Emails Wasp Spring Plans

From Facebook Archives

26 March 2009 at 16:38

I’ve just removed 7832 items from Outlook Express Deleted file - the email is working quite well now!

26 March 2012 at 19:14

Just stamped on a queen wasp who was sitting on the floor of our upstairs loo!

26 March 2017 at 12:12

Am wearing a skirt with popsock #springishere

26 March 2017 at 18:49

As well as smellies and sweeties from my boys, Eli just called with a potted rose bush and a big box of rosé wine "for you because you've been another mother to me."  Just so nice ...

26 March 2022 at 10:27

What a lovely looking day.   

My plan is to meet Pearl at the Armstrong Bridge then go somewhere for lunch.  

Then at teatime Mr & Mrs Jeremy are taking me out for a meal.   

What to wear?!  

I've had a bath so at least I'm clean.

Thunderthighs has gone out to deliver some knitting patterns to Mrs Quilt (4ply dolls clothes) so the house is still and quiet.

Mrs Jeremy  Looking forward to seeing you later!

See also

https://bentonbag.blogspot.com/2022/01/through-new-eyes.html 

 

Pillow Talk

In my effort not to do every effing domestic thing in the house I have encouraged Fester to put the clean bedlinen on the martial bed, pillows and king sized duvet cover.  I strip the bed, do all the laundering and ironing and pointedly leave the clean sheet, pillowcases and duvet cover on the bed for him to do his share.

Last Thursday Fester had another of what, thanks to Mrs Eft, I call his ‘little hot house flower’ episodes.

When I went down for tea he’d served the boys, told me to serve myself (pie and sweetcorn) and went up to bed.  Slightly shivery and tired he stayed there until the next evening, taking very little food but drinking water and tea.

These episodes usually involve very disturbed nights with lots of sighing and swearing and tugging at the duvet.  It usually ends up on the floor on his side of the bed and of no use to me.  I’ve taken to taking the single duvet off the spare bed and using that.

Which is what I did on Thursday night, and have done ever since, getting a much better night’s sleep; warm and much less disturbed.  Add mp3 player and ear buds and I can’t hear him either.

At bed time last night he stared rearranging the martial duvet and I said 

“You know I’m sleeping so much better under my own duvet.  Maybe we should have a duvet each.  You keep that one.”

“You mean you don’t want to come and play under my duvet?” he replied coyly.

“Not particularly” (yes, harsh, I know, but sleep!)

He got into bed then, a few moments later, 

“So does that mean I’d have to put the cover on your duvet as well as this one?  

 Only that’s twice as much work.”

“No it isn’t.  This duvet is half the size of that one.”

“I don’t think the size makes any difference to the work.”

“Yes it does.  It’s much easier to put a pillow case on than a duvet cover, so a single cover is easier to put on than a king-sized.”

 

He was more impressed by the swiftness of the response than the logic of the arguement. 

Schmutter

From Facebook Archives

23 March 2010 at 16:04

Anyone need an interview suit?   

St Oswald's Hospice Shop at FourLaneEnds has a Geeves&Hawkes of Saville Row charcoal pinstripe for £10, it's a 40R which won't fit anyone in this house even if they'd wear it.   

The cloth feels as soft as silk. Luvverly bitta shmutter.

Tylebach Have you got a photo hun, and what size is the jacket?

Bentonbag  It said 40R on the label and I'm not sure whether that's waist or chest - I assumed chest - either way no use to any of my boys, or even me

23 March 2010 at 16:07

Also Asda Benton has lined lumberjack shirts/jackets at £4 each - mostly in large and XL sizes - but only in red/black check. We now have one each and I know what next year's Xmas photo will look like.

Some readers may wonder why a good Catholic girl would use a Yiddish word for clothing.   

Blame childhood listening to radio programmes such as Round The Horne with writers like 

Marty Feldman.  He also had his own tv sketch shows.  Then there was The Rag Trade on tv.  

Not forgetting the work and influence of the wonderful Barry Cryer.

 

Three Spring Things

From Facebook Archives

22 March 2009 at 21:34

I’ve been given 3 bunches of pink carnations and 3 boxes of Thornton chocolate creams (mint,orange,violet).  Yummy Mummy's Day.

22 March 2015 at 15:01

Today I have planted: 

Heinz Tomato Ketchup freebie seeds, Sweet Baby tomato seeds, Alicante tomato seeds, marrow, pumpkin, and butternut squash all in boxes on the front windowsill (aka the greenhouse); 

Tom Thumb lettuce, Rocket and Mr Fotherington's Asian leaves in a slug protected planter on the garden table; 

and cress in an eggbox on the bedroom windowsill. 

If all goes too well I may be looking for homes for seedlings in a few weeks’ time.

McChurch  I can`t believe tomato ketchup can be grown from seeds.  Does it grow actually in the bottles?

Mrs Poet  Can you grow ketchup?

Ms Brysio Bugail  You two beat me to it, that was my reaction, what a sense of humour... !??

Mr StBernard  Give me a shout if you have too many tomato plants

22 March 2018 at 14:37

The warm weather has made the frogs really jiggy.   

There are 7 clumps of spawn, the most we’ve ever had.   

Mrs Quilt is coming over to take a cupful for her water-feature.

🎕🐸🍅 

We no longer plant tomato seeds but get plants at local allotment sales.  That way we don’t have an excess of seedlings to deal with, and the plants we get are varied and healthy.