OS Daily Monday 22nd August

adelight

Afternoon everyone. Had a massive much needed lie in after OH left for his exam at 8am and now I have loads to do :eek:
Change the sheets, take in yesterday's washing, clean the bathroom and do four hours of studying. Hopefull if I write it here I'll feel obliged to do it and I can come back tonight to read and post on the boards :j

monnagran

Welcome Kimsmum, You'll fit in just fine here if you are ever so slightly mad.
Ivy: Hope all goes well.

After a manic weekend my house looks as though someone has picked it up and shaken it. Feel distinctly unenthusiastic about sorting everything out and getting it back to rights. It's much more fun grizzling to you lot. The runner beans, having taken an age to get going, are producing like crazy. Think that it will be vegetables to eat today with something from the freezer to go with them. One of my mystery packets probably, or grated cheese if I just can't be bothered.
Have looked at the ironing pile and quickly looked away again.
Perhaps I'll go back to bed. NO! I'm turning this thing off and getting stuck in. Go me!

jaxx46

:wave:I too is back
After 2 weeks of visitors I am shattered. DM's visit tbh was not hard work we had some nice weather & sat in the garden working out our family tree as far back as we could & I plan to carry on during the winter when I can't get in the garden.
DD's visit with the 3 DGK's however was hectic, luckily again we had nice weather so most of the eating was done outside but I had forgotten how early lo's get up :eek: & how much they eat :eek::eek: even the 22 month old had bigger dinners than me.
Fri night we went to a wedding reception & met up with loads of people that I hadn't seen since I became ill, nice but tiring & we now have an invite to a bbq next weekend :T
OSwise, put washing out last night & just got it in as we too are forecast heavy rain today.
Have got lots of ends of crusty bread & baguettes as the co-op had loads reduced at the weekend so am going to make a bread pudding to have after our gammon & jp dinner.
Welcome :wave:to all newbies.
Congratulations on new GC & engagement.(sorry can't remember names )
Congrats/commiserations on exam results & good luck with plan b's.
Hope all hospital appts run smoothly,
General hugs, spoons & Hi5's to those in need.
It's nice to be back, have missed you all.
CG loving the Goa plan
Tru, took a leaf out of your book & things with the YA's much improved so Thank-you for the inspiration :A
TTFN

jaxx

snoozer

Oh dear, I've just been through my can and jar cupboard and had to bin a number of jars and a couple of tins. I'm fairly relaxed about BB dates but some of these were 5 and 6 years old. Partly it's because i've been making a lot more food from scratch, but also because I'd bought a few things that seemed a good idea at the time but I've never wanted to eat them. I've made a list of thngs that need to be used this year - the most urgent being a jar of salsa and some refried beans, why I bought them I don't know because I don't like overly hot food.

I'll need to go through my baking things this afternoon because I find that nuts go off very quickly so I have to keep my eye on them.

PipneyJane

Good afternoon everyone. Hope the sun is shining where you are and your days are going well.

Ivyleaf, fingers crossed the op goes ahead. Hope you wake up feeling painfree and that they give you decent painkillers.

Kimsmum, hope the appointment goes well.

I had the busiest weekend: football on Saturday; investment club meeting, RPGs and Proms yesterday. I almost came to work for a rest.

Processed crab apples for hot crab apple jelly/crab apple chilli cheese on Saturday morning. 2.5kg of apples once I'd discarded any that were too far gone. Stewed and drained the fruit then put the drained juice and the pulp in the fridge (separately) yesterday morning. Am now displaying the remains of two blisters on my left index finger. Didn't even feel them until they started stinging. Battle scars. Tonight, I may finish making the jelly, but I have to go on an overnight trip for work tomorrow, so may not have sufficient time. The cheese will certainly have to wait until Wednesday evening when I get back or Thursday night before I start rubbing the pulp through a sieve.

Also, I put dinner into the slow cooker on Saturday, which was a godsend since we didn't get home until 9.30pm. Yesterday's lunch and dinner were packed meals: marked-down quiche for lunch, home made wraps for dinner.

Dropped into Tesco on the way home from the match on Saturday. We were after "cooking gin" for sloe gin. Spent ages scouring the store for bargains that we needed/ite's we would use (Sunday's lunch for one), in order to use one of their "spend £20 and get £3 off" vouchers. Scored 2L of 1% milk for 15p. (It's in an orange bottle and doesn't appear to sell in our store.)

Saturday night, made sloe gin while watching Match Of The Day.

- Pam

Bitsy_Beans

Afternoon everyone.

Awful night sleep due to back, was on the living room floor doing back exercises at 3am :eek: It's a horrible dull ache down my one leg and sort of pins and needles in the other. ended up having an ibuprophen to stop it so I could get some sleep (on empty stomach, naughty Bitsy ). Anyway been rushing round getting weekly shop for holiday and am slowly packing it away. Am flagging now so think a coffee is in order. Still feeling a bit low but am working on it (a la Sedona Method CD's which a lovely MSE friend had lent me a few weeks ago).
Killer cat caught a mouse last night and wouldn't give it up to me. Caught her later licking her lips so hope it was tasty She's not got a cat flap which she's sort of refusing to use going out but this morning managed to use it coming back in <rollseyes>

No idea what's for tea, something quick as I feel like I am flagging.

Hugs and spoons all round. Sorry not much real OS going on here apart from meal planning for hols Have a good day OS or not.

jools27_2

Busy day here, bltzed the house, ironed the mountain, went to hunt for English banknotes for DD for her holibags tomorrow...nothing like being organised!!!
Went to the new Home Bargains shop for a browse, bought some nic-nacs for the bathroom and some needed stuff for cleaning etc, and came home for a browse on lappy, I am knacked!

monnagran

So, I arose from my computer at 12.55 full of good intentions and what have I done since? Had lunch, 2 Ryvitas, piece of cheese, tomato and cucumber, (polishes halo), drunk a mug of coffee, taken something out of the freezer for tonight, (may be beef casserole but equally could be stewed damsons, I can't tell yet), and knitted half a Christmas stocking while watching Judge Judy. (Puts halo back in the drawer.) And here I am back on the computer.
PJ: Just love your quote, it's the first time I've heard it. Is it suitable for a church magazine do you think? No, better not. I AM NOW GOING TO DO SOME WORK.

Molly41

Back from Ikea and full of very bouncy kids. Anyway we got what we went for and survived to tell the tale:T:T:T

Ivyleaf - really hope the op went well and sending you best wishes for a very speedy recovery.

Bitsy - I must investigate the Sedona Method. Pleased that you are beginning to feel more positive- i reckon it used to take me to October half term before I felt human again after the summer holidays x

jakes-mum

Good afternoon Have been making a stew today for DH using up all the bits of veg in the bottom on the fridge and I even found some oxo cubes huding in the back of the cupboard, dont know how old they were but as we've been using bisto best for the last 2 years i can't say I bought them recently! But they were still brown so in they went

Im in a bit of a baking mood today but dont know what to make, felt a bit flush in co-op earlier and bought a punnet of strawberries for £1.60 :eek: and feel I should make something with them to stretch them out a bit and justify the money! Maybe a crumble . . .