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bosh

good morning Toni

How are you?

Rows have started already 😱

Wppl xx

Ps one of sleeks sensitive pals lol xx

bosh

Morning Toni

I’ve escaped to Cost A packet away from the rows

Mums ok 👍

Bye for now tc xx

Ps self explanatory pic lol xx

bosh

good afternoon toady

How are you?

Sorry I’m a bit behind with the posts - I almost wrote toasts!

How very Freudian - my Freudian hair clips were almost showing - please forgive me

How are things going in the boiler- monitoring world?

Dads better really and everyone knows it 😡

More details in a future post to Toni

Bye for now toady tc xx

👋afternoon Joan Jojo SK and S knee tc xx

bosh

good evening Toni

How are you?

Elfie had vegan fudge, that sounds delicious

I’m glad you, P and your car escaped the dangerous hill climb 👍

Dad is almost fully, if not fully, better - but he’s already started bullying mum and yesterday he made a lot of racket so I couldn’t nap when I was feeling weak and is basically being his obnoxious self again unfortunately.

Today I was able to rest in the cold room after walking and it made so much difference, thanks Toni

Mum is a bit better mood - wise than in the morning thanks

But dad is really rubbing her up the wrong way, as they say and then she sometimes puts me in the firing line too, but never mind.

BR has his nursery graduation this Friday, I think the plan may be that just my dad will attend it as poor sis is of course not well, Bill may be working and mum will be looking after the Lord of cheese, reader of Cheese and Peace of course lol, thanks for that and possibly former Czar (well, it’s possible I guess) haha, if that probable plan goes unchanged, then I will at least have some rest and solitude away from spiteful dad’s listening to loud music when I’m sleeping as a form of “Vengeance”.

I can’t Remember if I’ve mentioned this already, but I really like Elfie’s name for madame Cholet - madame chocolate - that’s a great name. In fact, I may legally change my sisters name to it, but I have a feeling she might beat me haha

Have a good night Toni and of course tc xx

Ps Dad’s favourite tipple I’m afraid 😱xx

bosh

Greetings vigilant toady

How Are you doing tonight?

I’m not sure if I’ve previously mentioned this, but I do like that name toad towers
It Of course, reminds me of the famous Malory Towers books by Enid Blyton, Did you read those when you were young? I just thought I’d ask?

I used to love those books as a child I remember that I had read almost all of them, apart from the last one or two which I couldn’t find in the library and I had some audio cassettes that I taped from a friend, but somehow they got damaged, so I never really got to know what happened in the last one or two books, oh well that’s a lesson for life I suppose a precursor to adulthood for example you think you’ve dealt with all the difficult nosegay customers than one comes along, who says he is the father of bosh, of course I would refuse to have anything to do with him. If I were you, I would claim that his online manners were somewhat lacking

In fact you would not need to claim that because it will be obvious for all concerned. Ha ha

Have a good night, toady and take care xx

Ps it occurred to me that if there’s a midnight milkman in some alternate dimension, there must be a midnight cereal man - so if you do ever need to flatter him to get the right product delivered this picture may suffice haha xx

👋night Joan Jojo SK and S knee tc xx

Jojo_16

Good night bosh hope you sleep well tonight.

Skinny Keef

hey all just checking in with news.
Loanda passed her final assignment so that means she has passed her degree course. Very proud of her.

Jojo_16

Another night not able to sleep insomnia and pain is a bad mix hope everyone else manages some sleep.

toady

Hi everyone, the briefest of brief hellos, all ok here apart from tidying fatigue 😬. I messaged CH man this morning & heard back late afternoon, so not a v relaxing day because until then I couldn't rule out he would spring a short notice visit. Anyway will probably be here sometime midweek on but not tomorrow hurrah, so I get a day off thank goodness 👍 and it's fine that I keep doing what I am with boiler til then, so am on the home straight 😀. Should be able to get in here tomorrow thanks for the interesting things to read today when I popped in on & off, look forward to chatting about figs & cats & elves & books & all sorts 😊 xx

Nice to read some good news, congrats to Loanda Keef that's super 😊 v well done xx

Weather definitely a bit random today really wet horrible bits and really quite nice bits! 🌞 🤷 looks less mixed next week I hope it does work out nice for you JoJo 🤞also you have a better less disturbed night xx edit sorry have just seen your last, oh dear not the best start then, fingers crossed you have some better bits & can get off to sleep I really do 😔 xx

Stuart too, have a good night all 😘 xx

frogmorton

Quick hello to everyone. I am off in a minute to Brighton to see our half-Aunt who we found when I was 17. She's not very well. Th ether half Aunt also lives there but has dementia and doesn't know us.

