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O/S Daily Wednesday 28 February 2024
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, cold, mixed weather forecast. Dinner last night was beef stew and dumplings, mash and veg - was very tasty and no LO's, DH had 2 helpings. Tonight I'm not…
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O/S Daily Tuesday 27 February 2024
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, cold, mixed weather forecast. Dinner last night was use up, so used up opened packet of chicken dippers, chips and beans for DH and I had stuffed peppers,…
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O/S Daily Monday 26 February 2024
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, cold, drier day forecast. Dinner yesterday was chicken casserole with pasta. Tonight I'm not sure. Keep safe and well x nmlc x
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Prepping: the new world...
Thought it was about time for a new Prepping thread... Please keep it on topic, friendly and realistic for life in the UK (i.e. no hurricane basements, no guns, no politics). For those that don't know, the Guides & Scouts among us will be prepared, but are the rest of us ready? IMPORTANT NOTE: this thread is a resource for…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 19th February 2024
Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. We often see new flyers (gents welcome!) around
this time of year so please don't worry if you feel you cannot keep up. Similarly if your house has been neglected it won't be turned around in a day -
but if you stay you will get into some good habits which do help! Happy
flying. What…
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Wrapping bread
Evening all I've started making my own bread again. I usually make 2 at a time, one goes in the freezer, one gets eaten. What do you wrap your loaves in other than plastic?
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Old Style Daily Sunday 25 February 2024
Brrr - unexpected frosty morning. Not going to move yet.
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Old Style Daily Saturday 24 February 2024
I'm still under my duvet, will have to shift soon.
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O/S Daily Friday 34 February 2024
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, cooler, drier day forecast. Pork steaks were lovely last night. Tonight not sure what we'll be eating. Lots of jobs to do today. Have a good day x nmlc x
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O/S Daily Thursday 22 February 2024
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, cooler, wet and rain forecast. Dinner last night was pasta. Tonight pork steak braised in gravy, mash and veg. Keep safe and well x nmlc x
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What’s happening with Olio?
I understand it’s making a loss and needs to do something to fund itself, and I’ve just found out that I have to watch 15 to 30 seconds worth of adverts before I can request an item, unless I pay a fiver a month to become a subscriber. Which probably means by the time I request something it will have gone and I tend not to…
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O/S Daily Wednesday 21 February 2024
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, cooler, wet and rain forecast this afternoon. Dinner last night was sausage, egg, beans and chips. Tonight I'm not sure. Keep safe and well x nmlc x
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O/S Daily Tuesday 20 February 2024
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, not too cold, drier day forecast, then rain this afternoon. Dinner last night was use up tonight will be sausage, egg, beans and chips. Work has an event on…
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O/S Daily Monday 19 February 2024
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, not too cold, drier day forecast but rain for the rest of the week. Dinner last night was roast chicken, later meal as awaited delivery of a new WM -…
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Freezing eggs/Pantry challenge
Good morning everyone. I froze the last of our eggs before we went away so I didn't waste them. A bit of an experiment for me really, having done left over egg whites before but not whole eggs. They were in little Lock and Lock boxes. Yesterday I used them in cakes. I defrosted by leaving in the fridge the night before. I…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 12th February 2024
Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all need and to make the whole…
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cottage pie
can anyone help ive made cottage pie once and when i added the patato it sank, so did my heart so ive read online to let the mince cool down, this is going to be cooked in the slowcooker mushrooms small tin of peas diced onions and sliced carrots later in the cook this is going to be for 4 people so i want to get it right…
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Old Style Daily Sunday18 February 2024
Still a-bed though wide awake watching dawn creep into the day.
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Old Style Daily Saturday 17 February 2024
A nice mild start to the day here, I could get used to it.
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Smell in bathroom
Theres a really disgusting smell in the bathroom, Theres no windows I can open to get rid of it. Any suggestions of what I could buy to get rid of it please ? Thanks