Old Style Diary Archive - FEB 06

chickadee

Evening everyone.

At work again today, whilst DS is on half term hols. I have no more holidays left and need my flexi to take mum to eye hospital next week. He was at a football course today at the local leisure centre. At £10.50 it is half the price his school charge for holiday care! He is on a split of 3 days playscheme/football and 2 days mum's.

That means I had to make two packed lunches this morning and DS eats like a horse. STill, I didn't spend any money today, on anything! Yay.

I want to curl up now on the sofa with my Dan Brown book and a mug of chocolate. I don't think I will last long either. I'll be asleep by 9pm I think, dog-tired tonight.

PP - Hope you are soon feeling better.
Frugglewump - Congrats on getting your keys. Great that there is so much stuff in there too. I still have a chest of drawers that someone gave me when I first moved into my very first flat 17 years ago. It has had a facelift (rubbed down and re-varnished) but it is still going strong.
Math - What are Paid2Clicks? Can anyone join in? Good luck to Mrs Math in the next stage of the job process. Fingers crossed!
RZL - great news about the bonus. Unexpected cash is always fantastic!

Has anyone heard from Jo? She's normally such a regular on this thread. I love hearing about the 'boyf', he makes me smile!

Right then, off to find a blanket to snuggle up in

chickadee
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Chipps

Just popping in to say hello.

Math - hope the next round of interviews goes well
PP- sorry to hear you had a bad night; hope you enjoy the new addition to the family!
Kiwichick - thought of you today, as we must have been quite close to your current abode - we had a trip to Ikea!

dorry_2

evening all! :wave:


i haven't read all of thread yet, but did read the first onesand few of last

PP- ((((HUGS)))) sending u get well thoughts


zed24- your bug is same as ds2 had last week,v. nasty indeed, just try and drink loads of fluid and keep warm!!!

congratulations mrs math!!! :T

chickadee- i am gonna snuggle up as well!!!

fruglewump--- your house is lovely, we have a pantry and i think it is very usefull and very os!!!

vicky a --- hows was your veggie lasange??

bargain rzl -- wow! all your saving are absolutly brill!! well done



i haven't been on much due to being on placement 4 days a week, well been there 3 weeks and i am really settling in now and finding my feet!!!
yeahhhh :joy


i must say though its quite hard to keep os up when at work!! i have tried though and it must be working cos the 1st time since last year we have had money left in account, £277- 3 days before pay day!! my god i can't believe it!!! quite chuffed, but not goona let it go to head just goona keep qoing to placement and try to spend as little as poss!!

breakie----hot cross bun
lunch-- cost 50p hm morrocan chick pea soup in subsided cafe, was totally yum
tea

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tesco £1.99 scampi (half of it) with chips and veg
supper

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tomatoe garlic bread on offer tesco 74p


gonna try and catch up with all the threads now it will take me ages!! i am sitting upstairs tonight on bed with megan dog and laptop!!! bliss

oh watching football with ds2 downstairs so its peacefull up here,

missing u all whilst on placement,

love dorryxxx

Penny-Pincher!!

Chipps-I had to double read your thread...i thought...does she know something I dont then realised you meant the dragon:rotfl: got me panicking for a minute though!!!

PP
xx

kiwichick

Chipps wrote:

Kiwichick - thought of you today, as we must have been quite close to your current abode - we had a trip to Ikea!

Hiya,

If you were at the Lakeside one then you really were close. I am only 7 miles from there! Did you get anything nice???

Al.

smokey112

Evening all

Frugglewump - lovely house - we have the same colour paint on our bedroom ceiling as you bed 1 - must admit it is lovely on the ceiling
RZL - well done on the bonus and the savings - this is one of my targets for this year is to get some savings behind us
KC - sorry to hear your move in date has been moved back - at least it will give you a little longer to ensure everything is packed

Hope everyone is well this evening

Finally conquered the ironing monster today - only a handful of things to do but well please as the pile was taller and wider than me and I am 6ft both way lol. Now promise to keep on top of this as this is one job I hate but in my quest to have a clean and tidy house this is something I must do

Watched Walk the Line earlier (still got about 10 mins to watch - OH is watching the footie at the moment)

need to go and find AT celery soup recipe - I have some Celery needing used and soup seems a good idea

Have a lovely evening all

Ang
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Chipps

Penny-Pincher!! wrote:

Chipps-I had to double read your thread...i thought...does she know something I dont then realised you meant the dragon:rotfl: got me panicking for a minute though!!!
PP
xx

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sorry!!! didn't mean to panic you! ....... :rotfl:

If you were at the Lakeside one then you really were close. I am only 7 miles from there! Did you get anything nice???

