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I have some horrid stains on my kids clothes! Can anyone advise?
I have a few stains on my boys clothes that I have been desperately trying to rid and have tried Vanish, Ace Bleach, sunlight, and Fairy Liquid (my MIL swears by it neat, does sometimes work but not on the current stains...) The stains have been there for a while now, but is there anything that will remove them? I don't…
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Soggy biscuits
I having been making my own biscuits for the last few weeks and they taste very nice, except they're a bit soft:rotfl: Is this normal for HM biscuits? They're just a rich plain biscuit. The recipe called for SR flour and I'm wondering if I should change to plain. They are also not as thin as they could be as I always find…
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Greasy fairy cakes
I hope someone can help. I have been following Jamie's recipe for fairy cakes: 6oz sr flour 6oz butter 6oz sugar vanilla extract and 3 eggs. The cakes rise well and are fine after baking but within 30 minutes become very greasy to touch and feel. My grandkids love cakes and I don't want to stop baking. Any ideas? Thanks.…
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My shopping bill keeps on going up and up!!!
Hello all, As title suggests my shopping bill is going up and up every week! I guess some of it is from the cost of food going up but not the amount i seem to be spending. A year ago i was spending about £240 a month now its about £400. The only difference now is that i have another mouth to feed but i tend not to include…
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Out of date taco kit
I just spied a taco kit at the back of the cupboard. When I finally managed to get it down, the use by date is May 2008 :o I've opened it and the shells look okay tbh, they are shrink wrapped. Should I use them anyway? I've got some mince in the freezer so we could have them tomorrow.
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OS Daily Thread - Monday 22nd February 2010
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Monday 22nd February.It is an 'Over the garden fence' type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved…
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hanging my head in shame
:( up until last week i had been doing really well with my budgeting and saving plan. last week the kids were on half term and ive taken 2 weeks of work to spend some time with them. lol.. omg ive spent so much money and i cant even say what on lol. i got paid the rent elec bill tuesday.. got paid wed-day and by saturday i…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 22nd February 2010
Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week when it comes to housework, or just the motivation to do the dreaded housework tasks you have to do, come and join us, hopefully make it a little easier. You never know, you might start to enjoy it! Following requests to start things steadier for…
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Filling the Freezer!
We work long hours running a caravan park so I'm wanting to use this week (before we open again) to stock up the freezer a bit. Not so much for spending less but so we can still have decent meals at our busy times. I'm wanting to do some lasagne, cottage pie type things but a bit wary of how to store them in the freezer…
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Help! His parents are coming!
Oh dear, they'll be up in a few weeks to stay probably 5 days! I've just realised it's going to cost me loads for foods for them. Breakfasts lunches, dinners etc. (Add to it the blind panic I'm in 'cos she goes through my cupboards and drawers to make sure they're all tidy - which they're not!)..
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How can I avoid buying a new sofa?
Hi folks, first-time poster so apologies if this is not the appropriate forum. I'm hoping for some advice because I'm pretty clueless when it comes to simple stuff like this! I have a fairly cheap IKEA sofa, which came cheap from Gumtree and is in great condition. However, it's the sort which is all one piece and you have…
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OS Daily Thread - Sunday 21st February 2010
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Sunday 21st February.It is an 'Over the garden fence' type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved…
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help washing wool mans jacket
I bought a lambswool mans jacket today in a charity shop and don't want to pay for dry cleaning as it is expensive and wondered how I could clean it at home? Do you think it would work if I washed it gently in warm water with a mild detergent and then rinsed and spin in washer? Or should I squirt it with a solution of…
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slow cooker
Just wondering if you think it would be worthwhile for me to buy one of these? I lead a very busy life. Both OH and I work fulltime and several nights a week and on weekends we are taking our two kids to their various activities. I am not a great cook, well having said that its not that I'm not a good cook more that I have…
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Nut Brittle
Hiya, I tried to make nut brittle this afternoon and it has not set. Any idea's why? I boiled 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water in a pan and alowed it to boil for a wile and then poured it into a baking tray and added peanuts. I have now put the tray in the fridge as the mixture is now cold, it is not looking hopeful:(.…
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Help Needed, Cakes Always Seem to Burn
Not sure if this is correct place to post. Everytime i try and cook a basic sponge cake in my small desktop cooker they always seem to burn and i dont know why. We are using this type of cooker http://www.russellhobbs.co.uk/Mini_Kitchen_qp_139.html if anyone can give me any tips Chris
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feeding family of four
Hi. Things are very tight at the moment and I was wondering if you guys could advise me on what is the least amount I could reasonably and healthily feed a family of four on monthly? Kids are aged 7 and 11. Both my OH and I work fulltime but can bulk cook and freeze etc... on weekends. TIA.
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Fruit and fibre biscuits
Hello! Have half a pack of Sainsbury's version of fruit and fibre, not too keen on it as a cereal so thought I'd make it into biscuits instead. Does anyone have a recipe I can adapt? I'm no good at guessing quantities ;) Have had a quick Google and haven't spotted anything yet. Thanks :D
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Non electric Fragrance diffuser for indoors
We were given a fragrance diffuser for Christmas, you know the sort ...pretty bottle filled with liquid/essence, then you have a set of ´sticks´that sit in the bottle soaking up the liquid and perfuming the air.You can buy them in Zara Home for about10 pounds in the UK, I think. It has been quite effective in our sitting…
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'Dough' book by Richard Bertinet
Does anyone else have a copy of this book? I've fished mine out of the cupboard after some really disappointing results with my Panny breadmaker. He recommends 10g of salt to 500g flour :eek: that seemed like an awful lot to me, so I used half that but the bread's still really salty. Has anyone else tried his basic white…
