OS Daily Wednesday 18th January

Gintotmelinda

Morning all

In bed with the lappie and a cuppa. It's damp today so no scraping of cars needed.

FMW enjoy your trip to Japan we have just come back from a visit as my daughter lives there.She works in a school with 2 and 3 year olds.

Went to the gym yesterday and enjoyed it then on to the computer applying for jobs........not had to do that for a while as I was 16 years in my previous job. OH has not had his rough estimate of redundancy pay yet but I would prefer hard figures but we will have to wait a bit for those.

More job applications today, cooking, hoovering, washing to do. Have post holiday blues I guess.

Hoping for a chat on skype with DD today as it was her birthday yesterday. They are 9 hours in front so our morning is her evening.

Have a good day all.

Hugs

Gintot

Julie67

Morning all,

FMW glad you have made the decision to come home
RR I loved it too and fits perfectly on Sunday nights
JC go girl, I got a pair of jeans in yesterday that have been too tight it feels great:D
Hillstep I sent some over to my SIL in Australia
Esmf hope you sell soon
Islandmaid glad your finances have improved
Beemuzed:beer: Happy Belated Birthday for yesterday

Well weigh in tomorrow and have had a really good week food wise as well as fitting a good long walk in most days, fingers crossed
Lots of items ending on ebay today which is good as I need to empty the box room for our youngest as my brother arrives Saturday morning, can't believe he will be with us at the wkend it feels surreal.
Curry night for the family on Saturday so will try and get my usual Sat clean done on Friday and shop on Thursday it's going to be a busy wkend.
Loving the biggest loser as it keeps me on track. Also I love masterchef, but the two kind of cancel each other out:rotfl:
Going to make roast red pepper and leek soup today as I seem to have accumulated 5 red peppers, never made this before will give it a go
Having major collywobbles about moving to oz at the mo but I think thats probably what everyone goes through but its keeping me awake:( its not leaving the place its the thought of being so far away from family.
Anyway need to get on, reading a good book at the mo so hoping to get an hour to read later, Anna Jacobs Farewell to Lancashire, apt or what:eek: but it is set in the 30's when getting to australia took 3mnths.
Have a good day all J x

Lippycow

Morning everyone...i paid a man to strip the years of paint off my old stair case and it looks amazing, so i am going to clean up then spend the afternoon waxing my stairs...wish me luck as there is alot of wood lol

sunflower76

Morning all,

Bit of a slow morning here as I had a terrible nights sleep. Lots of jobs to do today but no enthusiasm:

• Clean out the utility
• Sweep the entry way
• Fetch Prescription
• Tidy & Hoover upstairs
• Fetch coal in
• Do some washing
• Mop the bathroom floor
• Put BM on

Then I have to think about tea. I have no potatoes until tomorrow so I need to do something from the storecupboard which incorporates a bunch of chard and 2 slices of nut roast. I'm thinking of some kind of spicy hash with the nut roast with some flat breads and maybe something curryish with the chard but who knows. I shall get some HM parsnip soup from the freezer for my lunch.

Because of the giving up work situation I've been really monitoring what I spend and avoiding going to the supermarket wherever I can. I noticed yesterday we had no pasta but we have a ton of bread flour and stock piles of vaious other items so I realised that I need to shop more wisely. I'm torn between visiting the big Asian supermarket now, when I only need a few things, or buying what I need from MrT for now and going to the big one in a few weeks.

I tackled our pantry yesterday and found that a 2l plastic milk carton fits perfectly into a space in the wine rack. I've been using washed out milk bottles for some time now and our wine consumption has reduced so this is a fab storage system for us. Hopefully this will help with my 'stock rotation'.

Chickens are being grumpy with this cold weather and are laying me a solitary egg per day. They're a bit off their food and lacking enthusiasm too so I shall do them some veggie mash for later. I need to investigate a new drinkning system for them as they are currently getting their water everywhere and it's wrecking the floor of their coop.

I'm a little worried about SIL with a two week old baby. We've always spoken / texted / met up on a really regular basis (some contact every day) and this has almost stopped. Now I do appreciate how busy and tired she is, but I'm also worried about PND as she just isn't 'right'. The baby is very much wanted and loved but I can't get over the feeling that she needs a little more help and I don't know how to make myself more available without being pushy. We do have plans to go into town tomorrow so maybe she'll open up then. I just hope it is the tiredness and nothing more.

Hugs to all that need / want them.

LameWolf

hilstep2000 wrote: »

Told a friend in Liverpool about Toastabags the other day, and she's never heard of them, so going to Poundland today and I'll post her some.

I never heard of them either; what are they, please?:o

Islandmaid congrats on gettin g your finances under control. Enjoy your new car- what is it, can I ask?:o

candygirl

I watched Call the Midwife yest on I player, and loved it, but can't stand Miranda Hart:mad::mad::mad:
Anyway today am off out for Dinner with SOTD n DGS, Boo isn't coming cos she's playing up at the mo:(:(:(:(
OS wise bathroom, kitchen, washing and drying:D:D
(((huggles))) to all in need today, and belates Happy Birthday to BEEMUZED n GINTOTS DD:A:A

candygirl

LameWolf wrote: »

I never heard of them either; what are they, please?:o

Islandmaid congrats on gettin g your finances under control. Enjoy your new car- what is it, can I ask?:o

They're bags that you put a sandwich in, then put into your toaster to make a toastie x

hilstep2000

Thanks Candygirl, was just going to post about them again!

bargainbird

Toastie bags are FAB

CG - DS is being a little !!!! too must be their age (rolls eyes)

candygirl

bargainbird wrote: »

Toastie bags are FAB

CG - DS is being a little !!!! too must be their age (rolls eyes)

Lol I reckon it's the post Xmas meltdown.She keeps going "anudder pwesent Nannie":rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:The rolling on the floor when I haven't got her one lol.How old's you little un now?Boo is 3 at the end of March:D