OS Daily for Tuesday 15th January 2008 (already!)

tattycath

Good afternoon everyone. Been so busy this am only just had time to say hi (and even now I'm supposed to be making OH a cup of tea!!!-he is on the phone though). Well. My joint of lamb was defrosted by this am so I managed to bung it into the slow cooker on my way out!!! So I'm pretty pleased about that. For the first time in ages I am going to get home and not have to think about what to do for dinner!!! just have to sort veggies & yorkshires out! OH put dw on before w*rk too, so hoping one of DDs will empty it after school! Hope all who are ill get well soon. Catowen-in total agreement with all other posters, look after yourself and please please go to drs-you can't be too careful, better to be safe n all that jazz!!!
(((hugs))) for all who need them
Dbl, by the time you read this you'l have been, so I hope your non smoking meeting went well. I'm into my 7th week of not smoking. You'll get loads of support and have you seen the stopped smoking thread? I'l try to stick a link up for you.
Right, I had better make that tea.

chocolate.orange_2

:wave:

Afternoon everyone

Hugs where they are needed and hope you feel better soon to all the poorlies
( I havent had chance to read the thread yet )

Well its been one of those mornings here.My friend went grocery shopping for me to Iceland. Delivery due between 2 - 4. So they arrived at 11.30 :rotfl: I was here so it didnt really matter. Freezer will be nice and full, once i go into garage and put it all in the freezer :rotfl: Luckily its very cold here,so i don't suppose anything would of started to defrost.
I have had a busy morning trying to do housework. I havent made too much of a dent on it but i feel as if i have not stopped all morning. Joys of having pins and plates in your leg :rolleyes: .
Its still really heavy rain here too. Roll on spring

Its Lasagne and garlic bread tonight , thanks to Mr.Iceland. Not really very OS. But its £3 to feed 4 of us.So fairly MS

Hope everyone is having a great day

Rowan9

oooh it's afternoon already - now where did that morning go?
rain and wind, wind and rain - what a noise it's making outside but it makes me feel very lucky to be snug inside.
((((hugs)))) to all those who are feeling under the weather today.
I slept better last night. It does make a difference doesn't it? I read at bedtime but then my very last reading is something soothing and not exciting - at the moment I'm rereading one of George Mackay Brown's collections of his weekly newspaper column. I love reading about rain and snow and then settling down under my covers and feeling snuggly and warm.
I cleaned DD's room in prep for her coming home and today will iron her bedding and make that up. I've also got my sister coming next week for a few days so will make up her bed too. While I'm at it I'll get on with it and iron a double duvet cover so i can make up a fresh bed for me when i want to rather than have to iron some crumpled cover from the cupboard. Does anyone else hate ironing the double duvets? I like it to look all nice though, especially after all those years when the kids were little and i never had time (or energy or inclination!!!) to iron things that didn't absolutely need it.
have defrosted some HM minestrone soup for my tea. Another stay out of shops day for me!
have a good day all
wen

mary43

Afternoon all. Very wet and windy day..........OH working this week now so I'm in charge of the kitchen. Better organised than normal though..........
Steak pie (half price from somerfield)
Brussels (frozen -we prefer them) from the freezer
Roast potatos and carrots (fresh)

Got that all done and ready to put in the over tonight.

Made appointments for my 'Beauty' treatment.........lol voucher OH got me for Christmas that covers all sorts. I'm starting at the top with hair do first.
Made Counselling appointment.........need to get myself sorted out so I can cope
Booked myself on training courses I missed last year for soc. services
Sorted out H/Benefit for lad that we used to care for
Sent cheques off for stuff ordered.

Then went to sort out Christmas baskets and stuff I'd got -who's having what - surprised I'd got so little when I laid it all out ! Seemed like I had a load of stuff when it was all in carrier bags............so, definitely need to raid the charity shops again tomorrow..............lol

Waiting for rain to ease off so I can nip down to the craft shop -non stop pouring rain all morning, too windy for a brolly -need one of those fold up pleated rain hats my Mum used to wear....................lol

Still not attacked our bedroom............looked at it then came out again -bit too daunting today I think. Need some sunshine to get me kick started !

Still, it feels like I've done a lot........well more than usual anyway but made a right mess of my desk in the process -bits of paper everywhere..........lol

So thats my day so far...........oh and now need to get some advice from somewhere and not sure where..............the lad who lives with us wants prov.driving license but his name on his passport and everything else is different to birth cert due to name change by deed poll done by parent many years ago. DVLA say they need the proper name change papers to issue prov license so I contacted solicitor who wrote off to soc.services to sign giving parental consent for this due to lads age. Soc.serv say as theres no care order, they can't give parental consent. No way parents can be contacted either and they wouldnt respond anyway.
Another soc.worker says a covering letter explaining all this will do and to send it off anyway, DVLA have said they won't accept it - I asked them this and went through various departments before I was told this.
So now I don''t know who is right and who isn't
If anyone knows about this sort of thing I'd be grateful for advise. Dont want this lads hopes built up about his prov.license and then find he can't get it.

sparklewing

Afternoon everyone, hope everyone is well and having a good day.

