5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

mhagster

A quiet weekend here, a poorly husband meant no Saturday scone however I did have a Sunday cake from the bakers shop as it is Mothers Day here

Having woken up at early o'clock yesterday , I made some phone calls , had a shower, read and then woke up at late o'clock! Was just having my Saturday snooze earlier than usual!

Went to cinema with girls to see The Big Wedding, it was very funny and I used vouchers I'd bought ages ago.....although when we got there I couldn't find them, DD insisting she gave them to me, me emptying bag , phoning home to see if I had left them and I was darned if I was paying full price for them!! Traipsed back to car and found them in dd's jacket pocket...she had NOT given them to me! Anyway we enjoyed the film with lots of laugh out loud moments! Good to laugh

Came home and read for a while .... Very unhealthy dinner of cinema sweets!

Today I went to supermarket , checking I had my purse this week! A few rtc fruit and veggies and a few items on special. Lots of people buying over priced ( and they are already overpriced IMO) flowers as it was Mother's Day!

I swept up driveway for 3rd day in a row! Makes no difference ..still half a tree load to come down! However it is quite satisfying sweeping them up and last 3 days have been gently warm ( weather changes from tonight)

Gutted and moved furniture round in DD2s room. She has the biggest bedroom and we put sofa bed from landing ( big space) in her room and it looks nice . This makes more study space in landing for DD1 as she has the smallest bedroom....DD2 got upstairs first when we moved in and claimed the big bedroom!! Lots of rubbish in bin and 2 bags of stuff for charity shop.

I wandered up to the library enjoying the autumn colours and late flowering roses in the gardens , returned a book and borrowed 3 more. Treated myself to cake and came home and started new book and ate said cake in my office , enjoying the peace and quiet and despairing as more leaves flew by!!

Made a pavlova for pudding, did an ironing...just got last load of washing in as rain was starting.

Made a throw in the pan kind of dinner....satay sausages (rtc and not very satay-ish) , peas, corn, red onion, rice and cashew nuts. Was okay but I was expecting more flavour from sausages . Also made a small dish of nachos and put in oven whilst pavlova was nearly finished.

Got a text from manager , who is really unwell....he is taking the week off...shame he is ill but will be more relaxed atmosphere amongst staff
Sent him a text back to say take as long as you need....work will still be there when he's back!

Received a lovely pand0ra bead from kids. It's a gingerbread man. Turned my back as they chose it but was there so they could use my discount! Get 20% in this particular jeweller ....DD1 was suitably impressed!

So I've had a nice weekend... Ready to start a new week at work.

frith I think your bingo prizes sound excellent! Great news about young master frith sleeping in his own bed , thanks to Ampersand's kindness! What a lovely gesture to the girl in the cafe , too.

tealady hope you had a good night and you're not too tired today! I'm sure the walkers will appreciate your help!

Right off to eat some pavlova and get ready for the penultimate Call The Midwife!
Have a lovely Sunday !

CCP

Afternoon all.

mhagster - hope your poor DH feels better soon.

Chickenopolis wrote: »

CCP - the hen house cake maker has a picture of it it on her FB page . Would you like me to pm it to you?

Thanks very much for the offer, but I'm not on FB so I probably wouldn't be able to see the picture anyway.

mcculloch - I did a quick G00gle on little Boo - what a cutie! I've never seen a thoroughbred foal before and am quite stunned by the length of her legs, though! :shocked:

Pleasures for yesterday:

1) Long lie-in - a week back in the office after being off for so long left me feeling very tired and in need of some extra sleep.
2) Found that the next course I'm intending to study has changed so it ends with an extra-long essay rather than an exam. My essay writing skills are far better than my exam skills, so that suits me perfectly.
3) Did some shopping online, using a couple of voucher codes. :money:
4) Made a moussaka for dinner, and managed a smooth, lump-free cheese sauce for the topping, which is something that usually eludes me.
5) After a panicky 20 minutes I managed to get ITV's dreadful video player to work so I could watch the FA Cup final, and the result reminded me why it's my favourite football competition.

