5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

CCP

Evening all.

LFS - are you a meat eater? If so, my favourite courgette recipe is finely chopped bacon, grated courgette and chopped garlic softened together, then mixed with cream cheese (philly type). Mix with cooked pasta, spoon into a baking dish and top with sliced tomato and grated cheese. Bake / grill until golden. It's the recipe that finally convinced me courgettes are worth eating.

PK - glad you had a nice time in the CoL.

1) Saturday's takeaway pizza treat turned out to be less of a treat than planned, as it turned up rather undercooked (I know I could have put it in the oven to cook it a bit longer, but that takes away the main advantage of a takeaway to my mind!). I mentioned this in the after-sales survey D's do, and this morning I got a very nice email from the branch manager apologising for the bad pizza and offering a credit for the full amount, to use another time. That's a particular bonus as, in MSE style, I used a voucher and didn't pay full price in the first place!

2) A key piece of software broke down at work today and, as I can't do much without it at this time of year, I spent most of the afternoon browsing the forum and listening to the tennis online.

3) Got home to a distinct smell of gas in the kitchen and, as the letting agent's 'urgent' response apparently doesn't include turning up on the same day, I didn't dare turn on the oven or hob to make dinner. I had a roule cheese and pepper sarnie, followed by banana and frozen honey yoghurt, instead, and it was :drool:.

4) Watching a rather deluded eight-legged-thing-that-can't-be-named-on-here keep dashing out while I was watering the garden: it could obviously feel the water vibrating on its web and was certain that this time it would be dinner!

5) A blackbird and a sparrow hopping around my pots taking advantage of insects that had been stirred up by the watering.

ampersand

Bop. please re-programme your remote. It's only just come on over here. I did not comment on your Great-Aunt Nancy but akin to mcculloch, thought of her in same line of splendid sparrer DM ladies... Continue safe under the fluffed out protective wings of Lady Whack. When might you hear about job?

1. Neighbour back. Not brilliant but certainly better than when taken to hospital. Has been put back onto morphine for pain control, reluctant though he is. There must be better ways. Odd incident this arvo, when I discovered a woman claiming 'I'm his girlfriend' poking about...no such person, I'm assured. She was asking too many ?s. I gave no answers. Neighbour has no idea, but intends finding out and is both shocked[as am I, somewhat] and embarrassed.

2. Mowed all grass beforehand. Girls trotted up and down with me enjoying the 'hay'. We chatted.

3. Took pretty top BNWT found @w/e to dear neighbour. She tried it on straightaway and loves it.

4. Gave neighbour his eggs in chicken-form wire basket, bought yesterday - formerly belonged to titled Lady of Manor[she's upgraded to wicker same]- which amused and pleased him.

5. nsd/npd. Wish it had been an sd, in that fenboys can't fit exhaust before Wed afternoon and this not a good fit for Spits. Drawing board re-think, for which mowing time was useful again.

6. Grateful again for technology, despite all the carp. Tests reminder for tmrw, Library advice of reserved book arrival, something complex resolved online, l-h visit confirmed for Friday.

7. Listening to Wimbledon-oh, Rafa...:-( while doing more digging, watering, lifting, re-planting and planting. Peculiar tulle-on-sticks strawberry 'umbrellas' idea seems to be working. Rather gratifiying to see birds arrive, look puzzled, hop away. Speaking of birds, many babies around today - blackbirds, robins, wren, thrushes, sparrows[really pleased to see these], all learning independence. I was applauding and saying Well Done to successful beaky digs and they were often really close, within a metre. Too young to know fear or frights yet I suppose.

8. I'm feeling cold. Think I'll have bath, then bed and book...and the beconase will be another good 'b' in that list.

mcculloch, had similar thoughts re: Sir Henry with Thomas Chippendale today.

Demain la fête de St Prosper... let's do so.
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Mmmmmm, merci lfs. Anything lemony goes well with me. This one's a cousin, maybe, of Magic Lemon Pudding. I have many lemons atm - curd plans, but other things def. permitted.
Agree re:kneading.
Don't forget all the recipes on mse. There are good courgette cakes and biccies.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

No, not reprogramming the remote. Summer is over. Days are drawing in. Tuff, boots, old an all.

Is great Aunt. A dram a day, kept her going, had world trips till two years back. Funeral will be all over te world. That is how far her family have gone. Be some wake.

No pleasures today as away from Ms Whack.

ampersand

No, not reprogramming the remote.

Oh bop....PUHLEEEEASE. I'll whine and grizzle and do a Violet Elizabeth and thtamp my ickle foot.


....no avail, I know.

Purple_kitten

BOP: Sorry to read of your aunt.
McHags: Aw no cars can be such a pain, hope it's not to expensive, and work wise I feel your pain.

