Old Style Diary Archive - JUL 05

MATH

Hi Giggelbox, welcome to the Ol'Style board, look forward to getting to know you.

A quick warning about Ticklemouses (or should that be Ticklemice) paddlepool. It may look innocent enough but I've heard it's nothing more than an inflatable vinegar storage tank. A condiment well known for its cleaning properties in these ere parts. 20 mins sitting in there sipping an Ol'Style cocktail which is just a posh way of saying a cup of tea with a brolli in it and you come out missing two moles and half a dozen freckles. I can remember the days when TM had a tattoo of a dead dog on one arm and a recipe for lemon merringue pie on the other:eek: , nowadays her skin is unblemished English Rose fair:D

VickyA_2

Hi Gigglebox and welcome!

Done not very much today. Been getting prepared for my interview tomorrow.......... Other than that, I've ironed one shirt and made cups of tea. Hmmmm, hopefully tomorrow afternoon when I get back from my interview I will either a) be able to crack open a bottle of plonk in celebration b) wait nervously for the phone to ring or c) do the ironing that I haven't done in comiseration!

We're having a lamb "cocido" tonight. It's a recipe that I got from a Good Food magazine ages ago, but have never actually had a go at yet. If it's any good, I'll post the recipe on here.

nicki_2

squeaky wrote:

Have you tried asking on In My House or on the I Wanna forum?

Not forgetting to use the links for Kelkoo and Pricerunner in the blue bar at the top of the page...?

Yep Squeaky I've done that. I did a search and I've worked through all the threads. We've just got back from checking out Comet / Powerhouse / Currys but Comet were the best. I'm also checking out the cometclearance website. I'm not keen on the idea of buying such and expensive item from ebay but I'm going to keep looking elsewhere. I could really do with going into town to the 2 local Index stores since they are closing in the next two weeks, we'll have to see what happens.

oh well, I'm off to serve up the reheated Lasagne I made last night :drool:

VickyA_2

Nicki, we got our washing machine from the John Lewis website. Free delivery (as opposed to Powerhouse that was going to charge £40!) and a decent machine for £259. Not bad, I thought.

gigglebox

Hi guys thanks for the lovely welcome you are a lovely bunch.....

Squeaky: Yep another one from Suffolk...... born & bred.

Apprentice Tycoon: As you can imagine i always giggling and laughing. Everyone who hears me, always remember me by my laugh. Even as a youngster one of my friends dad called me smiler. I was named gigglebox by one of my friends partners when they heard me laughing whilst she was on the phone to him, 'i hear you have gigglebox there' he said!

As you all welcomed me so nicely .........can i make any one a :coffee:?

VickyA_2

gigglebox wrote:

As you all welcomed me so nicely .........can i make any one a :coffee:?

Ooooh, if you're offering. Milk, one sugar please.

apprentice_tycoon

gigglebox - when you're ready you might want to put your name in the 'getting to know you thread' at the top of the first page....most of the regulars have put a few words there so you can see what you are dealing with

squeaky

nicki wrote:

Yep Squeaky I've done that. I did a search and I've worked through all the threads. We've just got back from checking out Comet / Powerhouse / Currys but Comet were the best. I'm also checking out the cometclearance website.

Right. Well. I'll get me coat.

dorry_2

hya gigglebox!

i found this thread like aprentice tycoon, just passing one day on january, been hooked ever since! i used to go on quick grabbit thread, i still check on there for any bargains, but i always end up here!

I have been on my 2nd day of placement today, not the nicest of places when its 80 degree! however staff and residents have been smashing, i was chuffed when i found they have loads of chefs there, the food is brill and i only pay a £1 a week for my lunches/teas all week! ( i couldn't take sandwiches for that!!) So not done much 0/styling this week, but looking forward to having the summer hols of with ds.

VICKYA... i will be thinking of you tommorow in your interview, just go in there and knock em dead!!

i went for a interview 3 weeks ago for a nurse bank job, on a ward nearby, who look after children with problems. i got the job and i am waiting to for start date!! so think postive thoughts and you will get it .. me thinks!



gonna go and watch holby city, this heat had wiped me out!!


see you all tommorrow,

SnowyOwl_2

Hello everyone! It's a public holiday here in N.Ireland today and another one tomorrow - it's like an extra weekend.

Got up early this morning, about 5.30 am - this is normal, I suffer from sleeplessness - and downloaded and installed a new virus checker. I know, I was bored...

Then emptied the dishwasher, petted & fed the cats, made breakfast - came over all tired and grabbed another couple of hours snooze. On rising went for a walk in a gorgeous forest park near me, but boy was it hot in the bits that weren't shielded by trees... walked a couple of miles but I was so uncomfortable.

Went to local shop and en route called into the recycling centre with cardboard boxes, tin cans etc etc.

On getting home hacked down the rainforest that was growing in my back garden. Rewarded myself with a lovely late lunch of new potatoes, smoked haddock and asparagus...yum! Oh and an Orange flavoured Solero ice lolly.

This evening I am going to do some household filing and chucking out of papers - I am drowning in them. My bedroom was getting difficult to walk around because of paperwork, I must get it up to date and be ruthless with stuff I don't need.

Another lovely day off tomorrow...what bliss...