Not mentioning the T word at all

XSpender

Good morning ladies

I am delurking to say how much I enjoy reading this thread, those virtual parties gave me a right giggle:rotfl:

You are encouraging me to kick start my OS ways which had fallen by the way side on returning to work after maternity leave. I even made a draught excluder this weekend that I have needed since I moved in 5 years ago using material I had in the loft from 2 years before that:eek:

Keep up the good work:D:T

XSpender

Mrs_Chip

:oMorning Everyone!

Oil was delivered as promised, and I should be sitting here nice and toasty, but no, the Gods have deserted us once again, and the boiler did not come on when tried :mad:. Blokey net door did fiddle with something when we pumped the oil out, turned off the oil line I think. but I have fiddled it back and nada. Airlock in the pipe a possible culprit, so just waiting for an engineer to come to fix that.

OH off up to the smoke tonight for a few days - a check of the house and garden, pick up post and a bit of socialising. So it's me and the cat for the next few days. Plan is to get stuck into the garden excavations, if the rain holds off. The state of the garden get me down every time I look at it, I will have to make more of an effort to get the work done. The problem is that I come down from there looking like the creature from the black lagoon - head to toe in mud. The bath look like a pig has wallowed in it once I have done with it!

EDIT: We have heat, Houston! Down side is that it was 'user' error (why do the wheelie things on the boiler work the other way to normal wheelie thing???? :mad::mad:) so our boiler insurance might not cover the £76 call out :mad::mad::mad:. I am such a doofus, but I did try it both ways

stiltwalker

GreyQueen wrote: »

constructed like an outdoor sanitation facility

I do love your urn of phrase GQ, I'm sorry but I am going to have to steal this one!

Busy week here (when isn't it ) between taking DD to her group, dentist for me and a workshop at the end of the week for parents of kids with additional needs I've got my mum coming for the day and I need to write the thank you letters for DS's christening pressies and I really must tacke the threateningly large ironing pile. Not looking foward to that one as I hate ironing at the best of times and I've pulled something in my right arm, probably carting DD around, and I've currently got an elasticy bandage on so think it might hurt! Going to have top do at least a little bit though as the kids are running out of clothes that fit.

Did my first assignment for my new OU course last we and just waiting nervously for the grade - not completely happy with it as not liking having all the course materials on line. Ironically since I spend so much time reading this and another forum I can't seem to get things to sink in when reading the course materials online!:o

Hope everyone is having a good week.

grandma247

stiltwalker I was finding it getting more and more difficult to keep up with the ironing a few years ago, I always had to get everything ironed and put away. I asked my sister how she coped with four young children and she was a child minder. She said she aired everything when it came off the line and then put it in the wardrobe and drawers as if it had been ironed so it was out of site. She ironed what everyone needed every day. It did not take her long and was less stressful. I do that now and rarely get caught out needing something in a hurry.

lizzyb1812

GreyQueen wrote: »

I like Hotter shoes too. A pal who is slightly older insists that as soon as you reach 50 you get sent the Hotter catalogue as a matter of course, even if you've never had dealings with them in your life.

I'm a few years shy of that so I shall have to wait and see.:D

Sorry - I've disproved your pal's theory cos I haven't had one despite qualifying

New shoes rubbed a bit today but not too bad at all.

Used my Mr M savings stamps on a mega storecupboard shop so will now have to reorganise the back bedroom to get it all stashed away. I noted the following whilst shopping:

The Good: big 600g boxes of Black Magic and Milk Tray reduced from £11-25 to £5 each

The Bad: Porridge oats 9% cheaper to buy in 1kg bags than in 2kg bags. Check those labels!

The Downright Ugly: Value tuna last week about 45p, this week 66p :eek: That's a 47% increase :eek:

My trolley of largely Value items was sneered at by the shopper behind me in the queue - so I deliberately looked at her trolley of ready meals and sneered right back :rotfl: I know, I know, don't stoop to their level and all that but I couldn't help myself.

By the way GQ no need to buy/store ketchup - Frugal Queen made it on her blog - you could use your tomatoes for that

paidinchickens

Hi ladies

I made the first porridge of the year this morning. Then spent the rest of the morning soaking the bowls :rotfl::rotfl: I think I may have peaked to early as I have already got my hat and gloves on, winter quilt and started on the porridge........what am I going to do when it gets really cold??


Rising Only just seen your message :o did not flag up so I am not ignoring you honestly :D:D


PIC xxx

oldtractor

its the damp that gets you.

