Anything Exciting Today?

[Redhelen72]

any plans or anything happening today?
Am off out for lunch later but other than that not really a lot on, may do some batch cooking for stews etc as my new job (when it starts) involves a busy 6 months of training and some travel and Mr RH is useless in the kitchen!
I also won £200 amazon voucher so am going to stock up on dog and cat food and coffee syrup for the pantry.
Anyway let me know what you have planned.

[douglas9401]

I plan to win a £200 Amazon voucher once I get some tips. :-)

[Redhelen72]

Lol douglas - its a silly game I play online - year before last I won £1000 in amazon vouchers - did the same then bought a load of specialist cat food.

[Bazile]

//coffee syrup //

Wat dat den?

[Barmaid]

No. My day off has turned into a day of work. Apart from the kitty doctors. I'm a bit cross.

[Redhelen72]

Oh no BM that is pants - do you get to charge double?

Its a sweet syrup that you put in coffee - you get many different flavours - my favourite is vanilla.

[rowanwitch]

Nothing too exciting, just a needlework group this morning, bit of shopping, then might tackle the small pile of embroideries that need lacing onto cards. It's a boring job, and I keep putting it off.

[MissTerious2]

Not exciting, but just got an email from our fuel company that off grid gas homes will be getting government £200 help from 6th Feb paid through electricity suppliers.

[MissTerious2]

Oh and the sky is blue today!

[Barmaid]

No. And I am very annoyed.

[Redhelen72]

Yes our sky is blue and we have just received the £600 Government heating money that has been outstanding since October!
So will now top up the oil.
I have an absolute fortune in garden centre vouchers so will take a mooch round the garden centre before lunch - but will try and put off purchasing anything until later - but its so difficult lol

[Redhelen72]

Oh dear BM I would not want to have to deal with you today!

[MissTerious2]

Ordered our top up yesterday Red before I got the mail . £500.00 for less than half a tank. Glad we have a woodburner.

[Redhelen72]

I know its such a silly price at the moment - when we moved in here in December 21 it was 210 for 500 litres its now 476!

[Maydup]

Off to the farm shop for another sack of spuds and hoping they still have Seville Oranges as I’m thinking of having a bash at marmalade making over the weekend while Mr M watches the FA Cup matches!

[Redhelen72]

maydup - how does the price of the oranges etc weigh up to just buying the marmalade?
I am lucky himself actually likes cheap shreddless kind so I don't have to make it.

[rowanwitch]

I used to make marmalade from scratch, but then I like really bitter intense ones , but it's an incredible faff!

[Redhelen72]

I remember you used to be able to buy a kit - you just added the sugar and water - did that a few times.

[rowanwitch]

MaMade, they still sell it in the supermarkets. Add sugar and boil to death. Put in jars ( which you haven't been told to sterilise) wait until it goes mouldy then throw in the bin....

[Redhelen72]

lol

[nicebloke1]

Not sure if this is exciting but, I'm off to buy some warmer vests later, my old ones are getting a bit thin and washed out.Its not getting any warmer out there. ;>)