July Army 2022

[satz123]

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Can't believe anyone would be annoying the MOB -

Ah it's the those dopey questions like are said for the whole month of December " So are you all set ???"
Feck off !! I'm not getting married so I've nothing to get set :haha:

My SIL ( God spare us !!) "So are you going to throw a Prosecco & Cake afternoon for everyone ?? "

Nuff said

Night !!

[mollyka]

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Morning...prosecco and cake huh? Omg I'm going to sound such an old lady...but seriously...how many of these people getting married with their doves and prosecco parties and thousand euros dresses haven't got a pot to piss in never mind a house...infuriates me tbh...but my point is..if the two people are adults why would their parents have to do anything bar buy a frock and turn up.

Oh I spose I am a grumpy old woman...just know if I'd had a 'wedding' I may never have got a house!

[lifechange]

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Morning Army!

quick accoountability check in this morning.. heading to a friend's (she's half Irish!) for tea then directly to the gym..
will pop back in here afterwards.. have enjoyed all the feet talk (i actually love feet!), wildlife, dog poop and weddings.. oh my goodness..:congratulatory:
Starty, i hope the anxiety won't hang around too long.. i've dealt with anxiety and depression as long as i can remember and also still haven't found a good long term "cure".. but it seems with me to go in cycles.. so i always think if i could just learn to "deal with"/handle the difficult days, they do pass.. but it's quite hard work and debilitating..:hug:

[starty]

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Morning all!

Sorry you have to deal with anxiety too LC, if its cyclical could it be hormonal? Its defo a tricky thing and needs managing which is a pain. I watched a good video about the vagus nerve and its effects on the fight or flight response. Gave some good simple tips to bring stress levels down. Interestingly, she pointed out that if you breath in deeply, and breath out deeply, your heart rate slows on the out breath.Check it it works. Apparently that is a way of training the vagus nerve to send signals to the brain to calm the fck down. Fascinating

Hiya Jax. Nice to see you. I don't think I asked any of my family to get involved planning MY wedding. Pay for it yes, mainly because they wanted it more than we did, but we sorted everything. I sometimes wonder if kids are growing up with no self sufficiency these days. They always seem to need something from someone.

I am a grumpy ole woman too :haha:

Has YS started his job yet Satz? Fingers crossed that it helps give him back his self esteem

[stirly-girly]

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Good morning Army!!!

Hah - MWO Athens meet-up with Mers yesterday - such fun!!!! She's a sweetheart and so pretty!! We had a good chat just below the Acropolis - was great! Safe trip back to the Emerald Isle today!!

Jackie dear, hope you can de-stress a bit before the big day. Eerm - ex Mr. Stirly was a bundle of nerves before our boys' weddings. Trust me - better a laid-back Mr. JC than an uptight Mr. Stirly!!!

Startypants - really good to see you!! Back on the straight and narrow as they say. You're doing great!!

Had terrible wildfires here a couple of days ago due to high temps and high winds - the fire actually got to 200 metres away from my home! Very scary. I live out from town a bit - almost out in the country and lots of empty fields and such nearby. Speaking of rats - I was watering the pots on my patio last Sunday and a rat jumped down out of the pear tree. Jaysus - the thing was HUGE. Having a snack on the ripe fruit no doubt. I can do without them. In my old neighbourhood, we always saw bats flying around the garden at dusk. Not too keen on those either.

One of my besties has Covid for the third time. She had it twice within 15 days a few months ago and now has it again in spite of having been vaccinated 3 times.. New strain this time. And its rampant. The government has decided to not give a daily report - only once a week - 12 to 19 July - 150.000 new cases. I guess we will all get it eventually, vaccines or no.

Gonna be a hot day - was 30C at 8 am.

Make it the best day you can, ladies.

Back to the filing.... :llama:

[rustop59]

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Morning all!

I sometimes wonder if kids are growing up with no self sufficiency these days. They always seem to need something from someone.

Good morning everyone

Totally agree with you Starty and as a parent I hold my hand up for trying to give them so much more than I had as a kid. It’s only natural in some ways but this generation seem to have a real sense of entitlement as a result.

Welcome back JC, good to see you. Cake and prosecco never heard of that one before. Glad you had nice meet up Stirly and Mary.

Feel for you Starty and LC and anyone else suffering from anxiety. Glad our varied conversations keep you entertained LC.

Off to a 70th lunch for one of our crochet ladies at 12 so better get a move on.

[mollyka]

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Morning again! actually fell back asleep which I NEVER do --- not going to sleep early like I used to when working so it's catching up with me in the mornings -- very hot again here today so bit lethargic too.
Delighted you had your meet-up Stirls and Mary -- it's lovely to put faces to the words.

