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Milann's life keeps getting in the way.......

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  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,582 Forumite
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    edited 8 January 2021 at 4:44PM
    SA - that’s a good way to look at it. Hopefully the last ever lockdown. We’ve just got to get it right by not spreading it. There’s some idiots out there still 😳 Fingers crossed this vaccine does its job.
    Yet another lazy day here. We had a brunch  of bacon etc all sw friendly and have been watching the Queens Gambit. I don’t play chess but still enjoyed it. 
    Next week I want to start transferring the contents of the back bedroom into the front room 😳😳😳 it’s going to be a nightmare as dh keeps his train stuff and anything else that might come in useful in there.....read junk 😳😳😳 I’ll start it anyway but some of the things are heavy and dh will have to do them. The plan is to cull a lot of it 😂😂😂😂 that’s my plan anyway. I really wonder how 4 of us used to live in this house and we’ve had an extension since the children left home. I’ll ask our friend who decorated for us last time if he’s still interested and get it done. If he doesn’t want to do it with lockdown we will have to do it ourselves.....I’ll supervise dh 😂😂😂😂  
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  • Sun_Addict
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    I love tomatoes but couldn’t stomach them as a drink. Same with chocolate, I can’t drink hot chocolate 🤢 Hope GDD feels better soon.
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,582 Forumite
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    I can drink old fashioned cocoa that I sweeten myself with just a little bit of sugar but can’t drink any of the prepared hot chocolate drinks they’re far too sweet for me.
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  • badmemory
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    I love tomato juice but it has to have worcester sauce in it.  I suspect I may use worcester sauce in rather a lot of (too many) things.  Cottage pie wouldn't be the same without it.  But most of those ready prepared drinks are pretty awful.
  • milann
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    Funny how all our tastes are different. I can’t be doing with Worcester Sauce in anything. The last one and only bottle I bought was used around the leg of the bird table as apparently squirrels stay away - they don’t like it either 😂😂
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  • Sun_Addict
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    Talking about different tastes - by contrast I try to attract squirrels, quite successfully it seems judging by the amount of them in my garden 🤣
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • Seasidegal58
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    Interesting discussion on tomato juice and blood pressure - I might have to try it. I like it with Worcester Sauce too (and vodka if I'm honest!🤣). I have porridge most days for breakfast - love it!  Chuck a tablespoon of flaxseed in with it as well as a banana!
    Hope DGD is on the mend soon. 
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  • I love overnight oats fills me up all morning. The bedroom sounds like a good chance to par things down. Hope DGD is feeling better soon. 
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    I love worster sauce or however you spell it~~yum!
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  • Sun_Addict
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    The vegan/veggie version of Worcester sauce is Henderson’s Relish which is a delicacy of my mum’s native Sheffield but now available more widely. I purchased my first bottle from Mr M last week, she would be proud of me 😆
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
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