The octosyllabic October NSD challenge

Soma

hi can you put me down for 15 NSDs this month please

kerri_gt

HELP! I've jar'ed up my chilli 'jam' (made 5 jars of various sizes) but it still seems rather runny - like a sweet chilli dipping sauce. The jam is still quite hot/warm - do any of you thrifty jam and chutney maker know whether it will set more?? I don't want to give people runny chilli gloop for xmas :( am feeling v.discouraged atm - esp as the house also now smells like a cross between the local chinese take away and my OH sweaty socks :(

Nargleblast

Just brazen it out, kerri - if anyone comments on the runny texture just say it's meant to be that way! In fact, you could decant it into an empty soy sauce/chilli sauce type bottle and stick your own fancy label on it - kerri's red hot chilli sauce - burns your a$$ off! That plus a collection of different types of chilli pepper, jalapenos, scotch bonnets etc - instant chilli hamper as a present for the bloke who has everything.

I made some strawberry jam in the microwave recently, but cooked it a bit too long. It is so stiff you need a knife and fork to eat it. I just take the lid off the jar and give it about 10-20 seconds in the microwave to get it spreadable again.

I think the next NSD on the horizon for me will be Thursday, as have direct debits and known items of expenditure coming up over the next 3 days. Still quite chuffed I've got two done already though.

urg123

Evening All,

Sorry - no suggestions for the jam. I've never tried to make jam although it is one of those things I want to do!

I didn't manage to post my total for September 5/8 which wasn't great and must try harder.

I will aim for 8 again this month as I really do need to manage my spending. I have already had 1 NSD so far - only 7 to go!

urg x x

kezlou

I did it, i finally got my first NSD! :j:beer::j

Roll on tomorrow whoo hoo!

So 1 / 10 for me!

nzseries1

My first NSD today, I feel like it's worth two since it's a weekend! But no, just 1/16 so far, not a bad start

hoobydoobydoo

Hello all

Still no NSDs in Hoobyland as I filled the car with diesel today in the spirit of "Do it now" (think I might have been reading too many self -help books recently). Also bought a round rug for my parents online, but my dad gave me the money straight away (and I had somewhat cheekily gone through quidco for 10% cashback) so that wouldn't really count anyway.

Should be my first official NSD tomorrow as I will be at work and I don't take money with me and I have leftovers to take for lunch.

(whispers to elf06 "industrial strength scaffolding needed here too, especially at the gym and generally, if I do manage to wrestle myself into what they laughingly call a sports bra in my size I can rarely breathe which unfortunately is rather necessary when taking part in sporting activities, to say the least")

Best wishes everyone
Hooby

niccatw

candyapple wrote: »

Hi everyone, happy rainy Sunday.

I've spent today in my pyjamas and wrapped in my slanket feeling very rubbishy and lethargic. So today is NSD numero 1

You did better than me then Candyapple! Since my conjunctivitis still hasn't cleared up and I couldn't open my eyes, I jst kept having "5 more minutes" in bed. I only made it through to the living room in time for xfactor!

Does mean I'm on NSD 3 though, so every cloud...

ifwisheswerehorses... wrote: »

Hello all x

Well it's been shocking here!! Hope you haven't been doing a Dawn French and jumping into the puddles!!:eek::rotfl:

Tehehe :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Freethought day would be an interesting, though perhaps dangerous, day for us to celebrate

cw18

hoobydoobydoo wrote: »

(whispers to elf06 "industrial strength scaffolding needed here too, especially at the gym and generally, if I do manage to wrestle myself into what they laughingly call a sports bra in my size I can rarely breathe which unfortunately is rather necessary when taking part in sporting activities, to say the least")

:rotfl:

Sooooo glad I wasn't drinking a brew when I read this


Treated myself to some new (and properly fitted) non-sports top wear at the end of March, and that was a 38D - the largest I ever recall needing. Certainly wasn't expecting to be struggling to find tiny sizes before the year was out (or, indeed, at any point in the future)

miss_empty_piggy

Hi Spoon and fellow NSDers
Just managed to get on here and can't believe we're on 5 pages already!!! Can you put me down for 16 for the month please, with my first one being today!!! Many thanks and good luck everyone. x