5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny

Morning all. And bandaged ones, Jenny gis a :heartpuls

5 Shocker at the quiz last night, but the gals from the divorcee megastore were in, just like the old cattle market. Plenty of fat, but no buyers.

4 Alrite, I nose I was sexist, but hey, where there is life, there is hope.

3 Pleasures of the morning chores. Sit down job, shave and shower, in that order. Gets rid of the straggly bits, and freshens me up. Needed that.

2 Cat got scissored legged again last nite. Must insist he sleeps between the legs and when they cross, he gets smooooooothered. Never learns at all. Canna teach the old dog new tricks as they always fall for the old ones and now he is meowing at Ms Sonny for food. Get out and catch the early bird.

1 Your message is important, to you, to me it just shows what a < insert reference here > you are.

mummysaver

Morning all!

Pleasures for last night/this morning:

1. Earlyish night after a long bubble bath

2. Dd2 telling me she was glad she could talk to me about anything, after we'd been discussing a friend of hers with a few problems.

3. Kids doing their chores without me nagging!

4. Watch oh and dd4 having cuddles this morning, awwww!

5. dd4 eating scrambled eggs for brekkie, she usually spits them out but we've kept offering them, as they're so simple and good for her.

Hope everyone has agood day, full of pleasures xx

Tealady_2

Morning all

Pleasures for yesterday,
1. Free bus trip to work as the card reader wasn't working.
2. HM soup for lunch with HM bread, managed to feed another collegue as well as they were working late.
3. Bought a few cupcakes for someone who was working in our office today as it was their birthday but he was having a bad day. Nice that by spending a couple of £ can put a smile on someones face. I would have made them if had more notice but he still appreciated the gesture.
4. Another full nights sleep, thats 2 in a row now :j
5. Chat with parents on the phone and they seem to have escaped the worst of the floods in their area. McCulloch - hope you have managed to stay flood free as well as I believe you are in the same area.

Hugs to all who need them

ampersand

Businessgirl - that is a really terrific and lovely post! What a marvellous new start for you with wisdom and os ms AND realistic optimism all featuring strongly.

mhags - the continuing 'on the up' news is great to read.

What an O'Henry story type 2days chez moi[empathised immediately vjsmum].
Here goes[just some of]:

