Thursday 26th April

redruby

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Morning all,



Not raining here atm, but the sky looks full of it, yesterday it did not stop for a moment, I heard somewhere that we are in for a month of this.:eek:

Off to work today, and egg and chips for dinner with beans, I also have a Mr T delivery coming tonight.

DD is really enjoying her placement, and one of the young Autistic lads has a huge crush on her, and follows her about all day, bless him.

OK better get on.

Hugs to all in need xx

miffy257

Morning Redruby and all who follow. Dry here at the moment so nice walk for me and Jack. it looks like it will hammer down soon though. Oh to be in England now that Spring is here!!!!!!!!
Hugs to all who need them esp Jools, Lou, Molly and any other poorlies. Glad your arm is better JackieO Off to get petrol before going to school. DS will cook tonight so not much OS for me today. Will tidy my desk at work instead.
Have a good day all.:)

Essex-girl_2

Good Morning Redruby and all to follow

Have actually woken up to sunshine at the moment......

Lots to do today, loads of office work loads of housework. Work phone calls took over yesterday so not much else done.

Nothing much else to report, but thats a good thing really no trauma :rotfl: Oh one thing, ages ago sent off a PPI letter for a loan I had some years ago that had PPI on, I did cancel the ppi after a couple of years but yesterday received a letter from them confirming they will be issuing a refund within the next 6 weeks :j All it took was the MSE ppi form and a postage stamp. When it comes through it will pay off my tax bill so am very pleased with that.

Not sure what is for dinner tonight, as there is no rain at the moment can go out to the garage and have a rummage in the freezer.

Have a great day all.x

nmlc

Morning everyone

Love and hugs to those that are having a hard/sad time at the moment x

Not raining at the moment, but sky looks heavy and it's forecast to start later, like most of the country once it starts it will be in for the rest of the day! DH up and off to work early but not stupid early, he brought me a nice cuppa in bed before he left.

Work yesterday was nowhere near as busy but just steady, so managed to get caught up with all the bits that didn't get done on Monday and Tuesday - now on days off, and am tackling the washing, drying and ironing mountain, then all the general housework etc.

Had a bit of a croaky throat Tuesday night and yesterday seemed like I was going to loose my voice, but seems somewhat better today - it doesn't particurlary hurt and I haven't got a cold or any other symptoms so hoping it doesn't turn into anything else. One of my colleagues kindly told me that the flu bug he had over the Easter weekend started off as a sore throat with no other symptoms, thanks mate thought you was my friend!!

Dinner last night was roast chicken pieces, mash, cauli/broccolli cheese, carrots, green beans and gravy, good winter warming food, seems so cold here again. Tonight will be spag bol - DH mouth not hurting but still tender so am doing soft food at the mo.

Will be tackling the never-ending "to do" list - need to get jobs done as after this weekend - we're away quite a few weekends - and if the weather stays as forecast there's going to be lots of muddy kit each weekend we get home - so washing load is going to be a bit heavy! I always felt we were going to pay for a nice dry warm spell so early in the year and not a particurlarly hard winter!

Will be putting another load in WM in a mo, and will have to use TD as heating is not on in the day.

Reading Essexgirl's post I'm awaiting a refund of PPI quite a sizeable cheque too, can't quite believe I will be getting it until it's in the bank!!

Need to crack on.

Hugs to those that want/need them, keep safe and well x
nmlc x

sistercas

morning all

my god i feel completely [EMAIL="kn@ckered"]kn@ckered[/EMAIL] , its hormonal , i went to bed at 8pm last night and woke at 7am and i still dont have enough energy to even type properly, so i expect very little will get done today :cool:

they are all off to school soon so ill have my breakfast and see how i feel

i have put the washer on though :T

hope you all have a great day x

bramble1

Morning all!!

I did not sleep last night!!! We've £40 to last us till Monday and I was worrying! Can't come home and see the dog in my lunch break today and tomorrow as don't have the fuel left to make 8 trips, can manage 4 and then don't need my car till money though. Pup should be fine, I'll leave him access to the garden and the telly on. Or see if OH can take him tomorrow.

Got NO fresh fruit! Or frozen for that matter, so need to allocate some pennies to that as I'm living off bananas at the moment.

Got enough food in for dinners, maybe some potatoes needed and milk. So it is doable, just not great. Still our fault for not budgeting properly.


OH's brother's birthday today, He's not getting a card or anything from us, OH agrees, he doesn't deserve anything.

I started the application process to become a RSPCA inspector last night...not sure if I will go through with it (if i get accepted) but wanted to see if it was at all possible.

Spag bol for dinner tonight, and picking a bits for lunch.

Hope all the poorlies are on the mend
xx

DundeeDoll

Hope you're feeling better soon nmic and sistercas
Must must must do some marking today as didnt get any done tues or wed. Apart from that nothing to report except bank balance lower than i thought it was going to be so need to check tonight. Oh and got red reminder re. Council tax. I thought the DD just carried over. So bank balance even lower.

But CC bill much much lower than it has been for years :T and gas DD been reduced £15 :j must chase virgin who still owe me £80 :eek: oh and in the great office tidy found a uni cheque for £50 yesterday from 2009 too late i know to cash it but will ask uni if they will reissue it. Have a good day everyone.

bargainbird

Morning

Woohoo good news re the PPI's :T, I've had loans in the past......but don't have account numbers etc...so don't think i can claim. Mind you they were probably 8-10 years ago .

Today - It's waining Again..........Kids to school, Then Mum and Dad are coming over mum will probably want to go to town.

Tea tongiht Wall's (as in the sausages)

Have lovely ones xx

taplady

morning all!

sistercas - hope you feel better later x

Bramble - have you read the fiscal fast thread? some handy tips on there x

Off to the dentist shortly:eek: not looking forward to it obviously but it needs doing. Cant live on painkillers forever.

2 days off here:j hopefully if I'm quick at the dentist I'll be off to art class this morning.

Will get a couple of HM quorn cottage pies out to defrost for tea I think.

Washing hung indoors - takes so long though that it soon backs up in the laundry basket but dont want to use the TD as it eats electricity.

Have a great day all x

sistercas

dundeedoll :Tto the bill reductions hope uni will reissue the cheque too

tappers good luck at the dentist , soon be over x

flutterbyuk25

Morning all

I had a lovely 3 days in Edinburgh with my 2 friends. We flew up Monday morning so got there for lunchtime. Went sightseeing, shopping and exploring on the Monday. On Tuesday we went to the zoo to see the pandas they were sooo adorable! The zoo was a fab day out, we spent 5 hours there in total. Lots to see and do for grown ups! On the Weds we went to see Hollyrood and explored the Old Town, before flying back at 7pm. We were lucky with the weather, only had a few showers Mon and Tues, but it did rain most of Weds pm. We stayed in a Travelodge just off the Royal Mile. Perfect location. The whole trip was very MSE, it only cost us £77pp for flight and 2 nights hotel, and we used lots of vouchers when eating out.

Diet completely went out of the window whilst I was away so will be right back on it today. Need to go food shopping later.

I'm meant to be off work today but may go in for few hours this afternoon to sort some bits out. I need to go to uni to hand in my assignment and hopefully meet with my tutor if he has remembered!

OS wise - I have loads of washing to do but it's raining so it will have to dry indoors which means putting the heating on . Food shopping to be done so need to make a list, got a £3 off £20 spend voucher for Tesco.

Have a great day all

x