A new 'tougher' thread... and so it continues

stiltwalker

katieowl wrote: »

I was naughty with the Book People last night, but all cook books not sure if that is better or worse. Useful for me at work as I have my 'reputation' to uphold but I'm one of those people who will quite happily read a cook-book at bed time! They lured me in with a 10% off offer, and I did check that they were cheaper than on Amaz*n. Someone asked me yesterday how many cookery books I had...:o hadn't the foggiest idea, but :rotfl:at me asking OH and him saying 50!!!! I may have to count for my own curiosity!

Probably got more cookery books than Grey Queen has tins of tomatoes...:D

Off to take over the world.

Kate

Don't worry, any excuse to get more - I must have about 250!!!!:eek: Seriously, I have a real cook book addiction - got another 4 for Christmas and have bought 3, maybe 4 since then AND this is me being good and not getting many new cook books! In my defence I do look at many of them regularly and use recipes out of them. Although I do have to 'fess up to having produced some really boring and easy meals in the last couple of weeks due to OU essays being due and DD having a rash of appointments (aren't they just like buses? See no-one apart from her regular physio for ages then 5 different ones in a fortnight!) usually though we have a whole range of different and interesting meals. We have a few family favourites but for the rest of the meals I could probably do a meal plan for the next 6 months without an exact repeat. It's nice to have old favourites to fall back on when short on time or energy but I'd get bored cooking the same stuff all the time.

prepareathome

Not caught up on the posts yet, but had to say I actually got out and put up first fruit cage - in fact its so big and my back garden is so tiny I had to leave out one of the posts in the sides as it would have been to long. Its 19C outside and I was happily working in pjs - tee-shirt top and thin cotton bottoms until I heard a couple of wolf whistles and discovered a couple of workmen working on the roof of the house round the corner whose back garden mine meets at bottom, so had to scuttle in and put on some underwear, mind you I know its sexist but don't have do a girl good ( well an old crone of 55) to be wolf whistled by men younger than her sons......just had a shower and then got to do a bit of shopping then hopefully get out into garden again.

My crocuses came up last week and my daffodils are just about ready to flower and most of the other bulbs I put in, at end of September that are spring flowering are all looking as if it won't be long before they flower. Its so lovely to see the life returning to the garden.

Oh filled up with tears earlier, from kindness. I had ordered some bits for my electronic cigarette, cartomisors, some bottles and bits like that and found the vendor had added a in car charger. On a forum for electronic cigarettes I belong to I had on Tuesday been asking about car chargers and what type I should use for my e-cig and the vendor whom I had bought the e-cig from told me which one and said he would have some more in next week. I then ordered my bits and bobs and when they arrived today found he had added the charger and when I called him to pay for it, he told me no he was doing some tidying up and found it. Had me in tears I admit with his kindness, now not mentioned money on there, although if people have said why not buy this or that I have said cannot afford that just now but that was all........charger is £3.95 plus £1.99 pp if I had ordered it next week as I was hoping to, but to me its worth so much more. Up till now if I order anything - my orders are never more than about £11 including pp for the liquids to use in e-cig and he has always put in a small thing like a mouthpiece or once a small bottle of juice but these were never worth more than £1. A decent guy, I said I wanted to pay as after all this is how he earns his living but nope and I told him he will never make a fortune from me, but he said he doesn't care, making his customers happy is very important to him. So lovely when you come across a really decent person not out to rip you off.

Right now will go and catch up then off to shops........

prepareathome

Ginnyknit so sorry to hear about your Aunt, and it is hard when you see someone you love sit on the sidelines of life waiting for it to come to them. Children grow up and have their own lives and as much as they might love their family member usually unless they really make an effort their loved one can become slightly neglected. I am sure you aunt will have known how much you loved her and wanted to spend more time with her but she made her choice.

Hugs and Love

BigThelma

Afternoon! Have been trying to catch up but losing that battle so will just say hope everyone is well and hugs to anyone in need of them. Baby loved his pancakes on pancake day so that's another thing to add to the list of food he will eat, as long as it's smeared in apple puree. He joined the library today and the Bookstart Bear club. I was led to believe you receive a free pack of books for babies but was told that has been withdrawn now due to funding cuts. Shame, but library books are free anyway and we had fun singing and rhyming.

We had one daffodil flowering in the garden but it got blown down. Crocuses are starting to come out though!

prepareathome

Byatt wrote: »

Another lost post. Don't know what's happening.

Will write in "word" and then copy and paste.

