Two Pennies Left

LauraJo

No plums here - feeling left out lol!!

bizzy_lizzie

96 pages in three days! I feel I know you better than some people I am related to. Very entertaining and inspiring read. I especially love the way painting went from something to try to a real part of you. And I do covet your landrover painting! Xx

Karmacat

Hello FS! The plum guru I picked a couple of pounds of plums just before I came back to mse - I went out for half hour walks every day, to get my strength up, and I was watching this one plum tree on the rec ground near me - no one else ever picked the plums, so I picked a couple of batches (left plenty for the birds). So I made blackberry jelly, cooked the plums and some foraged apples in it, chucked some sugar in and voila, 12lbs of lovely HM jam

Loving that liqueur recipe further up this page tho ....

Fortune_Smiles

LauraJo wrote: »

No plums here - feeling left out lol!!

That might be a blessing LauraJo!

bizzy_lizzie wrote: »

96 pages in three days! I feel I know you better than some people I am related to. Very entertaining and inspiring read. I especially love the way painting went from something to try to a real part of you. And I do covet your landrover painting! Xx

Hello bizzy_lizzie - it's amazing how the page count adds up after a while. Well done for wading through that treacle! And thank you for your kind comments I'll pop over to see if you have a diary so I can return the favour.

Karmacat wrote: »

Hello FS! The plum guru I picked a couple of pounds of plums just before I came back to mse - I went out for half hour walks every day, to get my strength up, and I was watching this one plum tree on the rec ground near me - no one else ever picked the plums, so I picked a couple of batches (left plenty for the birds). So I made blackberry jelly, cooked the plums and some foraged apples in it, chucked some sugar in and voila, 12lbs of lovely HM jam

Loving that liqueur recipe further up this page tho ....

I love getting free food Karma but maybe I should be a bit more careful about what I wish for! I still have plums left and am now coping with marrow overload!


Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

It's been a very busy week so, in a nutshell:

• a fine balance of loaves and lilies
• the Aston commission is progressing
• it's the end of the month and there have been some small gains and small losses as far as the budget is concerned. Pretty good overall
• having pretty much dealt with the plum glut I have now been gifted a ginormous marrow :eek:

Both DSs and girlfriends are arriving this evening for a weekend stay. It's the first time all 4 of them have stayed together and we are planning to splash out a little on fun stuff.


So the plan for today is to clean 2 remaining rooms, bake something with several sulky bananas and marrow meal plan for this evening's meal :rotfl:


Hope all goes well with you guys.


Fortune x

lulabelle1

Have a wonderful Marrow filled weekend!!

Karmacat

What a great weekend that will be have a lovely time.

beanielou

Have a happy time

Getmeoutofdebt

Have a great weekend Fortune!! :beer:

Fortune_Smiles

I am enjoying a little peace and quiet. My weekend visitors have gone home and Mr F is out at a client meeting today. Bliss.


It's the 1st of the month so I have had a look back at the budget:

• £27.75 over budget on telephone costs due to an increase in BT's line rental saver :eek:
• £40 under budget on fuel costs. I'm using the company car more during the day now Mr F is at home
• nearly £100 over on entertainment due to the weekend but amazingly our wine rack and fridge are still full so I'll be recouping most of that on saved grocery costs
• £35.40 OP to the mortgage

So nothing scary there.


We used the last of the plums over the weekend :T but marrow and courgette will still be featuring on the menu this week :rotfl:


Happy Monday all.


Fortune x