5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

mhagster

Some assorted Saturday pleasures

DD2 met up with friends for lunch , we had to stay as chaperones. One of my friends came and sat with us and we had a good blether.....these slightly older than 12 years kids all ate from the cheaper kids menu !

Back up to mums to collect big 2, they had been away down our local woods for a walk and were happy they had done that.

Popped over to MILs , strange without FIL

Then back to cottage to meet friend and her daughter, so quick catch up with them then back out to drop off DD1 at her friends then pick up DD2 at her friends!

Then zzzzzzzzzz and awake since 4 am.

Today up at mums then just heading out to church which I'm looking forward to......how shocking is this weather? And what's with the darkness till 8.30am?

Catch up later

lovefullshelves

Mhags! Perfect weather for you! Hope you have fun..and lots of lovely scottish food, yum(first hubby was a scot, oh for a white puddin supper)
1. HM celery soup:D YUM
2. HM lemon sponge pie...tastes like meringue, and OH helped me!
3. Another mad bag lady hat:) and DS's G/F wants one for her mum and one for her nanny:D yay..I am finding homes for them!! Give a home to a mad bag lady hat so it doesn't feel lonely this christmas..
4. Yellow thing is out even if it is windy
5. Control leggings. What can I say..my poor swelly belly is liking some support!
Big sparkly hugs xx

camNolliesMUMMY

Yesterday's report

5 drove hungover brother home to recover lol.
4 went through a TV guide ds1 came home with from school and added them to our recording planner on our sky box so we don't miss anything.
3 tidied up and vacuumed.
2 went into town with my friend and took the kids (mental I know). Bought brother and brother in law David beckham edt for £7.99 eCh for 75ml so chuffed as it's normally £30 each.
1 wrapped more presents and then sat an ate the curry I put in the sc over a jacket spud.


Today

5 beds striped and bedding in the wash.
4 Sunday dinner is on and I've put mash in the sc on high.
3 shopping list has been stuck on the fridge for tomorrow.
2 a month meal plan sorted
1 tinned rice pudding for pud.

Running around like headless chicken still.
Got to get more presents wrapped for guests to take awY tomorrow aghhhh not enough time in the day!!!

mcculloch29

DFV Yes, square sausage is Lorne sausage. It must be years since I've had some. A lovely treat for just once in a while.

1. Remembered to record the showjumping at Olympia. Watched the puissance from the kitchen whilst cooking #2.
2. Lovely beef casserole for tea last night.
3. 1 presents parcel arrived, so 1 less to worry about. Not sure if others will arrive in time - do hope so.
4. DGD back safely from ski-ing in Italy, glad to be home, it was such a long journey for them.

5. A Christmas card from my niece and family, featuring my 2 year old great-niece's artwork.

:xmastree:

mcculloch29

I came across this photo earlier. Christmas 1986, our lovely dog Holly (ex RSPCA rescue) investigates her presents, aided by me. A very OS pleasure to see it again at this time of year. (The teddy bear wasn't Holly's but a present for a 3 year old Dr C.- it had buttons, zips, toggles etc to help him to practise fine motor skills and dressing himself!)

CCP

1) Waking up this morning to the sounds of rumbling thunder, howling winds, and rain and hail apparently trying to beat their way in through the windows, and being even more glad than normal that it was Sunday and I didn't have to get up and go out in it!

2) NSD and NPD.

3) Essay finished and sent off. :j It's far from my best work, but at least it's done!

4) Hearing from my mother that my sister is staging a near-miraculous recovery and is now scheduled to go home tomorrow. :j:j:j

5) More showjumping from Olympia on soon.

