Old Style Diary Archive - FEB 06

Pooky

Morning all

Wet and dank here again today but not to chilly.

Off out bowling and for lunch with friends today - the kids will run around like loons but at least it will wear them out a bit.

Just had another lot of clubcard vouchers delivered....we've had £71's worth this time, £284 in deals!!!!!! I've been really good at shopping using the extra points vouchers and the online extra points from on here....DH uses his credit card for all work stuff which gets paid off at the end of each month - 2 hotel stays in January have really helped!

Brekkie - toast
Lunch - Pizza hut or Weatherspoons
Dinner - Doubt we'll need it

I'm off to look at the tesco deals to see what we can do!

Have a good one all.

Ronankfan

Morning everyone

Funkyfairy - hope your sister's baby is ok ((hugs))

Booked holiday to Lancashire yesterday for next week (our half term) and last night DS was ill - he has a raging temperature and complaining of neck and head pain!! So no school for him today so have sent the other two off to school on their own. My gum is still hurting from last week so have booked an emergency appointment for tomorrow as cant go today because of DS. Will be doing loads of washing and ironing today to get ready for the holiday - just hope DS gets better before then!!!

Hope everyone else's day is better!!!! lol

Liz xx

thriftmonster

Hi everyone,

FunkyFairy - hope that your nephew is ok - ds1 was in special care for 4 days (he's fine now) so I can sympathise - they look so small in the incubators even when they're big babies

DH took the kids to school this morning which gave me an extra 45 mins - lovely. I'm about to look at ds2's room - whether I'll do anything is another matter lol. Am also going into town in search of a shopping trolley. Have decided to walk in from the closest I can park without paying - thus saving money and getting my daily exercise.

Dinner will be meatballs in tomato sauce and spaghetti - spaghetti reduced because of split packet and meatballs frozen en masse from reduced mince. I love all this OS - it makes me feel so good and the bank account looks healthier than it normally does at this time of the month. DH's expenses can take ages to come through after he's been away which never helps.

Must do some baking today - the tins are looking very sad - someone mentioned a jam doughnut muffin recipe - sounds good. Plus I might make some mince pies as I have a pile of mincemeat leftover from some catering I did before Xmas. I know it's Feb but if they taste good - who cares!

Spendless

Hello everyone:hello:

Don't usually post on here but today there's no college for me cos of half-term:j . Miss Spendless is at nursery. Master Spendless has gone to a holiday play-scheme cos they will make him a priority for next hols when I'm on a work placement. Mr Spendless is away o/n on business so I've got the house and day to myself:dance: . And cos Mr Spendless is only back tomorrow night he won't know if I spend the day doing nothing:whistle: .

DW on, WM on, 1 load on line. Off to friends for a :coffee: before heading to the bank, then back for a tidy up before picking kids up tonight.

Have a good day everyone

honey28

Morning All

Hope the baby is OK Funky Fairy, thoughts and best wishes to you and your family.

Kids off for half term from today and they are driving me up the walls already!
Oh was on night shift last night and I'm having problems keeping them quiet while he sleeps.
Not a very OS day planned today, have to buy 2x bday presents and cards and am getting my hair cut and coloured later :j
Washing machine on, dont think last nights load can be hung outside today as its dull and damp out there. just about to get kids and I our brekkie then baths for them. Think we will head out as soon as we are ready to let OH sleep a bit. Did some more ironing last night so have to put that away first as was too tired last night. have decided to take 10-15 pieces from the never ending basket and night to try and get through. TV was good last night (desperate Housewives) so I got through a good bit more.

B:Porridge
L:Beans on Toast/or pasta
D:Chilli, that i was supposed to make yday

Have a good day everyone x

SueRob_2

Good morning all,
Fingers crossed for the baby, FF, my oldest spent 6 weeks on SCBU, he's now nearly 30!
What a morning I've had already, I took hubby to work this morning, then went to B & Q to get hubby a new hammer, whilst I'm there, I get a text message, obviously a wrong number, about some lost keys, then my phone rang & it was hubby, was I still in B & Q cos the kettle at work had gone bang! Bought a kettle for £5.98. Phone rings again, am I going to be long with the kettle? Everyone is thirsty! Set of towards hubby's work, by this time the traffic is jam packed so I taking all the back roads. Phone rings again. I pull over, answer the phone, some guy asking for John, I tell him he's got the wrong number, he doesn't belive me, he thinks John's asleep or refusing to talk to him. I hang up on the call & pull away, phone rings again, it's him so I don't answer, he rings again & again. Finally get to hubby with kettle, he's delighted to see me. Phone rings again, I explain to hubby why I'm not answering it. Hubby answers phone, caller thinks he's John, heated argument ensues. Hubby finally gets rid of caller by telling him. 'If you phone my wife again I'll track you down & rip **** ******* head ***** and*** ***** ****** throat!
The moral of this story is never upset a workman who hasn't had enough tea!!
I know he over reacted, but we have had 18 months telephone harrassment from my Ex husband, which has left us both a little stressed.
Hugs & blessing on you all.
Sue

