Dinkie Dawnies Dubious Diary of Downsizing, Deflation, and Debauchery

[skinnydawn]

Here's the fruits of my labours...I don't suppose it will stay this tidy for long!

 

[Pommette]

Dawn - do you ever relax on your days off? At least it will have fed your fetish for hoovering !!!

 

[gl12282]

My house/bedroom will never ever look that tidy

Gail x

 

[skinnydawn]

My house/bedroom will never ever look that tidy

Gail x

Now you know that's a big fib sis!

Your mansion is lovely and tidy!

Suppose the butler makes sure the cleaners do a good job...

 

[skinnydawn]

Dawn - do you ever relax on your days off? At least it will have fed your fetish for hoovering !!!

Lol!

I was a teeny bit miffed that the weather was so gorgeous today and I was stuck inside, but now its done I'm really pleased.

And one should always indulge ones fettish...!

 

[JackieN]

OMG Dawn I am so behind on your diary I am so sorry. :bliss: :bliss: re nsv at work, now that really is fab and 3.5 loss well done you! what a fab end to a horrid day :bighug:x

 

[JackieN]

I missed a page out and now I feel I better go and tidy up :8855: as your bedroom is all sparkly clean and tidy and my entire house is a tip... there is not one room that tidy or even remotely tidy :8855:

 

[skinnydawn]

I missed a page out and now I feel I better go and tidy up :8855: as your bedroom is all sparkly clean and tidy and my entire house is a tip... there is not one room that tidy or even remotely tidy :8855:

Hehe!!!

Well the rest of the house is a mess now cos I spent so long on the bedroom yesterday!!! :8855:

Can't win can you???

 

[gl12282]

Now you know that's a big fib sis!

Your mansion is lovely and tidy!

Suppose the butler makes sure the cleaners do a good job...

PMSL - so not true My mum always said, a cleaners job is to clean, not to tidy so the tidying is all left to me.............hence the mess !!!!!

Gail x

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[JackieN]

:8855: I bet my mess beats yours :8855: I still haven't got off my bottom to start the tidying up though :8855:

 

[skinnydawn]

PMSL - so not true My mum always said, a cleaners job is to clean, not to tidy so the tidying is all left to me.............hence the mess !!!!!

Gail x

Sent from my iPhone

Lol...I suppose she's right about that really!!!

So we need a cleaner AND a tidy-upper lol! :8855:

:8855: I bet my mess beats yours :8855: I still haven't got off my bottom to start the tidying up though :8855:

Me neither... bum firmly set on the sofa with a cuppa and gorgeous hubbs, watching the rugby and fully expecting England to fight back in this second half and beat the Scots! :fingerscrossed::fingerscrossed::fingerscrossed:

 

[skinnydawn]

Wow well done Dawn, amazing loss! Have you posted the lentil dahl recipe before? If not, could I please have it.
Hope you have a lovely week off. Those cakes sound scrummy.
Just given bf cricket cake, and he loves it

Hi Penny,

sorry I forgot all about posting the recipe...here it is...

Easy Peasy Lentil Dahl
Just thought I'd share a quick and easy microwave lentil dahl which is lovely and excellent for weight loss...

2tbsp water
2 medium onions (finely sliced)
2 cloves garlic (crushed)
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground turmeric
2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp chilli powder and 1 whole chilli (with seeds)
2 bay leaves
2 inch piece cinnamon stick
1/2 tsp salt
6 black peppercorns
frozen leaf spinach (optional)
8oz/225g red lentils
1 1/2pt boiling vegetable stock

Place first 8 ingredients in a large 1.5l microwavable dish, cook on full power stirring once for 4 mins.
Add remaining ingredients & stir well.
Cook on full power for 10 mins, stir and cook for a further 5-8 mins.
Season with salt, pepper or chilli to taste.

 

[Maverick]

Hi Penny,

sorry I forgot all about posting the recipe...here it is...

Easy Peasy Lentil Dahl
Just thought I'd share a quick and easy microwave lentil dahl which is lovely and excellent for weight loss...