Er... yes... nice meal with fresh salmon, DH & DS had some lovely meatballs & chips...

And we bought a couple of things, too. Batteries (10 AAs for just over £1) some light bulbs, 2 £1 candles and a set of 2 washing up brushes for 39p!
Last of the big spenders!
Actually, I just like going there - keep looking at the kitchens, ours needs doing but we haven't saved up enough yet.

kiwichick

I've been looking at the online catalouge for food storage ideas since reading your thread. Like the look of the glass ones. Now if only there was a way to get throught the store without following their little footpath system..............................i got lost last time:o

Chipps

I don't mind the footpaths at all. I just happily follow the little arrows on the floor, enjoying looking at all the nice displays! There's not much I miss as I go my merry little way round Ikea!
Oh, I'm easily pleased!!!!!!!

SnowyOwl_2

Hello everyone, late one for me today....no particular reason, just late...

Frugglewump, I love your new house. That fireplace in the bedroom looks especially interesting - I bet if you take some paint remover and a toothbrush to it you'll reveal an absolutely gorgeous cast iron original gem. You've defintely got lots of scope in the garden for a veg patch, hens, two or even three washing lines, and still have space for some doggies. Oh I wish I had a big garden....

I am rather wrecked tonight, awoke at around 4.00 am, it did cross my mind to start today's thread, but I it was a bit too chilly so I read for a while instead. I nodded off again during Sarah Kennedy - some time around 7.00 am, and came too at 8.30 am, which is the very latest time I need to be in the car to stand half a chance of getting to work on time. I was late of course - third time this week:o

Bargain Rzl, well done on your bonus. I'm v.impressed with your savings too, you make it sound so easy! It's a reminder to me to get my !!!!!! in gear and get my budget, credit cards and so on sorted out, especially since I will with some luck be moving back to England over the next year or two. Ha! I bought this house in June 2004 and have only just received my solicitor's bill!! During the interim I phoned her up and was told "she's on maternity leave". I nearly hit the floor - she's had her baby, and now is getting caught up with her outstanding cases...but you'd think someone would have told me. Sorry, am waffling as I am sooooo tired. I nodded off in a sitting upright position today at work. Like the Japanese I have mastered the art of "power napping" ie sitting there looking like I am looking at my computer but actually have my eyes closed. Sorrry...more waffle still tired!

Eats today were a bit confused:

Breakfast was a kit-kat and a coffee at work as I didn't have time to eat before leaving the house, and I was practically passing out with tiredness.
Lunch - came home and had a lovely feed of rice, home made tomato sauce out of Delia's book, and some sardines, followed by a yoghurt. Also had about a pint of Diet Pepsi - desperately needed the caffeine to get through the avro.
Dinner - was breakfast...porridge, raisins, sunflower seeds, skimmed, cuppa tea. Yum.
Snacks - chocolate from a colleague - she got the urge today, and bought a great big bar. However her daughter is diabetic therefore no chocolate ever passes the threshold of her home. So she gave the "spare" to me. Nice! Should have said no as the spare chocolate just gets converted to spare tyres around my middle.

Smokey112 - I love your new avatar, Becky is gorgeous...I'm a definite cat lover too. My avatar is Henry - the most special cat I have ever known, and who came to me as a starving stray. He broke my heart in Sept as he contracted kidney disease and died. It was awful, I was so upset. All three of my beautiful cats died last year, Henry from kidney disease, Tabitha in December from old age/kidney disease but I had her put to sleep before she got too bad (that was so hard), then Baba who died in March on the road. Now I've got Ted who's a big big ginger and white tiger, and Dylan (or Dyddles) who is white with a few black blobs and who is now about four months old and still very cheeky (and he's had The Op!). I can't imagine living without cats, they are so lovely.

MATH - that is fantastic news about Mrs MATH. I really, really hope this works out for her.

Tiddles...£14 to clean a duvet is totally and utterly outrageous! TBH I think they are taking the p!ss - go in with a lovely feather one and it's £14, and it's the same price for a cheapo synthetic one. They quite obviously don't get cleaned in the same way, so they are cashing in by charging the bigger price for all, don't you think? The £4 in a laundrette still gives the laundrette a profit, so they are making at least a tenner extra for nowt!

Elona...put the soup saucepan on hubbie's head then get two wooden spoons and play the drums on him!! He'll definitely remember not to empty the soup saucepan again after that.


Good night everyone, I'm going to bed as I am frazzled. I hope somebody reads this cos it took ages to type, but as I am so tired I can't be bothered to get up. Right that's it, I'm off to blow some ZZZZZZs...

Nighty night.

SnowyOwl