The 2 loaves of banana bread I made yesterday and all but gone, me and Mr Sparkle have no willpower!

So today I'm making another banana loaf, some carrot and coriander soup and tea is homemade pizzas.

I'm having a moral dilema. Ordered new pans and cookware off tesco direct, got an answerphone message today saying the pans had been damaged in transit and I'd be refunded the £30 for them. Order arrives and pans are there and undamaged, it's the pyrex casserole dishes that are missing and they only cost £8 total. Trying to decide whether to appreciate my good fortune and keep my mouth shut or phone tesco and admit it to them.

dorry_2

sparklewing wrote: »

Afternoon everyone, hope everyone is well and having a good day.

The 2 loaves of banana bread I made yesterday and all but gone, me and Mr Sparkle have no willpower!

So today I'm making another banana loaf, some carrot and coriander soup and tea is homemade pizzas.

I'm having a moral dilema. Ordered new pans and cookware off tesco direct, got an answerphone message today saying the pans had been damaged in transit and I'd be refunded the £30 for them. Order arrives and pans are there and undamaged, it's the pyrex casserole dishes that are missing and they only cost £8 total. Trying to decide whether to appreciate my good fortune and keep my mouth shut or phone tesco and admit it to them.

I would be tempted to keep them and say nothing. Tesco make about £2 billion profit every year, they can afford it :money:

Sola

Dorry - I sympathise; I had the bug last week. Was off with it from last Tuesday and only really felt better this morning. The cramps are awful, aren't they? I found 1/3 pure apple juice and 2/3 boiled water really helped keep my bloodsugar stable, but I was 'explosive' at both ends for a couple of days which was no fun ... sitting on the loo with my head in a bucket ...

comping_cat

Good afternoon,

Just wanted to thank everyone for their thoughts and cares for me. Im not to worried at the moment, it was just as i was typing i noticed a bruise, and the last couple of months ive not been bruising on my hands or arms as much as before. Although they arnt pleasant, they are small and in my line of work (little children, and lots of crawling around on the floor) its easy to bump myself and not notice. Where 'normal' people bump themselves nothing happens, with me, i bruise. The little ones, unfortunatly, i have learned to live with, its when i get larger ones that i need to worry. But i really appriciate everyones concerns - i promise that if i get too many more, or any larger ones, i will go straight to see my doctor!!!

Well, LO and i went to Mr Ts, and i spent far too much - mind you, my cupboards, fridge and freezer and full to bursting, and i really do not need to do any shopping for a long time (just milk, and maybe some fruit next week). Did find DD some nice tops, only for 87p, a longsleaved top and top with matching leggings for £2.50 each. LO is now asleep, so im catching up on here and eating my lunch (HM quiche from the freezer).

PP - thank you for your ebay tutorial, very good advice!!! Take care yourself, hope you are feeling ok, and well done to your DD, its lovely to hear she is doing so well.

dlb - hope the course went well - GOOD LUCK - hope giving up will be easier than you think xx

Jayward, Blairweech, odds and dorry (and anyone ive missed, sorry if i have it is not intentional) - hope you will soon be feeling much better xx

Well, going to try and make some good use of my time before LO wakes up (prob the comp board!!!)

Take care, and have a lovely afternoon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

thriftmonster

Morning all

Finally have broadband again after 3 days - hurrah!

Hugs to all who need them.

Mioliere - don't feel too guilty about the TD - I think the key is to only use it when it's weather like this and not when it's 25C outside!!!

Fizzel - our cot went to the local women's refuge via a friend of a friend - and they were very thankful for it, the mattress and the bedding. Maybe the Sally Army could help.

Fancied roast chicken tonight - but there isn't a free range or organic chicken to be had in E Belfast anywhere. So it's going to be beef hotpot instead - which I can leave in the oven whilst we're at Beavers.

Can feel a major declutter coming on - need to tackle the kitchen in a mo and put all the ironing away. Really want to get the house sorted in case I get the part time job I've applied for - 10 hours a week which would be perfect. Is it just my kids that spread things through the house like small whirlwinds?

Dh is in Reading for 3 days so I shall probably retire to bed early with a library book and a cup of tea - luckily there's a phone by the bed for when he rings. I need to do some baking today as the kids had to have school dinners as there was nothing in and ds1 has left his flask at school - thus ruling out the emergency tins of soup - boys!!!!!

Have a good day

whatatwit

Sparklewing, Treat it as a gesture of goodwill, has the money arrived back yet? You can always pay it if they ask.
Mary, what a mess, is it any wonder these kids just jump in a car. They try and do the right thing and get kicked in the teeth at every turn.

Ok, off to sort out lunch, the beast is stirring.