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youareallhelpingme

Morning :wave:

Hope you get the lappie sorted today.

I think spring is getting us all thinking. I've been sorting through bits, got the accounts for both of us almost up to date, ust a last bit for DH ready for end of year. Spoke to an accountant as we need to revise structure of both businesses to cover a joing public liability.

So from April 6th we will have new partnership, plus I'm changing my s/e name and occupation details - new start! We also opened a new personal account so I can keep the partnership separate in our existing account.

We've also watched a lot of the Japan coverage. If one happened to the east coast we would have got wet standing on our roof :eek: which puts it into perspective.

rtandon27

Good Morning All!

KC - keeping fingers, toes & everything else crossed that you get your PC sorted today! (Can you tell I'm missing your infectious enthusiastic presence?)

Dealt with one of the rather large parsnips - coffee cake with walnuts (think carrot cake) - very nice, but next step is to lower it's fat content - project for next weekend!

Second (even larger parsnip) will be turned into some latkes - a bit fussy without a food processor but remembering back to uni days, well worth the effort and very very MSE! - and OH needs to learn that veggies are not just for boiling - :rotfl:

XOX
RT

Karmacat

:hello::hello::hello: I'm back! For a while, anyway, as I'm going away on Thursday :j Its taken me all today to solve the lappie problems - had to reinstall Windows 7 _pale_ but the bloke at Samsung was really good, even tho he had a strong accent. Had to finish by talking to a bloke at Virgin, and he was good - and I understood better what I was doing this time, to be honest. It helps! And it confirms to me that I should've fiddled around myself and not paid that local bloke £170 - wasted money!

I've got avg and McAfee running on this, but not Stopzilla, and not Rapport from the banks, so I don't want to stay on long (again :eek:) but I thought I'd confirm I'm in the land of the living. The table isn't done, the trip isn't prepared, and I just found out (from looking through all my paperwork for the computery stuff) that I've paid twice for the same National Express journey but since it cost £7.50, I'm not going to beat myself up too much.

I guess the universe is telling me to do things when they're appropriate - if I'm going away on Thursday, then thats what I concentrate on, not "trying" to trade.

And yes, the news from Japan really does put it all into perspective.... I'm left without words, really, all those terrible experiences heaped up on one another. While I was waiting for a caller, I saw one of those headline things that parade across the news screen: "millions spend a fourth night without food, water or shelter". Huh? I've been glued to the coverage, when I haven't been glued to the computer, and I haven't seen that before ... don't know what else has been written on the forum in general, as I've been without access, but thats so big its almost too difficult to take on board ....

I'm working in 20 minutes, and I really need to download my firewall and anti-virus software *again*, so I can't stay and find out what everyone's been doing. But I'm thinking of you lot:kisses3:

Lemon_Tree

rtandon27 wrote: »

Dealt with one of the rather large parsnips - coffee cake with walnuts (think carrot cake) - very nice, but next step is to lower it's fat content - project for next weekend!

XOX
RT

did you make a cake from parsnips?????

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

it confirms to me that I should've fiddled around myself and not paid that local bloke £170 - wasted money!

taxi73

wow...that's very steep £170

rtandon27

Karmacat wrote: »

And it confirms to me that I should've fiddled around myself and not paid that local bloke £170 - wasted money!...

...But I'm thinking of you lot:kisses3:

:jYeah to fixing it yourself! - yikes to the £170 - wish we were a bit closer, would have driven over & helped! - thinking of you too - hope all goes well with your trip this weekend - didn't realize it was *this* weekend!:)

Lemon_Tree wrote: »

did you make a cake from parsnips?????

Yes indeedy! - and fussy OH said I could make it again as he couldn't even find a single bit of parsnip!:rotfl:Think along the lines of a carrot cake with walnuts in it (oops just realized i'd already said that last time - sorrry, mind like a seive!) - it was very scrummy for breakfast with a cup of strong coffee!

redsquirrel80

Glad you got the lappie sorted.. another :eek: at the £170 here.

Hope you're getting all geared up for the trip - this is the wedding with your posh dress yep?

Oh and rtandon, I've been meaning to try making a parsnip cake for ages, sounds lovely!

Karmacat

:hello::hello::hello: more or less back in safety still haven't re-installed Dreamweaver, Photoshop or my trusty little scanner, but all the safety nets are in and operative and up to date - had to phone Stopzilla's UK free number and give them remote access to do the final bit, and they were *very* cheeky, tried to do a check of the computer even tho I said no, grrr. Been working for hours on it, I'm *starving* now

ZTD wrote: »

:rotfl:I love this! This was on the last page, and I think it was about fiddling myself :rotfl:

rtandon27 wrote: »

:jYeah to fixing it yourself! - yikes to the £170 - wish we were a bit closer, would have driven over & helped! - thinking of you too - hope all goes well with your trip this weekend - didn't realize it was *this* weekend!:)
Awww, thank you! The £170 was last month, and I've since realised I would have been able to do it if I'd had the right number for Samsung - an expensive lesson, but there you go.

Yes indeedy! - and fussy OH said I could make it again as he couldn't even find a single bit of parsnip!:rotfl:Think along the lines of a carrot cake with walnuts in it (oops just realized i'd already said that last time - sorrry, mind like a seive!) - it was very scrummy for breakfast with a cup of strong coffee!

That sounds fantastic! I think it bears repeating :cool:

redsquirrel80 wrote: »

Glad you got the lappie sorted.. another :eek: at the £170 here.
Thanks! It *is* a lot of dosh, isn't it we live and learn

Hope you're getting all geared up for the trip - this is the wedding with your posh dress yep?

Oh and rtandon, I've been meaning to try making a parsnip cake for ages, sounds lovely!

No, this trip is a looong weekend to see my mum just outside Liverpool, and then a cross country train journey to Ely on Tuesday for a few days there. I'll do a touristy day in Cambridge, which was the original idea, but I've since realised how close Ely is to Peterborough, and my genealogist gene has given me a kicking, so I'll probably spend a little while there too. I'll hav a walk around Ely on the Peterborough day - neither trip will be very long, tbh. I'm taking knitting for the train, and the Tim Ferriss book for the hotel room :rotfl:

And today, I have my first local dental appointment! Plus the bank, and such joys as that :cool:

redsquirrel80

Ahh OK, for some reason I thought Ely was the wedding. Sounds lovely Dentist sounds less lovely but hope it goes well.