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Welcome back Zola. It's great to see you back here among the glad and the good..........
Hi Dave
Yes, it's good to be back on CD again.
I managed to keep off the internet for the entire holiday break! Feel quite proud of that (although I still used my phone on 4G). Am now trawling through all my emails, and random posts from the various forums I have subscribed too!
I have Sa***bury's arriving soon with 100 quids worth of groceries, as my kitchen cupboards are very very bare
When I've caught up with myself, will do a blog of my SA adventures: don't want to bore peeps on the main threads on here with my ramblings, lol
I managed to keep off the internet for the entire holiday break! Feel quite proud of that (although I still used my phone on 4G). Am now trawling through all my emails, and random posts from the various forums I have subscribed too!
I have Sa***bury's arriving soon with 100 quids worth of groceries, as my kitchen cupboards are very very bare
When I've caught up with myself, will do a blog of my SA adventures: don't want to bore peeps on the main threads on here with my ramblings, lol
You can't beat Sa***bury's......... I've got a £4 off £20 coupon which we'll use tomorrow. I'll use it for wine........
You did well staying off the 't'internet for a whole week. I get the shakes when we go abroad, and I leave my laptop at home. I can't be bothered carting it with me! Some tapas and wine calms me down for the duration.
I got a leaflet through the door this morning, advertising ASDA bargains. They had a half price crockpot thingy reduced from £14 to £7. I scurried across there, to find just one left. We're off out tomorrow looking for suitable cuts of meat to cook in it.
Judy is thrilled......... she likes new cooking toys..........
You can't beat Sa***bury's......... I've got a £4 off £20 coupon which we'll use tomorrow. I'll use it for wine........
You did well staying off the 't'internet for a whole week. I get the shakes when we go abroad, and I leave my laptop at home. I can't be bothered carting it with me! Some tapas and wine calms me down for the duration.
I got a leaflet through the door this morning, advertising ASDA bargains. They had a half price crockpot thingy reduced from £14 to £7. I scurried across there, to find just one left. We're off out tomorrow looking for suitable cuts of meat to cook in it.
Judy is thrilled......... she likes new cooking toys..........
Sa***bury's delivered my treasure trove a few minutes ago.
For the first time it was a woman doing all the delivering! She was carrying two or three fully-loaded crates at a time!
And yet she looked so waif-like! Must have muscles she didn't even knew she had
You can't beat Sa***bury's......... I've got a £4 off £20 coupon which we'll use tomorrow. I'll use it for wine........
You did well staying off the 't'internet for a whole week. I get the shakes when we go abroad, and I leave my laptop at home. I can't be bothered carting it with me! Some tapas and wine calms me down for the duration.
I got a leaflet through the door this morning, advertising ASDA bargains. They had a half price crockpot thingy reduced from £14 to £7. I scurried across there, to find just one left. We're off out tomorrow looking for suitable cuts of meat to cook in it.
Judy is thrilled......... she likes new cooking toys..........
That's a good bargain you had. I've got one of those ceramic casserole dishes. In the Winter, I use it to make some lovely casseroles (surprisingly enough!).
I get some diced meat, I chop up loads of veg and potatoes, pour a casserole mix on it, and then bung it in the oven for a couple of hours. It's great.
But I've remembered what I did last Winter. I put my oven gloves on, to get my casserole dish out of the oven. But I rolled my sleeves up and caught the side of my arm on the hot oven. Ouch! I've still got a slight burn mark on my arm!
I'm always doing stuff like this! I even keep a little First Aid Kit in my kitchen. Can you believe I cut my hand on a washing basket the other day?!
Glad to be back to some crap weather, eh?! Although we did have a mini heatwave at one point!
I suppose you could've done with some extra weeks, if you are going as far as SA. Had to fit in with work, did you?
There's been some awful news since you left - the BBC won't be doing Bake Off anymore! It's going to crappy Channel 4 - without Mel and Sue!
The weather in Jo'burg and Bloemfontein, was pretty good really. Temps in the ,mid 20s and plenty of sunshine. Arrived back in Birmingham yesterday, and typically it was raining, lol
Last week's holiday was originally going to be spent in Cornwall; so returning to work today wouldn't have been a problem. But then circumstances changed and I opted for a week in SA - trying to cram three cities into only 5 days was always going to be ambitious. So just cut it down to two, but that still wasn't enough time really. And all of a sudden the week had come to an end and another 18 hours fly-time beckoned. So it's no wonder I looked like a warmed-up zombie back in the office this morning.
I did hear about "Bake Off". I can't say I have ever watched the show, so am not overly bothered. Although I suspect Ch4 will try to sex it up to please sponsors and advertisers (expect loads of ad-breaks).
As for the BBC not increasing their bid - well they seem to find enough cash to send loads of reporters to the World Cup or the Olympics, when they might be better placed just staying in the London studios to save cash.
Is there anything decent left to watch on the Beeb these days?
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I even keep a little First Aid Kit in my kitchen. Can you believe I cut my hand on a washing basket the other day?! 