5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

skintmum2012

Hi everyone Happy New Year all I hope everyone had an awsome time my 5 for the day

1: I got up to do my Zumba then I went in to see my son who wanted a cuddle and we had another few hours sleep. You can have all the money in the world but nothing can better the love you get from a child (Which is good as mine make me V poor lol)

2: Went to my mum's and had a roast dinner Pork and Beef and all the trimings

3: No heating on today

4: I went online to have a look for nappys for my son who has special needs and is not potty trained I have been warned they are V deer to find out that although you have to buy in bulk they are cheaper in the long run then the nappys I have always got. So pleased I have found them as the smaller ones are cutting into him now

5:Almost a NSD apart from said nappys that are needed not spent money on things that we want which is a big thing here. Hubbys been of all X mass and we normally spend 100's we have spent almost nothing and are well within our new budget thanks to MSE.

Wow I have gone on tonight hope I have not bored anyone to much.

sparrer

Evening all, thank you for your kind wishes. Breathing isn't as bad as yesterday, will soon be up and running around like a 2 year old again - not that I can remember the last time I ran round like a two year old...I was about 2, I think

1. shower, hair wash moisturise, de-hair, mani/pedi etc - starting the NY respectably

2. changed bed linen - as above. Pleasantly surprised to find the pattern on my new bedroom lightshade is almost identical to the pattern on my duvet cover

3. opened doors and windows to let the NY air in

4. ys trout fillet in herbs, new potatoes from the garden, sprout tops for dinner. Very healthy, very yum

5. cards taken down and sorted into recycle/gift tag/revamp piles

Is it just me or does anyone else think it's Friday, Saturday or Monday?! Completely lost the plot this weekend :huh:

Sweet dreams

eta savingforoz it's a no petrol day! Love your interpretation though :rotfl:

Ladyhawk

savingforoz wrote: »

Happy 2012 to everyone!

Please, what is a NPD? All I can think of is that it's a day when you don't pee at all , which doesn't sound much fun... someone please enlighten me.

Its a no petrol day not peeing all day sounds distinctly uncomfortable!

VJsmum

mhagster wrote: »

Happy New Year to you all.....Sunday afternoon here and very hot, apparently the hottest New Year's Day in over a century!.....so I'm sure I will be entitled to moan & groan about heat & be a bit crabbit!

No you are not! (only kidding!)

Am a little delicate today - but am starting no alcohol January tomorrow (yes, I know!!)

Mine for yesterday

1. Lovely NYE party at friends
2. My favourite niece, who is staying with us, saying she'd never seen in the new year before and didn't realise people did that! She is 14 but her mum and dad (my sister and BIL) are quite strict with the children and make them all, including her, go to bed early. even on NYE. I know one shouldn't have favourites, and I am very fond of all my nieces and nephews, but we are particularly close to her and I love to give her the experiences that her mum and dad can't afford and don't have opportunity to do.
3. Nearly winning at one game of bowling, but then seeing DS just knock down pin after pin after pin on the next. But then he started celebrating a win too early and his sister sneaked up on the last ball and overtook him :rotfl::T
4. Starting the decluttering and sorting out some CDs for music magpie earning cash for planned new year break next year.
5. OH doing the food shopping

And for today
1. Not going out for the whole day as planned - cos we got up too late
2. Yummy turkey dinner cooked by OH - didn't have turkey last week and really wanted it today
3. Taking kids toboganning - favourite niece hadn't done that before either.
4. even better - I sat and drank coffee while they toboganned and OH cooked dinner.
5. Nice NY walk in the park, costing nothing except parking.

Off to bed in a mo, cos i is [EMAIL="kn@ckered"]kn@ckered[/EMAIL] innit

Chickenopolis

Good evening all !

Get well soon to all who are poorly - there sure are a lot of you at the moment !

millie - your holiday sounds lovely , except for the bashed up body ! Sounds like backing a yearling ... wheeee .. ouch!! etc. Take care and get the right mix of pleasure and pain !!

sparrer - I had a hunch that you might have been coming down with something reading between the lines in your posts . Get well soon xx.

mhagster - the bit about your son protecting your daughter in the "crush" made me a bit choked up . How lovely .

CCP's Mum - hello and welcome if you are watching

5 for today

1. Saw the New Year in with my family . The fireworks in London looked amazing on tv - but I couldn't help but wonder how much they cost . Not Poundlan* prices :rotfl:

2. My nephew got a saxaphone for Christmas - I couldn't resist having a go , but faced away from my "audience" as laughing, alcohol and blowing don't work!! Played board games until late with my folks which was funny.It was a great OS night as we all took some food and drink to share .

3. Not in to resolutions as I believe that changes can be made at any time of the year - but I am so nosey I love reading everyone elses .The only thing I will do this year is to use my new diary to write down the amount of eggs that my hens lay each day . Exciting stuff eh? Got 5 today !

4. Rained all day - washing dried on radiators . Lazy day indoors Its going to be a shock a doodle do when I am back at work on Tuesday !

5. Fell asleep through Harry Potter -its the ad breaks they are fatal.Watching "I am legend " - I just love Will Smith films .

Good night all !

Broomstick

VJsmum, your post made me think that there's an opening for a book or website to be written, or even just a new thread on here, describing OS MSE new experiences for children. I suspect there is a generation who have never seen in the New Year or gone tobogganing... or so many other things. Lovely memories, free and priceless.

Sparrer, I know exactly what you mean, I keep having to check to see which day of the week it is. I'm in a complete muddle!

Which leads me to five pleasures:

1. Getting my 2012 calendar filled in as much as possible and putting it up on the wall. Isn't really helping me remember the day of the week though!

