Living on next to nought - is that the key?

kem10

Hi Greying,

RL is keeping me busy (mainly with fun stuff so can't complain) so I have not been keeping up with your diary as often as I would like.

However I just had a quick scan and I'm grateful for you today for:
a) my dinner tonight - burgers with some carrots that are starting to look a bit sorry for themselves are the plan!

b) all your lovely pictures of food. Made me nice and hungry for my lunch!

c)The links to blogs for more ideas.


Hope you're well!!

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Evening :hello:

Well, went the day well with you Dear Reader? I had a 'no triumphs, no tragedy' type of day. Get them every so often. A very *Thursdayish* Thursday IYSWIM

Ay up KC - I'm glad that you've checked in, I had clocked that you were 'missing' and I was going to mention it tonight if you'd not of 'appeared' - coincidently, I had missed mizmir too....EH is playing with moustachioed men in their flying machines, so we know where she is

kackleful - we're great fans of Jack and SB here. Wish she'd get on TV.....

mizmir - not too sure about the wisdom meself...... but ta muchly for the compliment

kem10 - today just keeps getting bizzarerer (is that a word?) I was thinking about you a day or two ago, I was looking for a link that I'd used and was on a page that you'd posted on.... wondered how you were getting along. Glad that at least it is something *fun* that is keeping you away from us all, not just w.o.r.k Lovely to *see* ya.

Well, in that vein, I hope that everyone who views this thread is fine and dandy - but Bob, Ellidee & Piquant, I'm especially thinking of you tonight

Just in case you don't realise, I do appreciate it so much that you pop by and support this thread. And I'm constantly amazed that you all post, or read. When names drop away, I realise that RL gets in the way, but I do wonder if the person is OK. Sometimes I *see* them elsewhere on the forum, so that is great, they have simply moved on, I understand that, but, well, I do worry about you all

Kept my NSD, but found no *roadkill*. Have a sneaky suspicion that the 'GBSB' must of covered 'sewing up holey pockets' in anearly episode - dang!

I did however get to go to the PO and deposited £10 into the emergency fund, so I must update my siggie. Thank goodness for short queues, even though it was lunchtime.

Dinner this evening was a 'study in beige' and hence the camera couldn't get a shot of it - probably just as well :rotfl: However, if I have not put you off, and you would like to have a go at making the Cov3nt Gardin Soop co. version of spicy sweetcorn chowder, then have a look HERE

T'was yummy though, and the toasted cheese sandwiches were ok - the cheese wasn't really melty, but you can't have everything......

Plus, as it was an 'easy' meal to put together, I had time to make yoghurt - for which I am grateful, as I have left it too long. After yesterday's upturn in the weather, I'm craving lighter and fresher

Tomorrow, we will be ending our 'Freshers Week' with that auld staple.... cheese and tomato pizza and wedges :T (HM - not takeout :cool:)

Today I am grateful for these 3 things;

finding forgotten CD's - have one playing now.......

for online renewal of library books - I've not avoided a fine, but have at least limited it to only one day

for finding worldliness even when RL is very *small world* orientated..............

Thank you so very much for popping by, reading and commenting today. I appreciate it.

See y'all later.

Greying

Greying_Pilgrim

Oh and I forgot to say (lost for words? How so very unlike me?? :rotfl::rotfl:)... did anyone else see what folks caught up in the floods in Somerset listed as their 'must saves' when the waters started rising? It can be summed up as; People, Pets, Photos and Passport. The alliteration is purely coincidental, I am sure. However, makes you think.......

Greying

Busymumofthreeplusdog

hi GP:j

Just popped into tell you I made the 9p burgers. Go me:T

Out of 5 bmotpd members 4 approved. Particularly DD, the pescitarian! DS2 accused me of cheating as I hadn't told him they weren't meat burgers!! He then refused to finish his and requested a fried egg. can't win them all I suppose. Next time I think I'll play around with the flavours. Thought lemon and ginger might be nice in the summer.

Hoping to gradually slip in a few more veggie meals, see if they notice. Tehe he......

brizzledfw

Hi Greying and friends :wave:

Good to catch up..and a nice post to come back to RL does get in the way sometimes and I have been a bit low and preoccupied since Xmas so have been dealing with that. ( or not dealing with that..however you want to look at it )

Great recipes as ever. The jack burgers and variations thereof are always a winner with me..DD2 usually less keen but can usually be persuaded.

Love your posts. Take care

Ellidee

I LOVE your diary and posts GP so just wanted to check in and say thank you. Quite often I read on my tablet and it's not so easy to post but I really appreciate you remembering me :kisses3:

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Morning :hello:

Ay up Busymumofthreeplusdog - yay! :j to 9p burgers, and YAY! :j to a caring mum for providing a 100%..... er, meat-free egg when DS realised he was eating veggie :rotfl:Do your children like getting involved in cooking? Would he have been more amenable if he'd made the burger? Still, I'm on no conversion crusade Jack's burgers are appealing in their own right :D I wonder how many people she's *made* them for now - worldwide??

brizzle - we missed ya! Oh, by the way dreaming and I have invited ourselves round to your pad, to check out food shops in Brissle and Bath, as recommended by Jenny Chandler on her blog. Hope you don't mind, we're house-trained And way to go you with your continuing debt-busting :T

Ellidee - ah, now that's interesting. I was pondering the usefulness of a tablet in a 'grab and go' scenario - such as adverse weather...... mmmm, why is there always a down-side to things that actually are pretty nifty? Lovely to *see* ya though

So, Friday already. Even DP commented on how quickly the week is going last night.

Friday night = pizza night. Student special of a cheese and tomato with a side of wedges oh, and a shout at the rugby!

Should be a NSD - haven't got any money left really - only the narnar budget

The yoghurt has worked. Must save some of this batch for my new *starter* modules. I also made bread dough last night, and that is doing its *thing* in the fridge. I'll make it into rolls later on this afternoon

Oh, and given what I wrote last night, I would like to add that kissjen is in my thoughts everyday. It was lovely to see her post on Wednesday. So all love and strength winging it's way to her, as usual

Have a lovely day one and all.

Thanks so much for popping by, reading and commenting. I greatly appreciate it.

See y'all later.

Greying

mouche

Just popped in to say Greying that I read your diary every day - it always makes me smile to see your positivity. I don't often post as I feel there is nothing I can add (being a meat-eating, non-cooking, indoorsy, non-nature-loving kind of person!) but I do enjoy reading!

mizmir

Aw - thanks for noticing my absence Greying .

I was going to ask you about the yoghurt making - do you do it in a yoghurt maker or in an airing cupboard or is there another way? Having made a start on the bread making, I'd like to start making yoghurt (used to do it as a student - so have a vague recollection about it ) but we don't have an airing cupboard or a yoghurt maker so I wondered if there was an alternative? If not will have to seek out a cheap yog maker (definitely going to be cheaper than an airing cupboard! )

cocalls

Hello, realised im one of those who hasn't commented for a while. So thought id post rather than lurk.
You're doing so well on the saving front and i didn't think your food budjet could get any lower but lo and behold you're doing so well in that too.

Im a little behind but i made weat@bix cake yesterday and wondered if you could make that with bananas next time you dont want to waste an egg (its basically weatabix,milk,sugar & flour-maybe you can 'borrow' some weetabix from parentals if you dont have in)
I love baked egg but then i love the runnyness-egg curry would probabblly be a good one for you to make.