Botanical blunderings on a budget - good life starts here.

Pippilongstocking

KC you're right! I need think about that one

Lobbed a rhubarb, lightly cooked to gg - lol to the peedie comment, my wee dog (peedie) thanked you for thinking of him

Today...............................

Right - bank to check maybe a pad to cc? - £50 to the Captain
HC - to do a few of them and madam twankies indoor laundry to perfect - horrid out there in garden today
Kitchen to sort out, I began to tidy one cupboard, then oh dear, what a mess, need to do more!
A bit of cooking to do
Think about the damsons and what to do with them
Freeze more tomatoes
Freeze more basil
Do more propagation and look at more ebay stuff (plants and seeds) for selling
Wash dog - he won't like it but he needs it!
Have HM brekkie and lunch
show pals house for her
Pot up more plants
recycle the soil from a few of the window boxes
Tidy up the house - this is a bit epic but hey - I'll get there, its not *that* bad- only in need of a good charge about.
Feed chookies
Collect eggs and take 1/2 doz to friend (£1)
Move the books to the freegle bookcase I got - YAY
Dinner at a chums tonight, will take something HM rather than buy something - although I might need buy bottle wine I guess, that be nice

Karmacat

Lovely! Put a fast-paced CD on when you're charging about clearing and tidying, it will help! Right, I'm off to do important things like tidying my own house

Cheery_Daff

Have a good indoor day Pippi! :T :T

And as for the young'uns - they'll be fine at home alone for a day... In fact - why don't you suggest they get Saturday jobs themselves! I started working in a paper shop at 13 (probably couldn't do it now!), and I loved having my own money, and chatting to everyone (although being surrounded by sweets - eek!). Then you wouldn't have to worry about them being in the house

Bleurgh to vile weather - typically, on the day we're meant to be leaving, it's stopped raining and the sun's come out. I've already packed 5 pairs of shoes :eek: and none of them cater for glorious sunshine! :rotfl: :rotfl: Sounds like I won't have to worry about that too much up your end

starnac

good morning all. not very nice here weather wise. DH is in work so just me and DD and she's watching kung fu panda. She's seen it so many times she can say the words along with them. is that proof i'm a bad mother letting her watch too much TV??? hmmmm

got quite a bit to do today but no energy so may just catch up on here for a while. work later though. Pippi you always put me to shame with your big lists and you seem to get it all done too *phew* exhausting

MrsMoo2U

Morning all, Pippi - yes you are a worrier - I am with Daffy on the Saturday job. I bet they would love to do something like that. Is there anything at the place you WILL be working at?
Raining here, Moo all curled up looking at me as if to say -"if you think I am going out in that THINK AGAIN WOMAN"

Listneing to Radio 3, Mr C reading about motorbikes, me tapping on laptop - all very sedate. Meanwhile the house is a tip but have no energy.

MrsMoo2U

PS - re tip about internet usage ............... battery about to run out. Should I plug it in or turn it off :rotfl::rotfl:

vl2588

Hope Peedie is being good around the house

Pippilongstocking

I've radio scotland on here

starnac theres no such thing as a bad mother, creativity thats what its all about, my dd can parrot fashion more movies than I will ever admit too and I'm a fidget therefore I need lists to stop myself selfcombusting

Vl he's snoring!

Cheery and cheri - might be an idea, they both need to save, nowt where I *might* be working - and cheri yup I'd turn it off!

Not acheived much this am so far

Chopped up and frozen onion stalks - I always do this, I never dry them, they don't dry here tbh not easily, I haven't died so far, use them like chopped spring onions or leeks
Made 'wierdo' tomato pasta sauce for freezing
chopped up and frozen (on a tray) 3 reduced lemons
Cleared the fridge, peeled a bit of slightly 'mouldy' cheese with the potato peeler, perfectly OK now - I am that revolting - cut it into 3 chunks and froze two of them - on the postive I've not found anything dead in there or too past it - good result
Made a jar of coconut yoghurt and put in back in there to mellow yum
Froze another chunk of cheese, smoked
Chopped up 3 cucumbers thinly - need to find a recipe for cucumber pickle, sweet kind I know I like that
Been soaking last years (dried) cayenne chillis and now they're pliable enough to make a bit of chilli jam with, again need find a recipe for that - which I'm looking forward too

starnac

chilli jam??? DH would probably like that. let me know how it turns out.

lucielle

All sounds very busy Stripes, I'll lob you a cuppa over.
L