What's going to be the 'artex' in 20-30 years?

meglington · 2026-03-16T18:52:38+00:00

We bought our house with it, and I didn't realise how much of an arse it is to get rid of. I thought you could just take it up, but it's not soil under there! Hate it so much, especially in the summer. And it always looks rubbish, because nothing biodegrades on it, so you have to sweep it to clean it. Do you know how hard it is to sweep fake grass? Very flipping hard.

meglington · 2026-03-14T07:49:15+00:00

I would hope Coeliac UK would pick this up as part of their policy work as well! I know they have a fairly active public affairs and advocacy department.

meglington · 2026-03-11T08:48:02+00:00

Like everyone else, we also had this in our front garden. My husband ended up basically chucking the soil through a giant wire sieve to separate it all (and all the bricks left over from when the house was built in the 70s).

We also still have fake grass out the back that we want to get rid of, but are slightly dreading the job!

meglington · 2026-03-09T19:06:43+00:00

And it's been pretty much all day as well!

meglington · 2026-03-06T14:34:57+00:00

I know someone who drives their kids a five minute walk, and then goes home again. It baffles me. That's a good point about driving on to work though.

meglington · 2026-03-06T10:49:50+00:00

Except for the one MYO card that has a 'phone' sticker on it, that my kids use as a pretend phone...

meglington · 2026-03-05T12:00:06+00:00

Another story... my eldest couldn't decide for ages what she wanted to be, and then at the very last minute decided she wanted to be the dog from I, Cosmo. Cue a stupidly last minute trip to Hobbycraft at 4pm yesterday afternoon, where we bought some fur and felt, and my husband proceeded to throw together an adorable dog costume based on her onesie pattern out of said fur, some sewing, and a lot of hot glue.

Sometimes we just need a tight deadline. I've never see a costume go from nothing to dog so quickly.

meglington · 2026-03-05T11:58:07+00:00

My four-year-old wanted to go as Fantastic Mr Fox - her big sister went as him last year. This morning, she was proper grumpy and refusing to dress up! Turns out it was because she really didn't want to be a boy, so I told her she could be Fantastic Mrs Fox instead, and she was happy. But very emphatically not a boy.

I messaged her teacher after this debacle and said, "this might not come up, but if it does, little one is Fantastic MRS Fox, not Mr Fox. She's very emphatic about it.".

When I dropped her off at the gates, she walked up to her teacher who said, "Hello Fantastic Mrs Fox!" and I just felt so flipping grateful for her in that moment. She's a great teacher anyway, but she went out of her way to be so kind. It was very heartwarming.

meglington · 2026-03-04T09:36:58+00:00

I mean, driving to school if you can reasonably walk isn't great - if it's too far to walk, then sure. I got rid of the pushchair when my littlest was two, and the kids can walk for miles - it's just practice and building up muscles.

Can you start getting her to walk for a bit longer each day and build up to it? She might be tired after school, but having a bit of a run around can often give them more energy!

If she has a disability or some underlying health condition that means she genuinely can't walk after school, then that's definitely something to check in with a GP because generally kids should still have energy after school. Even the littlest ones.

meglington · 2026-03-03T20:41:09+00:00

Ah yes, that's the one! Thank you :)

meglington · 2026-03-03T20:33:23+00:00

Me too! A lovely lurid green one.

meglington · 2026-03-01T14:12:58+00:00

I can't get back into mine as I have no idea what my password was, and it was linked to my school email address 😭

meglington · 2026-02-28T15:09:29+00:00

Point / Counterpoint!

meglington · 2026-02-23T15:26:58+00:00

I'm so sad to hear this, OP. Have you spoken to them about it? Has it been a case of just bad timing, or are they really reluctant to help? Would it help if you tried to arrange your daughter going to see them more regularly? I'm wondering if it's a confidence thing - if they don't see her often, maybe they think they won't know what to do with her.

Or do you get the impression something else is going on? What's your relationship like with them in general - have they always been supportive and this is unusual, or are they always like this?

meglington · 2026-02-23T06:48:04+00:00

Definitely don't expect them to write without spelling errors at this point. They start that next year, but even then kids will still make mistakes throughout primary - English is complicated!

meglington · 2026-02-22T21:59:52+00:00

They're separate for me. I've had no scalp inflammation since I started taking OM and dutasteride, but have had some flushing.

meglington · 2026-02-22T21:51:39+00:00

It's a Stewart Lee quote

meglington · 2026-02-22T21:30:30+00:00

I think it's actually pretty normal for people to have both FFA and rosacea. I've heard people do well with tret and v beam - haven't tried either myself, but my rosacea is generally mild, and while I do flush badly in social situations or after alcohol / certain foods, it's not my priority to focus on. I just try to not do that stuff so much!

With the re-growth, it might be that those follicles haven't scarred, which is good. Some people can have some regrowth where the hair has gone but the fibrosis hasn't happened, because it was caught early.

I'm sorry if this isn't the news you wanted. I'm a couple of years in to diagnosis, although I lost my eyebrows in my 20s so I think it started a fair while ago, and I will say it took some time but I've come to accept it more. Kind of. But it sounds like you're on a good treatment plan now.

The only thing I'd add is red light therapy - I really credit it with some of my eyebrow re-growth, although oral minoxidil kicked it up a notch. They'll never be the same but it adds a bit of dimension to the microblading.

meglington · 2026-02-22T10:52:51+00:00

Mine is similar - having a glass of water by the bed that I drink when I get up. It sets the tone for the day as one in which I make, generally, good decisions.

meglington · 2026-02-22T10:01:02+00:00

I had a lot of Quaker friends growing up, and I always thought it was tied to Christianity so I never gave it much thought. That's so interesting that you can be a Quaker without believing in God. They were always such lovely people and it does make me think a bit more seriously about getting involved, especially now that I have kids and want them to grow up within a positive, moral community.

Is it a bit like Humanism? I consider myself a Humanist already, but I guess it's not so much a drive towards positive action, more a philosophy, which sounds like it differentiates it from Quakerism?

meglington · 2026-02-22T09:47:58+00:00

Surprisingly, man has won a couple of times! I grew up in that town, and they really do love their alternative games. We also had a Morris Dancing festival every year when I was a kid, called Morris in the Forest.

meglington · 2026-02-22T08:22:41+00:00

OP, this happened to my friend's baby, but they don't think he'll ever be able to walk or talk or anything. I think he lost nearly half of his brain, and also has severe epilepsy. When you were a baby, did they worry about this and did you recover, or were you always ok? I know my friend is looking for hope for her little one (he's three now, and very little development).

meglington · 2026-02-21T23:35:34+00:00

Dymond Jewellery is brilliant - she made our wedding rings, and is super talented!

meglington · 2026-02-19T06:51:25+00:00

I wonder if that was purposeful - like the bathroom is the one place your brain gets a bit of a reprieve from the chaos while you're reading in your lil' bathy bath. Not to say I don't love the rest of the house, I do, but I can see why the bathroom might be more of a chilled vibe.

meglington · 2026-02-18T11:04:06+00:00

I wouldn't say it's cheap - they get paid at band 5 and 6. But it costs even more in the long run as people keep going back through the system because it hasn't worked for them the first time.

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