OS Daily - Monday 1st June

Money_saving_Diva_2

Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Monday 1st June. This is an 'Over the garden fence' type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet up (although check the fence hasn’t just been painted first!) and join us for an Old Style natter. The more the merrier!
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Morning OS chums! Pinch Punch and all that!

JackieO - good luck with the mammogram
VickyA - what a terrible thing to happen, am glad you are OK.
Hermione - how is it going with the horrid boss?
Squiggly - hope the dissertation is going well, miss you.
PenPin - hope you are feeling better today.
Tru, Sybil, 3jays -

I am so so sorry to have been MIA. It's not been a good time. But I can't thank you all enough for the pms which I will reply to later today and for the mentions on the threads from so many of you! I would love to mention you all by name but am afraid of missing someone out and offending them as I have only read back a few but I am really humbled and even a little surprised that I was missed! Some of the things you have said have really touched me and I feel very loved right now. Thank you all again, you are an amazing group of people.

No, it hasn't been bad news about Tristan although he is getting a lot weaker now. He has mailed me twice about 10 days ago and both made me cry as he said such lovely things and they felt like he was saying 'goodbye', but I was really glad to hear from him.

On to the 12th day straight of sunshine which is fabulous. Just wish I could get out more, however yesterday I did manage to pick some more lettuce leaves for sandwiches out of my lil plastic greenhouse and planted out surfinias. Peppers, chillis, carrots, shallots and tomatoes are growing so well I am really pleased.

Oh I recieved some Kingsmill Wallace and Gromit vouchers through the post the other day with no note so I no idea who to thank for them, but thank you anyway.. they are getting harder to find now.

My OH has just left to for two days in France with his parents, hence my being up so early. I am not sleeping so well recently but have been reading a lot which has been nice. He put the bread maker on for me so in a few hours I will have some lovely fresh bread and I have last nights cottage pie (bulked out of course) to warm up for dinner.

So - I hope the week starts gently for you all. Thank you again to those who missed me, I appreciate all the good wishes. Warm gentle for anyone who wants or needs one.

Diva.x

Pink.

Morning all,

Diva, good to see you back again...sorry to hear you haven't been sleeping well.
Vicky A, glad you're ok after the accident.
Noah'sPM, that is a beautiful dress.
D&DD, it's lovely to see you back posting again.
Essex Girl, well done on the boot sale!
donny-gal, welcome back.
Aussie, hope you're not missing dd too much.

I spent all day yesterday in the garden so it's looking good! Cranky how are your cherries coming on? I have 19 tiny green plums. :j All this sun is doing wonders for the garden and the strawberries, chillis, tomatoes, blackcurrants and herbs are coming on really well. We're really enjoying the spicy salad, rocket and radishes but I can't wait until the cucumbers and tomatoes are ready so the whole salad will be homegrown.

Plans for today are to take my paperwork down to the office, give the house a swish and a swipe, spend some more time in the garden (with factor cream on this time ), marinade some meat and make some nice salads for a barbeque tonight.

Off now to put the kettle on and make the lunches.

Have a good day everyone.

Pink

N9eav

Morning.

Another sunny day in store. It was pretty warm yesterday and the lighter winds made the later afternoon BBQ perfect.
Going off to deliver applications and collect new ones. I hope this scatter gun approach works....
Need to do some weeding and build a few chicken runs as all the baby chicks are getting bigger.
I have to dispatch some ducks too as they are getting too big and messy and eating OH new plant. I hope some freecycler will take them and keep them somewhere
Uncle is going in for Chemo today and over the next few weeks. He is not looking forward to that very much, the alternative is worse I guess...
Well, have a nice day.... cheers

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Good Morning chums ,
up at the crack of dawn today as it was quite a warm night and couldn't sleep so decided to get up in the end .My youngest grandson Mikey's fifth birthday today.Can't believe he is five, where do the years fly by to.School run this morning with Mikey and his two brothers Jack and Henry .Henry is 8 on Wednesday, so its a busy week for birthdays.This afternoon I see my oncologist and this will be my first year of remission over.Wednesday is mammogram day fingers crossed.
Will pop into Aldi's afterwards this afternoon as their new offers start today.Also have some banking and shopping to do. Beautiful sunrise this morning, I was sitting looking out of my window, and saw it come up over the Medway river, the whole of the sky was alight,absolutely gorgeous, makes you glad to be alive. N9eav chemo is not as bad as you think,I had five months of it and found that although you get very tired, I coped o.k. Stay of the spicy food though it made me really sick.The nurses were brilliant and will give you anti-sickness stuff.Plus I found that Lucozade was great when I didn't fancy anything to eat
As you say the alternative is worse
Dinner at DD's tonight with birthday cake to follow.Right I'm off for a shower and hair wash,have a great day everyone
Cheers JackieO

julietiff

Morning all,
Well BBQ went very well yesterday- plenty left to finish off for tea
today though, and some stuff that didn't even get cooked!
Dh just gone off to work so enjoying some early morning quiet
before Dd gets up:D
2 of the dogs are asleep at my feet- why do dogs snore so loudly?
:rolleyes:
Got to get an appointment for Dd to see a nurse at the surgery as
the grazes she got from a roller blade party haven't healed even
after antiseptic and she can't stand plasters. Asda shop coming this
afternoon and 2 of the ds's will be in to help so thats ok-
Hope you all have a lovely day x

Bitsy_Beans

Morning everyone.
JackieO - well done on your first year of remission. Hope mammogram goes well on Wednesday.
Diva - sorry things haven't been too good for you.

