OS for Saturday 7th March

Floss

Hardup_Hester wrote: »

......Teachers are leaving in droves at work, 4 are off with stress, 4 are taking early retirement, all the time the admin staff get busier as all the technicians are leaving & not being replaced......

Hester, how do they expect the school to function if staff aren't being replaced? We all know you are a superwoman, but you can't do everything!

nic1lou2

Morning all - firstly thanks for the lovely welcome wishes yest - cheered me up no end! Hugs to all who need them. I haven't quite sorted out everyones individual stories yet so apologies for not giving them by name!

Pump on my wm has decided to pack in and have been told it will take 5 days to order one in so am going to laundrette with OH work clothes this morning and taking "clean" washing (IYKWIM) to my dd1 house. Didn't realise how much I take the wm for granted! Have handwashed all "smalls" (who am I trying to kid??) and they are all on line as we speak as it is a lovely sunny bright morning here.

Made a lemon drizzle cake for the first time ever yest - I am not really a good baker and was delighted by 1) how easy it was to do and 2) fantastic results! Am still basking in the praise of my OH who kept going back for another piece! Good job he is really slim (unlike me!) Now all I have to do is resist temptation :A - (not likely to be very sucessful at that!)

Have a lovely day everyone

bargainbird

Yorkshirechick - :T congrats to you all :T
Beth - Hope DD better today, not too tried
Sistercas - Hope DH is in less pain soon
Essexhibernian - Good idea re paperwork
Tru - Go tru go tru :dance:
Reverbe - Hope your sorting things out for the better for you

Redruby - :bdaycake: Happy birthday :T

Anniestar - Hope your ok, not heard from you for a while

I cashed my Tesco vouchers for Good Food Mag :T, just waiting 1st issue and can't wait, how sad is that :rolleyes:

Just back from MOT it failed (tut):mad:, back brakes so will be ringing mechanic that replaced them in Oct :rolleyes:.

Nice day here too today, 2 loads on line and another in WM.DW emptied and slowly being refilled

Spicy Parsnip soup being made today, also moroccan chicken picked up in Mr S's, Put spices on chicken last night

Hope everyones ok today x

SALOPMAN

Mornin Chums and Chumettes,
Well Im always amazed at the times some of you ladies get up wow ! talk about multi-tasking? lol, and being a male,I cannot remember who's who and what there doing lol, Mrs B is at work today so I have some cleaning to do - suns out in sunny shropshire,just had my 1st coffee of the day,my surrogate grandaughter maisie may be round in a few mins,that will wake me up, ! Fortnight tommorrow we are all off to Cyprus again for a week in a villa (cant wait) Maisie is coming too,so lookin 4ward to some nice walks on the beaches,she not sure about the water yet, well maybe baked pots for tea - seeyas all have a good day all......:beer:
High 5 to Halight - when he gets up lolol - and N9eav, hope yr tackle is ok and not windswept lolol

taplady

bargainbird wrote: »

Anniestar - Hope your ok, not heard from you for a while

Anniestar has been poorly this week but she's ok and has gone to London today to see her no1 band level42!

stefejb

morning all

happy birthday Redruby and Metherer - hope it's a good one
hugs hugs hugs all round to the poorlies and down.

dd(12) is going to sit on the naughty step for 12 minutes if she's not careful - she has given dgs(4) a reindeer that says "ho ho ho merry christmas" incessantly. just waiting for her to get ready and then we're setting off for the transport museum.

OS wise - i'm leaving it to dd(23) - she will tidy up while we're out and make a start on the garden then we'll all meet up at dd(19)'s for half price pizza - yum

*moggins*

Morning all

I'm feeling so happy this morning I could burst. Nothing special, just the sky is blue, the sun is shining, I have 3 interviews over the next 10 days and all is right in the moggins world today so I am enjoying it while it lasts. DD is off to her dads in 30 minutes for two whole days and I am off out tonight.

I am looking forward to a nice pampering session before I go out, I even found some Lush smellies that I had forgotten about.

On the OS front, the washing still has to be done, I'm going to make a curry to go in the freezer and I might even do some baking, but then again I might just make myself a coffee and sit in the garden enjoying the sunshine for a while.

