5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

CCP

Evening all.

PK - that's great news about the fine, and about the ferret too.

1) The problem with my foot has flared up again and is very painful, but I'm still on the consultant's books so they made an appointment for me next Monday, rather than having to wait several weeks / months to be referred back by my GP. :T

2) Felt lousy all day after sleeping badly last night because of the pain in my foot, but somehow made it to the end of the day and managed to be quite productive as well. :shocked:

3) Treated myself to lunch from the local sandwich shop, and one of the guys behind the counter was someone I know from the event I went to last night, so we had a chat about that while his dad (who owns the shop) was making my sandwich. Poor dad, now I come to think of it!

4) Placed an online grocery order for delivery on Friday, using a £5 off code they gave me for messing up my last order. Fingers crossed they get it right this time.

5) Football on TV, then an early night with some painkillers I think.

Kittikins

VickyA - wow your cake sounds divine!

CCP - oh no, you poor thing That foot of yours needs a good talking to! Hope the consultant can finally fix the problem, it sounds really horrible x

1. Have had a huge load of rubbish removed from the back garden - at long last!

2. An estate agent came over to value my house.....he recommended the chap who came and took away the rubbish, and thinks I will be able to sell for what I bought it for.

3. Went to Sainsbugs and bought lots of YS rolls and fruit loaf, just need to make the rolls up into cheesey ones for our packed lunches and chuck 'em in the freezer!

4. Bought a fab looking book cheaply on Amazn.

5. Bought some trousers very very cheaply on Ebay.

6. Finished leftovers from the weekend for lunch, nomnom.

7. Going to look at a flat in a nearby town tomorrow to give me some ideas for what's available, DD is being very good about yet more proposed changes, bless her xx

8. Lovely chat to DD on the phone, she's back on Wednesday - YIPPEE!!

9. Going over to watch a DVD with a chum tonight, bring on the popcorn!!

DundeeDoll

ccp so unfair about your foot :-(
pk hope you feeling chirpier soon.
hello again vickya you've brought the sun out
woke at 9 this morning still sneezy so decided to work from home.
1) mum came round lunch time and kindly gave me a lift to pet shop as just used last of cat litter. we also called in at a$da to get the hobbit (apparently essential), milk and bread (definitely essential)
2) haven't sneezed since lunchtime
3) something i sed wasn't the students' fault turned out to be not the students' fault glad I fought their corner
4) my new monthly student newsletter has been approved.
5) going to cook falafel for supper. i'm all on my tod now, dd1 and ds having gone back to uni, dd2 and dd2bf to his mum's and oh at a meeting in Edinburgh.

Skint_yet_Again

PK... I remember you saying your dad was ill and you had a fine back in December. I am so glad for you that they agreed your appeal :T Maybe a few days break is what you need x

Kittikins am sorry to hear you may have to move after all the work you have done on the house x

CCP, (((hugs))) hope your foot settles so you can get some rest too x

Pleasures :

1. more washing done, another 3 loads so now up to date before the rain forecast to arrive tomorrow

2. took DS to town and got him a new tie for interview tomorrow, new belt and socks too and got 10% off with his student card..... fingers crossed now !

3. also got DS new boots for field gun. Needed steel toecaps, and most were £70-80 but got some for £25 in ex-forces surplus store

4. day off work tomorrow

5. listening to the birds singing when I brought the washing in at dusk

Chickenopolis

Good evening all !

PK - well done re the fine :jI do hope that your ferret is on the road to recovery xx

CCP- ((hugs))

VickyA - welcome back

Skintos - good luck to your DS for tomorrow!

5 for today

1. Work busy so day flew past. Colleague back from Mat. leave today - I have missed her .

2. Mum really poorly with D&V so OH was on terrier patrol . Mum still in bed when I got home from work- she NEVER does this so she must be really ill. Seems a little better this evening as just dropped terrier back .

3.Made some bread in breadmaker -not done so for years .

4. The lasagnes I made yesterday were really quite ok.

5. Got my E45 to try and samples to share with family and colleagues.

Have a good evening all !

Just bumped the bridge of my three times busted nose on the back door - Ouch !

Tealady_2

Evening

CCP - Hope you manage to get your foot sorted quickly.
PK- Great news about the tax fine
Skint - Keeping everything crossed for your DS tomorrow
DD - Hope the sneezing has stopped

Pleasures for today,
1. Really good nights sleep in DD's bed as she is away. OH slept well also as we were not disturbing each other.
2. Another load of washing dried on the line and another load washed so hope it is dry again tomorrow. Todays dried washing all folded to put away and none of it needs ironing:D
3. Took lunch to work with me today. I was bad at not doing this last week so need to get back into good habits.
4. Got my fringe trimmed for free at the hairdressers, it is a service that they offer. This means I can now cancel my appointment for the weekend and am going to look for a different one to go to as my hairdresser is on maternity leave. I could just about justify the cost of her cutting my hair but as she is not there am going to find a cheaper alternative. :money:
5. Yummy dinner of Jambalaya, been on my meal plan for a couple of weeks but kept getting changed. We both really enjoyed it and there is enough left to have for my lunch tomorrow, had to hide it from OH as he would have eaten it.

