OS Daily 12th July 2009

Bitsy_Beans

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Morning everyone.
I can't believe I am the first one on here today. Are all of you lucky people having a lie in?!!Thank you for all the birthday wishes for DD yesterday. We had a lovely day yesterday. It was drizzly rain all morning and then shortly after the ceremony it stopped and was lovely and warm It didn't start to rain until 6pm then when the last guests went. I can't believe people stayed so long, must have been having a good time clearly! Melissa was a star during the ceremony, she didn't cry at all (not even when she was baptised). She was a bit grizzly during the party but she'd not had her proper nap routine etc and she was a mite warm in her beautiful dress. I promise pics when my H has loaded them on the PC (can't do that on this laptop grrrr).
Food we'd made went down a treat and there aren't many leftovers. My mini pizzas (english muffins, tom puree and cheese) we well liked apparantly . So all the hard work was worth it. Still feel really tired, I never really sat down yesterday (apart from in Church) so feel a bit wore out today.
Have a friends christening to go to this morning so will try and relax whilst I am there.
Have to phone a potential new client about some work later. I am not the only childminder shes ringing so will have to see if this actually turns into some work for me. Cross your fingers for me.........
Not much OS for me (have done enough home baking this week ) so will try and chill a bit today. Just need to mop the floors and vac in the aftermath of having 9 kids running around the house!!!!
Have a good Sunday OS or not.

PS. meant to say:
Redruby - poor your and your OH. I hope your feeling much better really soon.
Bargin Rzl - hope you had a lovely birthday yesterday

Penny-Pincher!!

Morning Bitsy and all who follow!

Ive been up most the night with joint/muscle pain. Just waiting for the nurse. This weather doesnt help much as it's very damp here. Ive even put the GCH on for an hr to dry the air a little.

Not been up to much the past few days. Have got my list and mealplan organised for holiday. The Tourist board kindly sent me some brochures for free or cheap things to do and wheelchair friendly places-so thats kind of them!

Today, I must get my head around my essay as Ive already been given an extension but with the new treatment, my head is all over the place and unable to focus. Its 3000 words, which isnt too bad but have to include ALOT of info with basic plain speaking.

DD has her chores to do today and OH has some ironing. House clean and tidy. WM is on ATM with bedding and towels.

Dinner today is HM Pie, Roasties, Carrots, Broad Beans, Yorkies & Peas.

Anyway, must get ready for the nurse.

Have a good day Guys!

PP
xx

Janae

Good morning

Bitsey - glad yesterday went so well, looking forward to seeing pics.
Redruby - hope you're feeling better this morning. What a rotten thing to happen, but at least you're ok which is the most important thing.
Pen Pin - good luck with the essay

Have been up for a while but didn't know how to start a thread so browsed elsewhere and left it to the experts .
Definitely need to do some OS stuff today as we are back at work tomorrow. I need to make bread, cakes, flapjacks, cook ham for sandwiches, and mealplan for the week.

Have a lovely day everyone, will catch up later

kj x

NoahsPennilessMummy

hi all

Up at the usual silly o clock with DS this morning....have already watched a couple of episodes of Primeval with him:cool:....I didnt watch it when it was on tv but am getting into it now...no choice really;)
Am making Italian brisket today for tea, am doing some bacon and egg sarnies soon for breakfast...once OH gets up....he was up until 1 30am building 3 computers from parts he has collected:o..reckons they are ready to sell so may get some money back for all the hours he has been on with it.
Had a migraine yesterday but with DS to look after, no chance of resting...he had me making dances up with him to Off the Wall album:rotfl:..good job OH wasnt in he thinks we are a pair of nutters.
Next week I am going to get my calendar and diary out and plan everyday of DS school hols:eek:....it has to be done..he cant cope of he doesnt know what is happening at the start of everyday so it is by far the easiest way of doing it. Also going to meal plan out the whole of the 6 weeks as I wont get a chance once he is off.
We are not going on proper hols, just my parents in Edinburgh as DS cant do proper hols as such....i have to send a Sainsbugs order to my mum for the day we arrive so we know all the right food/brands etc are there for DS.
May get some of our brocolli cooked today for first time:T
Bitsy glad yesterday went well. Enjoy the rest today and good luck with the potential client
RedRuby hope you are both ok and thank the lord DD wasnt in the back of the van!....I take it OH needs it for work...someone broke into OHs van a while back and broke all the locks and ruined the alarm system...it took a week to sort it and as he is self employed he lost a weeks work.

hope everyone has good days
xx

halight

Morning all:j:j

Well i have to say that i do feel a bit carmer today. That may change later as im off back for the medical this afternoon. 2:30pm.
Because of the time of the apointment We wont be roasting a joint today. We will probley Go and have a pub meal maybe at tea time.

We have a lovley joint of beef brisket in so i may roast that tomorrow for dinner.

I hope that eveyine is haveing a good weekend:T

I will update you all later on how i get on today at the medical.
I did think about being a bit silly and takeing the twins with me:rotfl:Thay would get the place moveing once thay started shouting:D and crawling everywere getting in the way and getting into everything.
Them that work for the DWP that seem to only say COMPUTER SAYS NO! would soon buck up there ideas :rotfl:


Anyway hope that you all have a great day:j:j

Hardup_Hester

Morning all
Hugs to PP, nice to see you posting.
A lazy start here today, hubby got up at 6 I woke up at 7 & hubby bought me a nice cup of tea wearing nothing but a very large..............smile, finally got out of bed at 8:15, all I've done so far is hang the washing on the line as it is sunny at the moment.
Roast chicken for dinner today with potatoes from the garden.
Have a good day everyone.
Hugs Hester

redruby

Morning all,

Thanks again for all the good wishes you are a lovely lot NPM yes he does use the van for work, but the insurance company are sending out a courtesy car tomorrow, and coming to check his van, so he will have to take tomorrow off, but its only one day. Funny enough we were in town looking at a new car for him when we got hit :rolleyes:, so if his gets written off, its not all bad.

Nice fresh day here, my lower back is a little bit sore, but nothing I cant cope with, I want to take little dog out for a run today, she missed her walk yesterday with all the excitement. Also need to hoover and mop floors, and change bed, and that will do for today.

Roast pork for dinner for OH and I, dd will have the veg and potatoes, with some veggie sausages.

NPM, your lad sounds delightful I love hearing about him.

Bitsy, glad the day went well xx

Have good days all xx

Halight good luck for today xx

Essex-girl_2

Morning All

(((hugs))) Redruby & OH, hope you havnt woken too stiff this morning

Halight - good luck at the medical.

Had a good day in London yesterday but the weather was horrible - very wet drizzly rain. Managed to treat myself in Paperchase - 1 notebook, 1 recipe book and a set of notelets. DD & her friend treated themselves too. Also got a few bits from Lush. Dinner in Chinatown was lovely as usual and much cheaper than eating a chinese locally.

Today woke feeling urghh, think its maybe the weather - very very damp here. Meant to be going to a barbeque for friends dd's 21st later - hope it brightens up for them.

Will be clearing the ironing mountain this morning, doing next weeks menu plan and online tesco shop - though if I dont need much will try and shop locally. When I stop buying packed lunch stuff over the holidays the cost seems to go down quite a bit.

Not sure if I need to cook dinner today - will be a rummage in the freezer if so.

Have a great Sunday.
x

sistercas

good morning

Redruby glad you're not too sore this morning, dont overdo it though

sunny here , so will aim to get the other hedge cut today , I cant do it on my own as its too high, I have to cajole OH into helping me:rolleyes:
I cut the privet hedge yesterday but still managed to fall off a garden chair whilst I was trying to reach the top

pulled up some carrots yesterday and a little beetroot, the carrots are lovely , the kids have eaten them raw although I still have a couple left for lunch today

DD1 off to her gymnastics club soon

waitrose chicken in creamy tarragon sauce for lunch ( whoopsied)
HG potatoes HG carrots and peas

WM on
was going to make some bread but have run out of bread flour- does anybody know If I could substitute ordinary flour ?

hope you all have a great day xx

[Deleted User]

Good Morning chums .
A bit of a damp start here in North Kent, but its brightening up as I speak.Went to dinner last night at my DDs, and we had a great night afterwards as we all played cards,even the little one. The boys love to have cards or board games, even though they have their computer games.I think its because we all sit around the big dining table and chat as well.We were all remembering our poetry that we had learned at school. My 9 year old grandson thought it was cool that his Mum and his Granny could recite The Owl and the !!!!!cat almost word perfect together. He seemed so suprised as I think he thought that we had never been to school as he has and had to learn things off by heart. So all the boys recited something they had learned.
My DD calls it a 'family night' when we all get together and they boys get a chance to air their views on different things. Very noisy but a lot of fun.
We have finished Katie's bedroom so she will have a nice suprise when she comes home from her holiday. Its a complete makeover and looks like a young ladies room now instead of a junk room. I will take her to choose a rug for by her bed next week after she has got over her jet-lag. We have all missed her even her brother Ben, who fights and argues with her all the time.
Ben's gone fishing today so he will be out all day. I have a little painting to do as I seemed to have caught the decorating bug, and have a small shelf that need smartening up.Then this afternoon I will be off to my DD's again as I help the boys with their homework. I might knock up a batch of twink's cookies before I go as they seem to vanish at the speed of light when the little ones see them.Hope everyone has a great day
Cheers JackieO

Squiggly_Diddly

Morning all,

long time no see.... been MIA for a few weeks finishing (and getting!!) a 2:1 degree :j So as soon as I am registered with the professional body I can call myself a qualified social worker. My graduation ceremony in 2 weeks which I am really looking forwards to. Have a job all lined up for the autumn as well, working 4 days a week with 11-16 year olds. In the meantime I've been taking a chance to relax, catch up with friends & went to Champneys last week which was lovely...
Feels like such a long time since I've been here (it is!) and other than skimming through today's/yesterday's threads, no idea what's been going on.

Redruby - ouch Hope you & OH feel less sore soon & very lucky you didn't have your DD with you.
Halight - hope the medical goes ok.
:hello: MSDiva, Mioliere, Aussie, Dorry and everyone else!


Belated birthday & anniversary wishes to all those I have missed & (((((hugs)))))) for everyone needing them.

Despite being at home for the past few weeks, the OSing has slipped a little, but now I feel more revived I am determined to get myself sorted again. Mum cooking the roast today as my little sis is over from Bognor for the weekend though. Today I need to:

Unload/load DW
Put a load or 2 in the WM & hang outside to smell lovely & fresh
Tidy kitchen worktops
Mop kitchen floor
Hoover/sweep downstairs
Make some cake/flapjack or something for packed lunch treats for one DD next week.
Meal Plan!!!! (haven't done this for months & spending a bomb as a result...)

Have a lovely day everyone. xx