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I shall kill him before the day's out!

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  • Started 13 years ago by brenda midgley
  • Latest reply from Christine Berrett

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  1. Busy few days trying to square up committee work stuff from my association with the Severn Valley Railway. Have spent a frustrating morning trying to find procedures to do with Fire Safety (produced before my time). All I want is to have things tidy before I lurch forward with others in the build up to Christmas. Is Husband helping? - no.

    He is busy (he says) with hobby things on his computer - he will no doubt sit there all day - such hard work you understand. I took him a cup of tea which he promptly knocked over - all over his papers, desk, floor, trousers; no doubt burning himself in the process. 20 minute deviation from what I was doing to help square him up. Great, back to Valley work. He goes down to the kitchen to pour himself another cup of tea and knocks over a (full) milk jug all over the kitchen worktop, down the cupboard fronts, on the floor - you name it, it went there.

    Why do we take it into our heads at some stupid innocent age that we cannot live without this man in our life? only to find in actual fact that the boot is on the other foot!

    I just had to stop all that I was doing to have a whinge on the Guild website. I know there are others out there who will understand my feeling of frustration.

    It's made up my mind now, I'm going to sit and stitch all afternoon - I need to create a little oasis of calm and peace to bring my blood pressure down. Brenda

    Posted 13 years ago #
  2. Aaah - all is calm in the Midgley household again. Had a lovely couple of hours stitching on my band and peace is restored. Decided I won't kill the husband today after all. He has some uses - I just have to remind myself what they are; I must have a note on them somewhere. To his credit he is not a sulker and doesn't go silent on me when cross. But there again when do I ever give him the need to get cross at me! - I'm perfect after all.

    Just need to go and give the floor in the kitchen another disinfectant wipe over - there's a funny smell of souring milk in there...........!

    Posted 13 years ago #
  3. Brigitte Gant
    Member

    Brenda, I hope the stitching is calming you down.
    Yes, indeed, what are we thinking of letting these strange creatures into our lives? Arent't they lucky?!

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  4. Christine Berrett
    Administrator

    I'm sure that some research has found that married men and single women tend to live longer than married women and single men?

    Posted 13 years ago #
  5. I loved your cryptic comment Mrs. Berrett! Made me smile.

    Sunday afternoon now and fog just settling in nicely for any poor soul who has to travel somewhere in the car.Not pleasant at all.

    Had a busy morning with the pinny and rubber gloves on so decided after lunch I was entitled to some me time before commencing the evening meal. Working on the band sampler at the moment doing a bit of a twiddle with our Bradford project to make it fit the width of the band. I've done that - complete with the Queen Stitches and am just finishing the entry with wording to the effect that we went out for our chinese buffet on the Sunday evening. I'm putting our names on so obviously yours will feature in the entry. Doesn't it seem a long time ago now. I'm ready for the next one!

    Must write a few more cards whilst I'm waiting for the cooker to make something magical out of the things I shoved in it earlier on. After that I shall flop on the sofa to watch telly and probably fall asleep through something I particularly wanted to see. Ah, such is life. Brenda

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  6. Andrea Thompson
    Moderator

    Busy weekend for me. Trip up to Blackpool for a night out last night. Back to Manchester to drop my friends off. Over to the supermarket. Home and put up the Christmas tree. Did a bit of wrapping and decided to check the Guild website :-)
    Next is to cook and eat a Chilli then off to the pub quiz!
    Busy day!
    Busy tomorrow as well. Going to venture over to yorkshire again and visit a friend - weather permitting!
    After then back to work for the rest of the week. And until just before Christmas when I get my next load of time off.

    I think Christine is right with her saying... I'm sure I heard somewhere that life expectancy for single women is greater than for married women :-P
    Men eh?

    Posted 13 years ago #
  7. Janet
    Member

    I was going to put the christmas decorations up this weekend until my cleverclogs of a husband said to me "Are you putting the tree up today", I said "Yes thats the idea"
    " Which tree would that be then" he said, and with a quietly confident look on my face I raised my voice slightly and said " The one thats in the cupboard under the stairs"
    Then cleverclogs replied " Would that be the one that we threw in the skip after we took it down last christmas!" Now why could'nt I have remembered that? I'll tell you why, because I meet myself coming back most days because I am so busy looking after a baby grandson and my elderly mother, I know cleverclogs turns out for work but other than that he doesnt have a lot to remember!! I wonder if its the brain that deteriorates first in married women, if it is then I am in serious trouble...

    Posted 13 years ago #
  8. Jean Strange
    Member

    Had quite a busy weekend too. Saturday washing, ironing, shopping food and Christmas. Husband bought the Christmas tree while he was ought on Saturday morning as a friend he goes clay pigeon shooting with sells real trees and I love real trees! That won't go up for another week or so until it has acclimatised (don't know if I spelt that right) in the shed before coming in to the house. Then Sunday tidy up, get ready, set off for Fairford. Yes I did say Fairford met Husbands relatives at The Bull for Sunday lunch as this is half way between us and them, just over the bridge in Wales. 11 of us for a lunch and swap Christmas stuff session. No problems getting there most snow gone so unless we have another heavy fall should be O.K. for 11th Dec for those of us going. Unfortunately now gone down with a tummy bug and am off work, lots of children and adults have had this at school, if I feel better later on may get to do some stitching or make some Christmas cards.

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  9. Christine Berrett
    Administrator

    Poor Jean, tummy bug is soooooo not nice :o(
    Hope you are feeling better very soon!

    Posted 13 years ago #
  10. It's so enlightening reading all these entries to see just how much we women cram into our day.

    I think it would be a good idea if we rounded up all the men (it's their fault after all that we end up racing around as we do). My husband has always said he'd like to be one of the first of the general public to go to the moon - I'll happily pay for his fare, does anybody else want to send theirs as well? Brenda

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  11. Christine Berrett
    Administrator

    Does it have to be the moon? Anywhere out of our hair would do!

    Posted 13 years ago #
  12. You're a wicked woman Mrs. Berrett!!

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  13. Barbara Stone
    Member

    Would anybody like to take mine as well? He's driving me doo-lally, but I can't say too much since he's driving me to Janes at the weekend, and collecting me later, so I can have a meal and a drink with the girls. He does have some redeeming features, but at times, I'd like to slosh him!!

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  14. Christine Berrett
    Administrator

    Barbara

    "He does have some redeeming features, but at times, I'd like to slosh him!"

    ...sounds like a good definition of 'husband' to me :o)

    Christine

    Posted 13 years ago #

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