I shouldn't laugh but I know what you mean about chaos!
One of the cats once brought a squirrel through the cat flap in the utility room, which was previously a garage so fairly big at 8 ft x 17 ft with lots of wall space. I heard a commotion and went to look and there was a very bemused cat watching a crazy squirrel repeatedly doing the 'wall of death' around the room, sending things flying as it did so.
Every so often if the squirrel got a little too low on the wall the cat would leap up in a vain attempt to catch it, then land in an undignified heap as the attempt failed spectacularly. My DH came to the door behind me supposedly to help but he just fell apart he was laughing so much. I eventually managed to crawl across the floor keeping out of the way of the whizzing maniac above me and open the outside door and on one pass the squirrel realised that way was freedom and flew through it. Closely followed by the cat who decided to go and try his luck again. Fortunately he failed as squirrel was not brought back for an encore
I still don't know how the cat brought a fully grown squirrel through the flap though...
But then he did bring an adult Jay (which I found casually sitting under the dining table in the room next door) in that way once amongst many other things of somewhat smaller stature.
Sorry Foxy large link please forgive me or Rosie will be sad xx
Bless you. It's not MSE tweets so you can post as big a link as you like. Tell Rosie not to be sad cos Foxy loves her very much and her mummy can do whatever she likes
Morning gang Happy golden anniversary to Mr & Mrs Mac. Once upon a time couples celebrating 50 years were really old ! It must be my age / modern living / child brides ….. do others agree ?
Thank you so much for the anniversary wishes It will be a quiet day then family later. B'ham cousins are up in Ayrshire just now so we will see them tomorrow
Wendy totally agree about how people looked when celebrating their golden wedding years ago My friend posts pictures from the archives of our local paper and the couples look so old, pretty miserable and pictured cutting a cake to celebrate
We will be having Indian/chinese carry out Kids Domino's or KFC and the cake is a Tesco special chocolate sponge because thats what the kids eat I would have had real Christmas type cake
We may go a Caribbean cruise at New Year as a belated celebration because the Med cruises were to similar to my birthday trip to go so soon again
Then again we may have found a new house and we will be moving later in the year Doing the downsizing before its too much for us See that problem with cousins so taking my own advice
Sorry Foxy large link please forgive me or Rosie will be sad xx
Bless you. It's not MSE tweets so you can post as big a link as you like. Tell Rosie not to be sad cos Foxy loves her very much and her mummy can do whatever she likes
DD1 continues to be able to spot an unsuitable guy at 1000 yards and immediately get involved. Latest escapade from one of her friends was to actually crash their car so badly (into 4 other stationary vehicles) they were unable to run away before the police got there. Passenger is critically/life changing injuries. Could have been my DD tbh.
What annoys me is parents are claiming he 'stole' the bmw even though they effectively bought it for him knowing full well he has no insurance or licence and as soon as he got bail they sent him abroad. Hopefully he will never be able to return.
Sounds like unsuitable chap has too much money, and not enough parenting.
Your daughter will grow out of her attraction for wallies!
Congratulations to MR and Mrsmac on your special day,it's a great achievement and deserves to be recognised and celebrated. 41 years for me. Enjoy your day x
Can anyone of you recommend an app for identifying British coins please? There is coinscope or coinhunter. Have any of you used any of these? My OH wants to try ( try being the operative word here not very computer literate) Basically the easiest and free one. Many thanks.
Thank you so much for the anniversary wishes It will be a quiet day then family later. B'ham cousins are up in Ayrshire just now so we will see them tomorrow
Wendy totally agree about how people looked when celebrating their golden wedding years ago My friend posts pictures from the archives of our local paper and the couples look so old, pretty miserable and pictured cutting a cake to celebrate
We will be having Indian/chinese carry out Kids Domino's or KFC and the cake is a Tesco special chocolate sponge because thats what the kids eat I would have had real Christmas type cake
We may go a Caribbean cruise at New Year as a belated celebration because the Med cruises were to similar to my birthday trip to go so soon again
Then again we may have found a new house and we will be moving later in the year Doing the downsizing before its too much for us See that problem with cousins so taking my own advice
Thanks again and enjoy your day too
I must comment on the downsizing as it’s started to come into my mind too and we’re doing bathrooms at present as they will add value ( old ones were yuk). Where do you go and what should you aim for ? So many questions !
Thank you so much for the anniversary wishes It will be a quiet day then family later. B'ham cousins are up in Ayrshire just now so we will see them tomorrow
Wendy totally agree about how people looked when celebrating their golden wedding years ago My friend posts pictures from the archives of our local paper and the couples look so old, pretty miserable and pictured cutting a cake to celebrate
We will be having Indian/chinese carry out Kids Domino's or KFC and the cake is a Tesco special chocolate sponge because thats what the kids eat I would have had real Christmas type cake
We may go a Caribbean cruise at New Year as a belated celebration because the Med cruises were to similar to my birthday trip to go so soon again
Then again we may have found a new house and we will be moving later in the year Doing the downsizing before its too much for us See that problem with cousins so taking my own advice
Thanks again and enjoy your day too
I must comment on the downsizing as it’s started to come into my mind too and we’re doing bathrooms at present as they will add value ( old ones were yuk). Where do you go and what should you aim for ? So many questions !
We downsized to a house about half a mile away! Less bedrooms (then DS moved out 3 months later!) so could have gone smaller. Bus stop fairly close by, so when we don't drive, can still get to the town easily.
I must comment on the downsizing as it’s started to come into my mind too and we’re doing bathrooms at present as they will add value ( old ones were yuk). Where do you go and what should you aim for ? So many questions !
We downsized to a house about half a mile away! Less bedrooms (then DS moved out 3 months later!) so could have gone smaller. Bus stop fairly close by, so when we don't drive, can still get to the town easily.
We upsized dramatically, but it's designed so we can have all our needs met living on the ground floor. We also have kept our previous house just in case...
Mrsmac we're looking for a cruise after the 12.2.25... ideally the 13th 😁
Hope everyone is well and Happy Anniversary to the lady with a heart of gold, Mrs Mac, on your golden wedding anniversary! Wishing you many more happy years together.
Just popping in to mention a couple of offers that are both on until mid month -
The Free Heritage Open Days offer that runs every Sept started yesterday and is on until 15th Sept.
There is also currently a 2 for 1 food offer on the Pizza Hut website, if dining in. For sides, mains, desserts and includes the standard lunchtime buffet. This runs until 15th Sept too.
Hope this helps, I haven't read back fully so apologies if these offers have already been mentioned.