Time to mend and make do, beg, borrow and barter.

Greying_Pilgrim

Ay up sweetie

Gosh, reading about your life is like whooshing down a mountain, covered in the slippery white stuff - you sure you ain't still 'across there' ???? :rotfl::D

Good that you are all safely back amongst us

You would heartily approve of our actions today we went out for lunch to a caff that utilises 'waste' food rather than allow it to go to landfill. 2 courses for sicksquid - quite, quite reasonable methought :money: There was also a crate of food that you could take away from for a donation. I stocked up on some citrus, which should prove bonny as it's lovely and ripe

I don't normally eat so much at lunch, so I'm stuffed - but you'll be pleased to know that I had soup and a main, and left it to DH to manfully conquer a main course and pud!

Boo! to the parking ticket! There was a case locally where the camera had failed to pick up the car exiting the car-park, and the people had been fined for staying in the carpark overnight. They fought and won, so don't take it lying down!

Hope you have mucho fun and frivolity planned for the weekend celebrations :D:cool:

Greying X

Pippilongstocking

Evening all - well I totally crashed and burned yesterday so that was expected eh?

Nice to have some visitors sounds like you had a great adventure there Greying me dear - what a great idea for a cafe. And so bargainous too.

Hooray for ripe citrus - we've had an EPIC watermelon here - which sounds odd but how often do you actually get a proper ripe one?

Parking fine is defo being challenged I'm not sure they're legal for private parting in supermarkets in this country. Wee monkeys.

Made a bit of progress on the list and seeing if I can score a few more off but we've got blistering sunshine, wind and frequent showers so lots of outdoor stuff is not really getting done.

DH home and finishing last assignment and has exam 2 days after birthday - so its a very quiet house the now. I don't think hoovering and vaxing carpets might be the way forward for his sanity sake.

Birthday is a wee retreat in a wee bonnie place and some books, just me and the kids and hopefully a chum, although there are not 100% sure they can make it. So got a wee escape a few miles from frantic study man - he should manage to pop in, he needs a quiet house and we are hardly quiet material. So nothing soooperdooper just a wee chill weekend with the younglings and books/scrabble and a dip in the indoor pond. perfect for me I don't really like parties. Renting a wee breakaway less than 10 miles from the house isn't really very MSE but I did get a mega deal for it and it works out less than £30/head for the whole weekend.

Beanie thank you I've slept alot today and made some grub and DS has chopped logs (delegation on a bit of the list) I hope you've had a great day. Did a bit of reduced shopping, went to the local ironmongers to get paint for the table/fence. Walked on the beach - all good things.

Also went to the local farm shop and got some gino oyster mushrooms - read alot about using that as a meat substitute for things like giant oyster mushroom 'pulled pork' as they shred well - trying to see if we can instigate a few changes in our food get us a bit healthier.

I was veggie for many many years (12, which given my age isn't really that significant) and going away to a very heavy meat based main course resort (with a lot of good veggie variety) I was more drawn to the veggie stuff so it got me thinking. Healthier and cheaper. No brainer really.

Although oyster mushies from the shop doon the hill OOOOOOOHH but this is an experiment with a new recipe and if I'm to get DH excited best try something proven eh?

RT hooray indeed. All emailed and I;m on the list for the next batch of releases from the farm. Donation of 3.50 minimum per hen is amazing (they're 30 or so each) so its supporting a local charity too and I do love a good rescue hen they're so tenacious.

tea is chugging in the oven - sun is back out might try and do something............

Have a good one.

Pippilongstocking

I made a decision.

I'm not growing any veg at home this year, I'm going to just grow flowers for cutting. They make me smile.

I do have mothers day potatoes chitting so I will grow those but tatties aren't veg right?

I'm trying to develop a cutting garden at work and this is part indulgence, part research.

Why not eh.

Of course we'll still have a tonne of fruit (apples, gooseberries, rasps, tayberry, jostaberry, bramble, rhubarb) and wild garlic and herbs. But, we've so much produce at work I can buy cheaply and use - seems good to support that. And, do some swapping. I can take it flowers they can give me veg

Its an experiment. I'm trying to bulk up the perennials in the garden as I want to put in a very informal permanent cutting garden for my good health. So if I use the veg beds as prop beds, its very much more MSE. Honest.

Its very odd as I'm a produce gardener - so goes a bit against the grain. But, I want to do it and some of the flowers will be edible. Honest.

