Lavender Oil

[Robinia]

Can anyone recommend a good lavender oil please? I've bought them in the past and they just didn't smell right somehow. It's mainly for refreshing wheat packs, pillows etc.

[woofgang]

Good morning, I now this sounds stupid, but starting off sleeping downstairs worked really well. Shughy didn't get stressed out by the noise so Rab didn't think there were monsters in the garden so we all slept through quite normally....I really do need a bungalow. This morning we have had a rather wet slippery walk which the boys enjoyed and I am now drinking hot tea.
Laters all

[netibiza]

Morning all. My villa is a bungalow, really couldn't be doing with stairs now, although we have 9 steps from the garden to the patio to get in! I find when sleeping at sister's I get nervous with the front and back doors downstairs and me not being able to hear anyone getting in, although she is well protected. When I hear a noise outside at night, I either pop my head out of the window as my bedroom is right next to the front door, or step outside cos I am the brave and foolhardy one! We are double fronted so I can see the whole front patio from the house and I can see all the back from the kitchen, if anyone lurks round the side, then the security lights come on, as it does when windy!! and the neighbour's dog barks and goes mad! but it barks all the time anyway so that's no good!

[netibiza]

Hija has a sore wisdom tooth and now my last remaining one is aching in sympathy and have a gum flap.

[Robinia]

Morning all...bitterly cold wind but at least it's bright 'n sunny. The snow didn't settle but the flakes were huge.

I haven't watched the Mary Berry story, maybe they'll repeat it, the tele seems to be all or nothing some nights. I haven't got a recorder any more and I very rarely do the iplayer etc thing. It's a bit draughty just here and I don't know why, it must be the way the air draws around these houses, everyone says the same about theirs, especially when it's windy outside.

I love being upstairs, I think I get it from my mum and grandma...it must be a survival instinct in us, they lived through quite a lot of flooding :)

[LoftyLottie]

Morning - I am like Robi. I only feel secure sleeping upstairs. It's just not right sleeping at ground level. It will have to be a chair lift for me, although I can't accommodate one here. I have a feeling a bungalow might be my last home.

(If you sleep on the ground floor, people can peep in, and so can witches and clowns - not good!!)

[Robinia]

lol Lottie, my fear would be Darth Vader peeping in ...or a robot, I don't like robots.

[netibiza]

Peeping in?? not on my watch, we always draw the curtains and shut the louvred shutters, and I am in a little cul de sac with just my neighbour, no one else could ever find it! The postman can't half of the time! You cannot even see the garden gate from the lane. and the house is at least 60 metres from the gate! No passers by and no peepers!

[netibiza]

Am well pleased, I ordered some face make-up on internet and after a lot of phone calls and emails, I finally managed to send in the order, and I have received it today, but didn't have to sign for it, so may be I will tell her I didn't receive it and get another one!!! It cost me 38€ and only 23ehe actual compact!

[woofgang]

Not to boast (well to boast a little bit) I can do the Mary Berry scarf!!!!! The thing I like about bungalows, as well as the no stairs, is that apart from the kitchen and bathroom, you can use any room for what you want...so eg if you want a giant bedroom and a small lounge, you can do it.

[shaneystar2]

Hello all
Cold ,sleet and blowing a gale .
Hope all ok .
I sometimes wish we had bought a bungalow when we moved back here .
The stairs look like a mountain to climb when I'm pain mode which is more often than not .But I don't think I would like to sleep downstairs on a permanent basis really although I suppose it might come to that one of these days .
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[shaneystar2]

Woofy can you please give step by step written instructions !
I watched it very carefully last night but still cannot get the hang of it .

[Robinia]

lol shaney, haven't you done it yet? didn't I post the instructions?...I'll see if I've still got them, I did it on Paint.

[Robinia]

Found it, it's a bit rough, my name isn't Vincent van Sprout :)

http://i48.tinypic.com/2s0hkoz.png

[netibiza]

I've been doing Mary Berry scarf for a week now, but not many of myscarves are long enough. You sort of have to wrap it once round the neck, with the ends hanging in front, then loop one of the ends through the original loop round the neck but only get a loop of it, not the end bit and the poke other end through that loop. simples!

[netibiza]

Well begger me, I've been struggling and there were instructions on here all the time, I watched that No 15 on the video so many times until I wrote it down!

[Robinia]

I may have forgotten to post it first time round neti, sorry.

My knitting's arrived, lovely yarn, I chose Robin for the little white jacket...now, will they have a tiny tot or a bruiser of a baby? I do know two other girls having babies so there's going to be a taker somewhere if he turns out to be a whopper :)

[shaneystar2]

Wonderful ..thank you Robinia .I'll have a go and report back .
I have got several long scarves but .....I may need a longer one.
Any excuse ...lol.

[Robinia]

I've got a thing about scarves at the moment, I keep buying them.

[netibiza]

Just heard back from Brent Health Authority that the bedbug ridden hostel, has all been cleaned and painted and tidied, and they even put photos on the website, so my moaning did some good.

[woofgang]

shaney, marks have some lovely ones......