O/S Daily Wednesday 12 June 2013

Time_to_face_the_music

This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet up (although check the fence hasn’t just been painted first!) and join us for an Old Style natter. The more the merrier!

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Hardup_Hester

Morning TTFTM & all who cross/follow
Dull here again today, but not too cold.
Halight I hope you slept better, Molly I hope things are well with you, hugs to anyone else in need.
Off to work soon, I have composed an email with a list of all the changes I am supposed to make & the reasons the changes haven't been made, ie Boxes must be moved to new cupboard, cupboard still not built yet. I'm emailing this list once a week to my line manager. It won't save my job in the long term, but it will cause a few problems higher up, lol.
I have a huge order of booklets to be produced by 20th of this month & TPTB won't order the paper, so that will be added to the list now.
Have a good day everyone.
Hugs Hester

System

Morning TTFTM and all,

Last night was the first good nights sleep ive had in a week:T. I was in bed for 11.30 playing with my phone till I nodded off and next thing I knew it was 5am! Result!

I'm up (though still in my night clothes), the washer is on, the tumble dryer is on and ive made myself a drink. I'm just waiting for the men to go to work/college and I can get on with the rest of my day.

Looks like a miserable day today. Its been raining and is cold. Come back sun we need you!

Blood pressure was good this morning 131/77. The doc will be pleased with that (although he goes on an overall average).

Jobs for today:

Vacuum upstairs
Dust upstairs
Change the bedding
Vacuum stairs
Vacuum downstairs
Dust downstairs
Kitchen floor
Laundry

Tea will be minted lamb I think with roasted potatoes.

Have a great day all. Hester, i'll be thinking of you!

halight

Morning all:j:j

Raining here but warm

Rain's In all day I believe

Another not a good night to report.

Bed 10:30pm. Woke up just after 1:00am, Nasty burning pain In my right knee, Got up took pain killers,
Fell asleep In my chair,
one of the Twins woke up just before 3:30am shouting for her mum, I went back upstairs at this point and got back into bed, Fell back off to sleep, Woke back up at 5:20am,
With burning pain In right knee, This is only the second time that Iv ever had them burning pains that Iv been getting at night In the morning when Iv woken up.

To make matters feel worse, I feel rough again this morning, And My Cut Hurts too, Well Cut is more sore than hurting, But I can sell feel it!
All tablets taken, just waiting for them to kick In,
One my first Mug of coffee,

I also have a cat next too me that's trying to be friendly, And wont's some Fuss!:D

Dinner last night was stewing steak cooked In Tom's with onion, Garlic and frozen mixed Veg., Served with chips. Nice and simple.

No meal plans as yet for today,

My wife's not at work today, Day off for her. Not sure if she wont's to do anything or not.

Iv have my check up at the Hospital this afternoon at 2:00pm.

My consultant is on holiday, So Iv been told so the appointment is with a consultant/clinical post Op Nurse ??? Never seen one of these before, I do intend to ask about how long these side effects off the steroids will last now that Iv started to cut them down, I should be off them complete In about 7 days I think, Inc today.
Got no real other concerns to ask About , Just wont to get off the steroids and lose the weight and get a good nights sleep!


Well I hope everyone's well,
Iv not read most of yesterdays thread, So I'm off to do that now.

Must start to make sure that I read the daily on the day its written!

Well have a great day everyone :j:j

Time_to_face_the_music

Good morning everyone

Dull and grey here so overnight washing will be sitting in the machine until I get home and sort it out.

Hester - it really sounds like you work for a group of eejits. Is this all deliberate to try and drive people out? :mad:

Halight - I hope your early morning absence means you managed to get a good night's sleep?

DH was paid for first lot of exam marking yesterday so that money has gone into our emergency/endowment shortfall fund. Some is earmarked for insurance payments next month but it may as well sit in account and make a couple of pennies in interest.

DH is performing tonight so quick dinners again of omelette and salad. More salads for lunch. I lost another 2.35 kg this week so 5 kg or 11 lb total now, which has made me happy. A long way to go but I have made a good start.

Need to get dressed and run so it's usual well wishes to all sick people and pets and hugs for those who need them or just want them. Keep well and safe and have a super day

[Deleted User]

Good Morning TTFTM and all who follow,up with the lark this morning.My neighbours have a dog that bless him,;) barks first thing in the morning to be let out and consequently I never need an alarm clock as the blooming thing wakes me everyday
I am one of those folk that once my eyes are open I must get up :) so I have been down stairs and am sitting here with my engine purring away (A cup of coffee get my motor running very smoothly first thing in the morning:):))

This morning I shall be climbing Mount Ironmore and hopefully getting it done,dusted and put away.I had to go to the local Range yesterday to get two square cake boards for my DGD Holly as she is baking a 21st cake for her BF I was suprised at how expensive they were a fiver for two square bits of cardboard covered in silver stuff.If it had been me I would have found a couple of square bits and covered them in foil ,but there is the almost 50 years difference in ideas.She was happy to cough up a fiver, whereas I would think twice,after all they will end up in the bin eventually(unless I get them off her for a later date perhaps,after using and cleaning I could then cover them in foil for Christmas baking :):))

