Nicola H Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Your only consolation Kate is things can only get better.... I think..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 I don't know Nicola - I've just been watering the veggies and the courgettes are going mouldy !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 This may cheer you up Kate ... did hoovering yesterday, then took Joe to Nursery. Graham had been playing golf in the morning, so I asked him to hoover upstairs on his return. When I got home he asked me how the hoover was ..... fine I said ..... oh, really, as the belt had snapped in the dining room, and was under the tabel, so I had hoovered evrywhere without a belt . The hoover was making a strange noise ... and did pick up, just the brushes did not work . Thing I have learned .... Graham can do the hoovering from now on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Hmmmm...my husband doesn't even know what a Hoover is.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Nor does mine, Gina! Great story Sarah!! That's cheered me up, thanks. LSH is under the washing machine now - no I didn't drop it on him ! I'm hoping he can mend it - he's good at that sort of thing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Yes, I must admit, although Darren doesn't know what the vacuum looks like, he's a dab hand at fixing it when it conks out. Must be an inbuilt thing from birth! what does LSH stand for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Sorry Gina - I started abbreviating that a while ago - it stands for Long Suffering Hubby - and he really is ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Arrr...I should have guessed. I was trying to think of all sorts of words that would fit into those letters.... I came to the decision that it must be his initials. My ex's Dad was called PFM due to that! I prefer your version though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Not sure about the inbuilt thing. My hubby (& he's not long suffering- I do all the suffering in this house ) is not at all handy My Mr Fixit starts with something only a little bit malfunctioning & proceeds to destroy it And as for starting a new DIY job from scratch.... well, he fails to put down dust sheets or whatever to protect the area, starts the job, finds it difficult, swears, strops & tells me, children, cat & now no doubt chickens too that it's somehow all our fault, and then abandons it until I either finish it myself or get a man in. I think it's got a lot to do with imagining that there is an inbuilt male gene that will somehow ensure that he knows what to do- if he'd just read the ****** instructions I think he'd have a much greater success rate I want a little wall building in my back garden, so I signed up for a bricklaying course at our local adult education college in Sept- that way I might get my wall eventually By the way Gina, I do a lot of work with asthma, and PFM means peak flow meter to me . I've got a MIL (mother in law), and had FIL too until he died a few years ago. Sadly I've also got ROM (Rotten Old Mum), it's OK, a family joke, not an insult, she's quite proud of her ROM status Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Kate A - have you read 'Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance' ? Your descriptions of your 'not so LSH' reminded me of something I read in the book. It's a bit of a comedy tale in the art of keeping chickens and I highly recommend it for a giggle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 That sounds fun, Gina, I'll give it a try. Totally same position Kate A. Our 1st house had bookshelves where the books were holding up the shelves. Mind you, its since been me that managed to get a whole drill stuck in the wall The scenario is just the same though, it wouldn't be bad if he admitted it, its the thinking he can do it! I do actually leave the house now, so do rest of family! We'll have chickens following us into town if its DIY in the garden. However, he is definitely also LSH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 seeing as I've only been married for 11 months, I'll have to call Darren my SSH then! Book is definatley worth a read. You are brave even attempting to hold a drill Sheila. I wouldn't have a clue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 yes gina, i'm reading that now! it's funny isn't it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 17, 2005 Author Share Posted June 17, 2005 Kate - you have obviously been around me too long - we've both had better weeks I think My LSH commonly referred to as OH does all the cooking and does know where the vacuum is and how to use it. I do all the DIY and most of the garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 OH? He's obviously not suffered long enough yet Lesley ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 17, 2005 Author Share Posted June 17, 2005 Actually, I think he's way past that now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Poor Chaps, lets welcome the men to this forum it's a scary place. THE PUG HASN'T VENTURED NEAR!! I've learnt something else this week. forget to put litter tray dust bath out and girls will bathe on your brown kitchen mat. Hilarious!!!!!!! Bx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 I've just learnt don't be too rude about hubby on the forum, cos he might just suprise me Having heavily criticised his DIY skills I had a long day out yesterday at a theme park with daughter & friends for said daughters birthday. She enjoyed it, which was the main thing, I endured it, 30 degree heat & queues did not bring out the best of me. From about 11am I was gulping water like a rapidly dehydrating fish and asking if they'd had enough yet. We left at 6:20pm But got home to a redecorated living room V. long story, but about a year ago we had a curtain pole disaster, which necessitated lots of patching plaster. The paint that we'd used for the room had been discontinued, and I'd done just about everything but couldn't get a perfect match. Close, but never quite close enough, so we'd been living with patchy walls for a long time, muttering about needing to redecorate the entire room, but never actually getting around to it Yesterday hubby did it, went out, bought one of the paints that we'd identified as close, and slapped the whole lot on the walls whilst I was out It looks fantastic He even used dust sheets I take it all back..........well, some of it anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 19, 2005 Author Share Posted June 19, 2005 Aaaah! - I hope you feel now. Not all bad are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Well done to your OH. What a nice surprise . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Yep I did feel very mean having been so harsh on him Do you think he's started taking sneaky peeks at the forum, and saw my dreadful indictment of his DIY skills? If so I might be rude more often Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 But got home to a redecorated living room ..... about a year ago we had a curtain pole disaster, which necessitated lots of patching plaster. Now that's great news, what a lovely surprise But, I just wondered who put up the curtain pole..? No, please don't answer that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 No comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Well done that man. Clap, clap The Pug was wonderful yesterday too, made mutilple trips to gets bits for redecoration of bathroom, why did I paint on a 32 plus degree day? I was a hot, hormonal (bit like charlie) trout. He managed to pick correct accessories, pretty aqua coloured lamps over bath and do food shopping so full marks!! Bx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Went on a camping trip with year 5 of my school on Wednesday. Temp was 30 degrees with little or no shade. Everything started off fine - putting up tents,lunch etc. THEN the 2 mile walk to the lake in the blazing sun to do kyaking. What I learnt is: make sure you drink copious amounts of fluid and eat when you're planning to do a trip like this. I made sure all the 28 kids with me(other adult help too) had water,hat,suncream and kinda did the same for myself but not good enough. We got lost-TWICE and then I FAINTED. How embarashing To cut a very long story short I threw up 5 times on the campsite and then had to be driven home by the Headteacher. The worst bit was I threw up 3 more times in his car-luckily in a bucket we had with us By the time I got home I felt lousy and had the worst headache in my life. Had yesterday off work to recover. On going back to the school today people were very sympathetic but admitted that they had a good laugh about me being sick in the heads car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
