OS Daily Thread - Tuesday 7 July 2009

SunnyGirl

Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Tuesday 7th July! 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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Good morning,

It's a wet, rainy one here the gardens will be glad of it I didn't get chance to post yesterday so I'll go and catch up with the thread in a minute. I'm going to the library & picking up a few bits this morning & cutting my Dad's hair this afternoon (only with clippers I don't have any special talent for hair cutting). Spaghetti Bolognese for tea tonight and I'll make a fruit salad as there's some lovely ripe fruit to use up - nectarines, plums, strawberries, satsumas, grapes, kiwis, apples & pears - I got rather carried away at the greengrocers last week It'll all be eaten though.

I'll also do the FlyLady list thats posted - must go and check what it is!

Have a good day everyone & stay dry!

sistercas

morning Sunnygirl and all who follow

just back from taking DD1 (15)to the station, she has been invited to visit the olympic sites and then off to teach sport in a london primary . she is so excited, I am really pleased as she works so hard at school and has done alot to do with sports leadership coaching,

tried to lie down when I got back but my brain is whizzing, so having a cuppa then off to get ready for work

(((hugs))) to those that need

I really enjoyed Torchwood last night did anyone see it?

SunnyGirl

sistercas wrote: »

I really enjoyed Torchwood last night did anyone see it?

I didn't see it but it was the afternoon play on Radio 4 in the afternoons all last week so I listened transfixed

Essex-girl_2

Morning Sunnygirl, Sistercas & all to follow

Sistercas - its great that your DD is so focused at that age.

Lovely and sunny here at the moment. Will try some washing on the line - didnt get anydone yesterday as was out all day.

Office today - must chain myself to the desk. Want to get some horrible filing jobs done before the school holidays start. Both kids finish next friday.

Lamb chops for dinner, new pots from the garden (when OH digs them up) and peas, cant wait till the runners are ready.

Got some bargains at Lakeside yesterday. Gutted though as Virgin Vie were selling off jewellry cheap but I couldnt think of anyone to get it for - completely forgot the teachers pressies!

15 mins left of peace then need to wake DD.

Have a great day.
x

Janae

Good morning :wave:

Have woken this morning with a really sore throat - not quite what I had in mind for my week off :mad:.
Also raining here today but does not really matter as we have plenty of decorating and decluttering to do.
OS plans today - cook a large batch of chilli (should have done it two days ago), put BM on and tidy/clean kitchen.

Sistercas - I completely forgot about Torchwood. Thank you for the reminder - am downloading it on iplayer right now .

Have a good day everyone.

kj x

redruby

Morning all,

Its raining here, nice and sunny but raining :rolleyes:, hope it clears up a bit have loads of washing to do.

We took little dog to the vet, and got her sorted, she is on antibiotics, and should start to feel better soon.

Chicken for tea tonight, think I will do it with rice somehow and peas.

Yesterday I had to severly cut back my runner beans, they were alive with black insects :eek: so I had to cut loads off and burn it.I had one long green bean ready, :rolleyes: I hope the plant recovers.

Washing to do today, and the usual tidying up, I am also going to make a shepherds pie for tomorrow.

Have ordered lots of veggie bits with the shopping for dd , even veggie ham for sandwiches :D

Have good days all xx

Sistercas, we all sat transfixed by torchwood, its brilliant, can't wait till the next one xx

Sunnyday

Morning Peeps :wave:

I`ve just caught up on yesterdays thread as i only managed to log on for a very short time so i missed most of it.

Candygirl - Good luck with your op

Belated anniversary wishes to the Pinks - hope that you had a lovely day.

Tired mum - Hugs to you, some people are just so horrible! i hope that everything works out ok. Are the nasty neighbours renting or do they own their home?

Welcome rnshon :hello:
((((HUGS)))) go to Jayward and NPM - you are both having a tough time atm and i hope that things improve for you both soon.

Welcome back Looby lou

Well i have 3 more days to w*rk before i have twelve days off and i really can`t wait the house is very disorganised but i hope to have that all sorted before the weekend when our visitors arrive, Monday we will be off on our hols so i hope that the forecast improves :eek:

I`ve only managed to get less than 4 hours sleep for the last couple of days but last night i managed almost 5 so i don`t feel as drained today. I think that instead of doing more housework when i get home later i shall have an hour on the sofa as i think that i`m getting a bit run down. I had earache last night and the pain seemed to go all down one side of my neck so i have eardrops in this morning and have a rather attractive piece of cotton wool in my ear :rolleyes:

Tea tonight will be pasta and garlic,basil & tomato sauce, i think that strawberries from the garden will be on the menu for desert as there are some lovely big juicy ripe ones in the garden now

Have a good day everyone! catch you all later.