We laid in, no work until tomorrow a wise move.;)
A few loads of washing cycling round.
An urgent call to the doctor, not a pleasure but a pleasure that they know me so were able to help, I have what they class as "chronic asthma" which rightly or wrongly I try to ignore by taking the meds and ignoring it. I ran out of everything last night for the first time ever and of course this lead to an asthma attack:eek:. But they sorted me an urgent medicine out over the phone and I was able to pick it up as the pharmacy, without seeing a doc and because apparently they could "hear" the ashtma over the phone. :T
Gardened everything has grown to triffid proportions, weeds, lots of flowers, iris's and pond lilys while DH mowed and strimmed the place looks more loved now:)
Tonights dinner is food I picked up from Lidl rtc of course intended for the animals but needed by us,:rotfl: chicken oyster legs are roasting in the oven and I will do some rice and gravey to go with.

Not looking forward to work tomorrow. Hey ho.

Kittikins

Hugs Purplekitten, that sounds blooming scary!

1. DD's ear is all better but I am going to go and buy her some ear plugs for swimming tomorrow, as I think that's what was causing it (she went swimming 3x last week....)

2. Big cuddles with DD after she came into my bed in the middle of the night.

3. My mummykins gave me my finished cardy wot she kernitted for me - it's gorgeous

4. My daddykins took my CRB certificate to uni for me!

5. A lovely friend has sent me some really useful info to help me get into studying mode

Frith

I've been sent to bed early because bigger son wants to decorate the living room ready for when I get up tomorrow! Will play on the laptop a bit and listen to Just a Minute.

VJ'smum - I've been reading Harry Potter as bedtime stories for YEARS... We are half way through book 5 now. Do up to 20 pages each night.

Purplekitten - sounds like the ideal holiday! Last time I stayed in Wales (rather than a day trip) I saw a hare. Hadn't seen one in years. My last phone call to the Dr's, they gave me antibiotics without seeing me too! I get recurring UTI's - difficult to prove THAT over the phone!

MHagster - on one of the obscure Freeview channels at 11am they are showing old episodes of Casualty each day. At the moment there is Maggie and Patrick (?) and good old Charlie.

Busy day here so my 5 or so for today:

1) Got washing and tidying up done.

2) Went to the library.

3) Went to bigger son's school and got him a bigger blazer. They had a one day sale today so I got 25% off. Couldn't get him a Sainsbury's own blazer as annoyingly the top pocket is embroidered with the school badge. At my high school, you bought the badges then you could iron them on to any black blazer.

4) Got sons the toothpaste they like from Boots. (They can't stand any minty flavours, neither can I). This does mean they have to have Winnie the Pooh or Thomas babyish toothpaste to get the right taste.

5) Got my eye brows threaded. I thought I had been just about managing to get them under control. Was wearing a pale green T shirt today and, when I sat up straight as I got out of the leany back chair, I had one big black eyebrow across my chest made up of all the hairs she had pulled out! Eeeek!

6) Watched a bit of Wimbledon.

7) My sister popped in and said her boyfriend is happy to take sons climbing with him (at my old school) each week and they are very pleased.

8) Smaller son had a fantastic day at school. It sounds like the school transfer might go ahead in September so today he did tests in literacy and numeracy so they can tell the new school what his levels are. In the reading test, he got 100%! Bigger son has to donate a £1 tomorrow then he can go to school with a bandage on so he is looking forward to that. The money is going to Birmingham Children's Hospital and I know one child and one adult who have spent a long time there growing up.

Mum and brother watchers - they will be in the audience at Centre Court, Wimbledon tomorrow. :-)

ETA thought of 2 more!

9) Phoned to hire a weighted blanket from West Mids Autism to see if it helps smaller son go to sleep.

10) Got a birthday cheque and have spent it already! I have always wanted a cover for my ipod so I can use it under water and have ordered one cheaply. Looking forward to taking pics of sons jumping in and bigger son can now make his films with underwater scenes!

mcculloch29

Dr Christian looking concerned in our kitchen earlier.

Actually, typically, in this shot DS doesn't look as much like him as he can do.
Lfs said:
mcculloch29 - whats the aldi dye like, any good? I need a dark brown!
I say:
The Aldi hair dye is fine, it's an old style squeeze cream into bottle one, but with good results, no swamping ammonia smell and a sachet of excellent conditioner. Better than the £land or Savers ones; more colourant and 30 mins dev. time vs 40.

Kittikins

Swoon! (I could say a heck of a lot more but BoP might get jealous, lol)

Chickenopolis

Mcculloch - What a shame I don't have an "Embarrassing Body" !!!!:rotfl:Dr. C please run away with me

Nice start to my morning thank you xx