The FEBRUARY Chat - part 1

[inu-kijo 0]

hehehe pmsl. : D

speaking of faucets (calling it a tap doesnt bother me, cause when you get water from the faucet, its called "tap water" here.)
I tried the garlic trick Dawn wrote down in the kitchen hints thread, and it works like WONDERS!!! (laughing at me feeling up on the sink.

Basin.... its like an old-timey word here for like a still bath.... so i was confused, thinking you had 2 of them? lol.

[TanyaRC 0]

Gill ... Would love to hear recommendations .... I read all sorts of stuff..

Builders never get things right !! When we built our last house, we wanted a certain type of ceiling in the dining room ... one that we saw in another house that he had just finished ... and they got it wrong ....

Dawn ..... they are misery box items ...

[DawnyDawn 0]

inu-kijo wrote:

hehehe pmsl. : D

speaking of faucets (calling it a tap doesnt bother me, cause when you get water from the faucet, its called "tap water" here.)
I tried the garlic trick Dawn wrote down in the kitchen hints thread, and it works like WONDERS!!! (laughing at me feeling up on the sink.

Basin.... its like an old-timey word here for like a still bath.... so i was confused, thinking you had 2 of them? lol.

I'd love to take credit for the *feeling up the sink* garlic trick hun, but it was Frannie's tip. I also tried it and it works wonders and I laughed while I felt up the sink too

[inu-kijo 0]

Dawn, the mobile and cupid dolls are in mystery boxes, now which ones, I am not sure.....

actually, mobile is in the blue box and the cupid is in the gold box

also a heart pouch in the gold box:


and a heart sticker in the red box:


: D

[inu-kijo 0]

Oh sorry, I almost typed Frannie, but then thought it was you who said it!
sorry!!

Yes I was so glad it work, usually i can't beat the smell of garlic for a couple of days and it drives me mad.

i shall always laugh like crazy while feeling up the sink though.

[DawnyDawn 0]

Thank you Tan and Kijo, I didn't see those in the spoilers are they new this week on top of the lion, apron and heart cushion?

Which incidently I need to say a big to Frannie for with hugs and kisses....I thanked her in PS but wanted to do it here too (see what I mean about my short term memory :rolls eyes: Gill like)

[DawnyDawn 0]

See I'm supposed to be busy at work, which I am really but .... well, I'd rather be here (te he).

Bob (hubby) is off work today and I'm green with envy! I hate being at work when he's off but he has so much more holiday that me....it's not fare ... and yes I'm having a tantrum and feel like stamping my feet!

[inu-kijo 0]

I'm not sure on that info Dawn, maybe the apron and what not were items that were released early by accident for a short amount of time??
perhaps some else knows more about that.....

[Zoonie 0]

Me too, sink weirdos ROFL!


Tanya I put some recommendations on the Book Club thread, fear I might be a bit too err mature for some of the readers there though -
as in not suitable content, not as in wise or clever.

One book I enjoyed as light reading was Still Life With Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer.

Sometimes I like historical, sometimes crime and/or moider(sic) thrillers, or *checks to see who's looking* some lighthearted frothy chic-lit
I like biographies and other non fiction too.

[TanyaRC 0]

for some good chic lit ... Have you read the Diana Gabaldan series ?? For a more mature reader, but not too much over the top ...

[inu-kijo 0]

Tan Tan brought me a book, I havent had a chance to start reading it yet, I must admit. : D

[DawnyDawn 0]

I'm always open to suggestions on reading fodder Gill, I really enjoyed ... now let me think ... Oh no! I had it then!

I just had to go to Amazon to find the titles, (OMG I don't believe me)

Khaled Hosseini, #The Kite Runner and a Thousand Splendid Suns

[DawnyDawn 0]

It's been great ladies, but I really have to go and get some work done. Don't really need to get the sack today.

Bye for now *waves*

xx

[Zoonie 0]

TanyaRC wrote:

for some good chic lit ... Have you read the Diana Gabaldan series ?? For a more mature reader, but not too much over the top ...

No, don't think so, will look into them

DawnyDawn wrote:

I'm always open to suggestions on reading fodder Gill, I really enjoyed ... now let me think ... Oh no! I had it then!