Joan poor Charlie he needs his ice cream. Didn't you order him some with your online shop? Has he eaten the lot already🙄

Jojo where are you going on your hols? I do hope the weather is good for you🤞

Skinny Keef the hugest congratulations to Loanda 🥇 she certainly deserves it I hope she will get promoted at work and is really proud of herself😊

Reshmi I hope you are doing ok? I am Glad you and your mum are ok, but not impressed BB is taking it out on your Mum (and to a lesser extent you) that he has been ill and trapped in the house! Honestly it's hardly either of your faults! So glad you'll get some respite on Friday. I can't believe 'the baby' is graduating.

Your poor sister not being able to go.

You will have the cheese monster AKA ex Mafioso gang member AKA world renowned Mathematician. Well that will be nice will he stay for a few days?

Your sister is indeed Madame Chocolate like our Madame Cholet! Perfect but best not vocalised perhaps? For safety's sake😁

Right must get ready for our trip will be back today but late. Brighton is one of those places which is difficult to get to takes 4-5 hours from here.

Take care my friend here's to a quieter day for you ((())) xxx

Morning Toady I hope all is well with the boiler that you are coping ok babysitting it? Sleek assures me you are fine. She is on her way as soon as we are out of sight i think.

Yesterday I managed about 20 minutes in the garden before the heavens opened on me thunder and lightening the lot. Sleek was watching out of the window sure she was sniggering a bit🙄

Elfie is coming along for the ride today no doubt Paul's eardrums will be blasted. He gets super excited if his Auntie Kari is here with us😉

Take care and enjoy the day knowing no boiler man will be there today. ((())) xxx

Quick wave to Stuart. I was up at 1 am and them 3 so leaving you the cuppa

Stuartknee

4am ☕️☕️pills, brace,patches

bosh

good morning Toni

Wppl xx

Ps spread for BB lol xx

Jojo_16

Morning frogmorton I hope your trip goes smoothly for you and I hope your half aunties are ok I'm sure they will be glad of your company. I hope you are well. I'm off to Clayton Bay Filey area we are staying in the caravan again and plenty of entertainment on for the kids.

dachshund

Good morning everyone

Toady (()) have a good day has you are not boiler minding. I hope the boiler man comes sometime this week. The sky does not look very good a bit black.

Toni (()) have a good time with your Aunts. Charlie can’t get even chicken in the Co I phoned the local paper and said most people in our street are over 80 and only 3 have got cars. The freezer’s have been empty a month the man said he would look into it. Charlie went up there and said I know someone phoned the paper the lady said about time.

Reshmi (()) sorry about your sister. Have a good day it can’t be nice living in the house with your dad arguing all the time.

Jojo (()) have a nice time you need it.

Stuart (()) sorry about your bad nights. Have a good day love to your mum (())

Skinny Keef (()) that’s good Loanda (()) passing her exams have a good day all of you.

Jojo_16

Thanks dachshund I'm looking forward to it and the kids are on count down I've got a fun weekend set once I get work over and done with on Thursday. I hope you are well and I hope you have a great day.

bosh

Hi SK

How are you today?
that’s really great news about Loanda

Congratulations to her
Here’s an appropriate goth cake image

Have a good afternoon. Take care x

Jojo_16

Hi skinny keef congratulations to loanda and I hope you are keeping well.

bosh

good afternoon Toni

How are you?

Mums ok 👍

Cold room battle re - commenced

I’m just about wining currently

I spoke to my friend the elderly bipolar gent,

Which was lovely but exhausting lol

LA commanded my sis to ask granny to book cinema tickets for him and his brother to see B*d G*ys 2 for when they visit in the school holidays

Granny obeyed immediately!!

My goodness what power

My question is who is the third bad guy?

Lorenzo is out of favour so it might just be grandpa or Big Babu - Big Bad Babu maybe lol

Now time for ablutions but no solutions 😂

Bye for now Toni tc xx

👋toady Joan Jojo and S knee xx

Ps I’m not quite sure what this is, but it reminded me of sleek haha xx

toady

Hi all 👋 excuse if my grip of current news is a bit sketchy but at least I'm getting to have a quiet sitdown so should have a sporting chance at making sense 👍️

Hope your day has gone well frog should have been a nice drive touch wood, nicer than the slithery hill climb anyway, poor souls 😕 mean trick to do that. Elfie had fun anyway and 'did well for himself' as they say, and an outing today, not bad going. Hope Kari well and the relatives as well as poss. Sleek and I are awaiting the catazon driver so we're ok 😀 lots of interesting little bits & pieces, and practical stuff for me too including a pack of usb data cables, can never find one, my cably bits must be sorted for once & for all. And batteries. And headphones.. Talking of sorting I have more or less admitted defeat on trying to live your life as you wish when someone always needs you to stop & clean up, in a dreadful hurry, so you win, tidiness, I will be sitting motionless under a dustsheet from now on making no mess 😄. Sorry the garden was rained off for you as well, I was going to say Sleek sniggering? surely not, but there was that pic you posted of her with a distinct little smirk wasn't there, so yes I can see it.. 😉. Hope we get outdoors a bit soon, have a good evening sorry you were awake and on tea duty last night, have a better one I hope 😘 xx

