OS Monday 4th June '07

Queenie

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:hello: Gooooood Morning

Best of luck today, Frugal, will be thinking of you, sending posi vibes your way ((hug))

Lads are back to school today. I shall miss their company and banter.
Nose to the grind stone for me, have some revision to do ready for an exam later in the week ... really couldn't knuckle down to it during the half term
Housework will consist of a 30 minute whip round to the beat of my MP3.

B: Cinnamon porridge with pears
L: Leftover veggie crumble.
Quorn chicken stir fry with basmati rice

Still have another card to make ready for tomorrow and I really must dig three items out of the gift box and wrap them up too ... good job I post on here, I might have forgotten otherwise :laugh:

Have a good day, one and all, ((hugs)) for those who need/want them :wave:

AMIE399

Good morning Queenie and all to follow,....

first i would like to say a big GOOD LUCK to frugal and loads of hugs to you x x x

Queenie..that toe sounds painfull, hope it gets better soon....

N9eav good luck to your oh in the maths exam

loobyloo.. arrhh those robins sound sooo cute, have you taken any photos?

crazy... hugs to you.. hope you find the money

xatowen.. good luck with your tom plants... i go into the garden every morning and look and chat to mine.. and im not the only one !!!!!!!

icecubequeen ... hope your back feels a bit better today

oopsadaisy... well done to your dd on her scholorship

penpin.. glad you had a nice lunch

blairweech hugs to you

well we had another hot and sunny day here in Bognor yesterday.. i too wish i had got the pool out

had lots of family visits over this weekend .. a sort of belated get together for my mums 70th birthday last month, it all went well and im glad at last that my mum is all better now

i think my freezer is starting to go "on the blink " the alarm keeps commimg on every couple of days and trhen i have to put the super freeze button on... hope i dont have to get a new one.. its not full yup , but about three quaters full.

had a bad morning at work yesterday, sometimes its sad being a carer. i get too involved and attatched, but i cant help it.

dd back to school this morning, they only go back for six and a half weeks .. then break up for the summer.. where has the year gone ?????

work for me this morning for a couple of hours then my step dad will be here for the rest of the day as he is going back to London this evening. hope the weather stays good so we can have a bbq...
cant remember if i mentioned it.. but if anyone is having a bbq ... try butternut squash on it... its yummy.. just slice, brush with olive oil and bbq !!!!!!!!

well i need another coffee now and better get started on the packed lunches

have a great day everyone
Loraine x x

JAMIEDODGER

Morning Aime and Queenie :wave:

Im up early this morning, couldnt sleep any longer, kids are all still snoozing away:)

Ds3 back to school today and DD to nursery. DS1 and 2 have an inset day so they are back tomorrow!

Housework needs attacking today after the mess of the holidays:D However, Im not doing it all in one day lol, I shall take it slowly and plod through it this week. I might start with the bathroom this morning.

Breakfast: cereal/toast
Lunch: sarnies/soup
Dinner: all here tonight so i might do pesto and pasta. will see what needs using up in the fridge:)

I will need to do some ironing today, maybe leave that until tonight and then do it watching a dvd:D

Nothing really exciting going on here today, and i might even stretch to a bit of paperwork:rotfl:

Have a great day all

Aime - Let me know about tomorrow:) After 1pm would be good for me:D

spiddy100

Morning Queenie, Amie, JamieDodger and everyone who follows.

The thread is quiet for this time of morning, I hope that means people are sleeping well

We are just back from a lovely week in Belgium with the kids - blimey, Belgian people seem to live on chocolate, chips and beer Definitely my kind of place, though I came back craving broccolli and probably half a stone heavier!

Not a lot of time to be online today as we had a huge birthday party for DS1 yesterday, and have a few more of his friends coming over for a birthday tea tomorrow so have lots of cleaning and baking to do, especially with all the washing from holiday too.

Queenie, good luck with the revision. Amie, hugs for work, hope your day today is a bit better. And (((((((hugs)))))))))) for anyone else who needs one today.

Off to try and catch up a bit now before I put the kettle on.

