make do and mend for tougher times

Popperwell

fuddle wrote: »

Another 10 billion is to be cut from the welfare bill by 2016.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19865692

Slow cookers are easy to clean out, particularly when cooking chicken

That's good to know regarding the chicken...as for the other, that isn't good news...more worry for many who are struggling already.

I might've been ok had I been older but I am too young so expect the worse scenario but I may be surprised so have to try and live for the day. As so many of us on here are for so many reasons.

The cuts he plans will run until 2017 so I have to hope I am one of the last affected which gets me nearer the age where where I will be less affected by the changes or may be entitled to help of some kind. But I hate wishing my time away.

I think having said that I am not "Feeling Down" I probably am a little but still coping better than I thought that I would, the clue is that it takes some effort to cook meals or bother at all as I am not really hungry. It is easier for me just make a sandwich.

I usually have only one meal daily or at best two...but at least I do try to get all the vitamins/minerals that I should so eat food such as vegetables/salad/fruit/cereals/milk/water so I think I have all the food groups covered and always seem to hit the amount of calories that I am supposed to eat daily or get pretty close to it. And just in case I try and take a daily vitamin/mineral tablet each day.

Really it is more a case of eating because I know that I have to, to stay alive.

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Thanks very much KITTIE, onions have been in for 4 hours on 125deg and are still softish so will continue until they feel right.

Much appreciate the info re greeens/leaves and will process some beetroot leaves tomorrow when I harvest some from the polytunnel.

Pineapple sounds lovely and I sometimes see them reduced in the Co-Op here so will get the next one and play.

I'd never thought to pop cherry tomatoes in roasted veg and I've lots in the freezer, it's one of the few good crops we've has this year, so next time I make them I'll add some straight from the freezer, thank you very much, Cheers Lyn xxx.

Popperwell

The funny thing is I love food and am not a bad cook...and I have plenty of items to make quite a variety of dishes. Cannot get anything else in the freezer but I have tidied it up and everything is in order.

Going to reorganise my food store in the dining room and the cupboards/pantry in the kitchen. It's something to do...

When I next see my consultant at the hospital(November 8th)I think that is the same day that Aldi's open on my town.

fuddle

I've been thinking about my small pleasures today in an attempt to make me appreciate what I have got. I love:

being with my family
snuggling with my doggy
hot chocolate
bubble bath
candle/fairy lit rooms
a good book
baking

A new/different house, a baby, winning the lottery, buying myself and family 'stuff' or being a lady of leisure won't alter at all the very things that I love to do... I can do these right now.

A bit of a pointless post for you all but good for me to write it out to make sense of it all. I don't like feeling down or that things are out of my control. Off to go look at free romantic novel downloads for my laptop. A bit of escapism needed tonight I think

ginnyknit

Just been to B*Q When did it get so expensive :eek: Oh wanted a piece of beading for a job we are doing - 5 quid :mad: Turps/brush cleaner £2.50 + We left empty handed and went to Wilkies instead. They had lots of pretty stuff for Christmas to make up hampers and quite cheap too. Nice to see they had moved the shop round to make shopping easier but not spent a fortune on doing the place up - that really annoys me.

mardatha

Can somebody kindly gimme the recipe for flapjacks with porridge and sultanas and syrup? TY
Been trying to cut out sugar but if I don't get something sweet I'm gonny kill somebody

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Hey FUDDLE not in the least a pointless post, it's a sharing with friends and that's the good things as well as the bad, you grow in maturity with each and every post and make us even more proud of the you that you are! As the song says you've got to have a dream 'cos if you don't have a dream, how are you going to have a dream come true? It's also really good to take stock of what you do love from time to time isn't it? Have a lovely evening, Cheers Lyn xxx.

VJsmum

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

As the song says you've got to have a dream 'cos if you don't have a dream, how are you going to have a dream come true? It's also really good to take stock of what you do love from time to time isn't it? Have a lovely evening, Cheers Lyn xxx.

Ah - that's just happy talk! :cool:

Come over to the 5 OS pleasures thread, Fuddle, it really is all about that! Mind, they ain't all OS and they ain't all MSE but it's good to get them down nonetheless.

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VJsMUM - I'se always talkin happy talk - others say it's gobbledygook, but I know different - He he he!!!!! Be happy, cheers Lyn xxx.

suzybloo

just made flapjacks this afternoon too -

here goes 180g butter (i use stork), 125g syrup, 125g soft brown sugar ( I use any I have in - today was soft dark sugar worked ok), 250g porridge oats. Melt all ingredients, mix in oats and sultanas/fruit as desired ( I added cherries too as dgs loves them) also added 2tsp mixed spice to make them more interesting, poured into lined tin and baked at 170 for 35 mins. dont try and cut them for bout 8 hours (mine is in the fridge cause we cant wait 8 hours lol!)