5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

lovefullshelves

sparrer - good luck x and relax!
1. 'Witches' board game from daughter, which we all played with much laughter
2. OH and DS doing alot of xmas dinner with me as 'supervisor'!
3. new socks!
4. leftover stuffing, dear heavens I love stuffing!
5. and reading everyones posts over xmas on here, gosh there's alot of love about!!
6. DD also bought me 'Jingo', the one TP book I didn't own!
Big hugs x

Chickenopolis

((hugs)) Sparrer

NPJC- I am sorry to hear about your Grandmother , I hope that she is on the mend.

DfV- get well now

Welcome SSS ,Teacher2b & Givememoney

5 for today

1. Semi open plan garden again . Lost just one and a half fence panels instead of 5 this time.

2. Half price Soap and Gl*ry stuff for nieces birthday in Jan.

3. Banked some change and money that I lent OH which he has paid back. Saving the change element for holiday fund.

4. Sunflower seeds in H&B one penny sale . The hens love them and as they are locked in their run until the fencing has been sorted again I thought I would spoil them/ give them something to scratch around for .

5. OH forgot to give me an xmas gift and he gave it to me today. The Superscrimp*rs book:rotfl:

Have a lovely day all !

Teacher2b

Kittikins wrote: »

Hello Teacher2B, I'm one of those too (doing my primary PGCE at the moment )

Ohh good luck! I'm in my second year of teaching and have survived to tell the tale! :rotfl: Hope you're enjoying your Christmas break!

karren

My ten year old fsmail rediscovering her dolls house and watching her create things for it from fabric scraps

camNolliesMUMMY

Sorry!!!! I'm back it's been chaotic! Almost all of the boys toys have a home now.

So here's the last couple of days

1 Xmas eve cooked a cola ham in the sc, 'twas Devine!!!

2 Xmas day morning we had pancakes and waffles with maple syrup, something easy to plate up and eat whilst opening presents and was a rare treat.

3 turkey crown and lamb went in my sc's I have one large and one normal size on Xmas day morning. Honestly the turkey was so moist it was unbelievable!!

4 got a lil merry with husband Xmas day and last night on wine and whiskey..... Not at the same time though!

5 Boxing Day swooped some Xmas presents that didn't fit etc and had a steak lunch just me n hubs. Town was so quiet got a parking space straight away when we got there at 10am by 11 it was hectic!

6 today noticed it was windy but not raining so out went two loads of washing.

7 de-cluttered and sorted out the recycling.

8 using up leftover lamb by having sc rhogan josh with added extras, carrots, leeks, potatoes, frozen spinach and a lamb stock cube mixed in with the sauce. Smells lovely.

9 now chilling with the hubs and watching the kids playing with a wooden train set quietly together.... Heaven!!!!

DundeeDoll

So the opera clues were...
1) cotton bud (for billy budd)
2) 3 chocolate oranges for the love of 3 oranges
3) tin of herring for albert herring
4) 2 hand warmers for la boheme
5) tin of pledge for the pledge
6) queen of spades for same
7) royal flush for the fortunate hand
8) gingerbread house for hansel and gretel
9) smiley dolls house doll with black cloak for merry widow
10) hamlet cigar for hamlet
11) 2 masks for the masked ball
12) nuts for nuts and nuts
13) small bottle wine with love potion label for the elixire of love
14) butterfly dream catcher for madame butterfly
15) a werther's for werther
Already planning next year's

DigForVictory

Not pedantic - glad to hear FC has free access to the good stuff. Hoping your grandmother agrees to see someone about the blackouts, but when she's ready!
Secret Saving Squirrel - that's the OS way - well stocked larders...
Ampersand - good to hear you getting in sprouts & mince pies & Waitrose again at your behest felling prices! Can the Next In Line turn out a decent gravy?!
Kittikins - at my fastest I could catch a parked bus. Now I amble, &, as needed, shrug. Aww OAH (original) is the business! Another F&G fan?!
Mhagster - you do appreciate the range & vigour of the weather is in celebration of your visit?! Well done on getting to grips with the eat, read, sleep cycle - some visitors struggle to relax properly! A gaggle of friends sounds wonderful!
Frith - quiet days are ballast for the crazier ones.
Givememoney - how wonderful that grandson loves baby sis! And that you've documented it - in another few years, he may need help remembering!
Broomstick - I've let my Risk- playing membership lapse now I've a kindle. Unsporting but being fired upon & invaded by my children is uncomfortable. They disappear for ages with Talisman & Munchkin though... I reread the Over Sea books - I'll hunt out King of Shadows - she's a cracking good storyteller!
DD - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2h5o6RIcOk & all reveals... Fred & Ginger? Ah, the glamour! I'd argue we *are* rich - we've each other here & offline friends, & it goes without saying we're lovely! Go on, if you can walk the dog in them, put on the hat & a smile, remember your purse & go feed the brute! Blimey that opera box will be memorable for years! Well done!
Sparrer - all the best with the camera (ready for your close up?!) & with clean bedding & thank you letters in hand, you shining example!
Teacher2be - be welcome! Come on in, & enjoy the OS delights.
Tealady - card game hilarity and a win on the horses? Splendid fun! Although have a shedding roof is an awkward situation. Fingers crossed for you!
Lovefullshelves - plenty of love, like woolly hats, all round! <proffers tray of sage & shallot stuffing> Jingo had escaped you? Ah, fun ahead!
Chickenopolis - mending as fast as I can - these pills are ruthless & I've still a week to go! Semi open plan garden? Seeds keeping hens located where *you* want?!
Karren - it is so satisfying seeing their imagination turn little things into real things!
camNolliesMUMMY - you mean despite the influx of NewStuff it already has a place? <eyes heaps guiltily> Train sets are Good Things.

