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Karmacat

wik wrote: »

Hiya All.....

Hello :hello:

And Happy New Year to All that I didnt sit up until 2.30am with :rotfl:

Nor did I :eek:

Well My Dear Pippi... I hope you will be proud of me.. tonight I have sat and cut up Christmas Cards to use for shopping lists etc.. And also managed to do something I had been putting off... I also got last years cards out and cut them up too!! That was a wee bit emotional...

Wik, I don't know you like I know Pippi, but I know thats got to have been really difficult. Take your time ...

Ohhh and before I cut up this years cards I made a list of who sent this year

I do that! The results have been surprising this year.

Managed to do a cunning grocery shop in Mr M's - which meant I got 6p off a litre of fuel voucher ...

Also got some well reduced meat - which has been casseroled

Along with a small loin of pork joint that was £2.47!! and cut into 4 nice slices to be grilled

I am learning!!!

wik xx

Good stuff! I'm going bargain hunting this afternoon myself...

Cheery_Daff

<waves to wik> ((hugs for cutting up last year's cards))))))) must have been hard for all of you

Well done on the shopping!

Pippi - I've got a slightly stalkerish confession to make... Well, three actually... yesterday I made your scones but put cheese and home grown (dried) rosemary in them - they were fab

Today I'm planning on making tomato and basil sauce from the basil I rescued from the supermarket after seeing you do it, and the tomatoes that I grew in the garden that you sent, and that I then froze, like you do, til I had the time to do something about it.

All good, frugal things, can't blame me for those

But I also, er, not sure I've told you this yet, made a small replica of your dog to give Mr Daffs for Christmas :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: We loved having him round so much and often talk about him, but aren't in a position to have a dog of our own right now - so now we have Peedie 2, who has lots of the original Peedie's mannerisms, and is extremely cheerful, and spends a lot of time napping on the sofa :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Oh dear, so sorry! Will try not to copy any more of your life today, honest

Karmacat

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

starnac

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Oh dear, so sorry! Will try not to copy any more of your life today, honest

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

wik wrote: »

Well My Dear Pippi... I hope you will be proud of me.. tonight I have sat and cut up Christmas Cards to use for shopping lists etc.. And also managed to do something I had been putting off... I also got last years cards out and cut them up too!! That was a wee bit emotional...wik xx

Wik take it easy. DH cuts up our cards as he's not as sentimental as me

savingforarainyday

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

But I also, er, not sure I've told you this yet, made a small replica of your dog to give Mr Daffs for Christmas :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: We loved having him round so much and often talk about him, but aren't in a position to have a dog of our own right now - so now we have Peedie 2, who has lots of the original Peedie's mannerisms, and is extremely cheerful, and spends a lot of time napping on the sofa :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Oh dear, so sorry! Will try not to copy any more of your life today, honest

:rotfl::rotfl:Cheery I love the idea of a Peedie 2 it has brightened my day :rotfl::rotfl:

Pippilongstocking

Oh how I snorted and giggled today in the uni office when I popped on for a read after lunch, cheery you are fab. Peedie2 (like ipad2?) yours probably smells nicer than the original version!

Wik darling girl, small steps baby, and you're doing fabulously. Well done on all that card cutting up, you're a very busy girl!

Sorry meetings til let then raided mr t for reduced delights late and got two large bangs of bounty from 3p lemons (bought a dozen for freezing and making HG elderflower cordial next year), bread and rolls from 5p to 12p, Chinese cabbage 11p etc. Fab reduced swag.

Waiting for dd bus late! Catch up in a mo x

groatie_queen

Re chicken bones - they go really soft when I use my pressure cooker to make stock (30-40 mins at pressure). So soft they can be crumbled by hand. They don't go soft with normal boiling btw, only after pressure cooking.

Also, the calcium will dissolve out of the bones if you use a bit of acid - I chuck in the juice and rind of a lemon, but the bones still go soft without the lemon - the pressure cooking is the main thing, if you don't want lemony chicken stock.

Cheery_Daff

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: you lot Glad you don't think I'm completely mad Pippi (or maybe you do?!) Photos to follow

vl2588

Surely mad is a good thing?!

wik

Cheery.... I am sat chuckling at the thought of a toxic gas free Peedie :rotfl:

All this talk of dissolving bones has me worried!!! When some of you start posting about missing 'OH's and well blooming and bountiful gardens we shall know whats been going on...lol

wik xx