“crappy bungalow “, the kitchen looks like a set in a furniture shop. I wish I was that poor!
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Morning, all.
I've been thinking about kitchens and design again. Whilst I wouldn't go for the cheapest possible items if I could avoid it, as they're often a false economy, I try to get the brands with a slightly better baseline of construction and reliability when I possibly can - I started getting Bosch appliances at first (and the shortest lifespan so far has been 14 years), and the most recent things have been a Miele freezer and vacuum cleaner, along with a cheap Hoover washing machine because I'd just been made redundant and was waiting for the final payment, Mr Dragon hadn't got a job yet and my brother had recently died, so I wasn't really in the mood or financial situation to think beyond 'yeah, a fifteen minute wash sounds fine.'
At no point did I think 'Well money's always tight and I'm always worried about the bills, so what I'm going to do with a lump sum payment is, rather than pay rent for the rest of the year up front, clear the council tax, stick a chunk of it into a separate account for tax and then prioritise what I actually need to replace, I'm going to spunk thousands on a fashion brand and some more on multiple sideboards, a dresser, a wine rack and a whole bunch of other things that look nice but are entirely unnecessary'.
I'd also, if buying something expensive that is intended to last for years (like a matching dining set I intended to use for work) buy the most versatile colour - white. Grey's already going out of fashion. You get white and then you style it to fit whatever colours are fashionable/match a brand with small, removable and inexpensive items.
If you look at Farmhouse style instas, the nicest looking ones are very heavy on white, as it's easy to photograph well and makes the perfect background for the #AD items. It looks clean and calm. The more Victorian Farmhouse style will have white and warm, dark wood in good shapes for added structure, often in the form of buying secondhand furniture. Whatever colour is desired is brought in with linen, plants and flowers, crockery and food. People want to feel calm and relaxed when they see something - and to be able to say 'oh, that beetroot soup is a beautiful colour' or 'that lamp is lovely' before swiping up.
Just throwing money at the sort of brands that appear on the pages of Country Living magazine but picking the least enduring colours or appliances and going all matchy-matchy is daft if you aren't sure whether you'll be able to replace them easily when fashions change. And it always looks that bit fake/trying too hard.
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Oh, and sticking an oar into cooking for chemo can duck right off. There are plenty of people already handling that perfectly well without rinsed beans and anchovies. I lost my sense of taste on my low dose meds and the people already doing it provided the most useful information - she has no business stealing (and I'm using the word deliberately) money from people who are unwell when they can get the information for free or to raise money for hospitals. Don't monetise feeding cancer patients.
I've been thinking about kitchens and design again. Whilst I wouldn't go for the cheapest possible items if I could avoid it, as they're often a false economy, I try to get the brands with a slightly better baseline of construction and reliability when I possibly can - I started getting Bosch appliances at first (and the shortest lifespan so far has been 14 years), and the most recent things have been a Miele freezer and vacuum cleaner, along with a cheap Hoover washing machine because I'd just been made redundant and was waiting for the final payment, Mr Dragon hadn't got a job yet and my brother had recently died, so I wasn't really in the mood or financial situation to think beyond 'yeah, a fifteen minute wash sounds fine.'
At no point did I think 'Well money's always tight and I'm always worried about the bills, so what I'm going to do with a lump sum payment is, rather than pay rent for the rest of the year up front, clear the council tax, stick a chunk of it into a separate account for tax and then prioritise what I actually need to replace, I'm going to spunk thousands on a fashion brand and some more on multiple sideboards, a dresser, a wine rack and a whole bunch of other things that look nice but are entirely unnecessary'.
I'd also, if buying something expensive that is intended to last for years (like a matching dining set I intended to use for work) buy the most versatile colour - white. Grey's already going out of fashion. You get white and then you style it to fit whatever colours are fashionable/match a brand with small, removable and inexpensive items.
If you look at Farmhouse style instas, the nicest looking ones are very heavy on white, as it's easy to photograph well and makes the perfect background for the #AD items. It looks clean and calm. The more Victorian Farmhouse style will have white and warm, dark wood in good shapes for added structure, often in the form of buying secondhand furniture. Whatever colour is desired is brought in with linen, plants and flowers, crockery and food. People want to feel calm and relaxed when they see something - and to be able to say 'oh, that beetroot soup is a beautiful colour' or 'that lamp is lovely' before swiping up.
Just throwing money at the sort of brands that appear on the pages of Country Living magazine but picking the least enduring colours or appliances and going all matchy-matchy is daft if you aren't sure whether you'll be able to replace them easily when fashions change. And it always looks that bit fake/trying too hard.
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Oh, and sticking an oar into cooking for chemo can duck right off. There are plenty of people already handling that perfectly well without rinsed beans and anchovies. I lost my sense of taste on my low dose meds and the people already doing it provided the most useful information - she has no business stealing (and I'm using the word deliberately) money from people who are unwell when they can get the information for free or to raise money for hospitals. Don't monetise feeding cancer patients.
Skipping down the road with her sad little face.She “scampered”out to Tesco!!!
