Botanical blunderings on a budget - good life starts here.

Karmacat

Morning! I'm a lot brighter, thanks Pippi - it helped to write a bit on here, and know how you were doing. Keiss, what you're doing sounds great! Pershore Ag College ... that takes me back, in my first year at Poly I had a boyfriend from home who went to Pershore .... hope you enjoy the day.

Pippi, have you decided on what you're doing yet?

Lula-Hula

lucielle wrote: »

That has the potential to be worrying, a teenager smiling, yep be concerned.
L

:rotfl::rotfl:That made me laugh out loud :rotfl::rotfl:



Morning all,

I love an autumn day & what greater pleasure is there than scuffling through piles of leaves in your wellies

I think it's the sunshine that counts. A cold crisp winter day with sunshine is lovely, whereas a warmis but gloomy grey day is oppressive & miserable.

Sunny here :j so off to hang out some laundry ( we don't have the self cleaning variety here )

Have a lovely day
xx

starnac

I must admit I am still sat in bed. DD is playing with her barbie's at the bottom of the bed so I'm catching up on here. how lovely. shame DH isn't here to bring me a cuppa though

glad you are sounding/feeling better Pippi. I love the colours of autumn. I'm also a very cold blooded person so I love the fact i can wear a jumper/cardi all the time without people thinking I am mad. (I still take one with me in the summer in case I get cold ) DH and DD are the opposite. They are so warm. In fact DH went to work in shorts this morning and DD will not wear cardi's or jumpers at all. (unless we tell her she'll have to wear a coat instead)

Plan of attack today is the ironing and the front room. Nursery-to-be now all cleared out :j ready for DH to paint. must get a wash on too as it is quite sunny outside so hopefully it'll line dry.

Anyone up to anything exciting today?

ETA is DS learning smiling and coffee at the same time??

Pippilongstocking

Hey up

Ok you lots, toast about to land and tea

Cooked brekkie is on in the oven

Today been great so far

Gone to recycling site and figured where to build recycyled pallet bays for the goods there - work on that with a few of the guys next week
Mr f wandered next door to recycle amenity place did the cardboard and plastic we've got extra this week and our fortnightly black bag of non recyclable stuff into the tip
Went looking for a soda stream gas refil, not in local town maybe the big one?
Sausages and bananas from local grocer/butcher
Free bag if humungous bones for peedie
Two loads hokey cokey done and about to go on line
Resisted home brekkie in cafe in town
Dishwasher on emptied and on again
Cut up 4 blocks half price cheese from co op and will freeze the 12 mini blocks I have now (cheese is expensive, barganious cheese needs to be squirrelled)

Brekkie in 15 mins, need get stuff on line first.

Hope you are all grand kc glad you're a bit brighter, Writing my blog helped get it all out after my ace stomp in the trees. Suncertsinly helps today, lula teenagers eh?

starnac don't do too much today and wrapping up is awesome xx

savingforarainyday

Afternoon everyone

This morning drifted into slovenly behaviour, where I sat in my lovely warm spotty dressing gown and lurked on the computer all morning.

Now I have guilt:(

Although was watching something on ebay for dh but it went over his allotted spendies, so that was that.

Went and picked up ds's gluten free foodies from chemist, but did manage a no spend as the queue in the co-op was humungous so didn't bother with spuds for tomorrow decided beef casserole and rice will be on the menu. (Mr T's on monday so must do list)

Don't mention cheese to me it is my downfall, never mind being kept in the fridge, it should be kept in a locked safe so I can't snack on it

Sorry for the acronym IAB (International Association of Book-keepers)

Well it is on with the household duties for me today. Its quite tidy but it reminds me of the well know fridge magnet quote "You can admire the dust but please don't write in it"

Quite chilly here today, but I understand we are to expect a mini heatwave later in the week;) and there's me I have packed all my summer clothes away:eek:

savingforarainyday

BTW - Smiling Teenagers? Be afraid, be very afraid :rotfl:

fedupandskint

I too have been pretty solvenly this morning watching the rugby and pottering about with washing, washing up, eating and tidying up. Still a couple of rooms to do then off out for a nice bracing long walk with my dog in the autumnal leaves

Planning a NSD run of 4 days due to lack of pennies. Going ok so far and a NSD today.

Just had a shuffle around the freezer to meal plan and plenty in there - tonight is steak and still deciding whether to do a casserole tomorrow then it will be a fishy week ahead to make some headway into the fish stocks in the freezer all with lots of veg to keep the weight loss going. Trying not to cave in with dumplings all the time but I do love them dearly with a stew

Sunday meal - cottage pie or beef stew. Will see later as have a lot of potatoes to use up

Happy weekend Pipster

Greying_Pilgrim

Happy weekend everyone!

Smiling teenagers - mmm, are you sure it's not a case of this Pippi?

Keiss - is Perennial the gardening charity? I bought some xmas cards that supported them last year. Hope you have a good time at Malvern.

Had a 'bitty' morning, but done loads, even with stopping to watch the England rugger match.

Well, better go off and do a bit more.

Greying

MrsMoo2U

Hi Pippi. Busy morning for you there. Speaking of having brekkie in town I sent a PM the other day, not sure if you picked it up.

Triciaxx

I'm watching FI qualifying with one eye, reading this with the! Queen of the multitaskers. :rotfl:

Was that Happy Valley you posted about on your blog? It looks lovely in the Autumn. If so, the BBC did a report on it in the spring and I put it on my list of things to see on Orkney, if I ever get there!

We went to The Lost Gardens of Heligan when they were first restoring it. It was so muddy we got DGSs pushchair stuck! And so long ago, he has now left school. :rotfl: