5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

oldtractor

1. The cat and dog rodeo gets better and better
2. shed tidying continues apace. I am so proud of DH he has at last learned to throw things away
3. dinner is simmering in the slow cooker , ready in about half an hour
4. a relaxing bath after the shed clearing, got rid of the bits of old hay and mouse droppings. Feel hman again
5. VEry important red letter day today A. Its S Swthians and its been fine HURRAY and B. I have lent over the horses, put weight on their backs properly. They were both super stars. Very very pleased.
Have a lovely Sunday evening people.

Kitchenbunny

Pleasures today:

1. Went to see a friend, had a lovely chat.
2. Got a LOT of cleaning done - 4 cupboards cleared out (lots decluttered) and made a good start on cleaning the oven.
3. Homemade minced beef & onion pie in the oven now.
4. It hasn't rained.
5. Nope, can't think of a 5th.

Have a lovely evening, all.

K xx

Skint_yet_Again

oldtractor wrote: »

skint I have the DVD set of the Margret Rutherford Miss Marples they are great esp Murder at the Gallop

ot - I enjoyed Murder she Said when it was on Film 4 recently including James Robertson Justice and funny to think Joan Hickson went on to play Marple too

Chickenopolis wrote: »

Skint = Skinny !

Not yet Chicken but planning to be Glad to hear yr DM dog ok and she didnt bite the vet (the dog that is :rotfl:)

LavenderBees wrote: »

4. Fab cooked breakfast today. Have to whisper this as forgot had rejoined the weight loss thread last night :rotfl:

8. Nice glass of wine tonight (Don't tell the weight loss thread :rotfl:)

ETA - almost forgot, made strawberry jam from some soft strawberries - YUM! YUM! Shhhh! Don't tell the weight loss thread

Too late LavenderBees have seen the evidence now I wont tell if you dont (see my number 5)

1. Sunny day, did a bit of weeding but garden still jungle-like
2. Got 3 loads washing done and dried
3. Walked for an hour along the wildflower and wetland commonland and along the undeveloped shore line
4. Mummy and daddy swans out with their 7 cygnets on the pond
5. Had an Ice cream :D:D Am going to buy bananas tommorrow and make banana ice cream mentioned on grocery thread last night. No other ingredients so must be healthy as well as nom nom

I_want_a_baby

Hi All & thanks chickenpolis!

My 5 for today:

1. Lovely lazy morning including one point for around half an hour hubby & both kids were napping - Bliss!!

2. Leftovers from last night birthday food for both dinner & tea.

3. Savings TRF'd to ISA & put in sealed tin for the week (£24ish) - teeny tiny steps towards home ownership one day! AA renewal price £102 - price after new quote & cashback £32!

4. Winter preparations in full swing - bought 4 single flannelette sheets, 4 double & 6 pillowcases for £20ish after 10% discount and will get £1.23 cashback. Going to order some coal tomorrow too. (Really want to make up for last year when I was having a terrible time heavily pregnant hospitalised EVERY weekend in December bar xmas weekend and really felt I let my son down. This winter is going to be great - no jobs just fun!)

5. Had a 2.5 mile family walk down the canal in the sun & 'rescued' two baby mice, then went swimming with my friend and although only managed 12 lengths this time (we have done up to 30 before) felt good to see her and do something productive whilst we nattered!

6. Found a 2 inch runner bean that seems to have grown overnight!
I LOVE runner beans and cannot wait for the first harvest.

7. Looking forward to the week ahead and fingers crossed a marginally better one weather wise!

Stacey x

oldtractor

What a Happy post Stacey!

Kittikins

1. NSD

2. Did some weeding, well quite a bit of weeding, especially by my standards and the front garden does look a lot better

3. Yummy leftover soup for lunch

4. DD and I made scrummy pasta bake for dinner

5. We went on the world's shortest bike ride but at least we got some fresh air, as DD sagely reminded me

CCP

Evening all.

1) A nice lie-in this morning. I actually woke up quite early for a weekend, but it took me some time to summon up the energy to get up.

2) A very nice double refund from a supermarket for some poor quality meat they sold me. :T

3) Wandered round the local food festival. I can't think of many nicer ways to spend a Sunday afternoon than wandering around, chatting to stall-holders and nibbling free samples of various tasty treats.

4) I was fairly restrained in the face of temptation and bought only the things I'd intended to buy, plus a large tub of Spanish smoked paprika (an absolute bargain at £2.50) and a new dahlia (which is neither a bargain nor particularly tasty, but is an absolute beauty with dark red leaves and bright yellow flowers).

5) Went to watch the Olympic Torch come through Portsmouth and was impressed with how good-natured the whole thing was. One policeman was sounding the siren on his motorbike simply because it was making a little girl in the crowd laugh.

6) An overheard comment - "that was a waste of time - it's just some bloke running along with a flame". Well, yes - that's rather the point of the exercise! :rotfl:

7) Popped in to a pub on the way home and was able to sit outside, albeit with my teeth chattering so hard I could barely drink my cider.

8) If we're sharing guilty food secrets, Skint and LavenderBees - I had a sausage sarnie for tea - wild boar and cider snags on watercress foccacia. (Very posh, but no healthier than a normal sausage sarnie I suspect. )

Have a nice evening, all.

Rainy-Days

My birthday today so:-

1. Had my cards and pressies brought to me in bed with a lovely cup of coffee.

2. We took the dogs out for a long walk to a country house where we can walk the dogs down by the river - bliss

3. Cooked Sunday lunch and made a Victoria sandwich cake as well.

4. Had said big slice of cake with a nice cup of tea this afternoon.

5. Sat and watched an episode of Vera which I have on DVD while relaxing.

Thank goodness it didn't rain today and oh I got two loads of washing dried on the line as well so that was an added bonus

Kittikins

Happy birthday Rainy-Days, what a gorgeous sounding birthday you had (especially the victoria sandwich, deeeelish) x

sparrer

Rainy-Days belated Happy Birthday, here's a little extra something for you to have with your coffee tomorrow :bdaycake:

IWAB darn I never thought of that. Put it down to my age, I have to write things down if I need to remember therm these days

1. Watching Sue Perkins and Liza Tarbuck driving the Ho Chi Minh Trail, quite nerve wracking in places but so exciting. Well done them!

2. The decorator phoned and is going to come tomorrow to start on the woodwork, and refit the lounge/porch door which I have to use two hands to open

3. The sun came out for most of the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4. Good lunchtime meeting with friends who afterwards took me for a super meal in a pub restaurant to celebrate my birthday. It's not for another 10 days but we can only go on Sundays and next week I won't be here (duty visit to DM). They even ordered a birthday cake with candles, which the waitress brought with our coffee. What special friends, and what a lovely surprise Skint and LB, we'll call our little secrets, our little secrets!

5. T'was a real pleasure to do some gardening in the sunshine this afternoon, even if I did cut through the wire for the string of lights over my lilac tree . It's looking good, didn't get time to mow the lawn but fingers crossed for another dry one tomorrow

Night night, sleep tight