Get a grip woman!

Suffolk_lass

What a difference a week makes. Lots of the East of England has soaring rates.

I elected to go to Morries yesterday and got everything except a bit of speciality bread we like and some jars of ready made (Dutch) pasta sauce. So I cancelled my click and collect order for tomorrow. Nothing we cannot live without. With the prospect of no deal Brexit I have resumed label reading and a bit of research. You can't predict everything but I noticed on the butter packet it said "butter made from British milk" - so it is processed outside GB&NI - a bit of searching and the plants are in NL and IE. I froze some just in case there are any supply issues. If I am not careful I will resume my "Suffolk siege preparedness" stock-piling. As the name says, "Get a grip woman!" Just the butcher to collect from on the Christmas preparedness.

We have a replacement printer cartridge due today. I have fifty more leaflets to print before popping them through doors in the hope people will read them over Christmas. They are to try and get at least 30 households (out of 105) to register for better broadband by "clubbing together" using grants to get FTP instead of FFTC (to the premises, not just the green box cabinet). Fingers crossed people understand what I am asking them to do!

Karmacat

Good luck on the broadband issue!  It really is a utility these days, necessary.
Also good luck on the parcel: I have one arriving today, my stamps order that also includes ... ta-da .... a 2021 diary!  I'm really hoping I'll be able to make good use of it!

rtandon27

SL - a huge thumbs up for your preparedness! 👍

I too often struggle to balance my inner squirrel with a good bit of common sense!  OH keeps reminding me to stop and breathe when he sees me bringing large north american style packages of foodstuffs into the house!

trix-a-belle

SL my freezer gained several pounds because of you yesterday by me doing some SL preparedness  
glad I did now seeing as i'm joining you on entering the thunder dome (tier 4)

Suffolk_lass

We still refer to it as Def Con 4 here @trix-a-belle - yes plans changing all the time. Our bubble person has had his Christmas Eve and Day cancelled - going round to stand in his dear friends' garden on Christmas Day as part of his exercise. Not sure when/whether he will still feel safe coming here but other than putting things through people's letter boxes and exercise we are home now until New Year (with only DS visiting with no hugs or kisses  :'(

- Of course buying my fave products also ensured a deal could be agreed between the EU and UK negotiators - let us see if it is ratified in time...

Karmacat

Def Con 4 - I like it.  My county is joining you on Boxing Day, but I'm in it now, to be honest.  I shall scurry around the bunker preparing for the acopalypse (sic!) 

Seriously though, enjoy the exercise, enjoy your Christmas, and look forward to the sunnier times ahead.

themadvix

Merry Christmas SL, hope you have a lovely day x

Suffolk_lass

Merry Christmas everyone. Peace, tranquility, health and money-saving to all xx

Karmacat

Merry Christmas SL!  Health, wealth and happiness to you and yours.

Suffolk_lass

Christmas Day was small but perfect, with just DS and us. He has been at home and staying away from others for a week so all felt very safe. He sat next to me on our long dining table and DH sat opposite me. Our dinner was the most stress free Christmas dinner in 32 years of me cooking it! So easy and leftovers are under control. I just can't find my favourite kitchen knife. I feel a potential bin-dive a-coming I have the carcass, celery and carrot in the pan but want to add onion before making turkey stock and soup. The latter will take the remnants of veg and gravy that were not eaten, and DS took home a plastic box of meat, parsnips, stuffing balls and gammon ham (re-using a trifle-bowl-like take-away container) - I also gave him half a dozen eggs and a tub of pate! - so even the fridge situation feels moderately under control. 

Def Con 4 now and the roads are very quiet. We will go for a walk a bit later and then take advantage of DS's Disney subscription to carry on watching a series we started with him yesterday. Happy days, stay safe everyone!