5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

VJsmum

Afternoon all - back from MIL's 80th birthday weekend

So for the last few days

1. The weather - which was stunning
2. MIL liked her "tea hamper" pressie and LOVED her cake - she cried when I brought it in.
3. Being with the family (although there were a few tensions) but still MIL was happy with it all. BIL died a couple of years ago so it is always bitter sweet for her when the family get together as there is a gap..:(
4. A walk up the Malvern hills yesterday - wish we could have done more tho.
5. I went to Ikea this morning and bought new dining room chairs, these pine ones can go into the conservatory and the white plastic garden chairs in there can go back in the garden!
6. Visited a friend who is off sick. he is lucky to be alive as he had a pulmonary embolism.:eek:
7. DD got into her sixth form of choice :T
8. Once again I have finished the marking - tho I do have a project to sort out.
9. SIL and I have arranged to spend next sunday with MIL - Mothers day. It is my DS birthday but his dad (OH, MIL's son - obviously) is taking him and some mates to football quite a long way away, and MIL's daughter can't be with her so the widowed SIL and I and her are all going out to lunch. None of us any longer has a mother and we are all someone's mother so we are going out together with my DD and niece and nephew. Should be nice.
10. Came home from weekend away with a load of food that would otherwise have been thrown away, should get away with a cheap groceries week.

lally666young

Hullo girls I am glad most of you have been enjoying the weather and I hope you are in good spirits and have all hope you have had the news you all wanted to hear.

1. Got into the garden and cleared the old dead stuff ready for planting new plants.
2. Got some vintage pyrex storage canisters for a pound each today, saw what they cost on line and I actually got a bargain!!!
3. Ordered Nickelbacks new album as we have it on MP3, but I prefer CD's so I treat myself!!!
4. Not going to sleep as it was such a beautiful day and I didnt want to waste a single moment of it!!!
5. Talking to DH about sorting the living room out and getting a bigger fish tank and new furniture that all matches!!!!

Skint_yet_Again

Purple_kitten wrote: »

...I have an interview tomorrow so tonight is preparing.

PK - Good Luck with your interview x
Hugs DundeeDoll for tomorrow x

My 5 for today: Monday

1. Over-done it with the housework and walking yesterday and had sciatica playing up last night, but managed a good nights sleep and pain had gone this morning

2. Lovely warm sunny day again.

3. Posted mothers day card & sisters 40th card. I stocked up on first class stamps in Superdrug last month 10% off. Wasnt sure about the size of the cards but they were only "normal letter" when I checked with size chart, so didnt have to pay extra postage

3. Have checked council tax and ours is staying same this year..no increases :j and reminder came for car tax :eek: £130 but have saved up to pay for it, so paid that online this morning

5. Managed to stay on budget at A1di and got a full refund on the manky lamb shanks with no argument. They were £4.99 so was worth plucking up the courage. Why do I feel asking for a refund ??

Best wishes to all xx

Kittikins

1. Glorious sunshine and my lovely garden

2. Got washing on the line and smelling lovely

3. Popped out with a chum to a supermarket for some bits and ended up buying some sandals v. cheaply

4. Went to see the nurse for my leg dressing and she was pleased with how its healing

5. Popped in to see OH for a bit, sadly he's got a headache so isn't over tonight but is apparently coming round tomorrow during the day, yay!

6. A friend brought me a huge bunch of get well soon flowers

7. Cuddles with friend's baby, such a cutiepie

8. Found out another chum has had a baby girl over the weekend, aaaaah

9. Decided to try and do less after being lovingly nagged by OH and my parents to stop trying to climb mountains and just rest instead! (and the nurse backed them up and told me off for not using my 2 crutches)

10. Enjoyed leftovers from last night's dinner for lunch, nomnom

Rainy-Days

The sun did not come out until well gone 3pm today very disappointed I can tell you!!

1. Two loads of washing on the line and got some of it dry rest is on the clothes horses drying.

2. Waxed polished all my wood furniture and it looked great also my ebay delivery arrived of solid beeswax bars, which I now need to melt down and mix with linseed oil to make a really good wax polish.

