Old Style Diary Archive - JAN 06

Mrsbojangles_2

Hi all

Hugs to those that need themx

I didn't get much sleep last night, having some health problems and some tests etc are planned for next week, which I am getting myself in a tizz about. Just housework and ironing planned for me today.

Brekkie-Cereal for kids, I had nothing, too worried to eat
Lunch- Kids have p/lunch cheese sarnies, yoghurt, fruit & HM fairycake, me prob a salad sarnie
Dinner - Making a curry with some leftover chicken, kids will have sommat different though as I can't get them to eat curry!

Have a good day everyone xxx

Essex-girl_2

Good Morning (just)

Well I did manage to sleep all night but when the alarm went off it still didnt feel like it.

Changed my plans for today - have been into town & bought some fruit & veg & other necessaties. Just checked my email - gonna have a coffee then am gonna start housework - plan of action-bathrooms, hoover whole house & wash any floors that need it. Then plan to do ironing in front of the tv-probably the BBC 1 afternoon play.

Will also need to prepare tonights tea in a min as doing barbeque chicken drumsticks with veg rice & think need it to marinade for a couple of hours (trying new receipe).

Then hopefully will be upstraight by the time the children come home from school & can play games with them or maybe do some baking.

See ya.

Skintmama

Good Morning All,
This is my just my second post in the daily threads and it feels a lot more difficult than joining in the topics......you seem to have known each other for years!

It is helpful to read how varied people's days are and to hear all the different things you each have to deal with. I wish each of you strength to cope with your day and some pleasure along the way.

DH is vacuuming at the moment as he feels better today which gives me time to play on the computer! Otherwise there is a jeans wash in with the soda and washing powder mix that I am trying today and bed stripped ready for bedding next.

I finally made a little flower arrangement with flowers I grew and dried in the summer. Not very exciting but brightens up the kitchen.

Reading from an earlier post, by pp I think, my mouth is just watering for bacon and mushrooms so going to have that for lunch on some reduced price panini that I got in Tesco yesterday.

DS is having a friend round after his football match later so we will have HM pizzas, pretty much guaranteed to be liked!

Going to try to get my filing in order today for this years onslaught of paper and maybe do a few sums to work out where we can do more savings.

Sympathy to all the poor sleepers and those who worry, that is me usually but large helping of HM steamed pud and custard last night gave me the best sleep I have had in weeks.

Mrs Bojangles try not to worry about your tests and look after your health whilst you await them. That way you are in the best condition to get well quickly. I wish you all the best for this.

Hope the poorly children get better soon and let their parents sleep/take a break and that all of you who have the aches and pain can get some relief from it.

Curry_Queen

Pooky wrote:

I wont need to shop again for ages now, was a struggle to spend so much with the limited amount of freezer space I've got at the moment - but the cats wont go hungry and the BM won't know what's hit it!

I take it you also stocked up on the BOGOF flour :rotfl: ... as well as 20 bags of flour, I also got half a dozen each of the 4-pack beans and tomatoes on BOGOF, although I think they're going to have go in the shed outside as I'm rapidly running out of storage space :eek:

Managed to unpack most of my storecupboard stuff - three huge plastic crates of it :eek: (and that's not including tinned stuff and condiments ) - but still trying to juggle things to make space for everything. I need a bigger house! :rotfl: (or maybe I should just reduce what I've got and do a bit of de-cluttering )

cha97michelle wrote:

My hubbie gets an open envelope and tapes it with masking tape to the wall right underneath where he is drilling - all the bits drop straight in the envelope, so there is no mess, so no need to hoover.

What an excellent idea! :T ... think I might try that this afternoon

holstar

phew...todays exam was better than mondays...although lets be honest, it couldn't have got much worse!
2 relatively straightforward questions, i just hope i referenced enough journal articles, and i got all the names to the right works....fingers crossed

snowy - hope your exam goes ok
dorry - have fun in the library!

hope everyone else has an ok day, everyones kids dont get any more ill etc

today...have to clean the flat big time....with 4 of us all doing exams we've let standards slip a LOT...so the kitchen and shower needs a blitz, and will try to blackmail flatmates into getting the hoover out as well...but I live with guys, so somehow i doubt that will work!

lunch - salad
tea - jacket potato and some left-over chicken thing with veg

and then.....more revision! whoooo! [/sarcasm] Next exam is friday morning, and should be ok

laters!
hol x

Skintmama

Just noticed that I have become a "Not so newbie" today!

cha97michelle

Glad you liked the idea Curry Queen.

