5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

DundeeDoll

dfv oo the quills sound fun. Will you now write sonnets?
vjsmum this week i had a student talking about pneumonics for learning things
lfs love the new look ;-)
1) listening to front row 14 mins in. Wow it's the same piano on bohemian rhapsody, satellite of love, life on mars and hey jude
2) reverbed 12p at lunch and another 2p in tesco
3) remembered to check whether there's lunch at a meeting tomoz. There is so wont need packed lunch
3) very nice charity night at garden centre. Remembered to take tea voichers
4) picked up a few bargains well within my budget
5) nice stew waiting for me when i got home - pleased i didnt waiver and buy food in garden centre cafe

sparrer

chicken the bird won't grow that big. I hope! Apparently it's called Echo which makes me think it's very chatty . Don't worry about the birthday, I have an acquaintance with the same as mine and we're chalk and cheese, thank goodness
ampersand I agree re wiki, a mine of information. Billie Holliday yes.
VJsmum what a good idea to make Christmas cakes in ramekins, I make one in a giant dog food tin and cut it into 3 before icing for the singles I know. Need to wrap a good amount of brown paper round the outside though so it doesn't burn.
DD congrats on finding the 'extra' to reach your tenner, plus some
mhags the chips sound weird! But won't knock it til I try it, even with chicken salt!
CCP re Lively Lady conversation :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Good for you buying yourself a treat, we all deserve one now and then
BoP Mr Raffles has a definite 'Don't mess with me' look
Broomstick well done your son, a wonderful achievement
DFV tea at Champneys was just as I'd imagine tea at The Savoy. Dainty finger sandwiches, salmon roule, fruit scones with raspberry jam and clotted cream (my friend knows I don't like strawberries), a cakestand full of lots of yummy things I found it extremely hard to resist and a pot of Earl Grey, perfick. :drool:. I made a bit of a pig of myself and almost fell asleep during the meeting afterwards

1. Spent most of the day sleeping, was getting very annoyed with it as it's such a waste of time, then a friend told me on the phone it's probably due to Stemetil, a med I've been given for dizziness. Seeing GP again after the scopy-thingy on Tues so maybe he'll give me something to stay awake! The pleasure is being told what the probable cause is
2. Spent the evening listening to the soundtracks of Porgy and Bess and White Horse Inn thanks to some old tapes I inherited
3. Wrapped the first of many presents, at least I've made a start. Also wrote a few of the cards I've bought for this year, it's nice to have only a dozen to write instead of the usual 6 or 7 dozen. Still feeling guilty although everyone I've told thinks it a sensible idea.
4. Two bundles of bedding for CP delivered to my door today, didn't take long for word to get about and it's very kind of people, but I hope it doesn't become a regular thing as it has to be taken to a base 8 miles away.
5. Phone call from DS who is working over Christmas so is coming down to spend a weekend with me in a couple of weeks time. Will have to make it a special time, he'll no doubt be rushed off his feet in his 'big yellow taxi' as he calls it. Thank goodness for the emergency services

Sweet dreams

mhagster

Hurrah it's Friday

Woke up early and went out a long-ish walk, posted my Christmas cards at the same time.

Did grocery shop , bit more than past couple of weeks but did include some bits and bobs for Christmas and food for DD1's belated birthday do tomorrow .

Came home , hung out washing, moved furniture back into place in family room and put the oven on.....

Made dozens of tiny little pink and white meringues, rocky road cakes and a Christmas rainbow cake which isn't really a rainbow. Saw it in free supermarket magazine. One red layer, one green layer, 2 normal sponge layers. Butter cream icing to be done tomorrow ....will top with little tiny ice cream cones, covered in white chocolate and then with coconut to be snowy trees. Also made strawberry jam to go with scones ( as per requests) which I will make tomorrow . DD1 is having friends over for afternoon tea ( might not be sparrers standards but I will do my best!) They have now finished school for the summer holidays.

Watched programmes on you tube as I baked. Again , thankful for the coolness of the day to make baking easier.

Girls came in from school ...hello and then straight back out again...Cheerio. Enjoyed the extra hour of peace and quiet.

My daughters have just dealt with a spider on their landing! Apparently the second largest they have seen! Much trauma but rather them than me.

