Bright light, bright light!!

Knitting_Nora

The saddest of days today - one of my two fav 'borrow-dogs' (dogs which I have daily fussing and walking access to, but which actually belong to my bestie) had to be put down this morning. So I'm mostly a snivelling wreck - though a functioning one as (weirdly) upset tends to see me cleaning the house. Nope, me either!


In brighter news, I'm making a job lot of stew to freeze - the house smells gorgeous and properly autumnal. I truly love this time of year for making it perfectly reasonable to curl up on the sofa with a book and hibernate.


Tomorrow I'll be blanching carrots and onions before freezing them - all thanks to Jack Monroe's cookbook, 'A girl called Jack' which I fell in love with a while back because of its thrifty ways, and am now working my way through (soooo many things to do with the stash of lentils I seem to have acquired!).


The freezing excess veg thing is still quite new to me - so it's as much an experiment as a thrifty move. First lot of broccoli didn't go to plan, as I hadn't learnt about blanching then.... still onwards and upwards!


In other money-saving news, I actually spoke to BT earlier this week with the intention of cancelling my broadband as something which is a luxury rather than a necessity. Unfortunately I'm mid contract (ends in April 2015), which I'd forgotten. They very kindly offered to end my contract for £167...such nice people However, since it costs me £15 pcm and I've 7 months of the contract left, it's actually £62 cheaper for me to leave it alone!!


On the bright side, I'm not in contract for the telephone line so come April I think I'll cancel the entire lot - I never use the landline (which, these days, I suspect is the case for many of us), and realistically don't make the most of the BB either.


Wow, here we are in October, and I have financial-like plans for April... :rotfl:


Hope everyone else is having a good'un


Nora.xx

maddiemay

So sorry about your friend's dog, it is so awful when we have to let them go, I do hope that canine friend had lived a good life span, it is even worse if they become ill or have an accident when "too young" and for me there is a teeny consolation in knowing that they have been spared further pain.
Hugs.

Knitting_Nora

maddiemay wrote: »

So sorry about your friend's dog, it is so awful when we have to let them go, I do hope that canine friend had lived a good life span, it is even worse if they become ill or have an accident when "too young" and for me there is a teeny consolation in knowing that they have been spared further pain.
Hugs.

She was a rescue that had landed on her paws with my friend and had a lovely life for nine wonderful years (av life expectancy of breed is 7 years). She'd been very ill this week, so I'm with you on the teeny consolation point. Doesn't stop the snivelling of course, but it helps. xx

macpumpkin

Awww babes, sorry about the fur babies but lovely to see you and Miss Muffin back hurrah x

RosaBernicia

NORAAAAAA! :j

How lovely to see you again! Though sorry to hear about your bestie's dog (hugs) - it's so hard and always a shock, even when they have had a lovely life. And I understand the cleaning thing though not the logic behind it, as I do that too.

I'm glad to have found another autumn fan though - so I needn't feel alone among the SAD sufferers


Rosa xx

MuffinTops

Thank you macpumpkin. It's lovely to see you too. I also need to catch up on diaries!

I'm also a massive fan of Autumn. It's my favourite season. I bought 2 pumpkins last week ready to carve this weekend! How can you be a SAD sufferer with all the lovely colours out there?

I hope you're feeling better today Nora. Losses like that can hit so hard.

Knitting_Nora

Friday! Yay!! :j


It's not sad to head off to bed at 6pm on a Friday night, is it?? Asking for a friend, of course.

Knit_Witch

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

Friday! Yay!! :j


It's not sad to head off to bed at 6pm on a Friday night, is it?? Asking for a friend, of course.

Best place to sit and knit!

ZTD

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

It's not sad to head off to bed at 6pm on a Friday night, is it?? Asking for a friend, of course.

Well if your friend says yes - go for it...

Lemon_Tree

hi Nora, glad to see you back here, sorry to hear about your friends dog, hugs x
I'm definitely trying to readopt my prior MSE ways as I'm about to go on half pay for a few months due to the arrival of a little miss LT a month ago.