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Old Style Daily Friday 05 July 2024
Good morning all. I'm up with the birds after an early trip to the loo. My pathetic injury is still sore in bed despite the ibuprofen gel. The sky is wishy-washy blue which is welcome after heavy overnight rain. Yesterday the weather was really wild, perhaps we've been transported back to December. After a wee rummage in…
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Old Style Daily Thursday 04 July 2024
Good morning.
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 03 July 2024
Good morning folks.
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 02 July 2024
Morning all.
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Old Style Daily 1st July
Morning allPinch, punch first day of the monthA bit dull here. Will make a second attempt to get my photo done for my new passport today as forgot on Friday!Well, weren't England lucky last night!Ironing to do laterHave a good day all x
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Weekly Flylady Thread 24th 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 30th June 2024
Good morning, be back in a minute.
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Making your own wine
Just wondering if anyone else does this? I grow my own soft fruit so 6 bottles of wine are the cost of one bag of sugar and a teaspoon of yeast - less than 30p a bottle. Plus you have the excitement of opening the first bottle...will it be OK? Will it be fabulous? Will it be only fit for cooking with? I also harvest…
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'Easy but impressive' - Buffet/Party food
Hey everyone, We're about to hit family birthday season which sees us have about 10 birthdays from mid July to start of September.. Which often means we'll do some kind of buffet type thingy. We've been doing similar sfuff for ages and I think it's time go switch it up! Sort of things we'd usually do * Side of salmon -…
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O/S Daily Saturday 29th June 2024
Good morning, it's a grey start here, don't know if it's going to rain. I've got a few jobs to do round the house today, and I want to go down to the High Street. Hope everyone is ok.I'll pop back later.
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Nigel Slater cookbooks
I was recently given a Nigel Slater kitchen diaries cookbook and enjoyed it so much that I wanted to order the others in the series but I've had a look online and I'm completely confused as to how many books are in the series and what the correct covers are. I looked on Amazon and it's still confusing. I ordered KD1 with a…
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Old Style Daily Friday 28 June 2024
Good morning all.
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Tips for knowing when you need to re-stock on household essentials
I saw on Facebook recently a post where someone suggested buying three bottles of washing up liquid at a time (green, yellow and red) and always using them in that order, so you knew you needed to restock when you were on the red bottle. I can't find the FB version now but here's the same idea on TikTok: Source:…
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Simple healthy food plan for one
Hi, I live on my own and have done for twenty years now, I work full time, generally don't have the time or motivation to spend a lot of time cooking. I also suffer with depression and anxiety so when I have bad days I often end up just eating toast for my tea. I used to virtually live on ready meals but I have stopped…
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May 2024 Grocery Challenge
Welcome to the fifth Grocery Challenge of 2024! ******** Please post your budget in BOLD and HEADING 2 ******** If your new month starts early feel free to join this thread, or if you're still working on your April Budget then keep on posting in the April Challenge. As always this challenge is to reduce your own grocery…
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 26 June 2024
Good morning folks - BRB
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O/S Daily Tuesday 25th June 2024
Good morning, it's cloudy but warm here. Yesterday was a lovely day, it's great to see some sunshine. Dp1, sorry to read that your dg d was upset at the party, and your poor Dd as well, how sad. Hope you enjoy your holiday Camelot, it'll be exciting. Taff, I like those old style kitchen cabinets, my mother didn't have one…
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O/S Daily Monday 24th June 2024
Good morning, it's a lovely morning here. Sorry all - I got the date wrong yesterday! Visiting a friend today, then I've got jobs to do here. Everyone seems to have had a good day yesterday. We had a visit from d's and co, with an early birthday present for Dh, we and they will be away on his birthday next week. Hope…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 17 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 22nd June
Good morning, it's fine here, yesterday was a fine day as well. Sorry your dg d has had problems again Dp1, poor little soul. Hope she'll be ok. Enjoy your holiday Camelot. Yesterday was a quiet day, we went over to the caravan to see if anything was needed for our holiday next week and I did some shopping while we were…
