Old Style Daily Sunday 6th January

taplady

Morning! have yet to read the thread but I will later!

Got a busy day here, have done DS1s washing ready for him to take back tonight when he goes back to his lodgings, done all the ironing, cleaned the house, changed the bed, put the rubbish out ready for tomorrow and in a minute am going recycling - got a lot of glass jars etc.Plans for later are to cook the roast, visit my mum who has been on holiday and then take DS1 home to Bromsgrove again.

Sunny but frosty here. hope you are all having a nice sunday, will catch up later xx:wave:

Sunnyday

Hi again
Just popped back to say the last of the decs are down and put away but the kitchen will have to wait.
Have now made myself presentable enough to nip down to the pet store for a new flying ring, the kichen will have to wait until later

I`ve just logged in to put my last 3 months meter readings into the SP website and the electricity was a very acceptable £63 which was a nice one, looks like the economy 7 is paying off now that we`re using it properly.
The gas was pretty horrific at £143 :eek: :eek: :eek:

needless to say that the heating is now off and will start to stay off a hell of a lot more!
Have a good day everyone.
SD
ps tattycath i`m copying the banana bread recipe for future reference

loumac

Glad to hear (nearly) everyone is enjoying their Sunday!

I'm feeling productive as have done the Asda shop, put the slow cooker on for dinner, am making soup for work tomorrow and bread in the BM. Have also emptied the WM once and loaded it a second time. Decorations are half down - at last! Need to get them all away and then can give everywhere a dust and vacuum and then I think I'll be ready to go back to work tomorrow with a clean and reasonably organised house.

One last question - someone on here once directed me to a website where you can list left over ingredients and it recommends dishes to use them up. Any one know this or have any other suggestions? Thanks in advance!

chocolate.orange_2

First time posting on these threads. But i have been reading them

Happy Birthday to those with birthdays and Hugs to those who need them.

Its getting ready to send the children back to school day here today. Baths, hair wash and making sure uniforms are ironed.
Cooking Roast chicken today.So hopefully chicken something tomorrow then attempting to make chicken stock too

The sun is shining and i have alot to do but i would rather sit and read MSE :rotfl:

p.s Tramadol is an excellent painkiller. Make sure you keep up taking it at regular intervals. Its great at keeping the pain away.

Hardup_Hester

Welcom Chocolate orange
Happy birthday Tatty cath

dlb

Afternoon everyone!
Happy Birthday to all celerbrating!

Lovely and sunny here but very cold, ds1 and ds3 have both had footy matches this morning, one win 11-0 one loss 3-1, but feel alot better for some fresh winter air.
Have just took ds1 shoe shopping got 3 pairs for £24 so he and i are happy, will take ds2 and ds3 tommorow as they have teacher training day..im looking forward to tuesday when all the kids will be back at school and i can get on in peace.

Roast pork for tea tonight followed by chocolate sponge and custard.
Jobs for this afternoon, wrap ebay parcels, sort next weeks budget out and then chill out.

Catch you all later
Donna
xx

fizzel81

morning, no sorry afternoon everyone (not posted on the daily for a long time but trying to get myelf motivated today) have not read through thread yet but will aim to before bedtime

been up since around 7, have done all my basics for the day, got a load drying in the tumble dryer so i can get it back on the beds this afternoon.
just been through and done a list of my cupboards,freezer and fridge in a bid to spend as little as possible this month to enable me to pay the catalogue bills off, will pop a thread on some ideas would be very welcome

made a quick cake for the boys which i will cover with a water icing when cool and some hundereds and thousands

tea tonight breading fish with mash and veg

hope you are all have a good day

wannasavemoney

Hi again all, I've had a fantastic day baking up a storm in the kitchen with recipes from my new book i love it! So far I have made a tia maria gateaux but used kahlua instead and a chocolate banana cake is baking as we speak yummmmmy. The book even tells you how to make french pain de campagne rustique which i love but it is sooooo expensive to buy. Not surprising tho as you have to make the chef for it abut three days before you can bake it. Very involved but can't wait to give it a go. Might start the chef off today with a view to baking the bread on tues/weds. Anyhoo, gotta go check my baking cake would be MOST upset if i managed to cremate it.

Nelski

Morning all :hello: :hello: (well morning defined here in the Nelski household as not long after I rise from my bed:o )

Happy Birthday Tattycath - hope you enjoy your special day:bdaycake:
Queenie -:j Great to see you missus:j - come back and rescue us please theres a mad party lot on here now and its just not OS (wine? or baileys?:D )
Odds - sorry you didnt get on with your painkiller - I used to sell tramadol years ago when i was a [STRIKE]druggie [/STRIKE]drug rep and I loved it cos it won me a holiday:o not the best reason I know:o get well soon
Panda - sorry to hear you are snotty again - can you make sure thats gone by holiday time please:D
anniestar, ellie and ollibeak - :wave: :wave:

Long lie in today thanks to a late babysitting session for next doors dog which then cumulated in a few wines when they came back and .......well you know how it is:D Done nothing bar having a shower but the ironing is calling quite loud now or it will be back to those clothes you only ever wear when you cant be ollied ironing:D

Should have been off down to cardiff again today for work tomorrow but that was postponed till weds so I can enjoy my sunday without thinking about the travel later on:T (glass of wine anyone? baileys?:beer: ) Obviously no food in the fridge due to work plans now scuppered so I am off to the pub later instead with my mate for a roast then telly and pjs:T Lifes good eh:D

Hugs to all and get well soon you sicky lot:rotfl:
Nels xxx

Queenie

:rotfl: @ Nelski! I used to be able to seriously drink many under the table; but I realised the error of my ways - far more fun ON the table than under it (red wine please, with a Bailey chaser ) :beer:

Oooh there's a thought, running off with the milkman! Sadly, they are a dying breed around here! The only bump and grinding I've been doing it with the wretched Christmas tree - I luv, lurve, LOVE Christmas and the decorations and the build up and the smells and the secrets and the presents and the food ... loathe the putting everything away! I've bumped into it; ground my teeth because one part refuses to dislodge from another part no matter how much I pull, tug, scream, shout, cajole or jump on it! And how come, when you've taken *all* the decorations OFF the tree and you're carefully bending back those false-drag-it-out-annually branches there's always one ornament that has nestled its way into the boughs and refuses to come out until you've snapped off the tie on?

Only one tree left to do and that can wait until after my rather late lunch!

wannasavemoney - congrats on your bake-a-thon!! What time is sampling time?

The book even tells you how to make french pain de campagne rustique which i love but it is sooooo expensive to buy. Not surprising tho as you have to make the chef for it abut three days before you can bake it.

Wow! Now there's progress for you!! In my day it took some time of practise, 9mths to make the "Chef" and a minimum of 18yrs to mature

Welcome chocolate.orange Chicken stock isn't as scarey as people think - just one thing, do let it cool thoroughly so the fat sits on the surface of the chicken stock "jelly", then you can skim it off. Otherwise, it makes the stock taste really greasy! Oh and yes, when it cools, it's *meant* to look jelly-like! When you reheat it, it will liquify once again. Have fun