OS Daily Thread - Sunday 14th September

redruby

Evening all,

Its been another lovely day here, we took little dog out for a walk in the hope of picking some blackberrys, struggled to find many on the first few bushes, so gave up and carried on walking, went along a bit and there were bushes smothered in lovely big ripe ones, so we picked 5lbs, could have had more but we ran out of things to put them in, so I think I will be making more jam tomorrow :T .

Had pork chops, roasties, cabbage brocoli and carrots for lunch, then OH moved the lawns and I have pottered in the garden for a couple of hours, its been lovely and relaxing. My lovely neighbour gave me some more rhubarb, so will stew that up for the freezer tomorrow.

OH bought me a zen from the carboot sale, which is like a mp3 player, and I have had that on in the garden listening to my opera, I think he and dd planned it so they don't have to listen to it, not sure what the neighbours thought of my singing though .

Pen pin, hope you feel a bit better tomorrow, and good luck with your helper, let us know how you get on x

Pixielust, well done on the walk, thats a fantastic amount raised, will have a look at the photos on FB in a mo x

Hello to sassy, its good here.

Well going to veg in front of the tv now, wife swap in on at 8, then Tess at nine, so a good evenings viewing.

Have good evenings all

Love to Beth and Ben xx

KAAT_LADY

Welcome Glitterkitty....another cat !!!!!! ,,,,hope you like it here..

KAAT xx

glitterkitty

hee hee yes another cat! I have a bit of an obsession with Hello Kitty!!!
Redruby - me and the BF both have Zen's he got me mine for christmas... its brilliant! way better than an ipod, i got fed up with my ipod very quickly, but the zen is really great! I think its because its made by Creative and they have a fantastic reputation for sound programs etc.

betheebee

Hi Friends, My DH is sleeping (wrapped in the tonne of cotten wool I needed for him)
I haven't been able to post untill now as I can't take my eyes off him, still early days.
I walked into the kitchen to find DH microwave-ing the salt and pepper pots :eek:
after asking,'' uumm Darling, umm, by the way um, why have you put the S&P in the micro?'' He then explained that they were damp and he thought it a good idea to dry them out. Pheeeeew!!

OS wise I have cooked dinner of YS Chick breast no skin, salad, and jackets.
Fruit salad to follow.
Not much more achieved.

Whist DH has been sleeping I have managed to Stardrops the kitchen froor, Bathroom, Shower room, and kitchen. Don't want to do much as when he is awake he feels a bit surplus to requirements. As if!!

DH has always been hands on in the domestic side of our life. If anyone remembers that scene with Morcome & Wise doing the breakfast sketch, that's me and Ben.

I must catch up on all posts as from Fri.

just want to send to you, love, thoughts and kindest wishes that I have received from all of my dear friends.

poppyoscar_3

Awwww Beth - I'm glad he's home and in your tender care - hope his recovery continues in a positive diection - I think about you both often.

PO xx

redruby

glitterkitty wrote: »

Redruby - me and the BF both have Zen's he got me mine for christmas... its brilliant! way better than an ipod, i got fed up with my ipod very quickly, but the zen is really great! I think its because its made by Creative and they have a fantastic reputation for sound programs etc.

Hello kitty, ( I could burst into song), welcome, you will like it here. OH got the Zen for £5, so it was a good price, I already love it, he has also just bought me a keyring holder for it from Ebay, so I can have it on my keys, its tiny and weighs almost nothing, I am very pleased with it.

Just had some of my hm jam on toast for tea, yum.

Poppy how long now ? I hope you don't mind me asking but where is your OH coming from ? I am really nosy, are you still counting the days xx

Off to watch wife swap now xx

whatatwit

Evening friends :hello:

Beth, so pleased you have got Ben home. I would think that your face was a picture when you saw him nuking the salt and pepper :rotfl:
Scuzz, at least you brought the sun home, well done.
Pixie, well done, that's a super amount that you raised.
Mum and I went to a farm tea room that we visit often and 3 calves had been born this week. They were absolutely gorgeous, so pretty.

I stewed some rhubarb this morning and have made a crumble with custard for tea. I've also made a very elderly leek into a leek and potato soup, well it's doing its best in the slow cooker.

betheebee

REDRUBY, What a great OH you have, he can move lawns, I want one of those. (insert unavalable Smilie here ----)

KAAT_LADY

whatatwit wrote: »

Evening friends :hello:


I stewed some rhubarb this morning and have made a crumble with custard for tea. I've also made a very elderly leek into a leek and potato soup, well it's doing its best in the slow cooker.

Hi there Twit,,I have forgotten how to make crumble..can you let me know please,,,cant even find it in my cookery books,,its just not there ....thanks

Ann xx

whatatwit

Ann, I had to look up the crumble recipe, I used half fat to flour and then same sugar as fat, so.
4oz plain flour
2oz butter
2oz sugar

Rubbed together flour & fat then stirred in sugar.
I used a mix of soft brown, caster and granulated sugar (using up all those bits) I also added some mixed spice to the crumble mix.
In the oven for about half an hour.

Now, I have read on here about freezing the crumble topping, so I doubled up and have a little tub of crumbs ready for next time.
(I found the recipe in my school cookery book)