To have got a bit cross and shouty...

deedaa, that happens here too. I put it down to CBA Syndrome (can't be arsed).

shelby, love it. Henceforth I am the hedging fairy (as well as a whole troop of other species of wee people). How appropriate that I started reading The Little Grey Men by BB this morning.

Nellie knowing me and my big mouth I probably would have said it and then thought OMG I can't believe I've just said that.

Shelby

The idea of using the word the xxx fairy when something magically appears reminds me of a very busy day at work.

The phone had not stopped ringing and we were horribly busy. The young very openly gay lad in the office went and made a brew and stuck the cup of tea on my desk knowing I never refused. My first thought was to say "oh wonderful the Tea Fairy has been.
Then I thought OMG I can't say that. Then I thought about how x would take it and told him anyway. He was highly amused.

sook "toilet roll fairy" I love it!! Going to use that in my house from now on. Along with picker-upper and tidy fairy, laundry fairy, vacuum fairy, car washer fairy.

Hhmm I am the only toilet roll fairy in our household and when I am feeling really p****d off about having to replace yet another one I DON'T! I just keep one handy in my handbag for my own personal use

I went into the bathroom yesterday and found the new loo roll neatly placed NEXT to the empty holder. I suppose this might be progress?

"Cross and shouty" sounds appropriate and therapeutic - go girl!

jane, Yep! You bet!

soop, finished for today, but there's still masses to do on other days.

Good advice Ella and *Elegran thank you
Bags I hope you are basking in the pleasant glow of all you have achieved today and your DH and DD come home suitably chastened

Oh dear. I do hope that you've finished lopping the high hedge. Goosebumps running along my arm as I imagine you precariously perched on a ladder.

soop, I made sure that I'd wedged the ladder good and proper by jumping up and down on it a bit without the tools and making sure it was well tangled in some firm branches before I got started with chopping.

Actually, ella, I think that's a good suggestion. DD is at that awkward age of wanting more independence but still being dependent about daft stuff like that

Yeah, jings, I noticed the spelling mistake. Couldn't be bothered to mention it, so thanks, dahling

Save the crust for your little friend.

...and you take great care with the tools and ladder. I'm looking forward to meeting you again.

bags bellow away...I would. That bread you're making will be all the better for a good wallop!

DHJ will run out of crockery if I die first. But he will wonder what the heck all those plates etc are doing on the work surface above the dishwasher!

bags next time I would be inclined not to set an alarm, as minibags is old enough to get herself up and then wake her dad!

janea I would just leave the shoes there until he trips over them.

#Iamanastypieceofwork

Unless you have got leaves which you are re-doing.

#treebags

relieved

#titfortat

It's a man and DD thing!

perfectly reasonable response! I hate getting so annoyed as it spoils the day but sometimes TINA!

Perhaps you should leave them a note saying you are out for the rest of the day, will be back at 7.00 and can they have dinner ready - that should wake them up!

If they should dare, jane, they'll get a right blasting. I think they know this

Deep respect for being able to use all those tools. Let's hope you are not criticised either for not reminding them to take the cheque which they should have remembered. But I wouldn't hold my breath.

Next time you replace a toilet roll or kitchen roll, I would be tempted to put the rest of the pack into his bed or his wardrobe - with all the rolls falling out of the pack, of course. If (when) he complains, you say you just put them down there for a while until you felt like putting them where they belong, and as he has found them first, perhaps he will put them away.