Chatty August Fledglings

[HillsBesideTheSea]

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Dd2 has lentil bolognese.she lives it!

We love it zoo just as nice as meaty one I think!

If anyone misses texture fine chop mushrooms "bulk" it up..I tend use red lentils as they cook so quickly and "melt" into the sauce. hi put them in mince dishes a lot as they are excellent source iron/protein to cheapen meals a bit!!

Tada
Sorted another BRC in my room (aka the dumping ground)
Need find diary and note if it's shower or fire be fixed tom(other is day after) so I can assure by midday the appropriate rooms workman/visitor ready!!

Yupzoo I've popped some chunky mushrooms in, then base of carrot onion celery and I throw in other veg if I have it. Red lentils and today I've used passata as had some left from pizzas yesterday and some veg stock. Smells good! And lots of cheese on top for me although I know not everyone on this thread can have cheese

It's a great cheap and filling meal.

Dh has taken the dc on a quick pre dinner bike ride. It's lovely and peaceful! I should be tidying up but I'm just still contemplating food for next week. Think I may be obsessed with food!

I am making pizza for tea again tonight

Ds has no text books but thousands upon thousands of works sheets that he refuses to stick into his book!

ta da
Survive work - it is a challenging patch atm so this as good as it gets, but at least the boss has made it clear they have my back if needed
help a friend who is having a very rough patch
speak to ds to try to establish how much he has grown whilst away - apparently new school shoes will be needed
Sort out picking him up tomo
Pick up book
Hammer went into work and fixed a thing and came home again
Pizza base is in bread machine

to do
don't make me look at the list it is scary
Order school shirts and trousers

No need to whisper about pizza two nights running hills I regularly eat bread n cheese for dinner if I get too tired and CBA .and repeat.and repeat too often to be healthy

I've just wanted to say thanks for telling me about Tesco df yogurt.lil zoo try the blueberry ones tonight and I got a thumbs up.as koto are,on average,£1.30 for 2 this is going to save us a small fortune.cheers

Foxes I too am obsessed with food.hope you enjoyed the peace whilst DC were out riding!!

Tada
Start menu plan for next week
Colour with D's as girls were thick as thieves and he was lonely/excluded-was nice have bit 1 2 1 with him💖
Make dinner
Wash up
Wash towels
Cajole dd2 into bath

Please let me sleep better tonight😢

I had a microwave korma for dinner. DD was at a friend’s so DS had cream cheese and peas on pasta. Although I was so disorganised that I didn’t actually cook it until DD was home anyway!

But the big thing is I actually used some naan and bahjis that I had frozen previously (we had one of those box meal things a few weeks back but DH can’t eat the sides due to the gluten). I actually froze it in bags with heating instructions and use by date written on. And remembered to use them. This. Is. Huge.

Speaking of gluten, I wish I could put red lentils in bolognese! But I can’t because even though lentils themselves are obviously gluten free, the packets all say “may contain gluten” which DH can’t risk. Bah.

But zoo I made pizza for tea last night, pizza for breakfast this morning. Made pizza for tea tonight and have enough for breakfast and one more meal. it is boarding on obsessive overkill...

Spent evening with friend. Tired. Not done anything that was needed. drank too much cola earlier so not sleepy and will be grumpy in the morning. And that is before I even look at my to do list...

Hope you all sleep well

I was Hills then woke up and remembered I hadn't taken meds.Had to come downstairs and have now been wide awake for nearly an hour.
Thinking i could do some housework.Might do dishes as we left them last night to watch Bake Off and then we started a jigsaw. DD said mum just relax. So I did.

Anti -procrastination day

Stop procrastinating and order kitchen, cooker, worktop. Hoping to take DD to see it.

Clean all kitchen till spick and span so veggie man gets a shock.
Sort RC in dining room. Hot spots x2

We had veggie pasta with a bit of my huge courgette. Take about a week to eat but too curled to stuff. It was growing out of the bag. The curl was because i didn't pick it in time and it was up against the hazel sides. If you like courgettes and have never grown them they are the easiest things to grow and taste better than shop bought. Three seeds is enough or you will have a courgette mountain.We had trouble keeping up with two plants.
Tonights meal- not sure but will involve courgette.

I love courgette bower
Good luck picking the kitchen!

Cag well done!hopefully you will be able to build on this triumph and repeat.

Hills personally I wouldn't mind a pizza diet(sauce counts s one of 4a day right?)but if you are getting bored could you freeze what's left!
Ps D's has gone up two shoe sizes in couple months but not shot up,bet he's waiting til couple weeks into new term then whoosh(relating to yours needing new shoes etc again)
Oh and a night if with a friend sounds like a good thing you do so little for yourself

Slept little better,been played on phone a bit.time get up and crack on!!

Ok so my phone's on one today amount rubbish in that post.

Ah zoo i am glad someone can benefit from them! Dd has sworn her heart to alpro

I've decant into a bowl and see can spot difference. ?

