Old Style Daily Wednesday 7th February 2018

Hollyharvey

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Hollyharvey

Morning everyone :hello:.

Happy birthday Jackie, :bdaycake:, I hope you have a good day and enjoy your time with your daughters.

I’m back to the back to the not sleeping club. I should have known that there would be a payback for a good night’s sleep yesterday .

I’ve been reading and surfing the internet for a while. I’ve just made a cup of tea and I’m going to take that back to bed in a minute, read for a bit longer and see if I can doze for a while.

Having spent yesterday pottering and doing housework I really feel I want to get out of the house today, even if it is a walk up to the town and back. It does look like there is quite a hard frost again this morning.

Ideally, if it isn’t too slippery out I would like to have a walk around the park for some fresh air. I want to get a couple of things from the supermarket as well.

There is a portion of the lasagne I made yesterday left over, so I’ll have that for dinner rather than freeze it. I have some salad bits that need using up as well, so I’ll have that with it.

I need to make an appointment for an eye test. I have broken my computer glasses so I am using my reading glasses to see the computer screen. I know that my vision has changed, but new glasses are so expensive.

Have a good day everyone whatever you are doing.

ancientofdays

Morning all and Happy Birthday to JackieO, hope you have a great day.
I'm working for a bit this morning and then taking back some of the time owed for extra hous at work.
No snow this morning but cold, so the pavements should be safe.
Hope everyone has a good day

dumpling

Good morning everyone :hello:

It's another chilly morning but the snow didn't settle yesterday so I am a happy bunny. Planning a nice day in the warm with a good book and lots of cups of tea.

Hoping that Becky goes into school today, she didn't make it on Monday so I will be really trying to persuade her it's a good idea to just try. I get that it's hard for her especially after having so much time off but she has her heart set on being a scientist so she needs an education. I will book a taxi for her to see if that will help.

Finally had some good news last night. I don't know if anyone remembers but I dogsat a little westie a few weeks ago. I totally fell in love with him and anyway, long story short, he is coming to live with us from today :j:j:j. I am changing his name slightly to Bobby and Max already gets on really well with him so hopefully there won't be any problems there.

Tonight I am going to cook a roast chicken and do a tray of roast root vegetables to go with it. I am going to try Slimming World again as I have a years subscription to the programme so it seems silly to not use it. I have already had my porridge for breakfast and will make a baked potato for lunch. I believe my friend is coming over so I will stick another spud in the oven for her too.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JackieO, hope you have a fantastic day and get really spoilt xxx
Sorry you are back to not sleeping Holly, as someone who has been up since 3am, you have my sympathy. I will try and grab a nana nap a bit later on, hopefully you will get some sleep too xx
Enjoy your bit of time off AOD and don't work too hard this morning xx

Hope you all have a great day whatever you are up to, take care xx

nmlc

Morning everyone

Hollyharvey - thanks for starting us off x

Hugs to those that want/need one x

Happy birthday to those with a birthday x

DH up and gone to work stupid early, DS1 now getting ready for work and DS2 still in his pit, will wake him shortly as he'll want a lift when I leave for work so he can go to the gym.

Still dark, we did have a dusting of snow late last night/during the night but it seems to have disappeared almost but it's now icy too - so not nice walking or driving conditions.

Dinner last night was pork chops, mash, veg and gravy - I can safely say they were some of the worst pork chops I've ever bought, cooked or eaten, they only got eaten because everyone was hungry and I didn't have anything else to organise quickly to replace them, won't bother buying them again. I did remember to take some chicken out to defrost for tonight's dinner, that will be served with country sauce, mash and veg or I may do HM egg and veg fried rice as a change.

Work yesterday was manic, we had another person off sick, and we were really really busy, we managed most of the morning, then I rang and begged for another member of staff to ease the pressure and reduce the waiting times, luckily I did get another member of staff, but I was shattered when I got in last night. I called in at mum and dad's en route home, all seems as ok as it can be there. Today I'm working all day but then on days' off until Monday - I can't wait, but have a lot to do as Friday the new boiler is being fitted so that will be a day of not being able to do what I would normally do, washing, drying, ironing etc as they may need the electric/water turned off at some point. It'll be worth it in the end.

