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I did my regular morning chores and then started a load of dark clothes in the washing machine.

I just wasted 45 minutes trying to get more information on when and where I can actually get the COVID vaccination. What a "goat rope."
 

Not a lot done today... while hubs was getting his Oral MOT at the dentist.. I cleaned out my car , it's going for a new cambelt to be fitted tomorrow, so I like it to look nice whenever it goes into the workshop.. I apply this to life in general , I always feel that if a doctor , or a teacher, or a Mechanic sees you don't look after yourself or your car, why should they make that extra effort to do a good job when you obviously don't try yourself?.. It's my mantra anyway , whether true or not, it's something I've always stuck by

Tonight I made Shepherds pie with sausages , & broccoli in it., and dough boys for dinner ... yummmmmyyy.. :p

Cleared out some food cans from the barn which had got rusty around the egdes due to some damp in there a few weeks back.. since then we've added a humidifier, and an electric oil heater, but hubs painstakingly cleaned the cans with a dilute of WD40.. then washed them in soapy water.. I would have personally just thrown them in the bin ...

Best news of all, 5 weeks after arriving home from Spain after 11 years away my DD has got a job.. absolutely amazing, considering the hundreds of thousands who have lost their jobs in England this year and millions unemployed .. but my DD has got one, and it will a pay very well .. initially just on a 3 month contract... can't say yet what it is, but I will soon.. ( just don't want to jinx it for her)...she starts next week, so I'll have to furkid sit for her.. at least 4 days a week...
 
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hollydolly said:
Tonight I made Shepherds pie with sausages , & broccoli in it., and dough boys for dinner ... yummmmmyyy.. :p

Best news of all, 5 weeks after arriving home from Spain after 11 years away my DD has got a job.. absolutely amazing, considering the hundreds of thousands who have lost their jobs in England this year and millions unemployed .. but my DD has got one, and it will a pay very well .. initially just on a 3 month contract... can't say yet what it is, but I will soon.. ( just don't want to jinx it for her)...she starts next week, so I'll have to furkid sit for her.. at least 4 days a week...
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Holly, congrats on the daughter's new job, she must be highly qualified to land a job with the unemployment

What are dough boys? I am thinking of the Pillsbury Dough Boy but probably not.
 
I'm going to start a sewing project today. I'm thinking about it, anyway.

Once in a while my sister brings me a bag of fabric remnants she picks up from a thrift store. Last week she brought a bag of these long, narrow, finished strips of satin, about 30 of them, most of them brown, a lot of them pink. Each one is 5.5 inches wide and 8 feet long. I'm thinking of cutting a bunch of them in half and sewing them together down the long edges to make her a skirt. I'm gonna see how it looks if I taper the lengths in toward the waist (pin it all together) so it will be an A-line, and leave the excess corners of each strip hanging on the outside, kind of like a scalloped tier. I'll alternate the brown and pink strips. The colors look really nice together, like chocolate covered strawberry-cream bon-bons. :p
 
Lee said:
Holly, congrats on the daughter's new job, she must be highly qualified to land a job with the unemployment

What are dough boys? I am thinking of the Pillsbury Dough Boy but probably not.
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Thanks Lee...she is highly qualified, but she's been out of that loop for 11 years owning and running her doggie hotel in Spain.... but even this job offer is not what she would be doing ordinarily in her career, it will all become clearer when I tell you what it is once she's started...

Dough boys...another name for flour dumplings for stews and soups etc...
 
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I'm going to start a sewing project today. I'm thinking about it, anyway.

Once in a while my sister brings me a bag of fabric remnants she picks up from a thrift store. Last week she brought a bag of these long, narrow, finished strips of satin, about 30 of them, most of them brown, a lot of them pink. Each one is 5.5 inches wide and 8 feet long. I'm thinking of cutting a bunch of them in half and sewing them together down the long edges to make her a skirt. I'm gonna see how it looks if I taper the lengths in toward the waist (pin it all together) so it will be an A-line, and leave the excess corners of each strip hanging on the outside, kind of like a scalloped tier. I'll alternate the brown and pink strips. The colors look really nice together, like chocolate covered strawberry-cream bon-bons. :p
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can you post a picture ?
 
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Weren't you planning to do that yesterday? (I'm paying attention! ;))
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Yes, but I still haven't done either! I got sidetracked yesterday with cleaning my coffeemaker and counters.

Not going shopping with Sonny today as we planned. He has to babysit his great grandson again. I am glad though because my 2nd Misfits Market box is being delivered today.

Making breakfast, Chaffles and bacon. Then just normal chores.
 
@katlupe: Had to look up "chaffles" (cheese and egg waffles for the likewise uninitiated). Seems to be a keto thing, yes? You'll get to your list... we all do eventually, or we just rip up the list and start a new one. Been there done that. :cool:

This morning I did a Costco shopping trip, then went to the library for a no-contact pickup.
First time off my property since Christmas Day. WooHoo!
 
hollydolly said:
Best news of all, 5 weeks after arriving home from Spain after 11 years away my DD has got a job.. absolutely amazing, considering the hundreds of thousands who have lost their jobs in England this year and millions unemployed .. but my DD has got one, and it will a pay very well .. initially just on a 3 month contract... can't say yet what it is, but I will soon.. ( just don't want to jinx it for her)...she starts next week, so I'll have to furkid sit for her.. at least 4 days a week...
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I haven't been out of my little apartments since December 29th other so today I made a much-needed grocery run.

Now I've got a pot of freezer soup simmering on the stove. I keep a one-quart cottage cheese container in the freezer compartment and when I open vegetables or have a dab of leftover sauce or gravy I put the liquid into the container for soup stock. When the container is full I make a pot of soup and today is the day! I added a big fat carrot, fresh celery stalks with leaves, an onion, cabbage, and a couple of tablespoons of barley. When the soup is done I will add a quarter cup of tiny pasta shells that will cook as the soup cools.

That's about all the excitement I can stand for one day! ;)
 
Not a lot done today...it's sleeted all day.

DD came over this morning and we both took this young man to the salon.... now doesn't he look all handsome?


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Unfortunately the govt have decreed that now all dogs can only be groomed in the event of an emergency where it's deemed to adversely affect the dogs' health so the groomer only did this today because it had been booked in advance...how having the dog groomed is making difference to C-19 cases I haven't a clue... 🤦‍♀️
 
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