Simplifying Life - Mark II

ceridwen

Hi pagangirl

£40 - phew! Well - my copy was 1p when I bought it recently. The laws of supply and demand I guess. As far as I can tell - I think other firms keep a bit of an eye on Amazon's prices - well...it looks like it to me...as prices seem fairly similar wherever I've looked for books....but you might get lucky. I've had my books through now that I've ordered and - yep - think they are worthwhile and they are totally about growing food indoors. The Self Sufficiency in a Flat one also covers stuff like making one's own dairy products, etc and only has a smallish section on foodgrowing. Guess it depends what one is after information-wise.

Think the other books of hers that you mention will probably be interesting reads.

I wonder whether she is still around - as she was a 1980s writer?

firework

ooh mary43 thanks for that linky - what a fab journal to download, and free too. have had a look through it and it's ideal - mainly as it has loads of recording ideas on it that i would not have even thought about doing!!

highly recommend it for anyone like me who's a clueless novice. cheers.

mary43

Think I maybe ought to have a another look at it myself. Theres probably a lot of stuff in there we'd find useful .......just print off the pieces I need.

Bit of a tidy up this morning but not much else. Seems colder today even though the heatings on - tempted to put yet another cardigan on !!!
Really wet and miserable day.
Think I'll grab a chair in the kitchen closest to the radiator and sort out my list of stuff I'm planning to concoct (can hardly call it create) for christmas and birthdays.

pagangirl

Hi folks - Mary you will be proud of me - that storage box by the couch has gone - emptied, chucked, 3 bags of recycling gone this morning - have a few magazines that need reading but can't believe I actually did it, it's been there for so long !!!!:D (Well I've been stuck in with this flippin chest infection so can't do much else)

First book came today - Indoor Kitchen Garden - can't wait to investigate that one. Thanks for mentioning them Ceridawen - I'm sort of spending to save, hopefully! Where on earth did you manage to get the Self Sufficiency book for 1p?????
Is anyone else watching Obama's Inauguration later - I think he will make a great president - just worried as anyone good seems to get assassinated over there. (Keeping fingers crossed he stays ok)

mary43

pagangirl - well done:T You put me to shame............all I've done today is finish off something I was making for my sons birthday. I did venture into the spare bedroom (my hoarding area for charity shop buys for pressies) and thought about sorting it all out but it was so cold :eek: I had a change of heart, grabbed another cardigan and came back downstairs !
Then the phone started..........three calls on the trot and all needed dealing with..............so, top of the desk is still a mess, still have pile of picture frames to sort through and re-frame a few things -trouble is they're behind something and its a case of 'out of sight out of mind'.............could have done those today or at least made a start:mad:
Really must do myself some sort of timetable and stick to it.

Take care.

ceridwen

pagangirl wrote: »

First book came today - Indoor Kitchen Garden - can't wait to investigate that one. Thanks for mentioning them Ceridawen - I'm sort of spending to save, hopefully! Where on earth did you manage to get the Self Sufficiency book for 1p?????
Is anyone else watching Obama's Inauguration later - I think he will make a great president - just worried as anyone good seems to get assassinated over there. (Keeping fingers crossed he stays ok)

I'm a great advocate of spending to save personally. I got that Self Sufficiency book from Amazon (1p and postage). They mark down unwanted books to that price it seems just to get rid of them - at that time it was unwanted category - it sorta seems to have become rather more popular subsequently:cool:

Been at work today anyway as per usual - and, not having a t.v. anyways - 'tis more difficult - so has Obama been "done" yet? (ie he's now IT)? Well at least they are obviously well aware that Obama is likely to be even more of a target than yer average US president. Lets keep our fingers crossed that he survives okay - and does even half of what the world is hoping for. At least he seems to recognise the extent of the situation we are all now in - acknowledging the scale of a problem is the first necessary step to getting a grip on it and trying to solve it.

pagangirl

I was lucky to watch the Inauguration on TV as I'm off sick - Obama is a really powerful speaker - good luck to him coz he's really gonna need it !:eek:

Can anyone explain why, when Royal Mail has just made a profit of £250 million - they are putting up the price of stamps yet again. What I want to know is what they plan to do with this £250 million - watch this space, they'll be crying poverty again before long.:mad:

mary43

pagangirl - didn't know that about Royal Mail !!!!!!! and the price of stamps going up..........:eek:
One of my promises to myself this year (won't call it a resolution else I'll break it.......lol) was to write letters to people more often, been doing two a week - more personal and cheaper than phone call...........well if stamps keep going up it won't be !:mad:

Well, done no ''simplifying'' today..........young lad was off school and had a meeting this afternoon - did manage to re-arrange my notebook of christmas presents to make and who for so at least that makes more sense.
I'll have a better go tomorrow..............hopefully:j

pagangirl

Caught that snippet about Royal Mail profits on BBC news (Ceefax)??? today. Stamps aren't going to go up right away but within the next couple of months. Wunderful innit :mad:

mary43

pagangirl - does make you wonder 'whats next ?' Any postal increase hits folk hardest at christmas. Seems things go up and up and up and I can't see how half of them can be justified at all