Fresh start for 2011

brizzledfw

Hi

Know what you mean..the highlight of my day is now fish and chips...cos my OH has learnt that he will not be made redundant..oh how our celebrations have changed! They cost less thats for sure! Then chopped some brisket from the bottom of the freezer ( great minds think alike MC) and put it into the SC..will have as stew with some dumplings tomorrow. More MSE cooking!

Brizzle

BTW we buy huge bottles of oyster sauce sweet chilli sauce etc from an oriental supermarket..very cheap and very handy for using with veg etc for stir fry.

mummychicken

Pork dinner all finished! Was nice but do wish i could manage to acheive a nice crispy crackling. DC all ate it though, then began arguing over who was having the last yogurt in the fridge for their pud! Frustrates me so much how they bicker over the daftest things

Phoned Mint as i paid my balance by transfer to 0% a few weeks ago, have wrote twice asking for the £6.28 i have in credit & telling them to close the account. Response on phone was that they could not close the account because i am in credit!! How simple can it be.. send me the credit & close the bl**dy account :mad:

DH away until tomorrow so intend early baths & big bowl of pop corn for DC whilst catching up with any old rubbish on TV

Deeperblue

Don't you just wish you could write to them threatening legal action and debt collectors? :rotfl:

moo2moo

mummychicken wrote: »

Pork dinner all finished! Was nice but do wish i could manage to acheive a nice crispy crackling.

Simples - stick salt on the skin after rolling the joint in oil just before you bung it in the oven. You get crackling so crackly you can break your teeth on it.

moo2moo

mummychicken wrote: »

Phoned Mint as i paid my balance by transfer to 0% a few weeks ago, have wrote twice asking for the £6.28 i have in credit & telling them to close the account. Response on phone was that they could not close the account because i am in credit!! How simple can it be.. send me the credit & close the bl**dy account :mad:

This is another check the Ts and Cs moment as several of the money grabbing !!!!!! credit card companies have nice clauses which result in you being fined for having a positive credit balance for more than two consecutive months.

mummychicken

Thanks Moo,
That is awful gettting fined for being in credit- will sort it ASAP. Big hugs for the crackling tip!!! Will give it a try next time.

So my day has just began and i am £6 down already, but it all for Comic Relief so i not grumbling- All to DC schools to wear red, buy noses & buy from cake sale.

Have about 20 piles of irioning to be getting on with so better make a start.

moo2moo

Its far too nice a day to be ironing. I'm sure you can come up with something outside in the sunshine even if its just a cuppa and a biccy. Ironing is a rainy day activity, much like housework!

mummychicken

Have done the ironing Moo!! Actually enjoy ironing as love the piles of freshly clean clothes on their hangers, always have my ipod blasting too.

Walked the dog so managed to enjoy the sun, does feel good seeing all the spring bulbs. My mum gave me loads of bulbs last October as she could not be bothered to plant them in her own garden! It was well worth the cold days that i spent planting them as i now have an eruption of colour sprouting in my garden :j

Tonights dinner is Gammon cooked in cola in the slow cooker, a newbie for me but seen it on the forum so thought i will give it a whirl.

abba1772

Hi mummychicken :wave:

just had a nosey on your diary and just wanted to say well done, just remember everyone who has diaries on here is in the exact position as you x x x

will be subscribing to see how you get on hun x

mummychicken

Hi Abba, will catch up with your diary too.

What a difference the sun makes to your day, we all took the dog for a long walk, stopped at the pub for a well deserved drink, then home to do some gardening with the chickens helping themselves to any worms they could find.

DH has offered to take us all to the local tonight for a bar meal for our tea, so that saves me cooking and leaves a meal in the fridge for another night

Popped into Tesco as they selling medium easter eggs (£2.50 ) buy one get TWO free Think the offer ends Mon or Tues so get there quick.

Its my sisters birthday tomorrow so had to buy her cards & a voucher, will buy her some flowers from the DC and have loads of eggs (from my chooks) so will bake a sponge cake.

Hope you all enjoying the fine weather, hope its here to stay.