Friday 19th December

redruby

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Morning all ,

Not so cold here again today, no frost , its a bit strange. Off to work today, last day :j , Christmas starts tonight in my house .

Battered chicken tonight with rice, peas and sweet and sour sauce, yum, and will have a glass or two to celebrate Friday/Xmas.

Will have a quick tody before work. And put a wash on. I am still waiting for three parcels, I do hope they come before Xmas two from Amazon, and one from Ebay.

Its dd's last day at school today, they finish at lunchtime, and they are going into town as a group for the afternoon.

Going to go out tomorrow to a local car boot, there is a man there that comes up from Kent, and has lovely veg grown on his small holding, he picks it the day before, and it is beautiful, so will get some for next week, will also pick up a sack of spuds for £4.50, which should last us a month.

Any hoo better get on, hugs to those in need.

Taplady thinking of you today, hope all goes well.


Halight, good luck on the job front today xx

Have good days all xx

Hardup_Hester

Morning Redruby & all who follow
Off to work soon & out on the razz tonight, someone has had to drop out of our works do (£90 plus transport!!!) & has given me their ticket.
School closes at 12:15, but most of the admin staff will be there till 5 as we all still have so much work to do.
I may have the grandchildren over tomorrow so DD & SIL can clear room in the garden for the climbing frame that everyone has clubbed together for.
Hugs to Mudgkin, VickyA & Taplady.
Have a good day eveyone.
Hugs Hester

ageandjo

Morning Redruby and all that follow :santa2:

I have a busy day today, Mum finally moves so I need to be over there at about 8.30 and removal men come at 9am, hopefully all will go smoothly fingers crossed:T
I have finished all my crimbo shopping now just need the food which will be delivered on Monday night, I think I will go and get my salad stuff though from the farmshop up the road, last time mr T sent crappy salad:rolleyes:
Had lamb shanks in the SC last night which was lovely, first time I have done them in there with minted gravy will be doing them again, the dogs enjoyed the left over bones too:D
I hope everyone is well, WM just stopped so will hang that on airers before I get out the door, have a good day:D

stefejb

Morning all

Hester - have lovely time tonight ..... but ....£90 ..... yikes I'm also out on the razz tonight if mr caring sharing doesn't mess me about too much with picking up dd(12)

Redruby - enjoy your break

Nothing much to report here - I have ust emerged from hiding under my pillow waiting for the girls to leave. The youngest has a party at school today so there were dramas about tops - the one she wanted to wear, borrowed from her 23yo sister, I deemed unsuitable for a school party that ends at midday. Actually that top is one that I deem unsuitable for anyone at any time unless they're a lap dancer but what do i know.

all going well tea tonight will be vodka based but if Mr caring sharing does let me down it will be pizza from the freezer - have a good day everyone

mioliere

Good morning all.

Taplady - thinking of you on this difficult day. (((((((((hugs)))))))))

Thriftlady - how is DS? Well on the way to recovery, I hope.

Hester - that's great news about the works o; after the year you've had and all the the hard work and hassle it's everything you deserve!

Halight - good luck jobwise.

Well, it's been a funny start to the day; money we were expecting into the business account has not materialised so I'll have to chase that up and re-work our finances for the week. It doesn't help that Christmas is less than a week away! Why do people let you down? I shall try not to feel too down; there's far worse going on in the world. The news seems to be full of doom and gloom - at least Christmas itself will give people time to recharge and forget their troubles, if only for a couple of days.

I still have some wrapping up to do, some paperwork and a small pile of ironing.

Dinner tonight is stovies - just basically mince, onions, carrots, fried, then stock added and cooked in a saucepan until it's all jumbled up and sticking to the pan slightly, and I shall serve it with baked beans. It's really tasty and very cheap! Pudding is undecided - maybe pancakes if I can find a lemon.

Anyway, I'd better go and get showered.

Hope you all have a good day and lots of (((hugs))) to all who are unwell or anxious.

KathyXX

N9eav

Morning.

Feeling a little better, I think the worst of the man-flu is over. I do feel hot still though..
Work meal was good, excellent food and I got really full. Everything worked out, bills, secret Santa etc, so as the organiser I was happy.

Got a deal from SKY yesterday, half price movies for 4 months. I snapped that one up as £2 a week for movies over Christmas and new year was what I was looking for.

Wondering if my Amazon goods will arrive in time for Christmas? Said they would be here by 22, but that's a hope?

Well working tonight at 5pm. I hate late shift, but I do get the day off.

Cheers folks

betheebee

Morning all
I've been hovering for ages, still unable to get a good nights sleep.

