5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

Kittikins

Hello Luna Ramona, nice to meet you - and love the sound of watching the thunderstorm.

forever_saving

Well done Kittikins :T:T

My five for today are
1. Dd's GCSE results.
2. Getting the washing in just before it rained.
3. Dd's made a lovely cake.
4. Going shopping and only getting exactly what i went in for.
5. Now enjoying the peace with a cuppa.
Hope everyone has a good evening and hugs to those who need them

FS

sparrer

Banana. Just thought I'd try it, seems to be okay, so far

Welcome Luna, this is a super forum and a great family to belong to :wave:

:j Congratulations on passing your science kittikins, that's brilliant :j
Welcome back carrie, hope DS has a super holiday in Spain
Sounds rotten Ladyhawk, poor you . Get well now!
Good for you CCP for stepping in where angels might fear to tread. You did exactly the right thing and I'm pleased the line managers deputy recognised it

1. Very little rain, just enough that I didn't have to water
2. nsd, npd
3. Two surprise phone calls from friends, one inviting me to her house over the BH, the other ended with an invitation to tea here on Monday, so lots to look forward to
4. A fascinating, almost annual event, the place where airships are built is just a few miles from here and very occasionally we'll see one being tested. You can actually hear it a few minutes before it comes into view, todays was very low so it was possible to see it very clearly.
5. Best til last - I got my 6 month gas and elec bills today - although I try to be very careful how much I use I always open them with some trepidation. The good news is that they owe me approx £175!!! :j. Unfortunately they'd already refunded the bigger, gas one before I had a chance to phone them, but told them to leave the elec one as the Winter bills are obviously going to be higher.
Now I can spend a little on some goodies for tea on Monday, and for when DS and DGS come to visit

Night night, sweet dreams
S x

Broomstick

Morning all.

My five pleasures for yesterday:

1. Cleaned the fridge. I'd rather let the kitchen slip out of control so it's a pleasure to have it sorted again.

2. Loads of decluttering removed from the house. :T

3. Got the car windscreen people to agree that the repair they'd done to my windscreen earlier this year hadn't held so they are now responsible for fitting a new screen free of charge (my insurance has an excess of £70 so this is a significant saving).

4. Some lovely phone calls with various people yesterday to sort permission for DS1 and his friends to access their land for environmental surveying. Everyone was really helpful and one bloke told me what an incredibly supportive mum I was.:D

5. Not OS or MSE, not one but two very posh designer yoghurts as a treat.

Have a happy Friday,

B x

Reverbe

Chickenopolis wrote: »

Good evening everyone


Reverbe- the antique bird cage necklace sounds really nice.


Goodnight all x

Thank you but sadly it isnt what it looked like on ebay so am hoping to be able to get a return/refund.On ebay it seemed 3 dimensional not flat. looked to have a long chain and was actually vintage. Seller and others now list more identical ones.. seems to be from Urban Outfitters.. It is ok but really wont get the wear out of it that I would out of a long one as I already wear a shorter necklace given to me by a friend that I never take off.

Reverbe

Frith wrote: »

And no text at all from MrB. I know he's in a reception blackspot so if they have spent the day in the campsite, he won't have been able to send one. Ah well.

Dont be so downhearted. He is after all on holiday with his kids and spending time with them is what matters right now. Plus you have only just started "dating" him - its not really anything to get worried about if you dont hear from him every single day. TBH I feel you are getting v spoilt and lucky to have all the contact you seem to be having already. I hear much less from my partner who I have been in a long distance long term relationship with for many years.

mhagster

hello! Can hardly believe it's Hurrah for Friday again.......so soon after the last one!

1.Giddy with excitement today.....only 4 weeks or as I was singing at work....28 days to go!
Getting ever so much nearer till we come home!
2.Was most industrious at work and this sense of purpose continued when I came home. Tidy house to start the weekend.
3.DD2 & her friend made cookies (and a whole lot of mess, which they did tidy up!)
4.Made soup using up veggies in the fridge for tea....& coolies for pud.
5. Phoned my mum.
6.Sorted through drawers & wardrobe in anticipation of my visit & have a pile of clothes for Salvos. Will sort through kids stuff over weekend.


Was chased by a duck on my way back to the car this afternoon!

kittikins well done on your exam results. You go girl & follow your dreams! You only get one go at life!

Have a great day...bedtime for me x

Tealady_2

Afternoon

Kittikins - Well done:j
Ladyhawk - Get well now

Was going to post this morning but I was feeling a bit _pale_ all my own fault due to having too many cocktails but am feeling a bit more in the land of the living now so pleasures for yesterday

1. Made chocolate muffins and some individual eve's puddings to go with the pear and almond tart and pear and chocolate cake to bring into work. All went down very well and the charity box feels heavier so all good
2. one of the guys at work telling me my cakes were better than some that someone else had brought in that were left over from a wedding and made in a a professional kitchen
3. Getting a cooked chicken in Waitrose reduced to £1.95 :money:
4. Using the chicken to prepare a quick dinner for OH before going out
5. Meeting my friend M for cocktails in a new local cocktail bar. The cocktails were 3 for 2 so would have been rude not to use the offer to its full potential. I was drinking a yummy cocktail of raspberry vodka, chambord, puree raspberries and topped up with champange, very yummy. I was suffering greatly this morning though

Will be back later with todays pleasures if I haven't fallen asleep. Hugs to all who need them

carrieparkinson

afternooooooooooooon all and thanks for the welcome back

congrats kittikins :j

sorry mhagster i did a giggle on reading about the duck .
anyone got any spare baking to send this way? i need cake..... and lots of it i may use the time i had allocated for cleaning out the bunnies and now cant asits absolutely pouring down with rain into making something gooey and chocolatey when the kids are in bed...
anyhoo lets see if i can do a 5 for today so far

1) no work and a lie in :j:j:j
2) having a duvet and dvd day with the kids.....
3)having enough wine left over lastnight for a glass tonight so i dont have to get dressed and get wet en route to the shop..
4)easy peasy tea of fish n chips has now left a bit more room in the freezer so i can do a massive shop next week when i get paid... i will empty it this month! im determined! even if freezer suprise is the meal of the week....
5) hmmmmmm may have to save that til later.....

CCP

Good evening, all.

1) It's turned into a decent enough day after a decidedly soggy start. (The mog took one look at it this morning and went back to bed - I wish I'd had the same option! )

2) Treated myself to a nice, free fish dinner for tomorrow courtesy of the M&S meal deal and a survey voucher. (And as I'm on my own it's actually two free fish dinners - even more :money:)

3) Tied up and de-side-shooted some more tomato plants, with a bit of 'help' from the mog.

4) French bread pizza for dinner, which will use up some of the proper Italian salami I bought from a specialist market and then decided I didn't really like. (It's got a lovely flavour but a very wet, raw meat texture which I don't much care for - I suspect it really needed to be left to cure for longer before it was sold.)

5) I'm going to be a bit naughty and open a bottle of wine to go with dinner - I'm still slowly drinking my way through the free case I got for swapping energy suppliers a while back. :money:

Have a lovely evening, everyone.