
Theres a silly little argument about the end of our house, ie where we start painting 'our colour', they disagree that it's the end of our house and claim we have painted their property, it's so petty it's unbelievable and they don't seem to even realise that the coal bunker for their 'holiday cottage' is on our property. But it's all very hard to prove because the deeds are useless, drawn up quickly between 'friends' years ago.
No court proceedings though, we tried mediation, a service reccomended by the police to stay out of the courts, but that all fell apart when the neighbours started to nit pick on everything and then got aggressive towards the mediators who walked out after a torrent of abuse. We had a letter from the mediation service that said sorry they were unable to help us and their volunteers felt threatened in the neighbours presence. We've just ignored them since, which winds them up all the more!!
Funny thing is we've become great freinds with one of the mediators!!
Oh dear! That doesn't sound good. You'll need to ask your solicitor's advice when you fill the form in so that you don't say any more than you can get away with. When we sold our last house we had been threatened with court action by one of the neighbours because we had put a gas flue in our wall but the other side of our wall went onto his land (also a public footpath which he did his best to block). When we sold the house we told the purchasers that we'd had a dispute that it had been personal between us and the neighbour and should not affect them in the future. They were happy about this and said that they knew this man anyway and he wouldn't cause them a problem.
Our deeds where we are now are not really clear. The house is nearly 140 years old and we have a back garden shared between 4 houses. We had hanging rights and access to one of the two privvies (now demolished) but I don't think we have any right to any of the land out there. We are also leasehold but no rent has been collected for at least 30 years so that always causes complications.
This year is a good year to move though as the government are clamping down on DIY. You now need to have all new electrical work inspected and certificates issued and they are planning to go the same way with plumbing, building work etc. Eventually you will have to provide purchasers of your house with a pack of certificates for all utilities and insurance companies are likely to start demanding these too before they will cover you. Moving house will become more and more expensive when all the new regs come in.
i'm moving and then short of a lottery win the only thing to make me move again will be a wooden box. that or a super rich girlfriend (very very unlikely).
then the house will be maintained by the charity who are buying it. how lucky am i?
i can see the advantages of getting all work signed off by electricians etc. but it will be a real pain. nanny state wiping our .......
so who's got snow then? they keep threatening us with it but not that likely on the south coast for copper and me. i'm sure some of you have been blessed by the stuff. great hen a kid but a real pain for adults.
saying that we used to have fun tabogganing at 3am!! while meant to be working. and the night we found a carpark that had frozen like a sheet of ice...handbrake turns slowly spinning round. loads of fun.
No snow here yet, though they forcast 25cm for the N Yorks Moors which isn't too far away. I'd like a bit of snow, my kids have never really had a good snow fall to play with. Hubby would like to play in it in the 4x4 too as I had to take it to work when it snowed last January.
I now work less than a mile from home and he will be at home if the schools are closed so it would be nice to have a good covering of snow for a few days ("we don't have winters like we used to do, you know"!!!!!).
This blooming computer is playing up and just shut down in the middle of me typing this - most frustrating! I think the motherboard or processor is feeling a little overworked - well it has been switched on for approximately 16 hours per day for the 2 years or more!
Hi all,
No snow here this week. Would love to have a couple of inches of the stuff mind. We live at the top of a valley and when it snows heavy there's no chance of getting to work.
The employers are useless mind, if I can't get out of my valley I have to get to the next one, or use my annual leave for the day(s)!!!
Kind Regards,
Lan. :D
still no snow here but they say maybe later today.
don't know really what i think about it. used to love snow but then i seem to remember lots more snow than we get today. used to get time off school but obviously now don't have anything to get time off from. just a bloomin annoyance now. driving over the forest in the snow no fun. mainly due to the idiots who have no idea what to do.
bit harsh lan, it's hardly your fault if you can't get out of the valley. having to take annual leave. what do your union say?
Still no snow here. When I worked for the police (support staff) we had bad snow one year and the official word from the police was don't try to drive on the roads. Living in a hilly area buses and trains weren't running due to the snow, yet they would give no concessions and any time taken off was at our expense.
Lan, if you have another office nearer to you go there instead, as long as you turn up for work (wherever you turn up) they have to credit you with your time.
Hi all,
The only places nearest to me are schools and are not allowed to go there. Haven't checked with the union but I might just do that.
