Old Style Diary Archive - MARCH 2006

rchddap1

Nice relaxing weekend. Prepared 4 individual shepherds pies for the freezer. Couldn't put the mash on the top though as didn't have enough potatoes. Shouldn't be a problem to sort that when I cook them though. Was planning on a roast chicken for Sunday.....but changed my mind and we had some homemade burgers. Its the first time I've tried them, and got the thumbs up from OH. Chicken has ended up in the freezer for another time. The plan is do have the chicken one weekend and to make a pie out of the remains for another day.

Tea today is going to be jacket potatoes with turkey

JAMIEDODGER

morning all!

not much planned for today DS3 has inset days today and tomorrow. might venture out to get chicken feed, if not will do that tomorrow.

have mince out of freezer for bolognaise for dinner, HM mushroom soup for lunch. will get a chicken out in a bit for tomorrow.

bathroom needs a bit of a clean, will do later when DD goes for her nap. washing done so will put it out on the line in a mo.

its nice to be back!!!!

JD xx

tiptoes

Morning All

Life here has gone mad, OH and I aren't getting on to well at the moment sat down to talk to him about it and well let just say things didnt go well. DS and DD are both acting up she decided that she wants to go live with her nan (we moved just over a month ago and before that lived very close to my mum) and DS has got extremely smart mouth and will argue the toss about anything (he's only seven god help when he becomes a teenage :eek: ).

Can't even get anything sorted today as got uni today and work tonight, so all on hold til tomorrow.

tootles_2

Morning folks,

Very cold here this morning but no snow, the wind is howling though, have not been out, but the draught coming in through the window on the safety catch is enough!!!!!

Bathroom and bedroom day today, should not be as bad as last week thank heavens, boy did we move a lot of dust last week, but then I had not touched anything for about 3 weeks......

Cold chicken and salad for supper tomight, possibly rice pud, will see...........

got on quite well with the quilting yesterday, am now working on more blocks to slightly enlarge a quilt.......

OH washing up, nothing else really planned for the day.

Watched Crufts last night, so disappointed the little wire haired terrier only made it into second place, he was such a bright little dog.

smokey112

Morning all

Hope everyone is well today ?

Catowen - hope your friends scan goes ok and you get the results from your tests.

PP - good luck at the hospital today

TM - the mouslings are lovely - you can see the cheek shining from them

VickyA - enjoy parents evening

Still knee deep in snow here today - got to work no problem though. Cleaned rest of kitchen yesterday - might be able to take a piccie later for FF thread made curry sauce for tomorrows dinner and some for the freezer made some oaty biscuits which turned out absolutely scrummy (even if I do say so myself).

B- cereal
L - tuna/sweetcorn mayo sandwich
D = chicken and pasta


Hugs to everyone

Have a nice day

Take care

Ang
x

freyaluck

morning all

Hugs to all that need them.
Think I have a throat infection have been in pain since yesturday, am traeting it myself at the moment with gurgleing salt water, strepsils and drinking freshly squeezed orange juice plus lots of h/m honey& lemon tea, seems to be working as not too bad at the moment.
more packing and washing on the cards for today.
DD2 yo is off with nanny for the day and I will pop over to breastfeeding support for an hour if I feel well enough.
Need to get a stew in the s/c for tonight.
hugs to all
frey

GIRLPOWER_2

Morning all,


Hangover from hell!!! had some of the family over for sunday tea which turned into playing poker for 5 hours and drinking lots of wine! I do not even want to go in the kitchen... it's a total mess. may have a good clean up later when my head feels upto it and post a photo on the other thread.

For now it's another coffee and a quick MSE surf.

have a good day all,

B.... could not face it.
L.....was going to try and make mushroom soup but will see how i feel.
D.... trying to think about it makes my head hurt more.

moggins

((((((((((((((Tiptoes)))))))))))))

PoshPaws_3

Morning all. :wave:

Tiptoes - my DS was seven last October and we're going through a phase of his getting smart about stuff, too. It seems as though whatever I say to him, he replies either "No" or will dispute what I've said, to the point of telling me I'm either lying or making it all up. :wall: Where DH is concerned, his immediate response upon being asked to do something, is "why?". :wall: He's currently under threat of having his Cartoon t.v. taken away, if things don't improve. It seemed to me as though this behaviour wasn't premeditated, i.e. he's not doing it on purpose, he's just echoing what his peers are doing at school and bringing it home with him. Hence, once we had spoken to him about it, I took to stopping him immediately and saying "there you are, you see - this is when it happens", so that he can recognise it before it gets into a dispute or argument. It seems to be helping, as things have been a lot more harmonious this last weekend. Maybe its just another one of those phases they go through!

Well, in a moment I'm off to Tesco to try and track down a present for DH's birthday tomorrow. He made the mistake of telling me once that if I could find a DVD of The Treacle People, he'd die happy. Well, one got released on the 6th March through Tesco - so cross your fingers they'll have one! Yes, its a kids' programme, but its soooo adult and very funny! :laugh:

After that, I could do with all the luck I can get - as I need to tackle DH over the predicted shortfall on the rent of £185 this month. Considering he drinks around £130pm, you can tell where I'll be looking in order to make up the cash. I have a whole heap of horsey stuff ready to sell on Ebay which will help. Oh, and last night he told me that he has been debating setting up his own account on Ebay so that he can sell some of his computer stuff without losing the money into the family finances. :mad: I truly think he lives on another planet. I felt so disappointed and let down. I've sold stuff on Ebay that has meant so much to me - but in order to keep the family afloat, I've shed a tear, said goodbye and sold it. So .. wish me luck in keeping my head over the coming discussion.

Other than that - its just normal kind of same old same old. I want to change the beds today and get some vacuuming done. Dinner tonight is easy, DH is in charge (if he's still speaking to me by then) and hopefully I can leave him to it.

Right, better get to it - no good putting it all off, eh?

Have a great day, everyone. Hugs to all those who would like one!

B : Speckly bread and h/m lemon curd.
L : Fridge pot luck or something involving eggs.
D : Mackerel and rice.

thriftmonster

Morning all,

Haven't been around for a few days as I was painting the kitchen on Friday. DH is going to help me post some pictures later.

On Sat a friend took us all to see the Chinese State Circus (no animals) which was fantastic and then we took her out for a meal coutesy of Tesco vouchers. The Clubcard deal didn't cover the drinks but hey, 5 of us had starters, mains, 3 puddings, wine and coke for the kids for the princely sum of £22.80 (the cost of the drinks). If I had used the vouchers on my shopping I wouldn't have noticed the benefit - but it was great value on the meal. Have promised the kids we'll go again for the next birthday - Sat was for DH.

Thriftlady - I totally agree about the breakfast. When I was a stick insect pre-children I never ate breakfast. Go on a diet to lose baby weight, eat breakfast as recommended and end up eating non stop. I am trying to follow the precepts of More with Less and hopefully some weight loss will also follow....... Many thanks to all who recommended the book

Lunch will involve leftover chilli - the kids have it in their food flasks and I'm going to make enchiladas out of mine. DH and the kids are having chicken fajitas tonight - bit of a Mexican theme going on here - as I'm out at my cookery club.

Very wet and windy here - have cleaned and painted for the last 4 days non stop - so am giving myself a day off today :j