SD

Bitsy_Beans

Morning everyone.
Tried to catch up with yesterdays thread but there was a problem with the site and it was sooooooooo slow i am afraid my tired temper couldn't cope and I logged off. Will have a nose in a mo.

This is my last free day of the week eek! So am dedicating it to cleaning the house. Had a few more appointments crop up this week so it's mega busy, what with prep for christening etc. Finished (nearly) making DD cake yesterday. My mum got very stressed doing it but it looks OK. We've made better ones but I am pretty sure most people will be impressed with what we've done. Considering neither of us are trained and are complete amateurs I think it's rather good.

Weather for Saturday is heavy rain showers. So if it's anything like yesterday it will be terrible We have 32 people coming and 9 kids so I am panicking that the gazebo in the garden won't be enough to cover everyone etc etc. I am finding all this very stressful for some reason. I MUST try and calm down

Priest came last night to go over the baptism ceremony. He's a lovely man but I was so tired and hungry last night that I wanted him to get to the point and go

Have no idea what's for tea. Meal planning gone out of the window this week Will have a nose at the plan and see what I've got.

Raining here again. My water butt that I repaired seems to be holding but it's leaning terribly on the stand but it's full so I can't move it.
This week seems to be one big stress, can't wait for it to be over quite frankly.

Anyway I think you've been subjected to enough of my moaning this morning so apologies about that
Have a good day everyone OS or not.

mioliere

Good morning everyone.

Lovely and sunny here at the moment but, thankfully, cooler than last week. BM and WM are on, and the house needs a quick whizz around because we were out for most of the weekend, helping at a friend's car boot sale. It went very well; didn't have chance to buy anything because I was order-taker for the fish and chip van, but it was a great day out.

Dinner tonight is roast chicken, with new potatoes, spinach and carrots; we haven't had a roast for a while. Pudding will be fresh fruit salad - apricots, peaches, cherries and strawberries, with creme fraiche. We get Spanish strawberries here but they cannot compete with British ones, sadly!

Skyped DS2 last night which was great. I'm pretty sure now that DIL2 is having a huge baby - just six weeks until it's born, and only two until she finishes work. They showed me the new pram last night; it's very posh. DS2 is very impressed that it has disc brakes!

Anyway, DH has just left for work, so I'd better crack on with the chores, then settled down to some proper work.

Hope you all have a great day.

KathyXX

Almo

Hi all, haven't posted for months on the daily thread (or anywhere much)

Am enjoying winter (in Oz) because I'm not a fan of high temps but wow, Aussie houses are cold! The outside temps aren't really a problem but inside, when you're sitting or in bed etc, it's freezing! Could see my breath in the bedroom when I got up and we have no central heating, just ducted heating which you have to get out of bed to switch on.

Not much OS going on today, caught up with most things over the weekend. Eating the remains of a mud cake I made - very extravagantly I used green and black's maya gold (it was for a special occasion, don't worry) and it was lovely.

Dinner is either toad in the hole, or yorkies and sausages (not sure I'm confident enough to try TITH and worried about it being greasy). I will be making the yorkies with rice milk as OH is dairy intolerant, and am freaking out about it a bit. Anyone ever tried it?

Got some actual tasks to do on the internet instead of surfing MSE for hours as usual - need to register for my silversmithing and book binding courses. I'm also hoping to sign up for a cheese making course, but need my friend to email me details first.

Bitsy would love to photos of the cake!

HariboJunkie

Morning all :hello:

Had planned on having a lie in but heard the girls rummaging in the five (count em) bags that I filled with stuff for the dump and the charity shop. I caught them red handed trying to liberate a one eared Winnie the Pooh and and book called Baby goes to Nursery. :rolleyes:

So now I'm up and coffeed:D. DW and WM on with another load and one hung out to dry.
Gearing up for the holiday now so want to do the dump run today, buy some bits and bobs and clean out the fridge and freezer.
Have pulled a pork fillet out of the freezer for tea so might to pork stroganoff and saute potatoes with more of my own peas.


Sorry little dog is poorly Ruby. x
Welcome back Almo :hello:
Well done to your DD Sistercars. :T

Haribo x