5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

Frith

:bdaycake:Happy birthday, dd!

DundeeDoll

Woohooo happy brthday to meeeeeee (been 50 for an hour in prague but just got the half century back in blighty which was after all where i was born)
1) another good morning of talks
2) managed to grab some lunch onthe way to lunchtime meeting
3) 2 good workshops in the avo. 1st was for my own career development, 2nd useful resources for faculty development
4) met up with saudi masters student (now alumni) and a few other alumni one of whom might become a marker
5) very nice meal with dundee UG gang. Uni paid for the food, we paid for the alcohol which was £7 each. Then cocktails to celebrate my birthday. Thank goodness the plenary at8:30 isn't relevant for me and i can have a lie in! Polish friend has bought me beautiful silver and amber earrings

Kittikins

1, DD (both mind, and of course, our beloved Dundee Doll's birthday xx)

2. Went to our new chum's house for lovely, relaxed, delicious lunch - and came home 6 hours later!

3. DD and chum's younger son went off on bikes around the village. It was the first time she's been the older child on a ride and I could tell she was a bit wary of being away from me/and older chum, but as her new friend is very used to riding around there, I'm glad I urged her to go, as she came back full of beans and I'm aware that I'm loosening my apron strings a bit. Good for us both

4. Found more stuff I thought I'd thrown away - thank goodness! My favourite trousers saw the light of day today, hoorah

5. Lots more prep for course work done - still tons to go, silly me, leaving so much til the last minute like this!

mhagster

Okay , will try again with a lengthier post today, it's so frustrating to lose one!

So I'm back to being a working woman....phoned OH at end of shift and said I've had a great day at work and then laughed and asked him when is the last time I said that?

Official day of opening today and an early start ( with an even earlier one tomorrow ) , got parked in free car park ...well at least there does not seem to be a time limit. We were a bit slow to start but soon got into the swing of things.seems like a nice bunch of folk to work with....and hey! We get fed! I had crostata verde..spinach and ricotta tart! It was delicious.

So, so far so good!

I had a nice chat with friend on the phone this morning before I went out.

Going to make lentil soup for tea...with pineapple upside down cake for pudding.

Need to get up of my backside and go and do something!

ETA...made veggie/ lentily soup....all flung in together and smells nice
Had a bath....aaaaah! And relax!
Listening to Mr Blackbird singing ! It's 6.10pm and still light....not bright but not dark.......we are getting there, even driving to work this morning it was bright and sunny , a month ago I was driving in the dark.

kittikins hope the house sale gets sorted ASAP
dundee doll is fabulous at 50! Have a great birthday !

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Beard hugs to all. Nothing special today is there!

BULLSEYE DD

VJsmum

Happy burfdee DD :beer::T:bdaycake::dance:_party_
Well done on loosening those apron strings, Kittikins, gently does it.
Glad work is going well, Mhags
Frith - Pigeon??? :eek:
lots of very OS activities - picking, bottling, jamming etc

Pleasures for yesterday

1. N and N didn't arise too early so had a small lie in and a soak
2. Got FN off onto her train OK and sadly waved bye bye (though the daft mare has left her makeup here so I have to try to post it back. Apparently she's having a twitter melt down about it )
3. DD took N and N to the flicks while I did shopping in peace. Never thought I'd say "well done, Mr S" but they done good yesterday. A couple of months ago I bought some sunglasses and dropped them after a few weeks and they broke. I didn't really think I'd dropped them hard enough for them to do that but went and bought another pair. Picked them up yesterday and they literally fell apart in my hand. Took both pairs back and they refunded more than I paid (not quite sure why, but the guy did it deliberately) and gave me another pair free! :T
4. N and N are much better behaved than they used to be but, whilst boy N (nephew, I guess ) is easy to entertain and will entertain himself the, older, niece is quite hard. She is extremely quiet and quite secretive - she will hide behind doors and watch you. she can't settle to anything, wont read a book or watch some TV. She is nearly 12 and seems much younger. She is off to senior school next week and I am worried for her. She, of course, took more of the brunt of her father's illness and death than nephew did and I am not sure she has - oh, I don't know, recovered? Adjusted? But of course, they never will. Anyway I did some baking with her which she and I enjoyed, and which others will enjoy the proceeds of.
5. Had a Barbie with the chiminea.

