Make do, Mend and Minimise in 2015

meritaten

Viv - I thought I had the posting pics thing sorted out - but, I cant get them on here! will try again later - thanks for the information so far though!

silvasava

Lindadykes - many congratulations on the safe arrival of DGD. Has she a name yet? How lovely that her first blankie should be made by Nana
A result today - my sailing buddy came over with her heavy duty sewing machine and we got my sail repaired in about an hour. The guy who gave me the fabric to repair it told me his company would charge about £180 to do it so very MMM. I also got rid of a couple of large stereo speakers on free cycle so that's a bit more c**p out of the way too. I think I'm going to revamp our budget. We've been sailing close to the wind over the last few months and got a bit complacent. I don't think I could cut down as much as some of you have done but I'm going to aim for £5 per day for the two of us & that includes food,cleaning equipment and toiletries. I've spent £6.50 so far this week and only need a few basics. There I've saidit nowso I'll have to do it!! I do need to start clearing the freezer. Off to eat my apple turnover I made yesterday

meritaten

blasted thing is still not letting me upload from photobucks!


Hi lindadykes! congratulations! being a grandma is your reward for bringing up your own child(ren)! isn't it exciting? I have seven grandkids and was over the moon every time!
have they named her yet?

camelot1001

vulpix - Congrats on the new house, good luck with the packing.

I love to hear of a new grandchild Lyndadykes, what an honour to have your quilt used as her first blanket.

So glad you have got your sail fixed silvasava, very MMM.

I was having a wander around Ikea with DD this afternoon and got 2 plain white bowls for cereal, etc reduced to 50p each, bargain! I also bought some fabric storage boxes for the top of my wardrobe and remembered I had a £15 voucher so used that and only needed to put £8 towards them. That's the voucher decluttered and my bedroom will be tidy soon.

Mrs LW, glad HWK is feeling better and Docky is holding his own.

nursemaggie

congratulations grandma Lyndadykes.

meritaten

I need help with a knitting question - and the site wont let me post a new thread..........so can any of you lovely people help?
I knitted a sun hat for Ava aged 6months using DK cotton. the cast off edge on the brim keeps curling up. any tips for getting it to stay in place?

mrssnowy_2

Athome1 wrote: »

Does Prinzessilein not come on this thread anymore? Perhaps someone else has made this cake and can answer please?

Hi ,ginger cake improves with keeping,keep in a cake tin,can be wrapped loosely in greaseproof/baking paper.it gets nice and sticky hence loose wrap.4-5 days will be ok

congrats,lyndadykes on new GD.

meritaten,if there is no ribbing,just stocking stitch then it usually curls up and can make a nice feature. If you don't like it what about folding a small hem and sewing loosely in place,if there is enough odge, but it might be a bit firm.

lindadykes

Thank you for the congratulations on the birth of my second grandchild. The first is over the moon that at the grand old age of 7 she has officially become a "big sister". She does have a name and in itself it is MMM as it was my mother's name, her mother's name and her mother before that's name - it's Catherine. My mam never really liked her name but that's because she always got called Cathy or Cath and never really liked those versions. DD is determined that Catherine will either get her full name or if it is shortened it will be to "Cat".

meritaten

I love the name Catherine - I was in school with a Catherine and she was lovely. yeah, shorten it to Cat! that's what my friend told people to call her for short.
I hate my name being shortened - its Carol and I cant stand being called Car! everybody does it though and I have learned to live with it.

Lynplatinum

Evening all

Just a short one today!

Congrats re grandchild! Catherine is my second name and I dearly wish it had been my first - I love it so much!!

Today was in posh 'vintage' (AKA 'I saw you coming' shop in Olney and the Anna XX paint was £18.50 per litre!!!:eek: is that normal???? If not where else or different brand any cheaper??? :A I have a mind to re vamp old 1970s table MDF with thin layer of wood (whatever thats called - mind gone blank - ah yes veneer!) but v sturdy + cant afford a new one!

what was I doing cruising posh shops you may well ask ????? Well, to be frank, I was pinching ideas as I had a spare hour out that way before the next student
A girl can dream cant she???:rotfl:
Nite all