OS Daily 8th July 2010

redruby

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Morning all,

Late start today, its a bit overcast here today, meant to brighten up later on.

Off to work today, busy day , will have a tidy round before I go, Tea tonight will be something with chips for the others, and I will have some of the pastryless quiche that I cooked last night, I must say its delish :T, well done butterfly, and very easy to make.

Taplady I hope your job is safe xx

Lic, well done on the weight loss :T

Crazychic awww new baby, how lovely.

Hilstep and Jayward, hope you are ok xx


Need to do a wash tonight, and have a good tidy round. I have also started my xmas shopping, , got a few bits for my dd yesterday online, and 2 dvd's for my bil, and a bag which I got from the bootsale for dd, (which she does not like), I will give to my sister as a stocking filler. I will try to get a few bits every week or so now, to make it easier at xmas.


Kathy my OH got stuck behing the lorry delivering the Longest bench, we have not seen it yet, but will go soon, and get some photos.

Ok better get on, have good days all xx

Essex-girl_2

Morning Redruby & All to follow.

Have a busy day planned, OH decided to decorate DD's bedroom as a treat for her birthday so yesterday was spent painting walls which was most unexpected. Today I have to take DS to a taster session at his senior school. Get paperwork & ironing done & as much housework as possible as have family over tomorrow for DD's birthday.Whilst DS is at his taster session will pop into Asda and get some bits for a barbecue tomorrow.

DD's bedroom will be finished today, must admit am very pleased with it as is she, but when she came home from school & saw all her stuff in the hallway she thought we were throwing her out :rotfl:

Not entirely sure what is on the menu plan for tonight, will definately be something with lettuce as still have loads to use up.

Have a great day & (((hugs))) if you need/want one.x

thunderchild

Hello peeps! :wave:

First time poster to this thread. Already walked the dog, got work today so popped the WM on and will get the DW on before going out. Will be a busy day at work so not much planned for this evening got DS going down to scouts so will probably get a bit of exercise on the Wii done whilst he is out.

Have a good day all

Sam

kezlou

Morning!

Well its a grey muggy morning here in boro, with more rain forecast.
I'm off to the knee clinic today to see if i get this darn splint off. After that well it depends on my knee and what the verdict is.

Think were having soup or rissoto for tea, right going to have a cuppa , get kids sorted and head for the hospital x

jc2703

Morning All

Last day at work for me then I'm off for ten days :j I'm then back for two days and off for another four I have about 25 MS jobs to do over the next four days but then I'm doing nothing as the house needs some TLC!

DH is working tomorrow, Sunday, Monday & Tuesday so I'll have all the kids as it doesn't look like the step-kids are going to see their mum this weekend as her boyfriends mum is in hospital - not sure why that stops her seeing her kids for the two days she does get them every two weeks but hey-ho her choice. Just means I'll throw all three littlies in the car and head off and get my jobs done - they think its great! If its nice i'll stop at a park somewhere if they behave!

DW is on and WM will go on before I leave, my lunch today is a MS job and kids and DH will have Sandwiches. Dinner is tuna pasta bake.

Have a good day

nmlc

Morning all

Dull, overcast and very muggy here. Now on days off from work, so will be doing all the normal jobs.

Will be much happier on Sunday once we have new caravan packed with all the kit that is scattered around my house at the moment! Everywhere feels such a mess. Will be collecting caravan on Saturday afternoon after OH comes back from his meeting in Ipswich, then we'll get it packed on Sunday.

DS2 goes on his residential school trip on Monday so need to get his bag organised, clothes named etc. Dinner last night was spag. bol and tonight it will be something with new potatoes, possibly fish. Have got some green beans, tomatoes and potatoes growing in our garden, we've never grown anything before and we don't really known what we are doing but we've had a few potatoes already and they test ok! We also have a wonderful sunflower that has 4 heads on it, it really looks lovely.

