5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

sparrer

Frith seems you've started something now Unfortunately my village primary is no longer in existence, I believe a housing development stands there now, but here is a potted history
http://www.alresford.org/displayed/displayed_12_4.php

If you click on 'Town Plan' on the green strip you'll see at No 3 the River Alre. That stretch was not only part of the watercress beds but also where we fished and swam. No elf'n'safety in those days! It was a wonderful place for a child to live, at weekends we would watch the farrier in Sun Lane, he would put a bench outside the double doors where were to sit and we would stay until teatime. We cycled or roller skated along the main streets without fear of being run down by a boy racer, we scrumped in the orchard on the way home from school, had ballet lessons and Brownies in the same room over the local hotel and played cricket in the lane outside the house. So many more memories but I need stop before I run out of ink!

Sweet dreams

mcculloch29

Mammoth catch up there.

Oh Vicky, I wish you had been there to see your mare win! What a thrill.

My news app has just told me that Sue Townsend has died, Adrian Mole's creator.
I loved her books and I admired her tremendously, particularly the way she refused to give in. Very sad.

1. I keep playing this video of Fr Ray Kelly. I so love this song, the original's one of only three that I've sung at our music club. I love the video even more though.

2. Frugal recipes continue to go down well. The peach and chickpea curry got another airing, this time bulked out with sweet potatoes. Huge portions as a result. Yum, but with a third of a jar of tikka masala paste added, not brave enough to try it without. Still frugal as I get the masala paste on A!di Specialbuy.

3. I got cheesed off with paying postal charges for Am@zon so signed up for the free trial of Prime which gives free next day delivery. I'll make sure I cancel it before I get charged £79, but in the meantime a post-free book bought with survey vouchers is arriving in the morning (More recipes, it's the second Hairy Dieters book.)

4. Free sample of toothpaste in the post, just right for my holiday next month.

5. Got all the gubbins to re-pot my six baby chillies.
On the same shopping trip I got frozen quail and pheasant reduced at A!di. Looking forward to trying these, this weekend.

VJsmum

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Here is my first school, it's now the library.

Pleasures for the last two days

Weds

A working from home day - mostly spent editing dissertations. I probably do too much but I just can't let a very able student get an inferior mark due to poor editing.
Had my hair cut. Took a funny turn in the hairdressers, when my blood sugars took a dive. I think it's the rape seed, I seem to be "allergic" where I never used to be. Interesting that allergies are linked to blood sugars. I always felt it was but didn't think it possible, so I came home and looked it up. Yep, there's a connection. The pleasure is that I had an excuse for a bar of chocolate . Hairdresser cut my fringe back in - much happier with it
Cleaner came and worked her magic
Went to V's school concert. She sang "maybe this time" from Cabaret and "wishing you were somehow here again" from Phantom. I got something in my eye
People, teachers and parents, came up to us afterwards to congratulate her on her performance :T <<proud>>

And yesterday

More working At home, more editing
After yesterday's funny turn, decided it wasn't a day for a fast. So used up wrinkly veg To make pasta sauce. Woke up hungrier than if I'd fasted :-/
Last school run for a few weeks. Only a few more weeks left in any case
Watched TV, this is rare
Two loads of washing line dried

Have a good day all, I have to go shopping with DS for holiday clothes. Not a pleasure but at least it's quick:D

DigForVictory

Fell off radar (& net) with family start to Easter Hols.