Kind Regards,
Lan. :D
still no snow. no it might come wed or thur. one thinks that maybe they're just covering their arses so they can't ever be accused of the hurricane mistake again. over egg it and they only get a mild mickey taking, not warn people of serious stuff and they never hear the end of it!!
so everything is not over done....
it doesn't seem fair that they will not offer you any concession lan. union job i'd say.
pam what do you expect from the police.....i should know.
by the way over 600 posts? you trying to keep well ahead? at this rate i'm going to have trouble catching you!:lol2:
We have had a few heavy snow showers but nothing that has stayed around. I went out to Ikea last night and there were a few white-over parked cars as I came home again. The forcast was for ours to come down heavily overnight but there is only a sprinkling on my car this morning, I just hope the roads aren't icy. I've been getting excited at the prospect of snow but unfortunately I have to go to a training session on Thursday at a location I've never been to before and I don't much fancy it in snow (don't want to go anyway but it doesn't look like I can get out of it).
Matt, I suddenly realised yesterday how close I was to 600 - we have been busy this last week haven't we?
how close you are to 600 your at 609 from the thread i'm reading!! nothing to do with some dubious double posting!!:lol2:
but i'm still there nipping at your heals, rushing towards 600 myself.
they've said thurs now for our snow on south coast. i'm afraid i'm another bah humbug. i'll happily live without any. looks lovely but is lots of hassle. great when you're a kid when you don't have to think about getting food or going places. all you see is no school signs!!:lol2:
we'll see if it ever appears. global warming my a#$e:D
Watch it, Matt, you're starting to sound like Eddie Royle!
Still no snow to speak of here. We've had one or two five minute heavy snow showers but nothing more than a thin covering on the cars - nothing sticking on the roads. My 2 youngest go back to school today after an extended half term and their school won't dare to shut unless it is absolutely forced since they have been put on special measures by Ofsted. My eldest went back on Monday but stayed at home yesterday with a bad throat - doctors for him today! He is prone to tonsilitis and this is the third episode since September.
I'd like to see some decent snow, I'm a big kid at heart and as long as I don't need to drive in it I don't mind. I feel a bit guilty at work though because I work with people who provide emergency cover for Social Services (home care, helplines, social workers etc) so when the weather is bad the demand on them is far worse. I also don't have travel problems as I am within walking distance.
Matt, I don't know what you mean about dubious double postings! Some of these threads catch me out when they go on a new page. I always click on the new posts option and read the first new post which is always at the bottom of the page, it irritates me when I stick a message on and then find out that the thread continued on another page so I haven't replied to the later messages. If it is an arcade issue then you just have to reply, visit the arcade, then reply again with your findings (you'll get what I mean if we ever lure you in there). Anyway I blame you for my numerous postings, I can't have you overtaking me!
aah the royle family, sorry but it falls into the same category as little britain. lots of people say it's funny but i just can't see it, i find it damn annoying. likewise mr bean.
blackadder, monty python, ab fab yes no probs but just something about laughing at anothers incompetence just doesn't click. too close to real life i suppose, having had to deal with people like that all the time made me immune to the humour aspect?
good excuse with the double postings. not that i truely mind as i've said it's great to log on and have 20 or more new posts to rad and reply to.
when i think back just a few months when this lovely thread started and we could go days without anything on the site....know which i prefer.
i don't know why but i just can't get into the mood to play games. i used to love doom and worms but haven't played either for years. i even bought a star trek one to play when i first got this computer three years ago. it's never come out of the box!
i read too much i suppose! reading ian banks at the moment. very good writer. that and terry pratchett, robert rankin, larry niven ( yes mainly sci fi or fantasy) see enough real world in the papers, when i read i like to switch off.
I don't know where I got Eddie from, it is Jim Royle - I know that because I have a Jim at home who is very similar in character!!!!! (Shhhh, don't tell him I said that)
I love that programme but it is frighteningly true to life in many families (ours included). I never liked monty python or blackadder though hubby does, I find the humour too ridiculous whereas Royle family is sad but true.
I've been too busy watching good tv this week - Wire in the Blood and Angela Cannings and I've still got videos to see. So not managed to spend much time on games this week.
Like you say, a thread like this keeps the site active even if it isn't dairy free talk, it still keeps people tuning in.
i taped wire in the blood as the last series was quite good but i couldn't get into it when i saw it. so gave up and taped over it.
judge john deed tonight! which is getting further and further into the world of fiction fantasy!
taped jamie's school dinners last night. liking the new master chef series. much better than it used to be.
