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Last post 19-06-2013 6:14 PM by sue1002. 6973 replies.

• 28/09/2011 08:29 PM

  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,505

  Reply | Contact  Your table and chairs are looking really good for their age Richard  Enjoy yourself at the watering hole this evening Yes lillyrose, I guess we should make the most of the hot weather, I had a look at our forecast and it's supposed to last until Tuesday here and back down to normal temps on Wednesday. I've been reading the daily updates right from the beginning of watching Lily and when it was first reported that Hope was missing, I'd tried not to think the worst and had been hoping that she'd realised that she'd been lucky to get this extra year with Lily and had gone off to den on her own, especially as there had been some video footage a few days beforehand of her having a go and digging a den. sue1002

• 29/09/2011 08:40 AM
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,505	Reply | Contact  Morning all, it's going to be another hot one here and it's very warm outside already. It's pate and cucumber today and will catch up with you all later, have a good day everyone. sue1002

• 29/09/2011 08:54 AM
  lillyrose Location: kent Joined on: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 2,973	Reply | Contact  Morning all, same here weather wise Sue. I'm just off down the market so will catch up later too x

• 29/09/2011 11:42 AM
  lillyrose Location: kent Joined on: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 2,973	Reply | Contact   Bought these two lovely Chrysanths in the market and a tray of winter stocks.

• 29/09/2011 02:23 PM

  richardpeeej Location: Leicestershire Joined on: 22 May 2009 Posts: 3,499

  Reply | Contact  Good afternoon all. What lovely chrysanthemums lillyrose and well done, you always manage to find something good at the market. I have been painting the fence again this morning. making the most of the sunshine, and will get back out,after a chicken and cucumber sarnie and cuppa, and finish it off. I just have the gable end of the house to finish painting tomorrow. Thanks for saving me the largest spud my friend. I had a good time at the watering hole last night Sue with my two friends, and was joined by another friend a little later. On the way home we looked at the stars and found their names with the skymap app on the phone. The night sky is so clear with these sunny days. -Richard

• 29/09/2011 05:43 PM
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,505	Reply | Contact  Another busy day at work for me today and now I'm finished for this week. I love the colour of the bright pink one lillyrose, are you going to keep them in their pots or transfer them into the garden? Well done carrying on with the painting Richard, at this rate you'll soon be doing it in your sleep sue1002

• 29/09/2011 06:29 PM

  lillyrose Location: kent Joined on: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 2,973

  Reply | Contact  I think I will keep the chrysanths in pots for this year Sue (alot bigger than they are in though) that will give me some colour on the patio as it is looking a bit drab now. I can always put them in the garden next year.  I love the bright pink one too but they only had the one left or I would have got more. You are certainly getting through the painting Richard, extra brownie points for you. I keep checking the samsung app store for a star thingy like yours, but so far nothing. I popped up my Mum's this aft, she had just made another batch of tomato and red pepper chutney and a batch of apple and stem ginger jam. So of course I had to sample them and bring some home too. Lasagne tonight and it should be just about ready so I had better go.......

• 29/09/2011 10:30 PM
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,505	Reply | Contact  That's a good idea with the Chrysanths lillyrose, the colours on my patio are beginning to fade now that some of the plants have died off. You did well at your mum's too Night all sue1002

• 30/09/2011 08:37 AM
  lillyrose Location: kent Joined on: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 2,973	Reply | Contact Morning all. Sunny and very warm here. Grocery shopping this morning so I will chat later. Have a good day all x

• 30/09/2011 10:48 AM
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,505	Reply | Contact  Morning all, it's sunny here too and quite hot with no wind at all.  Hope everyone else has got this good weather too. Hope you have a good shop lillyrose, I'm going to start writing my list ready for tomorrow.  We've got all OH's family coming over on Sunday so I think I'd better think about what to feed them on sue1002

• 30/09/2011 01:17 PM

  lillyrose Location: kent Joined on: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 2,973