There are times youngsters seem to have very little idea of the value of money :) To me its just binning a fiver :)

Well after the ironing I want to sit and watch some catch-up t.v.Jack and Henry come to my house after school as the youngest Michael will be at football club at his school until 4.30 so his two brothers arrive for bacon sarnies about 3.15 :) and then we pick Mikey up when his club has finished, saves me a double run in the car as I can then take them all back to their house afterwards.
So when I go off to do the school run this morning I will go a bit earlier so I can prep the veg for their dinner tonight and make sure all the breakfast things are washed and the kitchen tidied before I take Mikey to school.
We all run like a well-oiled maching during the week, and the boys have their jobs to do and are good lads.A bacon sarnie this afternoon means that one will hoover round when we get to their house, and the other will go round all the bedrooms bringing down the washing for tomorrows wash and tidying up.
The youngest one will make sure all the packed lunch boxes are in the kitchen and emptied and also any gym kit is in the wash basket.The eldest lad ben is very good and sorts out the windows for cleaning and the garden for mowing .he is my 'outside man' :) With four boys and both their parents working its the only way to keep on top of things .The boys are very good and will do little jobs for me without complaining.By the time they are grown up they will be fully trained in taking care of both themselves and the house .So at some point in the future when they marry I hope their wives will be pleased at their old Granny's training :):
Looking out of the window its looking a bit damp at the moment and cloudy but its not cold at least
Time to get a shift on though as I want to have my shower and breakfast as I have to be out by 7.40 at the latest
Have a good day everyone whatever you are doing
Cheers chums JackieO xxx

halight

Writen by Hester yesterday

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Anyone who would like to start composting with worm's
This is the best compnay to buy the suff and worms/extra worm's from.

I have used this company and others that I know have also used them, Good reports form everyone.

Two thumbs from me.!:T:T

halight

JackieO

I had to go to the local Range yesterday to get two square cake boards for my DGD Holly as she is baking a 21st cake for her BF I was suprised at how expensive they were a fiver for two square bits of cardboard covered in silver stuff.If it had been me I would have found a couple of square bits and covered them in foil ,but there is the almost 50 years difference in ideas.She was happy to cough up a fiver, whereas I would think twice,after all they will end up in the bin eventually(unless I get them off her for a later date perhaps,after using and cleaning I could then cover them in foil for Christmas baking )

My wife's Mum,

Dose a lot of Cake baking and icing art, decorating, For people.

Wedding cakes,birthday's that sort of thing. And all of the bits that you need use, Are very expensive !

She charges a lot for the cake's she dose, But when you look at the time that's had to go into it and the cost of all the bits, You can see why the people that do it for a living have to charge so much for the cake's,
My wife's Mum only dose it as a hobby really , And only charges just enough to cover the stuff she needs to do the cake, (She only make's them for people she know's and has done some word of mouth one's ) (Some will give her a "Drink" On top of the cost of the cake.)

I could not believe the cost of the stuff when I first found out !

sistercas

Morning

Very grey here this morning hopefully it will brighten up

JO. The cake boards are a ridiculous price :eek: I made 4 small Xmas cakes last year and the cake boards for them would cost almost £10 :eek: I ended buying a much bigger one for much less and chopping it into 4 and wrapping them in foil , worked a treat

Dd1 is coming home from uni tomorrow for the summer :j:j going to pick her up tomorrow and help her pack ,I've got some big cardboard boxes at the ready

Off to work in a mo , have a good day everyone xx

redruby

Morning all,

Damp and grey here, the weather not me off to work today and need to drop dd at the station for college first, she only has a couple of weeks left.

Dinner tonight will be some lemon chicken that my mum gave us, I think it was on bogof, will do that with some noodles.

Also need to do a wash and get that on the airer looks like the rain is set in for the day.

Topsy hows it going with you ?

Hester dont let them grind you down xxx


Have good days all xx

Bitsy_Beans

Morning everyone

Bad night here between kids and dog disturbing me. H was home poorly yesterday but he's dragged himself off to Bath this morning looking a bit green DS is currently whining and trying to get out of going to school <rolls eyes> dunno what's up with these kids at the moment, DD is uber sensitive and cries at the drop of a hat and DS is constantly competing with DD <sigh>
Anyway everyone is in relatively good health so I guess I should be grateful for that.
Got to walk Luna after school run as my parents are away so my dad who walks their lab and mine isn't available. Then I am giving a friend a driving lesson, she's having paid lessons but once a week isn't enough and she needs more practice. Been a long time since I've given a driving lesson, H was the last person I started teaching :eek:
Rest of the day will be usual housework, BM needs to go on etc.

Not sure what's for tea, especially is H is feeling sick, suspect he won't want anything.

Hugs and spoons all round xx

Hester what a bunch of knobs.....but then I've thought that about where you work for a long time

Halight sorry you didn't sleep so well x

JackieO I buy cake boards when I am making cakes. Yes they're not cheap but we normally get more than one use out if it. Normal cardboard I don't find thick enough to support a fondant iced cake and if its not stable then the icing will crack.

Laters peeps

PS. I have been a bit hit and miss posting but haven't noticed Bargainbird around lately, hope she's OK xxx