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Furniture & moving in on a budget
Hi, We have recently got married and are in the final stages of buying our first home....hence totally and completely broke!! :rolleyes: We have only a bit of money left now for furniture and decorating etc. Already have a bed, TV and a few bits and pieces but we still need to furnish the place and re-decorate. Does anyone…
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Freezing meats and making up meals and then refreezing help
Hi I could do with some advice please. I have bought a few packs of chicken and mince to make up meals to freeze. I am not going to start making them until the weekend and put the meats in the freezer now. Have I made a mistake doing that, will it be ok to defrost make up the meals, refreeze and then defrost and heat? If I…
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Stretching wooly jumpers.
I hear there was a post a while back about using fabric softner to get a woolen jumper back to its original size after washing it, but I can't find it. Can anyone help please?
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O.S daily thread thur 19th April
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Thursday 19th April 2007. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything OS and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome,…
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Tablecloths I can't believe I am having to ask but they are now classed as OS
I've been everywhere, supermarkets, bedding shops, even charity shops. What do I find - table runners, posh mats, nowhere does table cloths! I even asked in Roseby's who used to do them, reply 'Sorry they are old fashioned, we don't do them any more' Well my sewing skills are not up to scratch, so no way I could make one.…
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potatoes & Leek
Hi i have potatoes and leeks what can i make for tea? Thanks
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How do I remove creases from a sinamay hat??
Help- I bought a hat for a forthcoming wedding and have managed to crease it! Does anybody know how to remove creases from a sinamay hat without wrecking it please??? :confused:
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Grrrrr
Hi everyone I've been ever so good recently turning lights off, not using the tumble drier and not using the boiler (now the central heating is off we don't need a tank full of hot water all the time, DW and WM both are cold fill and the shower makes its own hot water) I came home from work to find that DS2 was merrily…
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any crafty OSers out there?
hiya I have recently had some work done, and as part of the fire regs all the doors now BANG shut with these chain closures, sooo, I've been making doorstops. the fabric kind in a pyramid for the lounge (easy) using leftover fabric from the lounge curtains dd chose a gromit stuffed toy which has been emptied and filed with…
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"WHat's Cooking, Grandma?" A new website
Hi All I was listening to Woman's Hour on Radio 4 this morning, and they had an interesting article about a website called "What's Cooking Grandma?". I thought OSers might like it. both to look at and maybe to contribute to as well. The chaps who started it were originally thinking of producing a book, trying to capture…
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Oilseed Rape Wine-is there such a thing?
I've been doing a bit of research on behalf of my Mum. She's asked if wine can be made from either oilseed rape flowers or the seed. :confused: Does anyone know? I've looked at several websites and haven't come across anything yet. I'd be grateful for any recipes or ideas please. Many thanks
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rice pudding question
Hi there! Sorry, I put this in the quickies but no-one answered - I cooked the pudding on Tuesday night and it's in the fridge so don't want to eat it if it's gonna do strange things to me........!! I know that cooked savoury rice goes off pretty quick and you mustn't leave it sitting around as nasties grow on it really…
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Thursday 12 April 2007
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 12/04/2007. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything OS and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do…
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grated cheese and more (fridge and freezer stuff)
if I grated a lot of cheese and put it in a container how long could I keep it in the fridge? I hate grating cheese but use grated cheese a lot. Obviously I don't fork out for the pre-grated stuff but would like to grate the stuff less often and was thinking of doing a fair bit and keeping it in the fridge for a couple of…
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OS Monday 16th April '07
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Monday 16th April 2007. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything OS and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what we’re going to do today or…
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re-using envelopes?
Hi, new to OS, so sorry if this has been covered before. the other day I was needing an envelope so I neatly opened some junk mail, turned the envelope inside out, stuck it back together at the edges and used it like that. I know it sounds a bit bonkers, but surely this is OS and quite 'green'.?? I thought I migth carry on…
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Munchy seeds - recipes?
Hi All I really love the Munchy Seeds that Lakeland do but they are really expensive. Does anyone have any ideas for a home-made variety?
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Cornish pasties, Yorkshire pudding and......?
As we were munching our way through our pasties I was talking to my 6 year old DG about other traditional Cornish foods. We have Pasties of course and saffron cake also the lesser known " hevy cake" there is hogs pudding and raw fry (much nicer than it sounds! ) etc. Anyway DG then asked Grandad what foods were traditional…
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os daily weds 18th april
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Monday 16th April 2007. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything OS and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome,…
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white tack on table cloth help.
just clearing off dining table and found white tack on cloth and cant pick it off looks like something heavey has been sat on it so its really stuck in to the fibers. i have done a search but nothing really came up. please help tick xoxo