OS Daily Mon 26th Jan 2009

MrsMW

Morning all, just.
Sorry that there is so much doom and gloom around just now, I feel so sorry for people losing their jobs. I've been there and it's very hard but you usually find a way of coping and hopefully learn for the future.
I'm still struggling a bit with my ailments, I have a hospital trip tomorrow, oh joy! I have done a few jobs this morning so will have a rest after lunch.
Went to the farm shop yesterday and we fancied some lamb, cost an arm and a leg so it's cheap food for the rest of the week. I'm going to cook it in the SC and we will have veg and roasties. I love roasties made with goose or duck fat but I recently bought some cold pressed Rapeseed oil and it is absolutely lovely, we prefer it to the fat. It's on offer at Sainsburys just now. I'm hoping it may help next year with my hayfever. Supposedly if you eat the stuff you're allergic to it stops the reaction.
Smoky, nice to see you sounding well and positive.
Vicky, much love to you and Mum.
Sybil, you look after yourself and give LB a cuddle from "Granny".
Hugs to everyone else.
Enjoy your day.

mummysaver

Elona - have a hug hun! Kids are pains when they get a bee in their bonnet! Perhaps you should play her at her own game, no nice treats in the house as you need support in not eating it! Sure she'll see sense then!

Right, jobs all done, I can surf seed sites now! Hope this enthusiasm for gardening lasts all summer!

Bargain_Rzl

Morning all :hello:

Hugs to those who are ill, anxious or sad :grouphug:

meanmarie wrote: »

I have stopped listening to all the doom and gloom...the media are thriving on it. I know that there are serious problems with world economies, but harping on about it and how much worse it is going to get will do no good...positive thinking is the thing.

My thoughts exactly :T :T

I've been having a problem with a colleague who sits really near me, who disrupts my and other people's work by making destructive negative remarks all day, whether it be about the economy, the government, other people's problems, and all manner of other things that really aren't worth worrying about if there's nothing you can do to change them. He absolutely rejoices in it - and although he's already been told off by his boss for affecting everybody else's work and morale, he's taken no notice. The thing is, I've seen so many people already, both on this board and in "real life", who have good reason to moan about things (can't live on their income, been made redundant, unemployable through illness, etc) but just get on with it - and it makes me absolutely livid that he's sitting here in stable employment (with no sign of that changing) and all he can do is b1tch and moan and make nasty little jokes (yes, he really does enjoy doing it). On Friday I went into work in a good mood and by the end of the day I was in tears. I made a written complaint to his boss and then went out and got drunk His boss has apologised and promised to escalate it to HR (let's just say I'm not the only one to have complained!) so I hope something positive comes out of it.

Little things make me happy, especially something positive coming out of a bad situation. Our church organ has broken so we had to sing an unaccompanied service yesterday. It was a lovely atmosphere and the choir got so many compliments that our priest is keen to do more services like that, probably during Lent.

And my local Tesco didn't have any of the cheap basmati rice I went there for, but they did finally have the one Cath Kidston bag design which was missing from my collection (the Blue Ottoman Rose). £3.50 for a retail fix - can't be bad. And I got eight dented tins of Napolina tomatoes for £1.94 - cheaper than Value, and the best!

And travelling round my area was a nightmare yesterday because of a major fire in a derelict pub just past the end of my road, which led to the road it's on - one of London's main arteries - being closed for most of the day. But I thought it very amusing - as did the WPC on duty to redirect approaching traffic - that the fire was a 30-second walk from the local fire station. Talk about rapid response

And another of my colleagues asked this morning if I've lost weight :j :j which I have - I've been walking everywhere lately. Yesterday I finally found two pairs of new trousers for work (after searching in the sales for quite a few weeks) and they're size 14 not 16 :j I don't know how much I actually weigh but it's less than a few weeks ago. (Edited to say: ((hugs)) elona - sorry I cross-posted with you. Didn't mean to be insensitive )

Anyway - must get back to work. I'm doing two lots of cooking tonight - a Keralan chicken curry and a black lentil curry (both from Anjum Anand recipes) as I have fresh chillis and coriander which need using up, and I'm quite busy this week (out Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday) so don't want to have to cook again until next week.

Love Rzl xx :wave:

RosyRed

Morning all.This will be a quick post as dh is still around-no work.He has been doinga few odd jobs around the house and on the car,but running out of things to do soon,and says he will be bored.The last thing I need is him moping around.To be fair he did blitz the kitchen for me yesterday and he is actually much better at it than me,I tend to do too much cooking and have no energy left for the big clean up (I'm v messy).
As ds2 was out for tea yesterday we didnt have roast,but salmon £2 Mr A and some reduced scallops £2ish from nearly a fiver-not had them for years.Did a cream and garlic sauce and we both really enjoyed it for a change,he always says he's not keen on fish.
I've got a massive rice pud in the slow cooker,and tea will be mince in some form,not decided yet.
(((((HUGS))))) to all.
Beth have a lovely holiday.xxxx

katholicos

mummysaver wrote: »

Katholicos - sounds very complicated and I'm not surprised you're worried and stressed with it all, have you tried the benefits board, I'm sure there are plenty of people who would have good advice on there?

