Winter Wonders

Makingabobor2

Liking the idea of micro greens. Must look into that idea

greent

Happy new year, one and all! 🍾🥳🥂😁💜

I've had a gentle start to the year today - I've taken down (and thrown) the sticky jelly type decorations from the front door glass - they are around 7-9 years old and the last remaining few and they've perished now, really.

I've done a decent amount of ironing today and wiped out one of the big pantry cupboards (a much needed OAT). DD stayed here last night, so I gave her a couple of items from the pantry, some tubs of leftovers from the fridge and 2 very nice burgers from the freezer to take home with her. Some leftovers have been consumed and I've cooked one tray of chicken thighs in peri sauce (finishing up 2 packs and 1 bottle of the stuff) and 2 trays of chicken legs just roasted with some seasoning on. They've gone in the fridge and will go in the freezer hopefully tomorrow (some tidying required to complete the tetris moves needed) I've put all of the recycling at the bottom of the drive, ready for collection tomorrow (well, most of it - I haven't gone around the house looking for any as there was so much anyway!)

I plan to start taking down some decorations tomorrow - just the ornaments around the house, not the tree. And some more much needed cupboard wiping out/ tidying, alongside fridge and freezer cleaning/ sorting/ tidying. 😊

SandyShores

Happy New Year.  I've actually finished a book - it was Pamela Stephenson's life story (wife of Billy Connolly).  Will be passing that onto the CS now and have started on another - hope I finish this one before 2027!

PennysIntoPounds

Sun_Addict said:

Happy New Year 🥳

Well I feel too seen @Sun_Addict 😂 *screenshots and sends to everyone* 

That outfit sounds marvellous @Wednesday2000. I have been wearing comfy clothing all day, but I did bother to put on some nice earrings my mum got me a few years ago. I will really try to take our mse advent 'blimmin enjoy it and don't second guess it' ethos into the rest of winter, it's so the time of year that needs most extra loveliness 

Ta @Cheery_Daff, some explanation is rather warranted isn't it! Poor form from me and thanks for picking up 

Ach @Rhyddid2026 don't feel unhappy to announce things being taken into this year, all that's happened is a thin bit of paper being turned in a diary, you're progressing brilliantly, and it's not even really your OAT to sort so extra brilliance points for you!

Enjoying 'gardening' vicariously through you all, and what a lot of OATs already done and put in motion, well done gang.

Hurrah for finishing a book @SandyShores, hope this is the start of a lovely literary year for you 🥂

Rhyddid2026

Oh yeah, good point 😂

Suffolk_lass

I'd like to join you, but I am paused until after our New Year Visitors have left the building. At least some of the European cheese mountain has been consumed (along with crackers, port, grapes and celery) - two days running. Also only five homemade mince pies to go, with five of us left - so they are out on a plate, on the aga, gently warming, with a compulsory, "you must have one before you go" - the tin is already washed, stacked (in a Russian doll formation) and in the cupboard for next year.

The fridge is nearly as full as when it started though!

WelshmansDaughter

Long overdue oat of cleaning out the bioethanol fire done. Slightly too wussy to use it now though 🤦‍♂️

Wednesday2000

It feels good to have a big bag of donations taken out of the house and my unwanted armchairs are being picked up next week.🙂

I had my first class of the year today. I’m wearing the same red dress as yesterday with a different red jumper as it feels quite cold here today.

I finished the book Flowers for Algernon today. It was very dark and depressing. I had heard of it as it is famous, but I felt like I should finish it once I started. I watched the finale of Stranger Things last night and was crying at that too. 😂 

Suffolk_lass

Wednesday2000 said:

It feels good to have a big bag of donations taken out of the house and my unwanted armchairs are being picked up next week.🙂

I had my first class of the year today. I’m wearing the same red dress as yesterday with a different red jumper as it feels quite cold here today.

I finished the book Flowers for Algernon today. It was very dark and depressing. I had heard of it as it is famous, but I felt like I should finish it once I started. I watched the finale of Stranger Things last night and was crying at that too. 😂 

The woman who reviewed it on the radio said she liked that it tied up lots of loose ends but she felt it did not need two hours to do so. I hope you enjoyed it.

Rhyddid2026

I also sobbed at stranger things last night!
No OATs done today, back to back at work and still need to input my mileage this evening.
Does my potato/cheap veg use count as a potential OAT? Today I made saag aloo.