5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

ampersand

Read and thanked posts yesterday evening, wrote up pleasures and posted them.
After a while, came a window saying mse unavailable, try later.
Tried 3 times more, same result over nearly 3 hours.

I'd started with missmoneysave: such a lovely post, assuring you that the cushion in your fave chair here will always be plumped up daily by one of us, whether or not you post, m'dear:-) We know you'll be reading. Stay with us.

1. After early blood appt, drove to end of village, parked car under hedge. Wander up to A road is easy, flagging down down bus for B St E market day and a lovely upper deck ride with sun pouring in.

2. Had Thermos-ed, nana-ed+seedy bread'n'butter-ed, appl-ed, book-ed in advance, so happy day ensued.

3. Meandered round town and market. Smiths[no apostrophe]Row Exhibition is better than many they've mounted this year: Eastern Vistas. I especially liked Tessa West's words/poetry with large elements of OS maps, and her monograph raisonn!, I see she's written 3 novels based in these Eastern Angles, so will investigate via Library.

4. Found fave bench[to one 'John Moffat, Who Loved These Gardens' - thankyou John, as I always do]and sat with face in sun, steady lapsang, munch, book and view. Content.

5. The gardens are just jewel-bright beautiful. I know I've said so before, but they always lift the spirits. The chaps who work here are so forthcoming and pleased and happy to engage with people. After the disaster of replanting through 2/3 days and nights for the Britain in Bloom judging, I learn they secured a 'lower Gold'. Blight, mould, mildew, cold had done for their displays in the weeks prior to judging.
They are blazing now. A large quartered formal circle is the centrepiece, probably 80m diameter, with intricate mosaics of planting. No matter if your tastes are more woodland/naturalistic, these formal gardens hit the spot set in those other surrounds, and these amid Abbey ruins and Cathedral cloisters. It's such a good place - thoroughfare for everybody e.g. when school ends, children of all ages pour through. This has to leave some imprint, forge some template for good for later.

6. Squirrels rushing about, tree-rat domestics, never leaving each other alone, especially at moments of little diggings, attempted buryings.

7. Miffy and Rosie, the African greys whose perfect wolf-whistles and various amusing ruderies reached me through the trees.

8. I love these seats which tuck into little window box yew topiary walls. Very sheltery and den feeling. Thought of having re-done my parents' seats, up on the hill of Parke Island, Wharerangi, nearly 6 months ago now.

9. The mix of sun, surroundings and finishing Martin Walker's 'Black Diamonds', which absolutely IS my France profonde and not finding the 2 incompatible.

10. Chicken - I'll put yesterday's reverbe 1p in one of the wallets, so it contains something in time for auction.

11. Barnardo's shop had all clothing at £1 and I write this wearing the warmest handknitted cardigan/jacket of thick, but soft homespun wool. Pair of linen trousers, too. But I have had 3 nsd's + 2 npds so far this week.

12. Post revealed yet another[the 3rd] Mr T card, an ordinary, not a CC+ which I have. Rang them up, because I don't want another fortnight plus of faffing and finding one has superseded the other, sans que je le sâche, then finding self unable to use money deposited in CC+ for shopping. First boy-child was smart-alecky. They're usually courteous and likeable. Told him I'd speak to someone else Thankyou and did so. Claire has given me another 200 pts and rectified the card status, having looked at the history and seen the probs of the last month. Mr T. is having ongoing trouble with google chrome and it is affecting some Banks, if you need to be aware. Chez Mr T, Claire explained that a system change to the customer interface was foisted on them without advance notice, but now one has been done to their HO, which is more chaos. Chrome has given me more trouble [Natwest and Mr T] than anything but I cannot get rid of it. There was a long wait for someone to answer and talk through re-sets, as so many people were affected.

13. On waking up I can feel cold has broken.

14. Haunted, but it is a pleasure, by the Montalbano theme music and opening shots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lNsc0zqxC0

...even though for francophile Pagnolesque moi, the camera work calls up the opening and music for La Gloire de mon Père, which reduces me to lachrymoïset![which word I have just made up, altho' it might exist and if it doesn't, should.]
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Frith, you're doing well this time. Totally agree with chicken.
CCP - still take care.
pq - yes, it's astonishing, but lucky, that what hits spot for one is Ghastleee! to another. Remember, fair exchange is no robbery.
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mhags - reason for editing: alles klar!

