OS Daily 1st January 2012

taplady

afternoon!

hope everyone's had a great day!

Been decluttering here today - got lots done:T was hoping to go for a good long walk but the weather has been atrocious, tipping it down.

FIL coming to lunch tomorrow - I'm working in the afternoon so DH will have to amuse him;):)

Chicken casserole in the oven. Veggie pie for me.

Take care all x

mrsd

Happy New Year everyone,

Have not made any resolutions, but am def. going to try to check in regularly here and who knows post a bit more. Really enjoy all the posts and find tips invaluable. Really want to buy own house and feel settled, currently we are renting 2 places (one for me and kids in UK and one for DH overseas) as DH job dictates where we go. So some serious saving needed.

WM on, kitchen tidied, had some friends round last night which was lovely until I looked at aftermath this morning!!

DH works abroad for 3 months at a time and is off again this tonight so want to spend afternoon as family before he goes. We are going to splash out on takeaway for tea. He is superstitious so wont let us take decs down, however tomorrow they will be packed away and house thoroughly cleaned and tidied. Back to work/school for rest of us Tues.

MrsD

Gers

Many thanks for the welcomes - BB and all the others too.

My walk got scuppered as the rain started as I drove to Gibside and by the time I got there it was tipping down. Car park was muddier than a muddy place so I didn't do my walk there. Came home and did a turn around the block instead.

Been cooking instead - getting meals ready for the rest of the week. I'm at home all this week but then the days away start again with a vengeance.

Christmas cards and tree are now down. The living room is getting painted/recarpeted in late January/early Feb and I need to start clearing out the stuff on shelves, under sofas and in desk drawers. The collection of old Christmas cards is going first and I have loads of stuff to be shredded.

I can hear the kettle boiling so off I go.

Herbyme

Hi all, happy new year!
Rainy days, ikwym about pet beds. Got back from hol and almost at once cat poo'd in its bed. Duh. Put it by machine to wash (but unsure as it's pretty big) and it did it again an hour later. Happened to be in FBs next day and saw new ones for 3.99, thought I'd splash out but in fact it went through the till at 99p. :j. A small victory! So the old one went to the tip. BUT tried their frozen peas which also went in the bin, lots of them were brown and wrinkly, yuck! And thought I might get their Hein* beans multipack but actually Co-*ps were cheaper, 2 packs of 4 for £3.50. Hurrah again!
Dragged my kids out for a walk, now all set for a lazy evening knitting/watching films. Nice.

ELACLA

Happy new year all
another one been mia for a long time
had a lovely christmas dgs was at a lovely age this year
saw the new year in withour friend wholost his wife at the beginning of 2011
his son brought his wii round so an energetic night but very funny
like the others have said i have been reading and must post more often
we have taken the decs down today and now going to start on a major declutter
had roast chicken for dinner
tonight will be a lazy one as didn't get to bed until 3
hugs to all those that need them
elaine

Loulou2010

evening all

has been a productive day. house has started to get some order back to it. graudually finding homes for the mountain of toys. all the christmas bits of food/choc are back in cupboards. they will have to be eaten gradually. still have a tin of quality street, 3 tins of biscuits, two footlong boxes of jaffa cakes and a foot long box of choc fingers. not to mentions ds's chocolates to get through. other than some of ds's chocolate, we havent brought any of this ourselves :eek: chocolate or biscuits anyone?

have eaten a fair bit today (for me anyway). positive thinking is tiring feeling exhausted. will have a bit of toast later. feeling a bit sick at the moment have got the wii fit but left it at hubbys nans... will collect it tomorrow.

anyway enough rambling

ivyleaf

Just popped in to wish everyone all the best for 2012

bramble1

My hangover appeared at around 4pm, I am SO tired. Not much done today, my to do list is untouched!

Have had a NSD though, first small victory of the year. Hope to have another tomorrow. Me and my kindle are spending quality time together at the moment, I love getting lost in books, it means i can forget about everything else that is going on around me.

Made our buffet dinner which was nice, lots of left overs to pick at for tomorrow.

Will write my list of things to achieve tomorrow, most important is to pay my council tax when i find my reference number! I wonder if its on an email receipt? hurrrrm.

Hope everyone has had a nice day.
xxx

RosyRed

Evening all,& Happy New Year,

Been visiting DH old aunt & uncle this aft- he fell flat on his face a while back and hasnt been too good since,he was nodding off in the kitchen but woke when we walked in and was v pleased to see us.Aunty makes fab cakes,she put out lemon curd sponge and a choccy one,Dh & I shared a slice of each so we could try them both:rotfl:2 of dh cousins came in after so that was nice.
Called in on DB1s lot on the way home to wish them a Happy New Year.Not talked to DB2 yet,but need to let him know about Uncle who is in intensive care with pneumonia,and very poorly

Had a nice tea of steak and chips,and the rest of the blackcurrant mousse-made the most of it,cant see steak appearing on the menu for a good while now

Nice to see new faces,and old -keep posting.
Right time to put my feet up xxx

redruby

Evening all,

Oh and I had a good NYE, very quiet, just the 2 of us and a curry, dd went off to her mates for the night, but is back now, I feel much happier when she is home

Tree and decs down today :T and had a good clean through, lounge looks much bigger now.

Been pouring with rain here all day, has not let up at all.

Smoked salmon brown bread and butter and cream cheese for dinner, it was yum, got a sainsbugs delivery coming tomorrow, need to swipe the fridge before hand.


Happy New Year to you all xx