Family of 5 'shop from home'food storage challenge...

Yategirl

Jen - cake and gingerbread look great and your ds is so cute!

Lashy - what about a worm bin???! Once it is going it makes great compost and you get worm wee to feed your plants! :rotfl: can't wait till spring as I want to get mine going again...

sammy_kaye18

Mornign all

Hope we are all well. Have to say i think we should have our own AA group - Appliances Anonymous!!!! For those with severe appliance buying addiction.
and yes Jamie and D&DD you two are the worst culprits - my christmas list is startign to look like a lakelands stock list thanks to all you recommendations!!!!!!!!!! french bread tin, doughnut maker, bread maker, dehydrator, apple thingy, cook books, ice creaem maker, yoghurt maker................. :eek:

Am having a day today - men i hate them but ill leave that for a different rant. Thoguht my house was going to take off at one point last night , either that or the hail was going to smash the window!!!!

Anywho im set to have a busy day today, so heres my list

• my washing was on the line last night but god knows where tis got to now - scattered all over my garden probably.
• Have mountain of washign to attempt to get washed, dried etc
• Another mountain to get put away - all ironed jsut didnt have enthusiam yesterday to do it - ben decided 6am was a good enough wake up time then by time bf was up and i attempted to go back to bed it was pointless. Plus hte 7 hr shift in a freezing shop didnt help matters
• Ok os want to get some cooking done today but not entirely sure what - will have to wait and see - mgiht use slow cooker for a change today
• need to get hold of mother in law this mornign to discuss a few things.
• finalise christmas to get stuff
• clean bedrooms
• clean kitchen
• clean living room
• toilet/bathroom if have the energy

Right best be off, need to bath ben before school and get him fed, and want to get some cleaning done before then. Catch up with you later!! Hope your all well!!!!

Love

Sam
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JAMIEDODGER

ok, so me car just died!

i was going to get rid of it in new year anyway and get something small and cheap to run (i have a galaxy atm)

but.....

it is spluttering, keeps stalling, is smelling, and it just conked out but luckily in my road!! anyways, ex husband (bless him) is gonna take a look this afternoon and then run me to the shops:) i will be buying three weeks worth of milk and freezing it, and thanks to this thread, i have huge amounts of stock so wont need to go shopping for a while (picked up some more bits this mornng when i was out).

hmmmm. will have to walk everywhere now!:eek:

Yategirl

What a pain Jamie Hope ex-h is able to keep it going for you for a bit longer (we are stretching our car out as long as possible... considering it's age and mileage it has done wonderfully well! but thankfully I can walk to the shops within 10-20mins). Are you far from the shops? Console yourself with not being able to spend money willy-nilly and the extra exercise!

I've come on the pc to get Kethry's bread recipe... and I am still chatting online..... *note to self... "YG.. get doing somat!!!"* lol!

JAMIEDODGER

YG - i dont think he will be able to get it going:( i think its a garage job and im not prepared to pay out to get it fixed, purely because i know it will cost me at least £400 to get it through its MOT in january, which was why i was going to just get a little runaround instead, TBH, its falling apart, the bumper is falling off, the some of the seats are broken (so ive taken them out) the central locking is broken, the boot wont open, basically its a wreck lol, so i think i will cut my losses, save the £20+ petrol costs per week with the rest of the money i am saving towards new car (wont need to tax it at end of december either).

its a pain, but i will cope until i have the money for another car!

my neighbour has offered to take dd to nursery on rainy mornings if she is there (bless)

im 10 mins walk from bognor town centre if i need to go shopping. i can get my pet feeds delivered if i need to.
ill cope:D (i didnt pass my test until i was 30 (5 years ago) so it isnt that much of a hardship!

JAMIEDODGER

ps.........get that flour out and make somat!!!!

ravylesley

Morning Everyone hope today is nicer weather than yesterday!

Yategirl I just had to have one of those dehydrators so I've bought myself an early Christmas present.I did ring Westfalia though about the plugs and they said that they fit ENGLISH 3 pin standard plugs to their products so no probs there.

I was looking at the Onion Marmalade recipe last night and was wondering is it sweet like marmalade or more like a chutney?

Taurusb I have a great Ice cream recipe that is fruit based but egg free and best of all you dont have to make a custard.Will post the recipe later but for now have to go and do battle with some Pizza dough

Lesleyxx

LashyLashla

Yategirl wrote: »

Jen - cake and gingerbread look great and your ds is so cute!

Lashy - what about a worm bin???! Once it is going it makes great compost and you get worm wee to feed your plants! :rotfl: can't wait till spring as I want to get mine going again...

Worm bins... already got 2 LOL:j Im a bit of an eco freak (and proud) but you are right, worm bins arevery easy to keep and well worth it for the worm juice and compost they provide as well as chomping away on all my bills! :rotfl:

Lashy x

Yategirl

Lashy - be proud of being an eco freak! I'm one too... and learning more everyday I got my worm bin set up a couple of years ago but it failed and I don't know why... didn't get it going this summer as we have been doing major work on the garden but will do next year... but I have to say... my compost bin was full of worms this year and the compost has been wonderful! Am getting chickens soon so am looking forward to even better compost :rotfl: (forget the eggs... I want the compost :rotfl: )

Lesley - thanks for the info on the dehydrator plug.. dh thought it would be ok and told me to order it anyway! which one did you go for? I couldn't see much difference but went for the one which would have been much more expensive but when reduced was only £1 dearer!! Not sure about the onion marmalade... my friend made some (different recipe) a while back and it was sweet but savoury and was so yummy! with a roast dinner or bubble & squeak or cheese sandwiches or......... :rotfl: :rotfl:

Jamie - that is a pain... but yes.. you manage... just like I know I will when I finally have to let dh have the car for work.. (still waiting to hear from boss ).

Well... I did get the flour out... and I have some dough sat here.... but I put the butter in at the wrong time and you know... this dough don't look right... has risen though so I'll give it a chance!

D&DD

lost my reply..teach me to waffle on...:mad:

Been a good day so far as I've been impersonating a flylady today and actually doing some cleaning...Been to the bank to sort them out about sons account I was very polite..ish
DS3 has a Cinderella play at school today so he'll either come home happy ...or steaming :eek: Getting the kevlar helmet ready *just in case*
Plan to do some more pizzas for the freezer today as found some peppers still hanging on outside!! Will do some Hawaiin ones as they froze lovely last time and I still have a few tins of pineapple in

Jen love the pics and that baking :drool: looks wonderful I bet Dylan was well proud of his mum :T

Jamie so sorry to hear about the car..we were lost without ours when it conked after last xmas..its going to hard for you getting the kids around will OH help you out at all til its fixed?? Sounds like you live near my FIL (he's in Pagham) and he's lost when he doesn't have his car as everythings so spread out..Hope you get it sorted soon

Sammy I don't think theres any hope for me even with therapy !!!!! At least my gadgets do save me money though so I can call it moneysaving..honest..really it is...

Ravylesley sorry we've got you started as well already!! The dehydrator is one gadget though that really earns its place in my kitchen..the space it saves me is phenomenal..

Yategirl they also have the steamjuicer I bought from Tchibo on there and.....*dah dah dahhhhh* the doughnut maker!!!!

Lashy my OH lived in Port Adelaide for many years..loved it but had to return home when his parents moved back here when he was 11..he still moans about being dragged back!!
Christmas mmm how about some cheesemaking gear ???I've heard soft cheese is pretty easy to make..
*It's on my To Do list*.....