I just had to go to Amazon to find the titles, (OMG I don't believe me)

Khaled Hosseini, #The Kite Runner and a Thousand Splendid Suns

Oh yes, I've read The Kite Runner.

I also read Q&A long before it was made into Slumdog Millionaire


Don't go getting fired Dawn, *cracks the whip*

[TanyaRC 0]

Bye Dawn ..... be good .....

[inu-kijo 0]

ugh forum gets so SLOW right at 7:00 time for me to go, so i will see you all later!

xoxoxoxoxoxo

[TanyaRC 0]

Gill ... the first novel in the series is called Outlander ..

this is a review of it ...

Absorbing and heartwarming, this first novel lavishly evokes the land and lore of Scotland, quickening both with realistic characters and a feisty, likable heroine. English nurse Claire Beauchamp Randall and husband Frank take a second honeymoon in the Scottish Highlands in 1945. When Claire walks through a cleft stone in an ancient henge, she's somehow transported to 1743. She encounters Frank's evil ancestor, British captain Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall, and is adopted by another clan. Claire nurses young soldier James Fraser, a gallant, merry redhead, and the two begin a romance, seeing each other through many perilous, swashbuckling adventures involving Black Jack. Scenes of the Highlanders' daily life blend poignant emotions with Scottish wit and humor. Eventually Sassenach (outlander) Claire finds a chance to return to 1945, and must choose between distant memories of Frnak and her happy, uncomplicated existence with Jamie. Claire's resourcefulness and intelligent sensitivity make the love-conquers-all, happily-ever-after ending seem a just reward.

[TanyaRC 0]

Bye Kijo !! Sweet dreams !!

[Zoonie 0]

More books

by Alexandra Fuller

also read her Scribbling the Cat

and a book I love and must re-read is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, has anyone read it? I think it's brilliant.


That sounds good Tanya, reminds me a bit of the Time Traveller's Wife, which I enjoyed.

PS the Curious Incident is by Mark Haddon.



Bye for now Kijo xxx

[TanyaRC 0]

amazing how many books there are out there ...... I haven't read those. Most of the ones mentioned on the forum, I have not read ... other than the childrens books ....

I have read My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult ... It was a good book, but very sad and I cried much of the way through ... I have trouble reading things like that ...

[TanyaRC 0]

We almost have a Jaimie cult here ...... He is the main male charactor in the books and If he is half as good in my imagination .......

I just got the last book for Christmas ..... I haven't read it yet .. I am trying to finish the series that I have gotten into on my Kindle, but it seems to never end ....

[Zoonie 0]

Oh yes, I've read My Sister's Keeper and The Lovely Bones, both tricky, but good.

I've just searched my local library, they have the Outlander series, but not all at my branch - and they're out on loan now, will keep an eye open.

[TanyaRC 0]

well , I have to go .... time to take the cat to the vet ....

ttys .....

[Zoonie 0]

See you Tanya, hope you get on OK, see you soon x

[Frannie 0]

I can only stay long enough to type this... I placed mark's petling, the kitten, in the trunk.. and I think it's gone.. wahhhhhh I killed it! If any of you find out how to retrieve it, can you dropo me a line please????? thanks gotta run

[Frannie 0]

never mind... i found him now I REALLY have to go

[Zoonie 0]

sorry to laugh Frannie, but those two posts together were quite funny


*poof* back later

[Wish Fairy 0]

..........alone again ............... :-(

[Zoonie 0]

...naturally ♫

[Zoonie 0]

OH had made a cottage pie base mix, but I wasn't happy with it. The carrots and onions were too large and too under-cooked, and he hadn't cooked it down enough, so the balsamic vinegar still tasted too much instead of melding in to the gravy to enrich it. Oh, and for a completely inexplicable reason he totally forgot to add any tomato or passata or anything at all tomatoey

So - I was deconstructing it, and sorting it all out.

[Wish Fairy 0]

Zoonie wrote:

OH had made a cottage pie base mix, but I wasn't happy with it. The carrots and onions were too large and too under-cooked, and he hadn't cooked it down enough, so the balsamic vinegar still tasted too much instead of melding in to the gravy to enrich it. Oh, and for a completely inexplicable reason he totally forgot to add any tomato or passata or anything at all tomatoey

So - I was deconstructing it, and sorting it all out.

