Living on next to nought - is that the key?

in_need_of_direction

Is the lemon for OH to suck on?

Pippilongstocking

in_need_of_direction wrote: »

Is the lemon for OH to suck on?

Time for me to splutter me morning brew!

:rotfl:

EssexHebridean

in_need_of_direction wrote: »

Is the lemon for OH to suck on?

OUTSTANDING!! Issue yourself with a :staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin award for that one! :rotfl:

Lovely news about the car too.

I concur with Pippi about the island-ic drying weather - "triple pegging" features heavily, and that's just on the small things like socks....

Another one here more about comfort than style - I can't bear the sort of women who seem to think about nothing other than what they look like!

little_sweetie

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

Happy holidays L_sweetie



Greying dear chum it saddens me to hear you head doesn't favour a knitted bunnet.

Thank you pippi All packed and ready...just one more sleep :j

Re hats...I'm afraid that I can't wear one either Because I have to wear specs, if I wear a woolly hat I look like a bag lady And oh for long hair that I can tie back. I wasn't allowed long hair as a child even though I was desperate for it so it has never been more than a bob. Now I am gracefully grey with a short snappy cut and no longer have the option. BTW pippi I have found your blog and love it and your own hair is gorgeous, girl!

Hope your day was much improved after DP finished sucking the lemon, Greying Good luck with the project! See you soon

Greying_Pilgrim

in_need_of_direction wrote: »

Is the lemon for OH to suck on?

EssexHebridean wrote: »

OUTSTANDING!! Issue yourself with a :staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin award for that one! :rotfl:

little_sweetie wrote: »

Hope your day was much improved after DP finished sucking the lemon, Greying

Am I alone in thinking that would be an awful waste of a lemon though????? :rotfl::rotfl: He'll be back in a while, hopefully in a better frame of mind. I'm sure disappointment is always a worse emotion to have to deal with than anger.

EssexHebridean wrote: »

I concur with Pippi about the island-ic drying weather - "triple pegging" features heavily, and that's just on the small things like socks....

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: that is just brilliant :rotfl::rotfl:

Thanks for popping by - mucho appreciated

Greying

EssexHebridean

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: that is just brilliant :rotfl::rotfl:

All true!

Pippilongstocking

little_sweetie wrote: »

Thank you pippi All packed and ready...just one more sleep :j

Re hats...I'm afraid that I can't wear one either Because I have to wear specs, if I wear a woolly hat I look like a bag lady And oh for long hair that I can tie back. I wasn't allowed long hair as a child even though I was desperate for it so it has never been more than a bob. Now I am gracefully grey with a short snappy cut and no longer have the option. BTW pippi I have found your blog and love it and your own hair is gorgeous, girl!

Hope your day was much improved after DP finished sucking the lemon, Greying Good luck with the project! See you soon

Is this why people call me Mrs Baglady?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I have a very lovely haystack from a mop head dyed to make it look bonnie EH will tell ya.

(and thank you for the nice comment re blog )

Dear greying I hope today has been game of at least one good half?

Triple pegs on socks are absolutely essential. But often I'm afraid not enough.



Why do you think I have so many odd ones?

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Evening :hello:

Well, it sure is lovely to see so many 'callers' on the thread - thanks everso for popping in - you know that you are welcome and that I enjoy your company.

Yes thank you Pippi - the day has been good, and we've rounded it off with a lovely dinner, so all is well at Greying Towers DP did indeed come back in a better frame of mind and we've had a lovely time nattering whilst we 'munched us tea'

I did spend money, so can't claim a NSD, but I am pleased with what I bought, although the grocery budget is all but bust
Still, everything that I got today will go into 2 or more dishes, so it's not like I've bought stuff to waste.

Oh, and the good news is that the lemon juice and zest went into dinner - giving no-one chance to suck on anything! :rotfl:

So we were reckoning that dinner cost about £1 a head, and we were trying to determine how much a restaurant would charge for the same dish. DP thought about £10, and I reckon you would get a smaller portion for that £10. Edit: Purely for my own interest, I've just costed it out and got it to £1.41 per head. So a bit more than I thought, but thank goodness for L*dl :j We honestly felt like we were having a treat eating it;



I've made this Californian Barley Bowl dish before, you may recall that I got it from Heidi Swanson's blog, 101 cookbooks - although Heidi points out that the originator of the dish is Megan Gordon. If you would like a bash at making this dish - I highly recommend it - then you'll find the recipe HERE Oh, and can I just point out that there were more walnut pieces, sunflower seeds and sesame seeds in addition to the 3 'halves' in the dish, but I can't spot a one - they must have been shy!

As the sun was shining whilst we were eating, I'm going to claim this as one of my '7 salads' for the month muddywhitechicken was talking about opening a bottle of Chablis on Saturday night - a glass would of worked well with this


Today I am grateful for these 3 things;

Perspective

New beginnings - and the opportunities they present

For splendid food on a shoestring budget - man, we ate like kings tonight!

Thank you so very much for popping in, reading, chatting amongst yourselves and having a right laugh. Always appreciated. Always.

See y'all later.

Greying

supersaver1000

Evening all. Had Jack Munroe's mushroom chasseur tonight with rice. Scrummy. Also made up the red kidney bean, carrot and cumin burger mixture for tomorrow.

Had only tea and squash during the day and am day 2 of no sweet things :eek: so should lose a lb or 2 and have saved a few pennies.

Got my interview on Friday and nervous as owt. :eek:

Happy days to all

That looks yum Greying

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Greying, your dinner looks FAB.

Tilly x x