Daily 8th December

KAAT_LADY

Hi, this is the Daily Thread for DECEMBER 8TH 2008. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet up (although check the fence hasn’t just been painted first!) and join us for an Old Style natter. The more the merrier!

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Morning All

I didnt think I would be starting the daily but here goes :-

I had to get the sticky from above as I couldnt find the other thread,, I hope everyone is well and happy,, I woke an hour ago as DH got up for a p,, woke me up and here I am,,
Never noticed last night but I will have to make bread again today and ever since I have been substituting half of the fat for oil and half of the sugar for honey its been so big and ever so nice to eat ,,

Thought there would be someone up at this ungodly hour ,,but it seemsI am on my own ..george is shouting at me to fee d him but I will finish this first ,,he doesnt shout as loudly now but does it more often .. when I open the door he will chunter at me ,,its funny really.. if it wasnt so annoying

Made winter soup again yesterday and have 6 portions to put in the freezer ,,will put 2 in the fridge for today and tomorrow ,
so will have nice HM soup with warm crusty bread for lunch ..mmmm

Have quite a bit of spinach in the garden and was thinking of making soup with it but not sure yet

''CAT ALERT'' right off to feed george ,, before he does start shouting and wakes DH up


talk soon

ann x

Penny-Pincher!!

Morning Guys!

Didnt have a good night, so on the sofa with blanket and cup of tea. Have the nurse coming around 8am.

OH & I just spending the day in today as we both dont feel to great.

WM is on and DW. I'm not sure what we have on the mealplan for this evening, but OH will peel the veg this morning so it's all prepared.

I was right about the G&E dd. We had an email from Scottish Power to say that it had been increased to £107.50 from this month!

Hope everyone is well. Have a great day.

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((smokey)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

PP
xx

KAAT_LADY

''I was right about the G&E dd. We had an email from Scottish Power to say that it had been increased to £107.50 from this month!''


PenPin
I had a email from Scottish Power as well ,,but it didnt tell me how much it was going to be just told me it was going up

will have to look see if I have another

mioliere

Hi everyone.

PenPin - sorry you didn't have a good night; hope you and OH have a good day in. So far, my G and E is working out about right and the direct debits have put me slightly in credit. I switched from British Gas to E.ON earlier this year and reduced my payments by £50 per month - I now pay £90 a month for dual fuel, but was paying £68 for gas and £72 for electric with B Gas. I still think £90 is scary but it's better than £140! Now, I'm dreading the Council Tax bill because I've heard some will rise by 10%! How they can justify it, I'll never know.

(((Hugs))) to everyone. Taplady - I hope Lesley has a good day today.

Dinner tonight will be bubble-and-squeak with sausages and beans, plum crumble to follow. I'm going to make some shortbread later from a recipe on the Be-Ro site http://www.be-ro.co.uk/f_insp.htm. There are some great recipes on there. I think it's been mentioned before on here so apologies posting the link again.

Well, I need to post a birthday present off this morning, do some ironing, some paperwork and run the hoover over downstairs. DH is still off but will be finishing painting the windows today and, hopefully, start back at work tomorrow.

Well, I'm off to have a shower now.

KathyXX

N9eav

Morning.

Work this morning and I may have to drive to London from Cornwall. All depends what happens up there and whether we get a phone call mid morning. Quite excited really as a bit of overtime and free meals on expenses.
No deal of the day today, I did not do any shopping yesterday. I did get some cup hooks, so that I could put up my Christmas lights,. I bought 5 sets of outdoor white lights in the sale a few years ago and never used them. I found out today that 2 sets don't even work. I can't take them back either.... bummmer. Still the house looks nice and tastefull.
I see you are talking about elec and gas prices. THE ONLY THING THAT HAS NOT come down!!!! About time it does. I bet their yearly proffits will be huge!
Diesel and heating oil are down.

Good news on my mortgage is that Nationwide have removed the collar, so I could ebnefit from the whole 1% on my tracker. fingers crossed!

Well have a nice day... time to make sandwiches, my least favourite job..

