5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

VickyA_2

Slightly more OS today, thank goodness!

My pleasures have been:

1) Class Christmas party. All the children brought in a contribution for the food - we had enough to sink many battleships! They were sent home on a sugar high.

2) Book club social this evening. Managed to buy the next book for £2.50 in the venue where it's held each month. Great to have a chat with people without discussing books in depth!

3) Quick tea of boiled eggs and toast. Divine! Lovely and simple...

4) Trying to look in to the Amazon Trade-In. Has anyone done this with any books? They're not worth selling on Ebay or as an Amazon seller, but for some reason the trade-in price is better.

5) Found a nice candle in our Christmas box. Duly lit and smelling goooooood.

Frith

Argh to stupid amounts of homework and sons who don't want to do any. At all....


Anyway, pleasures for today!


1) A short but not a bad sleep.


2) A wander round Ludlow.


3) Daydreaming so much about things I want to get done next year that I went the wrong way between Ludlow and school and didn't notice for ages! So had quite a scenic route after that!


4) Smaller son good at school (plain clothes day, which he hates).


5) Swimming with sons and my brother.


6) Spaghetti and meatballs for tea which proved popular.


7) DT homework done. :-/


8) Bigger son's Secret Santa present wrapped and smaller son's tin of chocolates for the staff wrapped (how difficult is it to wrap one of those round tins of Roses?!)


9) Last day of term tomorrow then no more early starts.


10) Really hoping Secret World is waiting for me on iplayer...

DundeeDoll

Break open the irnbru mhags is on her way home
Break open the champers bop well done grimsby, snap snap at DD's ankles
Break open the chocies Frith sounds like you deserve some
1) managed to drag myself out of bed in time to make lunch
2) more pontefract cakes in today's cracker now all gone :P
3) visa has been approved and dispatched. Can't wait to see my passport again!
4) dogs stinky after walk with dog walker (must have been a special christmas treat) so they have had their saturday bath two days early
5) dd2 and ds home dd2 will need to go back to edinburgh tomorrow as working till monday but had a lovely evening with her

VJsmum

Evening all

Back to what passes for normal in this house. Until,tomorrow when we is off for a weekend of jolly fixation (LOL love that autocorrect of jollification. Yesterday DD texted me to say various of her friends wished me a happy birthday, including SATAN :eek: :rotfl: goodness knows how it got that from Haden)
Sounds like there are many stresses around, and some finishing for the hols.

BoP - my heart goes out to you and all others so affected

Pleasures for today

1 a day of pottering. Took DD to school then came home to sort out and add up gifts for kids. Having that last minute panic of "maybe just one more thing"
2 sorted out my lucky dip prizes. Not many men things, though lots of neutral things.
3lots of washing done, some nearly dried outside
4 did a bit of work, but not much
5 more cards and pressies

Oh dearDD was going to get an IOU for tickets to the theatre where the roof has collapsed. Obviously it is more important that people aren't seriously injured, but not sure what to do about the IOU now.

Kittikins

Yesterday's pleasures:


1. DD read out a poem at her Christmas service, it was lovely


2. Bumped into someone I went to school with at the service (well, I remember her sister more), and it was lovely to have a natter.


3. The lovely feeling walking into my school and seeing my now 'old' class


4. The lovely handmade bracelet that one of my boys gave me for Christmas, so cute


5. Rubbish food but great company at the staff do later on. I'm looking forward to going back, even if my mentor teacher seems decidedly odd....ho hum, it's 6 weeks, just 6 weeks!!H


6. Went on a non-shopping spree, i.e. I bought only what I needed to and nothing else, but enjoyed a mooch around the shops.


7. Bought DD and I tickets to go and see John Hegley spout his brilliant poetry. I saw him years ago and am pleased I'll have the chance to take DD. We're big poetry fans in this house


8. Bought tickets for me, DD and mummykins to go on our girls' cinema trip tomorrow. Yippee!

Tealady_2

Morning

Pleasures for yesterday,
1. Extra 1/2 hour in bed as OH has finished work so no packed lunch for him and DD didn't need to leave until a bit later.
2. Someone at work bought me a big bar of chocolate to say thank you for gifting him my box of tissues and throat sweets, he has a horrible cold.
3. NSD
4. DD being happy about placement again. I think the various presents she received from children helped rather a lot
5. Simple dinner of ravioli with HM veg soup and garlic bread but everyone enjoyed.

