Having courage to be honest

ruby1968_2

Another Day!!!
I have just managed some payments to the debt accounts and will update my signiture £127.40 to come off, although this has left me short again, which means I will be mising a payment to G&E :eek: whch I know is very important and should not happen (please don't tell me off) I can't take any more this week but I need to buy food shopping will see what is left and make a token payment I know it's not the same but it wll be something.

ruby1968_2

I have made it to the end of the has been awefull have had both DD and DS home today ill, but as the day wore on I decided that they are both going back to college and school tomorrow:) enough of the I'm not feeling well for this week!!! their both fine well enough to want to go out so well enough to go to school.

ruby1968_2

The start of another day DS refusing to go to college, because his throat hurts, Had enough of this now, am going to ring the GP to hopefully get an appointment and get ths sorted, I'm feeling totally depressed now need to see my own gp anyway, was given some details yesterday of a new support group for people with fibromyalgia so am hopefully going to give that ago, off to take timmy for a walk for some thinking time.

Ruby

BLT_2

Herewego wrote: »

I know what you mean Ive been living off tins which Best before date shows Oct 2008. 6 months ago they would have gone in the bin not anymore:money:
Im still here to tell the tale and no dodgy side effect yet
The tin im not looking forward to is the rice pudding and i have 3 of them, but the tomato soup spaghetti and beans were all fine.
Well done on your debt busting will read more when i get back from a quick run round Mr T if i run i dont put much in the basket :rotfl:

I tend to think of best before dates as guides the supermarket use to tell them when to put an item on the bargain shelf.

The other day I forgot about a bag of stir fry vegetables I had put in the fridge, when I checked they were 7 days out of date. Stir fried them and they were great, no side effects whatsoever.

Clearly after a month I may have looked at the issue slightly differently, but lets face it everything has a degree of safety built in these days. If your meat says best before the 10th, its probably safe for some time after that.

ruby1968_2

Thanks BLT yes I do use the reduced shelf quite a bit now and freeze them till needed. I also do alot of home baking than i did before but never having a role model (mother that never cared) in my life it is all still a very deep learning curve.

ruby1968_2

Ok decided yesterday that it would be good to have a veggy patch in my garden, and I wont loose much garden to do it, well I started the clearing yesterday and moved a small bush to the other side of the garden, good idea? I thought so then just as i moved shooting pain left hand side hip straight across to centre of back :eek: God it hurts!! sometimes those moments should be left alone:D.

decided not to rush at it so will have the rest of this year to get the soil sorted and sieved ( it's like a gravel pit under the grass) also learn about it too, quite excited really never managed this kind of hobby before, and it will save some pennies.:).

any advise gratefully recieved.

bevan840

You could do some in pots/tubs to start you off I planted peas, potaotoes, beetroot, carrots and a few other's last year as I don't have a garden and the potatoes and carrots were excellent Only doing pea's, potatoes, blackberry and strawberries this year though

ruby1968_2

Hi Bevan

Yes thankyou, my neighbour does her vegg in pots but then she does have a rather large pool in her garden above ground so was better for her, I have almost finished my patch and yesterday my neighbour bless them gave me some pea plants, 2 tomatoe plants. looks quite sad at the mo but is a start their also going to let me have some beans and carrots when their ready and my other neighbour also said I can have some when redy also, so I apart from the hard work in digging the patch this year is a very MSE
idea and am very excited about the prospect of having home grown .

have strawberry plants growing in a wall basket, first attempt very pleased.

40somethingmum

Hi Ruby,

I love the idea of growing veg in pots BUT the dog would have them:mad:

ruby1968_2

Hi 40sm

Yes thats what I thought and so far he's left it alone if its possible that you can do it could you fence it of somehow