3. Made up the chicken curry for tonight from yesterdays roast chicken dinner.

4. Paid some money into the bank

5. Throwed out some items that are not longer needed. Old makeup and stuff like that. Trying to start getting my hoarding down a bit

Chickenopolis

Good evening all !

VJsmum - lovely post re your family get together . Your no. 3 - we toast absent friends too . I hope your Dad is ok?

PK - good luck tomorrow xx

mhagster - you can get your own back when you have all that time off at Christmas ! Love the "Parking Fine"

Dundee Doll - I have everything crossed for you !

5 for today

1. OH phoned my Mum at 5.50am to say that he was going to phone me , and he was worried as he had not spoken to me following his first night in Egypt. He then called me at 6.10 am and is having a fab time .

2. I had some sort of brain fog at work today - after my three days off I find it hard to concentrate in an open plan office .Got a very complimentary email from one of my providers , which was nice.

3.I had completely forgotten my colleagues ( who is also my second cousin) birthday tomorrow. Legged it home to get some cash and made it in time to the florists and got her an orchid. Now need to find a card !

4. Made pasta with cream , mushrooms and garlic for tea.Yum

5.Going to settle down with a book as I have a peaceful week alone in my house

Have a good evening all !

DundeeDoll

Thanks for all your good wishes. Hugs to all. Chuckled over the parking fine :rotfl:
1) lovely sunny day
2) managed to get abstracts in(closing date today) :A
3) walked son to work. He's 17 so really pleased he still likes me walking with him-and it got me some more steps :j
4) saw mum at lunch time and she offered to take my books back to the library. One little fine on one but that was cos i hadn't quite finished it but couldn't renew it cos someone's requested it. Was due back saturday so not too much damage, and much less than buying :T
5) CFM is just about to play 2 hours vaughan williams - my fave.
Night all. Will update you soon as i get my result :eek:

Ladyhawk

Evening all,

DundeeDoll - how lovely that your son doesn't mind being seen with his mum. Hope your library fine was less than mine (£7.80!!! eek!)

Chicken - lucky you remembered your colleague/ 2nd cousin's birthday today rather than tomorrow. I arrange everyone's birthday cards at work and am well know for getting the wrong day, or even month!!! :rotfl:

Rainy-days - your wood polish sounds interesting. I have a table and chairs that were chemically stripped a couple of years ago and keep meaning to polish them. What is the recipe for your polish?

Kittikins - I'll add my voice to the chorus - GET SOME REST!!!

Skint - well done for plucking up the courage to take back the lamb shanks :T

Lally - Well done on your bargain canisters

VJsmum - how lovely that you are spending mothers day with your MIL.

PK - good luck for your interview tomorrow.

Tealady - lucky you getting seats both ways on the train. Glad that the football holigans were well behaved

MHags - sorry you didn't get to enjoy the public holiday. hope the family came up with something lovely for supper

1) Day off work :j

2) Paid my library fine so feel a little less guilty about it

3) Paid in a couple of cheques at the bank from my energy provider who was charging me rather a lot in my direct debit

4) Baked a loaf of bread (even if it was in the BM) and thoroughly enjoyed with it some HM lemon curd... nomnomnom

5) Yummy HM fishcakes and salad for lunch... though I have now burnt my mouth - served me right for being greedy!

6) Popped to H0mebase and picked up some violas for £2 (down from £3.50)

7) Did come gardening and weeded two of my flowerbeds and planted the violas in the hanging basket

8) Did the final load of washing

9) Cleaned the bathroom and the kitchen and tidied the lounge and bedroom

10) Kitty cuddles though I have the scratches to show his displeasure about being shifted off my lap

11) Hot bath and read one of my favourite books

12) Sorted out my home insurance

Wow... 12 pleasures. I knew I had had a good day but didn't realise how good!!

hope you all have a great week

L

DundeeDoll

Ladyhawk, well done for turning library fine into a +ve. I found out recently i can renew books online if i've registered (which i have now). Does your library do the same? Sadly for me someone else had reserved the book so in this case i could only renew one of them. Fine was 20p. Last year I was buying eBooks at £3-£5 a shot So your fine would have been a week on amazon! Defo not OS.

Ladyhawk

DundeeDoll - yes mine does but I had a bit of a moment and thought that my books were due back a week later than the were. Doh! It has really put me off using the library because the fines are so high!