Hugs to all who need them

camNolliesMUMMY

1 walked to the post office and cashed in refund for sse over charging and put enough gas And electric on the meters for a month as hopefully the house will be finished and we can finally get our of this flat.

2 picked up piccys from tesco to give to grandparents as a Xmas present.

3 hopefully my car is coming back today and I know its abit cheeky but I hope they saved me the joy of cleaning it for me haha. (Probably not) it needs a good hoovering.

4 BBQ chicken in the sc for all of us, will be serving with hm oven chips and sweetcorn and topping the chicken with some grated mature cheddar.

5 put washing away, s&s kitchen n bathroom with bleach.

Now sipping a hot cuppa coffee.

Just sorted out all the banking and budget forecast from now till 28th jan.
Tonight dh is taking my brother out into town to celebrate his 18th, I hope they don't get in a mess lol.
Il be having a beauty night
A quick shower then jumping in my pjs, putting a film on and Ive recently started filling in my own acrylic nails and painting them saving myself £15 every three weeks. Will also do my toe nails. They cost £10 in the salon.
Il be putting my hm facemask on (natural yoghurt and honey). Was buying fm every week saving £4 a month.
Plucking my eyebrows saving £8 a month.
My advice don't spend it, learn lol

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Now is the season of Jolly

If we are not care in our cloud cuckoo mist, I fear we may end up as Mumbo Jumbo in Bongo Bongo lands. Has correctness gone too far.

5 Raffles, due his injection later this very day, has run rings round Ms BoP, though with mes, he be the best thing since carving knives through butter. Well, this very morning, he hath runneth around, and found the quick exit through the patio doors. Fortunately, the door was closed at the time and he is now licking his paws. I suspect he may leave by the cat flap in a while.

4 Just watched highlights of the mariners on TubeYou. Looks like Luton may again fall short DD. Still, both tinpots still to play for,

3 Blessed ‘edlamp gone in the pirate car. Will get it fixed later. No, not paying for fitting, two scroes and a clip. Thanks yous.

2 & get them sprouts on there girl, the ones that at Find us a better job, used to be removed from the hopper, on the stalk. Now supplied as muppet food. Used to be cut up for the cattle. And do not forget to defrost the bird as well. And get the stuffing ready.

1 Get the sprouts on

camNolliesMUMMY

Oooo my car came back and yep fully valeted lol very happy and it smells n looks like new saved me a job in this cold weather.