OS pleasures
Christmas Veg Soup (several variants)...

Wearing the hairpins again - special Festive Hairpins - (my pins, my box, but) son's ingenuity & creativity mean I have a snowman, Christmas tree, reindeer & mystery gift!

With what is left of a packet of tic tacs "turn your bum into maracas!" - the worked example has us all laughing!

Trying to shop for a Union Suit for a 5'8" weed - must have back flap. (Reading up, & eyeing him, can't help but think scarlet the right colour or he Will try to live in it!)

Digital eavesdropping in family chitter about holiday overseas - mum would love to go back to Marrakech & though I searched & pinged her four trip advisor approved glorious locations, Dad somehow wasn't keen on for it. From the leg pulling I can hear, l hope sis remembers one of his knees is metal and risking fatigue...


The pills are working. The winds and waters are on the move (hang onto fences, roofs & lighter relatives!) & where the devil are Raffles & BoP?!
Big hugs to all who need them, train set delight directly & vicariously and yes, you can mix doing thank you letters with eating After Eights. (Just hide the evidence.)

Frith

Pleasures for today:


1) Bit of a lie in.


2) Seeing aunty (84) and taking her to visit her brother (93).


3) Fish and chips for lunch.


4) Started the big house tidy up! Good to have the washing and washing up done.


5) Watching Star Wars number 3.


6) Lots of texts from sons.


Not pleasures for today :-(


Mum being particularly difficult. Most of the time I am well-practised at ignoring this....


However, it became very wearing today when my aunty appeared to have a heart attack in front of us. The district nurse appeared (by some coincidence, happened to be coming round anyway!) and mum decided we should go home and leave aunty (semi conscious). Dad and I said no.


When the paramedics arrived, mum decided that she needed a cup of tea and it had to be made immediately.


When the first responder then arrived with the defibrillator, mum decided that aunty was poorly because she had "rushed her breakfast" and that her opinion had to be repeated 30 times. While aunty was being driven off in the ambulance.


She has always been the same about people being ill - she just doesn't seem to believe it happens. And if dad and I ever complain about her behaviour, we end up looking grumpy and nasty.


Grrr!

sparrer

Thank you for all your kind wishes, it was lovely to read them. Thank you also for all the posts which I love to read

1. It is done. More to follow on Tuesday and waiting for results of todays biopsy but I'm told that today was the worst part. Thank goodness! Once more, thanks to the NHS for their amazing, thoughtful and so very caring staff
2. My lovely friend who took me and brought me home, settled me in, stayed for a cuppa and wouldn't take a penny for her fuel even though she travels 20 miles to get here.
3. My media supplier phoned, I'd given them a months notice last week as they'd put the monthly fee up by almost £10, yet again. I now have a bigger, more up-to-date package for a lot less that I was paying before. Told him that having been with them for 16 years I thought it time I got some of the advantages new customers do and he agreed.
4. Now to sort out the mobile bill and house insurance - New Year, fresh start
5. Not one for making NY resolutions but have decided to get back into surveys more regularly and put the money toward my trip to NZ in '15.

Sweet dreams

Broomstick

Evening all.

I posted earlier on today but the ether ate it again so having another go again now. Welcome to all the new faces :hello::hello::hello:

Five pleasures for Friday:

1. Still enjoying the Xmas tree lights twinkling beside my desk.

2. Stirfry with tofu for supper and a new sort of tamari sauce which was very nice. I'm changing brands, I think.

3. More kitchen cleaning and sorting has been going on. V. happy with progress.

4. I hope I'm not speaking too soon but I think by giving in to lots of sleep I'm shaking off this sore throat bug. Glad it's happened at a time when daytime naps have been possible.

5. The river level is dropping. We've been on the low level alert through Christmas (and still are) but looking at how they've been controlling the levels up and downstream of us it's clear that everything is being well managed. Very grateful to have access to the interactive river level maps. And very, very grateful that the rain that was forecast for us today was not nearly as heavy as first suggested.

Sweet dreams
B x