Old Style Sunday 6 May

Aril

Hi everyone!
Up early and have bagged my place on the pc!! Our monitor is flickering ominously so I've just put out a plea on Freecycle for a replacement...you never know!
Had a very productive OS day yesterday although started somewhat earlier than I had intended...small person was sick so the was loading the washing machine at 5am and hanging it out far too early. Managed to get my quarterly trip to Lidl done and dusting and have gone from looking like Old Mother Hubbard with bare cupboards and empty freezer to every nook and cranny crammed with bargains! Cooked up some rhubarb I got from there and made the mustard for my Dad's birthday. We also now have a fresh batch of flapjacks and an orange and coconut cake which I've frozen. This was all topped off with a huge pile of ironing but sadly a couple of phonecalls kept me away from starting on the kitchen cupboards [such a shame!!]
Today am going to be as little OS as possible other than the bare minimum and we're off to Knole house for a day out. Toad in the Hole for tea and the BM is going to have to work its magic at some point.
Have a great day
Aril

trigger2

morning all ! brrr its chilly here this morning, rainy, v windy, dark skies - a day to stay in methinks with lots of cups of tea (or is that me just feeling older these days !). hope everyone is well & catzine enjoy your hols, we're going to florida in july. just heard yesterday i've got a job interview on 14th at the local school, i currently work in a playgroup but i need to cut down my hours as i'm struggling with childcare, working to pay it :mad: & the kids aren't happy either, so the job at school is only an hour or so a day instead. mind you by the time i take my costs off just now i'll wouldn't be coming off with much less :rolleyes: need to have a rummage thro the wardrobe to see if i've any suitable clothes, i may ask my friend as well ! DD comes back from brownie camp today so have stocked up on washing powder ! & DS has got up coughing & wheezing away just cos the weathers turned :mad: anyhow have a good day all
x

mioliere

Morning all; OH, my head! :eek: :eek: I have narrowly avoided having the mother of all hangovers this morning! The dinner party went really well and a lot of wine flowed and I can only just about remember our guests leaving and DH helping me up the stairs and in to bed. He had thoughtfully put the bin next to the bed for me which came in really useful about ten minutes after I had lain down! He said ‘I’ll clear up the kitchen’ which he did up to a point but he didn’t empty the dish I’d cooked the ratatouille paprika pork in and it was glaring at me from the worktop when I first went in to the kitchen! :eek: :eek: Anyway, I’ve had my first cuppa and one more will wake me up and then I’ll tackle it all!
PENPEN – have a great day!:A :A
QUEENIE – I don’t clean my PC nearly often enough but you’ve made me decide to do it some time today!:A :A
CATZNINE – have a brilliant trip!:A :A
MRS MIX - hope you sleep better tonight and that your joints don’t give you too much trouble.:A :A
AMIE – so glad the weekend is going well and thanks for asking about the toe! It’s gone a lovely colour and is still swollen but doesn’t really hurt unless I put heels on so I’m having to wear my flattest shoes at the mo! The grandchildren were fascinated by it and it meant I was excused football when they came round yesterday – I just manned the goal, badly!:j :j
CRAZYCHIK, SAMSAM AND STEFIJB – I hope you are all feeling happier today and that the sun is shining where you are. :A :A :A
The weather looks better than the forecast said but I think we’ve all got rain coming. The gardens are desperate, aren’t they? I was so busy yesterday that I’ve decided I don’t have to do too much today. The house is all clean and tidy – it’s amazing how much better it looks when you put all the paperwork that is piling up into a laundry basket and shove it under the stairs where you don’t have to keep looking at it! I shall do it tomorrow when my eyes and brain don’t hurt so much! I do have some ironing to do but I’ll just get through that gradually during the day. Dinner will be something simple – I think I’ll talk DH into doing one of his lovely omelettes with a bit of salad! My stomach couldn’t take anything more than that! Pudding will be left over Eton Mess which was delicious – everyone enjoyed that yesterday but I don’t think I helped my neighbour’s diet! I was also complimented on my HM bread – DANNAHAZ’S recipe again! So, thanks, DANNA!:T :T
I did say I was going to make cakes today but I really don’t think I can stand too long in the kitchen because my head is thumping, so will put that off until tomorrow!
Hope you all have a brilliant day – and isn’t it great to have the longer weekend? I wish every weekend had a bank holiday!
Will drop in with a cuppa later.

KathyXX:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:

mioliere

twink wrote: »

morning all

so can go into the garden later to plant up the kale

hugs to all xx

I thought you'd said 'plant up the Kyle'!!

