Tuesday 6th January 2009

redruby

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Moning all,

Very cold here this morning, it was - 3 inside my conservatory :eek: , the heating is on, and it still feels bitter.

I have a Sainsbugs delivery coming this morning, hopefully it will all come, as we are out of everything. I need to make a lamb casserole in the sc for tea tonight, they have said it will be the coldest day of the winter today, so we will need something warming for dinner tonight, I have bought some neck of lamb, and will do it with butter beans and chick peas yum.

Also need to make some soup and a garlic loaf for tomorrow, and maybe some scones, so I shall be cooking for most of the day, which is probably wise in this weather .

Keep warm everyone,

Aussie how is Benny ? xx

Hugs to Tilly the cat.

Churchie and Smoky, hugs to you both xx

Have good days all xx

Essex-girl_2

Morning Redruby & all to follow.

Another cold one here, found it hard to get up this morning.

Normal day here - some paperwork, some ironing and then filing. Am still waiting to hear back from the job interview I had before Xmas, hopefully will hear this week.

Both children back at school today and OH in bed as worked last night so have the house to myself for the first time in ages!

Need to sort some stuff out for the freezer and update the inventory and thats about all the OS today, oh and after the ironing I must descale it with white vinegar of course.

Nice cheap dinner of omelettes and hm bread tonight. If they are still hungry after will make pancakes.

Off now to finish my tea.
x

N9eav

Good morning to you Redruby and others that follow.

I have my weather station up and running, so I can tell you that in Mid Cornwall this morning it is -6.2c. That's one of the coldest mornings for some time me thinks.
Very Frosty and I am a little concerned that there is not enought anti freeze in the car.... Fingers crossed.
Worked till 10, nothing much doing there.
Back in at 1 today. Got all the Christmas decs to put away this morning. OH has a some supply teaching which is good, but only half a day, so not much money earned there.
Boiler service cost me less than expected, so I can bank another £50 towards my holiday. Or maybe I will just spend it on some socks and a delicious pie at Mrs Miggins pie shoppe.
Coffee is on.... Must go and get some. Cheers folks

Liberty9515

Morning folks!:D
Another bad night's sleep but am hoping that once over the nicotine withdrawal I will sleep better! Just glad that I am not at work this week!
DS back to school today, daughter went back to college yesterday, didnt last long as she didnt feel particularly well and when she got to college there was no heating on, so she came home! She will go in today as she has exams soon!
Once I have thrown both kids out of the house this morning, I will see what chores I want to get done around the house.Right, off to make boychild his bacon and egg sarnie for brekkie, back later!:D

SunnyGirl

Morning everyone,

It's bitterly cold here too the weather forecast said last night that it could get down to -7 it feels like it this morning! DD & DS1 are getting ready for college/school now while I make some porridge to warm them up. Ds2 not back in until tomorrow. I'll take the dog out in a while, only the younger one it's too cold for the 14yo Labrador at the moment :eek:

OS wise I'll be cooking 15kg of new potatoes that dh was given at the bar where he works yesterday I'll probably parboil them all then open freeze them before bagging them up in meal sized portions :T Then I'm going into town to have a look for christmas cards, they weren't reduced enough last week and ds2 will spend his WH Smith gift voucher. Tea tonight is Pasta Bake - another hot & comforting meal!

Hugs to anyone who needs them. Have a great day whatever you're all doing.

Louise xx

Hardup_Hester

Morning all
Dw is emptied & on again, hubby delivered to the station, local one this time as the trains are running ok.
I have to get to work early, as the paperwork I couldn't do yesterday is needed for 8:30!!
It's our FO's b'day today, I'm taking him a loo roll with an appropriate verse attached, I pinced the idea from Mary on the 'cheap presents with poems thread'.
I made gallons of steak & kidney pie filling yesterday, so that's in the freezer, along with about 20 individual size circles of cooked frozen pastry, all ready for another set of meals.
Have a good day everyone.
Hugs Hester

apple_mint

Morning all

Back at work yesterday and it has severely cut back my MSE reading :cool:. I didn't get onto the site to read OS at all yesterday :eek:

Anyway, I've started the working year with the intention of being more planned. I already have my lunches sorted for the week (I've always managed to do this), but I'm planning to cut down the time needed to produce the evening meal each day. My freezers are full to the brim so I can't batch cook at the weekends yet, so I'm cooking the night before (putting it on after our evening meal), chilling it and then storing it in the fridge for the next next night for a quick re-heat. Last night I made a big batch of jacket potatoes in the remoska. These will do us the next two nights with the (already made) HM quiche and some fresh broccoli.

Must dash! Have a lovely OS day everyone

beemuzed

Good Morning Everyone! very cold in this corner of NW Essex too - have just walked younger dog and come home freezing. Reminds me of when I was a child - no girl wore trousers to school and we only had knee socks. Very cold legs! Need to do some cooking today and bake more bread. really glad I don't have to drive in to work anymore, the roads are like ice-rinks. Take care everyone.

donny-gal

Morning everyone

Been awake since before 5, DH has a man cold :rolleyes: coughing, spluttering and not forgetting the sighing. I am copying all the data from the desktop onto a Hdd as a second backup before I rebuild it, as after working with the Techie area it still isn't behaving as it should.

On the OS front, DS & GF went back on Sunday, and while lovely to see them, glad to have the house back to ourselves, and now we will start a complete blitz. All the kitchen tops had a good clean yesterday, as well as taking the decs down and hoovering the lounge. For some strange reason DS had disturbed the wiring linking all our lounge TV/Sky/HDR/Home Cinema/Video, and the TV signal was not going to the other TV's in the house, so ended up pulling it out and re-doing in (I am the wiring guru in this house), now everything back and working. It will be easer if/when we upgrade the TV, with more modern connections, but cannot really justify replacing something which works well. Today the main bathroom, and ironing are on the list, together with a tidy up in our bedroom and a clean of their bedroom, got the beding washed yesterday, TD working hard. Food wise, still using up left overs, and will probably see us through this week with a little imagination.

On the BP front I am now more angry than anything as I have had 3 months with it high and no treatment as they really did not make it clear it was high, as I would not ignore it.

Smoky/Pen-Pen/CM/Mrs_Mix and all others feeling carp or would like a :grouphug:

Take care
DG

mags50_2

Morning everyone
Haven't been outside yet, but it looks very cold here in North Lincolnshire. Hubby's just gone off to work and I want to catch up on some jobs today....so it'll be the Flylady thread I'll be looking at in a few minutes when I've finished my cuppa.

Spent most of last evening clearing out old birthday/Christmas cards from the bureau in the front room....why do I keep them all?!! I kept the special handmade ones from the grandkids and a few others (like the last one my Nan sent me years ago) and have cut all the best bits off the others to make tags etc.

Will have to sort the freezers out soon, they are jam-packed full of stuff...and I want to get meal-planning. That'll be fun on a cold day

Anyway...hugs to all....and keep warm!!

WeirdoMagnet

Morning!

Essex-girl wrote: »

...found it hard to get up this morning.

Me too! Suffice to say that most of my OSing is done in the evening at the moment. Life would be so much easier without work! However me & OH have a pact not to drink so much wine, only had one glass last night so instead of drinking we are now having to find things to do! Last night we had tea (OK, we'd normally do that anyway), tidied up and DW on, and washed out our beer barrels - will make a beer this evening. Then had a bath and read a book about modern bread and all the horrid things in it - we bake our own anyway, but it is a fascinating read.

Better get going - need to leave for work in 25 mins and still sat here in PJs! :eek:

Have a good day everyone!