And today's:

1) NSD.
2) Some more of my smoked salmon collection for breakfast: I got some on very special offer a couple of months ago and am still slowly eating my way through it all. :drool:
3) Looked up some restaurants and museums in Reading, which I'm visiting next weekend, and downloaded some cheap kindle books to read while I'm away.
4) Arranged to visit my DPs at the end of the month.
5) Watching the rain pattering on the windows and knowing I have no need to go out in it.

mcculloch29

Boo, Angrove Mumsbuns, with her Mum, ex-winning racehorse Star Promise.

CCP, thank you, Boo is indeed so cute. I managed to save a Word doc image to Photobucket, so can share.



Here is 'my' "Fatty", 10 month old colt, Angrove Fatrascal.

Just had a 'normal' phone conversation with my sister, gosh, what a pleasure that was. She spent all day yesterday with my brother and sister in law, doing normal things like a trawl of the charity shops, (v. well-heeled area, always worth a trawl). As DSiiL is a nurse and alternative health practitioner too, that will have proved beneficial. :j

Mhagster, the tickets mix-up sounds like the sort of thing that is always happening in our family. Sorry that DH is on a dip at the moment. I looked up the weather that my friend in Q'land has at the moment. Autumn leaves falling and 29 deg. C.


Not quite enough pleasures today to list 5, but will round some more up I am sure. The convo with DSis made up for many others.

Purple_kitten

No rush to get up and a bacon and egg roll for brekkie.:D
Went out to a boot fair that apparently didn’t happen so a nice tour of the blue bells instead, came back and we both got on with a few hours in the front and back garden / strimming, mowing and weeding all done and I’ve dug out a bed in the green house for tomato’s, tired now..
Another tip load of garden and house “stuff” ready to go averaging one a week at the moment it feels good to be getting it done.
Smooched around trying to find an online majong that’s not a virus.:rotfl:
[FONT=&quot]Did a pasta bake always seems to be a winner, only a lidls own sauce but it works well:)[/FONT]

ampersand

Well done all who have managed to time their drying laundry better than I.
Before I've gone out, it's been too damp from previous downpour, so I've left it in sun and blow, only to be drenched again...as today. So, friendly ancient Victorian-style Nightingale's nightie is spending its fourth night on line. No harm done. 2 successive washes are spread about on my ad hoc curtain wires in linen press.

It's taken well over 2hrs for putah to open, usual burgeration, so:

1. Finally caught up with L. Guttering and fence rebate will be done Wednesday.
Have a couple of Gap and Ted Baker things for him, found at Trump today. He's pleased. Good haul today, esp. from one mother&daughter. I was thinking of everyone on my extended list, as it was '3 items, any item, for £1'. I was sending people along to them, as they were somewhat marooned in the farthest reaches.

2. Failed the No More Plants thing @ Scotsdales[oops, just saw I'd missed the 'l' in 'plants']. I was really taking a bird feeder in, to ask how the Dickens it worked - no holes for seed to come out. I'd been wondering why it was left full, when all the others are hoovered empty. Tried assembling it every which way, still no joy. It stumped them too, so they kindly exchanged it. It seemed ridiculous to be totally floored by a bit of celluloid and plastic, but we all were. Looking forward to seeing the difference demain. 3 rtc plumbagos to go in.

3. Back to find sweet peas have started to poke through compost. Frith - you're way ahead. I think I see 2 first peas cracking surface too. Took the trays of pots out of little greenhouse thing to enjoy any more rain that comes and breathe properly.

4. Hearing trailers for the returning Now Show and news of Rafa's victory in the Madrid Open.

5. Feeling suddenly weary due, I think, to several situations brewing together, so ready to enjoy bed and book and 'tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes on it'. Decided against Dublin and Heineken Cup Final tkts. Travel proved impossible in my narrow window of available time. Compromise will be rugby pub live viewing in Cambridge somewhere AND. as JW has extended his time at Toulon through next year, will see him play at Stade Mayol. I'm looking at next season's fixtures near M's birthday.

mcculloch - glad you had a better session with your sister and your horsey family pics are uplifting, as is the sound of your glorious big day at the caravan, vjm.
mhags - while Mr Mhags is having a down spell, mgr's absence will definitely be an 'atmosphere' bonus at work. Well done on Sunday Cake:-)
tealady - you weren't caught in the downpours o/n, were you?