joannasmum

Morning All

FF: Congrats on becoming an aunty I sure that the little one will be out of special care soon.

Welcome to all the newbies that I've not said hello to yet.

Well my day went completely pearshaped yesterday, as after toddler group I ended up spending the afternoon looking at cars with sis, fortunately she found one and I did the negotionations I was really proud of myself. So I'm going to try and cram in abit of yesterday and with all I need to do today. Starting with going to Aldi in a minute. Then its back home hopefully DD will have a sleep while I do some baking and make the Shepherds pies that we should have had yesterday. Then I need to get on top of the housework as nothing got done yesterday and the load of washing I did yesterday morning is still sat in the washer.

Have a good day everyone

smokey112

Morning all

:grouphug: to all who need them

FF :grouphug: for baby Charlie - hope he is ok

Welcome Kittikins - that sounds like a good buy - I must remember to ask for money off if I see a cracked lid

calley glad you :kisses3: and made up

Jo and honey - your turn to :kisses3: and make up

jo - lovely processor - good price as well - I am tossing up between FP or BM - cant decided which would be more beneficial for me

OH got paid today - have spent £226 so far and I ain't been for shopping yet - 2 new tyres £135, fill car up with petrol £45 (it was running on fumes but we will hopefully not need to fill it again for 3 weeks as we are on hols next week and don't plan on doing anything). £20 for my menage(£10 pw), £18 for Avon (moisturiser on offer will last me at least a year) and £8 (halfers on present for boss who is 30 at the weekend) - will have to be v thrifty with my budget for this month - today till 16th March. Still have about 6 - 7 meals in freezer at the moment.

Only 1 more sleep then I am on holiday for 1 whole week - not planning on doing much - chilling and cleaning - batch cooking etc.

Better go and do some work now

Take care all and have a lovely day

Ang
x

Essex-girl_2

Good Morning All

Well got back from holiday Sunday but week been messed up due to still being on American time and half term.

Have been mainly ironing and still loads more to do. Housework not been touched for 3 weeks and menu planning out of the window. Will not beat myself up and will let this week go and get back on track next week when will have some time to myself.

One thing I have done is save £80pm on Mortgage insurance!

Going Ice Skating in Chelmsford today - kids really looking forward to it- me not so much - havnt been for 22 years!!!

So hopefully wont break anything and will be back to post tomm.

Have a good day everyone.

rchddap1

Had a quick rummage through the freezer this morning. Just to see how full it was after my OH received my Tesco Online shop. Its practically crammed to the rafters. So much so, that I'll have to empty it a bit before I can half make my shepherds and cottage pies (before freezing them of course)....as they won't fit in the freezer!

OH announced last night that he will help empty the freezer my making us a pizza tonight...cue me taking out a small bag of toppings. Isn't he helpful :rolleyes: I was going to have some chocolate souffle's (Gu if that makes any sense) that I bought along with the Tesco shop....but usually after OH's pizza we feel like beached whales. So they're sitting in the fridge at the moment and we'll probably have them next Monday night.

Put some washing on this morning that OH will sort out when he gets home.

Had a look through my rewards total yesterday. In particular how many vouchers I've got for our summer trips with the girls. I have enough for Thorpe Park tickets, and come the next statement (may / june time) I'll have enough for cadbury's too.

Quick question: when sending off for tesco deals how long does it usually take for the vouchers to arrive? I'm going to need to set myself a cut off point for trips and don't want vouchers to arrive after our week with the girls.

I can now start work on my choice...warwick castle. I've been wanting to go for ages (haven't been since I was a kid) and this summer I'm going to plan a day for myself (out of the week that we have the girls). If the worst happens I can 'borrow' OH's pigsback points to get some leisure vouchers to pay for warwick castle.This will leave only a couple of days to fill, after taking account of our traditional 'go round the sales day'. Hmmmm...sounds like I need another choice just in case.