5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

DundeeDoll

bop'll be happy. Well done grimsby

Skint_yet_Again

Dundee hope yr feeling better

Chicken :rotfl: re primarni dress

quick 5 for today

1. not too many people around at 10.30am when I dropped DS off in town to spend some of his xmas money in sales whilst I went to get petrol for M1 dash tomorrow

2. put our wheelie bin in the road to preserve our parking space... (swore I would never do this ! ) ....but needs must at this time of year and the space was still there when we got back

3. brisk walk around the local pond for some fresh air. Rain forecast for afternoon

4. thank heavens for gavisgone (?sp) have had indigestion since eating chocolate gateau and fresh cream last night

5. left over beef (tough as old boots) chopped up and simmered in stock & curry powder then thickened with a little flour. Beef tenderised and curry now eaten... nom nom

See you in the new year ! x

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

DundeeDoll wrote: »

bop'll be happy. Well done grimsby

There'll be singing and dancing in Riby Square this fine eve. Would have bin better if FGR had hung in. Oh, I see the cat flap has let the hatters in as well.

sparrer wrote: »

BoP I'll collect marmalade when muttley is better

Do you want shredded or ruff cut?

& I will gets you my Xmas pud recipe. It is hand written recipe from nanna. Has never failed.

Frith

Here are my pleasures for today so far:

1) Not a bad sleep. Sons very pleased with their new fleece pyjamas (Primarni specials)

2) Nice bowl of porridge for breakfast.

3) Phoned the 2 nearest little petrol stations (both 5 miles or more away) because I noticed yesterday I had about a teaspoon of petrol left. One didn't answer (presumably shut). The other was due to shut at 2pm but stayed open for me to drive down there!

4) Went swimming with sons and my brother. Smaller son got a bit agitated (over something that wasn't fair in the rules of our made up water polo match) but instead of getting terribly worked up and walking out as he would in the past, he got more quietly upset and eventually apologised to bigger son and carried on swimming with us. (He did get upset enough to have a nose bleed which wasn't marvellous on the side of a pool!)

5) Have been planning the house/self improvements I am going to make next year which has been fun.

6) HUGE tea. I'm surprised smaller son managed to walk from the table to the sofa. I made a big chicken curry (lots of peppers as requested), rice, naans, bhajis and samosas. :-)

7) Sons watching Toy Story 2 now.

8) Been playing cards and poker dice a lot today.

That's about it! Stove going well so looking forward to a sit down and some tv watching when sons are asleep.

Oh, 2 more!

9) Brother is coming with us to Ikea tomorrow. It is quite a trek from here so we make a day of it (or at least half a day) and will have lunch there.

10) The ex was supposed to be having the boys again from New Years Eve for a sizeable stretch. Luckily, he has forgotten... I texted him to ask if he would have them this weekend which craftily then gets us on track for the alternate weekends AND means sons will be here for the 6th January for mum and dad's wassailing party. :-D And they'll be back in time for our annual New Years Eve party. We're estimating there will be 9 people this year.

mineallmine

Evening all,

A theme of Enough is as good as a feast

1. A feast of bubble and squeak being cooked by hubby.
2. A feast of home pampering. Glad to report some eyebrows survived the cull!!
3. A dog walk with a dog who loves everybody and everything
4. Thinking how to utilise every scrap of food in the fridge.
5. Being nice to the environment and recycling our food scraps.

:j

mhagster

Is it truly possible that one woman can eat so much food? Yes, it seems I can.....I'm stuffed but keep going!

1. Another early wake up at 4 am but watched yesterday's COrrie....haven't a clue who half the folk are!

2. A nice bacon butty made by OH for my breakfast .

3. Went to Primarche ....got a few things but not overly fussed by what was on offer. Got some nice hair clasps and some vest tops for when I return to summer next week!

4.Popped into new since we were last home Sainsbur-y and made a few purchases in the sale. A pretty heart made of red bells and a wreath made from silver bells. And a ' custard' jug. I love jugs .....this had crumble and custard mix inside which I won't be able to take out of country, so will probably pass them on.

5. Buffet afternoon ( hence being stuffed ) at in laws. Both SILs and fAmily were there.

6. ' home' to my wee cottage in the dark countryside. It is a foul, wet and cold night so very nice to come back to coziness.

Have a lovely evening!.......just checked the Melbourne forecast to see what we are missing , to be 31o and humid so not missing much!!

ampersand

Brrrng-brrrnnnng!
'Hello?...blahblahblah'.
'That was the hospital' PAUSE ' It's Mr Pullen' PAUSE 'He's dead!'
'Oh' - [that was Kenton.]
Ever practical Jill 'Well, he DID have a lot to contend with....being deaf...and his bladder.'' and on they went.

