Family, Home and Garden

Thursday's teatime edibles

Tonight it is jacket potatoes with cheese, beans and sauages. To be perfectly honest I am glad to get back to "normal" eating as we rather pigged out over the christmas and new year period on more food than would normally be eaten.

Joy of Knowledge Volumes 1 - 52 Index

Does anyone have the index for the Joy of Knowledge volumes 1 - 52? I just need the index emailed to me if possible, as I have all the volumes, but I don't know what's in each book and it would take me ages to index all the books.

Resolved! How do I.......?

When some of you reply to a previous post, you copy some of it into a box to put in your message, could you please explain how I can do that? This sounds a bit daft, hope you know what I am on about! I've tried "copying" but nothing happens. Thanks f...

I Couldn't Believe My Ears...

Standing in a shop debating which toothpaste I wanted when two girls - early 20s I'd guess - stood next to me looking at toothbrushes. The conversation went like this... Girl 1: "I couldn't brush my teeth this morning so want to get a cheap toothbrus...

No MDCC this month?

Hello, hope you all had a good Festive Time (with a bit more to come!) With it being the last Sunday of the month (and year!) yesterday, I thought I had missed MDCC listing and was aiming to get some 5-dayers ready for tomorrow, but I did a search to...

Yooohoooo are you there Ed-blackadder

Ed, you said you got a lot of pheasant can you help me here?we've got two pheasant, cleaned and ready for action. What's the best way to roast them please? one had a lot of blood gone into the leg flesh, will that still be OK to eat?I got a nice gift...

Unwanted christmas gifts - charity shops

If any of you do have unwanted christmas gifts.....please remember your local charity shop....they are always grateful for any donations no matter how big or small.

Tea time threads are now back to normal

So now all the festivities and celebrations are over and done with our meals are now going back to normal LOL. At the moment I am just using up all the left overs in the fridge before normal weekly shopping resumes. Tonight for the teenager will be g...

got all philosophical this morning

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbour hanging the wash outside. "That laundry is not very clean; she doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs be...

Secret Santa - I thank you

Thank you Secret Santa a lovely thoughtfull gift that will be well used, and the choccy well, it's not all gone.

New Years Eve...what will you be doing....if anything

So what will you be doing, if anything, on new years eve. My friend has his boys until new years day, for a change, so the three of them, plus my son and I will be going out for a meal at the local Harvester. The boys all love Harvester as they can h...

anyone got any chocklit left???

I think there's been a chocklit thief in here while I've been away.....there's nothing left!!!!!well a piece of Toblerone, and a lot of wrappers.OH "found" two mint kit kats in the cupboard so we've had them for elevenses.....hhhmmmmm I'm off rooting...

Ok so I was bored...............

I found a set of small drawers in the garage this morning whilst having a sort out and set about upcycling it so I could use it for my crafting stuff, think I went a bit OVER THE TOP but it does look OK in the craftroom (otherwise known as the bedroo...

For cat & dog lovers...enjoy x

http://www.godvine.com/This-is-the-Hilarious-Reason-Why-Cats-and-Dogs-Don-t-Get-Along-414...

Stan, have you seen this?

I thought you could do these on New Year's Eve!don't know where you'd put the egg though.

get well cards

Thanks to Books, and Rainy for the lovely Get Well cards.Hahahahah Chris...me? normal? I don't feel as if I've been run over by a steam roller today...... more like a bus...never mind eh? I'm breathin' ain't I?

free books

I got a Kindle Fire for christmas and I'm trying to find some sites that have free books to download. My friends keep telling me there are thousands of free books but when I try to find any on my Kindle, I get one or two mixed in with books I have to...

There is a concern about a flea product for cats and dogs that may be leathal being sold.

I recently came across an alarming warning about a flea product that is leathal to cats and dogs that is being sold on ebay without any of the side effects or warnings. Thus far I've read dozens of accounts of cats dying from an application of the an...

Twishy! Cooooeeeee!

I have just received a beautiful Christmas Tree in the post.Thank you so much, it's beautiful. I guess you made it, amI right? Honestly, you are very clever. It's sitting on ourmusic cabinet looking very lovely amongst our otherChristmas things. You ...

Holiday Anyone?.

I always think it so funny when at Christmas they start putting Holiday adverts on. Bloooomin H**K lets get over this season first and try and save up pleeeease?. If you want to Book It T****S C***K IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Not right now thank you im in th...

Why oh why didn't I get one before.......

Bought a stick steam cleaner that you can use as a handheld, in the sale, bargain. Just used it on my oven which was filthy after Christmas, not my favourite job and I wasn't looking forward to it. Well I went and picked up the steamer at 10.30 came ...

New Year's Eve Fireworks

Maybe a bit early, but just a reminder about the fireworks that will be going off on New Years Eve and to keep our pets safe. There were some going off last night near me.

Still Open All Hours

Who watched this last night? I think it was absolutely brilliant and so glad that so many of the well known characters from all those years ago made an appearance. My teenager and I were rolling around with laughter. It did say somewhere on Yahoo tha...

Coooeeee Twishy

Been trying to catch up with you keep missing you, Wanted to say publicly a big thank you for the Christmas Tree which has pride of place on the mantelpiece, it was commented on by my family. It was lovely of you to send it to me and made me feel lik...

Do you make New Years resolutions ?

And do you keep to them?

Can anyone remember.....?

Anyone remember an advert at the dinner table during which a sulking, grown-up son says something like "I said twelve peas mother, not fourteen. No, no, I don't want it now." I can't remember the subject matter of the advert.

URGENT.......

I need to tell all my face book friends that my account may have been hacked or may just be suffering from a glitch..... several things have changed and some of my pictures are missing...just cover and profile pics If you have received anything from ...

If anyone is bored and up for a Google challenge - can you help please

Hi - I have googled till my little brain hurts I am trying to find a supplier who has stock of the following item Joy Nativity with LED If anyone is bored and can google better than me (which is not hard) would you please see if you can find any - th...

Introducing LBC (Little Black Cat)

Maybe it's time to introduce our newest little family member.His name, so far, is Little Black Cat, at least until I am certainhe is staying. I found him a week and a half ago, running alongside a verybusy dual carriageway, all on his own, with traff...

Numpty!! Could you help please

Hello numpty, I hope you have enjoyed the festive season. I would love to make some brownies using Cadbury's chocolate, as Cadbury's chocolate is my lovely wifes favourite, but I am afraid I can't find the copy of your Brownie recipe on my lappy!!Ple...