OS daily thead Sunday 23rd December 2007

joannasmum

Morning All

Happy Birthday Catowen.

Get Well soon to all the Littlies and biggies as well.

I thought I was done but have just realised that I've forgotten the cheese for the cauliflower cheese for tomorrows tea, think I will try and get it from the Spar.

Plans for the day is preparation and baking . I'm going to get the ham on in a minute and then get the turkey out of the freezer. DH and DD are both desperate to get a new cat so they want to go to the rescue place later on so hopefully we could get checked out with them between xmas and new year don't know if we will have a time but its a nice idea.

Have a good day everyone

taplady

Morning all!
Not posted the last few days due to work and just being so darn busy!:rolleyes:

Happy Birthday Catowen - have a great day - you deserve it!:bdaycake:

(((hugs))) to all those feeling poorly! esp the little ones - its horrible for them to be poorly at christmas x

Ellie and Chalky :santa2: :santa2:

Mioliere - I've loved SCD too, best series so far!:T very hard to chosse between them but Aleisha had been consistantly goo all series.

Today I need to make some mince pies and do a little ironging - not got much to do.Also need to get some exercise after over indulging at a family party last night ( food not drink);)

have a great day all

Take care xxxx

csarina

Morning all.......for the second time............... (((((((((hugs)))))))) to anyone who needs them, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the birthday girls!!!!

Went back to bed around 4.30. OH was in a deep sleep, so still, I managed to sleep until 9am. Just been down and put the sheets in the laundry and have the gammon joint in the pressure cooker, I do it for 20 minutes and then take off the rind, score it and coat it with a mixture of brown sugar and mustard, then finish it off in the romuska.

Expecting DD and GGD sometime today with pressies, thats the last of them going to thier destination, so come on Christmas, I am ready.

This is the first year I have not made mince pies, the sheltered housing officer gave me 3 dozen for the party last week, I only used a dozen, tried to give the rest away, but no luck..........so we will eat them. I have a jar of mincemeat incase we run out, but OH does not seem to have the same appitite for them he used to have.

I made an oroange jelly yesterday, so that pudd taken care of for 2 nights, will start the trifle tomorrow....................

We are having some of the ham tonight with roasters veg and mustard sauce.

Its a horrible day, very misty and damp, does not seem to be lifting.

I have cracked the disappearing posts, I start the post off and send it, then edit and add what ever else I need to say, it works!!!!!

Right off for a coffee. I hope those of you who have sick little ones or who are sick themselves feel better soon. Touch wood, I seem to be ok, its usually me who goes down with something just before Christmas........the last two Christmases were horredous......

tru

I'm back again I'm properly awake now, just had a lovely hot shower - and no-one banged on the door to say 'will you be long? I need a shower/to clean my teeth/to have a wee' :rolleyes:

Happy Birthday Cat :bdaycake:

Congratulations Ivyleaf :j :T

I bought little bits and pieces for master tru's girlfriend, I've just decided they'd be better in a stocking so I've dug out some red felt and I'll get sewing in a mo. The ham is almost defrosted, I wish it'd hurry up, it'll take 5 and a half hours to cook :eek:

Hope you're behaving PP

Pooky

Morning all

Hugs to all those poorly ones - hope you're all feeling better soon.

Happy birthday Cat - hope you have a lovely day - fil's b/day today too so we're off there for a proper birthday tea later.

Very organised here for a change - although I think that's something to do with me throwing all the toys out of my pram on Friday and having a good cry and rant at how little help or thanks I'm being given.......just hope it lasts now they've all worked out how to work the hoover and pick their dirty socks up!

Gammon is soaking ready for roasting tomorrow, beef and turkey are defrosting in the conservatory (lovely to have a cold room like that) We've made some butter with orange, lemon and lime zest in for the turkey as we saw on Jamie Oliver the other evening - looked lovely so thought we'd try something different this year.

Had to pop to the shops yesterday for veg, milk and cream etc and was shocked at how christmas seems to have finished in most of the places - no decs or lights left in Homebase, no gift sets in Asda, easter eggs on the shelves in Woolies.....did I miss something??

Off to the inlaws later for birthday tea for FIL, made him a haribo fizzy jelly as he's a real sweet tooth junkie and got him a lovely book (in the pound shop but marked £17.99) and a bottle of his fav rioja (given to DH from someone at work)....a very moneysaving birthday pressie! Need to pop to argos on route and pick up a pressie that my mum wants for my dad, as she's a non drive she's not been able to get out to pick him anything up without him being around....why she had to leave it to the last minute to ask me to help is beyond me though!