Thanks mummysaver, and go and find that board now!

Reverbe

Morning all. Hope everyone is well. Having a bit of a downer one today I hate to say.I woke up feeling all full of a cold and today I have to really crack on with jobsearch as I have to go to the dole office on Thursday and justify my existence as I call it.It is getting very hard. There is a woman there who is very nasty and implies it is your fault you are not working and that you don't want to work which in my case couldnt be further from the truth. I don't have a family so all I have to feel a being of worth is a job and when i don't have one I feel like I am nothing.There just are not the jobs out there anymore and it is getting harder and harder to prove I have been actively seeking work when I don't have the colossal list of jobs I have applied for to take in like I used to do in previous unemployment periods.I want to work so badly. I hate the boredom and having naff all to do with my days and nights.It is really getting me down. I had a coupla calls from agencies sending me for jobs last week but havent heard a thing and had what feels like a wasted trip into Central London Friday to an agency but nothing is coming up. If it wasn't for the OS board I think sometimes I could slip into depression.

Top of that your next game in the FA cup is in Swansea which i want to go to but its VERY unsafe apparently.I am getting very bored and tired of sitting in the flat here all alone with nothing to do and also very annoyed at getting a letter from my dentist asking me to call and make an appointment for a checkup but when I call them as I have tried to all morning it goes on answerphone which cuts off before you can leave a message tho the surgery is open.I haven't seen my friend since last May and it is really getting me down.

I know I really shouldn't moan when life could be a lot worse but sometimes it gets to you no matter how much you fight it. I hope everyone else is having a much better day than me and genuine hugs to those who need them.
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Money_saving_Diva_2

Morning lovely people!

Grey and damp here today but at least we avoided all the storms the rest of the country suffered from.

Happy Australia Day and Chinese New year!
Gracie - hon!
daisychain and Hester - big hugs for you both and hope things improve.
Pen Pin - hope you feel a bit better today
Crazychik - well done on the weight loss hon!
csarina - hide the remote control? Or take the fuse out of the plug? (acting innocently all the time of course!)
Sunnygirl - hope you feel better soon hon
Squiggly - hope you are OK, miss you!
Any news on Bargainbird?
Anniestar - hope you are doing OK
Purple and Reverbe - big s

Our roast yesterday was lovely. Was going to make tortilla with the left over bits but there weren't any - by the time we ate, we were both starving! The HM crumble went down a treat too!

WM has done two loads already and my darling OH tried a 'chocolate and nut spread' bread in the BM first thing and that smells lovely, so we will wait and see how that tastes.

I haven't planned tonights dinner - I am so slack!! Am thinking stuffed peppers again as it's been at least 3 days since we last ate them *chuckles*. I know there is a packet of savoury rice in the cupboard so rather than making a spicy rice we could try that one and stuff it in. No doubt the OH will demand some meat.

Got my first copy of the Readers Digest this morning. I signed up for a year for only £14. We don't buy a lot of newspapers or magazines but I find the Digest is a lot of reading, so I spoiled myself! Finally weaned my OH off his daily evening paper (he reads it online now) but he will be glad to have this to keep in the loo once I have read it!

My cat seems to have developed a bleach fetish. Since the day I didn't stop her walking on the just washed bathroom floor which she then licked off her paws, if she smells it on my hands now, she goes completely loopy, as if it was cat nip.. dribbling, and giving my hand lil love bites and almost falling over with pleasure! What have I done?

Anyway, I know there is a lot of bad news around and it may stay that way for a while, but at least we know if we come on here we can laugh and smile and commisserate with each other and come away feeling that little bit better!
Warm gentleto everyone who wants one.

Diva.x

Reverbe

Diva
I found one of our cats loved tea tree oil.Weird huh?

patentgirl

hello everyone

not been on here since friday so hope havent missed much sorry to her everyones bad news at moment DH is being made redundant in may although we have know for ages and mine is at risk but have got some really really good news to share my DD and her DH are having a baby I am so excited I am going to be a nanny!

Katholicos - I hope you get your money sorted out

Gracie - have a very Happy Birthday! it is my mums too

Crazychik - well done on the weightloss!
Elona - your DD sounds like my youngest she is always nagging at me

Ham egg and chips for tea nice and easy
pop back later hugs to everyone that needs onexx

sistercas

Elona I know what you mean . I get so fed up of people thinking they can comment on what I eat, whether its family or work colleagues. all it succeeds in doing is making me eat far more than I would have done and me being extremely irritated :mad: