OS Tuesday 10th November 2009

Bitsy_Beans

Busy day today but fairly productive. Did a bit of tidying in garden (complete with rainy drizzle and 2 kids) and then this afternoon popped to Mr S for a couple of things and ELC and Argos to pick up some Xmas pressies (not all from me I might add - not enough to do my own Xmas shopping doing other peoples as well )
DD has been a total PITA today with her temper tantrums. Sod the terrible twos they've already arrived here :mad:

Celyn - your cake is fab. How on earth do you manage to get the plates of icing to hold up so well :eek:

Penny Pincher - sorry you're feeling so rough and down about your hair. Glad to see you posting though

Hope you all have a snuggly evening x

Pippa.S

Evening :hello:

Its been freezing here all day, but the rain stopped by lunch time thank goodness. I just hate the cold and damp my joints drive me nuts they ache so much.

Off out to friends tonight for a glass or 2 and a natter.

Celyn - your cake is amazing you are so talented :T
HAPPY ANIVERSARY MR/MRS D-G :beer:
PP - sorry you feel so rough hope things improve for you soon(((hugs)))

Dinner's ready better go dish up Fish and curly fries tonight, then fruit and yoghurt.

Hope all the poorlys feel better soon.

Enjoy the rest of your evenings
Anne
x

SunnyGirl

Pen Pin Sorry you're feeling so rough & not surprised you're feeling down. It was nice to see you posting ((hugs)) to you all xxx

Flutterby In case you fall asleep again Flash Forward is also on Fiver or Five USA next Monday at 8pm. I like it as you can then see the next episode straight away IYSWIM

Bitsy ((hugs)) to you dealing with toddler/baby tantrums is wearing. Try and get a peaceful bath alone or something if you can. Mum's need to recharge their batteries too :A

Just waiting for the curry to heat up ready to serve - the kids are all complaining of starvation :rotfl:

Has anyone heard from Diva? They're missing her on the flylady thread too. Hope you're ok Diva we've missed you today xx

HariboJunkie

Evening everyone :hello:

Haven't had time to post today as I have had loads of silly jobs to get through. Was out early this morning to get to the bank and to the post office. Also called in with the accountant and got another half a dozen Christmas presents (all very bargainous :money:)
Made stew this afternoon and a meatloaf for the freezer with a load of mince I had. Loaf for tommorrow's lunches is just finishing in the oven so will do the sarnies when that cools. Have to make some jelly for the lunches too.

RosyRed and Nic, I hope you feel completely better soon. x
Happy Anniversary DG. Did he get his long service medal?
Sorry work was bad Flutterby. x
You are soooo talented Celyn. :T I forgot to say yesterday that I was sorry to hear about your uncle. How is your Dad? x

The girls are out of the bath so I'd better go and detangle their locks.:rolleyes:

Haribo x

celyn90

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

How on earth do you manage to get the plates of icing to hold up so well :eek:

It's confectioners paste rather than standard fondant - the stuff you use for making sugar flowers, you can roll it out so it's almost see through and it sets really hard (although it is still edible). I made the panels on Saturday so they had a couple of days to dry before I painted them late last night. They are fragile though, so I was quite paranoid about snapping them The cake is covered with butter cream and roll out fondant, then the panels are glued on with more frosting and the edges sealed with water. I was going to use royal icing to seal the roof, but OH decided to help by making some buttercream whilst I was in the bath -which was far too wet and I had to use all of my remaining icing sugar to retrieve it - hence why there is some gingerbread house type piping on the top rather than the more delicate effect I wanted :rolleyes:

Haribo - thanks I'm going to ring again tonight and see how everyone is

PP - sorry you are feeling poorly

flutterby - sorry you had such a rough time at work - sometimes it can be really hard when you have a group that doesn't gel and you spend most of your time dealing with them kicking off every five minutes. Don't be too hard on yourself - it takes a strong person even contemplate doing that sort of work - let alone cope single handedly without the support.
Hester - :eek: What a little charmer - I wonder where he picked that idea up from?!

redruby

Celyn, you cake is amazing, you are very skilled :T:T


Happy Anniversary to the Donnys :beer:

Just had sausages, mash, fried onions, cabbage, cauli and sprouts with gravy, it was delish.

Made a cottage pie for tomorrow, and prepped the veg, done a load of washing, tidied through, cleaned out a couple of cupboards, and done lots of silly little jobs which I never seem to get round to.

Have good evenings all, and keep warm x

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Hi chums,
Danny should hear by Friday if he is successful or not so I shall keep my fingers crossed until then.His girlfriend Chloe has her interview for a CPSO job on Friday too, so fingers crossed for her as well. He is 19 on Saturday so I hope he gets some good news.
Had some delicious pea and lentil soup for supper tonight ,warmed me up a treat,so I'm now off to bed to finish off my Mary Stewart book about the 6th century I do have strange reading tastes I know, but I have so many books in my house that I have collected over the years that I am working my way through them ,then as they are read, they go into a big plastic crate which I take to the local charity shop as it fills up. Its the only way I get get shot of some of my books.I have lots that were given to me when I was confined to the house whilst I was having my chemo,so by donating them I hope that the cash goes to a good cause.My local shop is a Sense one and they are always keen for books ther ,but I have to make sure I don't buy more whilst I'm in there donating
Night all,sleep well
JackieO x