5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

sparrer

DDawg so pleased you're picking up - just be careful what you pick up in future
CCP good to hear that your DSis can go back to work, on phased return hopefully
mcculloch spoke to exOH (who like your friend lives in Dawlish) yesterday, he says they're not flooded and the only disruption is the lack of a railway line, but people are being very helpful with lift shares etc into Exeter. It doesn't bode well for the grockel influx though which usually starts in March.
PK all rtc celebration cakes are exempt from calories this week

1. nsd/npd, up to 10 so far this month
2. cleaned the kitchen/dining room windows & glass doors. I can see out!
3. long chat on the phone with DS this afternoon. Always a pleasure
4. dyed the badger stripe with the usual 1/2 box from the £1 shop.
5. no floods, no snow, very little damage from the gales, no ice and hopefully no frost tonight as it's quite cloudy atm. That's all a yet, of course. We are so lucky and appreciate it very much.

Sweet dreams

Frith

Quick pleasures for today as it's quite late!


But I will say first - good news about your sister, CCP!


1) A lie in.


2) Managed to put credit on smaller son's phone. They are at their father's for a few days now. :-(


3) Tidied the living room properly (e.g behind things, floor etc).


4) Brother came round to play on the Wii.


5) Washed school blazer, school bags and usual washing.


6) Brother mended the silly pole in the boys' wardrobe that falls down (complete with all hangers and clothes), every time you breathe on it.


7) Went to Worcester! Had a good walk around and pretended to be a car in the streets that are closed! Nothing like walking up the middle of a previously busy road. A good photo that I will post tomorrow.


8) Went to see my friend who overlooks the cricket ground/Diglis so that was quite a view at the moment.


9) Watched Casualty.


10) Did a big section of my distance learning course.

Skint_yet_Again

Skint_yet_Again wrote: »

text from ex-OH at 4am

Thanks folks for your comments, realise now its not just me that thought "what a t*sser". Just glad it was a text and not a phone call .... easily deleted... would like to think I would have given him a piece of my mind if he had called me! but not sure as was a bit shocked ... I liked Sparrer's whistle idea

Anyway, pleasures for Saturday

1. awake all night with banging and howling wind. Finally quietened down about 4am so dozed off and woke about 9.45

2. nice fry up for brunch

3. neighbour came out to help me fix the fence which had blown down, and gave me some nails to fix the folding wooden gates at the bottom of the garden which had also been demolished by the wind. Hopefully will last until DP's come down at easter when dad is going to do a proper fix

4. it was warm and sunny in the garden whilst I was doing my DIY

5. aerial on back of house used for kitchen tv has sheared off in the wind and come to rest hanging upside down on kitchen roof. Thankfully bedroom windows are tilt and turn so was able to open fully and lift it down without having to go on the roof

6. popped to a friends for a cuppa and a chat

7. oven fish and chips for tea

8. out to another friends house in the evening. Decided to drive so I saved money on taxis and I picked up some cans of soft drink half price in local tesc* Four of us had a lovely girls night

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Chips and Fish, and brunch. Mended wardrobe poles. badger (Nice Ale) and no snow. Doors held open (Easy there!!!) Markets, cart6s and recycle. Gibe no word to the EA. Cold feet and Poor Isis. Raffles sends a purr. And Jenny gis a :heartpuls for us all

PM to DD Rub it in there!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9KXrRUZqtw


5 Got the usual pre cooked food this day. Yes, another helping of Spotted !!!!!!, with clumpy custard as well.That be after the Country Pie, and Neaps, (Carrot and Turnips mushed, with pepper etc) and Peas. And strong flavoursome Toe Nail Onion gravy


4 Raffles was waiting for us when we got back, leaping and welling from the top gate. Seems he needs a feast now. He had all his chew stick in very little time. they send him abso mad. He just leaped up to the table, missed. He is still young. He is now licking paws.


3 Disappointed with Garden Centre, went for new cloche, but no where. Nice new restaurant though. Why!! And the nice health short bread and cat food at more than ...


2 Nite could be a spanking for BoPsie at Scrabble.


1 Four of them from back passes

Chickenopolis

Good evening all!