thinking of the 'entitled' generation -- and curiously I'm wondering which generation we're talking about!!! I sort of have 2 families -- the two older boys - 40 and 39 - they were reared when we were pretty smashed broke and very young... I s'pose I was selfish as well -- wasn't willing to be 'dominated' by my kids -- anyway --- in the heel of the hunt (what the hell does that mean -- must do the goggle ;-) ) they are extraordinarily self sufficient -- always have been -- had jobs (back when you were allowed work at any age) in their school holidays from god knows how young -- they would DIE rather than ask us for anything -- sometimes I wish they would -- the other two -- 34 and 28 -- no -- they don't bum off us either -- but they expect more of us -- no --- just Jill -- so maybe it's girls ---- oh I dunno -- still fucked if I'm doing anything other than turn up for a wedding :welldone:

anxiety -- depression -- don't think I've ever had proper depression - but the anxiety can be crippling -- definitely a contributory factor to my drinking... and when I didn't have my 'go to' dutch courage I changed my life around so much -- too much maybe --- I dropped my whole social circle -- and not just the drinking ones -- just sort of everybody... my friends were of the generation that they wanted to lift the phone and chat chat chat --can't do that -- just can't -- even talking to my kids on the phone raises my anxiety levels -- mad -- I know -- BARKING MAD!!!!

Anyways --- those are my musings for today --- courtesy of being able to type!!!!! Best go feed and water the dog!

[JackieClaire]

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Late for parade.

We're not paying for the wedding gave Jenny a few pounds towards it ( not a lot) and the rest they can pay. I'd love to know where the rest is coming from. We sat with their wedding planner at the venue ( you have no idea how much I hate that word) a couple of Sundays ago. I was so bored but we did get free coffee.

[MENTION=22456]starty[/MENTION]..............I didn't want to take HRT and someone but me in the direction of Black Cohosh. Worked a treat.

We had our summer on Tuesday.

Actually thinking back both Jenny and the S&H had wee part-time jobs when they were 16. Can't remember what Jenny did but the S&H worked at a cinema doling out popcorn . His big claim to fame is he met Alice Cooper.......he was doing a couple of gigs up here and him being a fellow alcoholic and couldn't go out drinking with his band so went to the cinema instead.

[satz123]

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I'll leave this here :

Baby Buzzards :
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Seems the country is overrun with them. So Molls something else to think about - watch yer head. The mammy buzzards will swoop down on you if you seem to be a threat .
You're welcome :haha:

[mollyka]

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WTF is a wedding planner? Like marriage guidance ?

Buzzards...don't even know what a buzzard is...is it a bird is it a plane...? ;-)

Jesus wept the heat...Max is wrecking ny head...best go walk him...but its too hot!

[lifechange]

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Molly, you could adopt the buzzards to take care of your bats and possible rats!!!:congratulatory: they're a bit like a falcon though probably not as easy to train!..quite large bird of prey.. Max would have a hay day..

Satz, where are they?? near you? would be quite special to see those little (soon to be big) friends!

Jackie, the least they could do is give you a cup of coffee for free!! there are some funny romantic comedies with wedding planners.. what age are the bride and groom?

yes, kids working.. i was wondering how long your summer vacation is in Ireland? here we only have 6 weeks and i've never asked the girls to work during that time.. the older one got a job when she moved out.. i know that working definitely got in the way of my schooling as a young person.. i started at 14.5 and never stopped. i guess it depends on the person..?

wishing you all a lovely Friday evening and Saturday morning.. we're having a break from the heat today, thank god!

[mollyka]

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Evening -- I always worked too Elsie -- first job when I was about 10 working for my Dad in the summer holidays - and then as soon as I was old enough to get a 'proper' job away from my Dad I was waitressing and god knows what through all my school holidays... liked working tbh.

Just discovered that it's not only Joey and the family coming next weekend but Jilly and Tilly and probably Simon and the boys.... latherin heart --- NO idea where they are all going to sleep -- and Joe isn't even home until the day before they all landing in.... no idea where he put the airbeds nor nothing.... ffs!!! ach it'll be great craic -- and me worrying that I'd never see them when we moved down here -- this'll do me till Christmas!!!!

anyways -- I'm going to enjoy my last few days of peace (Max allowing) --- life is so much easier without men!!!!

[satz123]

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My boss rang me to say the family have sold the Nursing Home to some Healthcare Group :egad:
Bought as a going concern but not sure where that leaves us - the staff.
Some very worried people .........

I've let myself get used to the money - and love going in to work - so not prepared to leave the workforce yet.

[mollyka]

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My boss rang me to say the family have sold the Nursing Home to some Healthcare Group :egad:
Bought as a going concern but not sure where that leaves us - the staff.
Some very worried people .........

I've let myself get used to the money - and love going in to work - so not prepared to leave the workforce yet.

I would imagine your job is well safe..they can't get staff anywhere at the moment..but whether your conditions will improve or disimprove will be up for grabs...guessing you'll be fine! I was glad I left the workforce on my own terms ..wouldn't be nice to be pushed out which I'm sure you won't be..you could probably run the place singlehanded!

[starty]

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Morning all,

If its anything like here Satz, they will be hanging on to you until you are 90 I would imagine. Massive shortages here and the care companies and homes can't care for the people they have let alone the ones needing help. Shocking state of affairs.

Day 30 for me off the pills which is amazing.

Life seems to have changed so much since I was young. I have some younger friends that have or know younger kids. So many of them are autistic or have mental health issues and can't attend school. When I was a kid, there was only ever one or 2 that had issues. I wonder why that is....is life just too hard these days?

Much cooler here today. Off for a walk with doggy in a mo. Then hair appt and the usual Saturday chores.