The octosyllabic October NSD challenge

tashmartin

hi all! Can I join in please, have also just joined the grocery challenge so I think these 2 challenges will work hand in hand. I've been trying it at home and have found that DH is my downfall-if he's on a day off or a night shift then my NSD goes to pot! Must be tougher! I'll try for 18 this month please.

butdoineedit?

Aargh not a good start to the morning :mad:
Put my bin out last night for collection this morning only to wake up & find someone had decided to drag it round the back of the house & tip it all over the street :mad::mad::mad: (they'd even opened all of the bags & tipped them out too!!)
So first job of the day was to pick up all my grotty old rubbish & put it back in the bin :eek:

However the bin men were absolute :A & waited for me to do it (they came part way through) & even said thank you :T

Oh well at least it got me off my bum, so now i'm going to crack on with fixing the cupboard doors on in the kitchen & it's not raining so i can hang the washing out too

PerfectPeaches

Morning all,

Well not off to the best start for a NSD October! Yesterday had to buy airfreshner refills but did get the money back from my OH and today I have to buy cat food as they have nothing left. Oh well should be a NSD for me on Sunday!

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Peaches

IF

Good Morning all :hello:

Hi Spoony, could you put me down for 14 NSD's thank you

solventsoon

Quote:
Originally Posted by elf06
(seriously - how fast does this thread move:rotfl:)

cw18 wrote: »

Just wait until we have one of our outings - then you'll see how fast this thread really moves :rotfl:

We're a very chatty lot on here, elf06, you'll find that out but, as Cheryl says, just wait for one of our outings:D:D



Morning everyone and welcome to all the newbies (and GC challenge refugees:D:D) joining up - good to have you on board.

Will be back later to add everyone to the front page but, for now, have a lovely Saturday everyone:j:j:j

sofababe

A good start to the month, yesterday was a NSD so 1/12 so far. No chance today though, have a meal/drinks to go to later but tomorrow's looking good as I'll be too hungover to go out:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

kerri_gt

solventsoon wrote: »

Ooooppppsss...... I knew I'd forgotten something on the front page:o:o:o.... my excuse is that it was late and I was tired:o:o:o. That's a definite, Nargle, pumpkins and all, I'll add it to the list.

Re the prizes - nothing edible:D:D

How about Halloween themed prizes this month, then you could have a pumpkin which would solve the issue of (ahem ) some of us having a tendancy to eat our prizes :rotfl:

determined_new_ms wrote: »

Hello! I was overly amibitious in Sept, as I had a lot on so only managed 6/10 In October I will resolve to have 10 NSDs (I find it shocking that in 30 days I only managed not to spend money on 6 days....)

There is no such thing as ONLY for the NSD challenge , 6 is nothing to be sniffed at so well done, and fingers crossed for this month x

jintyb wrote: »

Kerri - any chance of the recipe for the apple & blackberry cake? That sounds yummy!

Of course (esp as you shared your chutney one with me) here is it; (perhaps we should start a NSD recipie thread :rotfl:

100g softened butter
175g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
175g golden caster sugar
2 eggs
1 lemon rind (I also like a little squeeze of the juice in the mix)
1 Cox's apple - diced (or any other apple seems to work fine)
150g blackberries

• Preheat oven to Gas 5/190c, and line a shallow (20cm ish) tin with baking parchment (greaseproof paper)
• Mix all the ingredients except the apple and blackberries, in a large bowl with a wooden spoon until smooth
• Stir in the apple and blackberries and spread into the tin.
• Bake for 30 - 35mins until golden and the centre is firm to touch
• Leave in the tin for 10mins before turning out and allowing to cool completely.
• Cut into squares - makes about 12. Keeps for about 3 days.

It makes quite a moist style cake with the blackberries but its super moreish. Let me know what you think x

BDINI - sorry you've had a rubbish (oh gosh, no pun intended ) start to the day - hope it gets better.

jintyb

Kerri - thanks for the recipe, that sounds really good.:A I'll have a go on Monday. Planning a bake day on Monday, sticky gingerbread and twinks hobnobs I think!. Have got the hobnob dough in the freezer so that's ok, gingerbread is OH's fave and I have blackberries in the freezer from my foraging - free grub, dontcha just love it;)

katenut

BDINI - thats a horrible thing to do, bless you for cleaning it all up though. Hope the rest of your weekend goes better.

Definately a spend day for me today, DH away golfing (good job cos I'm on the verge of murdering him at the minute!) so got the girls coming round for tea. Still a MSE night though, once we would have gone out and spent a fortune but it should only cost me a bottle of wine tonight.

I don't know how you keep up with this thread Spoon, thanks so much for all your hard work! xx

karenccs67

No 1/15 today :j.