'supporting each other through really tough times'

Ellidee

I was thinking you could use it to fill pieces of celery 2tonsils - but then celery may not be available where you are !

Possession

cream cheese - spread in mini ham wraps?
PAH - lovely to hear from you and I hope you're on the mend now.
Have just taken all our decorations down, just the tree to dismantle and a couple of my lovely christmas village buildings to pack away. The house already looks tidier.
Tomorrow we are off to the panto in Birmingham, am hoping DH is better as he has been quite poorly the last few days. It's a tradition that we always go and eat dim sum before we go to the panto and he has been looking forward to it for virtually the whole year.

7_week_wonder

Thanks Kidcat - I'll have to try and think of more things she can help with. I tend not to get her to help with washing and drying up due to poor eye sight and slight clumsiness: but I'll definitely work on it!

Bless her, she means so well - I think it is mainly down to me to sort out my thoughts and reactions!!

New Year's resolution: go back to my once a week meditation sessions, they definitely helped!

mcculloch29

I thought I had posted here very late last night but no sign of it! I was expressing sympathy to Aria's Tail over the tree being knocked over and decorations broken by the dog. I really feel for you with that one.

As I've said before, my tree - specifically the decorations - means a lot to me too.
The tree is only 4ft high and has always been kept on a low table. When I childminded it was taped to the table for some extra stability, so that it wouldn't go over, as little hands would often reach and pull - hard! - for tempting decorations on low branches .

Many of my glass decorations have gradually bit the dust over the years, 90% of mine are now unbreakable.

I've certainly known the frustration of seeing precious things broken. My daughter HAD to touch things as a child. She still has to handle things now, the evidence of her eyes isn't good enough, as she happily admits.

Having picked something intriguing up as a little one, DD would then often "test" it to destruction unless stopped. You couldn't leave anything precious within reach or take your eye off her for a minute.

We didn't have a Christmas tree until she was 3, but she didn't really stop destroying our things until she was 5-ish, so very few of those first decorations are left.

DD's DS was a fiddler too. Once DD popped around whilst I was out and thoughtfully tidied up for me. DGS, only 2 then, practically dismantled my trike whilst unsupervised for a few minutes. I didn't fully discover what he'd done until I went to ride it and found I had virtually no brakes...! :eek:

missrlr

Hello all, just grabbing an hour's solitude before family party and after family lunch. Bit of overdose family wise today lets hope the sanity survives with me too!

maryb

Mardatha, I don't think Lakeland do any accessories for that pressure cooker as it was a special for them - it's a Kuhn Rikon isn't it? However, I think it's the same size as their standard range and there's a Kuhn Rikon stockist in Edinburgh and I've seen you mention trips to Edinburgh before so hopefully you could get there some time and if you phone them they could tell you if they have one

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MAR - A good hardware shop might just have what you need for the pressure cooker or might be able to get it in for you. If not, would one of the folding stainless steel steamer baskets fit in the cooker, not a specific for pressure cookers but I bet it would work just as well! You can get them most places that sell saucepans they have a set of little legs at the bottom and metal leaves that fold in or out on the base to whatever size pan you are using.

PAH - Missed you, glad you are back with us. I love your doggy picture it always makes me smile!

DD1 and I went into town this morning and I was surprised at how few folks were about, the shops were very quiet and also the busses. We got the few bits we needed and I was lucky and found a 1 page a day diary that I am going to use next year to meal plan and keep track of the household budget for 99p in one of the cheapy shops. I'm going to try and keep the expenses down a bit and not let inflation change our standard of living if I can possibly do it. I shall be trying to run on a wartime recipe regime and hope to loose some weight too as well as cutting costs.

Hope all the poorlies get better quickly and that Aria has forgiven the poochies for the christmas tree!!!!! Theyse sori Mumi woz a aksidint - onist!!!!! Stay warm and dry everyone, Cheers Lyn and the boy xxx.

mardatha

BRILLIANT thanks both! yes I suppose a wee folding thingy would be fine - idea is to just use one gas ring instead of two, and cook meat & veg at same time. Thanks xxx
I have emailed them

Uniscots97

Hello All, I woke up worse than ever then started being sick. Spent until 5pm in bed. OH made me boiled egg and toast about lunchtime and when I got up he announced there was no food in so had ordered a curry! :mad:.... in fact in the fridge there's sausages, bacon, eggs, mince, chicken, veg, butter, jams, cheeses and sausage rolls and in the cupboard there's bread, crackers, beans, peas, soup, oatcakes, noodles, pasta (all types), sauces etc so it was laziness on his behalf not that there wasn't anything in the kitchen! Once I was up he's saying he's not feeling well and wanted me to do christmas cake with brandy custard. He hates it when I'm not well.

Margaret54

Fuddle so pleased you and your family have moved at last. I have been catching up on lots of reading here, and hope you soon feel able to relax and enjoy it with your family. You so deserve to have good things in your life now as you have been through a lot love. Hi to everyone Margaret x