5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

For today:
Mothers Day malteser as breakfast in bed with 2 daughters and a dog piled in.

Made teeny tiny lemon cupcakes with a blob of lemon curd I also made ( bag of lemons left at my front door last week) and teeny tiny chocolate cupcakes with a teeny tiny chocolate pavlova on top.

Took some to our afternoon tea and dropped some off on neighbour's doorstep. They are going through a tough time, her husband is in hospital, they have 2 young kids and I hope they enjoyed the cakes when they got in from visiting.

Afternoon tea....my cakes and lemon sponge and Mars bar slice and truffles. Friend's mum there for the afternoon ( stays in a nursing home) she has dementia but the love for her grandchildren was just so lovely to see. Lashings of tea. All vintage tea cups and just a lovely afternoon.

Home and a nice doggy walk. Lots if leaves to scrunch through.

Lovely phone call from the lady who was the other wife at carers afternoon tea..I should get a better description of her. She just wanted me to know she was thinking of me on my first mothers day without OH. She is such a lovely person and it was so nice to chat with her. Her husband is poorly but still with her.

My boy came home, he's been away for 3 days mountain biking.

Have a lovely Sunday

My pleasures for today

1. Coffee and poached eggs on toast made by dh for breakfast.
2. Journey from south to Lancashire under 4 hours - 230 miles.
3. Dgs1 3rd birthday party, he had short hair today as he had been cutting his long locks himself! Had to be tidied up by barber.
4. Joining in with the kids on the bouncy castle.
5. Seeing all my family.

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3. Dgs1 3rd birthday party, he had short hair today as he had been cutting his long locks himself! Had to be tidied up by barber.
4. Joining in with the kids on the bouncy castle.
5. Seeing all my family.

That made me smile, I wonder how many times the barber has done a quick repair of U-16 DIY haircuts?
Possibly over 16's too. I have a memory of ex OH deciding he could cut my hair for me and DD's too, despite protests. Wrecked tresses and angst for weeks as our hairdresser was away on leave...

I haven't made the sourdough bread yet, but will do.
Quick collection.

1. Cycling in warm weather. The house was relatively cold, the kitchen so much so my bread was sullen to rise, but outside was warmer - as I discovered, having prepared for a cool cycle!

2. Lovely fundraising concert and quick catch ups with old friends. I was saddened to hear of the death at the end of March of someone who had dropped outside our circle some time ago.
I felt sad that I had missed the funeral, but when I looked up details of their death online, it took place the same day as L's funeral last month. The services were at different crems, well over the width of the county apart in distance and only a couple of hours apart in time. I couldn't have got to both services.

3. More money-saving recipes sourced from odd places. Today's was a savoury bread pudding made from fridge and storecupboard staples. Stodge, but hm bread made it tastier.

4. A few more flowers on my oriental poppy and the promise of many to come. I hope stray footballs from the park don't flatten it..

5. Your pleasures. Good to hear you made it to NYC in one piece, BoP and BoPsie. Front row seats... oh get in!

Interesting couple of days.

1. Went to see Harry Potter film on Saturday with live orchestra and it was excellent.

2. Ate out and then had a walk round London.

3. Friend came and stayed til Sunday. We hadn't seen him since Christmas.

4. DS2 cooked honey glazed ham which was good.

5. Glass of wine in the garden.

DS1 girlfriend was meant to be coming with us but felt she couldn't cope with it. She has mental health problems and now feels she needs to be admitted before she self harms. Her GP was good on Friday but mental health team didn't want to know as they had discharged her a couple of weeks ago on a phone call.
Hopefully something will be done today.