Another new day to add to July: The No Spend Day

solventsoon

Wee_Jo wrote: »

Hey Spoony! :hello:

Hi Jo:hello: - nice to have some company and like the new name:j:j

cw18

Have been busy baking today.

Made ginger Twinks this morning before work - though I was tight for time getting lunch and into my uniform after getting them out of the oven.

Melted 2x100g bars of chocolate to put on them this evening (after work, a 5km run with the club, and making and eating tea), based on that was what I used for just over half the batch of the coconut ones I made last Friday - but because I spread it on the flat bottoms instead of spooning it over the rough tops I didn't use much more than half of it

Between tasting when they came out of the oven and after adding the chocolate (and then discovering DS did the same!), my batch of 52 is now down to 43......

So a quick think as to what I could use the rest of the chocolate for, and I got Jo's Florentines on the go (I like a certain luxury brand which has chocolate drizzled on the top). They came out of the oven bang on midnight, and are now in the fridge to try and get the chocolate to set enough to pack them into a box to take to OHs tomorrow - or, rather, after work tonight 'cos it's already Friday

(The rack they're now on wouldn't take all of them, so I've had to have a taste - and DS has demanded he gets at least one as well. So that's a maximum of 18 going to make it into the car with me)

I also cut (more like strimmed :rotfl: ) DSs hair while the Florentines were in the oven, as he demanded I do it before I 'disappear' to OHs. Gave him some stick about his weekend plans if he's that desperate to have it cut

solventsoon

Hi lovely NSD gang :A
Lots more targets being met today and loads more NSDs - the front page is becoming busier by the way - well done everyone:j

Targets met today:
chris81418: :jyay, target of 19 smashed now, that’s brilliant, well done! :jLittle kitty is on her way over to you now. Fingers crossed for another 1 or 2 this month, refillable bottle of champagne will be yours then
jintyb: :j yay, target no 2 well and truly smashed now, 17 NSDs is brilliant. :j
Great news on the money today - what a great day all round! :T
Hope you get lots of lovely tea today. How’s pusskins doing?:)
mrsinvisible: :jwell done for meeting and exceeding your target - that’s brilliant. Dancing kitty and bottle of champagne heading your way now:j... and that is so unkind of your kids to make comments like that about your brain;)
CraigLoans: :jyay well done, target of 14 well and truly smashed, that’s fantastic, well done. :j Little kitty is dancing her way over to you now. And another one today, bottle of champagne for that;)
LadyfromVenice: :jyay, well done for no 18, target no 2 smashed and Johnny is now yours :j. Brilliant month for you:T
As for the joke though:eek:.......
Smilerwoman: :j yay, well done to you, 10 NSDs and your target smashed, that’s fantastic.:j Little kitty is all yours now
Hope the conference and mega-spendy weekend are both OK.:)
Angyles: :jyay, well done, target no 2 smashed now, that’s fantastic.:j Johnny is all yours now;)

Well done to:
:jhoney: well done for no 5, halfway there now, that’s brilliant - wooohoooo indeed:)
:jshoe_gal_84: well done for no 13, doesn’t matter whether you cut it fine or not, an NSD is still and NSD. Good luck for today and tomorrow
Update: and well done for no 14 today, 1 more now, keep going!:T
:jLooloo: well done for an unexpected no 15 - that’s brilliant
Hope you managed to clear your desk and have a lovely week off. :T Will sign you up for 10 for August
:jelfen: well done for no 18 - you are very determined, 1 more to get now:)
:jBroken hearted: well done for no 9, that’s brilliant. 1 more to get now, keep going.
Oh dear to the car boot today:(, weekends are definitely better
:jkarenccs67: well done for no 14, you’re doing brilliantly, 1 more to get now, nearly there
Great news about the waste management meeting and the MOTs - what a fantastic day!:T
:janonymoose: well done for no 7, only 1 more to get now, keep going:)
:jslowlyfading: well done for no 17 - only 1 more to get for you as well, nearly there:)
:jfedupandskint: well done for no 13 - 1 more to get for Johnny, keep going
Pleased you’re finding the challenge useful and glad it’s working well for you:T
:jBDINI: well done for no 15 - you’ve had a brilliant month with all the building work you’ve had to pay for - fantastic. Hope your weekend and your friend are both OK
Behave ... what’s that?:rotfl:
:jkatenut: well done for no 16, target well and truly smashed now, bottle of champagne coming your way.:T
Wow, payment by cheque... think you might be, what a pain:(
:jcw18: yay, well done for no 22, you’ve had a brilliant month, fingers crossed for another two for you, Johnny and the refillable bottle are both waiting;)
:jfi76: well done for no 7, you’ve done well even if you don’t meet your target.
To be honest, I would go for the bargain batteries as you’re not going to make your target - seems crazy to miss out on a bargain - that’s a big price difference;)

And hello to everyone else:
BDINI: great, all sorted then. Airbeds would be great, the Tardis can get a mite uncomfortable, not to mention smelly as Hubert is bound to be there and quad bikes, that sounds like fun! :T Your back passage is a forbidden area for the bikes:rotfl:
Soma: hope today’s spendy day wasn’t too painful:)
Trinny: oh no, not more vets, hope puss is OK?
Will sign you up for 10 for August, you’re being brave:)
boultdj: hope the spendy day wasn’t too painful today:)
Wee_Jo: very low spendy day, that’s good. Hope you’re not giving Delilah milk, not good for kitty’s tums - love the new name:T.
Well done for the bolognaise batch cooking - I need to do that..
katholicos: hope the spendy day wasn’t too serious:)
ifwishes: glad your laptop survived the Diet Coke episode - it’s not thirsty, really:rotfl:
kathy40uk: low spendy day is fine, and well done for not buying any carp:T
Great news about the credit card, love the cheques story

Still on no 21, grocery shop today and I got wet again...... fed up with all this rain now, someone else can have some;).

