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hollydolly said:
What do John Lewis give ..?.. actually they're so expensive I'd save more money going elsewhere.. :LOL:...who else does OAP discounts.. I've got a free bus pass.. but I've never used it, but it's handy to have if I need to.. and I have 1/3 off train travel which I do use.. anything else I don't know about ? :D

Just been to the barn before I leave to go out, and dried all the cans..they're so wet the labels are coming off.. :(.. dried all the freezer off.... broughtht all the toilet and kitchen rolls into the house so they don't get damp up there..fortunately they seem to be one of the few things that didn't get wet and covered up the Food shelving and the freezer with sail cloth. Got the dehumidifier running and in the time I was in the barn..dried everything up, mopped the floor, the HUmidity level had droped by 11% down to 79 %... ... . I'ts really dark here due to the rain.. and it''ll be dark in an hour or so anyway, so there's not a lot more I can do by myself in this heavy rain and wind..
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I was joking :) although, I'd love to get a discount from JL. My family credit me with keeping JL in business! They are expensive but I have had some good sales bargains in the past.

I only know of the Iceland discount. I have a friend who stocks up with kitchen paper, toilet rolls, cleaning stuff from Iceland but, she has quite a big household so buys a lot but, for me, 10% isn't worth the journey.

I hope you managed to rescue everything from the barn. I guess it's best to assume there is no insurance but, maybe, your o/h will surprise you and let you have the details 🤞
 

Capt Lightning said:
In spite of the major stores virtually giving away fresh vegetables and giving good discounts on a range of food, I managed to spend a small fortune this morning. That's hopefully the major expenses over for this year.
Still got to get a few small items tomorrow - like vinegar to make pickled onions.
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Do you buy picked red cabbage every Christmas? I only ask because my parents always did and I carried on the tradition until I realised that, actually, we never ate it!
 

Yesterday I got back on track with the exercise, but I didn't vacuum. Today, exercise and maybe vacuum.

I used to move everything out of the room before vacuuming, but now with the heavy treadmill I'm not sure what to do. It's not that I can't move it, but rearranging things a bit would expedite the process.

I was vaguely thinking of going to one of the stores, but maybe I'll wait until the cold snap and Christmas are over. Or maybe I should "get out there" anyway. Blarg. Tomorrow. Or....

I woke up to a strange morning light. Frozen fog. Nice.
 
Slept in until 7:30 this morning. It was -8F when I got up. Was all the way up to +11 awhile ago, and the sun was shinning, so took Li'l Bit, and I out for a little exercise. Going to give her a bath now, and then head up north to visit friends. My friend Jeff just got back from a month in Thailand, and looking forward to hearing all about it. I haven't been there in fifty years.
 
I actually got out the canister vac and did did some cleaning. I even got under the baseboards. A few plastic beads got caught in the crack tool. I know the former owner did crafts and they were probably dropped and eventually made it to under the baseboards. I hate cleaning now more than ever. I can't see well in my left eye and I keep tripping over the vacuum and misjudge where things are.
 
Trish said:
Do you buy picked red cabbage every Christmas? I only ask because my parents always did and I carried on the tradition until I realised that, actually, we never ate it!
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That reminds me of a true tale...
I can't remember the chap's name, but he was a student working with us for a year.... Just before Christmas, he asked me if I knew where he could get pickled walnuts. He said that his father liked them and his Christmas was not complete without them. Well,I had to go to the hypermarket at lunchtime, so I suggested he should come too and look for them. He found them and bought two jars..

After the holidays, I asked him if his father had enjoyed the walnuts. He groaned .. He had bought pickled walnuts, so had his sister, and his brother and their mother.... they had 17 jars of pickled walnuts!

I like pickled red cabbage, but not just at Christmas.
 
The rain has arrived which has made me have to adjust my task schedule as I don’t want to venture out in the mess. I got all the washing done today. Finished wrapping gifts and have put away paper, ribbon, etc. Rain is to move out late today so I can take care of a few shopping tasks tomorrow. Still have a cake to bake and packing to do before I leave town on Thursday. I’ve been doing a few things everyday so I won’t feel so rushed which has been a problem in past years due to my chronic procrastinating.
 
Trish said:
I was joking :) although, I'd love to get a discount from JL. My family credit me with keeping JL in business! They are expensive but I have had some good sales bargains in the past.

I only know of the Iceland discount. I have a friend who stocks up with kitchen paper, toilet rolls, cleaning stuff from Iceland but, she has quite a big household so buys a lot but, for me, 10% isn't worth the journey.

I hope you managed to rescue everything from the barn. I guess it's best to assume there is no insurance but, maybe, your o/h will surprise you and let you have the details 🤞
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I buy all my paper goods from Costco..much cheaper to buy in bulk and so much better quality tbh...

I've covered everything in Sail cloth and Tarpaulin.. Most things are in plastic storage boxes, but I need at least 2 or 3 more.. Went looking for them today after I;d been out for a drink and some Tapas with a friend ..nearly fell over Poundstretcher wanted £10 for the tiniest box.. .. looked on Amazon and anything over 80 litres is a Ridiculous price.. up the £ 40 area. each!! .:eek:.
I've seen online that Wilkos have some cheaper one.. but there's not a branch near me.. so I'll have to take a trip to a nearish town to buy them..

So.. what I've done on the advice of my daughter.. is to order some Heavy duty tent pegs.. and hopefully I'll be able to throw a Tarp over the roof of the barn..and rope it down with the Tent pegs, and hopefully that will keep everything dry until I can figure out what to do next..
 
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Capt Lightning said:
That reminds me of a true tale...
I can't remember the chap's name, but he was a student working with us for a year.... Just before Christmas, he asked me if I knew where he could get pickled walnuts. He said that his father liked them and his Christmas was not complete without them. Well,I had to go to the hypermarket at lunchtime, so I suggested he should come too and look for them. He found them and bought two jars..

