Family, Home and Garden

In a quandary - no response from buyer

I'm in a bit of a quandary and I'm not sure what to do about it. Back on the nineth a buyer outbid four other people to win a 1000 piece circular fairies puzzle and paid for it immediately. I then checked it as a matter of course before repacking it ...

Last film you watched that was a disappointment?

Black Swan. What a load.

Cost cutting tips?

Mine are: buy a slow cooker; use a hot water bottle instead of the radiators; lug heavy shopping home in a trolley rather than getting a taxi. Oh, and all 3 are redundant if you can achieve No 4: find a not-too-choosy millionaire.

Valentine Cards - how many?

Well girls - how many did you all get?

Loads of tins of tomatoes

......any suggestions? (no not that). I tend to buy them when I see them cheap, and have about 12 tins. I need the cupboard space! Has anyone a recipe using tinned toms?

Sunday roast?

Roast pork, roast potatoes. Sprouts geen beans and roasted parsnips for me.

THE OLD WOMAN STILL HAS A SENSE OF HUMOUR!

Last month Prince Andrew was all over the front pages because of allegations that he had sex with under-age girls. Yesterday Mummy promoted him to VICE-admiral!

Fridays favourite foody fodder

OH had macaroni cheese.I shall have something at work later.

Who is having what?

Bowl if soup and soggy bread for me when feeling comes back in my mouth from the dentist.

Bored - 3 in the Morning

Roll up, roll up for the FHG Country Fair,come see Chicken Grandma fly through the air, her only support is the g string that she gets to wear,beneath her sequinned leotard, honest I swear,And OMG it's our Maggie whose joined her up there,She's walki...

I may be sometime!!!

keeping up to date on here is becomming a nightmare, stupid internet connection is having a paddy again....sigh....I need an IT genius hanging up in my closet!!

Grubs up....

Just had a bowl of soup. Off out to skittles shortly.

carpet shampooer

I'm going to have to buy a carpet shampooer but have no idea where to start with deciding which one to buy. Does anybody have any tips on choosing a make / model etc. My carpets are quite grubby, courtesy of 2 dogs, so it needs to be pretty efficient...

Comestibles for Monday's Munch Mob

Spatchcocked poussin for me

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

I got the DVD box set for Christmas from my sister. It's not hilarious but there are some great scenes. I never really enjoyed it at the time - it was a bit silly even then - but despite having some jokes which are trotted out each episode (eg Rangi ...

good news at the right time

as i was feeling pretty low my daughter has just phoned from slovakia to tell me her and alfonso are coming home in july to get married.they thought the good news would cheer me up. i am now so happy for them and it is something to look forward to.

Why did warden photo my tax disc?

I picked up a parking ticket about three weeks ago I picked up a parking ticket about three weeks ago. He gave me less than five minutes."Too late!" he barked. "It's more than a minute overdue. That's it. There's nothing I can do about it." He was qu...

Mob phone question (bear with me!)

I've had a mob phone for ages, but have just got an iPhone. Previous phone didn't have internet access. Obv iPhone does. Man in the shop explained quite a bit, but I'm still not sure how much I can use the web (it's 500mb of data) and what settings t...

Resolved! work problems latest update

following on from my visit from occ health which went very well. i do not know if occ health have contacted management and HR yet but all day yesterday i had health and safety area manager shadow me all day clock watching and making little notes in h...

how do you do yours?

roasties that is.....I've done them in goose fat, oil, coated in semolina...lost count of other ways...I still think beef dripping is best, but only once in a while as they are so norty!!! over to you........

Shopping trolleys

I am now approaching that stage whereby they are no longer for old fogeys, but are starting to look an attractive proposition. Indeed, these days they are sexy! Young folk take them to festivals! They come in all sorts of jazzy patterns! I'm starting...

din dins.....

I tried doing a chicken in the halogen oven thingy we bought, it does a rotisserie thing....oooh lovely! but you can only roast a budgie sized chicken really. Had it with new spuds and mixed veggies.

Who would you most like to meet?

Living people only please, so it could just happen! My choice is the Dalai Lama. He seems so laid back - I'd like to poke him, see if he giggles.

Any cat owners?? Help please...

Morning,I got my lovely 2 year old rescue cat a year ago, she's settled in brilliantly and is so happy with us.I've always been aware of a cat at the back of us that she doesn't get on with, I've noticed it picking on her before.Well, yesterday we di...

B & B between Thurso and Tain, do any of you .....

Know of any at a reasonable cost for one person for one night ?The reason I ask is I have a delivery to make in Thurso on Tuesday and will be in a 3.5 tonner with no sleeping facilities so need a B & B.Thank you in advance for any help and / or sugge...