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Life’s too short to........

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Atqui Sun 18-Aug-19 13:05:59

make bramble jelly! What a faff! Ruined a top , used loads of hard won blackberries and ended up with less than 2 pots of jam. What’s your life’s too short comment?

karen1962 Mon 19-Aug-19 11:07:53

Waste time working when I could be in the garden being on holiday or babysitting

GabriellaG54 Mon 19-Aug-19 11:04:58

Peel a grape...??

inishowen Mon 19-Aug-19 11:02:20

I remember when my children were small there was a saying "they won't remember if you ironed their pyjamas but they will remember if you read them a story".

Coconut Mon 19-Aug-19 11:00:07

Life’s too short to be bored, to be unhappy or to tolerate anything or anyone who does not enhance your life .....

crazyH Mon 19-Aug-19 10:55:22

.......to iron. Hate ironing.
........to hoover daily. Hate hoovering
.........to mop floors. Hate mopping
..........to get dressed in the morning. I can easily stay in my pjs all day
...........to wear a bra in the house

Jeanlizzie Mon 19-Aug-19 10:51:27

Caring what the neighbours think and doing perfect "flicked eyeliner'

Camelotclub Mon 19-Aug-19 10:50:21

The best thing to do with blackberries is a crumble. You can buy crumble mix from any supermarket so don't have to do that horrible gucky rubbing fat into flour thing.

Callistemon Mon 19-Aug-19 10:49:56

I really must get off here and go and steam clean the kitchen floor

No, really! grin

geera Mon 19-Aug-19 10:46:21

All could be me

maryhoffman37 Mon 19-Aug-19 10:30:22

Making Bramble Jelly has become much easier since buying a jelly bag and stand from Lakeland! It is my family's favourite jam and we love picking blackberries so this is a relief. For me life is too short to worry about things I can't change. Doesn't stop me though.

TrendyNannie6 Mon 19-Aug-19 10:28:54

Worrying is pointless, says me after being a worrier for years lol

theretheredear Sun 18-Aug-19 16:43:27

Ironing
Dieting
Moaning
Have regrets

Anniebach Sun 18-Aug-19 16:18:00

to read a post which covers my iPad screen

sharon103 Sun 18-Aug-19 16:13:31

Ditto GrannyGravy13 Sun 18-Aug-19 15:48:44

Luckygirl Sun 18-Aug-19 16:08:49

- to bother with make-up
- to wear posh clothes

I sound more of a slut by the minute grin

GrannyGravy13 Sun 18-Aug-19 15:48:44

.......to worry about things I have no control over.

.......to accept invitations I do not want to attend.

........to care what people think of me!

Callistemon Sun 18-Aug-19 15:44:55

Especially when copied and pasted from some newspaper article which is, in fact, only someone's opinion anyway.

Bring on links I say, then we can skip past them!

MawB Sun 18-Aug-19 15:24:45

...read posts which take up more than the whole of my iPad screen!

Callistemon Sun 18-Aug-19 15:00:45

I am putting off making the bramble jelly though!

Callistemon Sun 18-Aug-19 14:59:27

Washerwoman
I'm trying to make that my new resolution, having struggled through several books then thought I wish I hadn't bothered. I've just deleted several from my Kindle, including Wolf Hall (started, disliked the style of writing) and feel much better now.
smile

mumofmadboys Sun 18-Aug-19 14:57:32

I agree worrying is a total waste of time! If only my head was more amenable to reason!!

Atqui Sun 18-Aug-19 14:57:21

The blackberries had been lurking! But next time I’ll just make jam ( with apple)
I agree about worry , but can’t stop it !!

Callistemon Sun 18-Aug-19 14:55:30

Bramble jelly is worth making grin

I usually get several pots; it's a good way of using up last year's blackberries still lurking in the freezer.

Doing ironing!
Steam cleaning the floors

GabriellaG54 Sun 18-Aug-19 14:53:38

Life's far too short to do anything I don't really want to do...and too short to worry.
Worry makes you ill and gets you nowhere.

KatyK Sun 18-Aug-19 14:30:05

Me too Lona and I don't live alone.blush