Yes, Debs, the some of the colonically challenged make their dining experience stretch further. But others, I am afraid, say goodbye to the experience a lot sooner so I guess it balances out.
Celeste - you will have to have ginger hair to go with the pink shell suit, the perm and the hairband. If you don’t have ginger hair already you may have to make further purchases of hair dye to complete the look.
AS for great Cornish restaurants - we had the best meal of our lives at the Abbey in Penzance in the Summer. Jane - I should have recommended it to you, but you would have had to stump up the same amount of DLA again and I guess you have got to hold some back in case you have to buy anything remotely sensible like lymphodoema sleeves or other medical apparatus.
No gormless purchases for me today, unless you count a ton of pick and mix in the cinema earlier on.
Did you know it is owned by the Shrimp? We had heard they are closing the restaurant which is sad as we enjoyed it when we went.
Now where is Jane? She really needs to tell us of her fine dining experience.
calm down, calm down! Sorry - goodness knows where that came from. I want to know which ‘fine’ dining place we are talking about? So I can spend more money that I do not have.
I also want to mention from another thread the thorny issue of bed linen. Well of course I’m sure we all sleep in high thread count egyptian cotton, but the thought of ironing them first seems well odd. Nevertheless if you must do so, why not put them on the bed first and then iron them - so much simpler.
Mmm… I always iron my bedlinen…high thread count egyptian cotton…then we sleep on the floor…as I can’t bear to see rumpled sheets and I hate ironing.
Celeste I visited your website…householdchoresmadeeasybyceleste.co.uk …excellent, very helpful, the white vinegar tip has made my skirting boards shine.
Was looking at Netbooks/small pcs yesterday. Managed to resist the temptation, but dear husband looking for cheaper options on the internet for me! So not entirely gormless, working on it…
Thanks Celeste, the bicarb for unbunging drains and I am amazed at your diversity with an old toothbrush. I will use your web site as often as possible.
Love Debsxxx
Now I know I am really gormless. I actually tried to go to the web site to see what household gems I could pick up. No shopping over the last week or so apart from mountains of food. I know think that everybody in my household and beyond is a pig because it has all gone in a matter of days. Either that or the dogs have worked out a sneaky way to get into the fridge without leaving pawprints in the butter.
Due to the credit crunch, this week when I went to our local farm shop, I asked the butcher for a shoulder of lamb it was £17 we had one last week and Ian said can’t we have pork? I bought a hand of pork, didn’t know pigs had hands. It was melt in your mouth soft not dry at all, even the boys ate it. At £8.75 it was the bargain of the years.
Instructions.
Score fat and rub in sea salt and black pepper, bang in hot oven 220 for 1/2 hour. Take out turn oven down to 180 and double wrap hand in tin foil(thats the expensive bit). Put back in oven for 5 hours. Take foil off and finish for 1/2.
Love Debsxxx
A hand of pork Debs?..Oh I would have thought it was a paw or trotter…
Celeste thanks for the cotton buds with teabag tip. Cotton buds and an old teabag (I used tetley)…my bath taps are positively gleaming.
oh dear me alison, no wonder you are having so much trouble with your sink - a golf ball? no no no no no - it’s a used squash ball my dear - always works as a replacement plug.
I thought for all those who are having trouble accessing my website - i’d put a handy hint here for the summer months.
To ease sunburn - mix a solution of half cider and half tepid water - spray this on for instant relief
oh and for those travelling to foreign climes a papaya is good for upset tummys.
Debs …oh yes that will be hint number 275, scroll down to end of page 6…it’s under Meat/Pork/Cuts/Pedicures.
Off to buy my cider…unfortunately the whole house smells of ketchup, white vinegar and tea bags but I see there’s a whole section on dealing with this little problem on the website.
Now how does one remove a golf ball stuck fast down a kitchen sink u bend?
I don’t think the problem on the web is mechanical I think it is manual.
It was described as technical hitch, I just presumed the technician could not hitch a lift back due to bank holiday traffic! Is that not right? I did refer to my book Triumph of the Nerds but uless you want to become a millionaire it was of little use. Oh gosh I have used that word again, think I may be in more trouble, oh dear.
well, i tried to shop yet again today but still haven’t purchased. Am I getting fussy or are the shops full of tat.
Anyway, can anyway confirm whether tip 467 will work, my husband is a bit unsure and doesn’t want to lose a harvest grain loaf.
Tip 467: prevent bread from drying out by storing it in a bucket of water
as for the golf ball stuck down the u-bend- I do apologise, but I guess you tried the tip before celeste informed us that it should be a squash ball. many apologies…you can try the household insurance and I’d love to hear your phone call explaining how you did it!!
Hi Alison…my bread is in tepid water at the moment …tip 467a…tepid is best…cold water and the bread is too soggy.
The golf ball is still lodged but I’m washing up in the bath…using a squash ball natch!
I have purchased 6 eye make-up brushes today…I don’t know why I bought 6 but it seemed to make perfect sense when standing in Boots this afternoon.
