It’s Thursday, time to throw open the doors to my virtual home and welcome you all inside.
Anything goes. There is no set subject. Share your posts, or general thoughts from this week.
What are you reading? What have you been up to? What plans have you for this weekend?
Literally there is no subject taboo (unless it’s illegal of course! ;))
Today I’m talking about ‘Living Without Appliances’. And chutney.
We’ve been without a washing machine for 3 weeks now.
It was a difficult decision to allow the trusty old washer to go into retirement. But it was time.
Besides being conscious about what I spend (this was even picked up by the BBC), I’m not one for unnecessary change. For example; I wouldn’t change an appliance because it didn’t match new decor or anything like that. I’d live with it until it no longer worked. That would be after I had done everything to prolong its life as long as possible.
There’s another facet to my personality which means I do not replacement items regularly. I tend to ‘humanise objects’ and place irrational attachment to them. This is something I have learnt about my personality through my extensive research (and self-education) on hoarding.
My washer and I had been a partnership for 15 years (see what I mean about developing an attachment?). It was a ‘moving-in’ gift for my first home with my then boyfriend, now Hubby.
It’s seen a lot of action. Not just in the laundry loads it’s sufficiently cleaned, but in our lives.
One memory is vivid – collapsing over the machine, heavily pregnant, in floods of tears as the devastation of a recent diagnosis (read this post if explanation is required) hit me full force.
Alas my trusty washer has gone. But there’s nothing in its place. We’re still waiting for a delivery. Fortunately my lovely Mom has kept my ever-growing laundry piles in check.
(We have no tumble dryer either. That’s not an issue, I use it so rarely. But It also decided to hand in its notice the same week.)
Moving on – Chutney.
This post on making homemade chutney has received more hits this week than ever before, and it’s 2 years old. It reminded me that I need to start scheduling my Christmas preparations! Have you made a start?
Good afternoon, lovely autumny weather here today 🙂
I have been reading the magic of tidying (see insta) and have removed a full bootful to the charity shop, rehomed a desk and i’m now making my way through all our toiltries and cosmetics. the house feels easier already. All this in preparation for some christmas shopping tomorrow. House rules, before more stuff comes in, some must go!!
My trip to ikea was sorley dissappointing, they didn’t have what i wanted. Hubs said i sulked all day after that. I do not believe him.
Jo i think i have the opposite personality trait to you, i’m so detached from stuff even sentimental things get tossed. That’s an aspect of my personality that comes from my mum, who’s a hoarder and has scarred me from her hoarding tendacies 🙂
Following on from yesterdays post jo i have a book called feed your family for £5 a day, it’s great and i have got a few good ideas from it, although your chicken and leek thing is amazing, so simple yet nutritious.
Love these Thursday posts!
Sharron x
“the house feels easier already” I need a little bit of this. Some days I wish I could just hire a skip and put everything in it. Then I relax and realise that it’s a case of working through it a day at a time! I’m ordering the book as soon as I have finished North & South (aka tomorrow).
Sorry about the Ikea trip – gutting!
Generally I’m conquering my sentimental hoarding – it’s not all sorted yet but I’m getting there.
I’ll be doing quite a few more recipes as we head on toward the cooler weather – it’s very ‘slow cooker’ weather!
So glad we found each other on Instagram! It’s such a great way to keep in touch! x
Hope your TK Maxx trip was more successful!
Please DO NOT BUY THE BOOK, you can have mine! it’s all finished with and ready to go to the charity shop lol email me your address and i will pop it in the post 🙂
Sharron
Good afternoon, lovely autumny weather here today 🙂
I have been reading the magic of tidying (see insta) and have removed a full bootful to the charity shop, rehomed a desk and i’m now making my way through all our toiltries and cosmetics. the house feels easier already. All this in preparation for some christmas shopping tomorrow. House rules, before more stuff comes in, some must go!!
My trip to ikea was sorley dissappointing, they didn’t have what i wanted. Hubs said i sulked all day after that. I do not believe him.
Jo i think i have the opposite personality trait to you, i’m so detached from stuff even sentimental things get tossed. That’s an aspect of my personality that comes from my mum, who’s a hoarder and has scarred me from her hoarding tendacies 🙂
Following on from yesterdays post jo i have a book called feed your family for £5 a day, it’s great and i have got a few good ideas from it, although your chicken and leek thing is amazing, so simple yet nutritious.
Love these Thursday posts!
Sharron x
“the house feels easier already” I need a little bit of this. Some days I wish I could just hire a skip and put everything in it. Then I relax and realise that it’s a case of working through it a day at a time! I’m ordering the book as soon as I have finished North & South (aka tomorrow).
Sorry about the Ikea trip – gutting!
Generally I’m conquering my sentimental hoarding – it’s not all sorted yet but I’m getting there.
I’ll be doing quite a few more recipes as we head on toward the cooler weather – it’s very ‘slow cooker’ weather!
So glad we found each other on Instagram! It’s such a great way to keep in touch! x
Hope your TK Maxx trip was more successful!