2. First NSD of the year. I've also started my sealed pot for next January. Until I have decided what to make the sealed pot with though, it is in a very unsealed pot and I just have to be self-disciplined enough not to raid it. I have also started using another tin for all the spare silver from my purse after my (infrequent ) shopping trips this year. I emptied my spare silver into it today to kick start it even though I haven't been to the shops.

3. The cheddar in the fridge got used up too quickly so my plan for supper had to change and we had omelette and veggies again. Still very delish and the DSs were very pleased because I'd found a packet of veggie raspberry jelly crystals so we had jelly for pudding. Haven't done that in ages.

4. I had a very, very long afternoon nap. Not planned but my body obviously needed it.

5. Listening to more radio drama while sorting papers. It's still very quiet in our Close and I'm loving the peacefulness of it all.

Sweet dreams and a huge 'get well quickly' to all of you who need it,
B x

Frith

I find updating really tricky if I have missed a couple of days but here goes!

30th Dec

1) Popped to Sainsburys.

2) Had a tidy up.

3) MrB came round mid afternoon.

4) Went to see my friend for a dinner party! Not really the sort of thing my friends normally do but it was lovely and they got to meet MrB.

New Years Eve

1) Waking up with MrB.

2) Cooked breakfast.

3) Popped in to see my mum and dad.

4) Boys home from their father's and in a surprisingly good mood.

5) Went to my auntie's bonfire party.

6) Party at my house until 1.30

New Years Day

1) Waking up with MrB. He went home today as his sons returned from their mum's. Will be strange without him as we have been together a great deal since Christmas Day afternoon.

2) Having a massive tidy after the party and doing lots of washing.

3) Spending all day doing nothing in particular with sons. (Smaller son and I took it in turns to complete levels on Angry Birds!)

4) Tea of left over party food! We invited my sister as she has spent 2 days being a bridesmaid so didn't think she would want to cook.

5) Mum and dad popped in on their way home from clog dancing (they play the music but still wear the neckerchieves...)

6) Receiving several texts from MrB but one in particular that was very nice. I wish I could write deep, meaningful things!

On the subject of deep and meaningful, I would like to say thank you to everyone who has posted on this thread during 2011. And a thank you to those who have read my posts and commented on them. There have been low points (the gone and long forgotten MrN saga :eek:), various minor upsets, low days BUT... there have been good times with sons, paying off my debts :j and not forgetting MrB. He's a good lad.

xx

VJsmum

Broomstick wrote: »

VJsmum, your post made me think that there's an opening for a book or website to be written, or even just a new thread on here, describing OS MSE new experiences for children. I suspect there is a generation who have never seen in the New Year or gone tobogganing... or so many other things. Lovely memories, free and priceless.

Thanks

Yes I think you are right - though I have to confess the toboganning wasn't free. We have an indoor snow play / ski / ice skating centre here. She is a lovely girl, and bright but not very savvy if you know what I mean. Her mum is my 10 years younger sister who works shifts as does her OH. Niece is 14 but she has younger siblings of 7 and 3 so a lot of things that my kids get to do (who are 15 and 12) sister and BIL just can't do with her. She comes on holiday with us camping most years and she has worked on a steam railway, done some shop work (as volunteers), cycled, walked up mountains, and just played on the beach. All things she doesn't get to do with mum and dad.

She was with us for 2 weeks last summer and we took her camping for a week but then she stayed a week further with us. We made good use of Mr T vouchers and she went to our local theme park, to Cadbury world, and to the Theatre. My sister said her behaviour and attitude had improved no end when she got home but I think it's cos we had time to spend with her and, of course, she had own-age company in my two.

There's no substitute for a bit of time is there?

CCP

Afternoon all.

I thought I'd get in early with mine today as I've got at least 5 already:

1) No work today so I could have a lie-in to make up for a disturbed night last night, due to mog being a miaow monster. He was so loud I was considering phoning the Cat Protection League this morning and asking if they had a returns policy on cats acquired five years ago! :rotfl: (OK, not really, although I did threaten him for fur mitten-hood at one stage.)

2) NSD and NPD.

3) Found a very nice new stereo / CD player online, reduced in a sale to the exact amount of money my DGM gave me for Christmas. I've reserved it for collection tomorrow, which is why I haven't paid any money for it yet.

4) Made a ginger cake using a packet mix (:eek:) - I had a money-off voucher, though, which made it cheaper than buying all the ingredients to make it from scratch. I over-cooked the cake a fraction but it will be lovely with the last of the RTC brandy cream - I wonder if they've got any left to go with the rest of the cake?

5) Got my latest OU essay back (the one that I threw together in a dreadful hurry and thought about emailing an apology to my tutor about) - he loved it and gave it a very high mark. :huh:

6) Managed to rescue a loaf of bread that looked like being a disaster - I always forget that this type of flour needs far more water than normal wholemeal flour, so I had to stop the BM, add more water and start it again as I had a breadcrumb-type mix rather than dough. :eek:

7) My Christmas cactus has a flower on it, which is most unusual as it's usually a poor confused cactus and flowers around Easter.

I hope everyone who's been poorly is feeling better today, and that everyone has a lovely afternoon / evening. I'm off to watch some stupid television and drink the last of the RTC bucks fizz - I might as well make the most of my last afternoon of freedom before work tomorrow.

VickyA_2

Hello everyone :hello:

My 5 pleasures today:

1) Bought DH a new suit in the M&S sale but via Topcashback. 2 lots of saving!!

2) Passed on a book to a friend.

3) Put Christmas cards in our recycling bin.

4) Discovered that the local "Lunch for Less" deal also includes the local Michelin starred restaurant. Maybe a little treat for my birthday?!! (in March, admittedly!)

5) towels washed...