Best wellyboot forward. Pips frugal edible garden adventures.

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Karmacat wrote: »

Pippi! Martin's quoted you in the newsletter out on the 22nd!!!

Eh? I dont' have it yet, ooh exciting I hope I've not been bad.

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Ooh, that's exciting KC! :j :j

See above ^^ am I heading to the headmasters office I haven't got my email yet.

Karmacat wrote: »

Hope you've been having a lovely time, Pippi, with TRG many congratulations

We did have a lovely if mixed weather (its scotland after all) time.

Things didn't go to plan but they were fabby nevertheless.

:A

And thanks for the congrats, he's put up with me for a year, some of it in the same house, who knew that was possible.

Pippilongstocking

beanielou wrote: »

Hope you had a good one

I waved to you on the way past to the city, I hope you saw and thanks we did.

And aside a picnic, I spent nowt and no driving either.

starnac wrote: »

Hope you both had a lovely anniversary yesterday. I am ashamed to admit that I haven't even finished your present *goes and sits in the corner for being a bad friend* I'm sure it'll make a nice christmas/easter/10th anniversary present

We did and we missed you all at the forest. your pressie is gorgeous and for the record we doesn't need presents just lovely company

Thanks!

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Starnac, I only just finished their moving house present so I wouldn't worry too much

:hello:

And gorgeous he is too, a real part of the pack, the dogs are still confused by his colouring, but I've told them its OK I won't dye them tartan.

:T

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mum2one wrote: »

Happy Anniversary, hope you have both had a great day xx

We did indeed thank you!

little_sweetie wrote: »

Happy Anniversary, Pips and TRG

Much love backatacha!

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Oooh, happy anniversary lovely folks!

I found a book I wrote as a small child in my office and thought it might amuse you It's called 'Eggs' and is cut into the shape of a (very oddly shaped) egg :rotfl:

It starts with

eggs are hatched by all sorts of animals. did you know that eggs where hatched by fish? yes they are



Then I got a bit more descriptive

today we have been thinking about words in the order of the alphabet I thought of pullets I did not know what it ment so mrs langford told me she said that you call a young hen a pullet'

And it went on for a while, then got a bit more detailed about life spans etc

birds lay eggs in there nest's and the eggs hatch into little baby birds and they grow up and have more eggs so that is how it goes on

(I'm sure this is very informative for you all, and Pippi especially, who I imagine didn't know many of these egg-related facts)

We also talked about different animals

the frog lays the eggs and leaves them at the bottom of the pond and goes away

the toad goes to the bottom of the pond and lay there eggs. they are not like frogspawn it is in a line

(my personal favourite) snakes lay eggs and they crack and baby snakes come out and grow up and have babys and get married and it goes on and on (might have been getting a bit bored by this point??) :rotfl:

the last page starts with we have been talking about eggs for a LONG time...

:rotfl:

Sorry for the takeover Pippi, clearly I'm avoiding doing something more important but my little book of egg related knowledge did make me think of you

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

:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T

So you published early as a child Cheery, thats epic.

Fabulous extracts. Might we see this on the blog?? YOu know like the evidence of your star child brilliance. Its great!

Hey avoiding something by having fun. I'm sure that's my middle name.

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Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

HAPPY 1st WELLIFEST ANNIVERSARY!

Pippi and TRG - thinking of you both today



Greying x

As you're a rainbow in my life, I thank you enormously.

We now have our own 'napkin drawer of rainbows'.

:A

You're a star lovely thanks for all your inspiring hard work on the frugal food front. I even (almost) stuck to my meal plan last week before we headed off.



Oh and aside a £12.79 spend on a picnic to add to the food spends, we're doing OK this month. I took 'those' wellyboots and the napkins of course, only needed two this time though......everyone else was missing for tea.

Pippilongstocking

Grins, I'm being quoted for active re-use and recycling from freecycle, phew no need to put some comics down my trousers just in case.

PHEW!!!!

Thank you Martin and his lovely team.

*Yes I'm old enough to remember 'the belt' at school.

Cheery_Daff

:j :j :j how very lovely to get a quote in the newsletter! :j Must investigate

(and what on earth could you have possible said that would make Martin tell you off?!) :rotfl:

Pippilongstocking

Today's listypops.

Volunteering - at BG - couple hours updating spreadsheets.
Shopping - don't need any
Banks to do
CC's to do
Garage will hear later re MOT - good vibes please
Hens fed once, feed later, collect eggs and wash those here too
Hen food need more and they're' in credit by £12......or cook some spaghetti until I go past the hen food place
Tea from non-existant meal plan, yesterday was fish, today......cheapo meatballs.
Writing
A bit of homework
Life admin before aunty wik arrives and boxes me lugs
Help DS with rent application form, send via email
Tidy up, house is largely a cross between widow twankies laundry and a bike park crossed with a plant nursery.
Phone council re re-banding of council tax (peskypeskypesky)
Write council tax regarding wrong bill.
15 minutes of indoor mowing
Refill wood and put a stove on keep one room warm
Oil ordered with boilerjuice, lets see when it arrives.
Heating aside free wood is still OFF. Yes we're frozen and layered.

For now that's all my wee head can cope with.

Have a good un! Must get tidied up for going out and look, 'studious'.

Pippilongstocking

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

:j :j :j how very lovely to get a quote in the newsletter! :j Must investigate

(and what on earth could you have possible said that would make Martin tell you off?!) :rotfl:

Eating tea at a rather lovely if a bit expensive seafood in on the west coast.............taking the rather expensive posh car.......



Or maybe he reads my thoughts of raised beds with railway sleepers in the garden.

Utterly indulgent and nothing that a recycled scaffolding board or an old stob wouldn't do the same job for......

Oh my vanity.

Karmacat

Pippi! **waves frantically**

I'm glad to see you missed your happy presence your weekend away sounds **wonderful**

Pippilongstocking

Aw KC I've finally unpacked and found my happy knickers and burnt those moany-groany-granny-pants I was glamourously wearing..



**no offence to any grannies, I'm sure your pants are gawgeus.