It has just started to absolutely pour with rain! Threatened all day but hasn't until now....oh well, we are all in and dry.

Have the loveliest of Fridays ....catch up tomorrow

CCP

1) My sister should be leaving hospital shortly. :j It's only temporary - she has to go back next week for a liver biopsy - but, after four days on a drip and a blood transfusion to treat serious anaemia, she is now strong enough to spend the weekend at home with her partner. :j

2) A dreadful CBA day which, fortunately, coincided with having not much to do at work. I spent more time than I would like to admit following the Amaz0n Black Friday sale, but now have another part of my sister's Christmas present (a cushion decorated with a picture her favourite Muppet) and have a good idea for a present for my dad (they were selling a 'psychedelic salad' seed set, which I reckon I can recreate more cheaply and with more interesting types of veg ).

3) Saw on the CP website that the other cat I considered adopting before choosing (or being chosen by) Isis has finally found a home of her own. :j I don't know why such an attractive, affectionate cat has taken so long to be picked, but then the same goes for Isis and look how that turned out.

4) Bought a cheap bottle of apple wobbleade for cooking, then dropped it when I got home and damaged the bottle. :mad: I don't know what I'm going to use the rest of the contents for now - any ideas? :beer:

5) Planning on relaxing after a stressful week in a sensible and mature manner - a glass (or two) of wine, a RTC pepperoni pizza, and the Muppet Movie on DVD.

Chickenopolis

Good evening all!

BoP - raffles is defo an alpha male hunter gatherer type!

CCP - as father Jack would say "Drenk Drenk Drenk !!" you like a bit of cider .

Sparrer - yellow taxi :rotfl:

5 for yesterday

1. Work busy. Serious meeting had many amusing elements ..

2. Colleague who has been promoted within the team (we were all asked if we wanted to "step up" to do this role but declined) said that they can't hack it . I can quite understand why .

3. Terriers new dog tag came that I ordered from a website that errr...isn't on the high street . I don't like putting a home address on it so put "please call my people" on it

4. Macaroni cheese with smoky bacon crisps crumbled on top. How common. How lovely:)

5Day off tomorrow

6 for today

1. Day off

2. Stole the terrier last night so took her out early.

3.Went in £land got some stuff and it was lovely and quiet.

4. Went into our fave patisserie VJsmum had tea and toast on Jack Jones again in an empty shop.Never have stuff when out on own and thought b*gger it why not ?. Plus I forgot to put bread in breadmaker last night:)

5. Clean bedding as did a load of washing:D

6.Beef casserole in slow cooker.

Have a lovely weekend all !

VJsmum

Quiet round here?

BoP - good poem
PK - keep going, this too shall pass
DforV my husband and kids think I am bonkers, so do kids friends. My students think I am scary
DD - is the study of pneumonic s called pneumonia
Sparrer, don't feel guilty. Such a sensible idea and a great charity. I think water is such a luxury to have. I think clean, hot water would be my desert island luxury, preferably with accompanying bath tub
Mhags, I watch th Inge on YouTube or I player while I work in kitchen. So cool that the IPad magnets itself to the fridge
CCP - glad sister is allowed out. Hope next week goes well
Chicken, love that patisserie. Seems a waste to. Have toast though. We, too, had beef for slow cooker - bought beef in Chinese supermarket. Good value and so tender

Yesterday's pleasures

1 went for swim. 40 lengths. Was thinking about Sparrers Christmas card charity (water aid) and thinking how the water felt like silk on my skin.
2 quick shop in Aldi. A cheap one this week. Mainly I love Aldi cos its quick
3 potter round kitchen making broccoli soup(broccoli was in the super 6) and tonight's beef in beer in slow cooker
4 professional institution presentation was well received but I ran out of time so the end was rushed. Nice to see some former students there
5 after all that cooking came home and DS and I had begg for tea :rotfl:

And today's

1 nice not to have the nine o'clock start. And got away at one
2 lady wot lunched with my pally :T
3 went for hair cut and dye. Badger streak gone and hairdresser was a riot today
4 OH cooked beef casserole (reheated) and accompaniments so nice n easy
5 sat watching Mendelssohn violin concerto on bbc 4 lovely.
6 DD got first two drama school auditions through :eek: hold tight it's gonna be a bumpy ride

Broomstick

VJsmum, good luck to DD with the bumpy audition ride. Although, it might be easy peasy and straightforward.:D

Too tired/busy yesterday to post but here's five pleasures for Friday:

1. Opened a new current and savings account ready to transfer money/dds etc from old bank. Been meaning to do it for ages.