Isn't that just tormenting yourself with all that food you can't have? - Masterchef? Its alright having these fancy meals that look good on a plate, but they're not exactly every day cooking are they? Not filling either. I've been watching the channel 4 series about John Burton-Rice who spent a year in france then came home to open a restaurant in Devon and he has 6 kids who seem like a real handful. Expensive restaurant with fancily dressed plates for lots of money - don't think I will ever be going there.
oh i agree it can be torment. but i still cook for my parents and daughter, so i do listen to the ideas before adapting them to things they like. used to be a very inventive cook, don't bother much now as just me. tinned fish are a major part of my diet. mackerel, salmon, pilchards.....things that can be done quickly but are still very healthy.
that way when i'm feeling poorly motivated (any day with a y in it) i still eat fairly well.
been watching burton race. highly amusing. moves to devon for less stress then opens up the most stressfull business you can. why?
chef for someone else, let them pay for the set up. have all the hassle. and his kids, rudest most precocious bunch of brats you'd ever have the displeasure to meet.
i think the cookery progs are like the gardening ones, good moving wallpaper. i don't like the quiet. so they make good non commital stuff to have on it the background. every now and then get something that i can use.:)
Where's Matt today?
It is unusual to come here in a morning and not have at least half a dozen messages from Matt to read. Hope you are having fun with your daughter or friends wherever you are Matt, rather than having any unpleasant reason not to be here.
lyndamc
26-02-2005, 10:49 AM
Yes, where are you Matt??? I'd noticed there were no 4am postings too!!
Don't suppose he's having a lie in????
He's probably just trying us out to see how much we miss him.
Yes, more than probably! Pam, I racked my brains for hours trying to think who the hell Eddie Royle was.............then I remembered, he used to run the Queen Vic for a while in Eastenders, I think Nick Cotton bummed him off.
Ohmygod........... meant bumped him off.
yeah that's right trying to make you all appreciate me by my absence!!
what really ahppened is that at 4 when i tried to log on to the fourm it wouldn't let me in! another site i go to also had a prob with the forum so you got a matt free day.
lie in i wish!!
eddie royle and the queen vic? not to my knowledge. it's frightening how in deep that programme is in our culture. i haven't watched eastenders for years but i still know roughly what's going on!:bleh:
I remember Eddie Royle in Eastenders, he was there at the time that Sharon Watts was in it but I can't remember who he had a fling with. I haven't watched it for about 10 years, I stick with Corrie and a bit of Emmerdale these days.
Maybe we can get Steve to rig the forums so that they can't be accessed at 4am more often, Matt!!!!
Hi all.
I only watch Eastenders when there is absolutely nothing else on, otherwise I try to avoid it. Did anyone see it last week when they protrayed the demise of Andy Hunter and 2nd time for Dirty Den?
Andy Hunter was pushed off a bridge and Den was bludgeoned to death. Just when you thought the programme couldn't sink to any lower depths, it did.
Kind Regards,
Leanne. :D
if i ever get to the stage where there's nothing else on but eastenders then i'd rather have a blank screen.
jamie's dinners was quite amusing last week, what did he expect? take teenagers who have only eaten junk for 13 years then expect them to eat large lumps of veggies. never going to happen. hard enough to get young kids to eat stuff.....
my daughter has always eaten veg from weaning so she likes them. she also loves garlic! makes for some good fun when i send her home to her mum with that subtle aroma of a load of garlic bread!:lol2:
don't think much of "joey" but "2.4 men" the charlie sheen was quite good.
so you want me locked out of th forums in the mornings ? the pressure getting to you to keep being top poster? :bleh:
well jamies kitchen again tonight. gosh how exiting is my life when i mark out the days by what's on the box?
getting fed up with the rain and drizzle now. and the cold....
a jokes a joke but this is taking it too far. let's have some warmth and sun.
pam's taking her eye off the ball. not many postings yesterday. gives me a chance to catch up. no chance she'll be back up to full speed.
anyone got any news/gossip? doesn't have to be huge. just chit chat really?
have a good one
linny
02-03-2005, 11:04 AM
Hi, I watched some of GMTV (Lorraine Kelly bit) and there was a young lady on there that had a lot of severe allergies. What I couldn't understand is that they showed a clip of her trying to find somewhere to eat out and she went for a pizza. One of her allergies was milk. Am I missing out on something, I didn't think anyone did a milk/dairy free pizza?:mellow:
Oi Matt! Watch what you're saying, I'm never far away! I just didn't have much to say yesterday and decided to watch Holby City on video this morning before I came here. I didn't sleep too well so my brain is not up to surfing much today.