After the holidays, I asked him if his father had enjoyed the walnuts. He groaned .. He had bought pickled walnuts, so had his sister, and his brother and their mother.... they had 17 jars of pickled walnuts!

I like pickled red cabbage, but not just at Christmas.
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talking about Christmas food.. I saw Chocolate dates in Sainsbury the other day
 
This is where my friend and I went for a drink and some tapas this afternoon.. it was already dark at 4pm.. we came out about 5.30pm

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@hollydolly Such a pretty place. I could hang out there for an hour or two.

I'm so bored that I just want to go to bed and get up in time to go to work tomorrow. It's been too cold to play outside today, and everything that needed to be done inside has been done. Nothing interesting on TV, not even an old movie worth watching.

The weather gets colder and wetter for the rest of the week so it's not likely that DS and his husband will be here as they usually are every few weeks.

As my mama used to say, maybe I'll just crawl in a hole and pull the hole in after me!
 
Georgiagranny said:
@hollydolly Such a pretty place. I could hang out there for an hour or two.

I'm so bored that I just want to go to bed and get up in time to go to work tomorrow. It's been too cold to play outside today, and everything that needed to be done inside has been done. Nothing interesting on TV, not even an old movie worth watching.

The weather gets colder and wetter for the rest of the week so it's not likely that DS and his husband will be here as they usually are every few weeks.

As my mama used to say, maybe I'll just crawl in a hole and pull the hole in after me!
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Geegee.. 🤗 what about youtube.. surely there's something on there for you to get interested in.... what about a quiz..?...or a tutorial for something..?
 
hollydolly said:
Well with a big sigh of relief.. I managed to get the Dehumidifier thawed, and back into the shed.. but to do it I had to turn the heating on in the house for several hours, so that's cost a fortune.

I have a bigger one in the Barn.. and the barn is leaking.. so I have no option but to have that on for several hours a day, I have no idea what that costs to run.. every time I go to the barn, the marine wood flooring , is soaked.. and I have to mop it up...and that;s before everything thaws

@Trish you're very lucky to have the snow melted, it's still at least 6 or 8 inches here...
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I feel for you having to worry about the barn. I hope you get a nice warm day(s) to melt that snow and dry up everything.
 
A surprising day for me! I had plans to face chat with a long time friend, but he had to cancel at the last minute. I was disappointed and then....I went to my mailbox and retrieved a post card from another hubby of one of my best friends. He often would cheer me up when I worked for his wife (library director) if I was blue. He knew I liked Bill Clinton, and he would phone me up and sound just like Bill to talk nonsense to me to get me to smile! So today, I get a card from "Bill" noting it was Christmas time but his wife, Hillary sure could use one of my hair cuts. He said "She looks like a bedraggled cat. A cat with very short spiked hair!"
He also wanted to thank me for keeping the State Troopers in line before I retired.! So funny, he's a nut case that makes me laugh out loud!

Then.....my former supervisor from the State Police for 8 years (like one of my family) texted me to thank me for the Christmas Card. He caught me up on his family (wife and two kids) and said he is thinking of retiring himself. (He's only 53 but has 20 years in) but he has other options less dangerous than a trooper. He suggested meeting me tomorrow morning for coffee as we don't see each other since I've retired 6 years ago. I did see him at a Memorial Service this past spring but we couldn't talk much as it was a ceremony for troopers. I can't wait!

This was such a surprising day for me! Friends reaching out, and reminding me how blessed I have been these years.
I know I will still be grinning this evening.....life is good, isn't it?
 
Right Now said:
A surprising day for me! I had plans to face chat with a long time friend, but he had to cancel at the last minute. I was disappointed and then....I went to my mailbox and retrieved a post card from another hubby of one of my best friends. He often would cheer me up when I worked for his wife (library director) if I was blue. He knew I liked Bill Clinton, and he would phone me up and sound just like Bill to talk nonsense to me to get me to smile! So today, I get a card from "Bill" noting it was Christmas time but his wife, Hillary sure could use one of my hair cuts. He said "She looks like a bedraggled cat. A cat with very short spiked hair!"
He also wanted to thank me for keeping the State Troopers in line before I retired.! So funny, he's a nut case that makes me laugh out loud!

Then.....my former supervisor from the State Police for 8 years (like one of my family) texted me to thank me for the Christmas Card. He caught me up on his family (wife and two kids) and said he is thinking of retiring himself. (He's only 53 but has 20 years in) but he has other options less dangerous than a trooper. He suggested meeting me tomorrow morning for coffee as we don't see each other since I've retired 6 years ago. I did see him at a Memorial Service this past spring but we couldn't talk much as it was a ceremony for troopers. I can't wait!

This was such a surprising day for me! Friends reaching out, and reminding me how blessed I have been these years.
I know I will still be grinning this evening.....life is good, isn't it?
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Happy for you.
 
Today I set up our plan for the next potluck supper. Dec. 30th at 5:30. Looking forward to it now.

One of the reasons I am happy to not own a car.....everyone had to move their cars off the parking lot so it could be plowed. Now it is plowed but the snow took up a couple parking spots. It doesn't sound like a big deal, but if you cannot walk without a walker and have to trudge through ice, snow and slush to get to your car. Then find a place to park it and come back home. Then go back out and move it again. I physically cannot walk through that stuff even with a walker.

I cooked a pork loin roast on Saturday in the IP. I have had it for supper Saturday, Sunday and now today. Have one more night of it for tomorrow. Came out really good and I made a keto gravy to go with it. Very good. I have to admit after three days of something, I am really tired of it, but I won't waste any food. So I will have it again tomorrow.
 

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