As The Workhouse Approaches....How To Do Everything To Avoid It, the Old Style Way

katholicos

HariboJunkie wrote: »

Grey Queen. I grow celeriac and have found it pretty easy.

I've not grown it before, but am trying it this year. Hopefully I'll find it pretty easy too!

bluebag

Evening all, just bobbing to catch up, Congratulations on the birth of baby Joseph, and happy sammy kaye has finally got a house.

I am dissapointed that I've had to have the heating on for a bit in May, but I am not fully recovered and don't want to risk getting ill again, guess the years are telling on me more than I would like. It is so damp and chilly here.

Never mind we are supposed to have some warmth at the weekend, that will be very welcome.

Hope everyone is keeping well and hugs to all who need them.

smileyt_2

Just popping on to say a quick goodnight to you all, sleep well. I am going to have a cuddle with my dogs, a warm bath and hopefully a good night's sleep. :shhh: Old-stylers are sleeping zzz zzz :rotfl:

scottishminnie

Sammy - the house sounds great. Maybe not perfect straight away but nothing that a little time won't fix. We built our house and couldn't afford to finish the inside straight away. I happily lived with bare floors and lightbulbs for a while (4 years in the main lounge) until I could afford what I wanted. It didn't bother me one bit although it seemed that every visitor felt the need to comment about when it would be finished. I just kept remembering Rome wasn't built in a day.

Re the hall/stairs - is there a carpet shop or even a market trader selling carpets nearby? My friend was renovating an old property and needed a carpet but had zero cash. She managed to get about 40 carpet samples which she arranged into a massive rug which covered most of her living room floor and looked great. She got them free as they were old samples and they did the job till she could afford a fitted carpet. You could make a nice funky runner for very little.:)

VJsmum

I once made celeriac chips and they were awful, but it might have been me.

I mash it and use it like mashed potato, or mixed into mashed potato but my favourite is grated as coleslaw.

anguk

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

Wet Room - the only thing concerning me as far as this is concerned is how to bath holly - in a shower? Could be interesting but I do still have her baby bath and now shes fitting I think she will be able to use it for a fair bit longer. Ben loves showers though - and to be honest my mother in law lives across the way so if they are desperate for a bath they can possibly go over to hers to have one!

My DD hated going in the bath when she was little, I think the size of it frightened her so I bathed her in the kitchen sink until she was about 3!

Softstuff

Re. car use - my mother was the first person in our family ever to own a car, my Nan and Gramps never did. Seems funny that in a generation we may have come full circle. Hubby and I have 1 car between us, most people find it odd that though I have a drivers licence I don't drive. But we go most places together and other than that there are buses. It hinders my job hunting, but at the same time if I were to get a job distant from here, the cost of running a car would quickly reduce my earnings so on balance, we'll stick with the one car. Hubby uses it to commute to work, which is 40 minutes each way. The bus takes nearly 2 hours each way, so in the eventuality of a car becoming too much, we'll either move or he'll work more from home.

The rising cost of flying terrifies me because we're between a rock and a hard place with that one. I make one flight a year back to England, which is extortionate now, and even that seems like too little time there. But I have just have my Mum and Stepdad in England now, whereas hubby has 2 sets of Grandparents, Mum, Dad, 4 Aunties and Uncles and assorted cousins, so it makes more sense to be here for him than there for me (there are also many assorted economic reasons too). And here hubby has a great job with a lovely boss, there aren't many of those about anymore.

SammyKaye - for your carpeting I'd suggest Carpetright if they still exist. I worked there for a while when I was at uni. Just go in for the carpet remnant though, and fit it yourself. Don't buy anything other than the carpet there - they make the money on underlay, grippers and fitting, you can pick those up elsewhere. I've fitted one stairs carpet from a remnant, and it's not too bad if you take it slow. I used the cheapest grey cord carpet in the bedroom with underlay. It looked quite nice with a rug on, pale walls and some floral art. Used to be just a couple of pounds a square meter. Having kids around I'd definitely carpet the stairs. Hurts a bit less when you bounce down them

Charis

anguk wrote: »

My DD hated going in the bath when she was little, I think the size of it frightened her so I bathed her in the kitchen sink until she was about 3!

That's proper OS. Then when they wouldn't fit in the sink, they stood on a wooden chair and had a 'strip wash'. Or so my parents used to tell me . When my parents were young most homes didn't have a bathroom or an indoor lavatory.

Even when I was young only the main living room was heated. Everywhere else was quite literally freezing during the depths of winter. Sundays were the worst, when everyone was cooped up in the one room and tempers frayed. The heater was allowed on in the bathroom for only half an hour before our weekly bath and that was it. It was turned off while we were bathing because the plug was in the bathroom cupboard (danger of electrocution) :eek:. When I was a teenager my father acquired a couple of 'convector heaters' for our bedrooms, which gave out about a candle powers' worth of heat for an hour before bed. We thought we'd joined the elite.

grandma247

Nett0 are doing 4 tins sardines for £1 on sat and sun

GreyQueen

de1amo wrote: »

Hello--i saw GQ mention that she is on diet. Can anyone answer me a really dumb question about food and dieting. i have dieted hard and long and reached my goal weight but i can easily put on weight because like everyone i eat naughty food(chocolate) and drink alcohol.--this is the question--if i eat or drink something that in reality weighes no more than a few ounces but has a high callory count does my weight increase by lots or just the weight of the food injested!!?? i told you it was dumb lol--the only thing that puzzles me is that things like alcohol and chocolate may affect the metabolism and 'suck' up the calories--i seem to go down slowly but zoom up by just having off limit stuff!

Hi de1amo, I don't think it's a dumb question but my limited knowledge of calories etc is that some foods esp alcohol & chocolate are incredibly "dense" in the sense that although you don't appear to be eating much volume, you're actually winding a lot of calories into your system. It's also not a straightforward equation of food in = weight gain as our brains are using a large proportion of our intake and metabolic processes are using some to rebuild tissue and run the day to day housekeeping.

Back when I was a healthy young thing of 19 and very active, I weighed 10.5 stone. If my weight dropped closer to 10, I started to go down with every illness going around the block. 10 stone on my large-boned nearly 6 foot frame is too thin for health although it would be appropriately fashionable and I wouldn't be a stick-insect by any means. I can remember being sooooo shocked when I went past 11 st and now I'd be thrilled to reach it coming from the opposite direction!

My own weight gain isn't a mystery to me and I hold myself responsible for most of it. I'm pushing 50 and therefore things are slowing down. I have a metabolic disorder which is treated with appetite-stimulant drugs (but I was always a hearty eater anyway). I have a sweet tooth and my reaction to stress is to eat sweet things, chiefly chocolate and cake-related goodies. Plus having ME means that taking vigorous exercise isn't possible as I quickly overload my capabilities, turn white as a sheet and very shaky and collapse. Scared the carp out of the guy at the sports centre.......:rotfl:

So for me, I think it will have to be a lifelong commitment to keep away from the sweeties. I have broken the physiological craving for it in only a few weeks, which makes me happier than you'd believe. I barely drink so alcohol-calories aren't a factor.

I think as you get older, your metabolism slows and you need fewer calories, so it's important to make those good nutritious ones and not unhelpful fillers. Head for the lean fish and salads, carefully averting one's eyes from the puddings.

I've decided when I get some poundage somewhat down I shall take up yoga and be a bendy person.......getting a bit creaky IYKWIM.

Hey, had to edit my sig this morning 1 lb has shifted.

Good luck to everyone who's reducing and have a good day, y'all.