DigForVictory

Purple kitten - Wales has tourists - there may be some present-y things. Also (location depending!) Waitrose...
Frith - chicory great fun & roasted fennel a treat (or so I reckon) - sandstone outcrop scaling? Youth wasted on the young!
mhagster - welcome to Solstice Scotland - at least the portion sizes should sustain core temperatures!
lovefullshelves - these hats are infectious! Well done you! (Right with you on a white puddingsupper, although on a cold frosty night, haggis in batter reached parts I daren't try whiskey for as I still had a walk.)
camNolliesMUMMY - blimey what a to do list! Thank you for reminding me to sit the livestock down with the Radio Times, lest the dratted box be on just-in-case or off & we miss something we love. Clean bedlinens as well? Triple DSO & bar!
mcculloch - I've been known to go a bit moist at the eye over Lorne saus for breakfast. My GreatAunt came to the (erroneous) conclusion we weren't being fed properly. [We adored that woman.] Is the Puissance on iplayer? Always in awe that horses can & will clear that end wall! Glorious card! And lovely, lovely dog!
CCP - well done not getting up in vile weather, finishing the essay and Rousing Cheers Sis is likely to make a successful Great Escape! Fingers crossed for a Home Run!

Pleasures for today
Discovering the ginger & lemon cordials mix & help against the blasted cold.

Another trip to a model shop we know, where the proprietor knows & is fond of us & we had another go at finishing the Christmas shopping. Very happy lads!

Collated till chits & Asda vouchers & got them into the right coat pocket.

Dropped in on a charity shop & found a WW2 plane table plotter ('weird map thing' til we looked it up!) and a battered sheepskin flying jacket. (If sons don't take to it, it has a new future as part of a period authentic scabbard awaiting it.)

Admired a neighbour's minimalist tree decoration - one stringh of blue lights on an outside shrub - but it looks wonderful. May tuck a card through their door saying so.


Big virtual hugs (noone else to get this, please!), lashings of ginger & honey & turmeric & whatever else in your cupboards makes you feel better & relax. The 25th is coming....

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Mhags gone jock. Lorne sausage a lot. Not a proper Snorker.
Chicken woooooopsie, horses and year.
DD halfway, but the cam are still top. Snapping yer heals!
Old pictures, Christmas past.
Not long to go, before this is so!

5 The mince pies are ready. 19 of them. Get in.

4 Ham joint roasted. You know who wears the apron.

3 Shortbread done. No walkers here!

2 Ms BoP has got collected the Christmas [STRIKE]cheer[/STRIKE] beer.

1 Nil. Two Dave's leave us. The first won the Manchester mile in '49. The other cut a riff.

David Colema. Dave Higgs.

Tuck inn now!

Broomstick

Evening everyone.

Lovely pics, McCulloch.

My five pleasures for Sunday:

1. We got the tree up and decorated last night. Lovely to switch on the lights today. Cheers the front room/office up no end.

2. Wrapped all of the little tree presents while DS1 was at the gym first thing this morning and DS2 was still asleep. All wrapping now done. Tomorrow the DSs will make their usual Xmas ginger biscuits for their grandparents ready for our visit on Tuesday and everything will then be done.

3. Was exceptionally brave and did a Mr S shop - few bits for Xmas and a bit of a top up of the store cupboard food in case of horrible weather/power cuts. Thought I ought to be a bit more prepared since I'd let things run down. Stuck to the list and it's all done and dusted. :T

4. Watching the Time Team special on 4od about 1066. Know that bit of East Sussex and have good memories of visits there when DSs were young.

5. Extremely good hm veg soup for supper (leek, carrot and celeriac) with scrambled egg on toast for afters! Yellow supper again.

Sweet dreams
B x

sparrer

1. haven't felt warm all day so am snuggled into a fleece with a hottie. Thankful also for the warmth of the dog and mog
2. grateful for water, a friend's pipes burst this morning so she has none. Have given her buckets to see her through til morning
3. went out to lunch but couldn't eat much, the kind landlady only charged me half as I usually choose from the child menu but wanted something particular on the adult one then couldn't manage it. She said in future ask for half an adult portion and she will charge me the child price. No wonder we go back there time after time
4. someone brought boxes of chocolates to the lunchtime meeting, couldn't eat any but was given a box for the Christmas Day evening meeting of the fellowship, which will make it a little more special
5. Sorted out lots of tea lights and holders for the above, to make it just a little more festive.

Sweet dreams