A thread for insignificant posts that don't need a thread of their own

Friend's almost three year old daughter, playing dress up with mummy, falls off sofa, jumps up, straightens herself and says "Is my lipstick still on?"

Woke up this morning to discover the water in the steamer that was used to steam a handful of frozen peas last night was still on a very low gas. Fortunately there is not much residue in pea water so the pan, though dark brown, will probably survive.
Oh and while we are on an absent mindedness theme - did my stint this week as NT volunteer gardener, tidying the herbaceous beds. Had a cuppa with the team and went home with their shed key and newest secateurs.

I've got a couple of those, OGM Does yours draw your fingers to it when you are sitting reading or on the net? Fingernails too, which I am sure is not good for it.

Oh bags, that gave me a laugh. Been there, done that!

A thought - does anyone else have a bookcase in their bathroom?

For those of you who are feeling guilty about scoffing chocolates I seem to recall reading this week that those people who eat chocolate have less fat around their middle than those who don't!! (That doesn't seem to work with me but hey I'm not a scientist)!

purse, even

MrBags is being gallant and has agreed to go back to shop for me. He has just gone upstairs to find my pirse which I just told him is in my bag on my dining chair, which is not upstairs.

It's not just me who has gone scat-tastic!

By way of lightening the mood, I thought you'd all like to know that I'm turning into a RHINOCEROS!
I had an odd 'spot' on my forehead which I showed to the Doc when I was there for a thyroid check....... she called it a .........horn ( dry skin, it seems!) Galen is bound to know the correct term!
A horn in the middle of my forehead...

I think you do need your oats, thatbags

Went out to shop. Car steering wheel freezing! Must remember it's glove time from now on.

Bought milk and some rolls. Thought: "there was something else... ah yes, aspirin".

Got home. Looked at pan containing melted (reset) butter. Thought: "Blast!"

still no oats

Well done ga's DS, I do like to hear about DC doing well

Thank you to those who have voted. I must say HQ haven't exactly put it in the main domain, unlike the pumpkin one which is "pinned" !

gknot, I think you need to take a plate of those scrumdiddlyicious muffins to Soop's Kitchen! [yum]

when love it about your GDDs! When I was looking at a similar book with Minibags, we got to v volcano and she said "big splash".

Many thanks for all the 'splinter' suggestions. I shall try the soaking and then the Magnesium Sulphate treatment first as I have some MS. Just have to decide which of the little beasties to attack first ! I will be back in the garden later so no doubt will get more even though I wear gloves - bloody brambles !!!

Tiggy, it might help to soak hand in warm water so that the skin is soft and soggy, then press the end of a narrow tube over each splinter - drinking straw? old-fashioned key? eye of large needle? Sometimes they pop out. The germoline/plaster is a good idea too (oily germolene, not the water-based one)

Good morning - I see I am the last one up. Result of corkscrew usage and sleeping pill combined to give me 9 HOURS sleep - first time for months. Must get dressed and drive to the surgery for my flu jab. I have finally reached the age when it's free then I have no plans. Looks like another long weekend, but not as long as it will be for Carol's family. Let's hope today is the day.........

ga lovely news about your DS.
tiggy if you can put up with the niggle, splinters often work their own way out after a while, at least the little ones do!
Sunshine on the golden leaves of the silver birch.....

tiggy I googled for poultices: www.earthclinic.com/CURES/splinters.html

ga that's wonderful news. I have my son and his new wife asleep in the spare room, here for a visit. Such a lovely feeling.

Missed this ga many congratulations, you must be so proud . How lovely whenim

bags I set out to make muffins earlier this week, to use up the clementines that husband declared "tasteless and should be thrown out". Here's how it went: Peel and chuck whole clementine segments into a bowl, hunt for plain flour, oops only self raising and not enough at that. Hunt around some more, add polenta to make up amount needed, oops not enough. Add packet of instant oats. Luckily I had the egg and there was some slightly out of date plain yoghurt in the fridge. End result: Scrummy muffins with all the family telling me I should be on Bake Off. I called them "Experiment Muffins".

Lovely good news thread.

Lovely bit of news, grannyactivist!

A dab of Magnesium Sulphate and cover with a plaster for as long as it takes to draw the wee b...er out, tiggy? Might just do the trick!

Flower - I love Dougie McLean, and have met him a couple of times in the hotel he used to own in Dunkeld, Perthshire. I think he does still live at the Old School House in Butterstone, nearby, where he has his studio. He's a really lovely chap and very down to earth!

tiggy maybe some germolene and a plaster and try to draw it out.
Well done grannya DS

Any one got any ideas how to get thorns out of fingers ? I usually resort to the needle and squeeze method but it isn't working this time ! I have 4 refusing to budge, probably very tiny but annoying ..........

Seems such a stupid thing to be annoyed about at the moment with so many other much greater worrries going on.