Thursday 13th Nov

redruby

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Morning all

Hope you are all well today, off to w**k for me, so not an awful lot of os today. Will have a quick tidy through before I go, and put a wash on when I get back. tea is something and chips, might do fishfingers or fishcakes and peas.

DD has has porridge with raisins, a kiwi fruit with orange juice, I will have my porridge at work, I am not hungry this early.

Will put a small wash on tonight.

Hugs to those who need them.

Kathy good luck for today xx

Have good days all xx

Hardup_Hester

Morning RR & all who/cross, follow.
Off to work soon & it's chilly here again. Hubby not doing too well at the moment, still not been paid & it's worrying him, I don't exect the money till after Christmas. He drew his benefit yesterday, £38 a week approx & gave me that, the lodgers leaving on Saturday, but I am doing an extra lunch dutie today & that adds an extra £5 to the pot. I have saved the £100 from the lodger, that is now my Christmas money. I shan't buy 'proper' presents so that will more than cover the food.
W.I. tonight, definately an OS night, it's about £30 a year, that covers the speaker, tea or coffee & a quiz. I think we need to pay for our Christmas meeting tonight, but that will only be £2 or £3.
Lamb stew for tea tonight, with the left over from the roast shank we had yesterday.
Have a good day everyone.
Hugs Hester

Sunnyday

Good morning Redruby and all who cross/follow,

i woke up on the sofa again Mr Sunny and the little old doggie stayed upstairs with the cat and the young doggie stayed downstairs to look after me

I woke ages ago and i`ve empties the wm and hung the washing on the radiator airers and emptied the dw. The bm finished a while ago so i`ve put it back on for dough for rolls later.
The dogs and cat have all been fed and i`ve added some more chilli powder to the huge chilli bubbling away in the slow cooker.

Tonights dinner will be turkey and all the trimmings (well almost) as there seemed to be a great deal of meat on the leg that i cooked last night, we shall have some sprouts too. I blanched the sprouts yesterday and froze most of them. I am slowly working my way through the veg mountain in the fridge and i can now see some spaces in a few places it was so full that i couldn`t get anything else in it

I collected the jars yesterday and they went in the dw last night so now i have 5 shiny new ones to fill with something nice, i shall be looking through the recipes later today.

I`m off to do some browsing

Have a good day peeps ((((HUGS)))) for everyone.

SD

betheebee

Morning all, been up 2 hrs and have the wm on, I won't be able to use it whilst the 22 F&F are here.
DH is picking up DB1 & SiL from Bristol Airport at 1.30. I'll stay here and do a final dusting, hoover and swish kit and b/room floors. I'll make another apple cake as 1 will not go far.
I have a gallon of soup simmering on the hob as it won't fit in the SC.
All table linen sorted but needs a quick ironing, I ironed them before putting them in linen cupboard but they are a bit creased. I'm not using linen napkins so I bought some paper ones, not OS but I'm thinking of the fuel saved by not having to wash,dry and iron.

SYBIL, thanks for the tips on keeping things cool, our local pub Landlady has kindly offered to let us use their fridges and freezers.

Did a huge shop y/day and have a mound of veg to make into Cauli & Broc cheese, Leek and courgette quiche and got some 'no meat mince so will make a veggie chilli today.

Must do banking, and order french sticks from Bakers, I don't have time to make them, at least I have made 6 loaves and another 2 will be made today.

Haven't had time to catch up but will do next week when everyone has gone.

Huge Hugs to all.

KAAT_LADY

Good Morning All

George woke me this morning ,,he was hungry,, [STRIKE]poor cat[/STRIKE]:rolleyes:
the DW needs emptying and refilling as the sink looks like it is full but I think its just on top hopefully

I went into Sainsburys yesterday for a cuppa and a scone but got a shock I picked up a cheese scone and butter and ordered a latte and then I asked for marmite and the shock came as she said they did not do it anymore as no-one was eating it ,,i said well i do ,,so i had to hand over my scone as i went off it then ,,and complained to the customer services,,
After doingmy shopping i wanted a nice sit down with a scone ,,she did ask if I would like jam or marmalade YUK ..
I did get 2 rice crispies for the price of on eas they were half price and 2 x [STRIKE]2litre[/STRIKE](4pints) of organic whole milk for £3

Well I will get off now to eat my brekkie

see you soon

Ann x

Squiggly_Diddly

Morning all,

Sunnyday, I was/am having problems with the site too, my 'thanks' button isn't working & it keeps saying it can't display the page. Driving me mad!
Kaatlady, I got Rice Krispies & also CocoPops in Sainsburys the other day, good bargain
Bethebee, hope you remain sane while everyone is there....!!
Redruby, I got a CK Christmas bag in our MrT on Sunday

Car is going to the garage today needing a new exhaust (it's been booked in for that for 3 weeks & the old one decided to start hanging off Tuesday ), plus brake discs/pads. Am bracing myself for a large bill...:rolleyes:

Full of a stinking cold & sore throat too, so good job I have a couple of study days timetabled. The lump could be an infected cyst, so I have a week's worth of antibiotics. I still have a feeling/worry I will end up having someone shove a needle in it if it doesn't go away.

