Daily Thread for 13th February 08

Suesy_Sue

Morning Guys,

After my very productive day off yesterday (bathroom, bedroom and kitchen completely gutted out and cleaned) I am back to work (for a rest!)

JackieO - good luck for today.

Churchmouse - I think you might be right about the butter & Syprup being too hot, I used butter straight from the fridge and it took ages to melt completely so I think the rest got too hot. I will make them again this weekend, just need to get more coconut!:rolleyes:

Hilstep just wanted to say my thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time, I am not sure what time the funeral is tomorrow so wanted to let you know today that I will be thinking of you. Huge hugs to you and your family.:grouphug:

Haribo - nice to see you posting again, I trust the infection has cleared up and you are fit and raring to go!:T

Jayward - I am glad you finally found out what is wrong, hugs to you and hope the medication starts working soon.

Hello to all the newbies, as a fairly recent newbie I can vouch that everyone on this board is lovely (if slightly mad!!):hello:

Hugs to those in need, have a terrific Tuesday everyone.

Suesy Sue xxxxx

AussieLass

Ruby Well aren't we the little domestic goddess.

Cat I'm not sure what series we are up to. He picked the ones he wanted to keep on tonight. He kept 3 of them. Guess which one got the boot?

Haribo My anniversary isn't until Sept. Wow........a iron, great suggestion. :rolleyes: Not.

Granny Every name they choose is special. I taught my niece to say Chasy is a baby referring to my dad (her grandfather). His name was Charles but Mum always called him Chas. She called him Chasy Baby & the name stuck, all the grandkids called him that from then on. I was about 11 when she started talking.

Well I'm off to bed. Hope you all have a great day what's left of it. Byeeeeeeee

mioliere

HI there - just sat down with a coffee. Was meant to go to the gym but the postie has been and brought two letters that have made me hopping mad and I have to get my responses typed up before I lose the anger! Both letters are about matters that are not our fault. HMRC have slapped £100 fine on us because they say we didn't file DH's CIS form by 19th January - I posted it on 7th Jan! Fortunately, I get proof of posting for everything I post these days because so many people make mistakes, so I shall copy that and fire it off with a letter. The second letter is from Abbey National; we found out that for the last four months, they have been deducting £6.95 a month for an insurance that we haven't taken out. We asked them to refund the money to our account but, of course, it's not as simple as that, is it? We've just received a 14 question form to complete listing our complaint (it wasn't a complaint, actually, we just asked for our money back) and asking all sorts of other impertinent questions and they want us to send them the policy - which doesn't exist! We've never signed for one and never received one. Now, I'm going to have to spend an hour photocopying and highlighting bits of paper and typing letters to go with them and it feels like I'm always having to do someone else's job for them. I'm going to tell them both that I'm self-employed and I will be invoicing them for my time. It worked with BT and I made them pay me. Anyway, rant over - but I'm SOOO cross! As you can probably tell!

MRS MIX - (((Hugs))) to you.

SAXY - welcome to you.

REDRUBY - your reggae sauce sounds intriguing. Please let me know what it is!

PENPIN - (((Hugs))) to you. Hope you feel better soon.

Well, after a freezing cold start, it's beautiful here now. I really hope it lasts for the weekend so everyone can make the most of it.

Well, off to type my angry letters.

See you all later.

KathyXX

mary43

Hello all !

Haven't had time yet to read all through the thread. Only just got back from town.
Quick visit to the doctors for annual check on my epilepsy........was I ok ? was my medication ok? etc.........yes to all, boxes all ticked so of to town,
Posted off package of card making stuff to mums care home so thats out of the way.........now I'm filling the place up with stuff for christmas hampers again............still, its all cheap stuff and the charity shops are just loving me...............lol

Tonights dinner is going to be sausages and roast veg.............not sure if I should fry the sausages first then pop them in with the veg ..............or it I do that will they be burnt to a frazzle by the time the veg are done ????
Oh well, I'll work it out...................lol

Letter rack looks full to overflowing of stuff that needs filing away so I expect thats next on the agenda...............then printing out some more history stuff to send to mums friend (its all about the town I was born in and she loves to read it all)

Not a very productive day............didn''t sleep well again last night so I''m surprised I'm still awake....................lol

Have a great day and hugs (((((((((((((((((:p )))))))))))) to those who need them.

patentgirl

Afternoon everyone
JackieO hope all goes well today funy enough was only in Herne Bay on Sat with DD looking at wedding dresses for a reasonalbly small town they have 3 weddding shops have a good time
Mioliere dont know if you caught watchdog on Mon but Abbey National came under fire for similar things you could always try them if no sucess directly with Abbey National
Furrypig have a good holiday
Studentgirl hope today goes better for you
charlies mum well done on weight loss and good luck Taplady for later
not got much planned for later spag bol for tea and then will have to sort out DD15 clothes out for her skiiing trip with school on friday she of course will want to take her whole wardrobe as they have a few social evenings planned so can see a battle ahead
hugs to anyone that needs onexx

mrs_mix

Hi everyone
been to the doc's I have conjunctivitis so have eye drops to put in I've also had a letter to get a blue badge so I have to get my photo taken not something that happens very often so need to do that soon
not much else to report see you later
pam xx

LearningToSave.

ahhh mrs mix you have my sympathies.......we also had to go to the doctors this morning with conjunctivitis and came away with eye drops.

i have a dilema........my dd1 is 5 years old,i kept her off school today as had doctors,when doctor said conjunctuivitis i asked about school and she was all ooo yeah she can still go.
now i dont feel easy with this as i know how contagious it is and how 5 year olds are at touching things etc.....my instincts say to keep her home tomorrow and fri and then it is half term anyway.i also asked the pharmacists advice when i got our meds and she was suprised and said they normally advise keeping children home.
what would you all do?

os wise not much going on.......bm on for hm pizza dough and soup made....towels out drying on the line as it is a nice day.

donny-gal

Afternoon All
Tackled my ironing mountain this morning, set up cheap rate phone home calls direct from landline, and it gives me an 0844 no. for calls from UK to here, personally think 18866 is cheaper, but some folk don't listen, sorted through newspapers (get loads of free ones here for recipes and spainsh tips)then just had pate and cheese and crackers for lunch. Dentist check up at tea time. Not had one done over here before!
Chalky - wondered where you had got to. We seem to be going in different directions, as we go back at the end of the month and are due out again mid-Mayish. We are taking our holidays inbetween. lol. Are you finding that time is running away with you too?:eek:
Although we are warmer, you are brighter today we have an overcast day with light rain forecast.
Seems loads of ((((hugs)))) are needed at the moment, so feel free to grab one. Pen-Pen enjoy your break, we have 35 years in November. I would have been out twice by now.

We had to keep our kid off with conjunctivitis LTS. I agree with your logic, no Mum will thank you for their kids having it during half term.

Better go and put the ironing on the bed away.
Take care - DG

[Deleted User]

Hi ya chums I'm back and still alive and kicking. It went surprisingly well, and I had quite a dishy Doctor as well so that was a bonus. I am now going to put my feet up and veg out for a couple of days to let it all heal properly .Thank you all so much for your good wishes.My DD bought me a nice lunch on the way home, so I haven't got to cook tonight and my sis-in-law is coming to stay for a week tomorrow from Bromley .I haven't seen her since before Christmas as she was in Dubai visiting her DD and family , and the sun is shining as well,all's right in my world at the moment .Sofa, and a bar of Cadbury's here I come
Cheers everyone

LearningToSave.

thanks donnygal.......yes thats part of what i was thinking,i wouldnt be happy if i knew another child was in there with it and my daughter caught it if you see what i mean.