DigForVictory

Chickenopolis - some days mentoring consists of Not Eviscerating the Mentee. Cuddly terrier moments are good! I'm told trees last longer than profiteroles, but haven't been tempted to research. Still, if one returns to find it there, decorated, what to do?! Chip Supper, of course!
DD - "How does one ask?" Directly? A glass of wine in hand as a pretext, but surely one of the positives of getting out of teens is you no longer have to arrange the "my friend likes you" conversations? Hurrah for a G&T & (when they've gone) enjoy laughing at the prima donnas! Isn't it odd how libraries go a different sort of silent when mostly empty? Tapas including bacon roll? There's integration on a plate! Visa for where, this time?!
VickyA - love the idea of a voucher burning a hole in your mind! Wonderful phrase! Survival is under-rated. Whole class on a sugar high - school still structurally sound?!
Broomstick - hurrah on relative self discipline over Christmas treats & on texts with bestmost. Clementines with leaves trump tinsel & even Mistletoe! Love the MSE leftovers! 1000 novels everyone Must read? (Weblink?) I'm intrigued.... "one's adult children's partners' families" sounds a minefield awaiting me. (Eldest 14) That said, I'm a devout believer in Large tins of Chocolates. HURRAH bestmost has a clear chit!
Frith - I want to know what the Gold Zone has made for You (other than a bit happier?) Love the 'again' powered by duck pancakes & canny shopping! A bit tough to be debarred from School Show, but he still did you credit, and you are definitely Mum De Luxe with duck! Homework in exchange for food sounds entirely reasonable.
sparrer - mystery money is mad money with a promissory thankyou note. Has the turmeric helped? You have yellow stuff? (BoP?! What are you & Raffles up to...?)
mhagster - countdown to launch! (Blimey your old bosses have Midas-in-reverse!) Safe travel! (You're doing laundry?!) Duty free is a grownups playground - enjoy! But have that wooly pully to hand.
lonewhitewolf - welcome! Congratulations on time to listen to children singing & on lots of veg!
VJsmum - Happy Birthday! Whopping congratulations & well done catching up on so much fun as well as weilding the cleaning gear!(Bang alongside Chickenopolis - you don't 'sound' 50!) If you dislike 'young at heart' may I suggest an 'unexpected self image' instead?! Sounds like a fun day & what is at all wrong with mooching?! Oh, & :bdaycake: - so everyone can have just a bit more over the weekend! Pottering also excellent & in your case, productive. <Awe!>
ampersand - always good to catch even a fleeting glimpse! Brick dust? Quoi?! Once Addenbrookes gets going, all will be better but the bloke who winds its rubber band is a bit erratic. Hurrah Waitrose coffee machine working again - the Spinningfields one is also erratic. (Grr) Have you a few well chosen blooms to lay at TM's feet?!
Tealady - if ever you've been somewhat flattened by an affectionate mutt, reprise that feeling! So glad you're back! Enjoy shredding the bully & tell us all you are allowed to... "This being organised has its advantages." - Love it! (Aspire to it...) Must suggest Christmas Poster, even if only per team. Family is to cosset! Even at work, too - you star!
BoP - ply the missus with the good stuff & add ginger if you can? Good to hear Raffles lulling you into a sense of routine. You've 'dismounted without permission' from a bike too? Untidy is about all I can recall. Raffles vs patio door - aww!
camNolliesMUMMY - porridge is good stuff & golden syrup a treat! Sore throat & bleach perhaps not best combination? Serious finds! May be inspired to tidy, myself! Grandson pics are a special pleasure - you have earned the right to sit down (& feet up comes when the phone technique is reliable...) Clean car? Bonus! Chaps on razzle? So long as no bail needed, fine...
oldtractor - delivering cards & returning to hot chocolate is one of the very good bits of Christmas!
CCP - would wrapping Isis help, or would that cover the target area?! She doesn't hold grudges? Excellent! Sis has diagnosis? HURRAH! Best present ever, even if wrapped in medics.
Purple kitten - me too til the 6th! All these rememdies AND aged brandy? (Y'know, some colds will only respond to the Very Best stuff...) Boo hiss to crone in Tesco clobbering your side but hurrah for fresh bedding, crammed cupboards & a readiness to hibernate!
lovefullshelves - admiring all this headgear - none, some, all or most flowered?! Did you select a 'winner' amongst the decorations? (Fun to drop a note saying so through the door!)
kittikins - good to hear the library has you & DD firmly in mind. Do your essays grow after you've read, or do you have to construct them? Six weeks off and John Hegley - you & DD will have So Much Fun!
Skint yet Again - ooh these ethical dilemmas. Yellow stuff & Christmas meal & Two Weeks Leave tilt the kharma one way...

Yesterday's Pleasures
Annual once-over with nurse upgraded to GP as nurse has 'flu, so all tests submitted & best wishes all round tendered!

Office Big Posh Nosh in the afternoon - I've had my festive feed & thus get a more relaxing afternoon taking phone messages.

Two of ours back in from Black Sabbath - great fun watching their sign language the morning after. (Black nylon wig, worn for headbanging, also source of much entertainment...)

Picked up holiday prescriptions & a snap of a wheelchair friendly flowerbed that looks like an empty manger. I relocated the fallen sign about carparking being at owners risk & included it in shot...

Got job application in! Now to heave a sigh of relief, pour a libation of tea & try to forget about it...

Today's pleasures
Youngest son a just-punctual-enough alarm clock - got them off to school dressed clean & fed for the last day of term!

Washing up done, listening to the Sting winter album - grows on you, very different to the bouncy cheer of Robbie!

Day One of the Holidays, space made for small tree, small row over 'priorities', Christmas cards imminent. (Tree located!) [Cards posted. I Have Stopped...]

Queuing & indulging in a few shimmies with footwork, my youngest paused en route upstairs to comment "nice moves, mum!". I don't think he realised I was waiting for his brother to get out of the bathroom!

'Muzzy' at the library! I may manage another round with the Italian language yet. (I've tried being Grown-up but it hasn't stuck!)



Big hugs to all who need them, hallelujahs to shift the dust from any rafters, neighbours, & passing aeroplanes, & happy holidays to all who are allowed them! (Special blessings to Sparrer's joy, who'll be ministering to the sick, and all the heavenly host who join him in continuing to provide public services during holidays.)