Daily thread for Tuesday November 28th.

Essex-girl_2

Morning All

Welcome Jembie & (((hugs))) to Scuzz.

Havnt been on for a couple of days and dont know where the time has gone!

Am in office today so far just sorting massive in pile before can get anyway, have also got a few phone calls to do before start the actual paperwork there is loads - oh well as soon as Ive posted this will get on with it.

Pinkwinged - you have reminded me I really need to sort through freezers so can make room for Xmas stuff, am actually more behind with Xmas this year than any other so really need to sit down and start sorting this asap.

Best be off now have got to pop out quickly later and the weather is horrible so fingers x it improves.

Have a great day

scuzz

Ok Happy moment - My sis has just ordered me Martin's new book:T I'm so excited

iceicebaby

Hiya all

Spending the rest of the day stripping my front room walls ready to re decorate. So no spend today, just lots of scraping!

take care all xxxxxxxxx

Bargain_Rzl

pawpurrs wrote:

BR will think of you tomorrow at the Funeral, I hope its a celebration, IYKWIM.

It will be, I think! It's a big happy family with lots of cousins I grew up with - if it's anything like Grandpa's funeral (5 years ago) it will be a really good do. My mum has three sisters and a brother and they and their kids are scattered all over the world, so it's the only time most of us get to see each other. I haven't seen several of my cousins since Grandpa's funeral, and I hardly ever get to see my little sister either.

It has occurred to me is that now Grandma has gone there will be no obvious opportunities for any more family gatherings for a while - nobody is getting married, there aren't any big wedding anniversaries coming up, and (God willing) nobody else is likely to die any time soon (my oldest aunt is only 63). Perhaps my cousin will have a proper family do for baby's christening. (his wife and baby aren't coming to the funeral, so I will have to be sure to make the effort to go and see them very soon - they're only in North London so I have NO excuse!)

I do think that it will be a difficult funeral though. I have lost 3 grandparents in the past 5 years (the other died when I was 3) but Grandma was the only one I was really close to, or had anything in common with

corners_2

Morning all

Lovely to hear all your news

[Scuzz -hope work situation improves for you ]

I haven't had time for posting for ages, and as the hoovering will wait - -I really owe it to you guys to :T make time for a quick hello.

Also a huge :T THANK YOU :T to you all for motivating me-OS of course.

I feel quite good today as have got dinner planned, and some ready meal ideas for the rest of the week-the hours I work make take aways so attractive but OS is much more healthy - on the body and on the wallet.

Got some items ready to list on ebay today -planned my schedule round this to make the most of 15p listing day:rotfl:

Have a great day everyone:j :j .

Shez

Morning Everyone!:D

RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN - does it ever stop!!!!

OS things today are doing a batch of ironing before coming to work! and having to wash and dry a batch of washing at a time cos i dont have a separate tumble drier!

Good News!! DH has got the job he went for:D

Apologies cos ive only just skimmed the thread briefly:
bargainrzl - hows the flat? I dont seem to keep up with the posts these days - hope all goes well for funeral xx
catowen/snowyowl - looked in Robert Dyas yesterday and the 6.5L SC is £22.
scuzz - (hugss) on the job front x
dlb - :T well done on the bargain shop
mushpeas - sorry about the job xx dont worry something better is round the corner thats meant to be.

better go do some work, will try and pop back later.
have a good day all
shez

Bargain_Rzl

Shez - congrats to your DH on the new job! :j :j :j

Flat is fine, kitchen is sorted (well, all the appliances are in - I still have a LOT of cupboard-sorting to do) and I have my new bed - but no wardrobe or living room furniture as it's all on order from Argos on a 28-35 day lead time (which I'm now 14 days into). My friend who lives 2 blocks away texted me yesterday and mentioned that he is about to get rid of his old sofa and did I want it? I said no cos it's all on order anyway, but it was quite tempting to say "yes, but can you take it away again after 2 weeks"? He will be a useful person to have around when I start rearranging furniture and so on, as he's a big strong bloke! (Gay, before you ask )

No more sorting out will be getting done until next week now, as I'm at Mum's tonight and tomorrow then on holiday in Cardiff for 4 nights (opera trip with friends).

pennineman

Hi everyone

Up at 7 a.m. - a bit late and had to gently wake Penninewoman who'd also overslept. Then quick toast-make, cat feed and let out, and bread-make in our Panasonic 253 (it is a great piece of kit, isn't it?!) Weigh the ingredients using a set of scales rescued from a school I taught at in the 80s. It was shutting and much stuff was being thrown out. I sometimes wonder how many cakes were made using these scales . . . . . they're great - just the basic balancing type. Ingredients one side weights on the other - and in ozs of course!

Then back to bed for a couple of hours, then back up, vac around the place, empty a few bins, bring wheelie bin back in after the lorry had emptied it, check cats OK on food and then up here to check emails and plan the rest of the day.

Which will consist of shopping locally and maybe get penninewoman another Christmas present / birthday present as her birthday is very soon after the 25th! I saw some locally hand-made necklaces which might suit so will check.

And, gingin, living here is hard to leave - we've been here 30-odd years and can't see ourselves leaving anytime soon . . . .:)

Here's another photo to remind you . . . .

anniebooklover

My "day off" isn't really turning out to be a day off at all. The appointment with solicitor to make my will took longer than I expected. I was hoping to be home, done some washing and cleaning before heading out to supermarket and back to do some batch cooking by now.

My neighbour, who is lovely and very helpful, decided she would like a chat as she is very upset. Her DD was called into school by the headmaster to say that a parent had reported her for neglecting her children! She was absolutely distraught. I can't even see why someone would make up such a story. Her children are always beautifully turned out, clean and well-fed. She spends lots of time with them too. Her husband is absolutely furious and is seeking legal advice. So, after about 40 minutes of chatting, I hadn't achieved very much but at least my neighbour felt better for getting it off her chest.

Off to look at the recipes board now. I got about 2lbs of plums and 2lbs of grapes for 28p each today and a big bag of baby potatoes for 35p! so, I need some inspiration.

shez Congratulations to your DH on his new job
Bargain I hope the funeral goes well and without any glitches
gingin DS says his braces don't really hurt him (at the mo anyway). He is just constantly aware of them. I hope it won't be too long till he switches off to them.
pennineman I live in Lancashire too but nowhere near as scenic as you. What beautiful surroundings.

twink

afternoon all,

welcome jembie, love seeing your photos penineman
another sunny and warm day again, long may it continue, am feeling a bit hyper today after eating so much sugar on my birthday
dgs was asking when i am putting my tree up seeing that his mum, kyle, has hers up, think i will wait a while yet though
must go and have some lunch

love to all xx