O/S Daily 24/08/07

mrs_mix

Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 24th aug. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything OS and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet up (although check the fence hasn’t just been painted first!) and join us for an OS natter. The more the merrier!

When you make a post, if you feel like giving it a title, that will help others that don’t have the time to read everything skim through the thread quickly but if not it's not a problem, we’re a laid back bunch here so you won’t hear any complaints. Please do not start a new daily thread before you go to bed at night because this often leaves things confusing with two daily threads live at the same time. The idea is that a member would start each new daily thread after they get up in the morning

Some people who chat here like to try to answer everyone. Don’t feel you have to though, a general “hi everyone, hope everyone’s well” type start does just as well.


Morning everyone
been up ages dd up and for some reason excited about her op today
just going for a shower and then it will be nearly time to go her op is scheduled for about 10am
hopefully I will see you later if not sometime over the weekend
:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: to all
have a good day

pam xx

N9eav

Morning. It's looking a bit overcast today, but looks to be dry.
yesterday was quite a triumph in our house.
My Son got 11 GCSE A-C so he was very happy.
My OH got her maths GCSE (b) 30 years after leaving school so she was happy.
I got the grass cut, so I was happy.

It all went down hill by evening time when I would not let one of the kids 'sleepover' his mates. Got in to an argument with the OH because she wanted the heating on!!! Daughter got menstral over her huge mobile phone bill... and so on. But today is a new day:o

I have a day off, so I plan to go uniform shopping whoooppeee.

Cheers

frogga

Well done Master Mix for yesterday's news and all those others who did so well.

well done all those realted to N9eav who passed exams ~ what an intelligent family you have!

No mad/bad dreams last night , thank goodness!

Got a family B B Q this weekend so busy cleaning today to make sure home and garden are at their best.

Have a good day all.:T

AMIE399

Good morning MrsMix and N0eav and all to follow,,,

mrsmix.. good luck for the hospital for your dd, hpoe it all goes well x x

N9eav.. congratulations to your oh and ds on their exam results

good luck and well done to all that have exam results for themselves and their families

i have a leg of lamb and a chicken in the oven and they are smelling yummy !!!! i have 8 people for dinner this evening so i have just peeled and prepared the spuds and veggies and am cooking the meat, i have to go to work for an hour in a mo so i will turn the meat down to low. we are all going out for the day with my nan (89 ) down to the harbour, gonna take a flask and some butties !!!! so thats why im cooking the meat now or else it will be too late to start it when we get back

for the last two nights i have only seen two of the baby hedgies with the mum, so im wondering if i have lost another one. i have to cut the grass this weekend as it looks such a mess and im worring incase i hurt one, so i must make sure i dont go too near the edges... its going to look daft but i dont care !!!!!!!

i managed to escape from seeing Bratz as dd went with a friend !!!!!so i looked around the shops !!!!!!!

have a good dsay everyone
Loraine x x

Dumyat

well done to all those with exam results.
hope miss mix gets on ok today with her op.

another day at the hamster wheel I call "work" today.
at least its friday and I will have four days off now. last days off were ruined by waiting for car to be fixed. so have lots of plans for this weekend.

charlies_mum

Morning :wave:

Mrs-Mix, hope DD op goes well

N9eav, well done to your clever family

Shopping today, must try not to buy any bargains for in the freezer - I can hardly shut the lid :eek: Will have to do a freezer and cupboard food plan to try to use up some things - if we are snowed in, I could feed the whole street

Tried to do some cross stitch last night, and found that I couldn't see, so looks like a trip to the optician - I need glasses for reading, but need something stronger for sewing.

Hope everyone has a good day x

twink

morning all

its looking very autumnal here today, misty and with a robin singing in the trees, our brambles and elderberries arent ripe here yet but i am keeping an eye on them as i plan to do some more jam
not that long till the october holidays so think i will leave painting the inside of the house till then and do a spring clean too, well autumn clean, better late than never
both dgs's are out of school at the same time now so i have been walking down to take them home with Lorenzo in the buggy, unfortunately we have to pass a shop, but i will have to be more strict with myself and not take them in to it, all the icecreams seemed to be one pound each :eek:

well done to all who did their gcse's

Jackie hope you have a lovely holiday and the sun shines
grannybroon glad your Mum is getting sorted out now, bet she will feel a lot better
mrsmix hugs to your dd for her op x

hugs to all xx

odds-n-sods

WOW, that's great, N9eav!

Good morning all!

The dinner went well. Asparagus soup, moroccan chicken, couscous, veggies, panna cotta. Wasn't going to do a starter, but made the soup and it was really nice, so I decided to use it. CHicken was good; sauce wasn't the same as last time(?) so I'm going to try to figure out what i did differently. Veg was pumpkin, beans and chard stirfried together (beans + pumpkin precooked) and was a nice combo.

Panna cotta! LOL - DH had bought double cream instead of singel, but I figured it would be OK and used it. IT was too thick and set rather than wobbly, wouldn't comeout o fthe moulds, so we ate it straight from the ramekins......after they left my DH mentioned that he liked it as it wasnt too sweet.......... I LOL'd as I realized I hadn't put any sugar in the cream! sigh

must be because of my foot; I'm trying not to stand on it too long.

But my foot was really swelled up and sore after doing the dinner; can't even do htat much wihtout it bothering me; there;s got to be something more wrong with ti than just a broken toe.

Just realized that the digi cam is broken so I can't put a pic up of the x stitch!

And i found out last night that I can get an allotment here really quickly as there isn't a waiting list - and if I dont' want a full allotment I can get part of one on a community allotment and then I wouldn't have to buy a shed and tools etc as there are communal ones. Think I'd do that to start and see how we got on. My DH is one I'd have to really work on to get him going on it; he likes gardening but doesn't always want ot do the work.

Already deciding what I'd plant.....

scuzz

Morning All

Mrs Mix - hope all goes well. I'm at the same hospital next week for a heart scan

Well done to everyone who passed their GCSE's:T :T

Back at work again. Got one of the big bosses coming in later - hopefully I'll have left for the day by then. On my own in my department again today, with four days worth of work to do single handedly:mad:

Actually got the entire bank holiday weekend off, so I'm planning a night out with my friend tomorrow. She wants to go out twice, but I don't feel up to it. I plan to go to bed early tonight and sleep until I wake up naturally, so I can catch up on all the hours I've missed.

Had lovely dinner last night with home cooked ham. The left overs are in my sarnie today and I've just had a breakfast of a HM loafcake.

Hope everyone's ok

odds-n-sods

charlies mum, do you have a stand and a light for your x stitch?? You may find that helps to see. Even a strong light set behind you to shine on your fabric can help.

charlies_mum

I've got one of those adjustable lights, so pointed it down onto the fabric, but I still struggled.

Unfortunately, the aida is black which is probably making it more difficult, but I could see well enough to stitch before. I think it must be my age, everything is starting to fall apart now I'm 50 :rotfl: