The octosyllabic October NSD challenge

ashbash11

Woohoo!my first NSD.couldnt be bothered to go to the shops today,im saving it until tomorrow.

fenna

heeeey gang.... i can report one NSD so far, which is a good start for me, cant seem many coming up these next few days but hoping for at least 1 this week. keep up the good work, this thread just flies so fast its hard to keep up. it just shows how much every1 loves this thread, all thanks to u SPOONY! also a few others that keep every1 going including bigmummaF and CW18 who have helped me out in the past. keep going guys!!

Firewalker

Our first NSD today - blessed is the rain, The best we could do (short of swimming on the road, this is) was to go the our gym swimming. Great - and many more to come.

Firewalker

IF

Evening all x

Hi Spoony, got my 2nd NSD Today thank you :dance:

confused76

hi Spoony i got my 2nd NSD today as well! i hope all is well xxx

solventsoon

Hi lovely NSD gang:A
Wow... chatty as usual:D:D. Another quick roundup from me, hope I don’t miss out anyone/thing important, sorry if I do:o...

A very warm welcome to all our newbies signing up this month, new people are always welcome to join, we’re a a very friendly, if slightly insane, bunch and a surreal sense of humour definitely helps. We are, however, very serious in our aim to cut down on our spending and are happy to give advice/tips/hints so please ask if you’re not sure about anything. Everyone seems to have more success if they post regularly on here and join in the chat - not sure why, but it seems to work, so please feel free to join in:D

So welcome and good luck to:
Rachel021967: :hello: hi and welcome, good to have you on board. Signing you up for 5 now, good luck:)
ashbash11: :hello: hi and welcome, of course you can join us, good to have you on board. Signing you up for 10 now, good luck. Nargle’s right, we don’t bite and newbies are always very welcome, you should get some good tips and advice here so don’t be afraid to ask:)
Diana Prince: :hello: hi and welcome, good to have you on board. Signing you up for 5 now, good luck. Well done for your debt busting, you’ve done brilliantly, we’ll give you lots of encouragement and a push or two:)

Welcome back to all the regulars and those returning to the NSD fold, good luck for this month:
Changingme: :hello: hi and welcome back, of course you can join in again. Signing you up for 20 now, good luck.:)
Soma::hello: signing you up for 15, good to have you back again:)
urg123: :hello: signing you up for 8, good to have you back again
I’ll update your total for September - nothing wrong with 5 NSDs, you did brilliantly:)
miss empty piggy::hello: good to see you again, signing you up for 16 now.

Well done for no 1 today - great start to the month:
:jjintyb: well done, great start to the month, 5 to go now, you can do it!:T
Oooh.. I love the sound of your day, knitting and reading, sounds like paradise to me, hope you enjoyed it. Glad your sister liked your waistcoat, it looked very professional from the photo you posted:)
:jdonna dynamo: well done, great start for you, keep going now. Sorry about the heating and hot water, that’s not good at this time of the year. Hope you enjoyed your cooking session this morning:)
:jPerfectPeaches: fingers crossed for you today
Yay... and you made it, well done, woohoo indeed! Glad you had a lovely lunch:)
:jchris81418: well done, great start for you, keep going now:)
:jcw18: well done, great start to the month for you, keep going and love the free grapes:)
:jBabyJayne: well done, great start for you, keep going now. I don’t blame you for not venturing out today, I didn’t either:(
:jjedi82: well done, great start for you, keep going now. Like your change of rules, hope they work well for you:)
:jslowlyfading: well done, great start for you, keep going now:)
:jkatholicos: well done, great start for you, keep going now:)
:jcandyapple: well done, great start for you, keep going now - oh dear.. sorry you weren’t feeling too brilliant today:(
:jLfV: well done, great start for you. Loving the programme choices, you’ll like the prizes this month then, I think:)
:jBDINI: hope you managed the clearing up today and have got the ironing mountain down to a mere hillock now. Come on, no 1 is beckoning, you can do it:)
Yay... and you did it.. well done, great start for you, keep going
Aww.... thanks, don’t worry, the tardis will be in safe hands;)
:jurg123: well done, great start for you, keep going, you can do it
:jkezlou: well done, great start for you, woohoo indeed, keep going now:)
:jnzseries1: well done, great start for you, keep going now:)
:jmiss empty piggy: well done, great start for you, keep going, you can do it
:jashbash11: well done, great start for you, keep going now:)
:jfenna: well done, great start for you, keep going now
awww... thanks:o......
:jFirewalker: well done, great start for you, keep going now - the rain has to serve some useful purpose, after all;)