Mrs C, I sympathise. I hope all goes smoothly and people come to pick up their items when they say. xxx

I'm still struggling mood wise, so will be quiet off and on as don't want to depress everyone!! I love dogs but wish this Black One, would take a hike!

Are you adding Vit D to your diet, Lloyds so a Vit D with calcium chewable and I usually find that is enough. On Monday I was feeling rather down ( the usual thoughts, hubby would be better off if he only had to live on his own wages if money money stopped, he would have a better life, kids wouldn't have to feel guilty about me etc. etc., the same cracked record and I wondered why it had hit as had the biobulb, Sad light then realised I had run out of Vit D tablets a few weeks ago, so hadn't of course taken any since. So bought stronger ones from healthfood shop just to give me a kick but stocked up on usual ones from Lloyds - they are usually £2 I think but had just 5 bottles ( 30 tablets in bottle) in all £1 each so bought them all as hubby is taking them during the winter as well. They contain the recommended daily amount of Vit D. So now on the higher dosage ones for about a week and by Tuesday evening all depression had gone.

My spare biobulbs came yesterday - I would have ordered them sooner but Amazon put the price back up to full so was waiting to see if they reduced them again, so got two for price of one and I splashed out £1.99 for a bulb converter as during black Monday I got a biobulb for less, cannot remember what now, but it was a screw fitting so been meaning to buy a converter as have noticed sometimes they reduce the screw fitting ones more than the bayonet.

There are other daylight bulbs out there, some are cheaper but when these were first mentioned I did some research and it did seem to me that the biobulbs were more like real light than the other daylight ones.

gardenia101

ginnyknit wrote: »

You really do only get out of life what you go and drag out of it

That is so true & something I could do with remembering! Sorry for your loss & I really hope that life settles down for you soon.

prepareathome wrote: »

Oh Gardenia I will be with you in spirit if I cannot be there in person - I am dreading them, if I get that far, still no date for my medical yet.

Thanks for all your wishes (& you too Esther & Byatt) & I'm delighted to report that this "chat" went well. She was very helpful today & although she's always been very pleasant & easy to talk to, before I felt she didn't really know what to do with me. Today she said she'd spoken to a few colleagues & decided to refer me to a local company who specialise in helping the disabled find work - just what I've been asking for for a while :T. We had a very useful talk & I feel much happier, although I still know it is going to be jolly hard to get a job in this current climate (especially a child-friendly one :rotfl:). I'm hoping it will be better than the last "training course" I went on....

prepareathome wrote: »

I am so sorry i never wished you Happy Birthday, I have been so caught up in myself lately...

I agree with others - I don't think you come across as being self-centred at all. I love reading your posts, & often have to clear tea from my screen when I'v laughed out loud :rotfl:. I hope we all get support & friendship from here - I know I do, so thanks everyone. I love your post about the nice chap & the charger - things like that really cheer you up, don't they? With all the doom & gloom on the news it is easy to forget that there really are still a lot of grand people out there.

I am hoping to make some banana muffins with some very ripe bananas, & some puddings to use up some old lemon curd - comfort food anyone? Have beef & ale stew on the go in the SC for tomorrow when we are rushing about doing "stuff", so feeling quite virtuous & proper OS today (even though I did have to throw out some nasty carrots I'd forgotten about )

Byatt

Just found out today that my DD's consultant (autism and seizures) died in October.

Here is a link to this wonderful man. http://www.ziadjabarinmemorial.com/?p=245

I am just too upset to talk about him right now. He made such a difference to me and my DD; those who know what it's like with the struggle will understand how appreciative we are when meeting someone who just "knows." We were never rushed through appointments; he took time even when ill himself. I had no idea how ill he was. The last time we saw him, he came in especially even though we were the only ones turning up that day (weather or some such thing)...he could have cancelled, but instead when he knew it was my DD, insisted the appointment stand. He wanted to see her. I am so glad we had that time.

EstherH

PREPAREDATHOME: That really is good that that man was so kind.

GARDENIA: Glad your appointment went well.

GINNYKNIT: So sorry to hear about your aunt.

Having an easy couple of days as I'm not too good at the moment. I have quite a bit on tomorrow so must hoping that the rest will give me some strength for then.

Esther x

EstherH

BYATT: Sorry to hear your news about the consultant. It makes life so much easier when someone in the medical profession understands and you don't have to battle with them.

Esther x

Byatt

He was such a good man Esther. If anyone deserved a long, long life it was him. xxx