Daffy's 'a nice cup of tea cheers you up' diary

Cheery_Daff

Thanks :j :j

Tea out kind of turned into an amble through the woods while the sun was setting, and some instant noodles :rotfl: :rotfl: Very MSE :rotfl: :rotfl:

Next Friday earmarked instead

MrsMoo2U

Doesnt matter when you have tea out as long as you enjoy whatever you are doing. Lovely to amble in the woods at sunset.

makeup

Hoorah for Dr Cheery!

Fabulous news, and not a minute too soon!
:j:beer::j:beer::j:beer::j

Cheery_Daff

Thanks

Lots of plans for the weekend! Will try to make a list (although will inevitably add to it!)

HOME
* clothes away in bedroom
* washing done and hung up

GARDEN
* carry on digging path!
* repot seedlings
* see what else needs planting
* mosaic??

FUN
* find fancy dress costume for tonight!
* WI this morning
* housewarming tonight
* party on Sunday night

OTHER
* birthday present for friend's son
* finish letter to friend
* find out about conference
* go through university emails/filing system to see what needs saving
* books back to library
* think about printing PHD (I don't have a copy of my own!)
* make photo thing for office

Think that's it!

Karmacat

I love that post. Especially different colours, and a "fun" section

Cheery_Daff

Thanks KC :j :j

I've been ambling round the internet doing a few cheery chores while eating lunch. Been trying to find out about our green waste collection service - you used to collect bags from the library then ring the council when you had a few and they'd come and get them. Then they said we were having reusable bags, and withdrew all existing stocks of disposable ones from libraries. Then they decided they were too expensive, so we're having disposable ones again and they'll collect them on set days of the year. Fine - but they haven't yet decided when they'll be handing the new bags out...

Anyway, so I'd heard we could buy the compost they make with our garden waste. Apparently it's £3 a bag - not bad! (although no idea how big the bags are. Then I've just found out that they have a 'bag your own compost' day where they give you a bag and a spade, and you fill bag for £1! :j :j But there's 4 a year - I've missed the first two, the third is today and finished at 12.30 :rotfl: Ah well - another one in 2 weeks time, so guess where I'll be

(must also remember there's FREE well rotted horse manure down the road too! :j :j Feels a bit excessive for my tiny garden but I guess it's always worth improving your soil, and since it's close and free...

Anyway, must stop reading about gardening and actually get out and do some! :rotfl:

Cheery_Daff

Now then!

Another gorgeous morning, and I thought I'd best revisit my list and see if I'd actually done anything from it :rotfl:

HOME
* clothes away in bedroom
* [STRIKE]washing done and hung up[/STRIKE]

GARDEN
* [STRIKE]carry on digging path![/STRIKE] - DONE BUT NEEDS MORE DOING!
* repot seedlings
* see what else needs planting
* mosaic??

FUN
* [STRIKE]find fancy dress costume for tonight![/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]WI this morning[/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]housewarming tonight[/STRIKE]
* party on Sunday night

OTHER
* birthday present for friend's son
* finish letter to friend
* find out about conference
* go through university emails/filing system to see what needs saving
* [STRIKE]books back to library[/STRIKE]
* think about printing PHD (I don't have a copy of my own!)
* make photo thing for office


So, still a few things to do, and I'd like to squeeze in a run, and make some flapjacks or something for portable breakfasts for the next few days. Priority is the garden though - I've dug out a couple of the old slab things, but I'm too weedy to lift them :rotfl: So I've got a friend coming at some point, but want to dig space round the others first so its easier for them.

Doesn't it make a difference when the sun shines??

vl2588

Ooh yes, lovely sun today! Very motivating (as is an early morning swim!)

I have a question for the pancake guru! How long does pancake batter last once you make it up? I only really need it to last a few days but when it separates it always looks so horrid I am never sure how to tell that it is definitely not mouldy. I am also using soya milk so not sure if that makes a difference?

Karmacat

Thats a good question, I'd like to know the answer to that one myself. And I presume that even if its in the fridge, its better to keep a lid on it?

Cheery, why are you digging the *path*? Scratching my head here, sorry - aren't you supposed to be digging the garden? Or has the path sort of collapsed into the garden? Fascinating, what people do!

Cheery_Daff

Pancake mix - I'd say it's fine as long as you'd keep the milk for! A quick stir with a whisk and it just looks like pancake mix again So you should be fine with a few days. and I never bother with a lid - but then I'm completely slack

As for the path.. there was a sunken concrete path running down from the front door to the pavement, with these huge ancient paving slabs either side. We smashed most of the concrete, and removed it, but there's just a giant load of rubble and stones under it. I'm trying to remove the old pavings, but they really are enormous, and I need to dig down quite far to get anywhere near the bottom of them. Hence removing lots of the rubble - an absolute pain in the backside

Still - worth it though. I'm going to get the pavings out, build a mini retaining wall at the bottom, fill the hole back in, level it off, put the enormous pavings on top, put some kind of fence round it - and have a lovely sunny mini paradise outside the door in a relatively private bit of garden where I can sit and have a nice cup of tea Will see if I can find a photo...