Tada
Wash on
Bleach lav
Fed cats
Sifted thru 2brc in my room,put away into own homes(not all in my room)and binning loads
Sorted a box mainly of crap and condensed remnants to fit so I have one box full shower gels,shampoo etc plus hair clips,bendy rollers and things like face cream need get round to using and stuff for my dry flaky feet

To do
Continue my room
Chazza shop run
Deep clean Living room(council coming to fix fire between 12-6pm)
Poss bit more work in kitchen tries if ore state oven/grill

Morning. Feel like I've had a rubbish night as baby didn't sleep long.

Table is back to being a Hotspot. Really need to fix this. And unpack more.

Also must continue with laundry. It is spare bed linen mostly so will be good to get it put away properly and know exactly what we have. Some sheets are really grotty so I guess they can be used when we decorate.

Might sort teddies as well today. Both Caglets have under bed drawers and the bedding doesn't take up all of it. Obviously some live on their beds.

I want a nap. But so much to do today. Got ingredients for batch cooking so really must do it. And tidying. And I think I heard a glass just break so that's a great start. FML. At least that answers the question of should I get another set of matching ones while they are available cheaply.

It can only get better cag?

Tada
Sorted my chest drawers,decluttering holey t-shirts/leggings and clothes I never wear(not many tbh as I don't own much,but some were given and are just "not me")
Dispatched D's and dd2 to chazza carrying two large bags each-might as well make use of them be old enough to do stuff for me
Trouble with decluttering us my bed has disappeared under detritus,so have press on and relocate it!!giving myself til 10 in there then 2hours for deep clean front room before workman comes!!

Woken up with a whole lot of nope. Everything hurts, my throat is scratchy and I did not get enough sleep (2am before i fell asleep)

to do
Order uniform
request sleep med prescription
find paperwork
register at college -because I don't need a new level of crazy in my life
Pick up a plant and a moss ball
banking

My memory is on strike

I've spent the whole morning on my laptop faffing with a work thing and snapping at the dc mainly because they have been fighting and then they broke the TV temporarily (I fixed it but argh they are little monsters sometimes!)

Anyway. Deep breath. Picnic cancelled today as too rainy so off to my parents for lunch instead.

Ta da
Dishwasher on
Work thing sorted
Stuff out of freezer for dinner - various leftovers as dh and dc have got hair cuts fairly late

To do
Laundry
Post office
Shop
More decluttering!!

Trying to figure out if it's acceptable to go out on my jogging bottoms today. All my clothes are in the wash . How does the washing get so out of control so quickly?!

I am spending the day in training clothes. they have a slight compression effect that is nice on sore muscles Wrt washing NO idea. I need to do laundry others underwear and work uniform is going to be an issue tomo

am actually slightly excited to see ds. when i ignore the huge to do list of everything that needs to get done before I go collect him - there is still stuff all over his bed beause I never made ikea yesterday

Well I have put a bedding/towel wash on, and put yesterday’s washing in the dryer. That is all.

Oh also looked at playpens online. Never had one for the other two. But I seriously don’t see how we will get any work (as in home ed) done otherwise. As I will be forever leaving the table to stop the baby pulling everything off shelves/eating everything in sight/climbing. And that’s not fair on the Caglets when they need to concentrate and have my attention. She is happy playing for short periods by herself, so it’s mainly that she is safe in a restricted space. I dunno. We shall try it at least.

Sounds like a plan cag
How long has s been away hills?

Least you could fix the TV foxes!!

I've been sifting thru 6 carrier bags of "stuff" I've found some amazing treasures incl a "book" lil zoo wrote as a project in reception ckassvarious letters and homemade cards from them all,pictures and photos,a pic D's in pirates costume with his class in local paper(aged 5) it's been a lovely trip down memory lane and have pop them all into an emptied crate to look at when I'm in the trenches with screaming Ab dabs aplenty with pre/teens!!

Filled carrier bag paper recycling and half binbag with idx socks,broken toys etc that have been dumped in my room.dare I say it,I can see places where there is a floor!!

AIBU......
council booked to fix fire.booking is 12.30-6pm.i assume this means I can be out til 12 if I chose(to allow for a bit early,but technically I can be out til 1230,right?)
Anyhoo.electrician has appeared and ask I'm expecting him.acid tongue without engage brain said this afternoon but as I'm in come in..he ask what's prob,explained it.he looked and declared I need a new fire fitting.hes now cleared off to the wholesalers and if there's available it be fitted today otherwise we have to be rebooked and done another time

I know I should be grateful I don't have to pay for repairs,and I truly am,but what if I'd been out shopping and missed app..I need to go out tomorrow morning(showers ment to be repaired between 1230-6pm also)

Ps I'm arsed off cos I figured I still had plenty of time to do a hotspot dash around tidy up before they were due as normally they appear about half hour before end app slot or during a school run

Over 3 weeks only spoken to him once in that time and that was last night.

I am a fucking idiot. You was it that said you crave the food that makes you ill? PIzza is the only time I cheat on the nightshades with a tiny bit of tomato. No wonder I feel like crap. I am a fucking idiot.

Sorry I pissed on your cornflakes hills
After three weeks I'd be looking forward to see him again too.must be hard not text/chat between

Still waiting for workman to return or ring me to rebook.zoolets start get hangry and i not set table/making lunch(only sarnies)as the dining table resides front room and whilst I do "live in a zoo" they are not exhibits to be watch eating unless large payments are made upfront