Keep safe and well x

nmlc x

TravellingAbuela

Morning folks and thanks HOLLY. A stupid night for me too I seemed to spend it clockwatching and waiting for a sensible time to get up. What a beautiful sky when I first looked out - the moonlight reflecting on the lying snow and hundreds of stars twinkling. I could even see the thermometer outside the kitchen window - minus 3!!

Happy Birthday to JACKIE have a lovely day in the company of your DD's. Hope there is lots of cake!

The kitchen man appeared on time and, oh dear, I think we will be tightening our belts even more than anticipated! Quite a few changes planned to give us more cupboard/storage space including the dishwasher being moved to a more sensible position. He seemed to have rather grand ideas which I tried to over-rule politely! Anyway he has taken all his diagrams, photos, measurements etc away and will contact us when it's all on computer and he can give us an estimate! I shall be bracing myself for that!

I have a hair appointment today for a much needed salvage operation, after hacking bits off myself. I relented and rang the hairdresser who stood me up in the snow! Easier than trying to explain to a new hairdresser what I wanted doing!

We have the 3 DGDs here for tea (all arriving at different times after their various dance classes etc) and then the usual sleepover in readiness for tomorrow's school run. Yet to christen tea but think it will probably be something and mash. No sausage in the freezer but can get some after the hairdressers I suppose.

Have a good day folks and ((HUGS)) as always for the poorlies, carers, sad, worried or lonely who want them. Take care all xx ps TRU love the sound of the beach hut!

camelot1001

Morning All

Cold this morning but no more snow thank goodness. The wind seems to have died down too, that made it feel even colder.

Washing up to date, just folded one lot, will do the other when I get back, it's not quite dry yet. DW can go on later too, not enough time this morning.

Getting my eyebrows done later, I can barely lift them! Also need to call at DDs to pick up some food they will have left, they fly out this lunchtime. It's not far from work so wont take long. May go to visit a poorly colleague whilst I'm that way.

Happy Birthday JackieO, have a great day with your DDs. :bdaycake:
As RR said earlier TA, try going to Ikea to do one of their plans for kitchens, really good even if you don't buy from them.

Have a good Wednesday everyone, take care. XX

tru

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Morning :hello: [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Happy Birthday JackieO :bdaycake: [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Floss[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] thanks for the desk idea from Ikea, I didn't know you could mix and match like that. I spent far too much time on their website yesterday and I still can't decide, there's too much choice [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]dumpling[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Fab news about Bobby, how exciting :j [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Now I've made a decision about the room, I couldn't wait to get started so have been crocheting triangles for the bunting [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Yesterday got colder as the day went on, it snowed tiny flakes for most of the day but didn't settle. The weatherman called it a flurry, I call it a sparse fluttering. It's very cold this morning and is frosty. The first of two loads of washing is in the machine, I really need to de-fur the sofas, clean the kitchen floor and sort some seeds for planting. Miss tru will be home at about 1.30pm for lunch, we'll be watching the last two episodes of season 2 of Stranger Things. Not sure what our wednesday viewing will be after that, I would like to watch Hemlock Grove again but she doesn't think she'll stomach it – werewolf transformations and vampire dinings are very graphic [/FONT]
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redruby

Morning all


Running late so just a quick one to wish JackieO a Happy Birthday :bdaycake:
I hope you have a lovely day and are very spoilt xx

I_Love_comps

Morning Everyone,

Looks cold out but no snow.

I have work and bits housework to do - change bed linen and hang up a load of washing over airer.

Tea tonight Turkey casserole cooked in the SC. I find my slow cooker brilliant and time saving.


Happy Birthday JackieO. Hope you have a wonderful birthday :bdaycake:


Have a good day all x

corrieflash

Morning

Happy Birthday JackieO
Have a lovely day