Linny, I'm told that Pizza Hut bases are dairy free but you would have to have a no cheese topping on the pizza. TV programmes always make allergy sufferers appear to be cranks or fakes. I can't wait to see the channel 4 programme that I declined to appear in - whenever it comes on. There aren't many programmes that I would be willing to appear on as they all make joe public out to be stupid. I wouldn't mind Better Homes with Carol Vauderman as she does some nice jobs - no cheap MDF there. Other than that I'll stick to laughing at the poor souls who do volunteer to look daft.
Hi all, think I'll watch Jamies Dinners tonight, although it means missing "Life Begins"....... I can't watch Holby........to many labour/birth scenes... brings back flashbacks of trying to push out my son, he was 9lb 11oz........enough said. :o :o :o ^_^
Copper
02-03-2005, 05:10 PM
Ouch!! 6lb 4oz was enough for me but then I am under 5 ft tall.
I had a very assisted first delivery at 6lb 8oz, emergency section at 31 weeks with no 2 but at a whopping 5lb 9oz and no 3 came out with no assistance at 7lb 1oz. they say that bigger babies come out more easily but I don't know how true that is.
I actually enjoy watching and reading about birth stories despite being quite traumatised for years over the 2nd one (I had placenta praevia and lost so much blood that I went into clinical shock - but no one had even warned me beforehand despite it being on my notes and being visible at scans). I *need* to talk about it and usually bore people rigid with the story!
Oh, and yes, I'll be watching Jamies School Dinners if I can stay awake long enough. I was clock watching at midnight, 1am, 2am, 4 am and 6am this morning.
I'm only 5ft 4...... My daughter was 8lb 4oz, which was ok, but I really really struggled with my son, 12 hours labour in total, I couldn't understand it as everyone told me it was easier second time around!! well it certainly wasn't!! He was 9, 11 and his head circ. was on the highest line on the centile chart!! so, no.......bigger babies are not any easier, well not for me anyhow!! to top it all off I decided at the start that I was going to be "brave" and opted for gas and air only and no narcotics.......by the time I was deperate for a bit of pethidine it was too late to have anything........ I have taped Jamie and am watching (through the double doors in the dining room) Life Begins.
no chance i'd be awake that long so jamie on tape to watch prob on sat night as there's nothing else on usually.
can't comment on childbirth. except when daughter was born th wife haemorraged. so there's me sitting in corner holding this tiny baby while all hell broke loose lots and lots of red stuff. and all this twelve months or so after my little adventure while i was going quietly insane. that was fun. needless to say daughter is an only child!
my favourite pam is when i wake up in the night thinking it's time to get up. stand up look at clock and find it's 1am or similar. bad enough i'm up at 3 but 1 a bit early even for me!:angry:
and you'd prefer watching holby to chatting to us? what does that say about us i wonder? or is it you prefer a car wreck to freindly banter!:lol2:
linny
03-03-2005, 11:43 AM
I might as well add my 'birth' story! I was sick for 9 months, in hospital 4 times on a drip. I only had 4 hours labour as Megan was distressed with the cord round her neck. I was 4cm dilated when they wheeled me off to the op theatre and Megan was pulled out with forceps and given "drugs"to breathe. I then had a few dozen stitches!!!!! It's the longest moment in the world when you are waiting for your newborn baby to cry. She was 2 weeks early and weighed 7lb 4oz, quite big as I'm only 5'3". Everyone was in such a panic that no-one looked at the clock, so the time of birth was estimated. It's amazing what they can do now, years ago she probably wouldn't have survived Seems like yesterday although she's now 8.
amazing the human race has survived this long with all the horror stories from birth etc.
so what's everyone got planned for the weekend? taking out your mother or being taken out yourself?
i'm going to bake her a cake today and see her tommorrow. maybe a lemon drizzle cake. see what the weather's like and take her out somewhere on sat. no point on sunday, too many crowds and everything booked up. and she'll be in then incase on of the other siblings decides to visit.
aren't i a good son.B)
it's bloomin minus 3'c outside at the moment. too flipping cold:o
have to wrap up warm at 6 when i go for my paper!! i look daft thick padded jacket and furry hat. atleast i let people know in advance that i'm mad. gives them a chance to get out of the way!!:lol2: fashion versus warm, no contest.
