OS Diary Archive August 2006

snoozer

Hi all,

Late posting today but i have had quite a productive OS day for me. Thoroughly cleaned bathroom (which didn't take long as I've been swishing and swiping the basics every day). Cooked beef stew in the SC and made some mocha squares for DS and DD when they come back from their festivals. They are very moreish chocolatey oaty traybake with soft coffee icing on the top. Trouble is they disappear so quickly.

Also had a chat to DH about cutting our spending bcause we are still too extravagant on food especially. we also decided to shelve the holiday we were planning because we are now intending to extend the house next year and will ned to save. We might look for a cheap deal in another month.

Penny Pincher - good news on the essay, if not the cleaner. I'm starting a course next year in local Govt administration with Gloucester Uni. It's correspondence with a couple of residential weekends like the OU. Not quite sure how it will work out with full time work but at least they are paying for it.

Ivyleaf congrats on the new baby.

Elona, hope things go as well as they can tomorrow.

kiwichick

snoozer wrote:

made some mocha squares for DS and DD when they come back from their festivals. They are very moreish chocolatey oaty traybake with soft coffee icing on the top. Trouble is they disappear so quickly.

OMG THOSE SOUND DELISH - DAMN WEIGHT WATCHERS
Any chance you could post the recipe, just in case I 'happen' to fall off the wagon??? Possibly tomorrow night after weigh in:p

comping_cat

Well, didnt quite have my day of rest. Cooked a lovely roast chicken, and then decided that we would go blackberry picking!!! Managed to get 3 tubs full, so have frozen 2, and have made blackberry and apple crumble for DS and me, and blackberry crumble for DD. Whilst the oven was on, also made potato cakes, chocolate crispies and chocolate brownies, so cake tin well and truly stocked up now!!!!!
Right, need to go and get my 2 in the bath, they really need an early night, they have been staying up later because of the holidays, and they are getting tierd and niggly now!!!!
Hope everyone has a lovely evening,
Take care xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

twink

you got in before me kiwichick:D was debating whether to ask for the recipe or not, now i can blame you:p
squishy was on the phone telling me how good she had been at thorntons avoiding the choc fountain, you could buy skewers of marshmallows or fudge for £1.50 to dip in, well i had to have choc cake and ice cream after that:o

kiwichick

kiwichick wrote:

Am in frantic mode here, I have a load of blood tests at 9am tomorrow for which I have all the vials/needles etc. I can't find them!!! Its for the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust, they send the needles etc to you with a letter for you to take into the doc. I feel really strongly about having it done and absolutely HAVE to find them before tomorrow. At least the house is having a good clean while I'm hunting.

I FOUND THEM!!!!!!!! YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY & WOOOOPPPPPEEEEE

Squishy

Yay kiwichick! glad you found them! :beer:

I'm soooo tempted to go back into town next weekend and buy a shot glass full of melted chocolate or one of the skewers I liked the look of the marshmallow ones though they were the more expensive, but I'm sure I could find the £2.50 for it

The lasagne I made last night turned out really well, so I'm chuffed to bits with it. There's still half to go into the freezer, so that will do another day. Got a few more bits for my christmas box today (will have to sort out a box to put them in now!) so thats coming along nicely. The washing machine is on (again) and the dishwasher is loaded and ready to go, so even though I didn't get as much done as I had hoped I've had a productive day.

Have a good evening all *hugs*

Kazonline

Snoozer...

kiwichick wrote:

OMG THOSE SOUND DELISH - DAMN WEIGHT WATCHERS
Any chance you could post the recipe, just in case I 'happen' to fall off the wagon??? Possibly tomorrow night after weigh in:p

I'd love the recipie too please! (or should that be three as Twink facnies it as well!)

Just had a look through my box with the demijons and it also has some campden tablets (open so not sure if I should use), sterilising solution, some tube (assuming I don't do as I used to and pur straight from the demijon it should be handy, lol) a funnel and even an airlock!!! Not bad for a £1 eh?

Pasta and pesto saved the day for tea again, but I've a bad case of the munchies thanks to all the talk of nicies on here Do we really need 3 packs of welsh cakes in the freezer - I'm sure the boys won't mind if one disappears....
Kaz x

Aril

Hi everyone!!
Congratulations on your new grandchild Ivyleaf. My mum says she thoroughly enjoys being a Granny...you get to do all the good bits but without the same responsibility. My small person adores the attention he gets from my parents!
Got back yesterday from a fabby week away in Norfolk. The weather was a bit mixed but hey we're flexible! Made the most of our Nat Trust cards and enjoyed a few longer walks. The small person happily does 5-6 miles now without really noticing. Only blip was when I came over all blond and managed to lock both sets of keys in the car boot. As we hadn't got round to renewing our breakdown cover that wasn't very moneysaving.:eek:
Back to OS with a vengance today. Not much cleaning needed as had left the house reasonable but seem to be washing for England...like somebody else mentioned on the board our little mud hut seems more like a Chinese laundry today as haven't had good enough weather to dry it all outside. Will have a couple more loads to do and then a gloriously huge pile of ironing. Where does it all come from??!!! Did manage to get a couple of Weetabix cakes baked though [one for the freezer] and all the shopping done. Spent this afternoon at a local nature reserve rounded off with a well deserved cup of tea!!
TTFN
Aril

moggins

Well done Kiwi, that is a lovely thing you are doing.

We had a lovely day at the in-laws but I now have a bit of a problem and am typing onehanded. I helped MIL with lunch and the knife slipped. It was a brand new serrated chefs knife and it went straight through the palm of my left hand. It's proving more of a problem than I thought it would do

twink

kaz - looks like you have most of what you need for winemaking, maybe a 2 gall bucket or are you going to start with a kit? dh made lots of different wines, but i left him to it except when it came to drinking it;)