OS 18th November

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Blimey am I first up this morning.Blooming cold and dark.I have to be at DD earlier today as my son-in-law has to drop his car off at the garage for its MOT.Just going to get a cuppa to warm me cockles up .Hope everyone has a good day,I think you must all still be in bed snuggled down
JackieO

esmf73

Is it morning already? Been up and down like a yo yo in the night - wet beds, dogs scratching to be let out (I always get up for them as its nicer than cleaning the results!). Am feeling a bit rough but then the children have both had colds so have a sore throat on the way. Left the frozen cabbage out last night - so will be having bubble & squeak tonight - my favourite. In the meantime - feels freezing and I need more coffee - hugs to those in need x

Hardup_Hester

Morning all
Hubby's been dropped at the station with his packup, breakfast has been eaten & fish fed. Damp out this morning so no ice to scrape of the car. I'm off to work soon, don't know whats up with the kids at the moment, there are punch ups galore.
Spag bol for tea tonight, I cooked the mince yesterday & used half for cottage pie.
I finished the cream & brown scarf last night & started a black, grey & white one.
Have a good day everyone.
Hugs Hester

bargainbird

:mad: Lost my post quick re-cap

Bramble - :T
JG - Hows you

Tea LO roast, I put 13oz of salt in the brownies y'day instead of sugar :eek:, nipping to various places errands to run, need to make bread.

Had a rubbish nights sleep with bizaare dreams :eek::o.

Hugs and spoons xx

Sunnyday

Morning peeps :wave:

still dark here but very quiet, i`ve got used to the strong winds that we`ve been getting a lot lately and now that its dropped it seems eerily silent.

Plans today are a bit muddled, i need to pop out for dog and catfood and to post a birthday card, my pal is popping around at some point too. She will be taking my old hand mixer and my blender with her when she goes as i no longer need them now that i have the kenwood as it does everything.

I`m trying to get my friend into the habit of cooking instead of living out of packets etc but i`ve not been having much success She loves everything that i make that she tries and has mentioned a few times that she would like to make a few things but never does. She always ends up saying that the kids won`t eat it and giving up.

My next job is scrubbing the slowcooker before i take the woofaloes out, i made the chutney yesterday from a recipe that i was kindly given but i ended up throwing lots of other stuff into the sc with the original ingredients, result - tastes lovely but the 6.5 litre slowcooker was rammed full and it took almost 15 hours to cook :eek::rotfl:

I also have a giant folder of reciepts and bankified stuff to sort out, two or three hours worth i think :cool: i keep telling myself that i`ll not let them build up quite so much next time but i hate sorting them out so much that i always do

Anyhow, i need to start scrubbing, hope that everyone has a smashing day :wave:

SD

redruby

Morning all,

Damp here too, which means no frost to scrape :j, I am off to work, so mimimum os today, will tidy kitchen and make beds before work.

Dinner tonight will be fish fingers chips and beans, nice and easy :j I also have sainsbugs delivering tonight.

We need to order a new bit for the oven the larger of the two has stopped working, we think its going to be about £100 :eek:, but we will need to get it before xmas, otherwise I will not be able to cook for us all


Bramble, well done on the job xx

Have good days all xx

sistercas

morning

hardly slept a wink ,i was still giddy after my birthday yesterday and the fact DD1 earned a 'highest achiever' award at her gcse presentation. :T I'm so proud of her she won a £25 gift card and she is over the moon

on a course all day today just hope i can keep awake :cool:

guinea piggies fed
wm on
porridge for breakfast
lunch will be provided on the course
and i have no clue whats for tea maybe sausages

(((hugs))) to all that need

have a good day all xx

Loulou2010

morning - soooo tired today. insomnia has well and truly got me at the moment.

plan for today is an apt at 9.30. then having lunch with alan. after that we're off to see mil who has just come out of hospital. will take her some lunch and something nice. going for a long walk after that to tire me out.

a load of washing has been done and dried already this morning. dishawasher has been on and unloaded. flapjacks made tht i didnt get around to yesterday.

now i feel ready to crawl back into bed...

hope everyone has a good day

jc2703

Morning all

Still raining here - when I drove home from work yesterday the surface water was bad and the road was flooding in places and its been raining since!

Need to sort a parcel out that's getting collected, the kids are packed up and the dishwasher is stacked,

Last day at work but lots of MS work over the weekend. Need to meal plan, do shopping list, shop and do some batch cooking ready for next week too.

Hugs to those in need x

beemuzed

Morning All.
sistercas -many congrats to your DD - you must be very proud!
hester -I am so full of admiration for all your knitting! I still have to sort the dreadful tangle causde by doggie 2 before I can get on with the front of my sweater - I'd hoped to have it finished by now!
sunnyday -I am just the same, full of good intentions where paperwork is concerned, but always find myself in the same boat eventually!
Glad it's not so cold today, but it'll be a very sticky walk around the field shortly.
DS coming up for a few days, he's still very lonely in the flat. Still haven't found my missing course work - but then I haven't actually looked as i thought I had a week to find it. (I did, but the week finishes tomorrow!!) can't have been thrown out, so ridiculous really! I mean, when all's said and done this is a three bedroom semi - so not like I had a mansion to search!
Lunch today will involve making soup from the leftover slow-cooked casserole from last night. Not sure about supper, maybe lasagne.
Oh well, better make some tea and take a cup to DH, get dressed and brave the muddy walk.
Hope you all have a great day. Take care!

nmlc

Morning all

Dull and damp this morning but no frost. DH up and off to work at stupid early o'clock.

Have so much to do today I don't know where to start! Have hairdressers at 9am, then I'm going to mum's to do her hair, she wanted it done before she goes into hospital next week. I need to then do washing, drying, ironing, housework, do a food shop, pack, wrap niece's christening prezzie, take that to my sis's for her to take for me, make cakes/something for the Children in Need cake stall at DS2's school for tomorrow, oh and if I get time do some cooking for home too! Phew, just reading that back it's a bit overwhelming, think I'm going to just have to try my best, maybe some things can wait - but which ones?

Tonight's dinner is going to be egg, bacon, sausage, LO mash potato fried, baked beans, etc not very healthy but have all these that need using up.

DH and myself going away in the morning, so boys being picked up by them and then looked after at their house.

Need to crack on.

Not much else to say really, keep safe and well everyone, hugs to those that need them.
nmlc