5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

Millie2008_2

Ahhh, thankyou For a minute I thought it was an acronym and was trying to figure out what it stood for

Kittikins

Tee hee at the Reverbe'ing and Sparrer needing to look up when walking. I'm reasonably tall and with my dodgy leg, find I need to look down when ambling along, handy for all those Reverbes and also I seem to fall over more if I don't! None for me today though, grrr, although I was looking my hardest!!

1. Popped in to see a poorly OH and gave him his 'new' laptop. I think he was pleased, but as he was proper poorly, I'll let him off not being as enthusiastic about it as I'd hoped he would be.....he did send me a lovely text later when he'd staggered up to his bed.

2. Was like ladyhawk's bosses and worked from home again today Actually my cold cough thing is getting worse so I think my lovely boss would have sent me away if I'd dared to go in to the office!

3. Spent most of the day lounging on the sofa reading another good book and catching up on silly American detective programmes I'd recorded precisely for days like today

4. After seeing OH went to MrT's and picked up some YS cartons of milk and, not sure how OS this is, but an electric blanket for DD's bed as even with double-glazing, the upstairs of our house gets rather chilly, probably because of the uninsulated roof....

5. DD was very excited to get into a nice warm bed and I really wish they'd had a king-sized blanket for mine as last night I fell asleep in one position as the bed was too cold to move around in! Am hunting for a cheap one that is like a fitted sheet now as tying DD's one on to her mattress was a pain in the rump.

6. Bought some trousers (too tight, grr), a fleece top (ok but not amazing) and a snuggly winter coat for DD in M&$ and will double-check if the coat is actually needed (i.e. if last year's can do another year) and will return the other bits, so I had the "joy" of being a lady wot shops and will have the "joy" of a refund onto my credit card.....Ok, it's a way of trying to put a positive spin on the fact the s*dding clothes didn't fit me as well as I had hoped

7. Kind of had a conversation that clears up some doubts about putting my house on the market so think I'm good to go now! Darn it, now I'll have to keep the place tidy!

Just got another one:

8. Have finished doing an online survey, woohoo, another £4 LV for the pot

mcculloch29

Had hoped to add Wales winning but it wasn't to be. (Despite the name and location, I am Welsh).
But...
1. £25 electronic voucher on its way from doing surveys, the second this year.
2. Friend who is moving gave me a bottle of body lotion and a packet of Christmas napkins that were unloved. I, in turn, was able to cart home a 5kg bag of potatoes for her on my trike.
3. Batch of cheese scones went down well. I'd got two bottles of Flora Cuisine that had short BBDs from the discount food shop and was at a bit of a loss on how to use them up, as you need very little for frying. The liquid Flora made very acceptable cheese scones, just poured it over the flour and hoped, and it worked. I used eye measuring to judge so can't advise on what quantities to use.
4. Work is going well. We have a tutor meeting over 100 miles away next month and the friend and fellow tutor whom I recommended should apply for a vacancy there is going to give me a lift. I'm so pleased. Something always happens to me on train journeys...
5. I treated myself to the book of Planet Word. I justified this by the fact that the very useful bright pink indoor watering can I also bought today was only 15p in Mr T.

Thank you all for your loving honesty in sharing your lives, it often has me laughing and frequently counting my blessings.
TY also for explaining what a Reverbe is. Reverbe is very kind to me and often thanks my posts!

ampersand

sparrer- all apologies - I don't believe it had ever registered, that you had begun Reverbe as Verb. It has just seemed a fully-fledged neologism from the off:D

Frith

5 for yesterday (Friday).

1) All waking up in MrB's house.

2) Straightforward train journey with enough food to feed an army (or 4 boys).

3) Looked round HMS Belfast.

4) Very quick look round the Borough Market.

5) Quite straightforward train journey back to MrB's then hour in the car to mine.

6) Bigger son went to a sleepover at his best friend's.


All good BUT.... I'm not entirely sure MrB enjoyed the day out. No child was badly behaved, nothing went wrong but he seemed quite stressed to me. :-( I'm used to having 5 stepsons and looked after/ cooked for 4 of them and my 2 for nearly a year so just 4 in London was a doddle. Haven't heard from him since we left (not long, I know) so am none the wiser. :-(

Chickenopolis

Frith - glad to hear that you are all back safely and had a good time . But no "stinkin' thinking" please, don't beat yourself up . Mr. B hasn't actually told you that he was stressed etc ((hugs)).

Patchwork_Quilt

1) Friends round for supper last night and I followed her lead in having a 'starter' of nibbles by the fire with a glass of wine, which meant that when we went into the kitchen for the main course, all the steaming and boiling was over and everything was ready. There's less washing-up too.
2) Started to read a book that my brother had given me for Christmas and found £10 in an envelope inside! I remember now that he said he didn't think he had spent enough. There's no way I would have thought that but the money will come in useful.
3) A lie-in this morning.
4) Finishing off the chocolates that DH brought home from business in Belgium. Well, it is Saturday.
5) Free fire from the trees we had chopped down last year.
and a sneaky 6th - wearing my boots for the first time this Autumn. I got them from a posh shop locally and they should have been £120 but had been reduced to £20. Makes it all the better.

Have a lovely weekend, everyone.

Rainy-Days

Five For Saturday

1. Got three loads of washing out on the line by 9.30am and all dried by 3.00pm!

2. Watching the washing especially the white towels billowing about on the line in the breeze!

3. Sitting in the conservatory for an hour putting my feet up with this lovely sunshine streaming through.

4. Finally able to have some room in the freezer as it was very packed out!

5. A lovely long soak in the bath awaits me for later on tonight - bliss!

Gingerjar

Hello everyone!

I used to post on here ages ago and then stopped. Am now feeling the need to count my blessings, so here are my 5 for today:

1. Getting a £25 M & S voucher (a pressy) and a Daily Mail £5 off voucher and getting £30 worth of M&S goodies for only 14p - hurray
2. Watching Murder She Wrote, sad but I love it
3. Going to stay with family tomorrow, they are brilliant fun and we always have a laugh.
4. Reorganising my freezer and giving my nice neighbour some cakes
5. Cosy night in with OH and assorted youngsters - tea in front of the telly and a DVD

Have a good evening, peeps x

Purple_kitten

It’s funny people should mention going out in an evening when you don’t normally go out, as we did the same last night, we met up with some lovely people and ended up chatting until very late, we didn’t get to bed till gone 4.30 and up again at 9 which was hard, getting older you know!

1. 4 loads of washing done and out on the line or in now.
2. A lovely autunm day
3. A cooking spree as to poor to head out! So using up what we have here so far I have made coffee cupcakes, apple crumble with windfall apples, and toad in the hole with vastly reduced sausages from a stash in the freezer.
4. Thinking of actually playing the WII later, thou may be tempted to just curl up and sleep.
5. Cleaned the floors up and cleaned the cats out it’s a job done, not exactly sure it’s a pleasure thou, so maybe replace that with watching smokey and the bandit 2 in the background in between cooking.

The windows here are disgusting and we really must clean them badly now, but it’s just not a job I enjoy, I’ve heard something about also using newspaper to make sure it’s smear free??