LOL - I'm a bit anal over the size of my veggies when they're "in" something too. Although I don't use tomotoes in cottage pie mince myself, but I've had it when other people have made it and it's yummy

What's your day brought then ?
OH had to go for gastroscopy today - they say he has a hiatus hernia and needs to take tablets forever as there is nothing else to be done. No spicy food He thinks he is getting old LOL.

[Zoonie 0]

Oh dear. Well, at least his condition's being managed. MY OH has been on medication since he was ooh how old - err...about 35 I think. His blood pressure was the highest they'd ever experienced at the hospital clinic and even beta blockers didn't bring it down!

I absolutely adore tomatoes in any form. I had a pyloric stenosis when I was a baby until I was 18 months old and they operated, and a tomato was the first solid food I ever ate

[Zoonie 0]

Wish be a love and play bar tender will you please, I'm just nipping to check out today's work with OH and will be right back ...

[Wish Fairy 0]

Zoonie wrote:

Wish be a love and play bar tender will you please, I'm just nipping to check out today's work with OH and will be right back ...

Of course, since it's just you and me we can split the rest of the Sancerre from last night

BTW - do you need more items for the registry ? I can send some more stuff if you need it. If not, I'll keep the coins as I want to run a contest for newbies (level 30 and under) when I have the chance to organise it :-)

[Zoonie 0]

We're not doing too badly at all thanks Wish, I did put the totals in today and of course, they're available next time too.

The bathroom's looking good, but the delay I spoke about earlier up the thread has really annoyed OH.

The TV has to go away for the repair to the dvd player, and the blooming kettle has to go back too Sheesh!

[Wish Fairy 0]

Zoonie wrote:

We're not doing too badly at all thanks Wish, I did put the totals in today and of course, they're available next time too.

The bathroom's looking good, but the delay I spoke about earlier up the thread has really annoyed OH.

The TV has to go away for the repair to the dvd player, and the blooming kettle has to go back too Sheesh!

Oh that's true - I forgot that the items will be available for another week. I'll keep some coins for next week and send some more stuff then.

Gosh - your bathroom may be annoying on the delay front but it looks beautiful!!

You don't seem to be having much look on the domestic appliance front though LOL

We've had a bit of trouble with our garage doors. Now, (and this shows the difference between the genders!) OH wanted to pfaff about for 2 horusin the garage in teh freezing cold trying to fix it himself (muttering under his breath about how much they were going to be to replace) I came inside and called the garage door guy that I had in our previous house - he came that afternoon and fixed both the doors for £80 8)

[Zoonie 0]

We're not having ANY luck with appliances. We used to before we bought this house, which was new when we got it.

So far we've had to replace the boiler and the completely integrated dishwasher within the first 5 years - even the new Miele dishwasher we bought has had to have a repair.
We've had about 6 kettles since we moved here, 3 irons 3 or 4 computers...goodness knows how many motorised valves and pumps on the heating. And thank goodness I take out insurance on the cooker as it's always needing attention.

It grieves me when I think about the house we left. Maybe we moved to a home in a magnetic field or something?

Oh and yes, our garage door is dicky at the moment too.

[Wish Fairy 0]

Zoonie wrote:

We're not having ANY luck with appliances. We used to before we bought this house, which was new when we got it.

So far we've had to replace the boiler and the completely integrated dishwasher within the first 5 years - even the new Miele dishwasher we bought has had to have a repair.
We've had about 6 kettles since we moved here, 3 irons 3 or 4 computers...goodness knows how many motorised valves and pumps on the heating. And thank goodness I take out insurance on the cooker as it's always needing attention.

It grieves me when I think about the house we left. Maybe we moved to a home in a magnetic field or something?

Oh and yes, our garage door is dicky at the moment too.

Oh My Thankfully we seem to do quite well on the appliance front. LOL a the force field. I used to work with a guy who had a massive static problem (his hair was constantly standing on end ) and the IT guys dispaired of him - we went through a laptop every 6 months.