We were all up early this morning so we've been for a lovely muddy walk along the cliffs and came back to eat choccy biccies whilst doing some glass painting (last minute gift idea for grandparents).

Hope you all have a great Christmas and everything goes just as planned.

Blairweech

Hello all,

Yesterdays theme continued and I spent most of the day crying. OH said he is annoyed at the house being a mess all the time :mad:. Stop whinging and tidy it up then if it bothers you so much!!!
What really gets me - the house is messy because I've been at work, so I get moaned at for that. If I don't work and stay at home to tidy the house, he panics about money. I can't win .

Guests did not come over last night as their LO got sick, are coming over tonight instead. Today is going better so far

We went into Somerfield yesterday and it wasn't busy at all. Then we went into Morrisons and were almost trampled by the masses. Oh yeh - OH got *loads* of stock recalled in Morrisons - all their Xmas party food has got 'Freezeable' written on it, but had clearly been frozen before, so he kicked up a huge fuss and the whole lot got taken off the shelf :rotfl:

Hope you all had a good day :beer:

Edit: Pooky yes, Christmas is over and done with in the shops (well it started in October!!!). I went into a store on Friday and asked where the Xmas decs were. The assistant smirked and said 'I'm afraid we've sold out, most people do their decorating *before* December 21st'..."Actually, I think you'll find I'm shopping for next year...I suppose that's too forward thinking for your store' :rolleyes:

HariboJunkie

Afternoon :santa2:

Happy Birthday Catowen. I really hope you have a fab day. _party_ :bdaycake:
Big congrats to IvyLeaf. :beer: :j

Hope you feel better soon Twink and Moliere.
Hope things get better for you soon Blairweech.
Bargain Rzl...Good luck with the singing. How brave are you?
Hope you feel less hungover soon Crazy and hugs to all the poorly littlies.
Aussie....Gin is a preservative too so I'd bung some of that in. Pink swears by it What's my prize?
Churchie....This is ridiculous. Where are you? :rolleyes:
Amie...My breakfast on Christmas day is usually a bar of fruit and nut and half a chocolate orange.

I've had a really lazy morning. Vegged out on the sofa with the girls.
Out this afternoon to our friends salmon smokery to pick up the salmon for Tuesday. Then I need to ice the cake. Sausage and mash for tea and more vegging out on the cards.

Have a good one everyone. :beer:

Haribo x

ellie2912

hiya everyone

CATOWEN~ happy birthday hun hope you have a goodun!

TAPLADY ~:santa2: :snow_laug

To the new NANNAS ~ HUGE CONGRATULATIONS! :j

HARIBO~ sounds like my kinda brekkie!

TRU~ love the do not disturb description!

BLAIRWEECH~ loved your response to the shop assistant!

REDRUBY~ big shop came, all there apart from coleslaw...think i can live with that. also had some better subs put in so came off better, and so did the dog who is on posh dog food

HUGS to anyone who would like / needs one.

Corned beef hash for tea.Had a bit of a "how the hell am i supposed to fit everything in the freezer" moment when the shopping came,but with a bit of
mental block building like the krypton factor puzzles it all went in!

chow for now
Ellie

tattycath

:j Happy Birthday Catowen!!!:j

Hi Everyone. Only just had time to come and say hi. It's mad here at the moment!!! so much to do. I've been sorting out everyone's wardrobes for last couple of hours and having a good sort out in general. Just taken turkey out of freezer. I will have to put my gammon in sc tomorrow night-too busy and too early to do it today and won't have time tomorrow-coz I'l be in and out and not able to check on it etc.
Still got masses of stuff to do. Oh is laying on sofa watching tv...again. He's more addicted to the tv than I am to this!!! lol (he has just made me a fry up though!!!:kisses3:
Better go and get back to the grind!!

Blairweech

So far I have wrappd 2 presents, made a banana cake, swept and mopped the porch/hall/stairs and put dinner in the oven. Oh I had a shower as well.

Just having 5 minutes on here, then will go and do the washing up and sweep/mop the kitchen floor. Think I will get OH to sweep the living room when he gets back. Then he can have a shower, I will swish the bathroom and our guests ahould arrive by then. I have to wrap their presents too, will go and do that now.