5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

Kittikins

(((Frith))) x

VJsmum

Evening all

Absolutely soaked to the skin. But I think the typhoon has bu88ered off elsewhere.:T

Frith - Oh dear - what to say?
Sparrer - maybe shower comes from tank and kitchen from mains? It's mainly older houses that are like this.
Chicken - love the sound of your chickens - not your Dickens! I feel I'm letting the side down, me being a Maid of Kent and all.

So today

1. Woke naturally at 8 :T but not on a schedule today so could have a lazy hour or so including breakfast
2. As I said, absolutely chucking it down all day - no point even trying to avoid it as I am home tomorrow (I hope!) so just suffered it. Even the umbrella wasn't keeping it all out at one point. THe pleasure? Sloshing through puddles and not caring!
3. Sightseeing - Gyeonbukgong Palace, Streets of traditional houses, markets, art galleries, parks. Packed a lot in to one day.
4. Chuckling at the inscription in Tapgol park - which is all about independence from oppression (after 10 years of Japanese occupation - they aren't very keen on the Japanese, I think, not that I blame them), however the declaration of independance says something like "we won't accuse Japan of its violations and treating us like barbarians and we shall not blame them for the horrible things they have done.." and then listed the horrible things they had done. I know it's serious but it made me laugh, it is like saying "I won't tell all these people listening that you..."
5. A warm bath - I was freezing.

Have a good afternoon / evening all. See you when I'm back tomorrow (with a bit of luck!!)

Skint_yet_Again

Chicken.... Hope your first day back at work went ok x

1. Feeling much more cheery today after feeling low all weekend
2. Sunny and got 2 loads washing done and dried... and ironed (hate ironing )
3. Friend came round for coffee and chat, good to see her
4. Checked @sda price guarantee online. Only spent 18.66 but as they were not 10% cheaper so got a voucher for £3.32 !!
5. Baked some muffins

Hope you've all had a good day

Chickenopolis

Good evening all !

Tealady - - thank you re the application. You are so amazingly tenacious with your bargains , as is PK with her 10p finds!

skint - thanks , work was tiring and tiresome today. I fear that they are trying to screw me over , but they are sooo clueless around "reasonable adjustments " as they think it fits with what is the easiest option for them . Thank goodness I used to work for some Disability Equality Advisors ..

VJsmum- Look out typhoon VJ is heading this way !!!Safe journey home with no wet patches on the Easy Jet upholstery please No love lost between the Japanese and the Koreans then

5 for today

1. Made it through the day , it was nice to see my colleagues though

2. A new team member started today and she used to be my line manager about 12 years ago! . She is great and will be an asset to the team..Not that I "coached" her before her interview or anything

3.It was nice to drive the OGV as I haven't driven it for 5 weeks .

4. My Mum had filled lots of charity bags ... with my stuff !! Cheeky mare, my Maya Angelou , Bill Bryson , Enid Blyton and Charles Dickens books !They are now back in my house ! I loved the "Oh yes your name is inside the front cover " Bless her.

5.Marrow from the garden in cheese sauce and scampi for tea. Odd mixture but quite nice !

Have a good evening all !

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny

Bumbling day.

3 for 2 day.

3 Not much ado today, just done kids from street photo. Blooooooody pc had corrupt driver.

2 Popped out to local project, same old faces, same old graces. Good to see the good work being done.

1 Nora, King of the Foe's. Good to see the woodworking workshop up and running for he kids that do not want to do 45 Crap levels and A levels. The things they make cure the eyes water. Such a shame (Standard TILAMS warning re academia) our schools do not even bother to accommodate these kids, but rid them from the books for tick boxes of A Levels, an exam for those who are incapable if getting a job at the age of 16.

Few, need wobble adds now

Kittikins

1. Typing these pleasures on our lovely new laptop

2. The friendly helpful staff at Waitro$e where I picked up the lappy, made me very glad I'd chosen JLewis rather than a PC global type place to make my purchase

3. Bumped into a school run mum and had a natter

4. Sunshine

5. My car was safe in the village car park despite me dumping it there 2 days ago

6. Fabulous conversation with boss - so pleased for him as he has a secondment position for a few months, and then will either get another permanent role or will still be eligible for redundancy package, buys him some time

7. Made appointment to meet DD's headmaster tomorrow morning to hopefully arrange some school experience with him. Wish me luck!

