'supporting each other through really tough times'

meme30

Possession wrote: »

That is what I say to my children now Mar! A very good rule to follow.
Now, advice please. I have my sister, husband and 2 little boys (littlest is 17 months) coming to stay soon, sister is veggie. What do you reckon would be good OS veggie meals which would also suit 4 children of varying ages - hers are little so a bit fussy. Can't be anything TOO veggie ie nothing beany, no tofu etc. Must be filling but cheap. My kids will eat carrots, broccoli etc but not cabbage, squash or onions, hers change what they will and won't eat as littlies do. DH has a major aversion to mushrooms. Will need 3 dinners I think. One could be HM pizza as I still have *ahem* rather a lot of pizza mix.

Hi, I do this weight watchers veggie lasagne for my cousin and our grandkids will happily eat it too. http://www.weightwatchers.co.uk/food/rcp/index.aspx?recipeid=7013792
I also find Indian food an easy option for her because pakora and bhaji's are easy to add to a veggie curry. The kids love dipping naans and poppadum's in the sauce.

meme30

jem132 wrote: »

Hi all I feel ok today so when my boys come home from school we are going to make paper chains from old music books. I am trying to do something different with them everyday while I feel upto it xx

oh that's lovely. I can remember making paper chains when I was at school. Our 'streamers' decorations at home were made of crepe paper which had to be twisted to get the right effect! :rotfl: We also had wall santa and snowman figures whose belly's were concertina crepe paper. Such simple decorations, but lovely memories. Long gone sadly, mind you, I remember the dust that used to fall off the streamers when we took them down. :eek:

Kittie:- You were quite right about letting the people in the houses at Whitby, if it was safe for the workmen then the poor people could have got some of their things out. Awful for them.

Possession

meme30 wrote: »

Hi, I do this weight watchers veggie lasagne for my cousin and our grandkids will happily eat it too. http://www.weightwatchers.co.uk/food/rcp/index.aspx?recipeid=7013792
I also find Indian food an easy option for her because pakora and bhaji's are easy to add to a veggie curry. The kids love dipping naans and poppadum's in the sauce.

Thanks I'll take a look at that, and will ask my sis if her boys eat curry. My two do, but only in the last couple of years.

mardatha

Thermometer at back door is reading -7 already and its just getting dark now. Think it's going to be a cold one!

grandma247

Frost has been all over the grass and some roofs all day.

craigywv

unixgirluk wrote: »

Ok, this will be messy but it works. Open up a magazine, carefully take the staples out but keep the magazine together. Do you have a clothes horse? Sit down and put the clothes horse in front of you. Take the magazine open at the center page and peg it to the clothes horse. Put a large bag at your feet (stops it going everywhere). Take a large pair of scissors and start cutting a fringe into the magazine. Go up until maybe an inch off the top edge. No need to measure width of fringes, keep them narrow. if you make a mistake it doesn't matter. Repeat all along magazine. Once you have the finging cut the snip along the top. Once this is done you should be left with an inch wide border still pegged to the clothes horse which you can unpeg and snip by hand (much easier than doing the whole thing freehand.

You now have a bag of hamper filling at your feet. Use your hands to spearate the paper and scrunch it up a bit.

THANK-YOU VERY MUCH !!! i shall be doing this later brilliant way thanks again xx

smileyt_2

Does anyone have a spare kick up the backside, please? I need some oomph to make some Christmas decorations and I haven't got any!

Also Bruno keeps coming in from the front room (which is freezing) into the back room (where I am sitting with the gas fire on) and then back again leaving the door wide open :mad:. I wish I'd trained him when he was younger to pull on a rope and shut the door to behind him! He's almost 15 now - is that saying about teaching old dogs new tricks really true? Just wondering if I could train him now ....

Tessy, on the other hand, is very sensibly flat out on her cushion in front of the fire, soaking up the warmth.

ginnyknit

Tracy OH is 58 and I havent trained him yet so you've no chance with Bruno :rotfl: At the mment he is polishing a trophy for a presentation tomorrow night and he is making a royal mess.

Have I got to come over there and kick you up the bum...and unlike most posters remember I actually can ...ohoh forgot we dont have the car right now ...:o empty threats !

Managed to get out for an hour as DD took her Daddy shopping for my Chrimbo pressies - £land, Primarni - perfect. I went to 2 charity shops and they were pants, nothing remotely good nipped in Mr T everything has shot up in price again :eek: The new freezer shop on the market came up trumps, 2 lovely lamb shanks with minty stuff £2.99 and they did 3 of us for tea easily. Now I have tried them will take advantage of 2 packs for £5 well worth it.

Mrs_Veg_Plot

Kittie love the idea of using soup for making a risotto. Will try that next week

elizabunny

Well I for one will be dragging the old artificial Xmas tree out of the loft this year. Just can't justify £30 or so for a real one, which will be gone in 3 weeks. Just hoping all the green bits haven't dropped off the branches:D
Years ago when we were having a 'lean' time we had an old silver tinsel tree, which had more metal showing than tinsel, we managed to get that one looking ok, so I'll do my best on this one. There's always twigs out of the garden if all else fails:D
Have already made the Xmas Cake, pud and mincemeat. I used the basic S*i*nsbu*y fruit for the mincemeat and it tastes and looks equal to the posh stuff.
This weekend DH and me are going to make some holly wreaths for the door and also for some family graves. Last year I think we spent about £45 on three wreaths but that is out of the question this year. Just need to arm ourselves with some sturdy gloves....ouch!
I love the sound of paper chains made from old music books and the handmade (without a shredder) bits for hampers. I have two hampers to make!
It's freezing here. Heating is on but we are being frugal with it. I have dragged a 20 year old jumper from the back of the wardobe. I keep meaning to recycle it, but it's so warm, I'm glad I haven't now.
Keep warm everyone!:)