5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

Bobarella - Warm Welcome and if I may echo Chicken, lovely posts:-) One of my bargain buys avant-hier was 20p bags of finest clementines and organic oranges, which I, too, intend candying. I also save the peels from my morning and evening citrus - choc./orange peels, extreme marmalades etc. - and always add 1 or 2 to oxtail and heavy dark stews/casseroles.

Well done on the new job, Vicky A - welcome back!

CCP - your news will have been a jolt, but any 'known' factor now is good to have on record.

Better and better from smaller son's solicitor, Frith. He does know Team OSP is on call as Heavy Brigade Back-up, doesn't he?

sparrer- WELL DONE ON BUS PASS! I feel so pleased, without justification as it's nomb. When you do find a suitable carpark/stop spot, remember you can head this way, or go to Oxford on the X5.
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1. Sleeping oddly, but soundly. Fell asleep in Archers last night, woke briefly around 0130h,then asleep until after 0730h! Unheard of for me.

2. That was after I took some great Mr T bargains to friend in next village and had quote from her son re: pergola/carport. Drew money from their village Co-op and handed it over in advance, as jobs for him are scarce atm. He's a lovely chap and his work will be good.

3, On way out hier when phone rang, heard msg begin. Answered - 'You've won a prize in the Montessori raffle' in village I was headed to. So, collected a happy Leopard's Leap bottle en route, with Christmas cake tied around the neck, bonus-shared with L. over rooibos. VG catch-up tea and chat.

4. Fingers crossed that there's a spare Spits spot for me tomorrow. Have left 1st 'phone msg. M.was chatty on Sunday@Trumpington. Few stallholders, all brave in near-gale conditions. Had I signed with the Old Spitsonians? he asked. No. Oh, but you must, said he. I've looked on his ref: Old Spitalfields Market site, but can't find said blog.

5. YHA bkg confirmed - ditto lower bunk:-) I'm off to London mid-day-ish for Tim Minchin tonight. It's his try-out run for an Oz Festival early next year. Happy am I to be a TM guinea pig.

6. Replaying Edmund de Waal's DID -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01p067p/Desert_Island_Discs_Edmund_de_Waal/

Is this the loveliest one I've ever heard?[Monty Don and Tim Minchin are in that mix] Could well be. The wonderful richness and simplicity of his family life, ethos, upbringing is perfection for me. I went to Leamington Spa a couple of years ago to see a montage of his porcelain pots there[David Barbie and wife were there, too - great local supporters]. I will always re-live hearing it with sun on my face through winter windscreen in Waitrose carpark last Sunday, gale-blowing & car rocking, post-carboot finds, pre-apple tree collection, with sans doute foolishly bought[from silver-tongued Irishman]mimosa tickling my face, pre-long haul across country again for retrieval of phone. All accomplished in due course.
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Again hoping all is well for you broomstick and all your family, Frith as the floods and rains continue.

Also listened again to this, in view of the inexorability of ash die-back:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01p0fpb/The_Long_View_27_11_2012/

It is gripping, timely and sound.

Late 7.
M. just called: I am on demain:T, same spot as last week, so can give J champagne, in mitigation. I broke one of a pair of her vases - big coat weather, crabbing sideways through narrow aisle. She laughed it off, but still...Nothing big or new this time, so on verra.

Afternoon

Pleasures for yesterday,
1. Piece of cake in Patisserie Valerie whilst waiting for my train plus work paid for it.
2. Ok train trip to Wakefield and not too delayed, flooding doesn't seem as bad here
3. Huge room with a 4 poster bed in the hotel I was staying in plus had fantastic views.
4. Yummy dinner with someone from work so didn't have to sit on my own in the restaurant plus shared a bottle of wine
5. Chat with Mum on the phone and know they are safe and dry as all around them seems to be flooded. McCulloch hope you haven't been affected by the weather as I know you are nearby to them.

Hugs to all who need them and hope everyone is staying safe and dry especially thinking of you Broomstick

Good evening all !

ampersand - accidents will happen - I bet you are glad that it wasn't a Loetsz (sp) vase ! Good luck at with Sptlflds - keep warm.

DD - Skint- speeker de English please - Am I missing something good ??

PK - are you ok??

5 for today

1. Despite having a "shoes in fridge" day ( Sparrer ) work was ok .

2. Site visit went well.

3. Out again for most of the day tomorrow .

4. Got my tax rebate in the post - just over £20 ,I am not complaining.

5. Found an egg under a hen at 4.30pm (ooh that rhymes:rotfl:)

6. Skinny fries for a skinny bird (me) for tea


Have a good evening all !

Chickenopolis wrote: »

DD - Skint- speeker de English please - Am I missing something good ??

Chicken youre not missing anything. I watched the whole series 8 hours of Hunted and couldnt make head nor tail of it :rotfl:

for today:

1. managed to snatch a 20 min snooze before alarm went off

2. no-one parked in my car park space today

3. texts with old school friend from up norf arranging to meet up over festive period when I go to stay with parents. Havent seen most of family and friends since the summer

4. faggots for tea. I usually cook in oven 55mins but put them in pyrex dish & nuked in microwave 10mins to save electric and they were nom nom

5. day off tomorrow

VJsmum, I feel your pain - I think my stupid cold has come back, felt sore throaty last night but put it down to anything other than a cold and am a bit yuk today! I'm putting it down to being run down with all the stress, excitement and everything else of my life, hopefully I can rest and relax over Chrimbo at my parents (like i did last year when I got the flu!)

Anyway.........

1. I PASSED both my exams A huge relief, especially as last night when practicing for the maths, I kept on failing by one mark, so went to bed a wee bit despondent.

2. Bought yummy A$da veggie pizza to celebrate with DD, we had lots of 'celebratory bites' (her words not mine!!)

3. Called a friend in a bit of a flap before school when I realised that the second exam would make me late for pick up this afternoon, so DD went to her house to play with her 3 children, including lovely baby JJ.

4. Lots of cuddles with JJ, and, as all babies seem to do, he fell asleep on my ample chest!

5. Got last Chrimbo presents

6. One of the lovely plasterers finishing off the work fixed my new oven's dodgy door, yippee! I just mentioned that a friend had given me this oven and I guess I needed to find someone to fix it, and he took a quick look and worked out what needed to be done, my hero

7. Got home after my exams/chats/cuddles with JJ to discover the plasterers have finished the job and the house is starting to look even less like a building site - yippee!!

8. Text from the Swedish furniture shop giving me a 3-hour delivery slot for the kitchen work surface that is being delivered on Friday, hoorah, I don't have to sit around all day for it!

9. Lovely chats with the receptionist at the Pear$on test centre - I was the only person doing QTS tests, everyone else was watching videos of cars for their driving theory tests, very odd to look through the windows at them, and relieved that I didn't have to do one of those tests in my day

10. Lovely sales assistant in N*xt checked and found the last packet of DD's regulation colour school tights - had tried 4 other shops with no luck! Phew, my little kitty will have nice warm legs tomorrow, as of course last year's tights are all way too small as she discovered this morning just before we had to go!!

11. Enjoyed a quiet hour or so of maths revision sat in a quiet department store restaurant, and didn't buy a thing, cheekily drank my own drink and got my text book out!

12. Was given a big bag of onions by a friend as she bought a bag forgetting she already had some, perfect timing as I used my last ones the other day!

13. Gorgeous cuddles with DD, the baby JJ was cute but not a patch on DD