Ladygrim

N9eav wrote: »

...... Weather was cloudy and cold up there, while in Cornwall it was sunny and hot. Now I get back it's cloudy down here :mad:

Come down to Perranporth

Cloudy at the minute, but still warm. Hopefully sun should appear soon!

Check out the beach webcam:

http://www.the-wateringhole.co.uk/html/webcam.php

LG

UPDATE 0840: OOOPS Here comes the rain!!!
UPDATE 0850: Ahhh! T'was only a shower - its stopped!

Ladygrim

twink wrote: »

.... am off to check online if our library has any susan brookes cookery books, saw her name mentioned yesterday.
hugs to all xx

Twink,
Wasnt she the cook on Richard and Judy?? When they were in Liverpool?

Face rings a bell. (Esmarelda!!!!) :rotfl:

LG

Ladygrim

Well, you may or may not have noticed yesterday, but I deliberately stayed off MSE!!

Ive got a larder fridge, an upright freezer and a cooker coming tomorrow, so kitchen REALLY needed a DAMN GOOD GOING OVER! Especialy the floor! :eek:

Of course, to help clear the kitchen, I had to move furniture around in the front room, which also entailed hoovering (behind furniture) and dusting (under tv/ornaments). Had to put the birds outside in their cage whilst all this was going on.

Talk about making more work for yourself!! Anyhow, today I ache, have several small but interestingly coloured bruises on various parts of my body, and yet - I am still raring to go!!

Have already put dry clothes away, hung up wet clothes to dry, and have put bedding in WM ready to go on as soon as Lordgrim lets me know what he wants washing.

WOW - and all this because I wanted to check out a small-ish chest freezer!!

Next time, stop me going to the shops!! :rotfl:

Anyway, gotta get on.

Have a wonderful day everyone. Hugs to those in need. And happy holidays!!!

LG

tickb26

good morning all.

haven't post here for a bit so not really up to speed on how people are and whats been going on so ((((BIG HUGS)))) to all.

its so cold here this morning and we have no heating oil so cant put the heating on. hope it warms up later want to put some washing out today. i haven't done any flylady this week just the basic stuff so will have to make the effort this week or OH will make me cancle my body shop party.

hope you all have a good day i'm off for a cup of tea and some breakie. back later so i can keep on top of whats going on.

tick xoxo

lynzpower

morning gang

MAy have misssed anyone in need of a hug so here they are --> :grouphug: take as you need, self service style here

well last night poor OH didnt get home till 9.20 :eek: work overran, so he wasnt best pleased. we thought wed watch one of our dvds on the sofa, with OH, me and lil jazmine - of course we fell asleep pronto after dinner LOL and missed most of it :rolleyes: I woke up on sofa about 2ish then OH said he was coming to bed, next thing I know its 6,. he came up saying hed had a horrible nightmare where he was shot in the shop he work in ( wouldnt mind but it is gunfire territory where he works ) hes sleeping nicely now tho, so thats good.

Put washing out this morning will probably have another load to do in a bit.
Froze the chilli & spag bol I batchmade last night for OHs lunches. Off to stick the BM on in a bit for egg banjos as my dad calls them ( why banjo? anyone know?? adn I have to male a couple of soups too, I just cant be buying lunch everyday especially as someon etold me the pie I bought in Eat the other day had over 50g of fat in :eek:

I snapped yesterday and bought some non Os cleaner which has made such a difference to the kitchen It was so grubby, try as I might I couldnt get it clean ( inherited much from previous tenants :mad:) IM going to tackle the oven in a bit as we wont be using it much today.

Other than that, we have some admin to do, a long walk with jazzzie planned then off to see mates at 330 where they are feeding us :T a nice roast! Lovely.

Looking for a car boot to go to tomorrow, so if anyone knows of one ( big one please) round greater london that would be fab. I know theres the massive one in elstree, but i fear thats just too far for me to carry my kenwood chef ( i know Ill get one! I know I will!) home. do let me know

Hope everyone has a top day

twink

mioliere wrote: »

I thought you'd said 'plant up the Kyle'!!

ha ha mioliere, dont think she would be to happy about that, hope the sore head improves soon and the eyesight
ladygrim, yes think she was on good morning tv prog, i see there are three books available at the library so will have to get one
catznine enjoy your holidays x
stefe, yes i am afraid i do remember mary, mungo and midge and trumpton. mr benn etc, but not me watching it but my children, must say i enjoyed them too