Old Style Diary Archive - JAN 06

GreenFingers_2

Haven’t done anything outside today…. It’s just so cold…. I don’t mind the cold as long as it’s a warm cold…. Hee hee… just being a Silly Billy…. ignore me. I do have some really good, wonderfully warm and cosy Thermal Long Johns but with all the Old Style cooking they don’t fit anymore…

Put the Slow Cooker on earlier – a really nice Chicken Curry is bubbling away – how wonderful. I will cook the rice a little later this evening.

squeaky

kiwichick wrote:

Finished indexing the Slow Cooker Collection today with Squeaky - YAY US!

Nice one. Thank you very much.

Mr_Proctalgia

I've not heard about my job yet :mad:

But the Sausage making I mentioned yesterday was fun, No2 son arrived with a bucket of meat and wanted Boer Worst :eek:anyway this is what we ended up with

http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/bc/433695f6_10eb8/bc/My+Documents/Sausages/Little+Sausage+2.jpg?BCui72DBz697rmKO

and some of these too


http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/bc/433695f6_10eb8/bc/My+Documents/Sausages/Little+sausage.jpg?BCGs72DBZcmya2Kj


It took 2 hours and he discovered that he will never be any good at sausage knitting LOL

However the kitchen looks as if armagedon struck.

powie69

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all having a good weekend. Went into town today and left OH to the mercy of DS. Stocked up on birthday cards at my local Birthdays shop (5 for £1). Also went into Boots and got some bargins for presents this year. Annoyed though as i'd spent over £10 and when I got downstairs relaised that the girl had not given me the haircare £3 off voucher. Ended up asking someone on the No7 counter, and they gave me one. Got a Frizz Ease smootihng balm to try for 89p.
Going to get my hair cut in a bit by my mum, I then hope I will not look like a scarecrow:D. Ds is in bed, after spending the afternoon doing puzzles.

Have a good night all ... Powie

P.S. Smokey - Thanks for thumbs up on my avator. I do not know how you cope with 3 cats. My cat powie is a pain enough all on her own. Mind you, I would not be without her! She is always fighting with my Mums cat (next door) called Pasty.

taplady

Evening to everyone!

Have been at work all day but am now off till Thursday :j :j :j

Just caught up on my jobs and was hoping for a nice soak in the bath but discovered the boiler needed resetting so got to wait for water to heat up again :mad:

DS1's 16th Birthday tomorrow! at the moment he's out with OH doing a disco in a nearby town so its just DS2 and me for the evening - nice and quiet

am planning a nights TV in my fleecy PJ's

Electric blanket going on shortly so will be all set for a lovely evening, just need a cuppa and some biccies

Have a nice evening all!

MATH

Penny-Pincher!! wrote:

the mashed potatoe has gone all horrible and gluey get this every so often, xx

How are you mashing your erm...mash PP?

I find doing it in a food processor or with a stick blenda make it all gluey like wallpaper paste. YUK! Try an old fashioned masher, electric hand mixer (my prefered choice) or Kenwood (for larger quantites) (if you're lucky enough to have one) HTH

Penny-Pincher!!

Hi MATH

Just how we normally do it...with a standard hand masher, a little butter and seasoning. Never used a blender or stick thing to mash.

Hope your well hun.

PP
xx

comping_cat

MATH wrote:

How are you mashing your erm...mash PP?

I find doing it in a food processor or with a stick blenda make it all gluey like wallpaper paste. YUK! Try an old fashioned masher, electric hand mixer (my prefered choice) or Kenwood (for larger quantites) (if you're lucky enough to have one) HTH

One of the best things i have bought was a potato ricer, does perfect mash every time!!!!

tootles_2

Well a rather unproductive day, we decided as it was a fine cold day we would go for a walk round the main cemetery looking for graves of my ancestors, we are compiling a family tree and I am short of some info. We found zilch, couldn't find one of them....things look so different when you are 62 and the last time you visited the cemetery was with your Grand mother when you were about 8!!!!! Noothing was how I remembered it at all, I think they have dug it all up and put it back in a different order!!!!! Never mind we plan a visit to the Family History centre on MOnday, they keep burial records, so hopefully I might find what I am looking for there.

Egg, chips and beans for supper tonight......peaches and ice-cream for dessert.....pork for tomorrow. I did manage to do soem ironing today, just in time to start washing again...... where does it all come from.... there are only 2 of us and the bin in the bathroom is full again.

johanne

Got a delivery from sainsburys today as was sent a £10 off voucher... even after adding £5 delivery cost i still saved £6.99 using the voucher and bogofs... yay! :j Stocked up on basics and a few bits for baking things i wanted to try.. including yeast and bread flour which never used before... so from one pack of yeast tonight ive made 1 pizza... and 2 bread rolls! Both lovely!