100 months to turn the money situation round

elantan

thanks emz ... need to do a catch up now lol ...

gilligansyle

Hi el, nice to see you back. I have a freezer with drawers in that is always full, but managed to get a small chest freezer on freecycle. As you say, its easier to cook extra and just put it in. Especially if I do stuff like chilli, or rice (although apparently you're not meant to reheat rice!!) My main frustration with the normal freezer was that I didn't have room to have a spare loaf etc.
Slow cooker is a good idea, especially as you work shifts, you could have a hot meal waiting when you get in.

elantan

thanks Gilligan i deff think this going to be the way forward for me, i have tried several times to get a freezer on freecycle, however, the type i need i doubt will ever be available ... i dont want a chest freezer due to my fear of falling into a chest freezer ... i know it sounds weird but when i have been in chest freezers before i have to dangle off the freezer in order to get things out ... this terrifies me, i am scared that i fall in and the freezer seals me in .. stupid i know but one of the many things that being small makes me think about... i think i will start to look into slow cookers this weekend ... i dont know whether to get two or not ... seeing as how i am vegetarian and hubby isnt

i paid money into the mortgage account the other day and today i found out i have a £32 charge for it ... kinda angry at myself tbh i shouldve known better but i have had so much to deal with recently that i just didnt think arrrgghhhh ... hubby is still off of work so that aint gonna make life any easier really either ...

elantan

well today i cancelled my pension payments ... till oh gets back to work i cant afford to pay a pension ( i also need to see about more money for me with the way things are at home just now)... i am still considering a slow cooker/pressure cooker/freezer/halogen oven thingy ... to try and cut back on electrcity usage, food bills etc.

i had ordered some things fro q.v.c nail varnishes etc ... Leighton Denny ones ... i was expecting great results but have been sadly disappointed ... i think it is probably more the lifestyle that i lead than anything else tbh ... but i have bought opi and china glaze stuff before and it has been fine ... so i am returning the q.v.c stuff that will be money refunded thankfully ... didnt realy have the money for it in the first place ... i just liked the colours and fancied a treat ... it isnt a treat however if it chips within a few hours so back they go

today i think i will spend a few more hours in the garden.... i am really enjoying spending time by myself...and visiting with friends

elantan

well today i tried the bid tv thing ... was reading a thread on the os board about halogen ovens and someone said they got one from bidtv ... so i went on and joined ... i put a bid in (£5) for an oven i doubt it very very much if i will get it tbh but with the way things are just now i am taking the cheap route where i can ... if i dont get it the right one will come along at the right time and price .... i can wait no hurry here

boredofbeingathome

Good luck with that bid, you never know

elantan

true bobolicious one.... i doubt it but hey you never know lol .... am trying to figure out how to take the side shoots off of my tomatoes but after watching videos, reading things and asking advice i still cant get it right ... i think i need someone to stand next to me while i learn bahhhhh

boredofbeingathome

I would just nip them off, but then again i only muck around myself. My French beans aren't doing to well this year, but the runner beans have come on a bit.

elantan

my beans have just popped out through the soil ... i have landed up taking anything that didnt have a flower on it off ...hope that works

gilligansyle

My chest type freezer is only a little one, about 3 foot square, as that's all the space I had, so little chance of falling in it, but it just means I can batch cook. And freeze things that are on offer. Or at least I could when I had an oven, I can't get the part for mine at the moment,so am still using the little top oven and a halogen which was lent to me by a friend. They take a bit of getting used to.
My veg stuff generally fends for itself, as I have absolutely no idea what to do with it. But there's only me that eats it anyway, other than the strawberries.