MG - The Matrix Re-wired

Lara44

Hmm my Christmas list is on my sig It's a big list of things I'd like to have or do before I start overpaying student loan or mortgage. But they are all quite big things, and often you're right MG it's the little superfluous treats that are super special.

This week has been knackering but TADA (since last Sunday):

One PhD chapter draft finished and handed in
One presentation written and handed in
Perfume set ebayed and posted £25 for Xmas funds
Sister's present bought, wrapped and given to her (saves postage to Denmark)
Nephew and neice Xmas present bought ready for posting
One suitcase of baby clothes collected from my other sis in Stirling
Case re-packed and taken to Heathrow at 5am yesterday - now arrived in Uganda, and at the orphanage before Xmas
Xmas card and photos for Ugandan friends written and sent over too
Xmas tree bought and decorated
One Springboard chapter done
All my bits of PhD conference organisation done

To do today:
Final Springboard chapter
Write Christmas cards
Read half of book club book
Sort out nephew birthday presents
Sort out Mum and Dad birthday presents
Go to friend's cake and cava birthday party, yay!

Bitsy_Beans

Chev :rotfl::rotfl: when I wrote that I was thinking about my dad and his job. He works for a racing tyre company and would frequently have tyres in the back of his car on the way to work, nothing kinky :rotfl::rotfl:

What's on my Christmas List

The last two Harry Potter DVDs
The Kings Speech on DVD......I mean it's in Sainsburys for £5........£5 for an excellent film bargain!
Slippers, boring but practical as I threw away my las pair with holes in
Anything for pampering


Pretty short list but I generally have all I need. Sure I'd love a whole new wardrobe of clothes but shopping doesn't really float my boat now unless someone can get Father Christmas to give me my dream cottage with land for chickens and veggies I'll be happy with my list. Not sure how FC would wrap it anyway :rotfl:

Marru

I am member of the loving hands charity knitting forum and took part of their secret santa. This week postie brought me a parcel full of tiny packets for me to open at xmas. I was sooooo chuffed. Which reminds me that I need to get my secret santa thingy in the post promptly.

What would I like to have? Time, I really would like to have more time but I guess even mighty Santa can't give me that. So on the practical side, warm slippers and ipod are the only things on my list that I really would like to have.

Firewalker

Memory_Girl wrote: »

At this stage of the game it is about balancing the books with "budgeting a la FW" - that is one that actually works and inching forward towards my dreams.................. so all is looking tickety boo.

Santa list? MG

Thanks, MG, glad you find the budgetting tool useful (the rest of you people - you know where to find it if you would like a go).

Santa? This year I want only things that money can't buy:

1) OH's new venture to work big time;
2) My blog to break into the top 1% in the world by Christmas (then I can tell you all how we did it);
3) Another idea I have to start manifesting (this will be after Christmas but still...)

I told you I am becoming really boring.

Firewalker

greenbee

I'd like my house and garden to be tidy...

... And to that end I have just sorted through a huge pile of paperwork. As I am no longer a school governor I don't need it, so most has been recycled and the rest will be shredded when more shreddings have been burnt and there is room to do them.

I need to get downstairs tidy and some decorations up... And work out where the Christmas tree will go before setting off to find one!

Dorastar

With you on the tidy house Greenbee.

Best get on with it then!

greenbee

More presents wrapped and more shredding done but it still isn't much tidier

Need to take the old microwave to the tip, which would help, but don't feel like facing the cold and damp.

Can't find MG's recipe for tablet... Tried a MW recipe, but it doesn't seem to have cooked enough, but was repeatedly boiling above the top of the bowl so I couldn't keep on cooking it. Do you think I could add it to a new batch on the hob (a bit like the way you add curdled mayonnaise to a new batch to fix it...)?

groatie_queen

Turns out I have the airing cupboard already to the bare bones. So instead, out of the eaves came my twinkly fibreoptic twigs and my wooden nativity set - all the Christmas decs I need.

So no need to use the carrot - as I said, just the idea seems to be enough these days, the fulfilment of it not such a big deal.

Tomorrow a friend was going to come from Fife and help me with clearing the garage, however Hurricane Bawbag's little sister has been forecast, so instead I'll join Greenbee in blitzing my paperwork.

Lara, well done in getting the goods so directly to Uganda. A very neat piece of organisation there, and will be so appreciated at the orphanage.

MrsMoo2U

For Christmas, I would like the elves to come into the garden and have a big dig, plant some nice flowers and roll out an emerald green lawn. Other than that, some skiing socks and thermals for my adventures next year might be good.

Memory_Girl

I'm sure the recipe is on one of the threads - but I happened to have the recipe today as I made some yesterday. In my Granny's words:

"GRANNY'S TABLET

1/4 lb stork margarine
1 cup of full-fat milk
1 bag sugar
1 tin condensed milk

Grease a swiss roll tin and set aside.

On medium heat melt marg in full fat milk (do not boil)

Add sugar and bring to the boil stirring occasionally.

Add tin of milk and bring to boil again stirring constantly. Boil hard for 20 minutes.

Remove from heat and beat with wooden spoon for 5 minutes.

Pour into tin and mark in to pieces with a knife.

Allow to cool.


The only piece of advice I remember her giving me is "go for a pee first" as you are standing stirring for quite a while:rotfl:

Hope this helps

MG

Actually I should go and put this on the blog so we can find it next year shouldn't I?