Hugs to all who need them

VJsmum

Sorry you've got to move again Kittikins
Sorry also about ccp's foot, chickens nose and mum, DD's sneezes, and anyone / thing else that's poorly
I really fancy jambalaya now!


Todays
1. Bright and sunny but VERY windy, still I'll take the sun
2. Walked 10 miles along the beach to Aberdovey and back. Just for a panini in my favourite coffee shop. T'was lovely but very hard going. Took just over an hour and a half there and an hour and 10 back - shows you the wind effect. The sand was dancing along the shore in the wind.
3. Sitting in the flat in total silence except for an occasional cry of a seagull outside
4. Walked across the bridge to Barmouth and randomly met a very old friend at the end - My OH was just saying "watch out there's a motorbike coming" when the bike stopped and an amazed voice said "Hello Mrs VJsmum"
5. Had excellent Fish and chips at Barmouth, I am not an F and C person generally but these were lovely.

Home tomorrow via CAT and a National TRust. Night all

Chickenopolis

VJsmum - Sounds like you had a lovely day just "being" . And bumping into random friend - what were the odds on that??

ampersand

All of yesterday's probables done.

1. Suddenly see many shy violets being less so.
2. Spikes of bronze fennel up! Gave it up for lost considering its patch is now totally packed down, stamped concrete-hard, plantless, where L. did all the corolux corner work.
3. Lunettes frame fell apart[broken joint] as I disrobed hier soir so town trip necessary. Over 10 years of same old price - £19 - for same new frame[bargain range & fine]. Furthermore, they had one in stock and I was out, sorted in 15mins. They have always been good to me.
4.Just heard the lush, haunting music of Phillip Glass's 'Façades' which introduces sth on R4X atm.
5. Haven't long consumed another steak+kidney variant, grilled, akin to yesterday. Really good w8rs meat, all 38p' worth. Did this in darkened kitchen, from which to keep vigil over flames dying in incinerator, having done a mighty gather up and burn of all the pruning which has lain about. For me, this activity very much suits what has been touted as the main event of the day, which I change stations to avoid mention of[as I did during the life of]if it comes within earshot. Some elder branch removal has made a good shape and poked out eyes shouldn't be a risk this year.
6. w8rs cappuccino and an article I feel our fed-up sub-set from the other day hardly needs read<DT: 'Sunless Summers and Long Winters are Making Us Ill.'
By Jane Gordon, here it is:
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx.
So sorry to hear your foot pain has returned to plague you, ccp.
..and Phillip Glass is just closing episode 2.
Any other fans? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crljp58svjo
[While racketing around, determined - and failing- to find the perfect, most hypnotic, lingering, wine-y, limpid, clarinet version of my desires, just found this comment under one:'I performed this with an orchestra last year and forgot to start playing because I was hypnotized by the opening']

I'm going out to say Goodnight to my fire, eventually remove my woodsmokey-smelling jacket, not unpleasing, look into the sky a bit, reflect. Will likely pour a valedictory glass of sth and sit out with it, some good poetry and a word with late Beloved who would have shared this event with no sorrow.

mcculloch29

Hello all,
Thank you for so much good and positive reading. My collection:
1. The Grand National passing off so well. I had picked out four horses though I never bet, and like Chicken, my eye for form was in and I got Teaforthree and Cappa Bleu. My others were Seabass, (13th) and Sunnyhillboy (fell/bd at the last). A few people I know did spot the winner, particularly one of my FB/racing forum friends who shrewdly saw that Aurora's Encore was a spring horse for good ground.
I was delighted for Sue and Harvey Smith, both very much senior members of the racing fraternity; they have lost two good horses in the race and you could have forgiven them for not running a horse in it again.

2. The pleasure of DD and DGC in their Easter gifts - and some nice things came the other way too, particularly a small bunch of beautiful mauve tulips.
Whilst they were here some books I had ordered came, I had earmarked some as gifts but thought 'What the heck' and they went home with those too.
DD also took my spare steam generator iron for a friend of hers. This lovely lady has stayed positive against a lot of struggle and works very hard; I hope my good iron will ease her workload in one area a little.

3. YS bargains at Mr T's plus good use of vouchers and multibuys.

4. Finishing The Garden Cottage Diaries by Fiona Houston. Just the sort of book I really enjoy, timeless and to be treasured. I love social history; re-enactments like this and the 'Farm' series are right up my street.
5. Just caught the extended version of HIGNFY, with lovely Stephen Mangan and delightful, funny, clever Richard Osman in addition to Joan Bakewell. Absolute Guest Perfection. A really good show.

6. My observation on the passing of Margaret Thatcher got a lot of likes and a share.
Her family have lost a much-loved mother and grandmother, so there is no rejoicing in her passing, but I did post this....

"Apparently Margaret Thatcher's increasing frailty made living in her home difficult, so she spent her last days living in the Ritz Hotel. How nice for her.
Compare and contrast her experience with the many thousands of disabled and elderly people forced into desperate struggles to live independently due to the Conservative Govt's cutbacks."
Good to know I'm not alone in taking that line.