5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

Ladyhawk

Evening all,

I had a strange old day. Nice really as I only left for work at 9.30am and finished at 4pm!

1) Received my Anthony Nolan spit test kit (thanks to a link on the families board) and I have sent off my sample. Hopefully I will be a match for someone, somewhere, sometime http://www.anthonynolan.org/spit

2) Went to the Speciality Food Show at Olympia and got some interesting samples. Is it sad that I was more interested in the jars than the contents?

3) Met up with my friend L for a drink after work (I had soda water) so I could give her her birthday presents. She seemed chuffed with them. I was chuffed with them too as they all came from my present stash.

4) am making a cake - yes Chicken it is a courgette one I have another large crop of the blighters.

5) My final one today is a little strange... I read in the metro today that Robert Mugabe has prostate cancer and only has a maximum of 2 years to live. I hope he is suffering and the sooner he dies the better. Evil, disgusting and inhumane speciman.

Did anyone else think it felt really wintery tonight? I don't temperature as it was rlatively mild. It was just dark, windy and rainy. I makes me feel a little panicky as I hate winter so much

night night all.

L

PS Chicken... LOL at the image of your OH grumpily trudging around dressed as a potato!!

Chickenopolis

Ladyhawk- he grumpily trudges around not dressed as a potato:rotfl:

VJsmum

Ladyhawk, whilst i acknowledge the intent behind your last pleasure and, having been to Zimbabwe, mourn the works of Mugabe, I like to remember this quote, wrongly attributed to Dr Martin Luther King

I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy.

Anyway, mine for today

1. Coffee with DD after her eye test -nice to have some mum and daughter time after the madness of the last two weeks
2. I "ran" 8 miles in preparation for the Great North RUn in less than two weeks :eek:
3. House is gradually getting tidier
4. Lovely chicken stew for tea - made yesterday
5. Listening to a particular interview on the Radio

forever_saving

Evening everyone. My five for today are

1. Still able to hang my washing out today. Don't think there will be many more days I'll be able to do that.
2. Another bag of runner beans from the allotmemnt. All prepared and now in the freezer.
3. Starting to clear the allotment. Really felt like some progress was made over there today.
4. Quick and easy (chilli from the freezer) tea with jacket potatoes.
5. I have a star :j
Hope everyone has a good evening and hugs to those who need them.
FS

Ladyhawk

VJsmum wrote: »

Ladyhawk, whilst i acknowledge the intent behind your last pleasure and, having been to Zimbabwe, mourn the works of Mugabe, I like to remember this quote, wrongly attributed to Dr Martin Luther King

I will not mourn the death of the man who destoyed my country of my birth. I will not forgive him for systematically sanctioning the murder, rape and torture of many hundreds and thousands of innocent people and I will raise a glass and rejoice the day he does die because he is responsible for complete and utter destruction of a paradise.

VJsmum

Ladyhawk wrote: »

I will not mourn the death of the man who destoyed my country of my birth. I will not forgive him for systematically sanctioning the murder, rape and torture of many hundreds and thousands of innocent people and I will raise a glass and rejoice the day he does die because he is responsible for complete and utter destruction of a paradise.

It is indeed paradisical (i think i just made that up! LOL) We went on a second honeymoon (as the first was a washout), in the early nineties before Mugabe really took hold. It is one of the most beautiful countries i have ever been to with the nicest people who were just so happy that we were there. I had my nicest ever meal out at Les Quatre Saisons in Bulawayo - twice. I remember giving a lift to a zimbabwean from Masvingo to Harare, and he told us he earned £4 a week as a bricklayer, and later that day we were in a book shop buying a book for a joke that cost - yes you've guessed - £4. Truly humbling.

Frith

I don't think my post is going to be as meaningful as the posts preceeding it but here are my 5.

1) Bit of a lie in. Last one for a while!

2) Final day of the holidays! It's been good and we've got a lot done. But I am getting tired. I knew the other day the boys had just spent too long with me. They were having a scooter chase that turned into cops and robbers and bigger son said smaller son had "stolen a most valuable and important library book". :rotfl:I asked smaller son what it was and he said "A history of all the kings and queens in Britain". They need to leave this archaeologist behind and play with some youngsters!

3) Sewed on the last of the bloomin name tapes.

4) Went to Sainsburys and got lots of nice bits for their lunchboxes this week. It'll turn to peanut butter and jam sandwiches within a few weeks, I'm sure.

5) Online chat with MrB earlier on.

6) Went swimming with sons and my brother.

7) Watched a double bill of Mr Bean films.

8) Tasty tea of special fried rice (i.e rice with bits from the fridge) followed by Death by Chocolate which I found no one likes apart from me....

sparrer

1. Exercise class this morning, all the more enjoyable as a friend has joined the group. Sad for her that she has the same prob but was even more fun than usual with her there
2. Visited DD for coffee, DSiL had a day off work and DGD2 doesn't go back to school til tomorrow so a good visit with them all there.
3. Had a mad housework day, changed bedding, cleaned lounge, tidied some of the kitchen cupboards, polished everything to within an inch of its life - there's a lovely clean smell of lavender polish now. Then dug up and resited the lavender plants I planted yesterday, they look much happier in their new sites. (Did you guess I like lavender )
4. Postie brought me my new wincyette (brushed cotton to the under 30's ) jimmies, and some 2.3 tog extra long socks. I'm determined not to be cold this winter!
5. Spent the evening cooking and freezing, so lots more 'ready meals' added to the stock

Sweet dreams
S x

Chickenopolis

Ladyhawk- I have to say that I agree with you entirely re Mugabe .

mhagster

sparrer: I love lavender, it's my favourite plant whilst daffodils are my favourite flowers! I bought a lavender plant on Saturday.....my first plant purchase here! It grows so well over here, in abundance everywhere!

1.well, how many people can say they had to slow down & stop whilst a cockatoo took it's time crossing the road.....then almost home & had to slow down for a parrot on the road!

2.Now much lighter in mornings so I hung washing out at 6am......then it rained , then it was dry , then it rained & so on all bloomin' day, however was dry enough when I got home!

3.DD2 had her free tutor, who is so nice & kind and she is helping DD2 grasp her maths much better & she does it for free !

4.DD2 was in a school concert which OH & I had the pleasure (or not!) to attend! Oh my! This seemed to go on for ever, very enthusiastic music teacher and a very noisy audience, many of whom just chatted the whole way through & then the kids who were not participating were chatting & it was difficult to hear and we were in 3rd row! Anyway was a wee night out!

5.Popped into supermarket on way home & got a beautiful tin with biscuits in it ....I like tins! There were 3 limited edition tins at a reasonable price for biscuits so I may get some more as gifts to bring home. Or I may just keep them for myself!

Have a great day x