  Reply | Contact  Can you believe this weather. It was sooo hot in the town. Yes thanks Sue I did have a good shop, found lots of bargains and noticed alot of prices have gone down since last week. I think everyone is trying to out do each other in the price dept.  I bought a nice joint of pork for Sunday. How many have you got coming Sue. If this weather keeps up you could always do a BBQ. Are you busy painting Richard By the way Sue, you are almost at 8000 posts

• 30/09/2011 02:04 PM

  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,505

  Reply | Contact  Glad you had a good shop lillyrose, I'll have to have a lookout and see if anything here has gone down in price tomorrow but I won't hold my breath. I certainly won't be doing a roast on Sunday in this heat.   We know we've got six definites (including little James) coming and two or three maybes so I think I'll do a buffet style with lots of salad stuff and I'm going to make some Oreo cheesecakes, I'll have to make those tomorrow as they're a lot better if they've been in the fridge overnight.  Yes, only another couple of posts to the 8000, just goes to show how much I've 'waffled' over the last six years   sue1002

• 30/09/2011 03:46 PM

  lillyrose Location: kent Joined on: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 2,973

  Reply | Contact  Oreo cheesecake Sue, recipe please. That sounds like a good idea with the buffet, there is no way you want to be spending ages in a hot kitchen. If it stays this hot I will roast my pork but have it cold with a salad. I tried doing some gardening but it is far too hot so I gave up and sat in the shade instead. Moo seems to be feeling the heat today, she is right off her food and was sick earlier, she has been curled up on the sofa most of the day. I put the big fan in there so it is lovely and cool for her. Khan is on the patio under the plants, with his head buried in a damp corner, (hope nothing crawls in his ears)

• 30/09/2011 05:33 PM

  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,505

  Reply | Contact  I don't blame you for sitting in the shade lillyrose, it's been so hot here too.  I checked inside the greenhouse earlier and even with both the roof windows, the door and both louvre vents open, it was 40°C in there.  All I've done outside today is hang the washing out, get it in, watered the plants in the greenhouse and had a natter over the fence with the neighbours Hope Maisie is feeling better soon, do you think it's the heat that's got to her?  It sounds like Khan is in the right place  Sasha is currently stretched out across the lawn but she will probably move in a little while when I take the hosepipe up the garden. This is the cheesecake recipe, I got it from someone I used to go to school with who now lives in the States and being an American recipe, I had to work out the UK equivalent which I put in brackets and must have worked it out ok as when I made them before, they did come out ok  I think this time though I will half the quantity as there won't be too much spare room left in the fridge Martha Stewart's Cookies and Cream Cheesecakes Recipe Makes 30 Ingredients: 42 cream-filled sandwich cookies, such as Oreos, 30 left whole, and 12 coarsely chopped 2 pounds cream cheese, room temperature ( 2lb/ 1kg) 1 cup sugar ( 8 oz/ 250g) 1 tsp vanilla extract 4 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten 1 cup sour cream ( 8 fl oz/ 250 ml) Pinch of salt 1. Preheat oven to 275°F/140°C/gas mark 1. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Place 1 whole cookie in the bottom of each lined cup. 2. With an electric mixer on medium high speed, beat cream cheese until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Gradually add sugar, and beat until combined. Beat in vanilla. 3. Drizzle in eggs, a bit at a time, beating to combine and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in sour cream and salt. Stir in chopped cookies by hand. 4. Divide batter evenly among cookie-lined cups, filling each almost to the top. Bake, rotating pan halfway through, until filling is set, about 22 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Refrigerate at least 4 hours (or up to overnight). Remove from tins just before serving. sue1002

• 30/09/2011 09:09 PM

  lillyrose Location: kent Joined on: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 2,973

  Reply | Contact Thanks for the recipe Sue, it looks nice and easy to do. As it says cream filled cookies I might try it with ginger creams. Maisie is still not eating and is very 'droopy', she is having her first season at the moment so that could have something to do with it. I will see how she is tomorrow and if she is no better I will ring the vet.  I bet you are curled up on the sofa watching strictly. Don't know where Richard is today.