Old Style Diary Archive - MARCH 2006

Ronankfan

Morning everyone

Congratulations to catowen

Busy watching my ebay at the moment and i am doing well nearly at £75!!! Hurrah!!!
Making some biscuits later - got the hairdresser coming tonight to give everyone a trim.

B cereal
D wraps
T teviot pie

cant wait for the pie - found the recipe on one of the boards so gonna have a go at that.

Hugs to everyone that needs them
Liz xx

thriftlady_2

brokenwings wrote:

Cooking on a shoe string AND more with less both arrived this morning

I'm waiting for my copy of Cooking on a Shoestring today - already got More-with-Less (2 copies!) my absolute favourite cookbook

Very miserable weather in Worcester indeed.It has its advantages though,means I can drop the kids off at school without waiting for the bell to ring.They all go straight into the hall and parents aren't allowed in because they make the floors all muddy with pushchairs etc.So, I was home before 9-took my bike today with the basket loaded with muffins and flapjacks.

Over an hour later and all I've done is chat on here and :coffee:
So,off to make bread,muffins and jelly,then more :coffee: and more MSEing.It's a hard life

Queenie

holstar wrote:

exam results today, I passed them all :T

:beer: Congratulations!!!! :beer:

Sorry it's late, but I haven't been around to catch up Very well done hol :T

Badgergal

Ooh I also meant to ask - those of you who have got More With Less - is Amazon the cheapest place to get it? And is there plenty in there for vegetarians?

Bargain_Rzl

Morning :hello:

Am feeling rather more positive about me and BF this morning - the fact is we haven't had the opportunity for a "stable" relationship since we got back together last summer (first he was living miles away from London, then living in B&B while waiting to complete on his flat, then living amongst a heap of boxes and getting fed up about it and not wanting me to come over while he was getting "sorted" and so on). I have a tendency to over-analyse everything so for me, absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder, it just magnifies all the little issues and makes me think loads about them. I don't think I can judge whether our relationship is going to work in the long term until we've actually had a chance to spend some time together, consistently.

Headache is still nagging

Lunch will be more of the bean "stoop" I made as a culinary afterthought at the weekend. I had the first portion yesterday and it was sooooo yummy, I'll have to remember this so I can do it again. For £4 worth of ingredients I got 8 rounds of ham sandwiches and 3 very large portions of soup (as a starter or for somebody with a smaller appetite you could have called it 6 portions).

Not sure what I'm doing this evening. Was supposed to be having a possible night out - there's a tiny theatre just behind my office where there's a critically acclaimed show which I, my boss (let's call her A) and one of my colleagues (let's call her C) really want to see. It transfers to the West End next week where it will be a lot more pricey. It's sold out at the current venue, but the plan was that we were going to see if we could get returned tickets. However C's DD (4) is sick, as is her usual source of childcare, so I don't know if she'll be available to go out tonight - and the thought of spending the evening alone with A does not exactly fill me with joy (C on the other hand is one of my favourite people!). It's possible that C will find a way to make it, though. It was her idea in the first place, and she's really keen.

SnowyOwl and anybody else with disrupted sleep patterns - I feel for you! Mine have been weirdly normal lately. My biological clock seems to have regulated for the first time in my life, so I actually feel like going to sleep at midnight and getting up at 7am! (I've always been the sort of person who's wide awake in the middle of the night but has to get up in time for work, so I get very sleepy in the afternoons/evenings )

mossy - re big boobies - I'm dreading what will happen to mine if I ever have kids, because my mum went from an A cup to a C after the first child (me) then up to a D after the third - and I'm an FF-G cup already :eek: I have absolutely no idea where I get them from, mum's a classic pear shape, dad's tall and skinny. My little sis and bro take after Dad figure-wise (though sis recently seems to have had a boob job she won't admit to - LOL - I didn't see her for a year, and in that time, aged 24 and without changing shape anywhere else, she's gone from flat as a pancake to a well-rounded B cup :think: )

MATH - thanks for your PM, I'm not ignoring it but haven't had a chance to put together a proper response. Love your new avatar. Hope Mrs M's interview went fabulously.

catowen and joannasmum - congratulations on paying stuff off!

Rzl xx

Queenie

anguk wrote:

Anthea Turner is repeated on BBC3 Sunday night at 7pm for anyone who missed it, me included!

Anthea *repeats* on me daily - have the same trouble with certain foods too

I've managed to watch two in total - she does give some good tips, but the "prizes" are hardly inspiring - why would the winner get an extra specially large box of cleaning goodies (clearly no longer needing them so desperately) and the other contestant get a more modest selection of cleaning goodies (when it could be argued that she is possibly in greater need of the larger box)?

