You helped me...chatty thread

superdog_3

I only found this site a few weeks ago, hard to believe. I feel like a novice Os despite being OS in some ways for years.
But so far:
-bought and used a slow cooker- love it!
-bought some Stardrops- FAB!
-shop around far more than I used to
-started knitting again
-Cooking more from scratch
-found the Flylady site(just need time to read it)
-starting to plan Christmas early
Cheers!

Queenie

MATH wrote:

After all our soul bearing and getting off our chests of the last couple of days I thought it would be nice to have a thread devoted to celebrating all the good things and benefits we have received from the OS board our OS virtual family.
..... Let's all celebrate the good things here and give thanks where it is due.

:T Perfect!! :T

~ Curry Queen for her recipes
~ Squeaky, Racy, Kiwi et al for their work on the indexing
~ moggins for her fly lady threads/focus
~ PP for discussing her health: makes me appreciate my own more
~ Loadsabob for the Christmas thread
~ the community as a whole; can't beat likeminded others
~ the differences of opinions: they broaden the mind
~ the vegetarians for their insight into lentils/pulses
~ the gardening threads
~ whitefivers recipe for HM EasiYo yogurt
~ TM for reminding me how to get the gunk off my pan when I was having a senior moment :idea:
~ Caterina for the freezing eggs info
~ Cathy for her generally great (and amusing) posts when OS began
~ MATH for the tip of using the SC for laundry
~ omega for her support and impressive results in the first year of the PMS Challenge


I'm sure there are so many more. Great thread MATH, so do count yourself among the list for this thread

sandieb

MSE/OS has helped me so much:

Stardrops
Microfibre cloths
Tightwad Gazette
Flylady
Slow cooker
Bread Machine (help when I lost my instructions!)
plus help from the Techies for my computer/freeview box

The best part is all the support, knowing what everyone else is doing. When I'm a bit fed up with the washing, cooking etc - it makes it much more fun knowing I'm not alone!

As well as the money saving aspect, it's the "overthefenceability" of the site that I like.

ajr

Hi
I am very aware I have miles to go before can be classed true os but have made a start.Now meal plan, dug slow cooker out of depths of cupboard and use it, bought my first stardrops,just need to use up existing supply of cleaners!! Love this forum-its inspiring.Think might be driving my friends mad tho with my money saving obsessions!!

FrugalJo

Aside from the motivation, inspiration and friendliness the amazement of simple solutions to 'hard' jobs that manufacturers peddle their extremely expensive wares and concoctions that I have bought and not been satisfies with in particular :

My nasty old bath, the peroxide and bicarb saved me a fortune.

My oven, vinegar and bicarb past, and finally the heaven sent soda crystals that dissolve grease from my oven shelves whilst they soak in the bath. I was so amazed and the lack of elbow grease required.