The OS Doorstep - a helpful and supportive thread in these tough times

monnagran

Read through this morning and now can't remember anything that is going on.....except Mar's tooth. Hope you managed to get something done about it Mar.

Fingers crossed for the op Sheila, three years is too long to suffer when it could be put right with one op.

Looking forward to tomorrow. One of our gifts when we left the Isalnd was a £150 Theatre Voucher and tomorrow we are going to Bristol to see Riverdance. I've seen it before and have no objection to seeing it all again and the Rev has never seen it. We are going early and treating ourselves to a meal out beforehand. I think it's called 'living the good life'. It feels delightfully decadent.

Please don't let the winter start yet. I've no idea where my winter clothes are, they are all in one of those Jumbo vacuum bag holders and I don't remember seeing it when I sorted out the bedroom stuff. Oh well, it has to be somewhere. Doesn't it?

x

kezlou

Pooky we sometimes do that, send the kids off upstairs to watch warhammer or may and half an hour or an hour to ourselves. We generally just down stairs put a programme on or music and just chat. Its nice just having a little bit of time.
One time we sent the kids to bed. Put cushions outside and just sat with a glass of wine and blanket over us. Bit of music on and watched the night sky.
I think as adults we need to have time to connect. Especially in a relationship where they is stress you need to have adult couple time.

Van went in for mot today £240 to sorry brake pipes out. Hopefully have it back tomorrow then we can tax it.

Made vegan meatloaf loaf, was so nice. Along with marinated fresh tomatoes and also plum and rhubarb slow cooked together.

Getting back into coming vegan food again, body is playing up.

Sheila hope you get seen soon.

FairyPrincessk

Morning all,

Silvasava, so glad you went to the gym!

Sheila, I hope you're able to pick up the pace on getting things done soon. It must be agony waiting!

Mona--Enjoy the theatre--it sounds like quite the evening!

Lots of work to get through today. We had a bit more excitement with the neighbor last night, and I'm worried it is going to result in fireworks in the coming weeks. Some friends have invited us for dinner on Friday, so I'm looking forward to that. I've been working long days and parts of weekends for over a month now, so it will be nice to take a few hours off where I don't have to think about it.

It has definitely turned cooler here. I went out in shirt sleeves yesterday to collect the wash and came in shivering. I often dread the autumn in the UK. I'm used to very hot, long summers and never feel 'ready' for the colder months but after this summer and last year's 'heat wave' I'm minding it less. I should probably institute some sort of winter solstice celebration. It often comes at a horrendously busy time for me, trying to tie up the ends of terms and what-not but it might give me something to look forward to.

Tonight is salmon tacos for tea--my friends and family from the Southern US and Mexico would think them an appalling mish-mash of cuisines, but I guess I can call it 'fusion.' They're tasty, healthy rich in vit D, and get some salmon down OH who isn't keen.

cuddlymarm

Hi Fuddle

My niece can get her kids to eat most things by calling them a surprise ( so it would be savoury pudding surprise rather than leek pudding if you see what I mean) It's amazing what can go in her sausage surprise it's never the same twice.

Cuddles:)

nursemaggie

I can just imagine my DD saying "Don't like Surprise" with a stamp of her foot just like she used to if I said "Wait and see".

A lot of her sentences started with Don't Like between the ages of 4 and around 7.

Hope you get your op soon Sheila, waiting and NHS seem to go together.
You need that lamp to come soon too it will make a big difference it does to most people.

Both my DSs like what ever I cook. They just eat it and say thank-you.

Last night DS20 said what would you like me to buy for you if I won 25 million. I said a bungalow by the sea or a flat. I would not mind going back to susses he said though I think I would like to be in London, so I said well buy a house with a granny flat then and you can come to dinner every night. He said "That's better I'm not ready to give up your cooking yet.

That was nice wasn't it.

Mar I hope they are sorting that tooth out by now.

Pooky

Afternoon all

It's been so hot here today - easily 24 degrees (and more in the sun) - just not right. The sun has just disappeared over the house over the back so it's cooling down but another uncomfortable night I think.

Not sure what dinner will be this evening as I'm not sure what time DD's will be home - they're both in the city centre today for uni and college and want to go to the "student lock down" that the shops are having - open to students only with 20% or more discount.....I'm sure they'll both find something to spend their money on.

Spent all afternoon mucking out DD2s room - she makes a good job of it normally but lately hasn't had the time. With the influx of huge spiders we seem to be having nightly I thought a good gut and scrub was in order. Typically I didn't find a single spider! (did find a bin bag full of rubbish though.....not sure she'd class it as rubbish but she won't miss it). Didn't have time to clean her nets and window but will do those tomorrow and put her thermal curtain linings up ready for winter (if it ever arrives).

Will be working around the house putting linings in and cleaning the windows (need to clean the window housings too, oil them and tighten the handles)......there's always another job isn't there!! Also need to order some new downpipe as the one from the bathroom has split and is leaking everywhere....more money!

Maybe I'll get good news from the premium bonds this month? A girl can dream.

fuddle

I'm a bit afraid. I have bought a little diced venison from the butchers to go with the leek pudding. I've no red wine in the house so will have to fry it off and cook in b1sto. I doubt it's going to go with leek pudding. Why do I do these things?

The children people are definitely in for a surprise :cool:

It's not overly warm here although eldest came out of school in shirt sleeves. All the produce is going to be a bit confused with temps like that in October.

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It's been unbelieveably hot here today too, the day started cold and misty but by 10 this morning we had blue skies and hot sunshine. It seems so very odd to be walking the lurcha on the 2nd October in a T shirt and feeling uncomfortably warm and having to cross into the shade of the trees. I'll be relieved when it cools down at night too as we're still sleeping (but not much) with just the quilt cover and a light fleece to pull on in the cooler early hours of the morning. Just too hot and humid to sleep properly and has been for most of the summer. What does feel wrong is it being this warm when the evenings are drawing in and it's dark by 7.30 most peculiar isn't it?

FUDDLE don't worry about not having wine, just cook it in a stewed steak recipe, it needs a lovely long slow cook and nice gravy to make it meltingly tender. The wine isn't necessary, just pop in a teaspoonful of vinegar which will help tenderise the meat while it's cooking.

ArthriticOldThing

Ooooh Fuddle. When my two boys were growing up I mostly cooked the traditional food I had grown up - including Leek Pudding which was their favourite. Oldest DS even brought German and Italian girlfriends home insisting they had to taste it! :rotfl:My OH loved it too (even when gluten-free) but now I'm on my own I don't bother.


It's definitely not been leek pudding weather here! All windows open as long as possible, though it has been getting cooler overnight. Great being able to dry clothes outside still.


Am so sick of medical problems this year. Have now got a date for surgery on right wrist for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. When I had the left one done OH was still alive to help with things like dressing etc. Should be fun on my own:D - can see me staying indoors (and in pjs) for a few days.

fuddle

I didn't know about the vinegar tenderising tip. Thank you!

AOT I think leek pudding originates from your neck o' woods. Do you mix the leek in the suet or encase it with the suet? I've mixed all mine in the hope it will go down better with the children people.