OS Daily, Wed 6th October

jackieglasgow

Morning All.

Its dull and damp here today, OH and the boys have just run out the door.

I am getting a new car today. Well, new to me, its 12 years old! My first car when I was 17 was six years old, and I thought it was ancient! But its nice, its a BMW and was very cheap, and in very good condition, and it belonged to OH good friend, and has been looked after well. The plan is that it will last me six months or so until I have saved enough for a new car - I have been saving for months and really don't want to get finance in case the recession gets worse. Some of the quotes for insurance were crazy money though, in one case £1600 - I never even paid that much insurance on my other car when it was brand new with a 2litre engine, the name BMW seems to put pounds on, even though its not even worth £1000!

Plan for the day is to clean up, my house is looking pretty shabby, I have really let things slip since I started feeling worse, and I need to sort myself out. I never really got much done yesterday as I crawled into bed and hid there. The hospital apptointment went well and I am excited about the help they are offering me, working.

Good luck today Tru, although you're already away by now!

Happy 10th Birthday to BB's DD

Hugs Spoons Hi Fives to all.

Jackie XXX

Shez

Morning all!:)

Wet Wet Wet here this morning, but sun/warm is due apparently tomorrow:cool: Came straight back from school run and made a coffee to warm up!

Just registered for the WH Smith Priviledge club and will use the vouchers for Guinness World Records and Stephen Fry for xmas pressies! Next will be the sainsbury 50% off toys in half term.:j

Off to argos in a minute to pick up a mop and drop off shopping to MIL.

Need to do washing, but wont do that till this evening so I can put it out early morning.

HM leek and potato soup for lunch for me
Tea will be pork chops, mash, cabbage, carrots or something else if we dont have time as its beavers/cubs nite.

Have a great (dry-ish) day all!:)

csarina

Morning all................................(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))))))))) if you need one.....

Have only just got up, OH was up to the loo in the night, could not get back to sleep, was 5am when I put the light out. DD1 & SIL still in bed. They are looking at either going to Edin burgh or North Berwick today. We are staying at home!! OH has an appointment at the hospital at 12/30 to take back the second non functioning monitor.

I need to get into thegarden and get the bulbs in, tubs etc to be emptied some replanted with spring flowers and bulbs, some for storage.

We had tea with HM yesterday, tour of Britannia, they have converted part of the deck into a cafe with superb views, ebjoyed the tour very much.

DD retired to bed with a DD during the evening so late having his supper........

Once our visitors have gone I need to take stock of whats in the freezer and sort out the rest of the months menus........we are on an austerity push to try and get the money we spent moving paid back, have allowed myself 2 years.....the snowball calculator says 3years, so we will see how we go.

It was wet when we woke first this morning but the sun seems to be coming through now, so maybe a dry day.......

Shez

jackieglasgow wrote: »

Some of the quotes for insurance were crazy money though, in one case £1600 - I never even paid that much insurance on my other car when it was brand new with a 2litre engine, the name BMW seems to put pounds on, even though its not even worth £1000!

I know what you mean - we have an old Volvo - I am amazed how much they quote us for that - maybe because its built like a tank and parts are expensive!:rotfl:

MancMillyMolly

Morning All

Amazing how quickly the daily thread keeps dropping down the board!

Not the best start to the day, somebody broke into DH's car last night. Fortunately there was nothing of value in there, but they had a good rummage around and then left the door open in the rain :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Then I had an unexpected flu jab this morning when I popped in to make an appointment at the doctors. One big tick off the winter 'to do' list!

I popped a hand made card round to my Mum before for her friend's birthday, and another friend was looking at it & really liked it - hopefully she'll bear me in mind for special occasions!

Little bit of tidying up this morning and then looking after a DN later for a while

Will try and catch up later

MMM

donny-gal

Morning All (Just)

Yes I must agree about Cavity Wall Insulation, it made a big difference espeically to a north facing wall, where stuff in the wardrobes turned mouldy, now NP.

Had an email to say our roof isn't right for the free Solar Panels:mad:
Due to them being "free" they only offer standard sizes and we have a piece in the roof making a T. Annoying as my neighbour has them, but she does not have the "T". Worth a try though, ask two other companies offering them, well the worst they can say is no.

Had the last of the mince as a cottage pie last night, tonight we are off to meet some old workmates (well I was their boss:D) to grab an early dinner at a pub near town. Lunch could be salad but bet DH says too cold! So may be a sandwich again.

Off in the 'van to Beverley this weekend, hope it dries up. Will have a mooch round their market on Saturday.

Back to sorting the house insurance out again, needs >60 days and because a couple of houses had water damage in 2007 due to the pumping station for the sewers failing, have to declare it even though it is a Yorkshire Water problem, trying to get them off their Bums is not easy, now threatening a press campaign.

((hugs)), spoons, Hi-5's as wanted.
Take care - DG

CupOfChai

I'm TRAUMATISED!

Yesterday morning I pulled back the curtains and saw a spider hanging down in front of my face, but it shot up its thread and I lost it . Decided just before going to bed last night I would check and see if it had come out again, and it had. Managed to catch it in a glass and bit of paper, yay, but then as I was carrying it to put out a window... It escaped :eek:

Had minor heart attack, dropped everything, saw offending spider on the floor scuttling off and jumped on it. So all better and I won in the end, but god the fright. Thank heavens it ran away from me when it escaped, and not towards!

Today is spent at work, continuing to try and eat my way through the freezer, and checking for unwanted invertebrates. Hope all is well with you lot. And yes, car insurance is ridiculous, when my parents looked for quotes to insure my brother they were getting ones that basically assumed he was going to write off the car three times in one year!

Bitsy_Beans

jackieglasgow wrote: »

Some of the quotes for insurance were crazy money though, in one case £1600 - I never even paid that much insurance on my other car when it was brand new with a 2litre engine, the name BMW seems to put pounds on, even though its not even worth £1000!

Well our car is a 2ltr Ford Mondeo and on a comparison website some places were quoting over £1000 :eek: For a car that's 8 years old. It's daylight robbery........

Back from Toys R Us - bought DD's Christmas pressies Barbie camper van and a Barbie doll to go with it.

Took DS with his class to the Harvest Festival service - was really nice to see all the kids singing etc. Vicar is a lovely woman bout my age - makes a change from some of the older and dare I say it "stuffy" men that I've seen in the past.

Need to crack on with cleaning the bathroom and dusting this afternoon. Weather is sunny but can see a massive black cloud looming - don't want any more of the wet stuff here thank you.

Bargainbird - Happy 10th Birthday to you DD - double figures woo hoo!

Lindy_-_Loo

Hello everyone,

DS2 had his first morning at pre schoool, he loved and looked so grown up!

House is noce and clean but i still ignored the ironing! Raining on and off so washing on the maiden, I have a tired little man who is refusing to nap so Im being forced to endure 'show mw show me'.

D&DD your dog is gorgeous - thats my dream dog but my 3 cats wouldnt allow a dog within these walls!

bargainbird

Urgh typed and DS pressed something <rolls eyes>

Thanks for DD1's b'day wishes. i shall get her to post later

She was so happy this morning saying she couldn't believe she was 10 :rotfl:

Have stripped beds the sun hat got his hat on today :T.

Have cleaned downstairs loo, hoovered downstairs, cleaned kitchen.

Bought a lovely red cyclamen today to brighten the hall up

have good days xx