DfV- Love your posts

5 for today

1. Sunshine !

2. Ten hens out in the garden avoiding each other like the man and woman weather vane/clock thing

3. Sheets etc dried on the line. A miracle:T

4. Found an old B**ts gift card had 63p on it used with other gift card and paid nowt for my bits and pieces .

5.Buds on my Maple tree

6. Got the terrier 2 harnesses in the £1 shop . Red to match her collar

have a good evening all !

CCP

1) Nice long lie-in this morning, which I think I really needed.

2) Smoked salmon on toast for brunch. :drool:

3) NSD and NPD.

4) Took advantage of the lack of rain to do some tidying up in the garden - mostly picking up broken branches, which has made the place look at least a bit tidier.

5) RTC haggis for dinner tonight - I've never tried it before and couldn't resist getting one for £1.50. :money:

lovefullshelves

1. w/e without DS...peace!
2. evenin and afternoon *hugs*...definitely all works!
3. I can smell cinnamon...mmm cake
4. Celery soup and thick bread for lunch
5. 0p per hour on the leccy watcher
6. YELLOW THING all day dried up a few puddles and 2 loads of washing and the solar lights are lovely and bright!
Off to poke...the cake
Gentle hugs to DDog x

Purple_kitten

Forgot to mention I am a bit miffed, my life insurance came back, I was reviewed, and had to declare we had been in an accident and I am still being treated for whiplash and sciatica, as a result they have said they will not cover any spinal injury for the next 15 years. I guess I can understand it but it does make me think a lot more about if it is actually worth having as they find a way out of everything.
I am contemplating making a massive leap for me and dumping out a load of books, they have been taking up space and I loved them at the time but I haven’t looked at them for years now.
1. Breakfast with fresh bread is perfect, and rare
2. Left over Chinese and celebration cake. Enjoying the complete lack of calories for the week.
3. NSD/NPD, my way of saying we have been lazy.
4. Play time with the animals.

ampersand

1. Woke up to Garrison Keillor. It was 1a.m, and there followed some wonderful progs.till 6, when I showered, carefully for stitches. Have kept it uncovered all day.

2. Early Church. Communion in chancel, taken by a retired academic, just felt special today.

3. Briefly popped back afterwards to prop fence panels up - okay for now, then straight out....

4. ...desperate for yellow thing. Bundled crochet into bag, fruit, book,forms that needed filling in, headed for what passes for hills around here. Found a new nowhere, some height, great walking, hares, quail, muntjac and roe deer, pheasants, coppice, vantage points, lost woods.

5. Lots of crochet done. Exciting game listened to, even though ball was round.

6. H/m oyster patties were lush. Shucked them with screwdriver without injuring self. Can't think when I last had fresh oysters. Will do in NZ though. Will find own. And mussels.

7. I heard a lot of James Joyce's Ulysses hier. It is fabulously done.

Mis-read Raffles had asbo...

pk - When I drop books in at local charities I usually end up buying more.

All best wishes for little sis back at work demain, ccp and

sparrer - my rule is 'RTC cake' doesn't EVER count, as spendies or calories.

Frith

A busy day today! I've got my gastroscopy tomorrow so have been trying to get lots of things done today, just in case I feel a bit under the weather.


1) A lie in!


2) Lots of texts and phone calls from sons.


3) Went to the allotment. Shed still standing! I dug an area 3m x 8m (between the path and the right hand fence). Found some raspberry canes so I left them in.


The secretary of the allotment society was working on his patch and he came over to say hello. It was so sunny I was down to my T shirt (hat still on so my ears stayed warm!) and kestrels circled overhead. :-)


4) Popped to Sainsburys and got petrol so I won't have to bother to do that for a while.


5) Came home and ordered 50m squared of weed proof membrane, plus plants - gooseberry, redcurrant, blackcurrant, josta berry and prickly free blackberry. I chose 2 year old quite substantial bushes, just one of each thing, and I can grow the cheaper little cuttings at the front. So we will have some fruit this year.


6) Did part 3 of the first module of my distance learning course. I have until March 4th to finish part 4 and submit it so that should be fine.


7) Spoke to my sister and my school friend on the phone.


8) Planted seeds that are on the windowsills now - peppers, tomatoes and dahlias.


9) Just about to have my tea then sit by the stove.


And a couple of photos. One for Sparrer - I thought of you whilst I was wandering round Worcester yesterday! And one of my digging today. :-)