mhagster - clocks back? [D'oh - Aus!] Enjoy that extra hour's sleep! Surviving the terrors of cancer takes guts but is so rewarding - the benchmark of worries shifts radically & you can relax so much more about other things. Well done DD2 working & earning! Tiny library sounds lovely. More physio/pod time? (Just how expensive are cinema tickets?!) As in small, furry, tailed & DD1 kept in ignorance? (Why?) Loads of rain & cheeky mouse on the move with trap attached? Good luck versus Micky!
Frith - has kitten got a name yet? Shuttling hens & returning to a grindstone. Has bolero dried out? Windowsill seedlings being hardened in greenhouse to protect from kitten? Rely on cat to make a mockery & sleep like a furry innocent at the least appropriate moment. Delighted Mr.N moving - hope you get a nicer neighbour! Still more delighted to hear allotment proving a triumph of community & that wedding garb proceeding! The Wrong Dentist can set dental health back years. Why can't they see a calm chairside manner works better?! Your old school looks lovely - is it to become a home or something built over it? An unexpected fiver - Good Lad! What a special wedding day it will be - suits, Monsoon drenched feet, cufflinks & their own special geocache!
ampersand - congratulations with laptop. Best speed is one you are happy with & don't let the young hustle you too much! Well done entrepreneurial teenage lad - with quail! <Washed mind with soap> "To see them we have to look up." I sit reminded & will try harder! Power of big sisters? (We have any?) I will research! It is so much fun being a builder’s mate when small. Car Window sorted at last - yippee! Back to proper fuel economy. Rousing cheers that you have got a bank to do the right thing & in time to enjoy NZ properly sans fuss.
Tealady - how was London amidst the sand?! Hoping you enjoyed Mamma Mia & DD enjoyed Yo S almost as much! Tea in bed? Luxury! Right with you on family photos - very special pleasure. The upside of occasional disorganisation are the extravagant lunches, which as you rightly observe do not get complaints! Right with you on teaching how to use unloved software & dodging flak. Wraps sound wonderful after that!
BoP - griddled salmon... Based on what the lads have seen in musea, bury your money & centuries later folks have a heaving tourist business & academic theses based on it. Tricky if you were looking for a shorter term return, mind. My lot sing - in the car & (special pleasure) in the shower. Not sure they realise we can hear their warblings. Happy Hols! There is a missing Raffles? What (or possibly whom) has he eaten?
DD - you had a Riii lecture from Langley herself? <pause to beat green monster back into a box & sit on lid> Why on earth should DDRA members *not* enjoy other finer things, like good food?!
VickyA - never apologise for family humour - it's what gets you through the rough stuff. Others can faint if they must - it helps you stay upright at the time. (Makes for ripping yarns decades later, too.) Where you have access to a pool of cheap labour whose parents will pay As Well, definitely get baking! It is nice to pay in cheques, even if you know they will "barely touch the sides" as it were. The running that is to permit the afternoon teas & the enjoyment of free lunches makes a sort of sense. Staring is rude (I'm told). Strategic ignoring until it goes away may work better on ironing pile? How'd you do at Towcester? A win in absentia is still a win! Helps keep you in running shoes.
Kittikins - flat has handy restaurant as well? Yet better if not MS! Well done on being ruthless on timing & all best with essay. A well drawn 2D map can save a lot of angst when you move in! When buying investment furniture, remember auction houses? Some lovely things there in real woods at (only) 'that much?!' prices!
sparrer - beige buffet? Eek! Still, club member drinks sound good. You like Santander? I didn't, but once we're less disorganised, I'll try them again. Be firm with the new company. They are not banks to coddle your money for you! I read my meters anyway. (Cheap new hobby.) Interesting to go to the Harry experience Knowing what you want from the gift shop. Go for another plum, but scrub out and then scald the pot & replace the soil. Two loads of washing? Blimey! A school with watercress beds. Now that's proper education, not like these modern structures and concrete everywhere.
VJsmum - share the "ooh!" about Riii but not about 'batch. (More for others to enjoy.) Shut DS in kitchen sometime?! Well done getting house good to go - it's physically hard work & thus hot tubs, wine etc were my recovery tools whereas you hop trains, do marking & leave me aghast & impressed! CAT in Wales is a smashing place to visit. You are allowed to hate your job, *especially* the management bit. Love your "sisters, not so much" observation! Lemon drizzle & new skirts sound fun - enjoy the evening. Blimey - it may be a separation but it sounds like your lass will be in the right place. Not a dry eye in the house. Enjoy the bows on her behalf! How do you shop for holiday clothes quickly?
CCP - phew smunch survived! Bracelet sounds glorious. Glad Isis opting for purrs! I miss Garfield. "the night just wasn't long enough" speaks to today's condition! Well done you treating people as people - and if you forgot the prawns, how MS of you!
Broomstick - hurrah for the plans for the migration - I suspect it's MS to change EVERY utility & possibly even bank when changing location as that way you know exactly which month things Changed. However all the renewals land simultaneously too. Happy freegling! All the best with an allotment, especially after the now-you're-going "success". Be generous with the duct tape. Then get the really nice fabric later. Fingers crossed freegled furniture *will* fit in car. Dead right to laugh over vintage properties & Hurrah that lad with his finds down the armchairs! Lists are the way to go. Although colourful postits on a door have been observed to work, I don't think I trust the adhesion.
mcculloch - a safe National! I didn't win but enjoyed the fun. Hadn't realised how racist racing is til "best coloured" win had me googling it - may more "coloured" horses come on & win! Prime is great fun (says she checking when the cancel date is.) We had it just to cover birthday season - yippee!
supersaver - toasty hot cross buns are so good I'm glad they are a mostly Easter thing. Why not a real fire if it's cold? How does one share a frog?! The ones I know are autonomous critters - did your offer include garlic butter? MSE search not being cooperative. Link? Ginger beer is fun stuff. (My first explosive.)
lovefullshelves - a trailerful of seed spuds? Brilliant! Grandad's letter - aw/ah/oh - special treat! Well done with April challenge! Ploughing time? Seasons *are* turning - atta girl with last year & all the best with the coming year! (Seeds of what?)
Purple kitten - misplacing a parent? That's worse than being puzzled by a shared frog. I take he has been found & rehomed successfully? Possibly even sedated with chips. 9th wedding anniv - pottery, leather, lapis lazuli & willow. Rather a nice range of choices! Big Bang theory is raw delight. (Sheldon becoming an uncle?)

OS Pleasures now I'm back online
"These meerkats are cool because they talk to you & have websites & stuff." Some days boychicks are easy to entertain.

The croons of delight as birthday presents are unwrapped live. We haven't made it to parents’ birthdays in real time for decades.

Textile museum in Cotswolds showed looms, sold stunning wool fabric & even sold sacks of fleece! I now have a rich deep black (Welsh black) fleece and an incredible honey-amber-gold (Jacob) fleece to wash, card & spin. Which will water/fertilise the young plants brilliantly. (Let's draw a [soundproof] veil over my spinning though.)

Listening to the measuring of the grandsons - no shoes, "stand still!", the thud as a tome is used to find the high point of skull... My hair feels tender just remembering...

Ironbridge - Darby houses, spectacular cellars & the Quaker occupants didn't drink! Can't help but feel splendid opportunities missed, & nigh-on ungrateful of builder's work!

Mum gave me four bramble bushes taken as cuttings from her own bushes. Which were a bit longer than the car was wide, so there was a swift pruning! Then careful packing not to spike the waterproofs.

Ironbridge greenery, birdsong, cherry blossom, bits of canal lurid with green algae & bits with busy ducks, brightly coloured recycling bins...

It seems only 1 in 4 in the UK wear pyjamas (or any night attire)! Well, that's me put off burglary as a second job.

Cherry tree in blossom! Sliding on tombstones to appreciate from all angles - a little late to bring out the colleagues & saki. Will it last another week to our wedding anniversary?

Apologies to California - somehow we've borrowed your sky! A mere 5 Celsius though so not the whole surfing environment. (Which, given how the south took a bit of extra sand, is maybe just as well.)

Blasting up the motorways, all five of us singing along with the CDs in the car! (They were beautifully quiet when I needed a nap though.)

It's a Friday & I'm going into the office? Well, leave is finite... Family so tired after relatives, may sleep til noon. As living dead on payroll if I can get in today I can collapse in a heap some other time.


Big hugs to all who need them, rousing hurrahs for all who have triumphed & may every loved growing thing around you flourish!

mhagster

Just in from a night on the tiles , so well past my bedtime !

My body clock insists on waking at 4.45 am as it thinks it's still 5.45am, however, I made myself stay in bed rather than get up which I usually do.

Was at supermarket for 8am, overcharged by 20c for pate, refunded $4.10!

Then back to podiatrist with DD2. Feel like I should be moving in sometime soon.

Then shopping in next town with girls. A joyous affair during the school holidays! DD1 bought me a pandora bead for my birthday... We've not been near the shops....and they had 30% off.

Home, shopping away, washing hung up all over the place on clothes horses as another day of heavy rain.( day 4) sat and watched last episode of call the midwife.

Had a baaaaath, lovely:) feel less guilty about using water when it's been raining. Read my book.

Wee mini snoozette.

Out for dinner with friends and my boss ( who is friends with my friends, that's how I got my job) , we went to a Turkish restaurant and it was all very lovely. Wore one of my new to me dresses.....taped my feet up in electric blue tape and on went my boots with a heel.

Donated 6 bags of stuff to charity shop and just had a wee look around. Came home with 3 beautiful tops that will be perfect for my holiday in 11 weeks time:) I also bought an Australian wool blanket for the bed. In pretty pastel gingham. Will wash it tomorrow if it stays dry for long enough.

Have a fabby Friday...almost Saturday here so goodnight x

mhagster

dfv dd1 is very phobic about rodents!! Seriously so!

lovefullshelves

Today i have been idle...trying not to swell up as...
1. Girls night out
2. 'shopping' in the garage for something different to wear! Found a top, a dress and a pair of jeans that actually fit my poor swelly belly!
3. Rhubarb pie and choccy fudge brownies...oooh choices!
4. Painted my nails lurid green!
5. DS's 18th birthday tomorrow i found his tiny hospital wristband and had an ickle cry and he gave me a big hug
Time flies doesn't it:)
xx

CCP

Evening all.