A hoot. Dare I say I sensed merriment not far beneath professionally straight faces?
Of course, this does indicate another cost-cutting, cast-fee saving by Auntie Beeb - substantial, since Mr Pullen is on the same volubility rating as Bert Fry's wife, as yet unheard.
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Enjoying hearing Neil Young on Front Row right now. Loved CSN&Y way back when and still do.

I've booked, paid 5 FUAJ nights in Clichy - yes, really have!

Sorted out lots of birdy feeders today - they need it.

Opened Edmund de Waal's '20th Century Ceramics', delivered by postie on crimbo Eve.

Smiles at mse not allowing 'f-e-c-k-l-e-s-s-' in earlier post. What do you think I was saying, mechanical mods?

I'm not numbering tonight, spready pleasures morphing around me atm, to contemplate, anticipate while I am snug, warm, safe, boringly already in nightie again.

Clever girl, frith - don't forget to bash off a good letter against your parking ticket.
mhagster - I remember your love of jugs from prev. posts. It was a Me Too! then and still is - fatal when I pass bits of studio pottery or whatever.

p.s. I see there's a Dali Exposition on @le Centre Georges Pompidou - bon! Went there in another life for the Tinguely expo and had a huge inscribed poster. If I had that still, twould add to pension nicely.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Oh nose &. Yous gettenns me all squidgy there,me thinks of ..l no BoP just get your good self another fine quart and a packet of single malt vinegar and crushed Indonesia peppercorns.

Chuffing Quaffed.

Oh and Mhags Melbourne test on at 11:30

Kittikins

Bon voyage VJsmum x

So glad the consultant can hear improvment in the little one Ampersand x

Yay DD is back amongst us x

1. NSDs x 2

2. NPDs x 2

3. Actually, I haven't left the house in 2 days but don't feel cooped up, just snuggly with DD and my parents

4. As non-meat eaters (3 out of 4 of us in attendance), we had a delicious veggie Christmas dinner last night, nomnom and more veggieness tonight Bro turns up tomorrow, so meat will go on the table for the men of the house, darn it, its been nice not have to it around.....thank you daddy for happily being fully veggie for 2 days and not moaning about it!

5. DD loves all her presents, as do I mine

6. Lots of card games, backgammon and dominoes being played

7. Daddy taught us all a new way of playing dominoes, you have to think more, love it!

8. Looking forward to seeing bro tomorrow (despite the meat, lol)

9. Reading a good book

10. DD is nearly fully back to her cheeky self, just keeping her as relaxed and rested as possible - well, that was my excuse for us staying cuddling and being silly in bed til nearly 11am

11. The feeling of not having overindulged in any way - either over-spent, over-eaten or drunk too much over the past few days. Very peaceful....

Broomstick

Lovely day indoors - glad to hear of everyone's positives.

Some pleasures for Tuesday/Wednesday (had to look the day of the week up - how on earth have we arrived at Wednesday?:D):

1. 2 NSDs (drove DS1, round about midnight, to collect his car from where it was parked on higher ground so can't really count NPDs even though my car has only been driven for about a mile).

2. The flood warning was lifted this afternoon.

3. You explained it just right, Kittikins, with 'the feeling of not having overindulged in any way - either over-spent, over-eaten or drunk too much over the past few days. Very peaceful....' I had some lovely presents and the DSs were very happy with theirs. It feels as if we got Christmas right for us again.

4. Enjoying some bits of telly/radio on iplayer, things like 'Call the Midwife'.

5. Lovely smoked salmon (with scrambly for yesterday brunch) and with salad today - now all gone.

6. Listening to the owls hooting last night - I opened the window to hear them better.

7. A couple of long and self indulgent afternoon naps.

8. DS1 is off with g/f and family today and DS2 has been engaged in a major upgrade of one of his computers (courtesy of Xmas present) so I've spent a happy afternoon starting to get to grips with Tudor poetry (for some work I'm helping with). It's been really lovely to have such quiet time for mooching around the subject - the sort of time that hasn't felt like work at all.

9. Iced lollies for Christmas day pudding. It was what was requested and very easy! :rotfl:

10. Still enjoying the twinkling tree beside my desk very much.

Sweet dreams and carry on getting better everyone who is poorly, including the mutt.

B x

PS Ampersand, love the sound of your afternoon on the Fens.