[Deleted User]

Morning Chums ,
busy day here at my house .I have the gardening chap starting my patio this morning.I am losing half of my lawn to some beautiful cream coloured slabs so I won't have quite so much lawn (jungle) to have to worry about mowing. It's going to be around 5 square metres so hopefully by next week I can sit out in the sun with my book and a large G&T and enjoy my garden instead of trying to think of a way to keep the jungle from my back windows . I shall have lots of pots of flowers which will I shall be able to manage instead of loads of beds to weed. Hopefully no more bending for me. It's quite a big job and he will be here until Saturday so I must make sure I have lots of bacon butties available .He's such a nice young chap who has only recently started out on his own in the business of landscaping .He has worked for a company for 6 years ,so he knows what he is doing.My neighbour has known him since he was a little boy so I know he is quite safe.
On Wednesday I have my builder coming to replace my flat-roof on the bathroom .He will be here for two days as well.So Chez JackieO will be chocablock with chaps !!.

On Friday I am off to a posh hotel in London with my pal for a freebie lunch.Her firm whom she worked for, lays on a nice lunch for their pensioners once a year, and her husband has to work so she asked if I wanted to go. Naturally a slap-up meal in a posh hotel was a hard one to turn down so I shall be seeing how the other half lives .:D
Good luck to all sitting exams this week.My eldest grandson is taking his Science GCSE and his I.T. one this week so I know it's quite a stressful time .
Had another nice tea party yesterday with another grandson as it was his 6th birthday.We took the tribe to Larkfield swimming in the afternoon, and had a great time. My DD has two sons with a birthday within two days so it's an expensive time for her .
I made a huge pot of veggie soup yesterday in my SC, so I shall freeze it this morning.
The weather looks like it's going to perk up for a change this week so I am going to treat myself to some nice steamed salmon for lunch today with lots of salad.
<<Hugs >> to those in need and I hope everyone has a good week. I know it's back to work/school for a lot of you this week.My eldest DD has a busy time at the moment she has her school Fete coming up shortly so I must get down to crafting some cards for her .
Well,take care folks and have a good week
Jackio in Kent:beer:

comping_cat

Good morning everyone,

Frugal - ((HUGS)) hope all goes ok xxx

PP - good luck with all the jabs xx

Aime - yes, the toms have been planted out, might go and have a chat to them later!!!!

Queenie - i also hate my 2 going back to school, but the summer hols will be here soon!!!

Well, i have a busy day today, although unfortunatly not a big paid one. I have my normal 3 LOs, but also my friends 3 children, as they have a baker day today (our school was the Friday before half term) and she phoned in a panic on Saturday when she realised. I dont charge her for these odd days (very good friend) but will be interesting to see how they get on with the LOs.

I also need to get some cleaning done, my flylady routine has gone completely to pot recently due to the baby, but never mind, it all gets done in the end.

Nothing much else today, hope everyone has a lovely day,
Take care xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Penelope_Penguin

Good morning everyone! Another lovely day here - the nice lady on the radio predicted a *more settled* week ahead. Great as I love to be in the garden, but I have a lot of inside jobs to do. Think I'll spend the morning indoors, and go out, with a clear conscience, later.

Had a great day in York yesterday, saving money courtesy of lil_me :beer: :A

My sister (who's been staying) is a big e-bayer, so got that sorted out, at last. Crazychick - I'm watching you :T

Off to get a cup of tea - have a great day, all.

Penny. x

scuzz

Morning Everyone

Very nervous about coming into work today owing to the email I got the other day, Still waiting to hear back about that.

Went to a farm shop with Mum on Saturday. Got some lovely meat. Bit pricey, but as a treat it's fine.

Not really sure how I'm feeling within myself. Bit of everything I think

Hope everyone's ok

N9eav

Morning. School day, so it's back to making packed lunches every morning this week....
Thanks for teh thought's on my OH exam.... It will be good to get that one over.
2 days off for me, and it will be a busy one.. Big clear out I think. I have loads of junk in all my sheds and I am planning a trip to the dump. Then box the good stuff up for a boot sale on Wednesday evening. So hopefully I will make some space and money.
Grass needs cutting real bad, so I am hoping it will dry out enough for that.

Anyway... have a nice day

mrs_mix

Morning everyone
(((((hugs))))) to Frugal and pen pin hope it goes well today
Well ds1 starts his gcse's today he has 2 today so is feeling a bit stressed but I'm sure he will do o.k thats all I can ask
never got to the shops yesterday as to much else went on so I must go today as I have very little milk left
I have a pile of washing to do but it looks like it might be another nice day so it can go on the line
I also have some paperwork to do but it shouldn't take long
Queenie hope your toe is better soon bashed toes can cause some of the worst pain possible
best get on and make the packed lunches
have a good day
:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: to all

pam xx

AMIE399

scuzz... a big hug for you and we will all be with you in spirt at work, try not to worry x x x xi