Off to do the usual update now, see you all tomorrow.

‘night all
spoon
x

chris81418

Yee haa! I exceeded my target yesterday with another NSD taking my running total up to 20 NSD out a pledged 19!

Unfortunately, I'm out playing this weekend so Sat and Sun will be expected spend days; however, if I'm well behaved tomorrow I might be able to squeeze one more NSD out of this month.

Have a good weekend everyone!

jintyb

Good morning all!

Well done to all you guys reaching their targets, I think we've all done pretty well this month.

On the subject of pusskins - I'm still worried about him. The vet gave him Metacalm on Tues and I had to give him a dose once a day. Well, the cat was sick Wed morning,Wed lunchtime and Thurs morning. So I went back to vet yesterday, he thought the cat had had a reaction to the Metacalm so changed the anti inflammatory. ( £20 for Metacalm and £10 for the new one:eek:). Got up this morning cat been sick again all over the windowsill and my new curtains:eek:
He doesnt seem "poorly" as he's still leaping about as if there's nothing wrong, but I had to do a urine test and there's still blood. Between that and the sickness, I'm really concerned. I'm going back to vet this morning to see what he says. I'm wondering whether he's been poisoned with something, there are a lot of gardens here and some of the products people use on their gardens are not very pet friendly.

Also re the curtains - the label says DRY CLEAN ONLY but they're only made of polyester lined with cotton - do you think I should risk a machine wash? The staining is on the lining and I dont think dry cleaning will get it out. I'd appreciate any thoughts. Sorry for so many questions at this time of the morning !

Got my lovely Ringtons tea yesterday, so I think I'll go and have a cup and try to calm down!

Have a lovely day all:)

Wee_Jo

solventsoon wrote: »

Wee_Jo: very low spendy day, that’s good. Hope you’re not giving Delilah milk, not good for kitty’s tums - love the new name:T.

Thanks Spoon! Just changed it to water! I am learning A LOT about cats this week! From JintyB's poor sickly (boy) kitty's cystitis to the fact that you don't feed cats milk! (I actually should have known that second one, because when I was feeding Jack, my friend's cat this weekend, I just had to feed him water....) Is it just an old wives' tale that cats like milk?

solventsoon

Wee_Jo wrote: »

Thanks Spoon! Just changed it to water! I am learning A LOT about cats this week! From JintyB's poor sickly (boy) kitty's cystitis to the fact that you don't feed cats milk! (I actually should have known that second one, because when I was feeding Jack, my friend's cat this weekend, I just had to feed him water....) Is it just an old wives' tale that cats like milk?

Hi Jo... no, cats love milk, but milk is no good for cats at all - damages their teeth and gives them the runs.....

Bit like nice edible things and humans really, we love 'em but no good for us:D:D:D

Hope you're well today?

solventsoon

jintyb wrote: »

On the subject of pusskins - I'm still worried about him. The vet gave him Metacalm on Tues and I had to give him a dose once a day. Well, the cat was sick Wed morning,Wed lunchtime and Thurs morning. So I went back to vet yesterday, he thought the cat had had a reaction to the Metacalm so changed the anti inflammatory. ( £20 for Metacalm and £10 for the new one:eek:). Got up this morning cat been sick again all over the windowsill and my new curtains:eek:
He doesnt seem "poorly" as he's still leaping about as if there's nothing wrong, but I had to do a urine test and there's still blood. Between that and the sickness, I'm really concerned. I'm going back to vet this morning to see what he says. I'm wondering whether he's been poisoned with something, there are a lot of gardens here and some of the products people use on their gardens are not very pet friendly.

Also re the curtains - the label says DRY CLEAN ONLY but they're only made of polyester lined with cotton - do you think I should risk a machine wash? The staining is on the lining and I dont think dry cleaning will get it out. I'd appreciate any thoughts. Sorry for so many questions at this time of the morning !

Got my lovely Ringtons tea yesterday, so I think I'll go and have a cup and try to calm down!

Have a lovely day all:)

Hi jintyb
Really sorry about pusskins, they're such a worry when they're poorly as they can't tell you what's wrong (been there myself many a time). Hope the new meds sort him out for you - ((((hugs))))

Re the curtains, try dabbing the stains with cold water to loosen them to start - don't soak them as that might shrink them. Then maybe try a woolen wash in the machine - low temp, short wash, that should work.

Try the old style board, someone on there should be able to give you some advice again - probably much better than me actually.

Good luck and hugs again about pusskins
spoon
x

honeybun16

guys, up to 18 this month now for us, so gonna set August's target at 18 want to try and beat it if i can

Wee_Jo

solventsoon wrote: »

Hi Jo... no, cats love milk, but milk is no good for cats at all - damages their teeth and gives them the runs.....

Bit like nice edible things and humans really, we love 'em but no good for us:D:D:D

Hope you're well today?

I'm very well, Spoony - today is my DEBT FREE DAY!!!!!!!! :j

Re: kitties and milk - aaaah, that sort of makes sense. Do you have a cat, Spoon? There seem to be lots of cat owners on here...and not just of the dancing variety