Old Style Diary Archive - MARCH 2006

Skintmama

Morning to all

Just a little snow here so nothing to get too excited about but some ice which is nasty stuff.

I am way behind all that is going on in people's lives here as we had a powercut for half of yesterday. Makes me realise how dependent on electricity we are. However, hugs to all those who need them or who feel poorly or have a difficult day ahead.

Trying to get a bit organised here with bill paying, correspondence and shopping lists. All things I procrastinate over so I will be trying to keep away from MSE if possible :eek:

Take care anyone who is going out today, don't want to be reading about lots of sprained ankles tomorrow.

taplady

Morning all ! :hello:

Hope you feel better later PP

Lovely sunny day here(but cold) washing on the line.BM on.

day off again for me today :j am meeting a friend for lunch later then later taking the 95 year old gent I care for part time to Morrisons to do his fortnightly shopping.

B - muesli
L - ???? sandwich or jacket spud at the pub as I'm watching my weight
D - HM steak and mushroom pie and veggies.

Have a great day all! :wave: :wave: :wave:

SnowyOwl_2

Eeeek, the road through the development where I live is like an ice rink. I tried to get out, but slithered back down the hill. Somehow I managed to get my car back onto my drive without wrecking fences etc. I've decided to wait a wee while until it has melted and I'll try again. In the meantime I am amusing myself watching other people slip sliding all over the place. Some twit in a fancy Audi did a spin on his third attempt to get out, he waited five minutes, tried again...and he's now back on his drive!!!

Tonight's college class is abandoned (by me anyway). I am not driving up this hill after dark when it's freezing, it's far too scary.

Ivyleaf, I'm sorry to hear about your husband being forced to stop work. We all like to think we will be able to choose when to give up work, so it must be hard for him to accept that the choice is taken away from him. I hope he's got lots of interests and hobbies to fill the gap - he could take up old styling, that'd be fun...

For those of you who are going to refrain from wine and chocolate, please let me wish you the very best of luck. You are each and every one of you infinitely braver than me and I salute you...hee hee...

On a slightly more serious note, I think I'll get hold of a copy of Hungry Planet. I might even buy a few copies to give as presents to people who complain loudly about how they can't afford a bigger house, bigger car, faster computer blah blah blah. In case you haven't realised it makes me cross that people who have an already indulgent life are rarely satisfied for long. Some of us in the UK/Ireland have experienced utter hardship, but most - including me - have little idea about how lucky we really are. OK, gonna stop now and get off my soapbox.

I think I'll have a go at getting up the hill and down the other side now. Wish me luck!

Bye!!

SnowyOwl

Bargain_Rzl

Morning :hello:

Am still ill in bed. Until yesterday I'd never taken a day off sick since working in my current department, and though I rang my boss yesterday, I couldn't quite remember the protocol for phoning in on subsequent days, so I started by ringing our team administrator on her mobile. Turned out she was at home in bed with symptoms which sounded suspiciously like mine :rolleyes:

Am giving up chocs for Lent but have decided against quitting drinking. Was v. annoyed that being unwell, I didn't fancy making pancakes yesterday, or scoffing a last-ditch bar of chocolate! I was hoping I'd get to church this evening too, but can't see that happening.

Headache's somewhat improved today so I hope I can get back to work tomorrow.

The weather's beautiful and I think I should get dressed and pop out to the shops. Not just for the fresh air but for morale, and for the fact that not having a single item of fresh fruit or veg in the house is not going to aid my recovery!

Hugs to everybody else who's ill or otherwise needs a bit of moral support.

Rzl xx

Horasio

Still tired from anniversary weekend away. Had busy catch up day yesterday.

Seriously dieting with one day off for Mother's Day and having a jar on St Patricks. February is like Christmas in our house with birthdays, anniversary and Valentines. Lost some weight in January.

For the first time very little to do. Had a very stressful 2 years with buying, selling our place and doing up the house, with a major op in between. Taking a well earned rest but will work out what to do next, re property etc, in a bit of a rut.

melancholly

morning
only scanned the thread so far (will go back and read properly over lunch!) - sounds like there are plenty of sick people out there - hope you all get better asap.

i'm feeling very excited today because this morning i put on my first SC recipe . hopefully there will be a wonderful chilli con carne (recipe from the indexed collections - obviously) waiting for me.... i'm feeling very proud, although i should probably wait and see what it tastes like!

have a good day everyone

comping_cat

Good morning everyone,

I believe that Lent is 40 days because it is the festival celebrating the events leading up to Easter, which is when Jesus spent 40 days in the desert fasting, before returning and being crucified. Easter is the celebration of his crucifiction and resurrection. This is why Christians fast, or 'give something up' to replicate Jesus's sacrifice!!!! Me, im planning on giving up chocolate and crisps!!!!
So far today i have taken DS and DD to school, swept the kitchen floor, emptied the DW, and had the WM on, and its all now hung up on the airer!!! Im now having a break from playing lego with the two little ones here!!!! Do need to do the dusting (kind of forgot to do it yesterday ) and clean the bathroom but i think thats it!!!

