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Re: 5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

LaineyT

12 January at 8:13AM

For yesterday, A quiet day when we weren’t going anywhere or expecting any visitors, outfit of choice was cosy! Booked a summer holiday 🎉 we are going back to the same seaside village in Dorset and …

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Re: The Cutting Down Alcohol Challenge for January & 2026 :)

SpireCaptain

11 January at 3:04PM

Please can I join the challenge? I cut down my drinking and had 3 months dry July, August, September 2024 after cholesterol scare and just the fact the cost is too much for me at the moment. But back…

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Re: 5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

villagelife

12 January at 7:51AM

For yesterday 1. DS1 gave us a lift to rugby - he had won a car park season ticket for a season so is making use of it. 2. A win at rugby - been rare this season though we are doing better in Europe …

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Re: 5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

DundeeDoll

11 January at 9:35PM

loving how much joy HWBs bring this group - my sort of people :smile: for the weekend 1) singing - new mass setting went well this morning 2) football - Luton won hooray and have watched some good FA…

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Re: Pick'n'Mix - the joy of the chaz in '26!

Happycas

12 January at 4:24AM

@DigForVictory - your sons can use a long metal skewer poked all the way through the potato instead. Works in the same way.

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E: 30/01 Win a Snack Haul from Japan (Gleam)

Midnighter

12 January at 2:05PM

Japan Candy Box url: https://www.japancandybox.com/pages/giveaway/ Enter this giveaway for a chance to win this tasty haul! The more entries you complete the better chance of winning you'll have.

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Re: Prepping: the new world...

daz378

12 January at 1:05AM

Thanks...I'm doing ok..manage to navigate round the house ..doing my own meals etc..only doing between 200..400 steps a day round the flat...toes have gone funny colour at times..possibly due to…

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Re: Weekly Flylady Thread 12 January 2026

Valli

12 January at 12:12PM

Swimming bag packed and session booked. Sewing machine has FINALLY found a home in the office - spotted someone on facebook who put theirs on a kallax shelf and it had never occurred to me it would f…

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Re: Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 1st Quarter 2026

General_Grant

8 January at 3:48PM

Electronic scales not working this morning and I couldn't be bothered to play around with the battery. So used the old mechanical bathroom scales which aren't so easy to read but I'll …

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Re: 2026 Frugal Living Challenge

PipneyJane

12 January at 10:09AM

Sainsbugs or MrT's are my sources @mumtoomany, where I buy them by the 2kg bag. They're another thing that I've noticed is hard to get these days, but both our local ones still have t…

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