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katieowl_2

fuddle wrote: »

I've got my first anxiety counselling session on Monday afternoon. :eek: It's about an hours walk away from the girls' schools. I don't finish till 2.30pm. I've asked family if they can help out and they said that they're busy. I've asked my neighbour if she can run me back up the hill in her car so I can get to the girls on time and she's kindly said yes, no problem 'dear' she always calls me dear.

As a thank you I would like to bake her some biscuits. The only thing is she's trying to loose weight and is finding it difficult because of her mobility issues. I don't want to risk her loosing her way when she's trying so hard. Any ideas?

Oooh tough. I have a mate who's lost loads of weight this year who would be a contender for stuff left over from the market, especially as I pass her house at least twice a day, and I said to her recently that I often thought of giving stuff to her, and then thought she might rather I didn't offer it, and she said "Oh that's so sweet of you. Thank you for not bringing it!" But I sent her home with Bara Brith today, as she doesn't like fruit cake but her OH does!

Can you make her a crafty thing instead. I presume you didn't want to buy something?

Kate

Popperwell

smileyt wrote: »

That's all very well for him to say - he's not the one having a spatula poked up his doodah! (For the men reading this - Popperwell and Nuatha - it's not actually the size of a cooking spatula, in case you were astounded .... it's quite a bit smaller than that :rotfl:.)

If I had a magic wand I would wave it for you to give you some good health. xx

Perhaps but it won't feel small and not something you do out of choice...:eek:

CRANKY40

fuddle wrote: »

I've got my first anxiety counselling session on Monday afternoon. :eek: It's about an hours walk away from the girls' schools. I don't finish till 2.30pm. I've asked family if they can help out and they said that they're busy. I've asked my neighbour if she can run me back up the hill in her car so I can get to the girls on time and she's kindly said yes, no problem 'dear' she always calls me dear.

As a thank you I would like to bake her some biscuits. The only thing is she's trying to loose weight and is finding it difficult because of her mobility issues. I don't want to risk her loosing her way when she's trying so hard. Any ideas?

I wouldn't make her food if she's trying to lose weight. Is there anything you could do for her in return instead when you have a spare half hour? Anything that she finds difficult if she has mobility issues?

GreyQueen

:j:j:j Happy news; Mum's just had her 2 year follow up from her cancer surgery and no sign of it coming back and she's doing really well. Am totally made up. We were all in a very dark place at this time in 2010 and it's such a relief.:j:j

Fuddle, guess what I saw on the way to work? A very cool dood, early thirties and dressed to kill, with a two-wheeled purple trolley with a flower design in the city centre and NO ONE was batting an eyelid. The whole darned world has gone trolley-tastic.

Heck, Mum even persuaded Dad to take her's as he had to run an errand which included buying 20 lb of birdseed and he was reluctant to take it at first but admitted afterwards that it made sense and was much easier. Gorilla arms are so twentieth century.

Right, off to have a celebratory bakewell tart with half a sachet of 6p custard. By golly, I know how to whoop it up.

ginnyknit

Thats great news GQ, you live it up girl :T:T:T Im enjoying ys prawns but got no cake to go with the custard

Told you trolleys were the new black!

fuddle

Yey! GQ I'm going to take a bus trip into a neighbouring town tomorrow as I need some birthday things for DD. The trolley will be coming with me

I think i'll make my neighbour a thank you card and say to her if ever she needs a favour in return she knows where I am.

katieowl_2

My parcel my mum sent me from Lakeland came today :j A couple of sets of cutters for DD including the skeleton cookie cutter that makes bone indents that you fill with icing, and the smiley face ones, lots of lovely cupcake cases and a silicon macaroon tray for me...I've just made a batch of macaroons for fun (cos' that's what happens for fun around here LOL) I can see I need less batter in the cups...which are minute, but I knew I would need to practice.

Had to have a word with the person who is in charge of what stalls can be in the market today...she was showing someone around yesterday who wasn't very sure what she would be selling, but was looking for some very specific gaps in the produce, most of which would have impacted on me :mad: I was very, very cross yesterday, and had a (polite I thought) e-mail exchange yesterday which was followed by a meeting today. My point was taken, but she sent me another e-mail today, saying she was glad we'd sorted everything out, but if she hadn't known me she'd have read my e-mail and thought "What a stroppy mare!" LOL :rotfl: PMSL because if she thought that was stroppy, she should have a go when I'm not bothering to be polite

We've eating leftovers from the market for dinner tonight again. We had leftovers yesterday too...but at least it's not all cake. I made some veggie pasties, and had some filling left, and also had some of my chickpea pancake batter, so I just used the filling in the pancakes instead of the usual tomato, chilli and onions, it was super tasty and I think I might actually roll that out as a variation. (Filling was butternut squash and spinach)

Still finding stuff of the other DD's in the house, her BF came yesterday and took a whole load of bits and pieces, and I found a whole bag of washing of theirs :eek: and her phone charger today!

Kate

GreyQueen

fuddle wrote: »

Yey! GQ I'm going to take a bus trip into a neighbouring town tomorrow as I need some birthday things for DD. The trolley will be coming with me

I think i'll make my neighbour a thank you card and say to her if ever she needs a favour in return she knows where I am.

You go, gal. Remember, we're ahead of the fash-pack, style leaders and where we lead, the rest of the world can only follow in our wheel-ruts. If nothing else, we'll preserve our spines and shoulders.

Excellent idea about the handmade card, such a lovely personal touch. You don't realise how many pressies are high-calorie until you're shopping for someone on a weight-loss regime, but I'm sure she'll appreciate your sensitivity.

I hada bit of a moment in the soopermarket this afternoon when I realised that the vegetable cooking oil had swooped up from £1.38 to £1.52. Not sure how to work out % but that's a lot for one week, isn't it?:o Memo to self; get a basic maths book from library and revise some of the elementary stuff as brain going rusty in middle age.

Getting a real autumn vibe here with the nights drawing in all of a sudden but it's still pretty mild this far Dahn Sarf so I have the windows open as am a bit of a fresh air fiend.

kidcat

Thats about 10% GQ which is an awful lot, I think in MR A they have the big bottles that work out cheaper than that.

VJsmum

Good news about your mum, GQ, these things are always a worry... When I ring dad now, the conversation is always

Me "any news?"
Dad "no"
Me "Good"

Great idea about the card, Fuddle, kind of a nice IOU

Talking of autumnal vibes, GQ, I have been away less than a week and in that time autumn has happpened - a nip in the air and the trees are dropping. Brrrr i even contemplated putting on the heating. But have resisted - OH would have had a go at me!

It is all catching up with me a bit and I shall be off to my bed in a mo. DD is more resigned to her school fate (not school fete !!) though will complain if given the opportunity so we are trying to focus her on all the positives.

Oh and I want a trolley - but since I saw the bright shiny yellow one with a big smiley face, nothing else will do, but that one was in Paris.:(