make do and mend for tougher times

emalou88

DH said we could get a puppy when we are in the house We have a family dog - Tia the jack russell, she's completely crazy but we would'nt be without her.
She brings light and laughter to us all. I can't wait to get my own, I'm thinking a jack russell pup.

mardatha

Go back when he's in - he will have one. Don't try it by hand as it will leak - gas is heavier than air and will seep under your floorboards. Once you get it changed, give it a squirt of Fairy Liquid round the join and if there us a leak you'll see bubbles. Once you learn how to do it, it's totally easy and fine

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Popperwell

fuddle wrote: »

Is that the girl who the council banned from blogging about her school meals a short while ago. Caused an uproar and an embarrassing u-turn. I hadn't realised it was a charity fundraiser. I will look into it later.

That's the one...I have mentioned it on the past on my blog.

fuddle wrote: »

I have a problem of the smelly kind. My wheely bin has been emptied and is in rather a rank smelling state because of all that rotten meat being sat there for a week and a half (we get fortnightly bin emptying). I have called our local bin cleaning company but they don't do one off's you have to sign up for £2.50 every other week. I don't want to commit to an extra £5 per month right now.

kidcat wrote: »

I used to buy wheelie bin liners from the supermarket fuddle, they are fairly pricey though. I bought them for the church bins as we had other groups using them and they werent as careful as we were.

I've done as Kidcat suggests and as you say Fuddle that charge builds up. But now most of what I throw out is not smelly. I use bin bags/carrier bags if there is anything likely to be a problem and tie them up at the time and for smells there are a few things you can add to the wheelie bin to take that away.

I'm tied into paying £4.50 every three or four weeks for my windows to be cleaned which I would like to reduce further and perhaps have them done every 6-8 weeks as they don't seem that dirty to me.

At least this person arrives with all the gear, clean water in a kind of big container on his truck and brushes/sponges that the water comes out of whereas the previous WC used to use the same bucket of water and cloths. An he was no cheaper...

Of course if income gets tighter I may have to drop the WC or ask if he can just do them less often.

smileyt_2

Oh, what a lot of chatterboxes you are on this thread!

Welcome to Weeze and Emalou and ... Aria's tail? Have I missed anyone out? Emalou I was so sorry to read about your Dad, that was such a terrible thing to happen and you are right of course that no amount of money could possibly replace him. Sending hugs to you.

Well, after being called sweet and cute the other day in the park, yesterday I got a man who stood in front of me and sang, "I'm going to run away from you," and then proceeded to walk off very quickly (almost a run but he was getting on a bit so perhaps just as well he didn't). I don't know how I attract them ... :rotfl:

Katieowl, some of the electricity companies have a charity fund and will pay the bankruptcy fees for some people if asked - Mind or Shelter should know about this. If your friend has mental health problems hopefully she will be a candidate for help.

I've been back at work for two days and I'm shattered. Think I'll be having an early night tonight. Actually I would go now but for the fact that the dogs' bladders would never hold out for the full eleven hours before my alarm goes off in the morning!

Mrs_Chip

Rosie - you just need a big adjustable spanner, that's what we use for the gas bottles on the van. Or if your neighbour has a spanner set he might have one that fits. Agree with Mar, don't hand tighten!

ETA: Hi to all newbies, keyboard a real pain at the mo, so being brief as poss, sorry no names

Popperwell

shegar wrote: »

I lost my dad only 4 months ago, so I and most others on here knows what your family are going through, and do you know what, I always hate the first winter and xmas in that year over any loss, I hate it.............

Mind you this year has been !!!!! all the way through for me this year, be glad to see the back of it............

Just wanted to say I do hope so much that they find little missing girl April Jones from Wales, its so sad, but I do fear what has happened to her, bless her ........
Take care all....

I agree about little April, I fear it looks bad seeing they have arrested someone but there is no sign of her still...

Hello Emalou, hope you start to find it possible to smile again.
Shegar I know this year has been s**** and for many of us but I did not know that you too had lost your Dad only four months ago:(and me with Mum 5 months ago...to both of you and anyone else that are having a difficut time. As Shegar says many of us understand because we have or are going through similar situations. And then having to cope afterwards.

I have felt quite down today and uninterested in what's going on. I'm not sure why. I suppose that will happen. Well, the truth is that nothing is happening. I wasted a day of my week long bus ticket(I would've gone out)but its wet and windy. If I go out I just spend money which I can manage a little for now but I don't want to spend for the sake of it and I know at some point I will have to spend less anyhow.

And as Fuddle and others know on here that live locally most of the local areas if you use public transport are just going to more shops and often they are the same choice.

But if you stay indoors and are alone even if you like your own company it gets a bit boring.

Popperwell

fuddle wrote: »

I need to look at less freezer space/increasing prices/more vegetable/bean based meals.

Sausage, onion gravy, yorkshires and peas tonight.

Yesterday, I had gravy, turnip, carrot, celery, leeks, potato, onion, garlic and Qourn Chicken Pieces coated in some kind of herb dressing cooked in the SC.

Probably could have done it quicker on the hob but I don't think the SC uses that much energy. If I have hot meals most of mine seem to be mainly casserole based these days...I used the water from the vegetables to make the gravy so if any minerals/vitamins were lost it went back into the gravy...

I haven't had anything today so far...might have a bacon and fried egg buttie or as I have some chopped vegetables from yesterday in water I may do the same meal but add the bacon so I don't waste the vegetables.

After all I got the carrots, turnip, onion and parsnip all for £1 and it should do a few meals. The potatoes are past their date but seem ok and they were £2 for 2kgs and the leeks were 4 for £1 so though that's £4 in total I am getting a few meals out of tem so that brings the cost down...

GreyQueen

katieowl wrote: »

Maybe it's time to practice with your hammer drill GQ?

After all PERFECTLY reasonable to put up that set of 75 prints you just HAVE to have on the wall, during daylight hours....

Kate

You is a BAD BAD person! I have been in and out and in and out all day and have limited myself to glaring daggers at the perpetrators' flat as I pass it. They've been lying very low but I'm not surprised if they're hiding as the Towers have been like a kicked anthill over it; people have been visiting and ringing SuperGran, it was so loud it was waking those like her on the far side of the block. People are furious.

The Junkie was even standing outside bellowing abuse at someone she believed was responsible (not the right person) so probably they'll be complaining to the Housing Dept about harrassment and everyone else will be complaining about being woken up at Ungodly O'Clock twice in one night.

It better be quiet tonight..............:(

Molly41 wrote: »

Proud Mummy Moment on a tough day - my youngest son who had a year out of school before his GCSEs has won a school prize for ICT. Im so proud of him - this was in the class where I had to intervene as he had finished all his course work for his qualification and was spending the time teaching and helping the others in his class. Now this was very noble but he had revision of his own to do but reflects his lovely nature x

:j Well done, young sir, and you deserve more that a moment of maternal pride. My pal the Computer Wizard also learned his moves at school; he hacked their server and as a "reward" he was made to maintain it thereafter. He's a s/e IT contractor now and does just fine............:rotfl:

:T Good to see you back, Weeze210.

Smileyt I honestly don't know what you get up to in that park, the amount of funny experiences you have in there. Are you sure you're not walking the doggies dressed in basque, suspenders and a flasher mac?:rotfl:

Ginnyknit, very glad to hear that DH's operation went well and that he's resting at home. Take care of yourselves, hunny.

I had a late flit to the allotmentino to brush up on my firemaking skills and have incinerated some stuff and then raked out the ashes and poured water all over. I may have accidentally stamped on 42 snails and 1 large ginger slug which happened to get in my way.............:o I have big clumpy boots which live in the allotment shed, wouldn't stamp on things with anything I would then bring into my pad.

Got overtired and lost the thermostat (couldn't keep warm) so have put the heating on. I pay for it on top of my rent whether I use it or not, but I try to be thrifty with it for the sake of the environment, but not when I'm all tired and shaky.

Am having comfort food tonight; baked beans with grated cheese on and the Jamaican ginger cake with custard. I'm acquainted with a professor of nutrition but I've known her to eat crisps, so anything she can do, I can do, too.:p

:grouphug: Have a Dodgy Group Hug, anyone who feels in need of one. I'm heading teapotwards at a rate of knots.........and CAKEwards, too.

Popperwell

mcculloch29 wrote: »

Did anyone hear Jeremy Vine chatting about the expansion of Ald* and L*dl on the radio, earlier? A listener who had never been inside an Aldi went in - her thoughts are here
From her picture on Radio 2 FB, she's a smartly casually dressed lady in late middle age, she's also a walking stick user like me. I actually see a lot of women like her in Ald*
Overall, it was brilliant PR for Ald*, they are preaching to the converted here, but I'm pleased for the company. My daughter works for them so we want them booming, not busting.

I missed that MC, but agree, hope it's a good one we have on town when it opens even though even with it's bargains I will be watching the pennies...I could not open the link in your post I am afraid.

Big feature on Aldi's here

And how did we all miss this