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Old Style Daily Wednesday 05 November
Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot - morning all.
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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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Old Style Daily Tuesday 04 November 2025
Morning all. I'm off down to Glasgow for two days. Leaving shortly. Hugs to all.
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Old Style Daily Monday 03 November 2025
Good morning all.
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Revitive Circulation boosters
I am interested in buying one - to help mobility problems caused by knees !1. Do they genuinely work ?2. Which model is best ?3. Where is the cheapest place to buy from ?
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Thrifty in my 60's
Next year I reach 60. I have never been bothered about the other big O birthdays . Being 60 does bother me, for various reasons. 1 My father died when he was 60. 2,It is the decade you retire in 67 for myself. I am going to start saving and being thrifty, Also what did you all do when you were 60. I have arranged to go to…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 27th October 2025
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 task easier and quicker. We also…
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Old Style Daily Sunday 02 November 2025
Morning all sleepy heads. I'm still in bed. BRB
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Old Style Daily Saturday 01 November 2025
Pinch Punch, first of the month. Morning all.
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Old Style Daily Friday 31 October 2025
Morning all.
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2024 Fashion On The Ration Challenge
Welcome to the village hall of Much Mending on the Borrow, where it is perpetually 1942. We’ve just finished the village Fun Run and the runners are discussing their times. There’s a fire in the wood-stove, tea brewing in the pot and cakes to share. Don’t mind Scruffy-dog on the hearth rug, or Jess, the cat, on the…
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Old Style Daily Thursday 30 October 2025
Morning all. No hotel breakfast so still in bed. BRB
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 29 October 2025
Morning. Just going down for second hotel breakfast.
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Is there an app for daily tasks?
I'm looking for a (free) app that might be useful to me to list daily and weekly tasks. Some for self care and others for housework etc. I really need to get myself motivated and this just might help!
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 28 October 2025
Morning all. Hotel breakfast coming up. 😁
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Pheasant
Calling country folk! I’ve been given a pheasant. I think it was killed yesterday. I need to pluck it and prepare for cooking. Do I pluck, then hang it or hang first? And how long should it hang? I’m a city person, never dealt with one that didn’t come from a supermarket…
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Old Style Daily Monday 27 October 2025
It's been a noisy windy night. Good morning.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 20 October 2025
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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Old Style Sunday 26 October 2025
Morning all. This clock moving thing is very discombobulating!
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Old Style Daily Saturday 25 October 2025
Morning all.