I actually had the first decent night's sleep in ages. I resorted to a spoonful of Vallergan which was prescribed for my son before christmas as an antihistamine but it is also a sedative and usually given to kids who will not sleep. So I slept right through, woke at 6 when my daughter woke up but dozed again until 7 - so a lie in today. I feel strangely calm and serene, not the ratty witch that I've been in a morning for the last few weeks.
I don't know what I'll buy my mum for mothers day, I don't usually spend a great deal - the cards always seem to cost far too much. If I'm lucky I'll get some after eights on Sunday and then I'll have to get on with the usual Sunday stuff - washing, ironing, cooking, cleaning etc. We usually go out for lunch with my mum and sister but I hate it because it is always very busy and the food is mass produced, so I'm not bothered about staying at home - far less effort. I'll probably take the kids to church where they give out daffodils to everyone but other than that I've got no plans.
Copper
04-03-2005, 12:39 PM
I have made my mum a card - my latest hobby :) I forgot about a pressie though! I might get her something to help her with her family history searching.
I expect a couple of cards will appear on my mat tomorrow. The youngest has made my card - her latest hobby too. I think we will be competing :)
I've just bought an azalea plant for my mum but still need to get cards - it is really difficult to get a "grandma" card.
I bought my mum a pedometre ( at her request) I got one in Index for £9.99, Pam, I saw some "grandma" cards in Clintons, not sure if you have one near you.
I'll have to look round tomorrow and see what I can find. Christmas cards are terribly you can find Nanny and grandad, grandma and grandpa, lots more but not grandma and grandad. I think cards are a rip off anyway and wish I didn't have to bother.
Just thought, that sounds terrible, I mean that I wish people didn't expect cards, they are such a waste of money.
i seriously object to card buying. why cards to grandma on mothers day??? i thought the card companies had already sorted out a grandmothers day? it's all a bloody con.:rant:
so the card is printed from my printer, nothing extra special, a nice photo from kew. on a plain white card.
two bottles of wine! and made her a lemon sponge cake yesterday. aswell as the normal loaf of bread i make her every week or so. granary this time.
aren't i good?B) basking in sun of adoration.
i even helped daughter make a card for ex.....no pressie. sorry i don't go that far.
doing sort of mothers day today. means she gets to see my little horror. but also means that i don't have to go over tommorrow aswell. selfish? i hope not.
I've just been told that my lot are making my mother's day present so I need to get out of the kitchen when they get back from their shopping trip.
I can see me spending the afternoon doing my best to clear up the mess in the kitchen.
Hi Copper,
I to am doing family research and have so far gone back to 1849. On my mothers side I only knew my gran and thought it would be nice to research a little more. Hope your mum is enjoying it as much as me. Have this week off so am going to the largest library and records office. Really looking forward to it.
Kind Regards,
Lan. :D
Copper
06-03-2005, 10:17 AM
It is nice to know that I am not the only one on this forum researching family history. When you visit the records office and library make sure that you have a list of waht you want to find out. Always make sure you write down what you have checked. I remember when I first started that I did not always write down which years of the GRO indexes I had checked - especially the nil results. A few years later I found myself looking at some indexes with a distinct feeling of deja vu :(
Are all of your family in Wales so far? If you need any ideas just ask and I will see if I can help. There are a lot of useful sites on the net too.
Hi Copper,
So far all my family have been in Wales. Is a really interesting hobby.
If you could post the names of that website, I would indeed be grateful. I have been using Ancestry.co.uk. You can have a free 14 day trial but after that it is quite expensive to join. We also bought a family tree package called Family Tree Maker 2005. It cost £25.00 (approx) and is excellent to store all the information you gather in. You also get a years free subscription to Ancestry.co.uk.
If there is anything I can help with, let me know. However, you seem to be more experienced in this field than me.
Kind Regards,
Lan. :D
i'm too lazy to do mine. i've relatives from wales on mum's side and scotland on dad's. haven't the census results started to go online? will that make the task any easier for you?
so, have all the mum's been spoilt so far??
i was very good yesterday, took mum out shopping (ok do that twice a week anyway) tweo bottles of decent wine and the lemon sponge cake. cooked her tea and washed up. whilst she got to play with my little dear of a daughter!
will hopefully get visited by atleast one of the other siblings today so mothers weekend not just day.
have a good one all you mum's enjoy those homemade cards and pressies. and try to not woory too much about what the kitchen will look like when they've finished!:bleh:
I got slippers, after eights and some home made chocolate covered marzipan as well as countless home made/school made cards and 'gift boxes' (cereal boxes etc with bits and pieces stuck on them).