Please DO NOT BUY THE BOOK, you can have mine! it’s all finished with and ready to go to the charity shop lol email me your address and i will pop it in the post 🙂
Sharron
Good Morning!
We do not replace appliances until they are absolutely dead beyond repair.
We like the depression era saying “use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without”.
Happy Thursday!
Alison
Happy Thursday Alison – and thank you so much for popping by! I love the phrase: “use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without”. It always makes me think about Katy The Non-Consumer Advocate. http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/ – one of the first blogs I ever followed. In fact I’m such a fan I sent Katy a coaster with this phrase on (not in a stalker kind of way of course ;))
Good Morning!
We do not replace appliances until they are absolutely dead beyond repair.
We like the depression era saying “use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without”.
Happy Thursday!
Alison
Happy Thursday Alison – and thank you so much for popping by! I love the phrase: “use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without”. It always makes me think about Katy The Non-Consumer Advocate. http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/ – one of the first blogs I ever followed. In fact I’m such a fan I sent Katy a coaster with this phrase on (not in a stalker kind of way of course ;))
Hope the kettle’s hot – white and one please!!
I was briefly confused by the title of the post – thought you were living without chutney as well as your appliance 😉
Where I’m currently living I have a counter top oven from the charity shop down the road, a two ring electric camping hob (that was bought new but only from Argos!), a charity shop fridge freezer supplied by my landlords and I have only recently been reunited with my microwave! My landlords allow me to use their washing machine (and tumble dryer if I need to which I rarely do, things get line dried, or stuck on the airer). I do however have three slow cookers which may be considered excessive for a single person!
Off to make use of the microwave and do my ‘Lately’ post which I’ve just realised is a day late – oops
Well I’m so late back to the blog that I’m actually serving up Glenmorangie?!?! (See Instagram!).
Yeah my title is rubbish! I really need to get better with titles.
You sound very sorted (in a minimal vibe) with your appliances. I can so understand having 3 slow cookers – I have 3 also. Although I do have 4 mouths to feed, but still I get it. Totally.
I’ll pop over to yours and read ‘Lately’ its a great post to round up !
Night!
Hope the kettle’s hot – white and one please!!
I was briefly confused by the title of the post – thought you were living without chutney as well as your appliance 😉
Where I’m currently living I have a counter top oven from the charity shop down the road, a two ring electric camping hob (that was bought new but only from Argos!), a charity shop fridge freezer supplied by my landlords and I have only recently been reunited with my microwave! My landlords allow me to use their washing machine (and tumble dryer if I need to which I rarely do, things get line dried, or stuck on the airer). I do however have three slow cookers which may be considered excessive for a single person!
Off to make use of the microwave and do my ‘Lately’ post which I’ve just realised is a day late – oops
Well I’m so late back to the blog that I’m actually serving up Glenmorangie?!?! (See Instagram!).
Yeah my title is rubbish! I really need to get better with titles.
You sound very sorted (in a minimal vibe) with your appliances. I can so understand having 3 slow cookers – I have 3 also. Although I do have 4 mouths to feed, but still I get it. Totally.
I’ll pop over to yours and read ‘Lately’ its a great post to round up !
Night!
Hi! yes, I’m a bit late…talking of appliances, we’ve had our inorganic rubbish collection this week, where anything that is too big for the usual rubbish collection gets put down on the side of the street and the big truck comes to collect it! Well, my stand mixer has been on it’s last legs for quite some time and, considering I make bread every day, I wanted to replace it before it died completely and I was left without anything to eat 🙂 So, combined with a 30% off sale at Farmers (our big department store chain) and the rubbish collection, I decided to bite the bullet and buy a bread maker. Oh my goodness, I LOVE it! I thought baking bread was simple before! We’ve been on holiday and we’re all out of routine at my house. I ate breakfast at 10.45am today! crazy! School starts again on Monday though, so I’ll have to get used to going to bed and getting up early again! Though before I can do that, I have to play bass in Church…I’ve never done it before (everyone else was on holiday!) but it’s going to be fun! My inner 18 year old is actually quite excited! 🙂 Have a good week!
Hi! yes, I’m a bit late…talking of appliances, we’ve had our inorganic rubbish collection this week, where anything that is too big for the usual rubbish collection gets put down on the side of the street and the big truck comes to collect it! Well, my stand mixer has been on it’s last legs for quite some time and, considering I make bread every day, I wanted to replace it before it died completely and I was left without anything to eat 🙂 So, combined with a 30% off sale at Farmers (our big department store chain) and the rubbish collection, I decided to bite the bullet and buy a bread maker. Oh my goodness, I LOVE it! I thought baking bread was simple before! We’ve been on holiday and we’re all out of routine at my house. I ate breakfast at 10.45am today! crazy! School starts again on Monday though, so I’ll have to get used to going to bed and getting up early again! Though before I can do that, I have to play bass in Church…I’ve never done it before (everyone else was on holiday!) but it’s going to be fun! My inner 18 year old is actually quite excited! 🙂 Have a good week!