Now ....if you promise not to judge me I'll tell you a secret

>> this afternoon I made a Birds Trifle (ya know, out of a PACKET )
I have never done it before, but OH loves them (apparently), so I relented. What a palava that was - quicker to make my own from scratch like usual

Don't tell anyone though - my mother and grandmothers would disown me LMAO

[Zoonie 0]

ROFL you fool, will keep your dirty secret safe!

that's what's known in this house as food porn

[Wish Fairy 0]

PMSL, PMSL @ "food porn" OMG LMAO

Honest though ..it took about 2 hours and the darn custard is STILL not set !! I could make one from scratch in less than 1 hour for goodness sake!

[Zoonie 0]

Hee Hee - OH and I indulge in three kinds of porn

Food Porn - collecting recipe books, reading recipe books 'experimenting' with recipes, food shopping (at nice places, not the supermarket lol) Watching TV food programmes, and then of course, eating!

House Porn - studying the property market, pouring over details and redesigning everything, even if we're not interested in the place and/or viewing showhouses (from time to time - not for ages though)

and

Domestic Porn (incorporating excessive viewing of the Lakeland Cataglogue)
which also covers OH's 'pot fetish' (this week it was the purchase of a Chasseur 30cm enamelled buffet casserole *sigh*


Care to share?

PS my guilty pleasure, as you know, is tinned soup

[Wish Fairy 0]

LOL....hhhmmmm...my only other one to add is

Fashion Porn....basically checking out Primark items and seeing if we can make a great outfit ! (actually I can do this as I am sitting here in my £5 sale jeans from H&M, my cheapie fake Uggs (don't laugh) for £10, a hoodie borrowed (stolen) from my S-D, and my 30p militia hat form Primark LOL
...or otherwise known as "What IS she wearing"

:-)

[Zoonie 0]

Hee Hee, our Fashion Porn is a bit different..for years the girls and I have taken those pages in magazines where they put outfits together and re-coordinate them.

You all have to look and then point a the same time


ED was a major Primark fan when she was studying - remember she went to the London College of Fashion, and always worked in fashion too, she still longs to go back to Grazia, but she has some major amazing news coming up about who she may be meeting soon in a promo event. Sadly I'm swore to secrecy on pain of death, because it can't leak out in advance, but *swoon*

I have no idea where our nearest Primark is, probably central London for ease of access - but confess, I really can't be bothered (read something beginning with A instead of bothered lol) I get most of my clothes locally these days.

[Wish Fairy 0]

Ooohh ED's news sounds fab there are only 2 people who could really make me swoon these days and they are George Clooney and Liam Neeson - that's IT!

Actualy Primark has become my guilty pleasure since losing so much weight - I don;t want to keep buying my usual clothes each time I drop a dress size s it would be way expensive, so my SD introduced me to Primark and the one in Basingstoke is awesome - nice than Selfridges I thought! LOL

[Zoonie 0]

Younger than them Wish and more errr 'versatile' in the roles he chooses - I can say nothing more!


Gosh no, you couldn't keep up with clothes shopping dropping weight as you are.
Sadly, I've not even started to try yet and my resolutions are wrapped up warm and cosy in their well meaning box (lonely and unloved)

[Zoonie 0]

ooh Come Dine With Me is coming on +1.


My guilty shopping secret is T K Maxx on line

[Wish Fairy 0]

Zoonie wrote:

ooh Come Dine With Me is coming on +1.


My guilty shopping secret is T K Maxx on line

LOL - we are all guilty pleasures tonight. I have to pass on CDWM as I am too busy watching the howlers on American Idol LOL (TVPorn right ?)

[armellproctor 0]

hello hello hello xoxo

[Zoonie 0]

Wish Fairy wrote:

Zoonie wrote:

ooh Come Dine With Me is coming on +1.


My guilty shopping secret is T K Maxx on line

LOL - we are all guilty pleasures tonight. I have to pass on CDWM as I am too busy watching the howlers on American Idol LOL (TVPorn right ?)

That would be right - you get the idea! rofl.
I don't watch American Idol, can't indulge you there, sorry.

armellproctor wrote:

hello hello hello xoxo

Army, read back a few posts, we're having a porn-fest! All in the nicest possible taste mind you!

[armellproctor 0]

you two make my sides hurt from laughing xoxo