Therefore, not much OSing going on here today. Might make some carrot soup for lunch though. Looks like it will be nice out so possibly even get some washing hung out.

((((hugs))))) for all those needing them.

jannyannie

morning all

Cold and clear here this morning, supposed to be terrible later. Hope all is well with you all and big hugs to those who feel grotty or fed up.

Went out to my first WI meeting last night in the village where I grew up, with my Mum. It was held in our village hall where I used to go to school. It always brings back such lovely memories for me.

Today plan to go to the allotment and dig. Am over half-way now so quite pleased. Then my neighbour is coming around to give me a massage and facial, my birthday present from OH. Going out to my local casino to night with the girls for a meal and a flutter. OH and DS have meatballs from the freezer and spaghetti.

Have a good day all.

Jan :A xxxx

taplady

morning all!

The site is playing up a bit for me too!I have thanked everyone twice I think but they have disappeared for some reason and yesterday I kept getting a blank grey screen but it was ok if I refreshed it.

Busy day today - cleaning for Mum this morning, off to get my nails done later(cant really afford it but its my only treat to myself) then am visiting my poorly friend afterwards. She is having some fortified milkshakes to try and get her strength back as she hasn't eaten hardly at all for the last few months.

I have been and bought the local paper to check for jobs for DS but there's nothing going, he rang for one but it had gone and has left his details with an agency plus applied for benefits.

At least Christmas is sorted, I have saved about £50 for food and £200 for presents in a big tin which we opened last weekend. I have told the boys that there will be no big presents but they are teenagers now so dont need toys etc. I have already bought a few bits for them which is outside the £200 so thats a help too. My sister and I have decided not to buy for each other or our partners this year which is another saving so all I am buying for is my 2 boys, DH, my Mum and DHs Dad.Quite a short list:j

(((hugs))) to those in need of them

Take care all x

edited to say the thanks seem to have reappeared!

bargainbird

Hi All,

Hope your all ok, Bit fed up today after having crossed words with OH at 5am this morning :mad:, not good start to the day....MEN !!

Was beautiful this morning but now just DRIZZLE :mad:,

Anyway DD1 gone off on school bus, I put HM choc Cake in the lunch box yesterday and thouhgt the lunchbox police would be having words:rolleyes:, even worse she was sat between not 1 but 2 teachers and said she had to secretly eat it:D:D. Today box consisted of Roast chick in HM bread, HM choc cake , banana and pineapple chunks.

Lunch for me and DD2 will be soup and HM bread and T tonight Potato wedges with chicken peices (that need something doing to them ) (No not laced with rat poison for OH:rotfl:)

Hope you all have a good one.

:snow_grin Clare

purpleivy

Hiya

dull morning here again and lots of bad weather promised.

Will get dd's room sorted out and all the camping gear she used put away today. She's gone for 6 months....maybe I could use her room for something else?

Free lunch today..well sort of old style. Friend said if I sewed her GS's cub badges on, she'd take me to the pub for chips! She doesn't sew, so I get this sort of thing every now and again. I've been in a lot recently, all my coffee dates keep getting postponed for one reason or another and will probably all end up in the same week. Such is life.

WM on, still ploughing through the amount that dd brought home from her travels and created while she was here, eggs boiling for packed lunch tomorrow, BM needs to go on next. Jacket potatoes for tea today, didn't have the heart to give them yesterday, as the house smelt of the chicken curry for the freezer, so gave them that instead. That is safely stashed and I'm getting a nice little cache of ready meals.

Any ideas for more? So far I have

chilli
carrot & cori soup
spag bol
chicken curry.
burgers

can't think what else I have there and list isn't to hand. I have decided that I would rather have ready made things in there rather than raw meat that I have to start and cook. I usually know in advance if there are going to be more of us and I need something different.

I have lamb mince, but no inspiration. Might make one pack into Delia's libyan couscous soup. Have another pack, so maybe something else spicy, my "boys" like that.

Essex-girl_2

Good Morning All

Lovely and sunny here in Essex. Hope that improves my mood as I seem to be in a very bad mood, think it might be because I have to take DD to the orthodontist today as something fell off her brace. Its 45 mins each way and by the time we get her back to school its lunchtime so we end up waiting around for another 30 minutes.


Anyway apart from that its officework and ironing today.

OS wise - didnt get round to cake making yesterday so will do that, will also check the freezer to see if have enough bread for tomorrows packed lunches - if not will get a loaf on.

Not much else to report - have a great day.x

Purpleivy - what about some Kofte kebabs with the lamb mince?