Hubbies can have some useful ideas can't they - usually not very often though!!

thriftlady_2

:wave: Welcome Suzy G,you'll like it here

Well I've been into town and didn't spend any money (except car park)
Found some judo books for my boys at the library.

Came home to find Amazon had sent my Christmas present from in-laws(they gave Amazon vouchers)much earlier than I was expecting.It is a DVD of the series Tales From a Green Valley.Did anyone see it? It was on last Summer/Autumn.It was one of those living history experiments like the 1940s House,only it focussed on practical things rather reality-TV type stuff.Basically it was a group of archeaologists and historians living and working on a farm in Wales for a year as if it was 1620.Was v.OS ! and fascinating-anyway I loved it so am looking forward to re-watching it.

Kiwichick,hope your little one's rash just turns out to be one of those 'non-specific viral rash' thingys that my lot were always getting.

MrsB_2

Afternoon all! :wave:

Sounds like we're a busy bunch today. Good luck to all taking exams, get well soon to poorly kids, and matchsticks to all sleep deprived eyelids.

Been to Sainsburys and Lidle this morning to get the groceries in - £24 for the week for two adults and a bump, including razor blades, toothpaste etc. I'm quite pleased with that, even though I know it would have been cheaper at Asda - but that was the opposite end of the world from where I was today.

Just going to go and make some lunch in a minute - think I fancy egg mayo sandwiches (thanks whoever mentioned that yesterday!!), although I had scrambled eggs and mushrooms for breakfast - oh sod it!! It's good healthy protein. Just got to remember to cook them good and hard.

Cant think of anything else going on at the moment, so I'll leave it at that. Oh, apart from WELCOME BACK ANCASTA!!! Been thinking about you and hoping you were ok. What the blinking heck you been upto to lose 2 stone in a month!! I do hope you're being sensible young lady!!

Take Care.

Penny-Pincher!!

Afternoon

Hi Newbies and welcome!!

Washing hung on airer. DW emptied and didnt go on at all yesterday, so some money saving there:rolleyes: Floors swept, so downstairs pretty tidy. OH has done some more papering in DD's room, but now cant find the drill to put the blind up...typical!! It has to be somewhere, why cant men just put all there toys in one place, like we try and teach the kids Ironing put away from yesterday and bathroom quick lick (aussielass LOL) whilst i was in there earlier.

OH has gone to B&Q to return some floor tiles (4 packs £4 each) he bought about 2 years ago and obviously has no receipt, but the credit note they have given is buying items needed to get on with the decorating and possibly the paint we need for the lounge. Have a £3 voucher for Dulux and im sure I have read somewhere on here that B&Q have their paint reduced ATM? He said he would text but have not received one yet and that was 30 mins ago..LOL. Im really looking forward to dd's room being finished....she starts secondary in Sept and needs everything in place by then as she is going to get soooo much homework:D

OH is treating me to a baguette for lunch of Coronation chicken, lettuce and onion-my fav:j Think we will be having lamb chops, roast potatoes and cabbge/carrots for tea. At least I know tomorrow is Shepards Pie night...always have it on a thursday for some reason

Does anyone know the rough costs to re-foam cushions for a sofa? Theres 4 cushions on each sofa (one is a 3 seater the other a 4 seater:2 back cushions on each and 2 base on each) Just need an idea to add it into my budget for possibly next month.

DD's 3 gerbils seem to be getting on well and none have escaped yet:beer:

Anyway, Im off as Ive just put Skeleton key on, dont think I will be awake much longer. Also, OH found a download for Lost series 2 episode 10 which we have been waiting for, for 6 weeks.

Dinner now: Lamb chops/mint sauce, roast spuds, carrots, cabbage and gravy.

See Ya

PP
xx