1. Against Monsieur M!t!o's predictions, Tuesday was so lovely and perfect for the Botanical Gardens. Time absolutely flew...but so did one of my first-time-on new earrings, bought in Sydney on way back.
2. The rare flowering tree - emmenopterys henryi - has little lemon/cream/green hint all-in-one blooms and lots were on the ground. I'd worried that Monday's rain would have finished them, but the crown and upper reaches are still prolific. They don't show very well from below in pics, but I know that I was there.
3. THE SCENT! A scoop of a few gathered in my hand - even a single one at first - absolute knock-out, heavenly!...at which point realised one earring was gone.
4. Too many glorious stops and starts and idlings and L. proves to be an ideal wandering companion. No wonder I rang Carrington's to apologise for lunchy-lateness when we saw it was after 13.30h....still can't work out how.
4.Lovely man said 'Don't worry...just take your time...there's no hurry.'
5. On way out, did the thing that nice lass had spoken about on way in i.e. Membership would refund day's visit entry and, as L has Disabled status[you'd never know it], her 'carer'goes free anyway. Long and short of this is that I have annual Membership now for £28.25, still not really budgeted for, but I know this fine, fine place will answer much in me, along with Fitzwilliam, Kettles Yard et al...part of my necessary armoury when not ailleurs.
6. Lunch was excellent and premises a total surprise, another of Cambridge's hidden secrets. Underground we went, but it remained light, felt airy and spacious, with warm, natural friendliness from a rather special lady...you will know what I mean when I speak of some people who have a certain gift this way and meeting them stays with you. Super choices and beyond stuffery portions. Wish I'd bought the deal more than once. I've read/heard denigrating comments re:Groupon, but my experiences[including one glitch]have been good.
7. Well, of course we're deffo NOT going into any 2nd-hand bookshops off Market Square, are we? Not even Sarah Key's. Not even G. David's. NO, spelt ENN-OH!......I'll take bus to next village later to drop off L's books. Only a few....-ish......each.....and all muddled in various bags when L. was running so late coming back. Sort outs do get sorted out.
8. I'll also take reduced Waitrose apples and Ian Rankin bread and little focaccias.
9. Even worse, in The Works[sparrer's listen up moment:-) ] I'm afraid I saw Phillip Serrell's 2 books[£2.50 bogof], just past the marvellous calendar range. If I turn my head, I can see them waiting on my bed now - in good time for my having finished The Good Thief's Guide to Paris.
10. Was it in Library hier that my wallet went AWOL? Can't know yet. Doing all the backtracking stuff...ongoing. Was spending an hour in there prior to hair appt.
Remember seeing it on top of book and being startled, then burying it to bottom, so who knows?
11. I am no.50 on waiting list for JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy at Library...are we all thinking 'I'll read it first then see if it's worth buying...'? I've liked her reported attitude and sense of freedom concerning any reception it has.
12. Hearing good stuff on Classic FM as I write, starting with Finlandia. deeply loved.
13. If wallet is gone for good, so is the remaining earring, which I put in there for safe keeping....I had worked myself into some kind of stoic think offset, that I could work it into a pendant when silver smithing starts. Not even, probably.
14. em to long hauler from Library and garden pics for same done earlier in rain. Many slugs, again.
15. 600gms rasps picked. That's another 2x 1kg bags in freezer this week.
16. Early Dr appt hier before everything else started - have gym referral and shock/horror bmi rating. Back with p/w to R today. Again think how lucky I am to have gym so near.
17. Leaving Dr's, saw gardener sorting out the smelly box beds and - en bref - I now have about 30 rooted little runners heeled in late last night in my plant-y table/tub.
18. Must check at Surgery for wallet BECAUSE. in midst of sarcococca epsiode, suddenly came a huge roaring sound of car, and a v.v. tall old gent I'd noted earlier, car going crazy, bucking, jumping, shooting through a memorial tree, hedge, over walkway, hurtling, screaming, racketing across road, up footpath, down again, demolishing big yellow salt bin, then spin turning, shooting forward again into telegraph pole and corner of new house directly behind medical centre. All in all, no more than 50 metres, but describing a crazy path. like a wonky ? turned and tipped over. Amazingly, he - obstreperous - was trying to get out! It all took about 15secs, As I rushed into surgery, Dr H[my GP]was coming out. Everyone had heard the smashings and crash. Appropriate services called etc.etc., but I would say his driving days are over now.
19. Is this when my wallet left? I ran indoors and left e'th on ground. Bystanders gathered fast. Qui sait?
20. The other 2 'Thief's Guide to...' are on the shelves in Library, waiting for me and another Martin Walker has come in on reservation. Further, one of yesterday's finds was MFK Fisher's 'Two Towns In Provence' AND I found Janet Flanner's Paris Journals[1st edn]

This post has hit Unwieldy proportions, exactly the point at which laboured-over long ones disappear, so I won't tempt Fate.

Caterina

Frith we got a Morso Squirrel too, they are wonderful little stoves, no? In the winter I cook porridge overnight, or lentils, or veg soup, on it! Best investment ever. Planning to have another in the kitchen, but wit a proper cooking ring on, so I can cook on it every day.

A few random blessings for last couple of days:

* did my first refresher driving lesson, it went well.

* met up with friend in Westfield Stratford, am glad she has a job now but will miss my daytime outings with her.

* managed to do all the dinner cooking yesterday morning so had the time to go to Turkish shop with DH in he evening and stocked up on tinned tomatoes (4 for 99p!).

* everybody loved the (homegrown) rhubarb crumble and I resisted the temptation (trying to lose the weight I put on while away) to taste it.

* today am in bed with sore throat and a cold but the silver lining is a good excuse to do nothing and catch up with reading and mucking about online.

* every day waking up in my own home with my family here in London I give thanks for my life and how it has turned out to be.

* this morning DS cooked me breakfast to eat in bed because of being unwell. Sweet boy!