Very heavy week ahead. Bed, new books now.
Bonne nuit.
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pk - online mahjong:T:T:T. I gave up The Times crossword[long before it was another Murdoch organ]because of a compulsive/addictive sth in me that wouldn't let me NOT finish it. Probably too brain-dead these days. I can easily see that online mahjong could be another Lost Day.

Frith

Quite busy today. Here are my 5 or so:

1) Not a bad sleep.

2) Porridge for breakfast with some bananas and a bit of cream.

3) Picked up my "new" Ebay bed. :-)

4) Put together new bed (without instructions) and only got one bit upside down and that was quick to resolve.

5) School friend came for tea.

6) Quite a tasty tea of spaghetti, meatballs and roast peppers then fruit salad.

7) Just getting organised for tomorrow. Bread and washing machines on, washing up just finished. Just want to watch Casualty now then put the uniforms out.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

http://t.co/75mxNKgMga

Do not nose if this works, but sums up the frogs, gaullist humour and Rugby. Real men.

Edit, it works. Enjoy SPARRA and &.

Tealady_2

Morning

Thank you all for the good wishes for Saturday night - what an amazing night.

Pleasures for Saturday night / Sunday,
1. We missed the rain showers and stayed dry all night :j
2. Seeing thousands of inspirational people walking through London in the cold and dark but still being cheery and saying good morning even though some were in pain.
3. The lovely security guards on the building site I was posted next to bringing me a cup of tea in the middle of the night and checking I was OK. Thank you guys it really did make a difference to the night.
4. The lovely hotel night porter of a very posh London hotel who let us use their loos in the middle of the night was very much appreciated.
5. London's police men and women in their cars and on bikes who kept giving us a wave and a peep of the horn as they patrolled the area we were in.
6. Seeing the sun come up over London on Sunday morning, the sun coming up makes everything feel so much better
7. Home to my bed and DD making me a cup of tea

As you can tell by my pleasures I met lots of lovely and amazing people last night, it was such an emotional and uplifting experience that it just got you through the tiredness and cold of the night (not sure my friends who also volunteered agreed with me ) but I will be back next year to do it all again.

Hugs to all who need them

mhagster

teatime in Mhagster land....something beginning with chicken.....involving a red pepper, a red onion and some mushrooms....as that's what I have!

work was okay, spent first half of day with a tight ball of nerves in my stomach, as OH off for scans today, relaxed a bit when he sent a text to say the were over. Need to wait for results now., He is not well and we don't know why.....mind rattles off to places it probably shouldn't!

up early and chatted with friend on phone, we hadn't managed our usual marathon phone call over weekend, so I was glad to catch her this morning.

Took 2 bags of stuff, one stool and one large inflatable vegemite to charity shop! DD1 had brought large display vegemite home from work! Gets it out of my house!

Parrots, magnolias, sun streaming through dark rain clouds and shining on the eucalyptus trees got me to and from work today when I was feeling worried and upset about OH....and a big hug from a colleague.

DD1 had me all excited when she said she had a download of the final epsiode of Call The Midwife.....I was torn between waiting until next week and watching on big tv or being impatient and watching on small netbook screen......it would be fine if I was hard of hearing and fluent in Spanish! No sound BUT Spanish subtitles.....guess I'll wait until next Sunday!

That's kind of 5 pleasures on a difficult day! Have a good Monday everyone

VJsmum

Fingers crossed Mhags, for your OH's scan results
Well done Tealady - sounds an amazing experience

Yesterdays pleasures

1. Excellent caravan sleep.
2. Had a lazy morning before packing up and coming home. Didn't want to push things with DS who has been the only child in a sea of adults all weekend. Bit of a downer cos OH has badly scratched the caravan on our own bushes - stupid pillock. Couldn't be as cross with him, as he was with himself.
3. DD DS and I went to see Star Trek - wonderful 3D eyeful of the Cumberbatch
4. DS made us go to a different town to go to the pictures so he wasn't seen out with his mum and sister. I gave in as I had a £20 voucher for this particular cinema. He got out of the car and immediately met a member of his football team.:rotfl:
5. OH cooked roast chicken for tea and it was wonderful

More marking (after a weekend off) and some house tidying today before going to see DD's much stressed over drama exam. Have a good day all.