Not much else to say really, keep safe and well everyone, hugs to those that need them.
nmlc

Bitsy_Beans

Morning everyone.
Didn't get chance to post yesterday - laptop needs to go away to be fixed as the DVD/CD drive isn't working. It goes on Friday so I hope it comes back soon......
Just not enough hours in the day at the moment Housework has taken a complete back seat so far this week
DS had sports day yesterday. He did really well. Came 2nd in his first race but the staff watching the line didn't place him :mad: and he came 3rd in his other race. He sat really well and it was only after his second race that he got upset - he'd had enough by this time. I could soooooooooo be the competitve mother though :rotfl:

Tea tonight is Devilled sausages (which is basically another BBQ sauce :rotfl:BBQ sauce twice this week, hope H doesn't mind )
Load of washing on but we've got light rain so will have to hang it indoors. Not much OS other that and cooking tea :o

Not read yesterdays thread - hugs where needed xx
Have a good day OS or not.

Edited to add:

Thunderchild - welcome Not a fan of Jeff Waynes musical War of the Worlds are you??

taplady

morning!

2 days off for me now:j - and its raining!:mad:

WM is on - might need to hang it inside later. Have had a quick blitz of the house already. Plans for today are to have a coffee with Mum and a natter. Do an online sainsbugs shop(got free delivery) keeping my fingers crossed that DS1s car is finally repaired today and that it doesn't cost the earth(new gearbox)
Lunch will be a jacket spud - dinner is somwthing quorny:D just havent decided whether to do bolognaise or chilli yet - so far chilli is in the lead!

Redruby - thankyou re my job - am optimistic that we will struggle through at work as we are a very specialist service but there will obvously have to be some sort of cutbacks.

Bitsy - well done to your DS:T and I hope your lappy is soon repaired x

have a great day all x

doelani

Morning everyone

Very busy yesterday as went to Makro so when I come home had to split met, chicken etc for freezer and then find room somewhere in house for kitchen rolls and loo rolls that where on offer lol Just hope my stepson does not mind sharing his room with them lol

So today am making casserole for tonight so need to get it inot slow cooker and making lasagne for tomorrow, always tastes better second day My lentil soup I made a few days ago has maybe one portion left so will use it for lunch today so will make leek and potato again, maybe tonight or maybe tomorrow lol

I also have a new toy !!! If anyone has a blackberry I found a new app for it for Shopping List. So I can do list as I go along and it saves it, hubby can add to it from his phone and then whoever it going to shop has the list of whats needed lol Best bit is can also do it online and it just updates the phone.

I am forever writing lists then going out of house without them so no excuse now :rotfl:

Doe

tru

Morning :hello:

A couple of days ago, I scraped my knuckles down a brick wall. It's the chickens' fault, if they hadn't broken through the wire fence round the raspberry bushes, I wouldn't have done it I was pushing a bamboo cane into the ground and it snapped. I scraped, froze and waited for the pain, half a second later and there it was. And there my skin wasn't :eek: It's still painful now if I try to move my fingers, feels like the skin is going to rip open. I thnk I might have chipped a bone. I can't even pick up a mug with my left hand and having a shower is a job and a half.

I've managed to collect eggs and do a bit of weeding with my right hand, and that's it

I Am Bored.

lowesy

Morning All :wave:,

Having a bit of a low moment - just totally sick of 2010. Takes a lot for me to run out of steam, and I'm annoyed at myself that I feel like I'm almost there :mad:

DH's work have been really awful and unsupportive - I guess their point of view is that there's only so much compassion for one person in one year. He's had an ongoing issue with this woman (who isn't his superior but gets away with acting like it) and she basically ordered him to come into work on the day of the funeral so that she could have a lunch break. It's not the first instance of this sort of thing, she granted a friend of hers a week's compassionate leave whilst the friend's mother was in hospital for a minor complaint but treats everyone else differently. And more to the point, she doesn't have the authority to grant special leave but the manager is frightened of her and lets her get away with it! I think the woman is mentally unstable - she drove one new girl out of the branch after a couple of months as she had once worked with the woman her ex-husband had an affair with!! DH is now raising a formal grievance as this is really the last straw but we could really do without the added pressure.

Anyway, had a go at OSing last night and made some pasta - does anyone else find it difficult to think of meals for summer that don't totally centre around salad? I don't want to be stood in front of a hot hob either really.

Oo another OS question, does anyone use the Tesco's Value washing powder? It's definitely changed, it used to be good, but I've noticed it's not getting everything clean :eek: Any advice? I've just bought a new box so I don't want to chuck it out but I'm probably not saving any money because I'm having to re-wash stuff!

Hugs to all, have a lovely day xx