Hello Joan, gosh that is a long time without the fridges, it's not going to do their profits any good is it 😮 wonder if they are waiting for new ones or for the insurance, or what 🤔 quite a few people will probably fall back on shopping online, having no cars as you say, but then again not everyone can or wants to. Well done ringing the paper 👍️. I expect the boilerman will be here this week if he possibly can he is very good, I said not to give me someone else's place on the list but knowing him he will want to come & sort it asap he is very paternal about 'his boilers' I think 😊. Have a good evening yes it has been black on & off, bits of rain, very unsettled. 😘 xx

Hi bosh, sorry to hear it is normal service resumed at yours in not all good ways now your dad is better, well done getting out of things to cost a packet etc & hopefully to group tomorrow too. Thanks again for the interesting toasts 🤭 sorry but I did laugh at that Freudian hair grip. The little signs & labels are excellent too very good. I did indeed read the Malory Towers books 😀 I had a little schoolfriend we borrowed each other's EB books (she had a v. houseproud mum I remember all very tidy & shoes off & mind the spotless carpets 😬), I can picture that bookcase now. I'm not sure how many I read and it's likely they were out of sequence too 🤔. I also remember Naughtiest Girl in the School & the sneaking sympathy I had for her resisting sharing out her chocolates &c 😬. There were further 'Naughtiest Girl..' titles as well if I'm right. I am currently reading a little book called The Steel Flea by Nikolay Leskov - '🐧 books' have put out various series over the years of little paperbacks usually £1 or two, you may have come across them. Something small anyway for when you don't feel like tackling a big book, which is most of the time these days 😬. Quite interesting so far I suspect there are political or satirical elements that are going over my head but nowhere as much as War and Cheese I expect 😄. Hope you have a good evening, I await the day when I have toad towers to myself again 👍️ at least the midnight cereal man knows his place, strictly on the doorstep no further 😁. Take care :) xx

Hi Jojo nice to hear you have some nice plans for your break, the person I was helping with their family tree recently had relatives all from Filey & that area so that's interesting, I was reading up bits to do with it. Have a lovely few days and I hope the next couple of days at work go well 🤞 and your sleep is better too :) xx

Wave to Stuart hope your day is not too bad, the cats have not been washing your clothes again in the night I hope 😸👕 I couldn't not laugh at that sorry I'm sure it's the last thing I would have found amusing at the time. Hope the crutches are doing good work you seem to have got the hang of them very well 👍️ take care :) xx

Love to all at SK's and hope you're having a good day 👋 :) xx

Skinny Keef

thanks for the congrats. Lovely cake Reshmi.

Jojo_16

I've already had enough of work my back hurts a lot my foot hurts every step I take and my hands feels so painful especially when breaking up cardboard not even a heavy job kill me now just kidding but seriously I've got years of this hell hole. Sorry everyone didn't mean to vent just in an emotional mood. And want to go home.

bosh

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hi Jojo

Sorry about your backache

Don’t worry about venting, we’ve all done it and it’s good to chat about your problems

Have a good night tc xx

bosh

good evening Toni

Yes dad is back on form unfortunately

He’s already started eating massive pastries and cheese- bread type stuff

And he’s being extra difficult- an almost impossible feat

Plans seem to have changed a bit, BB will probably go to BR’s ceremony but the littleys might both be coming on sat and staying over as sis has docs appointment

Sorry im still doing mima - multitasking so I’ll write more later on or tomorrow

👋Night Toni SK Joan S knee xx

bosh

hi toady

Thanks for your interesting “toast” - I was expecting raspberry jam though, not honey this time and where’s the margarine? I know P*llyfilla looks similar, but really…

interesting about the Malory Towers books. Thank you.
To be honest, I can’t remember the detail so much, but I remember enjoyed them and I also got jealous of the midnight feast that they seem to have almost all the time. I never been to a boarding school of that type or any boarding school really I wonder if that’s a real phenomenon or something just made up by certain authors? Maybe they have a midnight feast, but it was just some very soggy ham sandwiches or a rather cold bowls of porridge stolen from the breakfast table? I don’t know Really, but interesting to think about, no doubt

That’s interesting about the short, £1 books etc and the book you’re reading currently
I’m still reading that Kate Moss Carcassonne novel, it’s very good though.

The popular mental health and mental clarity book is also very good, I often read a bit of it when I feel unsure of myself and am trying to get my anxiety in perspective

Ok group tomorrow so I’ll try and get organised now and not launch into a BB - related diatribe, although it is as tempting as hiring a midnight cereal man, the other day we “did a toady”, as it were and ran out of R Brek 😱haha

👋night toady tc xx

Ps lunch a La Hairdresser lol xx

Jojo_16

Thanks bosh I made to the end thankfully I'm off tomorrow then Thursday is my last day at work and off for a week can't come quick enough. I hope you are well and I hope you sleep well tonight.