Botanical blunderings on a budget - good life starts here.

Pippilongstocking

I'm so behind but I'm here

Hello to all - dunno if I can catch up

keiss the courgettes yeah I think so that many sounds perfect - unfortunatley I lost both my yellow and orange pattisons due to combo of cold weather, rain and forgetting to put lid on cold frame - argh!

I'm in office - half day invigilating done.

Need to catch up with you all!

vl2588

NorthernLas wrote: »

To those concentrating on calories ... could you experiment with eating what you want, when you are hungry and stopping when you are satisfied?

Much less taxing than lots of sums

You'd think but apparently I am never satisfied!

Pippilongstocking

Me neither vl - me neither!

Hello all - busy at work - tying in with new chap about training etc.
Blog - bit of a confession - but not anything botanical! Feel heartened though!
dentist (bleurgh)
3 plants sold on ebay (thank you L for differnt stuff - glad you got yours OK)
Very happy seeds in propagator at work up and waving hello - this is for a home grown flower project we're trying out
Tea - HM spag bog half meat half soya mince - they all love it like that now!
Bank to check in a bit
Revolting weather here - gale force winds and rain - bleurgh
Took two bags for charity shop and donated all the indoor plants from the sale which were left over
Peedie had a bath

Kids great - mr s mum settling in nicely.

Off to puruse the bank and see whats been going on here - alot to catch up on!

Pippilongstocking

cherisong wrote: »

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.
Henry Ford

Briliant! What an amazing quote :A

Pippilongstocking

BTW who wanted MINT??????????????

I got one for 10p can put it in the mail!

Greying_Pilgrim

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

BTW who wanted MINT??????????????

I got one for 10p can put it in the mail!

Pippi - it was Lotti379 (I think) that was talking about mint plants - I remember, because it was for a Mojito (no raised eyebrows at the back, I don't even like hard liquor!). It was bugging me so I looked it up, and she was talking about it on your previous diary - pg 151 post #3020 to be precise!

right, back to lurking, having totally sullied my reputation!

Greying ...hic

Pippilongstocking

Oh greying thak you so much I had it on my list to look! You're a star -

How I love you all!

I hope you're good? I fondly look at the card you've sent often - thank you I appreciate the kindness.

Quiet here everyone doing their own bit!

Bank looking OK (well not over od limit) £169 in Rb and £17 in lloyd
CC - 880 on the Lloyd, 1770 on cap one - need put money into it - will make that payment when (if) get paid on Wed.
Moved £25 from paypal to lloyds from plant sales - lol - amazing start to put things up on ebay and they sell - no brainer really eh - I need to get more organised.

I'm needing a day home to *think* and plan while not charging around like a loony. I'm thinking maybe Wednesday - finish invigilating on Tues - got a bit of cleaning and gardening work this week but I need to think how to plan my time and move forward - will look at a forecast and plan a day off to suit getting head together time and gardening time!

Girls reached target today 1/2 doz sold - clever things - stars all round

Cheery_Daff

well done ladies! :T :T :T Special treats for you

(and you too pippi! :T)

Triciaxx

NorthernLas wrote: »

To those concentrating on calories ... could you experiment with eating what you want, when you are hungry and stopping when you are satisfied?

Much less taxing than lots of sums

A problem with that is family. One needs to have at least some semblance of a schedule to keep everyone on board.

I did experiment with setting a time for meals on the understanding that if people didn't attend, their meal was plated and put in the fridge - leaving them to nuke their plate.

This was some years ago (:o like over 30 years ago) and it was a disaster from my angle. I ended up with festering plates in the fridge as they couldn't be bothered to nuke a meal and a loss of family time.

On the other hand, all kids are happily married with kids and those that still don't cook have married people who do!

So ???

EssexHebridean

cherisong wrote: »

I just had veggie sausage and mash (made with butter) and it was scrummy. My favouritest food ever mash.

You're lucky this is Pippi's diary not LT's - you can get lines over there for rhapsodizing about mash!

NorthernLas wrote: »

To those concentrating on calories ... could you experiment with eating what you want, when you are hungry and stopping when you are satisfied?

Much less taxing than lots of sums

Yes, it's a lovely simple theory isn't it....I'm hazarding a guess that there are a lot of us who wouldn't be wanting to lose weight now if we hadn't followed that method though!

Well done to the hens hitting their targets Stripes - and half a day of paid stuff is excellent! :T Planning day at home seems like a good idea too!