OS Daily - Thursday 25th June

Money_saving_Diva_2

Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Thursday 25th 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 is welcome, so 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!

Looks like it will be another lovely sunny day today - sixth in a row, though the wind can be chilly!

Sunnygirl - hope it all went well with your father at the hospital.
(belated) to meanmarie
Pen Pin - Hope the new medication is doing the trick
Aussie - well done on your travel bargain!
Donny - hope you manage to see some of the tennis! The Sharapova match was fab.
FairyE - enjoy your camping weekend.
Celyn - glad you had a great weekend - it sounds lovely!
Vicky - Congrats on the job and four weeks will fly by, don't worry!

I am up early with toothache - I stupidly fell into bed really tired last night and forgot to clean my teeth so my newly filled tooth is complaining really loudly today!

I mentioned a strange insect I found the other day? Looked like a stick insect? Well it WAS... apparently they have naturalised in parts of the UK. Fascinating link if you want to know more about it HERE
Here is the wee beastie himself! (If you click on the pic it gets bigger! )

Picked more garlic scapes and cooked them last night. Made garlic butter with them as well as adding to a potato salad for dinner. I found they were much more tender if you scraped or peeled the very thin membrane off first. Thought you might like to see what they looked like for those of you who haven't seen them before..


OH bought some cheap pukka pies in Tescos so that is tea sorted out... better go and put the BM on shortly or lunch will be difficult!

Warm gentle for anyone who wants or needs one today.

Diva.x

redruby

Morning Diva and all to follow,

Nice day here again, this has to be some kind of record six days in a row .

Off to work today, its very busy which is good, makes the time fly past. The First of the Americans visitors have flown on to Venice this morning, and we get another lot arriving tonight :T, so probably lots more eating out, and a few drinkies

Something with oven chips tonight, will go and rummage in the freezer in a while. Need to do a wash tonight, and have a tidy through. Kitchen floor needs a good seeing to

Have good days all and hugs where needed xx

Essex-girl_2

Morning MSD, Redruby & everyone else.

Hope the toothache wears off Diva

Well after a couple of really horrible days hope to make some headway today. Have some office work but will be doing only the essential as really want to get the house under control again. 2 days of letting things slip and it looks terrible.

So this morning will be thoroughly cleaning the kitchen, tidying up and hoovering the whole house. Having the lamb kebabs today as ended up getting a takeaway last night :eek:. Need to take pictures of one of our vans today to put up for sale - not holding out much hope but you dont know till you try. Will be ironing later so will shut the blinds in that room to keep it cooler as it looks like it will be another stunning day :j

Have a great day.
x

Oh and must remember that DS needs to go to school today dressed as an ancient greek - big tshirt with string belt over shorts - he refuses to wear his sandals though so will be an ancient greek in trainers :rotfl:

Bitsy_Beans

Morning everyone.
Well very cloudy here. What a difference to yesterday. Come back sunshine I neeeeeeeeeed you
Not much going on here today. DS back at pre school so am heading off to Mr S with DD in tow this morning. Need some bits and pieces (not much meat in freezer except for chicken) and their baby stuff has a third off so will be clearing the shelves of their eco range of nappies
Not sure what's for tea. Probably a makeshift as I have badminton tonight.
Was nibbling on my homegrown baby carrots whilst watering the garden last night. Very tasty and DS couldn't get enough of them! They've done much better in a big plastic pot this year rather than the terracotta one last year.
My mum and dad are back off hols and it's been nearly 2 weeks since they saw the kids so are having withdrawal symptoms. Will probably head round there this afternoon so they can see them.
Made a lovely tea last night (meat free). Onion and courgette and grated carrot and LOADS of garlic over pasta with home grown little gem lettuce. It was very tasty and a good way to our 5 a day
Do tinned toms count towards that???

Have a good day all OS or not.

HariboJunkie

Morning everyone :hello:

Thanks for all the [STRIKE]sniggering [/STRIKE]kind thoughts about yesterday. Hopefully today will be more straightforward. :rolleyes:
It's very hot here again, even in the shade so I will stay inside this morning and sort out the wardrobe that became a floordrobe in my hunt for something to wear yeaterday.
School sports day this afternoon and I'll help with the strawberry teas. How our little Scottish Highland children are going to cope with running in the heat I don't know. :cool:

Think we'll bbq for tea tonight so must lift some meat out of the freezer. One load of washing on the line so far and 2 more to go. :rolleyes:

I'm so pleased about your Dad Sunnygirl. :j

Take care everyone.

Haribo x

Penny-Pincher!!

Morning Guys!

Thanks for all the nice messages.

Still not feeling good, but trying to keep busy reading or resting:rolleyes:....maybe I am really 85:D The new meds are making me feel very sick and the anti sick tablets are making me drowsy.

OH is taking me out for a drive this morning after the nurse has been and he's helped his dad out with something. I like Rochester near the river, so hoping we can go there with a sarnie and flask.

Cleaner is here atm. I asked her to come after 7.30 as she came at 7.15 last week and it was wayyyy to early! She was on the drive at 7.25 and entering the house at 7.30 exactly.

The Lakeland sale has started BTW online!

Received another great delivery from Ocado yesterday. Total was £69, but that inlcuded a bottle of 15yr Whisky (£18.01, instead of £28.99), lots of frozen and fresh stuff and some cupboard fillers too. Very pleased as I saved £36 in total on offers and a 15% voucher code. They do great frozen veg. We particularly like the broad beans (750g £1.14), Sweet corn on cob (1kg £1.04), Button Sprouts (1kg 95p), Essential peas (907g 95p) and they cook very well in the steamer. Means that we just buy fresh carrots, cabbage and cauli/broc if on special. Frozen peppers from Iceland are £1 and great to put in curries, cassaroles or soups.

I am doing one shop at Ocado every 3 weeks, then top ups at Aldi atm. Their milk is 49p for 2 pints....havent seen it cheaper anywhere else, so we buy about 10 at a time and freeze them. I have cancelled milkman (sorry Taplady) as I was getting my milk after 3pm on the 2 days I had delivered and was getting stupid! The cost had gone to 58p a pint too. I still have an account and can order online the night before till 9pm, which is good for emergencies etc.

My laptop came yesterday, so OH is putting Quicken on it for me, then will move all files needed over. I am giving my old one to DD's friend who is lovely and will appreciate it. Hopefully it should last a little while, but is a little tempramental, she will need to keep backing it all up. Am pleased we got such a great deal. With the other stuff that sold on Ebay, I should just about have enough to clear the cc when it comes in:j:j:j

Anyway, I am rambling.

Twink-We have a date for later?

Have a great day everyone.

PP
xx

halight

Morning all:j:j

Well another busy day me me here again. At 11:30am this morning iv got an interview with pathways to work. Its a Gov thing to help people who are out of work and ill or who are out of work and have a disabilty to help them back into work get them training and help and suport looking for a job.

I dont know if thya will be able to offer me any help as im still waiting for treatment. And alll thats bears on my next head MRI scan which is next thursday afteroon. and then i wont know the reluts untill i get an oppiomnet with my consultan a good few weeks later.
I hope that thay can offer me somthing as i wont to work. Ill let you all know how i get on.

Lunch today will problry be missed.
Dinner tonight will be homemade fish pie:T

Hope that you all have a greta day

enjoy yourslefs everone:j:j

funkymonkey

morning DIVA - sorry to hijack your thread as ive not posted on MS OS for a long long time! just wanted to say that stick insect is freaky! does anyone remember the indiana jones film - think it was the temple of doom when they walk down that insect filled tunel.

urghhh im shivering in fright lol

Have a good day!

Pippa.S

Morning all :wave:
It was dull earlier but the sun has just decided to make an appearance, hope it lasts it still looks a bit cloudy out there.

No idea about food today, some YS crumpets (20p) left so that will be brekkie.Lunch I am out so OH will have to fend for himself, I bet he has beans on toast :rolleyes:

I am meeting a friend at Druckers in the Bull Ring Birmingham later but I wont have a cake nooo well maybe a little one if she insists

I plan to have a serious shop, my neice is getting married in August so I want to have a wander round and get some ideas of what to wear, I fancy something nice light and modernish (but not mutton):o
Probably have a look round in Monsoon, my favourite shop, they may just have a sale on :rolleyes2

Pen-Pin - sorry you're not feeling too well hope it wears off soon, sit back and enjoy your trip out x
Haribo - I did'nt snigger I laughed out loud :rotfl:in fact every time I thought about it I had a chuckle it cheered me up all day, hope today is better for you
Diva - hope the toothache calms down
Halight - good luck with the interview hope they can help

Better go I want to wash the kitchen and laundry floors before I go out
Have good days all,
Anne
x

taplady

Morning all!

Penny-Pincher!! wrote: »

. I have cancelled milkman (sorry Taplady)

I hope you enjoy your drive out this morning PP x

Diva - DH had one of those stick insects on his shirt last time we cut the hedge:eek: :eek::eek: would have had a fit if it had been on me! he just put it back in the hedge.

2 days off now:j:j:j

plans for today

clean at my Mums
get hair cut(they will need a hegde cutter:D)
help Dh in the garden
ironing
shopping list/menu plan for next week.

Thats about it, enjoy the promised sunshine later x

SunnyGirl

Morning all

Diva That is one long insect :eek:

Pen Pin Enjoy your trip out ((hugs))

Halight You are an inspiration to me. I hope that your consultants appointment comes through soon after your scan ((hugs))

Noahsmum How did you get on at the hospital? I was thinking about you.

Nice & sunny here with a good breeze so the beds have been stripped and are out on the line blowing. I want to have a quick clean round this morning & do the windows then off to see Dad with my Mum later on. He should actually be allowed home today or tomorrow so keeping everything crossed.

Dinner this evening is chicken sweet & sour with rice followed by fruit salad. I went into Aldi yesterday and got some peaches, plums, cherries, kiwis, a melon & a pineapple. I don't shop there regularly but try to get in for the Super Six when I'm passing as its such good value :money: Lunch will either be a sandwich or some leftover spag bol from last night.

Have good days all & hugs to anyone who needs them.