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Old Style Daily Wednesday 20 November 2024
Well, it's a definite sleepless night tonight, so I thought I might as well get up again. Blimey that was cold yesterday and actual heavy snow for the second or third time ever in this house. Shame it didn't stick. I know that's selfish but I love snow, always have even when it's inconvenient but then, I don't live in an…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 19th November 2024
Good early morning all, it looks like we have a dusting of snow here, winter drawers on! I'm up early, can't sleep, not because I'm mithering but because I'm hopeful. DGD rang me last night (I haven't spoken to her while all this has been going on). She went to the school with DD, but didn't attend the meeting. Instead she…
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window vac's
hi, i have a window vac from lidl which for £20 is super. however, i have kitchen counter space issues with jars on the window sills which means i need to vacuum the windows behind the jars from above downward. is there a window vac powerful enough to suction the water while upside down? thank you for any tips
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Pocket repair
Unsure if this is the correct place but imagine there are helpful knowledgeable people who might give some suggestions how this can be repaired, it's from a jeans front pocket and I don't want to make the pocket depth shorter. Worn through by my phone I think. I can do rudimentary sewing, nothing fancy. Thanks. Hopefully I…
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Old Style Daily Monday 18 November 2024
Morning from a very frosty here.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 18 November 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 17th November 2024
Good morning, I'll be back soon.
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I'm still spending too much on food.
I feel like my food spending has got out of control. If you have any tips, or if I should look on another thread please let me know. I'm spending way too much on food - last month was £250 on groceries and £180 on eating out. I thought I was pretty frugal, I cook everything from scratch, I head for the reduced section…
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O/S Daily Saturday 16th November 2024
Good morning all, I'll be back soon.
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Putting old photos onto a memory stick
MorningHas anyone on here used a company/website that scan precious photos onto a memory stick or suchlike for safekeeping please. I'm thinking of using A*da at the moment but if anyone has another company they recommend I'd be grateful. Thanks
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O/S Daily Friday 15th November 2024
Morning! As you can tell not much sleep was had last night, went to bed at half twelve, awake at half four..much napping on the sofa today I reckon. So I phoned the docs, they said phone POD, phoned them, oh a doctor might have to ring you, right...no phone call, ring chemist, is there a prescription? No, there isn't...So…
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O/S Daily Thursday 14th November 2024
Good morning, don't know what the weather is doing, I think it's ok. I've been up since 5am, got fed up of lying awake, it's absolute murder - my eyes spring open at ridiculous o'clock and that's it Ruby, hope you get your money from Rob's mum. Difficult situation isn't it. Izzy, hope you managed to get a Drs appt, not…
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O/S Daily Wednesday 13th November 2024
Good morning, I'll be back in a minute
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Adulting my way into 2025!
I've been around on these boards for a number of years now, and still I'm struggling to get my act together :D I guess I'm realising I'm not very good at keeping myself accountable, so I'm hoping you'll let me have this (almost) diary here so I can check in with what I've managed to achieve. At almost 40, I need some…
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O/S Daily Tuesday 12th November 2024
Good morning, it's dry but cold here Remmie my lost post yesterday was nothing exciting, just my usual burble about nowt in particular! TA you must be so proud of your granddaughter, how talented she is, congratulations to her for doing so well. Derek, those clothes sound lovely, I'm sure someone out there will be able to…
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Adapting curtains
Dies anyone know anything about this arrangement for hanging curtains. My daughter has ‘inherited’ it in her new home. She has some eyelet curtains she would like to have adapted for this window, but I’m at a bit of a loss and to advise her about the type of heading tape to attach and how to actually hang them (other than…
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O/S Daily Monday 11th November 2024
Good morning, I think it's dry here. I've just lost a longish post and can't put it in again, so I'll just wish everyone a good day!
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Weekly Flylady Thread 11th November 2024
Thank you, Valli, for last week's 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…
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O/S Daily Sunday 10th November 2024
Good morning, it's the usual dampish start here. No plans for today, unless we go to Beamish Museum - we were going to go yesterday but it started drizzling so we didn't go. Hope everyone is ok and has a good day, take care folks.
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Does anyone else feel like there has been another large increase in food prices lately?
My weekly grocery bill has gone up by quite a bit recently. I don’t think I am buying particularly different food than before. Rather ironically I have been trying to cook from scratch more to cut costs. I can’t tell if I’m just shopping badly or there really has been another price hike.