Apologies for the lack of posts recently: on the evenings where I had pleasures to post I didn't have time to come online, and on the evenings when I had time I couldn't think of anything to post. :undecided

Some pleasures for the last few days:

1) Lots of lovely yellow stuff.

2) More quiet days at work, so I've caught up on my studies and on the comp board.

3) Won another competition, and for once it's not a book! :j I've won a pair of shoes which are apparently "the most comfortable you'll ever wear" - I have massive problems finding comfy shoes, so I really hope they're right.

4) Picture round at the pub quiz last night was on British wildflowers, and I got them all right - the only person in the pub to do so. <smug face>

5) Picked up several kindle bargains through the thread on the MSE forum - it's a good thing I'm getting my studying done in work hours!


And for today:

1) NSD. :money:

2) I booked a meeting room at work to sit and make up handout packs for an event I'm running next week; I had booked it for an hour, but a colleague then came to help me and we had it done within 15 minutes, so sat drinking our coffee and chatting for the rest of the hour.

3) I've had dreadful hayfever (tree pollen ) for the past few days, so I had a shower when I got home this evening to try and wash off the pollen. I don't know if it worked, but the shower was wonderful!

4) A$da 'takeaway' pizza for dinner tonight, as I had to pop up that way to get Isis some more food (she's used to a variety which is only sold in one shop locally - luckily, right next to A$da! ).

5) It's Friday. :j:j:j:j:j

Frith

DigforVictory - Ironbridge! We're not far away and I did have a season ticket for a few years. My sister's wedding will be a Quaker one and she wrote her history dissertation on Ironbridge.


Pleasures for today whilst bigger son is up a tree and smaller son is half way through a SATs practice paper (his idea, not mine!!)


1) Not a bad sleep.


2) Treat breakfast at McDonalds.


3) Bigger son had a teacher training day.


4) We worked on the allotment for an hour or so and completely finished the paths, dug a potato patch and generally tidied up.


5) Turkey rolls from the butchers for dinner and I told him about my sister's wedding. :-)


6) Had a chat with MrN in the afternoon about his house move (and the wedding!)


7) Watched bigger son climb some trees.


8) Picked up smaller son and his 2 TAs had given him an Easter egg and the lady he "works" for in the language unit!!


9) Took smaller son to his doctor's appointment and the dr was particularly good and understanding today.




10) This morning (post was in chronological order up to now!) did a lot of gardening, sweeping, weeding of bay tree and other pot plants and a inch or so of fresh compost on to perk those up a bit.


11) Washing almost dried outside.


12) Smaller son doing a great chunk of homework tonight because he wanted to (!)


13) Bigger son happy round next door's most of the day.


14) My brother is on the stag night climbing in the Lake District.




Thought it might be time for allotment then and now photos. :-)

ampersand

What a transformation, Frith! You've turned it round in such a short time. Our rhubarbs are matching in lush. Yes, has new kitten her name yet?

1. A yellow thing day, once it got going, but o/n laundry went out in early grey this morning. Brought it in late afternoon as 2nd load went out...then a 3rd, which was off-white linen jacket from load 1. Something auk-size avian had done huge thick 6" blobby dark, yellow, white streaky poo all down it. Gone now, thanks to savon de Marseille and another wash.

2. Dough rose well outside in big, old sun-warmed Mason Cash bowl - pumpkin seed, sunflower ditto and tarragon in a really staunch pair of wholemeal loaves. Not long baked, cooled, sliced, bagged. It's really good, spongy and scrummy...

3...esp. with lemon curd just made. 6 lb jars and a littl'un. 2 close calls, but no grated knuckles either which was unlike &+17 lemons. Used 16 Holy eggs too:-)

4. nsd/npd.

5. Found self doing a fair bit of watering, to my surprise. Some over-wintered pots were really dried out, as was &, again falling asleep all unwitting, sun on face, while a wash load and bread dough did their respective things. It was lovely to be outside pretty much all day and I'm pleasantly ready for bed now.

I've just stood out, looking up into moon and sky, hearing lots of little noises of the night in hedge and farm beyond, into the far poplar line. Many-starred dark here, something flying high and silent and 'that's me soon', I'm thinking. Small bird sounds very close and something caught too - a high, sudden screech and scuffle, then silence. I could stay out all night when it's like this. I'll have a final black green tea instead and a bit more Ronnie Blythe.

I have pulled myself up at points today, realising how much drag and wear and tear the knowledge of yesterday's new a/c has removed.

I will watch Jimmy Perez in a moment - no chance until now and it can feel like a deserved pleasure, not displacement of a steel door problem.

Jolly hols to all and a happy time this w/e, except I'm just hearing weather man has different ideas. On verra.