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wicked!! thats brilliant for 90 minutes work ! i take too many tea ad ciggy breaks to work that fast, obviously . keep it up!!

ah-bway-lee-tow. i dont know phonetic spelling but just try and say it in a flamboyant spanish accent and im sure you'll do fine!!

my mum and dad are 'abuelita' and 'abuelito', respectively, to my little girl (as were my Latin grandparents). Thats Spanish. And on his side Granny and Papa (could get confusing cos Papá in Spanish means Dad and Pápa means pope!). Thats the Scottish. I too dont really like the terms nan nanna or na...

thanks for the heads up!!! drives me mad when i see people putting their perfectly useable carrier bags in these bins before going to get new ones at the till! its completely nonsensical!! and come on, 1 green point or whatever it is per re-used bag?! give people a REAL incentive! it will benefit yo...

argh want this to happe to meeeee! but good for u, russian doll? where do u live btw yr profile thingame doesnt say. just ot of interest!

thanks for all your suggestions guys but i have to agree with brij, i'd muchr rather a book. saves me the bother of switching on the pc. and plus u can sort of cosy up with a book, not so much a screen!! i'm borrowing stitch n bitch off a friend now actually.

this year i grew jalapeños, red cherry hot, scotch bonnets, habañeros, purple beauty (which wasn't hot at all!), fresno and some that i cant rememeber what they're called cos they're from saved seed. tried doing a lot more sweet peppers this year but didnt really get much of a yield because of the g...

i use herbal remedies by andrew chevallier. again, nice and straightforward and not just full of fancy pictures! i've never seen or heard of the rose elliot one though, and i do love her recipes... must check it out!

bienvenido a ISH!

snapdragon - if i've got an excess of milk in the fridge (which tends not to happen now that the baby is off the breast!) il make myself a chai latte with chai tea bags and a normal one perhaps in a pan with the milk, then i add generous amounts of all the spices! yummyyyy. the chai teabags i get ar...

i hope the squatters were some of the same friends of mine, one of which was the boyfriend that got me into the whole eco thing and then just became a bit of a druggy squatter. him and our friends had dreams at one point and then made the unfortunate discovery of ketamine. i on the otherhand got an ...

thanks dudes!!

can i just add, know its a bit late but was just having a bit of a think... i have approximately 300 and something 'friends' on facebook, varying from true dear friends to acquaintances, they are all pretty much my age (23), from my extended local area, and at some point in our lives we found enough...

i've got a beautiful blue ceramic dish from poland that is like nothing ive ever seen... a bit like the one below imho but im so petrified of breaking it i dont let anyone else touch it or wash it up. wish in a sense means its bound to be me who breaks it, which will be worse in a way, but perhaps i...

i think you're right, i tend not to use it for hot items though, just mixing batters etc. looks like this! i think its ceramic anyway... i thought they all were! it would look nice with a plant in if all else fails, i'd hate to chuck it. and i got it in tk max for £3, bargain!