5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

Chickenopolis

Good evening all !

mhagster- welcome back !

VJsmum - enjoy your weekend

PK - you get ar*eholes all over the world ,rude and ill mannered people who think they are far more important than anyone else.

CCP - oooh H.O.T.Y.show?

5 for yesterday

1. Took OGV in for service - got the usual phone call from the GV place.. "did you know it was due for x, y, z ?" Oh and that will be £2k - yeah right. £20 to change number plate bulbs - er no purchased from Half*rds for £2.99 . No brainer

2. Saw an ex of 20 years ago whilst coming out of Half*rds with OH.I pretended that I did not see him but he was just staring and staring . Gave me the creeps I expect he will tell my brother that he saw me as they are still friends. Last time he accused me of taking ecstasy and told my brother ! Cheeky s*d.

3.Terrier here for the night as DM out early.

4.Jacket P's for tea nice and simple.

5. Lovely day here.

5 for today

1.Lazy day

2. Wrapped up some presents but the terrier kept dropping her tennis ball on the proceedings which did not help.A few more rips in paper than ususal as I don't have feeling in my left hand its like wrapping with boxing gloves on which doesn't make for pretty looking presents anyhow.:o

3. Raining here all day , glad to be here in the warm and dry doing chuff all

4.OH's friend here - he is hilarious.

5. Rtc tandoori chicken for tea.

Have a good evening all !

givememoney

After trying to persuade my husband over the years to clear the loft I made a date with him the other day to start the job today.


I went up there (never been in the loft before in the 35 years we've lived here) to give guidance and moral support along with practical help. He is borderline hoarder but to his credit he has chucked out loads already. He had filled the car with off cuts of wood and gone to the dump with them.


More stuff has gone in the few hours we spent today than in the few years prior to this.


We will continue tomorrow, I am so pleased.

CCP

Chickenopolis wrote: »

CCP - oooh H.O.T.Y.show?

No, it's the Olympia Christmas Horse Show - I think H.O.Y.S is a bit earlier in the year. H.O.Y.S is on my equine to-do list, though!

1) Slept in late this morning, with less pestering than usual from Isis as she's still pointedly ignoring me (partly due to continued sulking, but partly due to her dislike of the howling winds around the flat, I think :undecided).

2) Found a suitable button in my button box so I didn't need to trek into town in the current extremely unpleasant weather.

3) Finished off my essay, and did about half of the textual analysis before I decided I couldn't take any more.

4) Watched some of the Olympia horse show on television - showjumping is much more absorbing without pesky kids running up and down the stairs next to you!

5) I'm going to treat myself to a takeaway tonight, although with a feeling of mild guilt at dragging the delivery driver out into the rain and wind.

DundeeDoll

Welcome hame mhags enjoy the weather!
Well bop half way through our season we're 2nd place so no bad
dfv yes i know asking direct would be the grown up thing to do but the teenager in me worries about the answer... Visa is for sri lanka which i hop over to after singapore and malaysia. 3 weeks tomoz!
1) dd1 and dd2 home (though dd2'll be daily commuting to edinburgh tomorrow and monday)
2) morning polishing the brass at the cathedral. First time i've done it and good fun. Also put the candles in the holders - had no idea we have so many different size candles!
3) dm came round this afternoon. She's had a bad cold this week so good to see her looking well again. Btw advent this morning was jelly xmas sweets and yesterday hand cream
4) got some more opera clue pressies for gbf's pressie - a gingerbread house for hansel and gretel, a can of pledge for the pledge, a butterfly dream catcher for madam butterfly (though was tempted by the very hungry caterpillar and say it was puccini's first draft!), and tesco masks for the masked ball
5) now watching jodie down the rabbit hole. Dd2 is filling us in on who's who and the back story as it's the xmas special of a series. Really enjoying it but then again i lerv alice in wonderland

VickyA_2

Evening all!

I wrote a post yesterday, but it disappeared before I could submit it. At least you all got a day off from me.

Thank goodness it's the end of term. I was dead on my feet by the end of yesterday, but still needed to get out of bed as today we went to see Christmas at Chatsworth. Not OS in price, but we met up with a friend so good to see her and we went for a walk with her having been in the house.

So, my 5 OS pleasures for the past couple of days:

1) Managed to get round Mr T's last night without too much trolley-rage. However, I'm always amazed at how some people dawdle their way around. Don't they want to get out of there as soon as possible?!

2) Cracked open a box of Heroes, given to me by a child in my class. DH has just about polished them off, with a teensy bit of help from me.

3) Lunch today was at a pub, paid for by my friend. Very kind of her to treat us!

4) 2 x £2 coins potted. At this rate, I'll be able to pay £20 in to my bank soon. :j

5) Discovered the free voting for Strictly Come Dancing on the BBC website. And to think I was about to pick up the phone! Doh!

6) My union renewal has just come through. Great expense, but really great to have the peace of mind. Also a discount brochure with it, showing how to save on some every day spending. I'm investigating it further!!!

Right, on with the rest of the Strictly final!

Broomstick

Evening all. Merry Midwinter and Happy Solstice

Five pleasures for Saturday:

1. Went online to sort out my vegbox order for Tuesday (the deadline hadn't passed, phew!) and discovered that I had two £5 vouchers to be applied - one off fish and one I could use on store cupboard stuff if I spent £10 on each (so my, already ordered, Xmas smoked salmon was half price) and I bought a tenner's worth of organic jars of useful stuff for a fiver.

