What small DFW things will you be doing this week? WC 03/07

foxgloves

Hi Frugalistas,
Productive day. Spent most of it writing.
*Overnight laundry on cheap tariff. Dried for free outside.
*Today's garden pickings - radishes, spring onions & watercress.
*Made tomorrow's packed lunch.
*mr f mended a cupboard door, the kitchen tap & the bannister.
*Dispatched evil snail which has been eating my aubergine plants.
*Entered a competition.
Love to all & nice to hear from Bob,
F x

FatVonD

I love Dawn's attitude to use by dates, etc

The new dishwasher is humming along nicely, it's nowhere near as noisy as the old one, I thought it was broken! I'm really pleased with it and it was their cheap range too.

Appointment is set up for the opticians on Friday, the girl who answered the phone at Vision Xpress was so rubbish that I'm going back to SS. I wish I'd been mystery shopping.

I spent a good hour on the phone to Apple this afternoon (they were paying :rotfl: ) attempting to update the OS on my Mac. DS has been badgering me for ages because a lot of the games he plays no longer work on the old OS but I was worried I'd lose my Adobe CS but it's all fine and the update was free

I still need to ring Santander to sort another mortgage fix and Sky to discuss my deal which is now out of contract.

I was pleased with the YS run tonight as I managed to get a cauliflower (roast tomorrow now!), two packs of grapes and two lush-looking raspberry and almond tarts. Unfortunately the tarts are really disappointing, I'm glad I didn't pay £4.20 for them! I also got a couple of their lovely turkey, emmental, avocado and pickle bagels (they taste better than they sound!) and a pack of crumpets so all meals for tomorrow are sorted.

Dinner tonight was the salami and courgette pasta using one of my glut of courgettes, I'm definitely only growing one plant next year! There's enough left over to freeze for another meal later in the week

PurpleFairy26

DawnW wrote: »

This is a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string?' type question I'm afraid PF.
IF the jam has set really well, and it is well sealed, it will keep for years (good job some of mine doesn't have use by dates on it ). If it is a bit runny / not set that well (meaning it still has quite a high water content), it will start to go mouldy quite soon, so use it up quickly. If it does go mouldy, it will only be the top, so just scrape it off :cool: It is fine in the cupboard (if it is coolish and dark) unless it is the low sugar type of jam that needs to be kept in the fridge. Mine stores in the under the stairs pantry. If I get the odd batch that doesn't set well (we all get them occasionally) I keep it in the fridge and use up soonest. I generally make only quite small batches. For some fruit I use jam sugar now to ensure a good set.

You can tell if it starts to go off - it will either go mouldy (see above) or ferment, in which case it smells and tastes unpleasant and the only answer is to throw it out. But usually it doesn't If it looks and smells fine, it is, the sugar preserves it, and it won't poison you however long you keep it

Thanks Dawn I used jam sugar and it's a fairly thick set so I think I'll be ok. Just wanted to check as I've used recycled jars, although I did put them in the oven first. If this is the case I'll make some more if I find some ys fruit or it's cheap on the market - it's so much nicer than shop bought.

PurpleFairy26

Good day all round, although had to work, so I'll ignore that bit. Done all of my annual books for small biz that I can manage tonight after printing some stuff at work. Just my one recipe book I've left at work that I need to complete the job, will collect on Wednesday. I can then do my partnership and tax return and DH. Hoping to get it all done and sorted in July this year, so far so good.

Had lasagne for tea, wth LO crumble. Stock out of freezer for risotto tomorrow, will get a pork steak out tomorrow and that can go in sc on Wednesday. Reasonable day everywhere.

Lovely to *see* you bob

DawnW

FatVonD wrote: »

I love Dawn's attitude to use by dates, etc

Honed by many years of producing our own food - just home cooking, preserving, veggies and fruit now, but in the past we have done meat, eggs and dairy produce too..... and none of it came with use by dates :rotfl: Seriously though, I am actually very careful .... I used to teach microbiology :eek:
Well, today's hospital appointment came and went, and to my relief it looks as if my recent illness and the 'liver issues' raised by my recent blood tests are down to a duff gall bladder, which will probably have to come out - it could have been much worse :eek: Hopefully the other issues, which will find me in a different department of a different hospital later this month will have a similar fairly straightforward fix!

Nice to 'see' Bob - sorry to hear that things aren't great at the moment, hope it improves very soon

ziggy2407

ziggy2407 wrote: »

Good Morning All

DNMS - Thanks for starting us off today, hope a great time was had by all at DGD's birthday party, it sounded fantastic. Sounds like you have a wonderful day planned today.