2, Got a free coffee from W8rz :coffee: (ooh a coffee smiley) and went on an after-dark wander round the local Christmas fair on the town Green, hot drink in hand.

3. Got given a free Santa hat. Needed one of those for the event DS2 is doing this weekend and would have paid but it was good to get it free (it won't be used again after Sunday!):xmassmile

4. Watched the latest Amazing Spaces on iplayer.

5. Cheering up phone call with a friend.

Sweet dreams
B x

lovefullshelves

Lisa - glad he's home safe x
1. Finished mad bag lady hat #3:D
2. finished mad bag lady hat #4
3. started mad bag lady hat #5!!
4. had a little walk totter totter dodder
5. had a little afternoon sleep and had a lucid dream about my dad, he spoke to me and it was so real i woke up in tears!
Funny old day! Too many hats i reckon!!
Big hugs to all xx

mhagster

Beautiful Saturday ....sun finally came out, sky now blue and warm rather than hot.

Up early and made my butter icing for cake and decorated and then remembered why I'd said never again last week....crumbs in the icing! But had the company of my iPad . Set table for birthday tea.

Went out for coffee....I had water and pinched some of OHs fruit salad.
Cheap date.

Nectarines , peaches and cherries are in season and cheap such a taste of summer.

Walk with OH and he had another coffee stop... Had a bite to eat for lunch.

Bit of gardening.

Tidy house rooms of doom upstairs look perfect

Gaggle of girlies round for belated birthday afternoon tea. They are all nice girls and were all dressed for the occasion.
Made nachos, salad , sausage rolls, garlic bread to start and then lemonade scones ( gone very quickly ) with fresh strawberry jam and cream , very pretty pink and white meringues and cream, little chocolate muffins and lashings of tea

Treated myself to some flowers from ald:, first flowers I've bought since September . Then picked a little posy of garden flowers to welcome guests outside the front door.....checking for beasties!

One of DDs friends mum came in and asked if we had any mint in the garden ...have we ? Tonnes of the stuff so she went off with that, a pile of rhubarb , coriander and lettuces.. It was such a nice feeling to give our own produce away.....mint was going to become a mojito.

Much fun and laughter in the garden , DD given a swing ball set as a gift so they are playing with that. When we moved here , she left behind ( as we al did) good friends but has made friends with some lovely people. Makes a mummy happy to hear happiness .

Have a lovely day and happy St Andrews day

Skint_yet_Again

DigForVictory wrote: »

My sons think I walk on water.

DfV how did you manage that? Sons see you for the wonderful person you are... my son just thinks I'm a blethering idiot who doesn't know anything about anything!

mhagster wrote: »

Much fun and laughter in the garden , DD given a swing ball set as a gift so they are playing with that.

swingball ! Havent played that for years. When we were kids my dad was an engineer for the railways and he made us a swingball with industrial spring at the top. He also made us a pogo stick with industrial spring and I seem to remember my little sis shot over the garden hedge !! :rotfl:

Sparrer hope its just the meds and they are settling down x

CCP great news you sister has been allowed home x Hope all goes well with the biopsy x

Well this blooming virus has hit me again, Just as I get over earache have gone down with laryngitis and thyroid swollen too. Feeling really carp..... anyway some pleasures
for Friday

1. Its Friday :j no more work till tuesday
2. corned beef, chips and gravy for lunch, odd combo I know but craving salt !

3. DS passed his specials interview :j just his fitness test (should be a breeze) and medical to go

4. afternoon nap.... well 2 hour sleep actually. Then dozed off again at tea time and again about 9pm Went to bed and woke about 4am with throat on fire, but dozed off again after paracetamols

5. DS home for the evening and making me dinner and cups of tea

Hope all have a good weekend x