make do and mend for tougher times

SDG31000

Afternoon Everyone

fuddle I hope your mom is safely on her way home and you can breath a sigh of relief. The pictures are fab, thanks for sharing

sammy_kaye It's so nice to see you posting again. I agree with everyone else, don't let the barstewards win. You paid the money and it's their system !!!! up that's to blame. Make them deal with it and don't give them a penny you don't owe. Good luck xxx

elona I can get DH to teach you to juggle and ride a unicycle if you are serious about running off to join the circus. We actually met at Leicester Un Juggling Club. We have been married for 17 years on Sunday and I still can't juggle :rotfl:

PIC well done on stopping smoking for so long :T I'm sorry that you have had such trouble with the fence and the stain. Here's hoping that the new stuff does the trick. Do you have any friends/family with teenagers who want to earn a few bob? Maybe they could do it for you cheaper. I'd send you DS2, but any extra money would go on feeding him as he is a walking black hole.

Today I've managed to stagger to the shopping centre and back as I was out of a few things. I remembered to pick up a card for DH so that's one less thing to worry about. DS2 was left with a bread mix and has produced some bread rolls. I think a bit less time in the oven would have been a good idea, but he has made them and seemed interested in doing it again. So the 3.5kg bags of pizza dough and bread mix from AF should come in handy.
DH has a group meeting tonight, and as he is mobile like most of the rest of the group, they hold their meetings in a pub. That means he will get fed. He left the house sulking this morning after working out I was making pulled pork for dinner tonight. I think he is hoping for lots of leftovers. I must be mad to have the oven on for hours and hours in this heat *insert melting smiley here please*

Time for some more juice I think. Take care everyone xxxx

kezlou

sorry about that

are they working now?

fuddle

Yey! Your strawbs are better than mine lovely pics - summer is here! Sorry mar

kezlou

:j:j first posting pics and they worked yay!!

sorry mar

I literally have 10 strawberries, so chuffed!
Weird though as last year, we had so many, most of them got turned turned into jam and frozen. We only ran out about March. This year no chance.

Just put in a kind of chicken in sauce thing, basically me putting random things in a roasting tray and seeing what happens. Hope it tastes okay as they is lots of cajun spices and peri peri sauce in it.


PAH and PIC :T:T:T:T your both doing great!!!! Should be really proud of yourselves.:D

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to make best use of a fan for cooling, drape a damp tea towel in front of it. I have one on a small clothes horse, you could use the back of a chair

monnagran

Sorry to seem dim. I keep reading about AF foods. What are these please?

Popperwell

Approved Foods, they sell discount food, some products are in date some just out of date but as it's "best before" the foods are still ok and can be used ages after buying them...

Well known brands...

smileyt_2

monnagran wrote: »

Sorry to seem dim. I keep reading about AF foods. What are these please?

Hello Monnagran - AF is Approved Foods http://www.approvedfood.co.uk/latest_products
They are a discount food seller of end-of-line or out-of-date foods. They sell stuff that can be used after the best before date. I must have saved hundreds of pounds.

Pops - I tend to buy from them in bulk - I have loads of bags of wheat-free pasta in my cupboard. I wait until they do what I call 'food' ie not rubbish stuff like crisps and fizzy pop. So I've just ordered soya chunks and loads of different seeds for sprouting, plus some coffee sachets for when friends come round - I don't drink coffee so a jar would be a waste as it would go off before it all got used. Go and have a browse and see what you can find. They get new stuff in every weekday. Delivery is steep (£5.25 to UK mainland, extra if you're ordering over 25kg of stuff) but the savings outweigh the delivery. And until Friday delivery is free.

I don't work for them!! I just know that the savings I have made from using them have really helped me eat better for much less.

prepareathome

Sammy kaye a good few years ago my council tax payment vanished - I was then paying by standing order, they will not let you do this now - and even though I could prove via my bank I had paid them, they told me they didn't have it, it never arrived so I had to repay. Then a kind person in bank told me most council, HA and big businesses that take payments from many people to pay accounts with them have one big holding account where money goes if for whatever reason the correct ref number is not with the payment amount ( even banks have this as payments can turn up sans correct ref so not end up in your account) and told me to demand the council check this. I did and while I was on the phone after muttering and grumbling the guy I was speaking to checked and found my payment - I knew date, amount and time I had made it ( not sure if time is needed) - but they were able to match up those with a payment for that exact amount paid as and when I said and so they then put it on to my account.

So tomorrow I would be asking them to check their holding accounts giving the the date and amounts and seeing if they can find your payments as unless someone daft person has paid your money into someone else's account, which happens more than any company would like you to think, or someone is committing theft that is where your money should be.......

If not turn up at their offices with local paper or tv company in tow that should do the trick - fingers crossed.

Hugs and Love

bonnie_bumpkins

Popperwell wrote: »

Chicken Thighs today...

I am assuming this is a comment on your meal plan and not on your appearance :cool:

Sorry Popperwell I couldn't resist, please forgive me I am very childish despite being officially 'middle-aged' (so my teenagers tell me) but I think 'middle-aged' is always 5 years ahead of my current age. Well it has been for the last 15 years anyway...

saint fuddle I hope all is calm in your house now x

sammy-kaye I hope you get the payment problem sorted very soon, keep strong x

I had good news today... I got the job of assistant manager at my CS :j one day's paid to start plus holiday cover for my manager, and with the other 2 volunteer days I'll build up experience and hopefullysoon be able to cover other shops with paid sickness/holiday cover. Ginnyknit thank you for all your advice it has been invaluable for me gaining confidence and experience to get this far :A