GreyQueen

lizzyb1812 wrote: »

Sorry - I've disproved your pal's theory cos I haven't had one despite qualifying

New shoes rubbed a bit today but not too bad at all.

Used my Mr M savings stamps on a mega storecupboard shop so will now have to reorganise the back bedroom to get it all stashed away. I noted the following whilst shopping:

The Good: big 600g boxes of Black Magic and Milk Tray reduced from £11-25 to £5 each

The Bad: Porridge oats 9% cheaper to buy in 1kg bags than in 2kg bags. Check those labels!

The Downright Ugly: Value tuna last week about 45p, this week 66p :eek: That's a 47% increase :eek:

My trolley of largely Value items was sneered at by the shopper behind me in the queue - so I deliberately looked at her trolley of ready meals and sneered right back :rotfl: I know, I know, don't stoop to their level and all that but I couldn't help myself.

By the way GQ no need to buy/store ketchup - Frugal Queen made it on her blog - you could use your tomatoes for that

Pants, and there was I harbouring the quaint delusion that Hotter Shoes were maintaining a secret database of women of d'une certain age.:rotfl:Another illusion shattered.

I like that phrase btw. D'une certain age. In fact, I'm positively certain I ought to start lying about mine as people seem to think I'm a few years younger than I am. Vastly amused to look a bit younger than some of my peers despite being a soap and water CBA kind of gal. Random genetic luck. Still, I'm letting the white hairs come thru.

A pal a generation or so older than me told me about a pal of hers who, in the autumn of her years, fulfilled a lifetime ambition to own a nifty little red sportscar.

It was this lady's secret joy to drive on dual motorways with the top down and her long white hair streaming in the breeze. Men who fancied themselves would pull alongside to letch over what they thought was a blonde babe......and she'd grin up at them gummily and laugh as they recoiled with horror!:rotfl:

I treasure that image. I'm planning on being a very bad old lady one of these days. Badder than the Red Hat crowd..........:D

Got whoopsied sausies and mince from Mr T just now; freezer will be fed.

Stiltwalker if a schoolteacher steals a line of nonsense from me, that's an honour. I made it up on the spot to try and by a wee bit refined IYSWIM.

Laters GQ x

VJsmum

Firstly - the christmas market is being erected (oo err) in Birmingham.
Secondly - my next lot of knitting has arrived :j Trouble is i have about 4 things to finish so i must do those before starting yet another.

I have over stuffed freezer issues - as soon as i take something out, i seem to find another 2 things to put in. TOday i removed a pack of 6 sausages, only we need 8. Couldn't be a**ed to hunt thro for more so went to Mr M - and bought another pack of 6 on YS. But i also bought a pack of chicken Kiev on YS - so in place of 6 sausages i have a pack of 4 and some chicken Kiev.:D

However, although i have saved about a quid on sausages i have spent considerably many more quids on Coldplay tickets However DS will love me forever and they can be part of his christmas pressie. Are we allowed to talk about christmas yet?:cool:

greent

VJsmum wrote: »

Firstly - the christmas market is being erected (oo err) in Birmingham.
Secondly - my next lot of knitting has arrived :j Trouble is i have about 4 things to finish so i must do those before starting yet another.

I have over stuffed freezer issues - as soon as i take something out, i seem to find another 2 things to put in. TOday i removed a pack of 6 sausages, only we need 8. Couldn't be a**ed to hunt thro for more so went to Mr M - and bought another pack of 6 on YS. But i also bought a pack of chicken Kiev on YS - so in place of 6 sausages i have a pack of 4 and some chicken Kiev.:D

However, although i have saved about a quid on sausages i have spent considerably many more quids on Coldplay tickets However DS will love me forever and they can be part of his christmas pressie. Are we allowed to talk about christmas yet?:cool:

I also have overstuffed freezer issues - every time I remove something I seem to end up with more to go back in (eg: turning mince into chilli) I've sent DH to the shop tonight on his way home to get potatoes, milk and bread because I don't trust myself not to get any whoopsies!:o:o I also sometimes can't be a***d to look through for something that I know is in there but don't know where (DH sometimes moves things and it throws me out completely) so we end up eating something else instead. I currently need to squeeze in some left over roast beef and 1 or 2 kievs (depending what I eat for tea) and a tub of curry sauce.... not a chance!!


ETA: and yes we can, surely - my phone informs me it's (only) 38 days, 6 hours and 16 minutes to go...! I started wrapping presnts last night - I didn't intend to, but I was having a sort out of what I've actually got, so started wrapping the easy ones (none of my kids ones, though)