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We are having the chilli bratwurst that are lingering in the fridge.Decluttering Achieved - 2023 - 10,364 Decluttering - 2024 - 8,365 August - 0/45
GC NSD 2023 - 242/365
2023 Craft Makes - 245 Craft Spends 2023 - £676.03/£400
Books read - 2023 - 37
GC - 2024 4 Week Period £57.82/£100 NSD - 138
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I've had a cheeseboard with seed crackers and pickles, followed by apple and almond bake with cream.4
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chicken turned into stir fry with spicy soy sauceI think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
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No usual Saturday pizza night tonight as DH is driving his mum back home (we’re in a bubble, she’s trying to move nr us , all v tricky at the mo) so the kids had breaded chicken with pesto pasta, I had leftover curry and the blessed luxury of the tv remote all to myself 😁Books read 2023 - 49/754
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Cod Mornay ping meal which was RTC in A$da today. Filled a gap but remembered I wasn't overly keen on it when I had it before either.Feb 2015 NSD Challenge 8/12JAN NSD 11/16
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We had curry, made a chicken Balti from a jar, and did a dahl from the freezer with added paneer and spinach, with rice, nan bread and indian snacks.4
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Roast Gammon, roast potatoes, broccoli and apple sauce then ginger pudding and custard.5
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simple supper today - sausages, cauli mash and HM onion gravy - maybe some peas if I can find any in the freezer - its delightful that the kids are mainly self reliant on the cooking front, but leads to unpredictable supply and demandI think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine5 -
HM pizza night tonight, final night of freedom before homeschooling starts up again - one pepperoni, one veggie, plus fish bites as requested by my youngest, olives and veg sticks.Books read 2023 - 49/755
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Roast from the pub again today, this week it was spinach and mushroom filo rather than nut roast.Feb 2015 NSD Challenge 8/12JAN NSD 11/16
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