hoping for a bit of a leisurely day... the week may be busy

Strange coincidence: today is both my forum birthday and 3000th post-day

Haha!
I wish that was the case for me..
(Apart from the war bit.. that has to go)

I just opened a new box of tea bags. Instead of putting them in my tea bag tin, I found myself trying to stuff them all into my mug...


*Please be patient with me..I'm on medication!!*

A well deserved Oscar performance.

I cant watch it now without seeing Captain Barbossa (Pirates of the Carribbean) and waiting for him to go "OH AAARRRR". My husband was quite into to it when I did just that and he looked at me in amazement as he hadnt clicked that it was the same actor.

Oh that's a great film!

Thanks for reminding me about it - I would like to watch something tonight and had looked out 'The Red Violin' or 'A Beautiful Mind'.

Another really good film!! Did you watch it in the end?

Its stupid how the two films about people doing really well at the two things I 'do' (being maths and music) involve the people going mad...things aren't looking too good for me

Oh maths and music most definitely leads to complete madness - ask any of my split personalities...

Deep joy

I have had fun saving all my files to disks/memory sticks, flushing out my computer, killing all the corrupted files once and for all.

Time taken : 7 hours.

why do some feelings about some people really get you worried and concerned?
I think I know ...

hmm...
so tomorrow I am going to the cinema with some of the leaders from camp last week.
Problem being... I really dont want to see that film!!!!

I go anyway right?

Which film?

The Dark Night.
I am more a chick flick kind of person

Me too, although Christian Bale in a sculptured bat-suit might grab my attention for a couple of hours

I hope it isnt too scary... I really dont do scary!

How come song songs can just always make you so ridiculously happy

Hmmmmmmmmmm

My sister's maths homework is taking hours, I wonder if I should go and rescue my mother from it. On the other hand, I could just listen to all the arguments and not interfere!

Does anyone beside me think that toilet paper is getting narrower ? Ok maybe the well known quality brands aren't, but particularly those large rolls you get in offices etc. At our office the stuff is down to 9.1mm, which is bordering on impracticality ! Anyone find any narrower than that ??

9.1 mm? Less than a centimetre for toilet paper? Methinks there's a typing error :-) Are you sure that's not just the ragged end bit?

9.1cm !!

Miss Ross and myself reacted to your investigation in a way that possibly isn't appropriate in a public library. Not round here, anyway.

I can't say the width of toilet paper had been something I'd considered up until now. I do fear for your measuring device! There are many comments I could make with regard to the matter, but they're possibly not of a calibre that is in keeping with the standards of this forum. Being in a public library and reacting the way we did is one thing, but to make ungraceful remarks apropos of the width of toilet roll is territory that I daren't infringe upon!

Wow! That was me pretending to be Miss Ross!

My dad is trying to force me to like porridge. I don't like porridge, and hence I am having to be forced. Is there something wrong with me for not wishing to eat it? I wonder why it means so much to him that I like it...

Hmmm...my dad loves porridge too...what is it with dads and porridge???!

It sounded nothing like Miss Ross - I could tell it was you a mile off!

Porridge is good for you - very wholesome! The Scots have it with Drambuie - well that's what a hotel told me once when they gave me porridge with Drambuie for breakfast and I saw no reason to argue, it was an unusual combination but I can thoroughly recommend it (subject to parental consent and it being legal of course )

I loathe it but Mrs has it every day. (Porridge that is). Dont the Scots spell it Porage though ?? Thats waht it has on the Quaker Oats packet.

I haven't eaten porridge since the other morning! I guess I'll have to train myself...

My mum used to make us a bowl of Ready Brek before school on a winters morning! I have some occassionally but it resembles wall plaster more than porridge half the time.

My step-dad has the Quaker Oats made with water rather than milk Apparently this is the "proper way" to have porridge/porage. Maybe one of our Scottish friends will tell us.

Hmm, what shall I do today.

In fact Mrs. has hers with a 50:50 mixture of water and semiskimmed milk. Her doctor recommended her to have porridge about a year ago , and she has hardly missed a day since. She puts a few blueberries in it though, also good for you.

You mean porridge can be made with milk?! I've always had it made with water, both as a child, and at university. (Don't think I've had any since then, but my children both had it made with water as children.) Not my favourite breakfast, but it was certainly the "proper way" to have porridge in South Yorkshire in the '50s and '60s.

Actually, I seem to remember my mother telling me that Scots put salt on their porridge rather than syrup (or brown sugar) and milk as we did.

Does it really matter how you make it and what you put on it - it tastes disgusting however its done

Hmmmm *is just rubbish*

Traditionally, yes, porage has salt on it. But for me, I make it with milk (not water) but I don't add anything else. I can't imagine adding sweet stuff or sugar to it...

We should have had a porridge thread

Organic oats from the health food shop taste nicer than Quaker Oats and make a softer texture if soaked in water overnight (just enough to soak up the water and soften them), then add some milk in the morning and heat in the microwave. Eat with brown sugar, a little more cold milk, cornflakes sprinkled on top , or with salt, or Drambuie....

You can add it to the recipe thread if you like. It is time that we got some more ideas going there.

Hugs and magic dust to make you feel better, and to let you know you're fab fab fabbitty fab
xxxxx

I've always been so tempted to go into the "what makes you happy today" thread and reply NOTHING!

I think I may have done that a couple of times

I'm just a bit jaded because my summer holiday has coincided with the only cold I've had all year, and it's a long-drawn out one I've had for over a week now.

I've been tempted by that too!
Although these days I'm trying really really really hard to be a bit more positive about things so have held back :/


Oh no sorry to hear that, hope you're better soon!

Thanks. Really fed up because I can neither sing nor play my flute at the moment. Thanks goodness for the piano.

Hope you feel better soon


Argh. Scared for tomorrow, I think I am happier not knowing, and may possibly keep it that way.

Not being well enough to play isn't much fun I have blisters on the sole of my feet from an allergic reaction and so piano with any peddles is off the cards for a bit!! not good!

I'm scared too I may just dig a big hole and sit in it forever

I will dig one next to you and we can hide!!! Although instead of building a hole, we could sit under the stone.

I hope you feel better soon though

tehe, yeh lets do that!! we can put our fingers in our ears if anyone finds us and "la la la la la la la la la la la la" until they go away!!
Thanks

^ I tried that last year and it didn't work. You might want to build an igloo instead.

I will go find the stone.....

hehe