AussieLass

Morning all,

I caught up with housework today. Baked & finished the rest of the cards off. It hasn't been as hot today so a good day to tackle jobs. I've run out of steam now but I would have liked to mow as well. I've got DGS the next four days so I wanted to get as much done as I can. I hope to make some Christmas decorations with him this week & we'll put the tree up as well. Probably Friday.

Our power is going up too. I think as of next years the increase is 13%. Luckily we're getting the solar cells. They're getting installed Thursday. Took a few months as it's proved popular. I helped DH build the scaffolding on the verandah yesterday. My arms feel like lead today.

Taplady I hope Lesley is comfortable today.
Moiliere I've never made shortbread before. Have you used that recipe before? Think I'll try some this year too. Mum made some each Christmas but I usually bought some.


Hope you all have a lovely day. <hugs> to those not well. Byeeeeeeeeeeee

redruby

Morning all,

It seems biterly cold here this morning the heating has been on for an hour, but it doesn't feel like it at all.

Lots to do today, dinner will be the roast chicken we did not have yesterday, we ended up with jacket spuds, as dd had eaten lunch out with her dad.

I also need to make soup and cookies, and do an online shop, and do my normal house work too.

Kaat, I also have a lot of spinich in my garden which will need using up, I might do soup as well.

Oh and I need to finish off my xmas cards, and at least try to get the overseas ones posted.

Well, better get on, hugs where needed

x

CRANKY40

Aussie there's a shortbread recipe on here somewhere that's great for cooking with children.

100g plain flour
50g cornflour
50g icing sugar
100g butter

You just keep rubbing in and it eventually goes into a big lump. I've tried others, but this tastes the best and stays together enough to be flattened out and cut into shapes. Perfect for little people. I just flatten it out by pressing it down, no need to roll it or anything. Bake at 180C until they look cooked.....about 10 minutes.

Good morning, sorry can't stop, it's a work day today, yuk. I still don't feel great as I have a cold, but I always try and go to work. If I feel too bad I can come home.

Take care all of you

tru

Sleigh bells ring
are you listening
in the lane
snow is glistening
a beautiful sight
we're happy tonight
walking in a winter wonderland
In my calendar today - a robin :santa2:

Well I'm gonna be a right miserable moany cow by about 10am - I've run out of tobacco and there's no money in the house :rolleyes: Don't wanna hear 'you'll be grateful in the long run' or 'well done on giving up the cigs' (I haven't) cos that'll just make me even more irritable. lol.

There's a bit of handwashing to do and the animals need cleaning out but that's about it, so I'll just make more cards

Hardup_Hester

Morning all
Off to work soon, another day dealing with Bow's hysteria & Mrs Degree's temper tantrums, what joy.
I had quite a serious run in with 2 year 9 girls on Friday, so need to deal with the repercussions of that today, more joy.
Still at least the Ofsted is done & dusted, just the panic of the Mocks now & all the Christmas events.
Have a good day everyone.
Hugs Hester

ps tru, I love the lyrics you post everyday, I means I start the day hummimg a Christmas song & I like that.
Hester

D&DD

Morning all
Actually made it in here today..probably not for long as DS2 has been sick since 4 a.m... Was dallying about sending him in to school anyway as its so slippy here today so thats made my mind up for me :rolleyes:
Have a planned cooking day today *well I DID have* will have to see how he goes.
Defrosted some mince,chicken,bacon for cooking up and a whole chook for dinner tonight.
Cooking plan is
Spag Bol
Chilli
Shepherds Pie
Cajun chicken
Macaroni chicken
Chicken curry
Bacon and Leek steamed mini puds
and something 'experimental' in the slow cooker :rotfl:

Promised the boys some cakes too so I've got my work cut out today :eek:
DS3 wants brownies,DS1 wants raspberry and white choc muffins and OH wants anything sweet :rotfl:
Hope everyone has a great day and all that are poorly feel better soon
Taplady hope Lesley has a comfortable day,thinking of you all

D XX