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Dreaded food shop family of 6 🤦♀️
Hey! We are a family of 6, we have 4 boys that seam to never be full! So our monthly food bill is coming out around £950 per month and it just isn’t feasible anymore! We normally shop at Aldi for the majority of our food but go to farmfoods and home bargains for the bits we can’t get in Aldi. I go weekly and spend about…
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Old Style Daily Saturday 21 June 2024
Good morning folks.
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Tasty eggs... WHERE??
Ok, now I know they still exist... the tasty eggs I remember from my childhood days. Just arrived back from a short break in a hotel on the south coast where they served these: yolks far more golden, creamy and above all with a MUCH greater depth of flavour than the junk I've been buying in supermarkets these last 40…
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O/S Daily Friday 21st June 2024
Morning all - be back in a minute.
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Old Style Daily Thursday 20 June 2024
Morning all, my corner of the world is very misty.
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 19 June 2024
Good morning all.
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Ma Made marmalade hacks
Not sure 'hacks' is the right word but can anyone recommend any tasty ways of making marmalade with Ma Made? I have three tins but find the basic marmalade it makes to be a bit non descript. Personally I prefer the bitter 'oxford-style' myself but if it's possible to add lemon or lime peel that would be good. I've seen…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 18 June 2024
Morning all. BRB
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Old Style Daily Monday 17 June 2024
Good morning from Northumberland. I'm off to shower and then breakfast.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 10th June 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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O/S Daily Sunday 16th June 2024
Good morning, it's quite a nice morning here. Florence, it was me that started Friday's thread putting 2025. Sorry about that, it was a slip of the finger! Yesterday wasn't a particularly good day from a weather point of view, I think today has to deteriorate as well. Hi Nanny good to hear from you, Hope your Dad will be…
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Old Style Daily Saturday 15 June 2024
Good morning folks. It's such a bright start, I'm hopeful about it staying that way.
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O/S Daily Friday 14th June 2025
Good morning, it's a dry start here, we'll see how it develops.I managed to get some washing dry outside yesterday before the inevitable rain descended. I have no particular plans today apart from the usual houework. I'm going to ring a man who cleaned our carpets a few years ago to see if he's still doing it, if so I'll…
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Cleaning fence
Hi any tips on cleaning bird poo and green on fences. How do we stop birds perching in fence? Thanks
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Old Style Daily Thursday 13 June 2024
It's a quiet day here.
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Old Style Daily 12th June
Morning allWoke up even earlier this morning! Looks like it's not going to be so chilly today but not alot of sunshine.Meeting up with a friend today. Our DSs went to primary school together and are still friends now and we used to be lunchtime supervisors there. Got together again when she appeared on facebook so we have…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 11 June 2024
Good morning folks. BRB
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Old Style Daily Monday 10 June 2024
Good morning folks.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 3rd June 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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O/S Daily Sunday 9th June 2024
Good morning, quite a nice start here. Yesterday was sunny but cold and windy. I didn't get to post yesterday, I was absolutely wiped out a after a really bad night. Nanny, I'm very sorry about your Dad, Hope he's improving a bit. What a shock for you all. That was a long journey you did to the hospital Florence, you must…