2tbsp water
2 medium onions (finely sliced)
2 cloves garlic (crushed)
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground turmeric
2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp chilli powder and 1 whole chilli (with seeds)
2 bay leaves
2 inch piece cinnamon stick
1/2 tsp salt
6 black peppercorns
frozen leaf spinach (optional)
8oz/225g red lentils
1 1/2pt boiling vegetable stock

Place first 8 ingredients in a large 1.5l microwavable dish, cook on full power stirring once for 4 mins.
Add remaining ingredients & stir well.
Cook on full power for 10 mins, stir and cook for a further 5-8 mins.
Season with salt, pepper or chilli to taste.

This is the one I make too and it is sooooo yummy - in fact, it's on my batch cook list for this weekend. I'm going to buy some chana dal from Tesco instead of lentils and see if there is any differene... I've a feeling they may be one and the same thing lol xxx

 

[ginlin]

My house/bedroom will never ever look that tidy

Gail x

I missed a page out and now I feel I better go and tidy up :8855: as your bedroom is all sparkly clean and tidy and my entire house is a tip... there is not one room that tidy or even remotely tidy :8855:

Hehe!!!

Well the rest of the house is a mess now cos I spent so long on the bedroom yesterday!!! :8855:

Can't win can you???

:8855: I bet my mess beats yours :8855: I still haven't got off my bottom to start the tidying up though :8855:

Dawn,

You inspire us all on our weight loss journey, maybe, in time, you will inspire us all to have clean and tidy homes!:8855::8855:

 

[skinnydawn]

Dawn,

You inspire us all on our weight loss journey, maybe, in time, you will inspire us all to have clean and tidy homes!:8855::8855:

Pmsl!!! :8855::8855::8855:

Have you noticed I only put photos of tidy rooms on here???

That not cos all my rooms are tidy...

I'm just a bit selective about my photographic material...

Now Andrews room is a completely different matter...

I only go in there once a week to reclaim all the mouldy cups, dishes and plates he's got in there...

 

[ginlin]

Pmsl!!! :8855::8855::8855:

Have you noticed I only put photos of tidy rooms on here???

That not cos all my rooms are tidy...

I'm just a bit selective about my photographic material...

Now Andrews room is a completely different matter...

I only go in there once a week to reclaim all the mouldy cups, dishes and plates he's got in there...

But at least you can find a tidy room to take a piccie of!

Now me, let me think, oh yes, the tidiest room in this house is.......Lloyds Bedroom!

 

[skinnydawn]

But at least you can find a tidy room to take a piccie of!

Now me, let me think, oh yes, the tidiest room in this house is.......Lloyds Bedroom!

WHAT????????????????????

Seriously?????????????????

I'm gobsmacked! :faint2:

But I thought Lloyd was a boy!!!

And young!!!

How on earth did you come by a son with a tidy room?

 

[ginlin]

WHAT????????????????????

Seriously?????????????????

I'm gobsmacked! :faint2:

But I thought Lloyd was a boy!!!

And young!!!

How on earth did you come by a son with a tidy room?

Well, I know the answer to that one!

Until 2006, the only computer in the house that had internet access was in Lloyds bedroom.

And as I was selling lots on eBay and a frequent poster on a Florida Forum, I used to spend hours during the day, while he was in school, in his bedroom, and whilst there, polished and tidied etc.

So, when we had a wireless network put in, to bannish me from his bedroom for his GCSE year, he obviously liked how organised and tidy it was, and has basically continued to keep it that way, with of course the usual washing pile etc

 

[skinnydawn]

So the trick is for ME to tidy it all up and hope he keeps it like that...

Only trouble is I can barely get in there atm for stuff all over the floor...

And it smells...:faint2: :fear:

 

[ginlin]

So the trick is for ME to tidy it all up and hope he keeps it like that...

Only trouble is I can barely get in there atm for stuff all over the floor...

And it smells...:faint2: :fear:

NO!

Not if it is that bad in there!

And in a stark contrast to Lloyds bedroom, there is Kates!:8855::8855: