July Army 2022

[mollyka]

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Enniscrone --- Joey's 'MIL' --- (they aren't married but dunno what else to call her) - she's an absolute breath of fresh air -- such a dote -- she has been going to Enniscrone since she was a baby -- and still goes every year and absolutely loves that part of Sligo -- she's a good bit younger than us -- Alana is her eldest whereas Joey is our baby -- but she's already planning on doing a flit to the West when she can manage to retire -- she says she's jealous like hell of us over here -- never had a seaweed bath but I do collect seaweed to make compost -

[mollyka]

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oh -- got my garden furniture -- in my innocence I thought it'd be all made up -- of course it's flat packed -- well the chairs aren't but the table is -- so feck it -- can wait for Joe or Joey on Friday to assemble -- I've run out of energy being the 'person of the house' -- even got out a ladder today -- ffs!!

[starty]

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Good morning all,

Off work now for 11 days. Turned out nice again Would love to go away but with the cost of living crisis that isnt happening. Energy about to go up by 77% on top of other rises. Not sure how people are supposed to cope with that. I have bought myself an electric throw that doesn't cost much to use. As I work from home and this house is cold, I need something.

Has all this affected you guys?

[JackieClaire]

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Morning,
[MENTION=22456]starty[/MENTION].......not yet.......call me innocent/naive but I would have thought whatever government was in charge would have emergency funds put aside for something like this.

Going out for a coffee with a pal this morning then its quiz night tonight.

[mollyka]

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Morning..no affect with me ...yet...well except for petrol...but our old house was so expensive to light and heat..this one's still cheaper even with the price rises...got 400 yoyos from the government too which was nice..haven't used it up in this house yet ..but omg the winter is going to be tough...can't even think bout it!
Just done an enormous shop for the ravenning hoards coming tomorrow...haven't actually cooked a meal for 3 weeks so ...yeah
.should be fun!

[IamMary]

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That sounds fabulous Rustop. Yep, apparently seaweed has so many amazing properties. We are starting to finish out long runs by the sea now and get in for a dip to let the cold salt water do its thing. Bloody jellyfish are everywhere though, up the with the flying rats.
Good luck with the banquet tomorrow Molly, they'll have very high expectations, showing off the new gaff!!
11 days [MENTION=22456]starty[/MENTION], that's so nice. We havnt noticed a big dip yet but it's coming. I'm putting my head in the same for a little while longer..

[lifechange]

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good morning everyone!

Mary, that sounds wonderful after a long run..- the jellyfish.. tell me again where you are? are you in Ireland as well?
Molly, have fun with the gang.. had to laugh at your naivety with the furniture.. sounds like me! i also curse if i have to get the ladder out!
11 days off is a treat, Starty!! we have also been warned of the energy rises coming.. i'm quite scared to tell the truth..

my youngest had to cancel her hiking trip due to fires east of here.. so sad to think of all the forests burning all over the world atm.. heavy heart..
it's cooled off here but no sign of rain..

wishing you all a nice Friday.. and upcoming weekend..xx

[mollyka]

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Morning! Joey's partner is a neat freak so I've been hoovering and scrubbing for HOURS (well half hour ;-) )
Very warm here...I'm headachey and just generally feeling blah! Anyway Joe's home in a few hours...PTL!!!!
How did the wedding go Benjy?
Didn't realise there are wildfires in Germany Elsie...must be so scary..

[lifechange]

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yeah, i think they came up quite suddenly.. called a hotel on Wednesday to ask if i could transfer the money so the kids wouldn't have to carry it around, and they told me that as of Tuesday it was going crazy.. hopefully it will be brought under control...?
Joe's been gone a long time! what does PTL stand for?! i always drive everyone crazy with my "acronyms".. the girls thought i'd made up FOMO!.. definitely have had it but didn't make it up!

[JackieClaire]

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Waves to all. Meant to get here earlier but got a grumbly tummy.
I don't care how healing seaweed is..............I'm not sitting in it.............ever.

Ahh Molls, when my in-laws were due a visit we used to run around cleaning like madmen.

We've got to tidy the back bedroom (other wise known as the dumping area) this weekend as Jenny's wedding dress is being delivered soon. Only 27 days to go and I've got a knot of anxiety in my stomach.

The weather up in the NE of England is for want of a better word.............is miserable but no rain.

Lost the quiz last night..............we were 5th. Doesn't bother me as the prize is 4 bottles of wine.

[MENTION=15430]lifechange[/MENTION].................I had to look up FOMO :happy2: I'm the same.

[mollyka]

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Morning Elsie and Jacks -- and all the other durty stop outs ;-)

ah PTL -- I've always loved that one - robbed it from an old thread that used to be on here -- Steppers ---- a great and very popular thread back when MWO was hopping.... anyway -- somebody posted on there about holier than thou sort of people -- no sense of humour -- we'd call them woke now I s'pose -- but she described them as the PTL brigade -- praise the lord it stands for... I'm sure no one in my life knows what I'm talking about and you're the first one to ask :yay:

[mollyka]

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Joe's been gone 3 weeks Elsie --- with the exception of when he was in hospital during Covid I've never been away from him for anything like as long as that --- it had begun to feel weird actually -- loved the first week -- no dog - he was in kennels -- eat when I wanted - watch what I wanted on tele - go to bed - get up whenever I wanted and the sun was splitting the trees -- but enough now -- will be glad to have him back for sure -- well until he drives me mad 20 mins after he gets home:hahaha:

[lifechange]

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[satz123]

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Evening all. Just surfacing enough to post.
Wedding was 'interesting'.

The bride's side are all Ukrainian - most gone to Canada & the mother is mental. They had some unusual little add-ons to the ceremony that no-one bothered to explain. It involved doing something with what looked like a tablecloth.

The food was yummy - then it was me clock watching from about 9pm. I couldn't even talk to people the music was too loud. I took off eventually at 12.
Up like a lark next day - that feeling never fails to give me enjoyment. No pounding head, no furry tongue, no gagging for a drink to feel better.

I gave day 2 of the festivities in a pub a wide berth but of course SIL was ready to go by 1:30 .

[rustop59]

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Evening everyone

Glad you got through the wedding ok Satz. Back from the west. Had lovely time with daughter. First visit that I just relaxed and enjoyed it. We had seaweed baths, hiked and kayaked.

Back to real world now. Long weekend here so the traffic was crazy. Going on holiday next week to Madeira so need to get stuff ready.