Family, Home and Garden

My new "job" with the PDSA

After months of struggling to get a proper paid job....and it not through the lack of trying I today started a part time volunteer job in the new PDSA shop that has opened near me. I saw the new shop opened last week, and as I use the PDSA for the do...

Ooohh i Dont Know.

Im fed up this morning as i got my official letter about my cut in hours at my little job. I work fifteen and they are cutting mine to ten and getting someone else to do the five as they used to have two cleaners and want that again. I still think th...

BBC Iplayer Recommendations

Hi I am stuck in bed and getting bored. Can anyone please recommend any drama or thriller series that I can download from BBC Iplayer. I don't like things like Holby or any of the Soaps - used to love watching Luther when it was on and Prisoners Wive...

Gift ideas please

As readers of my posts will know, my Brother is in intensive care having broken his back and is paralysed from the chest down. I would like to send him a gift but can't think of anything appropriate and wonder if you lovely peeps could make some sugg...

You're not going to beleive this

I've been run over - and by an ambulance!. After an emergency trip to A & E to sort out my calcium, was leaving the hospital, crossing the road on the zebra crossing. Ambulance came flying round the corner, blue light and siren going and he ran into ...

Christmas present ideas pleeeeeeeeeeease

I have an Aunt who is 75, and lives on her own, she doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, doesn't eat chocolate or use bubble bath, she knits her own hats and scarves, she doesn't sew or paint, she doesn't wear perfume or makeup. She has a car, but has all t...

Wonderful Wednesday's Winter Warmers

Nothing planned for tea tonight so it will be a knock on the freezer door but fish fingers and chips is looking most likely. Mushy peas for me and beans for the teenager.

Don't know if this works.........................

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Calor Gas Heaters

My dad, bless his cotton socks is going to pay for me to have a calor gas heater as I cannot afford to put the heating on twice a day. It appears that the main cost of central heating is the initial turn on and heat up so I have decided only to have ...

Calling Chicken Grandma......

I need help CG.....shush you lot!!! is it possible to put some new shirring elastic in the waist of a dress? Bought a dress which is gorgeous but the elastic in the waist has gone so it's not pulling in to size,if I unpick it all can I sew some new e...

Cooking TWO meals in the slow cooker at the same time

Today I will be cooking two different meals in the slow cooker at the same time! I have sliced up some carrots and layered them at the bottom, just covering with a little stock. My meal is placed on top of the carrots, in a foil container and then wr...

Does anyone drive a 4X4 vehicle?

Hi. Soon to get my first 4X4 Pajero & never driven a 4 wheel drive before. A bit nervous as I"ve heard many conflicting bits of advice!

Do not open ..................

any emails from me !!!! Mr S has been playing and somehow managed to fill me pooter full of antivirus security pro malware. Am trying to sort it at present but as it won't let me in to download clean-up tools I may be absent for a wee while.

A rather miserable Monday teatime eats

Rather miserable outside and looking quite overcast although I thought the weather girl this morning said sun for the vast part of the day - perhaps I was still in my dream state LOL. Anyway for tea tonight is the left over chicken from yesterday's l...

Dr Who............who is getting excited about the 50th anniversary tomorrow?

Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the beginnings of Dr Who and my son is getting quite excited about watching the programme tomorrow night with his dad. I watch Dr Who sporadically My favourite Dr was the one portrayed by Jon Pertwee but have loved...

Washing Day

Despite going on about radiators and heat i do keep it warm in my flat. we used to have a communal drying area on the roof of the flats but we are not permitted to go up there any more. There are washing lines in a communal bit over next to a little ...

I am distinctly fed up

My G.P. is being awkward - never having seen "the hole" and having no clue about the size of it or of the difficulty of trying to get dressings to stay in place, they have decided that they will refuse to let me have dressing materials on prescriptio...

Happy Birthday 1311rose

Hope you have a lovely day Rose

Things you can only buy at Christmas

In the shops at this time of year there are goods/products available that you can't buy at other times. There's always lots of goodies, new liqueurs, special edition drinks, chocolates, cakes, savouries, all sorts and not just edibles. I just love it...

Well ladies tomorrow I am off doing my

Christmas food grocery shopping with my M*rris*ns vouchers. Do you think I will be too late to put the brussels on for Christmas when I get back ?

War medals including and MC belonging to Major Fred Ashby

Does anyone have information regarding war medals including and mc belonging to Major Fred Ashby, they were purchased on ebay last year.,sold under the name of Margaret Ashby.

Why have ebay changed their 'sell an item' page? Can't make it go :(

Can't they just leave things alone EVER??????? Can't use a previous template & just alter the actual item but leave the mdcc bumf like I usually do - when I've changed the item for listing, the writing is all in html mode. Hit preview & it reverts to...

I Can`t Find My Cat

This morning, she jumped up onto the cabinet where the budgie cage is.She missed her footing and clawed the cloth under the bird cage, pulling the cloth off the cabinet and the bird cage with it. The budgie is OK, he just perched on top of the gerbil...

Jungle favourites?

Mine has to be Lucy Pargeter from Emmerdale; also think Leila Morse from 'Enders will be a good laugh and up for the bushtucker trials. Looking forward to it starting, tomorrow. I'm wondering whether they will bring Michael Le Vell in later on?

Peter Andre

Got a glimpse of Peter Andre today a couple of times when he visited out shopping Mall in Maidstone!!. Lots of fans had brought things to sign and were getting a bit emotional over it. He looked a lot smaller!!, lol, i was quite surprised, but a very...

Minus three this morning and de icer won't work any recomendations

Paid over £3.00 for a spray de icer guaranteed to work in temperatures of minus 15 and it didn't work. Anybody found one that does work? Because I start work really early I need something reliable as I don't have the time or inclination to faff aroun...

Remember Remember no not the 5th of November but your .................................

repeat prescriptions peeps. Plenty of time yet but what with all that will be going on it is something you just might forget and run out of medication just when you do not want to.Will try to post reminders at weekends leading up to the festive perio...