Tealady_2

Morning

Pleasures for yesterday,
1. Packed lunches made for everyone again, very hard to get DD to eat sandwiches so she had pasta and bacon in the food flask and OH had left over meatballs and pasta in his food flask. I think I am spoiling them:p
2. Batch of chocolate muffins made before work, which DD thought would make a good breakfast when I wasn't looking:eek:. Took a few into work, visiting collegue was most impressed.
3. Lots of small jobs cleared from my in tray at work and will clear some more today
4. Managed to get a load of washing dried outside, am making the most of the dry days as will soon be back to trying to dry washing indoors.
5. Bought a few bits on offer to put away for brothers grandchildren for christmas and birthdays.

Hugs to all who need them and all the poorlies get well NOW

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny

Good head of Steam then this week, good to see all getting on, sitting on benches and making, I nose gals, CHOCOLATE mine are white mice. Oh and I found something virtully fat free and guiltless. Frumps, but yous lot nose them as Marshmellows!

5 Docs at 5. Pharmicist wont lets me has all me happy pills! Jemmy is going beserks, bit like a belt fed boooooozuka. Oooh arght! Steady now a bit though as had the blockers to hand.

4 Found an opld disk I thouth we has lost. Got pixs of Ms Sonny on it, so I thinks she is appy as larry this morn. Sun is out, but no bikes today as bin far yestday. Raised Ms Sonny's seat as she has so grown, no I think it collapsed on the girl. Still is funny watching her gets on and off, as she has to topple bike to raise her legs.

3 Just found that my local is closing as the prats of owners have upped rent too much. No wobbleades for TILAMS. Please help as secondary is also under threat. Suppose I could go to the Em,poriums and buy 24 pints in one go and be sorry! NO. that is not being friendly nor is it ..

2 I will just have the curry tonight instead.

1 Avoid the Emporiums fleecing you for some cracked up evil adventure! They say it is for fun, but who takes the money?

mummysaver

Morning all!

I love reading this thread, and would comment if I could ever get my laptop back from whichever child has most recently borrowed it! As it is, I'm on my phone, so please excuse any odd spelling generated by apple and iOS! My pleasures for the day:

1. The invention of paracetamol: had a rotten headache when I woke up, but now almost gone

2. Ordered dd4's chrimbo pressie yesterday, a toy kitchen! I loved the wooden John Lewis one, but I know she will prefer the pink plastic ELC one! It was on offer and comes with a free cleaning set lol!

3. Received some lovely comments from customer service that customers have left about me, tis nice to be appreciated

4. Nat Trust mag arrived yesterday, looking forward to planning visits to local events. Rejoined this year after a break, can't believe how excited the kids were about revisiting places they used to enjoy!

5. Picking up some ys deli bits, all 90% off, girls have all taken them to school for lunches, makes a nice change from the usual packed lunches Not quite eating from the cupboards, but don't mind spending a couple of pounds for lunch for the three of them!

Right, off to do more washing ready for our weekend away, have a good day everyone xx

mcculloch29

Hello folks...
TILAMS, gutted for you that the local favoured wobbleade source is closing, that's such a familiar pattern, isn't it? My smallish town is a new town, all post - war, and most of it 60s-70s. Even so, since I've lived here (24 years this Christmas) we've seen a pub and two social clubs demolished and the sites sold.
Since Sunday, as usual mine are just pleasures, some OS, some not!
1. Grand-daughter was over from lunchtime till quite late in the evening on Sunday, what a good afternoon we had together, making microwave meringues and unhealthy but tasty cheese and bacon puffs.

Microwave meringues for those who haven't tried: 1 smallish egg white, 8 oz icing sugar. Mix egg white with sugar in largeish bowl and knead to make fondant icing, essentially. Take marble sized balls of fondant and place in microwave on high for 1 minute only, I usually place them as for the 5 on a dice, well spaced on a silicone sheet. Watch as they expand like magic and check that they don't burn, knock time down if they do. Remove from sheet, wipe sheet with paper towel and off you go again.
Makes 20-25 meringues. These are very fragile and airy but great for Eton Mess, etc.

2. Notification of redundancy payment for a job I haven't done in over a year. I had signed a contract for 2011-12, but there was just no work to suit and now this academic year, it's redundancy. It's not the thousands that some will have received but it is something and it will come at a time it's really needed.

3. Cycled past our nearly finished Ald* yesterday and noticed something. On the original plans displayed for public perusal, the cycle racks were at the end of the car park, far from the store. Now they are at the side of the store. I should be able to park up the trike in safety.

4. I had my teaching observation this week. I got a Grade 1, Outstanding. First time I was observed in this job. I got outstanding once before for a previous job, then my boss changed and I got a lower grade the following year as she placed a different emphasis on things. So whilst it's good to have this, I'm well aware that things may change. Hopefully I can stay there this time.

5. Sharing all your pleasures.

Frith

Well done, McC.
Ampersand - the gardens sound wonderful. Nothing that formal near us.

Here are my 5 or so for today (Thursday).