Off to find local paper website so I can submit an ad for my old tent. If it doesn't sell that way I shall try e-bay.
Had a late night last night (was MSE-ing) and just typical after a weekend of sleeping til 6am DD decided that 5.30am was a better time to start this morning. that will teach me to get to bed on time!
No major plans today. Toddler group this morning so no housework being done. Tea tonight is supposed to be sausage and lentil hotpot in SC. I think I have a portion already in freezer so might defrost that for H and I will have a cottage pie or something instead. For some reason I am not feeling very inspired by my meal plans at the mo.
Anyway off to put the kettle on and feed the kids. have a good day everyone, don't forget the sun cream.

PS. I checked my local weather for the week ahead. Friday is grey and cloudy and MAX temp is 9 degrees :eek: Thats not even double figures....

redruby

Morning all,

Jackie good luck at the hospital later, hope all goes well xx

Diva, good to have you back hun, sorry things have not been going well x

noahs mum, your dress is beautiful

Vicky a , glad you are ok xx

Back to reality this morning, dd has breakfasted on toast with hm jam, a banana and strawberrys.

Usual jobs to do today, clean through, hoover mop floors, and hopefully have some time in the garden.

Tacos for tea, nothing too stretching there, but its not too heavy in this lovely weather.

Have good days all xx

Essex-girl_2

Good Morning All

Welcome back MSD :hello:

Thanks Pink - am very pleased although we bought a lot of stuff home, have nearly all the money for the holiday now :j

N9eav - best wishes for your uncle.

Bitsy - you have reminded me that I have a flute that I want to put in the local paper - dont want to put it on ebay but too expensive for the boot sale.

Another lovely day here, plan to get as much done in the office this morning and get outside this afternoon. Kids are happy as the pool is up and were in it yesterday afternoon even though it was still freezing from the tap.

I really need to get more organised so I putting aims/lists in my posts - hope noone minds

OS stuff today

• Clean kitchen sinks with vinegar
• Deep clean bedroom
• Dinner from scratch
• Menu plan for rest of week & tescos online shop.
• Washing all line dried :j

MoneySaving/Debtbusting - pay for holiday, find 5 more things to list on ebay (hope to do this daily) get all the birthdays I have coming up this week sorted. Do daily scratchcard.

Think will be ham salad with new pots for tea so a trip out to the butchers & greengrocers is required.

Have a great day.
x

SunnyGirl

Good morning!

Diva Good to see you back you were missed xx

Pink We spent all day working in the garden too and didn't give a thought to sun cream so I've burned my shoulders & DH his back :eek:

Jackie Good luck for the mammogram xx

Halight Hope you enjoyed your weekend away

Another beautiful day here the washing will all be dry quickly again :T All the children are back to school/college so the dishwasher & WM will get a break after a weeks overwork :rotfl:

I'm going to a garden centre with my friend this afternoon although I will have no money to spend until Wednesday. Maybe not a bad thing as it'll stop any impulse buys. I planted some more lettuce seeds yesterday they really are easy to grow & sooooo tasty I'd reccommend growing them to anyone. I'm hoping to get some tomatoe plants too to grow in baskets by the back door. Thanks to Penelope Penguin for the idea :j

Omlette & carrot & chickpea salad for dinner this evening & beans on toast for those who don't want it. Have a good day everyone.

whatatwit

Morning :hello:

Good luck to all the children who are doing maths GCSE today and any doing chemistry IGCSE, I just hope the exam halls aren't too airless.
I'm going to look for some salady seeds today, I didn't fancy paying Makros prices :rolleyes: maybe I'll try Wilkinsons.
I've joined the flyladies in an attempt to get my house more organised, so I'm off for a quick whizz around the kitchen before school run.

Love & Hugs to all :grouphug: The Twit.

sistercas

morning all

(((hugs))) to all that need

good to hear from you Diva hope your sleeping improves

lovely day but i really need to concentrate on the house today
need to:
hoover / dust
tidy
wash ( 3 loads)
iron ( enormous pile :eek:)

got a checkup at the dentist this morning, I have got an achy tooth so see what he thinks

need to check on line banking and pay some bills

have a good day everyone