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

parsniphead

Hello everyone

I was doing my usual lurking and catching up with this thread earlier today when I read someone recommending Astonish cleaner. Well I have been and got some for some horrible stains that I couldn't remove from the bath and they have gone. It's wonderful stuff. Just kicking myself after spending fortunes on different cleaners in the past.

I can't remember who recommended it but want to send you

a big thank you:T:j:T

Back to lurking.:wave:

boultdj

Don't go back to lurking parsnip, stay and join in. And am I right in remembering you'v not long had a baby?

And welcome KittieJ.

Mrs_Veg_Plot

Mar I always add a little mint to my lettuce soup.

Feeling very energetic today and have cleaned out the kitchen cupboards that did not get to last weekend. All of my herb and spice jars are now standing in Tupperware containers so they can be easily lifted in and out of the cupboard. I have also made a list of them so that I know exactly what I have got. There is a lot of thyme, oregano and sage in the garden so I need to start cutting and drying it ready for storage.

Parsnip i have also had a result with astonish today. I found some lurking in the cupboard under the kitchen sink. it was a bit dry but I remembered someone on here saying it still worked if it was dry. My hob looks brand new not 12yrs old.

The first sowings of pak choi, red spinach and rocket have now gone to seed but I am putting off pulling them up as the bees are very busy around them. The second sowings are not quite ready yet. I am planning on putting third sowings in this afternoon. I am not very good at succession sowing yet but I am certainly better at it this year than I was last year.

We are getting a good handful of strawberries about twice week. I have fond a variety box of blancmange powders in the back of a cupboard today so have made the strawberry flavour in a jelly mould to have with fresh strawberries after tea.

Oh has seen the surgeon about his neck MRI scan. he does need surgery but needs to have more tests first to determine how much surgery he needs. he already has muscle wasting in the base of his thumb caused by the nerve damage coming from his neck so the plan is to stop further damage being caused.

Currently have a sundried tomato and herb bread in the BM and it smells great. We are having a family day out at the seaside tomorrow and I will use it for our picnic. I have also made some tubs of jelly for us to take, will make a large salad and take fresh fruit. There is a very ripe banana in the fruit bowl so will make some banana muffins as well.

Hope you are all enjoying some sunshine along with me today.

Back to the laundry.

Mrs VP

parsniphead

Aw that's nice of you to say boultdj but I generally don't have anything interesting to say. I would probably bore you all witless.;)

It's been two years since having the little one. Time passes way too quickly. It's been the best two years of my life though.

D&DD

Just a quickie as off out the garden fruitpicking again!
Stupidly busy ATM and off to hospital Wednesday for DS2's heart op so may be a while before I get the chance to pop in again although will be taking the lappy

E-cigs are still going well did you get yours Cath ?

I'm loving the coffee flavour ones and my house is looking so much better for the endless cleaning :rotfl:

Right gang back to work with me love to all

XXX

kittiej

Thanks for the welcome - you're all very kind

I've got to the end of page 10 so far and also remember a lot of the things talked about eg rag n bone man who'd give out balloons and pennies if you had something for him.

I've talked about this in recent years but I loved having a twin tub, I got rid of mine in 2002 and miss it a lot.

Oh and those awful nighties and sheets! I remember having a mis-hap with the iron on my nightie once, it ended up with a big hard crinkled bit in it :rotfl:

Saturday was always spent going shopping sometimes for clothes in M&S, BHS, Littlewoods or C&A other times bakers, butchers and Hillards supermarket (taken over by Tesco sadly) and everything was priced up with a pricing gun. I was born in 1971 so I've only ever known decimal prices but the half pence always amused me.

I used to love getting my copies of Bunty and Twinkle :rotfl:

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D&DD Hope it all goes well for DS at the hospital, it's the 4th of July for the op isn't it? we'll all be thinking of you both and wishing you a successful outcome, keep us in on the loop if you have the time, Cheers Lyn xxx.

PARSNIPHEAD don't go back to lurking again, join in, it's lovely when friends come to chat, don't worry about not being interesting enough, it's all the little things, the sillier the better that is the glue that keeps this thread together, if we all worried about being interesting, we'd never post anything, stay with us pet, that would be lovely, Cheers Lyn xxx.

savingqueen

Valli, sorry not been on here since I replied to you last. happy to delete stuff, not quite sure what you want me to delete - just any reference to the thing other than the baby naming I assuming.

also haven't deleted anything before , assuming just use edit so will try that now...

edit: edited one and deleted another, hope that's ok. There is one post you have quoted me in and I can't/don't know how to delete my bit - can you do it? or advise me how to if not?

sq

ginnyknit

D&DD sending hugs, hope all goes well, remember to look after yourself to if possible.

Enjoying a little sunshine here today and a warm breeze. DGs is having his nap on the before finishing off eating us out of house and home. OH isnt getting much chance to play with him as he is in his bed but hoping he will be able to get downstairs soon.

Welcome new peeps, lovely to hear from you. Kittiej you have a task ahead of you reading all our lovely posts, dont forget to keep a notebook by you for recipes

mama67

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Good luck with the cordial FUDDLE, I've used the River Cottage recipe and it's lovely. When you've made the cordial, keep the bottle in the fridge or it might ferment in the warmth of the summer. It should keep for a few months if you store it in the cool. Let me know how you get on, Cheers Lyn xxx.

I freeze mine in old squash bottles then let thaw out overnight in the fridge.