At church we got the customary 3 daffs with a bit of conifer greenery, the kids made paper daffodils, cards and wrapped boxes with a nice little verse:
"This is a very special gift that you can never see.
The reason its so special is it's just for you from me.
Whenever you are happy or even feeling blue,
You only have to hold this gift and know I think of you.
You never can unwrap it, please leave the ribbon tied.
Just hold the box next to your heart, it's filled with love inside"
So then I came home, put the washer and dryer on, made lunch etc etc. I've got two job applications for hubby to do (me to do) today as well as homework with the youngest two, mountain of ironing, one wet bed to change and kids to bath tonight. Don't think I'll be putting my feet up somehow.
Copper
06-03-2005, 01:10 PM
The eldest sent a card and phoned last night. She is busy today! The youngest sent a card. No other communication but the day is still young.
well i'm sure that you both know that they mean well and so on even if the little sods forget or don't do much. i'm sure that the guilt trip you'll expose them to will make up for it.
where do mother's go to learn how to do the guilt trip stuff?:lol2:
Don't know about that Matt, my kids push me to the limit then leave me feeling guilty for being cross, bad tempered, shouting etc etc.
Copper
07-03-2005, 01:03 PM
The youngest treasure phoned just as I was cooking the dinner! We had a long chat and then I had to go and rescue the half of the dinner that was cooked - the other half not started :) She was not keen to talk to her father as "he doesn't do small talk" hmm they managed at least half an hour of chat.
I don't do the guilt thing but my mother certainly does.
linny
07-03-2005, 01:33 PM
Hi, had a busy weekend. Visited mother-in-law on Saturday and my mum on Sunday. We bought mum-in-law smellies and my mum a begonia plant and some sweets. I was spoilt as usual! I had a lovely school made card and a bought one. I got a basket of plants and a cute little teddy with mummy on and holding flowers! Megan always gives me little things she's made, a bookmark and a rossette made from ribbon! The poems she writes always bring a tear to my eye too! Hubby made me breakfast in bed and cooked the roast last night. So I thoroughly enjoyed the day.:)
maybe the guilt thing was the last generation or only comes with age!! my mum always manages to use it when she feels like it. not that she has to ofcourse, me being such a wonderfull son! :lol2:
if you believe that......
and with that latest batch of postings he snatches the top poster title from pam!!!!
:lol2: B) :bleh: :bleh:
That's ok Matt, I'm concentrating on quality not quantity.
Copper
08-03-2005, 07:17 PM
Good reply there Pam :)
more does not necessarily mean less. i'm trying to achieve quality and quantity. just because someone spends a month painting a picture doesn't make it a masterpeice!
:bleh:
lyndamc
09-03-2005, 03:13 PM
Finally got my telephone line fixed, it took three different engineers, three separate visits to discover corroded wires on the telegraph pole right outside my house!! How sad!
A month ago I had a homeopathy appointment at my doctors surgery, I thought the remedy she gave me helped but wasn't convinced, had more remedy two weeks ago and other people noticed the difference. I also ate some foods I thought I reacted too, with no side effects.
Took some more remedy over the last 24 hours and I can feel and see an improvement, this week alone I have eaten proper milk rice pudding, Minstrels, cheese and baked beans with no reactions. So now I am thinking that I haven't got food allergies at all and maybe I'm just a bit cuckoo!! The homeopath is treating me for stress - which rings true really, I have had really bad eczema since my son was born nearly eight years ago, a pretty traumatic time when we both nearly died, I've always been very laid back about it all, so maybe I haven't actually 'dealt' with what happened.
The patch testing revealed I was allergic to perfume, so we are almost a perfume free house, pig ignorant hubby informed me he won't stop using spray deodorant, charming!!! - he's another cause of stress to me.
Lynda
linny
09-03-2005, 03:53 PM
Hi, What was the homeopathic remedy? I think most of my problems are stress related, so it may be worth a try!
lyndamc
09-03-2005, 04:27 PM
Unfortunately i don't know!! I was referred to the homeopath through my doctors surgery. My first appointment was for an hour and a half, and was more like a counselling session, now I see her for thirty minutes once a month and she gives me three tiny tablets to dissolve under the tongue over twenty four hours, all i know is that they are for stress. My next appointment is near the end of March, so I will ask.
