OS Daily Thread - Wednesday 24th March

sistercas

bargainbird just wanted to say thanks for the link to RHS grow your own ( think it was you ) my pack has come with tomato and carrot seeds a book mark recipe cards and a planner

off for a nap before the kids get home

got quite a few seeds showing themselves now except my chilli no sign of life there :cool:

Pippa.S

Afternoon all
Late again today, been out and about shopping and stuff.
Was lovely and sunny earlier but its disapeared now and quite cold.

Lunch was beef sandwiches
Dinner is sausage mash and beans with fruit and yoghurt for pud,
I forgot to take the pork steaks out of the freezer

Washing is on the line but not drying much, hardly done any HW today except for the bathroom and bedroom, dont feel like it today, got some crochet to finish off so will go do that next.

Tried a jacket on this AM, and put it straight back in the wardrobe, I think it's shrunk;)....well thats my story and I'm sticking to it :rotfl:

havent read through yet so hope you are all having a good day, (((hugs )))for all in need

Need a drink see you later
Anne
x

Diva - thanks for that I will keep an eye open for black bamboo bet it looks really good.Glad Tris and Michelle are on the mend.

floss2

sistercas wrote: »

bargainbird just wanted to say thanks for the link to RHS grow your own ( think it was you ) my pack has come with tomato and carrot seeds a book mark recipe cards and a planner

Ooh, wonder if mine will be there when I get home?

taplady

Bargainbird - now you know why they say to take painkiller:eek: before having the mirena fitted! The pain goes quickly but this time I've had a lasting side effect that I could do without really but in the long run its supposed to be a brilliant device.

I've had my hair cut so look a bit more presentable now:D also done my eyebrows etc so look a little less like subo:D

decided against doing the painting - leaving it till the weekend I think.
washing all done and most of the ironing too.

off for a quick go at scrabble on FB

take care all x

MancMillyMolly

Hi Everyone,

Apologies for not having a proper read through the past few days, just had a quick scooch through today's. Big ((hugs)) to all in need and :bdaycake: to any I may have missed.

Have had a very testing few couple of days, BIL has been gravely ill in hospital over the weekend and was very touch and go early this week. Thankfully he is off life support now and seems to be making recoveries in the right direction, but it's looking like we are going to have to get the docs to agree to keep he in for the forseeable to make sure he is getting the proper help he needs. (This isn't the first time he's been in in recent months, but the problem is getting worse each time.)

Fingers crossed a positive result comes out of this all in the long run.

Needless to say with all this going on, normal life has completely gone out of the window: today is the first 'normal' day I've had this week and I've been trying to do as little work as possible to see if I can catch up with where I am up to on my 'home' jobs:

OS has completely escaped my life and as a consequence I have already had a takeaway this week and have no bread in the house, the washing machine is rapidly disappearing under the pile of clothes that have been dumped in front of it, my budget for the month has been completely jettisoned and I have no idea where I'm up to... I'm feeling a bit :eek: at the moment! So I've decided to just dig in tonight, not to worry about the grocery/shopping/house budget for the rest of this month and to start afresh for April. The washing will take as long as it takes and the bread will be done for tomorrow morning. DD and DS need some Mummy & Daddy time tonight so I'll be leaving work a little early tonight [I'm such a good employee at the moment! NOT!], and then start my tasks.

On the plus side of the weekend - before all this stuff started, I managed to bulk-buy and freeze all my meat for the next month or so (maybe longer). Good job I defrosted the freezer the other week! And as Sistercas mentioned, my RHS pack turned up last week too :j

Hopefully chat to you all again in the morning.

MMM

csarina

Sorry I am going to shout............WE HAVE SKY INTERNET AT LAST!!!!! only 10 weeks after we told them we were moving!!!

I have been using a mobile dongle for the past 7 weeks......OH said when I came in from quilting that there was a red light on the box, I unplugged it and waited a couple of minutes and then reconnected it and BINGO internet at last, the dongle can go into early retirement and we will no longer have to share, we can both go on the internet at the same time.

Very cold again today, a few spots of rain this morning but it hd cleared by lunchtime.

Pizza and salad for supper.

Pippa.S

Me again
Just had a quick read though

stroppyjock - :eek: how much!!! scary is'nt it the price of car stuff
snoozer - good news on your results
Gemmabuckle - well done with the crochet, you will soon get the knack, and just think of all the money you can save making scarves for everyone for next Christmas :T
Molly - hope you feel better soon
lowesey - have you tried googleing it? you should get some info on there,
Donny-Gal - (((hugs)))
MMM - Hope things settle down for you now,and BIL is soon on the mend

So many labrinthitis sufferers, my BIL had it a few years ago it scared us all at the time until he was diagnosed, he took the pills he was prescribed
and slowly but surely he got back to normal,and since then he has been fine.

Off for a cuppa
enjoy the rest of your days all
Anne
x

jc2703

Got my veg box Well more a veg net! I got the medium one with potatoes and got.....

a white cabbage (hope it tastes as nice cooked..snaffled a bit while I was chopping it )

a mahoosive swede
4 onions
6 carrots
3 baby leeks
a red pepper
a thing of celery (what is that called? a bunch?)
and about 20 ish potatoes

for £9.50 delivered - i'm guessing money wise its a lot more expensive but I'm going for taste, freshness and 'shelf' life. See how we get on!

I also got a small fruit bag which contained 2 big bananas, 3 oranges and 5 apples - that was £4.50 and I don;t think its good value for money ....and I don't eat fruit so I don't care as much about how that tastes :rotfl:

White cabbage is the first to be trialed - being served with mash potato, corned beef and onion panaculty, and sweetcorn.....with lots of pepper on it.

I'm excited about cabbage....I really need to get back to work......:o

Edited to add priced it up at Mr A's on line and the veg would have cost £8.50 there - so not that much more expensive

sistercas

JC what is corned beef and onion panaculty?? I love corned beef

jc2703

sistercas wrote: »

JC what is corned beef and onion panaculty?? I love corned beef

Probably sounds a lot grander than it is! Fry onions in a little oil, add chopped up corned beef. I usually throw in a little dried thyme and some worcestershire sauce and then either crumble in a couple of oxo cubes or I like the bisto best gravy granules and add hot water to the pan and then let it simmer away for about 20 minutes. season with a little salt if needed and some pepper.

This HAS to be served with mashed potato - its the law

I think everyone has slight variations on what they call corned beef dishes - we call corned beef hash boiled potatoes and onions mashed up with corned beef mixed through....again law states this must be served with tomato sauce...brown sauce is acceptable....just.

But then I've done sauted potatoes,onions, corned beef and baked beans with fried egg on top and called that corned beef hash too!

Some say I make it up as I go along .......:cool: