OS daily threads September 2006

thriftlady_2

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Morning all:hello:
Baking day in the Thrift household - muffins for school, but that's all today as I did the flapjacks yesterday and some scones. I'm really going to try hard to cut down on the baking for the family as I'm eating too much of it. I shall be baking bread as usual, so there will always be bread and hm jam for the Thriftlings- they won't go hungry

Mackerel for tea tonight, might try bake it with some veg as the salmon onSunday turned out so lovely that way. Will let you know how it goes.

twink

morning all

how are you keeping snowy, bit better i hope, not sure about toads penny, my frogs were very little when they left the pond, they would need to grow quickly for the winter
damp but warm here, work today, walk to the post office and take dgs out in the buggy as it makes him sleep better


back later xx

Queenie

dannahaz wrote:

Queenie, I'd love to have a go at making this. Where do you get your almond oil? I did a quick search and the price seems to vary enormously, and I'm not sure whether the quality is variable.

Hazel

I bought a 300ml bottle from an Asian supermarket last week £2.35 (I've just checked Kelkoo and there are some ridiculous prices being quoted!!!)
The manufacturer is KTC (Edibles) you might want to contact them and ask where the nearest supplier is to you.

Almond oil is often used as a base oil to mix e.o's with for massage etc., so might be worth looking in places which supply those items. 5yrs ago when I first made the bubble bath, I bought a bottle from a Holistic shop, but wouldn't recommend that necessarily because I remember paying what I thought then was a lot for a teeny bottle. It's also used in cooking and I found a slightly larger bottle either Sainsbury's or Holland & Barratt (can't recall precisely) and it was more reasonable.

Hope you find somewhere local to you at a reasonable price and not the over inflated prices I've just seen online

LearningToSave.

morning all:hello:

dh was on earlies today so up at 5 and left at 6.....i always get up too when he's on that shift as i never get back to sleep.
so use it to get early start on jobs whilst girlies are still asleep....have managed to wash all downstairs floors,dust,collect-fold and put away or into ironing pile all the dry washing and washing machine on first load!!

today just have to try and get all housework done as its my birthday tomorrow so not going to do any then!! just going to have chilled day with my girlies and in evening my parents are bsbysitting so me and dh can go for a meal:D

breakfast = cereal/toast.

lunch = leftover hm curry from last night.

tea = hm quiche......have to make it today.

oooo think girlies may be stirring......have a good day all!!

Penny-Pincher!!

Morning Guys!

Another bad night:mad: OH had to help me out of bed this morning as body had just seized up:eek: :eek: :eek:

Wont be doing much today, but the WM has been put on, DW emptied and toilet cleaned. House generally is clean and tidy. SIL is here today to help with a few things around the house and do our ironing-so it will help loads.

Had problems with DD last night:rolleyes: so we decided to start using the naughty step:D She hated it, but she was so rude and if she had stormed to her room, she would have just been ignoring me. So she had to sit on the 2nd step (as we did when she was 2!) and although she moaned like mad...she worked it out in the end to keep her trap shut and not be rude or stay on there longer. She was there for 12 minutes!......Do you think it would work with the OH Anyway she is in a much better mood and we had a big dramatical apology last night:rotfl: ......kids....why do we have them

OH made a lovely french bread in the BM last night and was devine with butter and jam on it!

Anyway, better go and take me drugs and have some breakie.

Breakie: Cheese Sarnie with HM Bread
Lunch: Baked Spud, Ham and salad
Dinner: Fish, mash and veg

Hugs
PP
xx

jockettuk

hi all..

today im going to the local farmers market see what its all about, i was hoping to get to last months one but didnt make it so off today, robbed oh's wallet before he went to work so got plenty of money hee hee.. going to try the ostrich burgers VICKY A tells us about.. need to get some grapefruit as i got some for myself for my breakfast and dd decided she wanted to try some and hey presto she likes them and has asked me to get some more..

right im off to wake the little darling up now, so have a nice day everyone and catch ya laters

Rose

pawpurrs

Morning everyone,
Sorry to hear of everyones aches and pain, big hugglies to those in need and those not in need.
Went to the reflexologist yesterday, and I slept for the first time in ages, yay! Only about 5 hours but hey!
B. toast, mauled by the toaster
L. Tomato soup? Or couscous
S. Leftover tagine with a baked sweet potato.
Got a few bits to do today, and hopefully will hear about my mortgage again! Fingers crossed!

loulouloulou_2

Morning everyone....

...got work in about half hour (and im still in my pj's!!!!)

Had better go get dressed - hope everyone had a great day!

xx:beer:

comping_cat

Good morning everyone,

Bought DS an alarm clock for his birthday last week, and he keeps setting it by mistake, so was woken up by it in the middle of the night, i am not impressed. Just managed to get back to sleep when my alarm went off, so feeling tierd now!!! DS is still in bed, but not for much longer!!!!!
Just one little one here today, and she is at nursery this morning, so would like to get some jobs donr that i dont do when i have littlies here (hoovering upstairs!!!)
Also need to get the BM on, and a stew in the SC (DS has football training tonight, so nice to come home to our dinner!!!) so better get this morning started!!!!
Hope everyone who is poorly feels better soon,
Take care xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Queenie

:hello: Gooooood Morning fellow OS'ers

Apart from Spanish Lessons tonight, I haven't planned much for today, very much a "do as much or as little as I feel at the time" kind of day; not sure what's going on with my body clock, but sleep/tiredness has become quite an issue.

Homemade bread and jam is on the menu for the boys packed lunches, with fruit salad and yogurt.

Do need to book myself a hair appointment, nurse appointment and Dr's appointment, so I'll get those done as soon as the offices open. Fastest finger time :rotfl:

Snowy - don't know if it's any use, but I did stumble across this if you don't want to pay out for someone to put your curtain pole up:
Curtain Pole Erection

Pen Pen - I have several frogs/toads (never did learn the difference) in my garden, couple of them took up residence in a bucket after we'd moved the pebble fountain. Sometimes, when I'm near the back door I hear them 'talking' but the other week, one jumped out from behind the drain pipe. I didn't want it jumping on me feet, so I nudged it with a stick, very gently, and .... it screamed!! Who knew!? I'd never heard one scream before and I'm not sure who was most taken aback - I certainly jumped backwards! :rotfl:

Time for a coffee!

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