After working your socks off all week to impress AT and the BBC with your decluttering and cleaning prowess, I think something more along the lines of a Pampering Session would be a more meaningful "prize". (Well, that's what I treat myself to, on a less grand scale, after shifting dust, muck and clutter madeness ).

johanne

just spent nearly an hour on a long reply and then lost it when i hit the reply button!!! :mad: :mad:

count to ten..... count to ten..1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10... now breathe...

Morning......

Ever had one them days you wake up just feeling like you wanna punch someone/thing???

First morning ive woke up alone since wednesday and it feels soooooo good! :j Have not been alone and in my own house for longer than an hour since last wednesday/thursday?? Between spending time with OH either here or at his.. or at my mums or at scouts...or out shopping.. and being busy with other things like interview/benefits office visit etc ive had no time for myself.. (or my poor house! Which looks like a bomb has hit it!)

Feeling a bit "urgh" this morning as spent £40 on OHs parents yesterday... it was their silver wedding anniversary but OH has literally no money and no credit available.... so to stop him buying them "nothing" as he planned i offered/told him id pay and he can give me half back when his job seekers allowence comes though and wed say the pressie was off both of us..... didnt expect the cost to sneak up to £40 though!!! :rolleyes: Bit that im annoyed about is (dont get me wrong i love his parents to bits that are lovely!) but i didnt spend anything near that on my OWN parents for theirs... and i feel guilty! Mum understands why i didnt spend it on her and why i have ended up spending it on them (and i know she reads here so good job she knows how i feel anyway!) But i just cant help feeling a tad guilty that i bought his mum and dad something better than ive ever bought my own

To add to that cost aswell ive had to borrow £20 off my dad to get my hair cut, have spent £5 on a 2nd hand dress (from ebay), need to buy new jewellery and also possibly new shoes and tights for their party on saturday! Gotta look good as its my first "family party" + OHs ex gf (vengeful horrible moo he spent 2.5 years with and who wont go away!) is gonna be there as her family are family friends! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :mad:

Was going to go supermarket today but after ydays spending think March will be my "use up" month instead of february! :rotfl: Instead i'll spend the day trying to find my floors/tables/sink/worktops etc under the week (or maybe longer) worth of stuff/dirt/dirty dishes!! :rotfl:

oooh one last thing wore my pedometer yesterday for 1st time! :j

12914 steps taken
2.244 miles walked
409.8 calories burnt

Have a good day everyone and (((((hugs))))) to all who need them!


P.S. Interview was "ok" other day... dont think ive got it but after a 3.5 hour interview that involved all sorts of school like exam activities just to be a shop supervisor im kinda put off how intense the role must be anyway?!! :rotfl: Will know by the end of the week though.

moggins

Morning all.

Not a good day here as my back and knees are killing me, I think it's the amount of driving I've been doing over the past few days. I was supposed to pick dad up from the hospital this morning but mum has gone to the doctors without leaving a set of keys so it's no point me picking him up until I can get him back in his own house

Feeling extremely ticked off and low but can't post about that, hopefully the day will get better soon?

P.s. still have everything crossed for Mrs Math.

purplegirluk1

Morning all, long time no see (well I have not posted for a while, thats what I mean! )

I have been having a bit of a weird time lately. I had my last blood tests on Thirsday for my ME referal, then worked a full day on Friday. I then over did it at the weekend and ended up making myself ill :mad: which then meant that I had to phone in sick to work on Monday, I managed to have breakfast and a shower and then realised that I was totally exhausted already and would be better off going back to bed. I could hardly sleep so i didn't get much more rest anyway.

I had a better sleep on Monday night and had a pretty restful day yesterday but I ate far too much and ended up feeling really sluggish, yuck!

I am still very tired and achey today but I am going to take myself for a swim at the gym my OH works at. It is supposed to be £10 for a non member but he is allowed a guest for £4 but they usually let me in FREE! They also have sun beds, a sauna, steam room and hot tub so I am going to have an energising swim and then a good wind down, then home for a nice nap probably.

Breakfsat was a bowl of coco pops

Lunch probably something small after the gym, salad ect

Dinner HM shepherds pie and beans, yum yum.

jockettuk

good morning all.. well im popular today, its my birthday and im going for lunch in a wee while with one friend had a few more pop round with choccies.. daughter will love them lol. Its my last birthday in this house as i will be moving in july seems strange never thought of birthdays that much before. was going to have a good week with shopping etc but seems to have gone out the window lol will start afresh next week.

Good thing abt this site that if your having a bad day there is always someone who can help cheer you up and if your having a great day always someone to say well done ..

Catch you all later

love these daily threads must stop browsing and say hi more often..