Hugs to sistercas and OH, that sounds really rotten, your poor OH
Tru - you keep going girl - believe me, being a cantankerous moo helps
Yorkshirechick - congrats

Hugs to everyone else I have forgotten.

Happy Birthday to Redruby and Metherer and by the looks of things Silvercharming too!!

Larumbelle

Good Morning All! :hello:

Happy Birthday Redruby! :bdaycake:

Happy Birthday Metherer! :bdaycake:
Congratulations Yorkshirechick! :beer:

Diva, that's great about the frogs - I am planning on doing that this year. I need as many friends as I can to help me win the blimming slug war! Hopefully the birds have been well bribed this year. Oh, and thanks for mentioning Rustlers burgers, I now feel a little queasy! Hugs to Tristan xx

SnowyOwl wrote: »

Isn't today the day that N9eav is going to scare the fish off the coast of Cornwall by dangling his tackle over the side of a boat?

:rotfl:

Tru - you tell 'em girl! They'll learn... eventually...

Huge hugs to Mr Sistercas :grouphug: Hope he feels better soon xx

Csarina - it's good to get a landlord that wants long-term tenants. We are about to sign our sixth one-year agreement on this house, which is great. Our landlords are lovely, they have been patient on the occasions we have got ourselves into a financial muddle, they have always had any work needed as soon as it happens, and when I asked if we could decorate and knock holes in the wall for shelves they just shrugged and said it's our house now, we can do what we like with it! It is good to know we've got the house as long as we want it - we could never have afforded to buy somewhere this nice (although the landlords have even made it clear we can buy it off them when we're in a position to).

No housework needed today because my birthday present from my friend is an afternoon's housework :T We do the same thing for each other every year, and it's nice, because neither of us could buy a gift that would make such a difference! Today is my birthday 'do', which is nothing formal, just a few mates coming round, but it's a 'do' because they've all got babysitters for the evening! So I need to get all the [STRIKE]crap[/STRIKE] pre-loved items of special interest that I'm ebaying out of the way - the only drawback to our little bungalow is that there's just no tolerence for mess. And I'm thinking I need to have some nibbles for people, but everyone's on a diet so goodness knows what I've only got as far as thinking crudites and a dip so far!
It's also the Cov v Chelsea footy match, which is going to cause chaos in the city - neither set of fans is particularly known for being friendly. Then Dave will want to watch the Man U match later as well, I expect.

Have a good day everyone xxx

RosyRed

Morning.Not posted for a while,with DH and DS at home still with no work there's always someone hogging the lappy :mad: ,but DS still in bed and DH gone out this morning sorting out a possible job that will keep them busy for a month-fingers crossed.

We've got some friends coming over tonight so I made a big chilli in the slow cooker yesterday.I used the recipe from delias winter collection,uses tiny pieces of braising steak instead of mince.

I thought I'd try a butcher out,dh took me -its a couple of miles away,and got 2lb minced steak,2lb of shin beef,& some of his lovely sausages,all seems good so far.I've had some poor meat from supermarkets recently,and we haven't got much Costco stuff left,which I do like generally but its a bit of a drive to get there anyway .I was reading a leaflet in the butchers while he was getting the meat ready,and said to him 'oh I'm having one of the forgotten cuts am I ? (The shin beef ) He said people are starting to ask for it more,but a lot of people dont know how to cook it,(needs long slow cooking for those who arent familiar with it !)which is a shame as its got a lot of flavour.I've used it for the chilli,and the bit I tested last night just melted in my mouth-yum.

Nic1lou2- I'm making a lemon drizzle cake too today :j

B bird-had to laugh,I used my vouchers for Good food mag too,its great when it arrives in the post,reminds me of when I used to get Jackie delivered as a teen many years ago,I used to sneak down and pick it up off the mat before my mum got up and then hop back in bed to read it

Hugs to those in need- MSD and T, Reverbe,Sistercas and dh to name a few.Apologies to others I've missed,do takeone if you need one,theyre free so very OS Beth hope your daughter takes it easy,you too.

Hardup_Hester

Just popped back to say congratulations to yorkshirechick.
The lack of staff doesn't affect me Floss, just the rest of the admin staff.
Glad you are feeling good Moggins
Hester