A ginormous jump into 2012 with the January NSD challenge

cw18 · 11 January 2012 at 12:08AM

butdoineedit? wrote: »

cw18 – well done for numbers 4 & 5!! :j:j
Hope the slicer is working how you expected it to?

Pretty much

reviews on loads of (much cheaper) machines were complaining about how hard they were to clean, but this one only has one very small problematic area which is soon sorted with a knife with a very slim and narrow blade

I was having problems with it walking across my kitchen counter though, so when I went to slice another loaf with it tonight I put it onto a thick silicon sheet meant for lining baking trays - and it stayed firmly in place :T

This afternoon I made 956g of butter and 725ml of buttermilk from the whoopsied cream I bought last night - so I'm well impressed with that

Mentioned it to my chap this evening, and he said he's done it a couple of times after trying it out at a food festival - which lead to him looking up the dates of it for this year, and it looks like I may have a day out at the beginning of May at it sounds like a good event..... and it would be a good treat for the weekend after my marathon

Late afternoon I toddled off down to shops to get some salad stuff, some greaseproof paper (for wrapping the butter in - couldn't believe I didn't have any in the house

), and any ingredients I didn't already have in to turn the braising steak I bought last night into steak & ale filling for pies (I couldn't believe how many different bottled beers there were that I had to try and chose between - as a non-drinker, who never drank beer of any type even before giving up drinking any booze, it was totally overwhelming!!). It was already a spend day due to a D/Debit going out though, so had been earmarked as a potential shopping day....

solventsoon · 11 January 2012 at 2:14AM

butdoineedit? wrote: »

Jinty - hope you are ok hun, i'm assuming you removed the posts about the work stuff, but if there is anything i can do to help, just PM me ((((((((((((((((big hugs)))))))))))))))) xxx

And the same from me jinty

xx

solventsoon · 11 January 2012 at 2:22AM

Hi lovely gang:A

I've just updated the front page from the last couple of days, thanks again to BDINI and LMH for the updates xx :A:A

A quick catch up with some of you:

iwanttogoonholiday - good luck, hope all goes well next week, don't forget to keep us updated x

wannabehermit - I'm really sorry about all the work hassle and hope tomorrow goes well x

beanie - hope the aches have gone after being out on the trike and well done on the fab weight loss again:j:j

rising - sorry about your work hassle as well (((hugs))) xx

shezam - glad all going well with SW and yay to your first NSD

JCG - congrats on passing the exam :j:j

lotti - pleased you had a good weekend

Keiss - hope you find your paperwork

SuziQ - that is definitely an NSD and what a bargain, well done you!

Allie Ballie Bee and Sazdaz - well done to both of you for NSD no 1 :j

mavvysmum - I've added you to the front page now, welcome to the challenge and well done on your great start, keep it up!

pipersky - welcome back, we've missed you. All signed up now and yay to the great start. Brilliant news about your holiday btw:T

and BDINI - yay to no 6, you deserve some of these :j:j:j:j

'night everyone, see you all tomorrow

spoon xx

zafiro1984 · 11 January 2012 at 3:17AM

Another NSD yesterday, not sure if that's 6 or 7, must go and have a look at the spreadsheet before I finally declare. Hopefully I can get another couple in before the weekend, trying to live out of the freezer at the moment.

freebyfifty · 11 January 2012 at 7:41AM

Good Morning,

Thanks for all the updates, I don't know how you manage to work it all out. This thread is so busy

Declaring NSD#9 for yesterday and it makes me up to 5 in a row, which beats my target

I never thought I could go five days in a row without spending. I have to say my bank account looks much better for it. I actually have money, it's the beginning of January and two days until payday - unheard of before :T

Have a great Wednesday x x

jintyb · 11 January 2012 at 8:20AM

butdoineedit? wrote: »

Jinty - hope you are ok hun, i'm assuming you removed the posts about the work stuff, but if there is anything i can do to help, just PM me ((((((((((((((((big hugs)))))))))))))))) xxx

Thanks BDINI, Spoon, Beanie and BigMumma and everyone else that sent good wishes.

When I read my original post again I felt a bit

:o:o at the amount of off-topic ranting so I took it off.
I had a meeting with my supervisor & her boss yesterday and I received a humble apology for the way she handled the review. I was well prepared though, and I had all the things I wanted to say written down. Although it came out as a bit of a "speech" I was able to get everything said without losing my temper (and therefore credibility)
She is new to this post and these are her first formal reviews.
She is very inexperienced in staff matters, and I think she realised she had made a gigantic boo-boo in the way she handled this.
She agreed that I had been nothing but supportive of her over her first year in the role. I told her that if she wasnt happy with something I was doing, a quiet informal word is sometimes better than a full blown "formal" meeting and certainly, under no circumstances sshould a conduct matter be raised in a year end staff review which is only meant to cover performance and develpoment matters. ( This is stated in my firm's HR policy)
That said, while I will gladly do my job, I wont be volunteering to change days, do extra hours etc any time soon! I'm not that much of a pushover! It's 9-5 and a full hour for lunch from now on!;)

jintyb · 11 January 2012 at 8:26AM

Good morning all!

Managed to get #7 yesterday!

No plans to spend today, but I may need to get fruit.
Some good lunch tips there Keiss - I love jelly and fruit, its a good filler too! I take soup most days too.

Suzi - re that £1 jacket, thats just fab! Well done!

Back to zumba for me tonight, I cant wait! Money for that put aside in the "special" jam jar. I'm getting back into my old habits again!;)

Have a great day everyone!:)

chris81418 · 11 January 2012 at 8:54AM

Good morning everyone! :wave:

butdoineedit? wrote: »

chris81418 – well done for number 8, that’s it, the wagon is rolling again now the cupboards are full!! :j:j

Thanks BDINI!

And the wagon keeps on a rolling, as NSD number 9 was caught yesterday! :j

Jinty - glad to here that you sorted things out with your supervisor!

Have a good Hump-Day everyone!