Pooky, we are also making egg box daffodils for mothers day this year!!!!
PP, Tootles, Elona, Scuzz and Bargain Rzl, hope you all start to feel better soon xxxxxx

Well, off to do the dusting (oh, and make some soup!!!) and then a bit more lego, me thinks!!!! Have a lovely day everyone, take care xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Oh, we actually had snow this morning!!!!!! :j Woke up to a very slight covering outside (the type where the children graze their fingers trying to make snowballs!!!!) but it looked very pretty, even though it has all gone now, never mind!!!!

freyaluck

Morning all
Hugs to those who are feeling below par and get better soon.
Nice and sunny here this morning no snow.
Had little sleep as baby is teething, he's feeding every hour or so And I am shattered.
Got some bargains yesturday at the charity shope a gorgeous gap denim jacket for me a fiver :j and a coat forr dd6yo next £2.00, both in brand new condition, so well chuffed.
Need to get off the net and do some tidying.
Have started to sort out my papers, havent done them in a year so throwing all the statements over 6 month old.
Going to try and get the windows done as the sun is showing up all the marks, our window cleaner hasn't been round for three months :eek: and living on the 1st floor is very hard to do it my self, but gonna have to try and give it a go.
Right off to get the tidying done
Hugs
Frey

nicki_2

Morning all. Not read through the thread properly yet, will save that for lunch time. :grouphug: to all.

Just had a major panic on... I thought I'd lost the credit card while out shopping yesterday I just searched my bag, coat pockets, all the papers on the desk and couldn't find it...then I remembered that I wore another coat yesterday and sure enough it was in the inside pocket :o:o

Just trying to update Money as I do all my transfers to savings accounts, credit cards etc today and its taking what feels like forever to sort out. I have to keep stopping to try and think clearly so it looks like its going to be one of those days for me :rolleyes:

Yesterday I spent over £100 and £45 of that was on the credit card BUT the credit card purchase was for two pairs of trainers (both marked down to £10 from £29.99 each), a tracksuit (£9.99 instead of £24.99), tracksuit bottoms (£6.49 instead of £12.99) and a decent pedometer (£9.00 instead of £15.99) so I actually bought £113.95 worth of stuff All for me to start my 10,000 steps a day and maybe even jogging :eek: to try and get fit and loose some weight. I'll definetly be starting out with just walking though as I can end up breathless from just going up a shops flight of stairs

I also managed to get DD some new school pants (£3.99 each instead of £8.50 for the school ones!) and some new school socks (Ladybird ones like I had for school ) for £4.99. I bought other bits and pieces but all in all it was worth it

So there I am having a good day, DD is behaving herself and watching Cbeebies for a change while I got on with fixing the oven and making tea when OH rings to tell me he's just run over his watch :wall::doh::mad: I spent £23 on that watch 3 years ago in July and took out a 2 year warranty (the longest I could) so... I'm going to have to see if I can get it fixed BUT he's already ordered a new one from Argos so to get the otherone fixed will be a bonus. He's assuming that the watch fell off his wrist as he was getting in the car :silenced:

Right, WM has just finished so I'll put that out, and then I'm off to Asda to get some bits (mainly cordial and more fruit!) after I've done all my transfers.

This Lent thing thats going on, although I'm not religious, I've decided to give up buying things for meals :rotfl: I'm going to do my best to have a use it up month and not buy anything for the cupboard or freezer as I need the space - it's DD's birthday 5 weeks today and I'll need space for the HM food for her family party on one of the weekends, plus I'll need the money for taking her out for her birthday treat, Pizza for her birthday tea (all 3 of us have that treat - a Pizza take out @ £12 but with enough left for lunches the next day ) Plus we have the cars MOT this month just to top everything off... shouldn't need anything though as it only had £400 worth of work done in September and I'll be doing a maintenance check of it this weekend with (OH's) my Haynes manual You see he does the driving, but I do the maintenance as I'll need to know it all anyway for when I learn to drive, but he can was it this week! I did it last time!!!

freyaluck

:mad: Just had a rather distressing email concerning Organic produce through, it seems the eu are going to let it become contaminated by GM :eek: :mad: :eek: :mad: :eek:

PLEASE GO TO here fOR MORE INFO,
yOU MAY NEED TO REGISTAR TO VIEW IT.

anD PLEASE PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL MP AND ASK HIM TO SIGN THE EDM
thanks
frey