Dawn - Hope appointment goes well

Bob- Good to see you back posting, we've missed you

FVD- Enjoy your week off

Hi to all of the regulars and a BIG welcome to all the newbies, this is a really FAB thread with so many lovely, caring, considerate and supportive people.

Bit tired as had another disturbed night - thanks to our smoke alarm in attic going off - no idea why, I did have a good check round but as its wired I'm not sure what else to do, my little list:

Packed lunch for DS - Done
Check Bank & make PAD - Done
Read meters & submit - Done
Hoover hallway & kitchen (full of lots of astroturf (thanks to DS and his football boots) - Done
Deep clean kitchen worktops and windowsill - Done
Hoover lounge - Done
Ironing - Done
DH appointment this afternoon -Done
Continue purge on emails - Done a few
Enter a few comps - Done a few
All meals from cupboards/fridge/freezer - Done a few
Check: Luckyphone, Ashleigh, Numberplatelotto, FPL - Done

Have a great day all!

C x

Not a bad day, also managed

Delivered "Frame" order to preschool
Decluttered some odd bits/end of rolls of wallpaper to preschool
Decluttered some beauty/skincare products to DD (mainly prizes won) as a thank you for all she's doing at the min

Night all

La_escocesa

Hi gang :wave:

Purps - thanks - I'll check out Mrs Frugalwoods.

I'm using public transport to get to work this week, which includes about 35 min of walking each way at either end of the stop. Keeping me healthy and I noticed I didn't want to buy ANYTHING at lunch because I didn't want to carry it all the way home. Result!

Today is veg man day so I'm not sure how that'll work... :think: Maybe I will get OH to pick me up this evening... Best laid plans!

I'm usually leaving the house at this time but with new public transport regime I don't need to leave until 8.15 - it's great! All that extra sleep!

Going to sort YNAB just now while drinking a cheapo coffee (Percol's version for nespresso is completely compostible too...)

Work is busy but still enjoy it and still crossing my fingeroonies for a bonus! It will be particularly good this year for the first time because I have paid off my student loan so the first chunk won't be going to them like last year!

Right, offskies!

Happy Tuesday!

PurpleFairy26

Morning all :hello:

Glad the hospital was ok as far as possible Dawn can they do a gall bladder with microsurgery?

My list for today:
WFH :j
Some washing done and out on the line, another load in later
No packed lunch for DD as they are having a 'party' they on,y told us about yesterday. So made jam sandwiches as our contribution. Will be having DD ham wrap for my lunch as I was ahead of the game
Make biscuits /cake of some sort
Call tax office, did my tax return last night even without putting any of the other stuff in, it's saying I owe £400 just from my basic income, how is that possible when I'm on paye :mad:
Call architect to engage his services
Do a test patch for a hair dye I've bought (first one ever )
Run later
Check banking, surveys and FPL
Make sure I've got money for hairdresser that's coming later for smalls.... not had their hair cut since September - oops. Very :money: though :rotfl:

Enjoy your day. Purps.

foxgloves

Morning all,
*Cheap overnight laundry just finishing spin cycle. Will peg outside for free drying.
*Home made pesto out of freezer for dinner plus home grown courgettes & salad.
*Today's garden pickings will be rhubarb. Intending to freeze enough for large crumble & stew the rest for freezing in individual portions (I use the little plastic pots from buying hummous for this).
*Make tomorrow's packed lunch.
*Finish knitting current pair of socks as want to cast on 2 or 3 new projects.
*Water veggie garden esp greenhouse.
*NSD....I don't have the car today & intend to spend most of the day writing.
Love to all,
F xx

Happy_Kitties

Still flagging a bit after a hectic weekend, and it has started off a busy week, very behind on paperwork so that is the plan for today along with a meeting tonight that i have done no planning for:o
Banking all checked, D.debits up to date.
Spends book just updated.
foxgloves great to hear about the 2 Christmas presents, I love my Christmas planning with always the ultimate challenge of Christmas on a budget:T
FVD the YS crown is firmly yours, esp after the haul u got last night:). Mr T had raspberries down from £2 to 20p. DD managed to get 2 decent packs, but said that Mr T didn't care and squashed the packs so much that there was raspberry juice everywhere and a whole lot of raspberries wasted:mad: so frustrating.
Having to guide DD with just bec it is YS, if we are not going to use it quick enough or no room in the freezer, then there is no point in buying it. Had to throw some YS bread away today as just didnt get chance to use it all.
Off to do some cat cleaning and then paperwork beckons-oh the joys:rotfl::rotfl:
Have a great day everyone x