Preparedness for when

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NUATHA you both look amazing, herself is beautiful, and what a lovely floral wreath, I can feel how happy you both were and how proud, and the cake, oh gosh, a work of art!!! So very glad that you both had the day you wanted and as you say after all the health scares what a triumph to achieve such a wonderful wedding, Congratulations and wishes for many,many happy and fulfilling years ahead for you both, Cheers Lyn xxx.

thriftwizard

What lovely pics, Nuatha! Many congratulations to you both; may you share love & laughter for many a long year.

Tried to update my sugar stocks yesterday, as we're rolling into high jam season right now. But the supermarket I stopped at only had 2 x 5Kg bags of the stuff, and no space for more; lots of little bags, and wildly-expensive preserving sugar (if in doubt, just bung an apple in!) but very little sensible stuff. And that's a huge superstore, nestling between the two halves of the conurbation & serving them both, a combined population of 400,000... Anyway, I bought them both, but after the Great Elderflower Incident, I suspect that'll only last me a couple of weeks!

D&DD

Morning all
Laptop finally fell apart on us so have confiscated my sons for now it was hanging on by a thread for about a year but went kaput at the weekend..bit miffed as norton have changed the password safe thingy so have to redo all my passwords as I've been lazy since using that and forgot most of them..:o

Nuatha aw thanks so much for sharing your special day with us all,you look very dashing,MrsNuatha looks beautiful and you both look so happy.I love the way you got the prepping tool in for cutting the cake :D:D XX (cake looks fab!)

The great house clearance is nearing an end although not finished yet! Must get out the garden again today though as the weather is lovely and repeat plantings need sticking in now we've done some weeding.

Still washing stinky clothes lol e-cigs are going well still :j

Have a great day all XXX

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THRIFTWIZARD do you or does anyone you know have a Makro card? I buy my sugar from there in 25 kilo sacks and they are/were last time I got one under £15 and store forever. I make enough jams and chutneys to make having the amount worthwhile, but that also lasts us well over a year for all the domestic cookery as well, Cheers Lyn xxx.

nuatha

thriftwizard wrote: »

What lovely pics, Nuatha! Many congratulations to you both; may you share love & laughter for many a long year.

Tried to update my sugar stocks yesterday, as we're rolling into high jam season right now. But the supermarket I stopped at only had 2 x 5Kg bags of the stuff, and no space for more; lots of little bags, and wildly-expensive preserving sugar (if in doubt, just bung an apple in!) but very little sensible stuff. And that's a huge superstore, nestling between the two halves of the conurbation & serving them both, a combined population of 400,000... Anyway, I bought them both, but after the Great Elderflower Incident, I suspect that'll only last me a couple of weeks!

Thriftwizard if you have a local Poundstretchers they're doing 2 x 1kg of Whitworths Granulated for £1.50
If you've access to Bookers (possibly the same in Macro, as its the same firm) a box of 15x1kg is 12.29 or the sacks Lyn mentions are 19.49 (2 for £35)
HTH

BessieBooBoo

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BBB the ferries are great big things, you'll be fine, I'll let you know what the weather is doing as we can see the Island from the beach, if it gets cold I'll let you know before you leave so you can adjust up on what you're taking if that helps, Cheers Lyn xxx.

Hello Mrs L!

Aww, thank you, that is so kind. I'm not the bravest when it comes to sea journeys...

Last one we went on, trying a diving trip off the Greek Islands, some years back, it blew a gale and even the crew were green. Huge waves and we were all relieved to see land at the end of it, even the seasoned divers!

At that time, I had no SHTF preps, just in shorts, tee-shirt, sandals, with a bag of sunscreen, etc. (Shudders).

Much appreciated

BBB

(And Bessie, who is moving from one end of the bed to the other, to resume sleeping. Again.)

pineapple

Looks like a wonderful fairy tale scene Nuatha. I'm welling up just looking at those pics! Clearly you 'did it your way' and well done for that. :beer:

As for disabled access, I'm reminded of a local bank which had 5-6 steps up to the entrance. There was a notice outside saying if you needed help - to get a member of staff. Presumably by standing outside/sitting in your wheelchair and hollering! :huh:

BessieBooBoo

Hello Nuatha

Wow! What an imaginative, creative wedding - love the outfits, and the cake (yum!). Makes mine years ago seem a tad boring....

Is that a traditional hand-fasting ceremony?

Thank you for sharing

BBB

nuatha

BessieBooBoo wrote: »

Hello Nuatha

Wow! What an imaginative, creative wedding - love the outfits, and the cake (yum!). Makes mine years ago seem a tad boring....

Is that a traditional hand-fasting ceremony?

Thank you for sharing

BBB

We have the advantage of being a bit older and a lot more stubborn than many couples when they get married, and I was determined that my bride would get exactly what she wanted. We are also fortunate to have the skills (or friends with the skills) to do everything ourselves. My Lady made her own dresses (though the day before the wedding she was convinced they weren't "right" and would look awful.
The handfasting ceremony was written by us for us, but incorporates all the traditional elements.

D&DD the prepping tool was used in the ceremony and was jumped as part of the rite. Multi-purpose tools are a delight in prepping

The sugar for jam making just brought back a memory of my grandmother's approach to jam making. Individual pound jars of jam take up a lot of storage space, so she would make a few pound jars for gifts but the majority of the jam making would be stored in large kilner jars and dispensed into jam pots as needed. There were 6 of us at home and I can never remember any issues with this approach. On clearing the family home we discovered two kilners jars of blackberry jam which were at least 15 years old, they came to me as my brothers had no interest in the jars, got put to one side as I was sorting other stuff. The following year I was sorting my kilners for a large preserving session and came across the still full jars. I had several months of eating the best best blackberry jam I've ever tasted - they were still in excellent condition.
Being only the two of us I tend to do small batches in individual jars, but I'm tempted to try to recreate her approach.

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Morning NUATHA, my first MIL was a farmers daughter from Devon and I can remember her pantry being absolutely crammed with 7lb kilner jars of jam, chutney, pickles and jellies. She also decanted into a smaller container for use every day and I never knew anything go awry with them. It is a sensible idea to save on storage space, thank you very much for the idea.

Tell herself that the dress and coat look stunning as does she herself, some people are beautiful from the inside out and she is one of them, Cheers Lyn xxx.