8. Chum was very surprised and pleased with gorgeous bunch of flowers we gave her to thank her for DD's impromptu sleepover on Saturday

9. Another friend dropped over a fabulous outfit for DD's dressing up day at school tomorrow, phew, saved me a lot of time and effort!

10. DD set up the laptop perfectly and then used it to do some research on Romans (and a little bit of Mo$hi Monster$, lol)

11. Stationery bargains in MrT's on the way to work, couldn't resist...

12. Good library books, am toying with having an early night and a good read as I'm still pretty tired from the weekend and have a busy week ahead of me.

ampersand

Bonsoir -

1. Picked some decent biggie[watered]raspberries first thing.
2. Woke up to H.E. Bates' 'A Little of What You Fancy' on R4X which was late for me, but enjoyable. I'll keep listening.
3. A bit of specific watering pre-bus turned into quick car washing[activity unknown pour moi], so 2 jobs done and I didn't get mucky.
4. Sorted more photo printing and sent it from Cambridge. There's a particularly friendly, 'extra mile' little PO not quite in town centre, with a New Zealand kowhai tree outside, growing in a small raised square of garden. It's magnificent, but the staff remembered me [also nice] and said I'd missed it blooming this year. Bought excellent Castell pencils @ 10p each, and Uhu superglue and Solvite @ 49p, which is massively cheap. They always have some excellent quality bargains.
5. Spotted a good engraved fork in Charity Shop with a meaningful initial.

Not my usual sort of extended 5 tonight, but enough. I'm cold, can't bear seeing 28C+ down in my other beloved places and am going to bed to warm up, read, drink lapsang souchong - may watch another Montalbano but feel tired, dkw.

Thankyou for further kind Welcomes Back.

Found self thinking on and off through much of day of mhagster and Frith - wishing you both strength, remedy, happiness, in your differing trials.
Life is good and precious for all that clouds it at times: clouds pass, thin, clear and none of US are going away.

sparrer - I've wanted to comment on your marvellous weight loss. I declare you 'Official Inspiration':-)

kittkins - we'd be dreadful together if we came across stationery goodies in each other's company.
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Purple_kitten

Chicken:- They’ve doubled the price now 10p’s are now 20p’s shocking. :rotfl:
1.I must stop buying yellow stickers – is there a help area for this addiction. Popped into Mr T for bread and Milk came out loaded with yellow stickers bad bad bad but still a pleasure.:o
2.Walked in to the smell of a steak casserole slowly cooking through.:D
3.Cheeky pudding of a cream cake.:cool:
4.Made a pie with scrumped apples and blackberries, I love the natural harvest just not so keen on my cooking.
5.Finished another fantabulous book, start a new one tomorrow.
6. Applied for a couple of jobs, one looks absolutely perfect, fraid the pessimist in me says lots of people will be applying then I try and batter it away with positive thinking!:rotfl:

ampersand

Purple_kitten wrote: »

Chicken:- They’ve doubled the price now 10p’s are now 20p’s shocking. :rotfl:
1.I must stop buying yellow stickers – is there a help area for this addiction.

NO!
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Sorry now to heavy the tone somewhat, but this new article from the ever-superb Polly Toynbee comes straight from my heart, straight from my head and it has astonished me to hear myself say so in discussion over the last year or two. I never thought I'd live to do so and to know its grim Truth:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/17/cameron-goes-where-thatcher-never-dared

DundeeDoll

Skint that sounds fantastic. When ds came back from a month n uganda he couldnt believe how much food there was in mr t
& i've read all. The montalbanos in the library but not seen any yet
Seems to have been a very long day with ups and downs
1) got to gym before work. Managed 2k on the rower in just over 10 mins
2) got lift back from main campus from neighbour
3) wrote another bad poem for a good prize. If i win i'll send y'all a postcard ;-)
4) watched gnomeo and juliet? Surprisingly fun
5) now in bed snuggling under duvet. Have succumbed to an hour of heating 6:30-7:30 and another 18:00-19:00