Living on next to nought - is that the key?

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Morning - Version deux! :hello::hello:

Mmm, feeling really good this morning. I'm going to make a start texting the 3 people that we need to speak to in order to get things moving around here. As I have no faith that any of them will a) rush to answer my text and b) be available in the next 6 months to do the work - I figure soonest started, soonest completed...... :rotfl:

Oh, another thing that struck me last night as I was dishing up in the kitchen, was that I'm not recording our 'dry January' in my siggie line. I decided that as it is about not purchasing alcohol from a money saving perspective, rather than having a de-tox after a boozy December (which we didn't have) then I don't really know how to record it. And tallying AF days, seems, to me, to be detracting from the wonderful efforts of folks on here that are going AF for a broad range of reasons, that aren't necessarily about the money. So, I'm happy to confirm that we've not bought alcohol for 10 days in January, we do have 2 bottles of ale left over from Christmas in the house. We may drink them at some point, we may not. Hope this reasoning all makes sense! And after all, every penny that we can save now is sure to be 'swallowed up' in house renovations, so the incentive is there right enough

Dinner this evening is going to be sweet potato jalfrezi and rice. I have made this before, and I'm sure that I can link to a recipe for it for y'all. It is a very nice curry. Originally I found the recipe in the 'meat free monday' cookbook.

There is no reason why I shouldn't bag another NSD today. I can't think of anything that we need. So rest assured I shall be tippy toeing about with my butterfly net, ready to pounce if it looks remotely like I can snag one

Best get up and at 'em.

Thanks so much for popping in, reading and commenting. I. Greatly. Appreciate. It

See y'all later.

Greying

miss_empty_piggy

Oh, and I don't know whether it is of any interest, but I did make some wholemeal (well half and half with strong white bread flour) baps. I don't think mr Paul is going to congratulate me on the uniformity of my shaping any time soon.......



So, I'll be back in a mo, with witterings for today..... :rotfl:

Greying[/QUOTE]

Nice buns (as always) Greying - without error.

Have a lovely day - enjoy those buns. You've inspired/reminded me that I actually need to make some bread! have fun.

Greying_Pilgrim

Shucks, thanks miss empty piggy......:o :rotfl::rotfl:

You have a good day too hun!

Greying

Piquant_2

Oh yes, those baps look yummy! I don't think you'd want Mr Paul fiddling with them anyway....

Sorry I haven't been around for a few days, work insists on getting in the way of pleasure!

Igamogam

*De - lurk*

Loving the observations about robins and evolution/learned behaviour - we definitely have some here who literally 'hang out' with the t!ts:)

Cats and grouse: if only pet food was made from stuff they like to eat. Someone posted on another thread about cheap deals on Amaz*n for cat food...........if it was rodent bat slow worm flavour I'd be laughing:)

Nature tables: any school worth its salt will have a nature table although now its called Forest Schools. H&S does get in the way a little but once you remember to use your professional judgement and bust some myths its the modern way to 're introduce' children to the natural world. I had recently had to inform a very young, enthusiastic but a little pompous FS trainer that FS was not a new thing - its nature repackaged and sanitised for a modern world - I was involved in "forest schools" long before it became trendy. I think I lost her at that point but suggested she read 'Last Child in the Woods' ( I was feeling particularly prickly that day:o)

*back to lurkdom*

Karmacat

Glad I could help you're certainly away before me today - I'm off out as soon as I can to play with the new camera in lovely locations ...

kem10

I remember going to the university Zoology building as a kid on a school trip - it was brilliant! So much to see and learn about. When I started university I loved that building just to go and have a nosey about in

Health and Safety does ruin fun somewhat, by the time I reached academy they'd stopped allowing dissections because of it. At that point in time I wanted to be a pathologist so I was most disheartened!

Pizza looks yummy GP!

Hope you can persuade your DP to be a bit more enthusiastic... Best wishes for the weekend

dreaming

That pizza and wedges looks yummy-scrumptious GP. I have a lot of small potatoes and am doing the same thing to use them up, and sweet potato jalfrezi sounds good - will be interesting to see the recipe. I am going to cook a big chilli today for friends tonight and all I had to buy was some peppers as I had used up all my frozen ones.
I drew a blank at the library in regards to cookery books, but I didn't have a lot of time to really browse around.
Your plans for the house seem to be coming together now, and I think it is good to have another perspective from a friend. When I was dithering about buying the house I'm in now ( a head decision), and another in the village where I had lived before my marriage broke down (and where I had always wanted to go back to - a heart decision) a good friend made me stop and think about whether it was the memory of being happy when the children were small which gave a rosy glow to the village property, and questioned whether moving back on my own would be the same. He was right (although I still occasionally have a "what-if" moment) as where I live now has shops, public transport, and all the facilities needed as one gets older, which the village doesn't.

rtandon27

greenbee wrote: »

He's a man GP. You have to make him think that all the things you need to do were originally HIS idea...

Hit the nail right on the head - such truth in that statement!:rotfl:GP, just persevere, he'll come round to doing things (mostly) your way, just let him take the credit for anything that even hints at brilliance!;)

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

...for thank you notes - we got one today..... erm, thanking us for our..... thank you note...

Beyond funny! - hanging out in your neck of the woods really does make me giggle!:D

(...also a reminder that my thank-you notes for Christmas are waiting to be written... we both lost a week to a terrible cold/cough, so we are a week behind life in general - today is the 12th day or Christmas )

beanielou

Baps look good to me