Well DH and I managed to shop till we dropped y/day, we hit Morries, Mr t and Lidle and managed to fill the car with Xmas for DB2 and kids. All pressies to them from us wrapped and pressies for DB2 to give to his kids all boxed up so they can't see them, was hoping they would be at college/school but they broke up y/day. Just have to pop to Homebase and get a tree for them, I've got decs left over so we'll all have fun tonight putting it up with the obligatory glass of cheer.

I'm so excited at seeing them.

Thanks for saying I'm being kind but I couldn't possibly enjoy our Xmas knowing that they would be having a frugal one, I think anyone would do the same if funds allowed. I think it's just another side of O.S.

Didn't have time to bake the apple cake y/day but put it in the oven at 6am so should be done in 15mns.

FIZZLE Sorry to hear your sad news x
TAPLADY, hope all goes well today.
VICKYA, ((((((((( for your DM))))))))
DONNYGIRL, I put sheets and towels out wet on the line when there is a frost, works wonders. Never tried the freezer as it's always to full.

SMOKIE, (((((((((Thinking of you and yours)))))))))))))))
CANDYGIRL, How's your DD and DM? Hope your coping ((((((((((hugs)))))))

thriftlady_2

Morning everybody:santa2:

DS1 is absolutely fine thanks Mioliere.

Christmas is about to start in our house. Today while the kids are at school I will bake -

4 loaves of white bread (big treat) so that I have breadcrumbs for stuffing and bread sauce, plus some for Christmas tea sandwiches and also a couple of loaves to eat now.

Mince pies using quick flaky pastry (not tried mince pies with this kind of pastry before)

Florentines -lots

OH will be home around the same time as the kids so we will decorate our tree and put up some fairy lights around the sitting room.:xmastree:

Still haven't done all the cards but have done all the shopping (food and present) and wrapped everything. Will pick up turkey from the farm on Wednesday and will get veg, milk and cream too then.

Breakfast -just toast today

Lunch -boys finish school early, ds1 will come home and have cheese on toast with me, ds2 is going to eat pizza at a friend's, dd has ham sandwiches, choc chip muffin and fruit and OH is having a 'complimentary staff buffet' at work (sounds terrible).

Supper will be fish. Going to do bacon-wrapped cod from the Ministry of Food book but with frozen value fish instead of cod. Think we'll have a potato gratin with it and something green. Hot mince pies and cream for pud:rudolf:

bargainbird

Morning All :santa2:,

Hester - Have fun, £90 :eek:.
Taplady - Hope all goes well

When i read through this thread as it getting nearer to Xmas i'd love to have the benny hill tune to accompany my reading:rotfl:. what with everyone fitting this in rushing here, it just seems apt some how

Plan of action today, tidy up ie hoover, BR, WM, TD, Baking to consist of weetabix brownies, Sticky ginger cake (didn't make it y/day), T will be Potato Pie.

I think i may have converted my DD1 to OS, i offered to pay for her school dinner today as a treat it being last day of term and all, her reply was no i'll have packed lunch .

Ok i'm off.......i am going to try really hard not to return until all the above has been completed..

tru

Ding dong merrily on high
In heaven the bells are ringing
Ding dong verily the sky
Is riv'n with angel singing
Gloooooooooooooooooooooria (lol)
Hosanna in excelsis
In my calendar – a robin :santa2:

Taplady, I hope all goes well today, thinking of you

I’ve had a good sort through the paperwork, so today I’m going to shred shred shred

I can’t find a new Dairy cook book anywhere, so I’m halfway through copying out my fave recipes. When I’m done, I’ll print them out and put them all in a folder. I might do this with the other cookery books too, then I can put all the books away and have more shelf space in the kitchen.

Today is mr tru’s last day of work before Christmas. Over the next few days he’ll be saying “lets do this, let’s go there” etc. I’ll get no peace whatsoever, so today I’ve given myself the afternoon off. Again

mrs_mix

Morning Everyone
:santa2: :santa2: :santa2: :santa2: :santa2: :santa2: :santa2: and(((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))) to all
Thriftlady good to hear ds is on the mend
Taplady I hope all goes well today
Hester have a lovely time tonight
Beth you are an
Well my day has started badly dd could not find the things she needed to dress in today so is having to go in uniform
I have not been allowed anything but water since 7 last night as I have a blood test today and I want a cuppa and I also suspect I have got the nasty vampire lady today as I have to go to the partner surgery which is where she is based, I also have the headache from hell
I will come home for a cuppa and brekkie and then I am going to the cash and carry ,the pet food store,and another shop which I can't remember:eek: :rolleyes:

best go for a shower
have a good day all
pam xx