2. Wrapped DSs' Xmas pressies.

3. Walked through W8rz just to pick up my free coffee.

4. Listening to the News Quiz. Hadn't heard it in a while.

5. Stuffed courgettes for supper using up last night's pasta sauce. I love this particular meal.

The year has turned, the days are getting longer, summer is on it's way! :j

Sweet dreams.

B x

ampersand

1. Don't suppose I should be surprised, broomstick[and thankyou for persephone books]. Same reason for w8rs pretty much, with added sprouts[love them], bananas+free Jan mag. C'est tout. Real Christmas music in our Waitrose. Linger and sing for &.

2. Watching my tall eucalyptus toss and sway in the wind. Seems no time since I stuck it in as a twig.

3. Found a marvellous write-up of Tim's Koko performance on angryfeet - it's the post by pianofortekristina » Fri Dec 20, 2013 10:11 am, here:
http://angryfeet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=5163&start=40

-also this September Observer i/v:
http://angryfeet.com/news/210/

4. Luscious w8rs grapes at brekkie, another lucky 10p hier.

5. hwb shortly, reading, listening. Realise that the >4hours of stormy London night walking post-Tim were miles and miles and miles.

6. Letter rescheduling mini-chop for 16 Jan has come quickly. Unfortunately, that's another Spits Thursday. No matter, 'twere better done.

Feeling restless again, a bit Peggy Lee-ish...'Is that all there is?' This will pass.
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Major wow moment, huge techie fluke breakthrough for & - listening to Tim's address here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoEezZD71sc
absent-mindedly moused ikon to the right of 'Add to' and lo! transcript! This is wonderful. Now thinking of all things textual I might conserve.

DigForVictory

BoP - 'rebuilds' - good word for it!
Ampersand - when I find out how to bottle TM, I'll send you a wagonload. So glad to hear you were not a direct part of the Apollo event! Recover the feet & all best with Addenbunch.
Lovefullshelves - flowered hat splendid AND socks?! <awe!> Good friends body on request!
Skint yet Again - happy holidays! T sending Courier?! Bonus!
Frith - love how your sons are pleasures and appreciated! (*Longing* to prune my eldest, but he refuses. Suggestions welcome!)
Broomstick - I'll enjoy that link later! Aw DS1 played a voucher for After Eights? (My scouts view these as *very* superior & the hampers with are contested for fiercely!) Decorate at Solstice? Makes sense. Freebie coffee & discounted salmon - hurrah!
mcculloch - think MSE servers feeling the pressure! Canny work with the Campbell's soup - I've still got a couple from last years promotion! Square saus is Lorne?
mhagster - glad to hear you've landed safe, shopping sorted, hugs started & Iron Bru being drunk! Have a wonderful holiday!
CCP - good to hear the horse show had its points (sorry!), hurrah for amber earrings & aww Isis and the sofa! I used to watch HOTY when allowed - my parents thought it funny/touching but didn't watch themselves. Not forgotten the awe of Hugo Simon on Sorry winning the puissance. Essay mostly done? Hurrah!
Chickenopolis - has brother not learned old ex a prize nit? You did! Ah, jacket spuds... Left hand related to your absence? Hope medics of use.
Givememoney - welcome & well done getting started on the loft!
DD - if you can go to Sri Lanka, you can ask. You are both grownup enough. Hug your inner teenager & tell her no matter yes or no, asking is the important bit. You're one of God's cleaners?! Whew! Candles great fun... 'Caterpillar first draft' - my family think I'm demented at the sudden snorts of laughter. Ah well.
VickyA - I share your Heroes experience! Once the lid is off, so are all bets!

Today
Sleep! Then lying in bed sorting Christmas emails.

Husband cooked huevos rancheros for breakfast. Yumm!

Parcels arriving - Christmas and a fleece left behind (wonderful Aunt!)

Over 50 Christmas emails sent. But now done, like cards. Endex! Email natter with old school pal - great to speak again!

Kelly's Heroes on - part of Christmas for us! Carols too, but a few war films de rigeur.


Big hugs to all who need them, courage & compassion applied liberally & hoping this weather calms down a bit!

Purple_kitten

Chicken: Ex's are creeepy, so much time moves on and they don't seem to it really creeps me out, When Dh's ex (from 15 yrs ago) encroached onto an event we help run, it was "sad" she spent the entire time "eviling us" and being snide. But we where helping run it. pathetic.
Wow Mchags Scotland sounds wonderful and you sound so happy.:beer:
CCP: I heard about the London show it looked lovely in the photo’s I saw.
Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas, I will be lurking but I haven’t found a good way to log onto the forum from a tablet or phone it doesn’t seem to have a friendly view on a small screen:j
1.Dh is panicking for Christmas presents and I don’t see much point in battling weekend crowds, we are heading to Wales tomorrow, not known for its shops (correct me if I am wrong?) but we will take our chances and see. Any suggestions welcome.:cool:
2.Visited dad to drop of some Christmas things.
3. We are a week later than we planned to be in the feeling festive and family visits thanks to the bug, but starting to get there now.
4.Sitting here watching a Christmas carol classic:p

Frith

Chicken - poo to creepy exes!


Here are my pleasures briefly as I'm falling asleep.


1) A lie in! Hoorah!


2) Porridge for breakfast.


3) Fruit and veg box was delivered and had chicory and fennel inside which are new ones to me (have eaten them but never cooked them myself).


4) Went geocaching this afternoon which, although quite local, was a long way off the road and the landscape was very different including an outcrop of sandstone that bigger son climbed up.


5) Went to the station to watch the steam trains coming and going.


6) Fish and chips from the van for tea. Blowing a gale on the village hall car park.


7) My school friend popped over.


8) All watched Harry Potter.