1) Not a bad sleep.

2) Changed beds and am mid-way through 2nd load of washing.

3) Doing the Bags2School thing tomorrow. Sorting through stuff, decided to put a few items on Ebay. One jumper sold for £3.70 and a coat for....... £33 ! So very pleased with that.

4) Also notified by Quidco that they are putting £21 cashback in my a/c.

5) Walked brother's dog and had lunch at mum and dad's.

6) Brother had been knocking down his neighbour's shed (he was asked and paid to do it!) and found an old pogo stick inside. So both sons are now behind the village hall where there is lots of open space, practising hard.

7) House really looking tidy now after a big clear out and use of the steam cleaner yesterday.

8) Brother coming for tea soon.

9) Off to where my sister teaches tonight for her open evening.

Purple_kitten

Neighbours being a right royal twit / twits, honestly there is no helping some people, so prob best I just leave to be their annoying selves.

McHags:- Wow it’s sweltering there.
Chicken: Revel is feeling very special, currently he’s separated out, and had mainly slept but got up for the first time yesterday and it’s so nice to him recovering. I really did think it might be over, but we caught it in time, medicine 4 times a day for a bleeding out stomach ulcer.

1.A bacon roll for breakfast, after all it’s an important meal:rotfl:
2.5 loads of washing done, and running a deep clean on the washing machine itself, I was on a mission:)
3.Loaded up the trailer with the garden rubbish for the tip run
4.Cleaned and disinfected the animal run, shattered. but in an effort to beat the weather coming I also
5. Mowed the garden and added to the trailer for a tip run, but ran out of time for today.:cool:
6. Ordered my Dads Christmas present.
7. Looking forward to tea for once, frying steak (RTC at a £1) in jack daniels bbq sauce with salad (also rtc) and potato wedges, enjoying meal planning it’s working for us at the moment at least.
8. Found out that planning permission has finally been given and work has started to build a new Lidls just round the corner which is fantastic news, but it won’t be finished until 2014, still it’s progress.:T
9. I have been given an interview for a fantastic piee of work, it looks great, the interviews not for another 2 weeks so time to gel up.

Chickenopolis

Good evening all !

VJsmum- Totally agree - I need to live a little

PK - Revel is a real fighter Exciting job may be on the horizon for you then !

Mcculloch - outstanding well done x Camelot ?Arc ? what are your thoughts??

ampersand - a penny saved is a penny earned

Frith- Kenny Everett .. it was so funny Rod Stewart with the blow up ar*e :rotfl:

5 for today

1. A colleague had said something that I had deemed inappropriate about my disability and my working hours in the team meeting. Someone else commented to me after the meeting that it was "not on" .So I emailed the person who made the comment as we were both out of the office and said what I felt etc . She sat next to me today and I thought that she had read it , but she hadn't and when she opened the email and was so upset that she had offended me and gave me a hug . Peace has been restored

2. Report finished at work .

3.My aunt was next door visiting my Mum so I popped over and had a nice chat with her . I think that she is secretly my real Mum
we are so alike .

4. OH has done all of the washing

5. Day off tomorrow

Have a good evening all x

Skint_yet_Again

mummysaver enjoy your weekend away

mcculloch well done on the outstanding grade :T and glad its good news about the redundancy - makes a change for such news to come at a good time but glad it is good news for you

PK good news about the interview

Frith ... pogo stick :rotfl:that brings back memories....... my mum and dad couldnt afford to buy one for me and my sister in the '70's/ 80s, so dad being an engineer he made one at work... but he used an industrial strength (railway) spring :eek:you can imagine the results .... my sister flew over the hedge into the neighbours garden and nearly broke her arm :rotfl:

Nice day today:

1. A good sleep.. Sat and relaxed with cuppa this morning watching blackbird on the grass having his breakfast

2. got 5 loads of washing done and dried on line (including DS trainers and bedding counting as 2 loads)

3. lovely chat with friend.

4. Got kitchen clean and hoovered rest of house

5. morroccan lamb casserole for tea

I was hoping to hear from job interview today. They said I would hear in next few days but not Friday, so its looks like I will be in suspense all weekend.

Have a good evening x

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny

Skint_yet_Again wrote: »

Frith ... pogo stick :rotfl:that brings back memories....... my mum and dad couldnt afford to buy one for me and my sister in the '70's/ 80s, so dad being an engineer he made one at work... but he used an industrial strength (railway) spring :eek:you can imagine the results .... my sister flew over the hedge into the neighbours garden and nearly broke her arm :rotfl:

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Minds me of Cricket at GPs. Tennis ball for the under 7's, leather for the olders! One coat for the wicket. Two rules, Hit wicket or over the hedge for 6, both meant Out!