A GP can refer people to a team to be assessed for ADHD, but you're correct, a GP cannot diagnose ADHD
Ha! That picture. Also, about f’ing time that the RACIST SUSIE VERRILL, FIANCE OF GREG RUTHERFORD, OBE finally had the ‘gleam’ taken off her and got in the press.
Plus, tattle was mentioned but as a discussion site, not a cauldron of witches/cabal etc. Progress.
When I read “scampered“ I envisaged her setting off like we used to as children when we played pretend horse games - hands held in front as we trotted along with lots of head swishing and neighing.
Was I a very odd child?
Was I a very odd child?
I have a theory.
Is she wearing 3 pairs?
OMG me too!!! I bite the sides of my mouth when I'm bored/nervous. Apparently i pull some very strange faces when doing it! I just thought it was a nervous habit not an actual medical condition. have officially been diagnosed via Dr Jack!!Phew. Caught up. I googled BFRB and I HAVE IT! I HAVE AN AILMENT! Is that the same as an ology? My habit of picking my thumbs until they bleed when I’m stressed and then leaving bloody thumb prints all over the place is an ACTUAL AILMENT! So next time my husband shouts “stop picking“ across the room I will reply “SHAN’T”
No....but you were in Monty Python! I picture her literally furtively looking round corners for approaching people to make weirdly american insults at her, swinging her glasto pass in one hand and her phone ready to draft a Jilly Cooper novel on the encounter in the other.
Ah yes - dad was a massive Python fan so that’s probably where it came from
Didn't we once have a Tweet about how many bedrooms the crappy bungalow has? Can we make a list?
We also have:
* kitchen
* dining room/mayo palace
* dumping room (sounds like a toilet, but ok)
* massive garden
* forgotten shed
* under-stair photo studio
What else?
We also have:
* kitchen
* dining room/mayo palace
* dumping room (sounds like a toilet, but ok)
* massive garden
* forgotten shed
* under-stair photo studio
What else?
Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
When you're perfect in every way.
If she ever takes up acting she would make a perfect Cordilia. Whiney passive aggressive sanctimonious trouble maker. Probably reading this with her washed eyes as I type.
To be fair, one of her ailments probably means she can't count to one.
Just caught up. Phew! What an absolute piece of tit she is. I think earlier on in these threads I would have pangs of guilt, or I would caveat comments with some sort of aside about being concerned or whatever (I genuinely was). Now, I’m just gobsmacked at what a disgusting human being she is. She’s the lowest of the bleeping low. It’s all been said, I’ve got nothing much to add, she’s pathetic and actually harmful. The meds pictures?? The ED and SH stuff. Aligning herself with people going through cancer.... all topped off with a post in her knickers. She’s vile. Absolutely bleeping vile.
Is Schitts Creek on Netflix?
Just finished grunkalunka-ing my way through the last two threads, I chose a bad couple of days not to come here 
She was exactly as I expected - snippy, rude and passive aggressive. Avoided most of the questions, had a reasonable (and unbelievable) explanation for every question she did answer, tried to push her ‘poor me’ agenda over here. Can’t say I’m sorry to have missed her as she was boringly textbook narcissistic
Everything since - just wow, again. I find it difficult to remember every crappy thing she says and does due to the sheer quantity. Nothing to add about the cat situation except after the PDSA mention on Twitter, I used their eligibility checker to see if she’d get help from them. Surprise surprise, she wouldn’t, and rightly so because it’s a charity that helps genuinely low income people. Nothing to stop her e-begging though
Twenty seven book cases - nope, no way, even with her lovely spacious bungalow. Fact is, she has too much other crap to physically fit that many bookcases, even if her home is otherwise big enough
The lips - Jimmy can handle that one
Cancer cookbook - actually disgusted by that
Her knickers photo transported me back to 2014 when there was a secret self harm hashtag on Instagram. I don’t find it triggering personally but others do and she should be aware of that
For someone so sensitive even to things as innocuous as people trying to help / using certain wording, she does not give a duck about hurting others. Clearly in the back of the queue when God gave out empathy
She was exactly as I expected - snippy, rude and passive aggressive. Avoided most of the questions, had a reasonable (and unbelievable) explanation for every question she did answer, tried to push her ‘poor me’ agenda over here. Can’t say I’m sorry to have missed her as she was boringly textbook narcissistic
Everything since - just wow, again. I find it difficult to remember every crappy thing she says and does due to the sheer quantity. Nothing to add about the cat situation except after the PDSA mention on Twitter, I used their eligibility checker to see if she’d get help from them. Surprise surprise, she wouldn’t, and rightly so because it’s a charity that helps genuinely low income people. Nothing to stop her e-begging though
Twenty seven book cases - nope, no way, even with her lovely spacious bungalow. Fact is, she has too much other crap to physically fit that many bookcases, even if her home is otherwise big enough
The lips - Jimmy can handle that one
Cancer cookbook - actually disgusted by that
Her knickers photo transported me back to 2014 when there was a secret self harm hashtag on Instagram. I don’t find it triggering personally but others do and she should be aware of that
For someone so sensitive even to things as innocuous as people trying to help / using certain wording, she does not give a duck about hurting others. Clearly in the back of the queue when God gave out empathy
Are here labia tucked in tightly?
Yes
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