DD is taking N and N to sealife today while I go to work for a short time, then we are going to pizza express - courtesy of Mr T.:T

Tealady_2

Happy Birthday DD :bdaycake:

CCP

For yesterday:

1) Bank holiday, so a nice late morning.
2) Peanut butter and banana sandwich for breakfast.
3) My DF came over with a crowbar to make a hole in the rubble in the garden for my new bird-feeder, and helped me put the thing together when it proved more complicated than I expected.
4) Sitting outside a pub in the evening sunshine with my DPs and an ice-cold beer. :beer:
5) Dinner out - our first choice restaurant was abandoned when they refused to accept a voucher my DM had been sent by the head office ("it's not valid today" (it says 'bank holiday' on it); "it's not valid without a unique code" (you mean the one printed on it?); "it's not valid unless you print off the terms and conditions" (it doesn't say that anywhere); "ah, OK, it's not valid at this restaurant" (fine, we'll go somewhere else then! :mad:)) but we ended up somewhere much nicer, enjoying their excellent value fixed price menu, served by staff who couldn't have been more helpful if they'd tried. :T

Today:
1) Day off, which proved to be a good thing as I had a dreadful night's sleep and wouldn't have been any use in the office anyway.
2) Pruned some shrubs, and trimmed some leaves off my tomato plants as the tomatoes are stubbornly refusing to change colour.
3) Filled in various surveys, working my way towards more Amaz0n vouchers. :money:
4) Wrote a review of the restaurant we went to last night - I love writing happy reviews.
5) Tennis to watch on tv this evening.

Have a nice evening, all, and happy birthday DD!

Chickenopolis

Good evening all !

Been MIA as changed providers - murdoch now connected not "Speak Speak ", but the phone line had a fault . Just been fixed .

PK - how awful hun. I am glad that you are all ok xxx

Dundee- Happy Birthday :beer::bdaycake:

KK - I hope you get sorted soon x

Sparrer - all is well when you are in your garden xx

VJsmum - I love hearing about your Korea Path

many pleasures

1. Blokey paid me the money he owed me in one go

2. Now in savings account.

3. Picked tons of blackberries for my sister

4. Terrier walks .. well I step out of the car and launch her tennis ball.

5.Check up from the neck up today, so annual leave taken.My Neurosurgeon said "no change" and gave me some meds for my Neuropathy/parasthesis . Skintos - Pregabalin? Is this one of "yours"? Had one - a bit woozy tbh.Best bit was the Nurse said "do you want all of your MRI scans/xrays from 1998"? . Ooh yes please ! OH carried a huge sackful home. Enjoyed looking at my hideous tumour way back in the days... Puts life in perspective a bit.


6. Donated some cash to the above place , in memory of cousin in law who passed away there in May and for sorting me out .

7. Mr. T Pizza vouchers enjoyed on way home with OH.

have a good evening all !

Kittikins

Hope you're having a lovely day DD and being thoroughly spoiled xx

1. Remembered that yesterday was a NSD

2. Sunshine - I'm really loving this summer

3. Wore a new to me top and felt great

4. Still no exchange, but at least the silly solicitor responded to my emails today!! Of course, even if we had exchanged, there was no way we would complete by Friday, ho hum....

5. Working out that, with the money I'm earning in my temp job, I will be able to pay the mortgage at the beginning of next month, and without having to raid DD's savings - it'll be tight but I can do it and I'll just draw a veil over my credit card balances

6. The drive home was lovely today.

7. We finished the crossword, with DD getting words that we were pleasantly surprised at