UncannyScot

I can imagine you having a herb garden like Granny Weatherwax
Pigeons that venture into it and manage to get back out again would be staggering about and giggling

rtandon27

...and Pips wearing a sign that says...

"I ain't dead"

:rotfl:

Pippilongstocking

UncannyScot wrote: »

I can imagine you having a herb garden like Granny Weatherwax
Pigeons that venture into it and manage to get back out again would be staggering about and giggling

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

rtandon27 wrote: »

...and Pips wearing a sign that says...

"I ain't dead"

:rotfl:

that's often my signature move.

:T

Pippilongstocking

Morning campers.

Sorting out more of my list today.

Set up a donation thing for b'day to support Marie Curie which is dear to all of our hearts right now. I did it with the book of face, lazier than walking 100 miles I know but it all counts.

Hoovering etc whilst himself is off out submitting his assignment and got the oven on cleaning.

Suns out so its time to get some washing on and paint the table outside.

Coffee first though.



Hope everyone is happy campers today.

Pippilongstocking

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

Right I'm getting no where fast and I want to sleep so I need a wee cheeky list.

Tonnes to do and a whole week off so lets make this a week list.

Wash conservatory with power washer (gently)
Look into lifting monoblocks around house edge to create a new garden bed around the converatory
Clean windows outside
Do gutters
Sweep terracey bit {tiny start}
Clean outside furniture - ONE set of things cleaned one to go
Paint table and benches (need get paint) GOT PAINT NOW RAINING _ BAH
Put together cushion covers once dry and sort table outside {drying}
Sort out tubs
Split up some perennials for new flower garden
Weed pots again {started}
Fix shed roof - needs a refelt in places have the stuff just need do it
Tie an upright stake to the washing whirly - its concreted in well - what is its listing problem
Mow grass - Done
Hoover floors
Vax floors
Clean oven
Clean out stick baskets in both kitchen and living room - total = 4
Chop logs and free wood stashes (several = pace self) DS Started this clever sausage that he is.
Look into powerwashing house and think about painting self v decorator
See about getting chimney's swept (2)
Plant roses x 2
Move bramble (thornless) x 1
Move jostaberry x 1
Plant tatties
Plant lillies x 50 pressie
Start new cut flower beds
Weed top end of garden
Think about green house - it isnt' used at all
Rejig hen area
Organise hens organised
Clean out hen feeders etc
Clear out shed
Clear out clothes in bedroom
Sort out larder and make a food list
DO an online shop or go out for one - DONE.
Trip to the dump?
Clear desk in conservatory
Put away mount DOOM of washing its folded that counts right?
Put away ski's/jackets/ski bags/helmets/boots etc
Look at garden lights
Look at an outdoor vacuum for terrace and fires for ashes (? might be a waste of time not sure)
Weed flower beds before they knit together
Weed up the back in chook area
Fill up bird feeders
Walk mutts daily
Make a list of jobs before work (sow trousers etc)
Clear out drawers in conservatory
Speak to HRMC about review and tax on PPI that they took - better in my pocket than theirs
Sort out parking thing
Car to garage
Organise bag for weekend trip DH has organised
Do hair
Organise food for next week back at work
Write a couple thank you cards {started}
Post a couple birthday cards, this is an extraordinary month for birthdays in my life. I clearly identify with Taureans. Started
Read gardening magazines



That should do for now.

Getting there :T:T:T

beanielou

Glad that you are getting there.

Pippilongstocking

Me too Beanie

Sun/Showers so not painting table today unless it settles.

Done a whole pile of chores though so that's OK>

FANFARE:

Whilst I am not debt free for my birthday - circumstances have slightly changed and I'm ok with that, so despite being on the way I have just put on my big girl pants and CANCELLED one of my overdrafts of £1000 - scary yes - very but I have been in the black in that account for 3 months + now due to brothers loan of 1000 but I've moved that over to another savings account and I'm still in the black due to too much work/no time to breathe and frugualbugal Jan/Feb/Mar

And, have paid a good chunk the balance of the Credit card.

Leaving me with

ONE OVERDRAFT
ONE balance on CC
(and a student loan I'm not thinking about yet as I'm paying that back slowly at work)

Need to tot up the sums, but been blinking ages since the bank let me in so I couldn't cancel it and do some moving about until today.

HUZZAH.