Years ago I used a homeopathic remedy for hayfever which I found worked but the one marketed for ezcema didn't work. I'm still fairly open minded, will see how my face feels in a few days time. You never know I may be able to wear some make-up again - perfume free of course!
Lynda
Hi Lynda,
Tell your husband from me that he stinks. Sorry, but perfume free should be something a partner can handle. Steve will give up and cater for anything I am allergic to. He doesn't deserve you Lynda.
I find that other people are a source of stress to me as well.
I find that the hypnotherapist is working for me. I have cried and moved muscles without realising it, even though I know I am moving them. It is totally wierd and freaky.
I hope all works out for you Lynda.
Take care,
Lan. :D
great news that there's an improvement. it might be arnica. i think that's for stress.
problem with homeopathy is finding someone who's any good. to easy to end upo with a quack who just takes your money....
not my place to comment of matters between your hubby and you but........:rant:
fingers crossed that things carry on getting better. even if it means one less visiting the site.
I went to a self-hypnosis course at our local women's centre. It was just a trial course to give us a taste of what it was all about but the first time I was hypnotised it took me a long time to come back out of it and I was paralysed for a few seconds. I was totally aware of my surroundings but couldn't move - it was very frightening. Once I got the hang of it the benefits were great, I could warm up in a cold bed really quickly just by visualising my warm blood circulating around my body, I'd sleep virtually as soon as I wanted to (and all night) and was able to programme much more positive thoughts into my mind. I wish I'd kept practicing as it is something that you really need to keep on doing to get maximum benefit.
Lynda, you can buy crystal deoderants. I've never seen them and don't know how they work but a lot of people swear by them (think they are just a stone that you rub on your armpit). No perfumes and no BO either. I think a lot of men don't feel clean unless they stink of body spray/deoderant. I hope you can get through to him.
Copper
10-03-2005, 01:09 PM
I have noticed that the young male students smell of deodorant - in their case probably a substitute for washing.
What can I say about Lynda's husband :rant:
That's just it, students don't feel the need to smell clean - they just smell!
until they find women that is then they will spend vast amounts of money on sprays.....to mask the smell. be alot easier to just be clean but they don't think like that!
Well, today I am ecstatic! :clap: After the saga with Balfour Beattie re-doing the water mains in our street and our constant phone calls to get rid of the metal plates that were clunking at all hours of the day/night, I wrote a letter to Yorkshire Water seeking compensation. I spoke to a very nice lady on the phone last week who asked me how much I wanted - we agreed £5 :drunk: for bottled water but I couldn't give a figure for the disturbance to my sleep :w00t1:. The letter arrived this morning offering me a further £50 :cheers: as compensation woohoo!!!!!! I've spent all morning at work being extremely giddy:clap:. None of the neighbours have complained - they'll all be green with envy! But Yorkshire Water have on record all our numerous phone calls complaining about the noise so there's no dispute. Who says it's not worth complaining?
:dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance::dance:
Copper
11-03-2005, 12:31 PM
Good for you. I bet that you have mentally spent that money already :)
Hi Pam.
Congratulations. Maybe we should all complain more, especially to restaurants who make mistakes with our meals.
How are you going to spend it? I say you should treat yourself to something new.
Take care.
Lan. :D
Well, in the last two weeks both cars have needed new exhausts and mine also needed a new battery and tax disc so I think we have already spent the money. We're going out for a pub lunch on monday though as I have the day off work. That's as good as it gets - too many D's on the bank statement to use it for anything nice.
blow the lot on monday. it's to make you feel better about all the lost sleep etc. have a real nice meal and a decent bottle of wine.
good for you for getting something off them. it's about time they faced their responsibilities.:lol2:
have a nice day.
wow springs here! yesterday went geocaching in purbeck near swanage. sea was flat calm and clear blue. sun shining, skylarks(20 plus who says they are rare?) singing like mad.and it's meant to be getting even warmer this weekend. hurrah. i'll still feel cold no doubt, being so malnourished !! driving through the countryside with window open, radio on tottally exhausted from having walked a couple of miles!
need to plan something good for this weekend. that'll guarentee that it rains.:lol2:
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