Well done for no 2 today - flying start to the month:
:jNargle: yay, I love a flying start, well done you, don’t blame you for staying in to avoid the monsoon, I did the same. I’ve had a thought about freethought day for an outing .....
:jLooloo: yay, I love a flying start, well done to you too. Hope work wasn’t too bad - and what a lovely friend giving you bread to make toast:T
:jKeiss 21: yay and a flying start for you as well, that’s brilliant. Glad your new mattress is proving its worth after all the trouble getting it upstairs. Great news about going to see your dad, sounds lovely:T
:jBigMumma: yay and a flying start for you as well, that’s brilliant. Hope you managed to resist the DVD?;)
:jelfen: yay and a flying start for you as well, that’s brilliant. It’s been pretty awful here as well:(
:jelf06: well done, great start to your first NSD month. Glad you had a good evening with your parents and were able to get some time on your own to relax. Fingers crossed for today as well
Yay:j..... and no 2 as well, flying start for you, that’s brilliant, virtual pat on the back is definitely required:)
:jkerri gt: yay and a flying start for you as well, that’s brilliant, good news for your NSD that the car wash was closed;).
Oooh.. the jam sounds interesting;).....
:jifwishes: yay and a flying start for you as well, that’s brilliant. Keep going, you can do it:T
:jconf: yay and a flying start for you as well, that’s brilliant, keep going:T...

Well done for no 3 today - on a roll:
:jteenyweenyspender: you’re definitely on a roll... keep going
:jnicca: you’re definitely on a roll... keep going.. your conjunctivitis is paying some dividends

Hello to:
TizerCat: oh dear, sorry about the ruined NSD, don’t worry there are loads more days left in October, you can do it:)
honey: hope DH enjoyed his birthday, glad you had a lovely meal. Hope you managed no 2 today:)
karenccs67: oh dear.... hope DS gets better soon and that OH enjoyed his bacon and eggs - I take it you told him he had ruined your NSD:rotfl:?
hooby: keeping my fingers crossed for you for tomorrow:)

And I’ve made NSD no 3 today:j, no way was I going outside in that rain today.. every cloud and all that..

Will update the front page tomorrow and add our lovely newbies, see you all in the morning:)

‘night everyone
spoon
x

elf06

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")

Best wishes everyone
Hooby

:rotfl:Ok so mine probably not THAT bad
Gym is just a no-no without though or it is actually sore!!!

Well I am happy with my start so far but sadly I know today will be a SD purely because I need to get some rolls (work at mr t ahem). Wont be buying anything else as I am back to being carless and hate carrying things home how very lazy!! Shopping night is usually a Tuesday but this can even wait until then as its for dinner tonight.......dont suppose you crazy lot have a baker aswell as a cow that wanders round?????
Anyway hope you all have a much more successful NSD than me

TizerCat

:)Thank you spoonie!!

this thread is really popular..it's hard to keep up!! Have finally got off the starting blocks..1 NSD for me for yesterday...trying for another today

jintyb

Good morning everyone -
Pleased to report #2 for yesterday - didnt go anywhere!
Up early today, OH is working on the other side of the country today so he was up and away early doors.
Decided to just get up and get on, so I've made Kerri's apple & blackberry cake - it's currently cooling on the rack and looks and smells divine.Thanks again for the recipe.:A How's the jam today? I've not made chili jam before, but when you make regular jam you test for a "set" before putting in the jars. You put a saucer in the fridge till it's really cold, then when you think your jam is ready drop a little on the cold saucer. If it forms a skin and you can push it slightly with your finger then its ready to pot. I dont know if this applies to chili jam or not, so I might be talking out of my you-know-what. Have a look on Delia online re preserves - she's my guru when it comes to cooking questions!;)

OH's sticky gingerbread is in the oven and I've got a pot of leek and tattie soup bubbling away. The soup is for dinner tomorrow night as I always want something quick and hearty when I come in from work!
Today Im just going to do a bit of tidying up and other than that I'm carrying on with the knitting. I'm in the mood IYSWIM!

Have a lovely day everyone!:)

Tete_en_l'Air

Morning! Yikes we were only on page 2 last time I checked! I'm afraid I don't have time to read the intervening pages but well done to all those who have already had 1 or 2! We're only on the 4th!

My weekend has been a bit of a spendy one but it was expected as I had my friend over from Ireland. Friday had to buy some food and wine, Saturday we went out for dinner. Sunday was SUPPOSED to be a NSD but apparently Newcastle Airport now charges you a pound just to go in for a minute and drop someone off which is quite annoying, and then I reimbursed my boyfriend for driving duties with a McDonalds milkshake - he kindly drove us in the pouring rain as I was a bit too scared to! I'm hoping I can eke out the cat food til tomorrow when I know I need to do some shopping anyway to make today my first NSD... Poor cats!