I hope you all have a very good day.

ampersand

Hello caterina - I was completely flummoxed by your 'tinned orators'. Glad they were tomatoes all along:-)
I, too, am a Montalbano fan, florid ott wimmin et al notwithstanding.

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny

& Cor blimey, was that all in a day of eating apples!
BG Get at em girl

And the rest of yous, I am going again today so bear hugs with me!

5 Got the Grimsby smoked haddock, not the dyed version you get in the S A T emporiums, and turned the beauty into 10 fishcakes, with buttered mustard mash and parsley. Tea sorted, with Mushy peas and salad. Yum Yum Yum. (Fish not associated with Iceland)

4 Got the Chicken, no why everytime I dus chicken I thinks of Nopolis! Chicken Beasts, dewinged as Ms Sonny dus nit lick em, one pair just for roasters, other pair curried in secret recipe (Yogut, termites, Corrie Anders, Chilli, Garlick, Lemon, Fresh Brute Ginger, Cummin and Garam Masala) Added to taste

3 Ms Sonny did chilli dogs for Brunch, that is butchers, not S A T Emporium mushed bone pulp, sausage, some festered on stove 9 day old chilli in finger buns. As we is having Fish Cakes for tea, last outing for chill, festered for 10 days, will be tea tomorrow.

2 Film night so me and cat shall watch a Richard Burton classic, the Spy who came in from the cold. Woibbleades are in and will :beer::beer::beer:

1 There, was not hard was it.

BFN

Purple_kitten

VJsmum: Thank you
McHags: Hmm being harassed by seagulls for food doesn’t sound so fun, I was eating a roll today and a massive dragon fly landed on it, I didn’t have the heart to shake it off it looked gorgeous. And have a lovely day off tomorrow.

I’m a bit miffed today I over slept and didn’t mean to, not that it really matters. A couple of weeks ago I set up a standing order for the mortgage as I thought I would forget otherwise but took a guess at the amount, today I received a letter with a £40 fine for being £2 short in my payment, the air was blue, I know it’s my fault I should have double checked but ouch ouch ouch, I am very very annoyed.:mad::mad:

We postponed our days plans after DH woke up feeling ill, can’t deny I was really looking forward to it but it will still be there when he’s feeling better in the mean time it’s cleaning up time for me yaa booo.

1. A dragon fly landing on brunch, I put the left overs out for the birds.
2. A load of animal bedding washing done and dried.:p
3. Strange sun peering through the sky making autumn look beautiful.
4. For later I am planning on making a chicken Korma with Rice and veg.
5. NSD / NPD, (just as well I have to pay fine after all mutter mutter.):cool:

Right I am putting off house cleaning I must get on with it.:rotfl:

Caterina

ampersand wrote: »

Hello caterina - I was completely flummoxed by your 'tinned orators'. Glad they were tomatoes all along:-)
I, too, am a Montalbano fan, florid ott wimmin et al notwithstanding.

Ampersand hi!

It's the blimmin' iPad, has a mind of its own!

TILAMS thanks for mentioning Grimsby Haddock, I have a great chunk of it in the freezer and keep forgetting about it, will go now to get it out so we can have it tomorrow, Friday good day for fish!

Edited to say PK can you not call the mortgage people and protest strongly? After all it is an unfair charge against such a small shortfall! If you have always been regular in your payments they might refund it! I have done so on a couple of occasions when away and credit card payment did not get there in time. Called and complained, saying am a regular payer. Long term customer etc...worth a try perhaps! Good luck if you decide to do so, speak calmly and authoritatively and if you find them to be obstructive ask to speak with supervisor! Hope you get a result. Ah, forgot to say, don't say you guessed, say it has been an oversight, human error, you were sure you had set up the right amount ;)

Skint_yet_Again

(((Hugs))) to all the poorlies incl your DD VJsmum x Get well now !!

Hope all are dry safe and away from the floods. Sparrer... Did you see York :eek:

Today

1. non working day :j
2. unexpected warm sunny day
3. holiday insurance sorted for DS, including hazardous sports and pre existing medical condition & excess waiver, so hes all set now
4. met up with friend and had a lovely chat
5. managed to find a new silk blouse and trousers for interview
and not too expensive (under £20 with 10% off)