Old Style Diary Archive - JUN 05

badgermonkey

My most old-style moment today was taking leftovers for lunch (Thai green curry...mmm). And as it was a lovely day I had a nice old-fashioned lesson with my Year 7s by taking them out to lie on the grass and write poetry (weren't lessons where you went outside just the best?) Cost = nothing, reward = 28 happy, chilled kids.

Queenie

Curry_Queen wrote:

Glad you got your dates sorted out this time


Saturday was the 4th not the 5th :rotfl:

:rotfl: :rotfl: Listen, when you have had toothache/earache/headache/4 weeks solid of different anti-b's for different ailments/kids on half term/birthdays/furbaby flee's/hailstones/BB/MSE/cooking/cleaning/shopping/and goodness knows what else inbetween (!!!) everyday is the 5th on my planet!!! *for fifth sake stop the world I wanna-get-off*

Well, I'm recording that Chill Out CD onto the computer at the moment before I return it to the gift basket Just to make sure it's not scratched you understand (I'm on Tchaikovsky - "Waltz of the Flowers" )

Managed to get a good bagful of seaweed ... so I've got it soaking in the bathwater LOL

I've had one ALMIGHTY success tonight which I wanted to share .....


..... :j Managed to get my "big fat fussy baby" of a husband to eat ....

...... PASTA :j :j :j

This is a major accomplishment and has taken absolute YEARS to succeed I'm soooo happy! It's going to make life so much easier!

badgermonkey ... :T Yes, I recall lessons outside, under the willow tree, being read stories in the warmth of an afternoon sun, with the smell of freshly mown grass and the smell of baking coming from the houses across the driveway, all getting ready for the children to finish school and have tea! *sigh* It was wonderful!! :think: If the weather is nice tomorrow, I might take myself off for an outdoor lesson in ...................... solitude :rotfl: A hour of daydreaming on the beach will do me just fine and jog my memory (I hope) of memories to share with my boys over dinner.

spendaholic

Queenie wrote:

..... :j Managed to get my "big fat fussy baby" of a husband to eat ....

...... PASTA :j :j :j

Oh, well done! Misterholic won't touch the stuff either. He'll eat spag, but when I tell him it's the same thing, just a different shape, he won't have it. Says he'd rather suck on rubber.

Hmm. Maybe it's the way I cook it ... :think:

tootles_2

Up and showered by 7.15, out of the house just after 8am to go over and visit a friend who needed some help, water pipe in her bathroom leaked water everywhere, went through the ceiling of the dining room she had painted just 3 weeks ago.... oh dear.....plumber mended pipe, we cleaned up, coffee...... home to get lunch for DH and myself. Out in the garden, grass cut, flower beds weeded, hanging baskets etc watered. Time to do something about supper.... toad in the hole cooked in the romuska, culi carrots and onion gravy, rice pudding to follow, tinned I am afraid Tesco value rice pud is delicious not worth making it. Just grate a little nutmeg on the top and bang in the oven for 45 minutes.
Chap came to see about replacing the fence at the end of the garden with gates so we can get our caravan in the graden, will save me £200 a year when I have paid for the gates.

Upstairs to sew for an hour, just on my way down to set the table for breakfast and put a loaf in the breadmaker for tomorrow, then methinks it will be time for bed!!! Goodnight.

spendaholic

I hung out washing before going to work, which I'd normally have just left in the tumble dryer.

When I got home my delivery had come from Garden Bird Supplies and I was quite disappointed at (a) the size of the packets; (b) the state of the fat cakes (very dry), and (c) the speed with which the birds polished off the first packet of seed, although they must have found it very tasty. They used to be so much better, but I've not bought from them in a while. I got back online and ordered similar stuff from CJ Wildbird Foods. GBS provide bags of seed in grams while CJ provide it in litres. So I want to see the difference in size and quality, if any.

As Misterholic is in Brum until tomorrow, I used up some left over pork (this was butchery with kindness, apparently - pigs raised outdoors ... for the first 12 weeks of their lives), but wasn't sure how good it would be (cooked on Sunday and it's been sliced and wrapped in the fridge) so chucked the rest away.

Then put the bin out.

How exciting ... *sigh* ... and now I'm supposed to be marking some home study work ...

Queenie

Mine wouldn't even eat spaghetti!! :wall:

I put my success down to giving him a choice:

Eat it or die.

I've now got the bread machine set up for tomorrow morning, lunchboxes stuffed and because the site is slow tonight .... I've even managed to do a few stitches of quilting, so all in all I think I deserve a day off tomorrow

spendaholic

Queenie wrote:

I put my success down to giving him a choice:

Eat it or die.

He'd just go get a takeaway ... but wouldn't get me one!

Queenie wrote:

I've even managed to do a few stitches of quilting, so all in all I think I deserve a day off tomorrow

I quite fancy quilting. I have some wadding (is that what it is?) and some nice farmyard animal squares, but don't know where to start ... or even where to put them/what to use them for when done.

Queenie

How big are the squares? How many do you have?

You could make, placemats, cushions, table runners, pot holders, bags, oh the list is endless really! LOL Do you have a machine? I do both machine and hand. It's a fabulous way of using up fabrics, old clothes, cotton sheets. Funnily enough, I learned via a web forum :rotfl: I've never looked back. My first quilt project was a based on a basic 9-patch design and I made it into a lap quilt for the boys to snuggle under in the winter months. I've made several since then plus other projects too.

Machine is quicker, but I like having one for hand quilting while I do other things as it's more "mobile" ... can't drag my machine around everywhere

spendaholic

Okay ... you're going to get cross with me now ... LOL - I have a brand new sewing machine, I've had it a year, and I've never used it ...

BUT ... I think I have about 3 squares, about 7" or 8" square. A friend got them for me, and the wadding stuff, but she kept forgetting the ... calico ...? Backing? So they went into my sewing basket with lots of cross stitch projects off the front of magazines. I think the idea was to make some wall hangings to go in my kitchen, which is equipped with lots of things with farmyard animals on, that could also be used as pan holders, or something.

She said it would be a great project now I had my sewing machine ... er ... about a year ago ...

Queenie

Oh you *must* do it!!! Forget the calico ... if it's your first ever project, I would recommend that you use an old sheet for the backing.

Ooooh, an animal wallhanging for the kitchen sounds wonderful (I have a teapot one! LOL)

Get the instruction book out for your sewing machine and have a read through so you can familiarise yourself with it. Then we can talk quilting A wall hanging made from pre-printed designs would be an excellent first project