Mrs McB's countdown to adventures with chooks (and Rock Gods)

starnac

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

my mum always leaves a message saying 'hi cheery, it's only me'... :rotfl: :rotfl: so if i couldn't recognise her voice i'd be none the wiser anyway! :rotfl:

i confess the only reason we stick to our budget is that mr cheery does all the food shopping :rotfl: i was always rubbish at sticking to food budget and i hate supermarkets and being in them, so he goes instead he trawls round different shops and gets stuff that's on offer, and if i've requested something that's expensive i don't always get it :rotfl:

he's also pretty good at making dinner out of nowt and loves to run the cupboards down and eat bizarre combinations of tinned and frozen things :rotfl: but occasionally we end up with giant bags of somehing on offer and have to eat it with everything - at the minute it's potatoes for breakfast lunch and tea

neither of us have expensive tastes, he eats fish but really just occasional tin of tuna, and we make pretty much eveything from scratch, take leftovers for lunch etc. He often has tea made when i get in from work breakfast is generally porridge-themed, and our 'treats' often consist of a single freddo to share

not bad for a rock god

Can Mr Cheery come and live with me for a while??

Oh and speaking of freddo's I've just eaten one myself. My mum brought a packet down for the kids while she babysat them for me to go to run club. I get home to find they have eaten 2 EACH!!! So I confiscated the last one while tutting at my mum for being such a bad granny and I've just this minute ate it :rotfl:

When my grandfather was alive, I used to ring him to check how he was and the conversation always went like this:

Me: hiya, it's only me
Him: me who?
Me: this me
Him: oh THAT me! Hello me!

Every time!! :rotfl: he used to love it bless his cotton socks

Pippi hope the quote won't be too much for you x

Pippilongstocking

Hey up lovlies you've all been chatting how lovely.

Well, huge powercut last night (all of highland and most islands off - a bit excting.

Today already been out got back and done half a days work - just having a 'second' brekkie and about to plan the rest of today.

Home last night after 9.30pm out again tonight til about 10pm again.

Then a day off

Marvellous eh?

Pippilongstocking

Oh Bread that would walk by itself (crusty not mouldy, OK for chewy toast) for brekkie with free eggs

Living the dream guys, living the dream

Pippilongstocking

£5 wine dosh paid to the cc - whilst its not much helps keep me on the straight and narrow especially as at one point the wine spends would be 'more' than the food budget we now stick to. Which is funny when you write it down in real life - but it all added up.

I'm glad those days are passed (stress/overwork/coping strategies) but I know if I don't keep a track of things we could revert to a bit more wine than would be good for us quite easily.

Small things and all that.

must make a list and crack on with the day and make a plan.

I'm going to be busily writing in dust to save EH doing that once she's here.

Pippilongstocking

Just submitted a quote for van hire too and can compare with that and ferry costs once get removal quote.

TBH I'm so inclined to go with a company this time but we'll see.

ETA just looked at large vans on ferries.

I think I need a peedie lie down.:eek:

Cheery_Daff

know anyone with a boat who:'d take you?? then you could hire a van on the mainland when you got there

xx

Pippilongstocking

I'm actually thinking of setting the stuff to sea with a label on it (bit like a message in a bottle) and seeing where it all ends up.

starnac

If you can get a boat DH could sail it for you. He even has a certificate that says he can sail in open water or something like that anyway!!!!

Pippilongstocking

DS has one too they had to do it at school

probably one of the few high schools in the UK doing 'navigation' for a course at school like PE

Ponders boat options.............:D

I'm seriously going to look at the quote and also RM or Parcel force I don't mind moving myself in bits

mooomin

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

probably one of the few high schools in the UK doing 'navigation' for a course at school like PE

We did Scottish country dancing for PE in my school