5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

FrooGal_2

Thanks for the welcome, it's really kind.

Yesterday's pleasures:

1 - watching free music at a local festival. It was surprisingly good, despite the rain,
2 - Homemade muffins, always a winner,
3 - Getting on with some more of the patchwork cushion,
4 - Snuggling under a blanket to watch 'The Returned',
5 - OH feeling the womb baby kick twice

Have a lovely Monday

ampersand

Post just lost again - and was going along nicely.
So much good start reading[until blasted lot disappeared], with warm Welcome to FrooGal+bump.
No sign of vaunted heatwave here, on a grey, grey chill morning.

Weekend selection, before I phone NZ again.

1. Our church fète is guaranteed cack weather, noted for it. Sat. no exception. Hailstorm this year, on top of rain. Early a.m. took 2 carloads of STUFF, inc. 18 [STRIKE]£2.99[/STRIKE] potted basils, 2 varieties[my drug of choice]bought prev.night chez Mr T, rtc 13p.

2. Fri night. Darned good fist made of Ruddigore in local barn. I still have a sing aloud love for 'When the Night Wind Howls'. Took me back to Hampstead years with small peeps when 'Friday Night is Theatre Night' was cheapie-seatie family possible, thanks to the GLC. Ruddigore-and much else-in the Hackney Empire - fantastic productions. Then returns me to beloved Uncle who is entirely responsible for all my cultural introductions in NZ childhood. I remember The Gondoliers as the first G&S to arrive from 'OVERSEAS'. Loved G&S, then and now.

3. Couple alongside were French, their Cambridge Uni colleague playing Robin Oakapple/Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, so all talk en français=double pleasure pour moi:-)

4. Had lots of fètes to cover, take things to, work at, attend this w/e and needless to say 'No more plants! No more books!' was totally trashed.

5. Something seen last year, but way oob was there again this year! I just went to stroke it again - lovely, lovely old English oak, naively hewn, but lovingly crafted, celtic knot carved panels....en bref, it is now with me, thanks to new trailer, suitably graced on first big sortie.

6. Yesterday's event - old farm back garden and orchard, with 'Guess which lamb/which mother', 'Dog the judges would most like to take home'[6 candidates - 6 winners :-)], 'dog with most pleading expression', 'dog with naughtiest tail' etc. Food for soul in setting to match, then, firmly encumbered with another bag of No More Books, another box of No More Plants, back in car, watching a strawberry roan and a piebald play in the facing orchard, while listening to Andy Murray WIN! Green tea thermos+ h/m bread+h/m butter+nana=perfect accompaniment and real content.

7. Took a big breath, Mr Sod It! riding in again, to buy bottle no. 1[of only 60] for NZ of English Spirit, as they cannot call it whisky, from the Cambridge Distillery stall. Taster was divine. dv, Aunt and Uncle will voice their opinion later in year.

8. Neighbour's bro. spoke to me about project - I may forego France this season, just to get everything done, which will need my being here. On verra.

13hrs difference, so time to phone NZ and things to post too.

Happy Mondays to all, as sparrer continues her vehicular debate. We ALL want the veedub camper, sparrer - and if we can't, we need vicarious accounts of you in yours:-)...just call it 'ours'. Do what you need to do. Those 2yrs of remaining guarantee are an asset. I think times are going to get harder yet for many.

mhagster

Hello ,Monday evening and masterchef on again!

Work ...pants!


Saw a fir tree filled with white cockatoos ....it looked like a decorated Christmas tree...made me smile.

Watched casualty whilst doing a small ironing and making dinner.

Made a bolognese sauce, rigatoni pasta, topped with cheese and bunged in oven for 20 minutes ....delicious.

Walked with DD1 to library to hand books in, then pharmacy for prescriptions, post office for stamps, back to library as DD was choosing books , so I sat and flicked through a glossy mag.

Have a lovely day....been cold and wet here but missed the showers....though I did acquire a brolly someone left last week and haven't reclaimed!

mcculloch29

Quick post as should be working (from home), and I am still not showered and dressed after I fell asleep in my riser recliner last night. Welcome FrooGal and Bump!

Not a lot going on, but DS put as his FB status yesterday:

'I hope all the dads who give love receive it back today - and to my Mum, you're all the Dad I ever needed.'

The 'likes' for that went stratospheric, which was lovely.

mhagster

Awh! mcculloch that's a lovely thing your son said! Not Father's Day here until September !

ampersand

McCulloch - we love that son too:-) What a marvellous Dad he may one day be, all thanks to you!

bagpuss38

mcculloch29 wrote: »

Quick post as should be working (from home), and I am still not showered and dressed after I fell asleep in my riser recliner last night. Welcome FrooGal and Bump!

Not a lot going on, but DS put as his FB status yesterday:

'I hope all the dads who give love receive it back today - and to my Mum, you're all the Dad I ever needed.'

The 'likes' for that went stratospheric, which was lovely.

Brought a tear to my eyes. What a wonderful thing to say x

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Job interview today. Hope it went well.

Still on phone as home phone and Internet rrrrrrrrrrrrsed by BT. Will catch up later, but in Greensleeves loop at BT.

Beard rubs to all.

CCP

Evening all.

BoP - best of luck with the outcome of the interview.

mcculloch - aww! That's one of the nicest things I've read on the internet in ages.

1) Stepped on the scales this morning and they told me I've lost 2.1kg (four and a bit pounds) in the last week. :shocked: I don't think for a moment that that's right, but it made for a nice start to the day anyway!

2) Booked the hotel for next month's trip away: 30% off as the hotel was having a sale, plus another 10% because I signed up to their loyalty card, then 12% cashback on top. I'm pleased with that! :money:

3) Bought a new roasting dish, to replace the one that broke over the weekend, for £7. I love Wilkins0ns!

4) Planted up my RTC radish plants, which were starting to go a bit yellow. Some already have weeny radishes under the leaves, which look promising.

5) Moussaka, garlic mushrooms and garlic bread for dinner tonight - that should keep the vampires away!

Skint_yet_Again

Things that made me smile today

1.

DundeeDoll wrote: »

vjsmum what grade did the student pirate get? High C

2.

VJsmum wrote: »

Q "why are pirates called pirates"
A "cos they Arrggghhh"
:rotfl:

3.

FrooGal wrote: »

- OH feeling the womb baby kick twice

4.

mhagster wrote: »

Saw a fir tree filled with white cockatoos ....it looked like a decorated Christmas tree...

5.

mcculloch29 wrote: »

.... DS put as his FB status yesterday:
'I hope all the dads who give love receive it back today - and to my Mum, you're all the Dad I ever needed.'

Thanks everyone for sharing your pleasures x

BoP... good luck with the job x was it first mate, cabin boy or rum rationer ? With experience of sailing, brawling, pillaging and yo ho ho'ing ?