5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

supersaver1000

Sorry been missing a few days as have been exhausted, however....

1. Had lovely lazy day
2. Met my friend for coffee yesterday
3. NSD today
4. Got past level 24 of candy crush - DD has me hooked (it is free)
5. Spent a lovely day with dd and have more days planned together

Have a lovely week all. :):)

Kittikins

Wow, Frith, your allotment looks gorgeous! Fabulous work


Weekend pleasures....


1. Tennis and netball with DD (don't worry, I'm not turning into a sports fanatic, don't do any running, just the odd lollop after the balls!)


2. Sunshine


3. My wish list (i.e. things I need for DD and my new life in our flat as and when it happens) on Amazzon looks a bit like a wedding list! Funny, really, as when I got married, I couldn't stand the thought of a list, but for now, it's a great idea - keeps me on track!


4. Mummykins sorted me out with plates, bowls and side plates from my grandad's collection. Nothing fancy, and we only need 4 of each, but it'll be nice to have something of his


5. We all went out to a gorgeous garden this afternoon, for a lovely walk and to admire the flowers.


6. Cuddles with DD. We had a bit of a chat about her father.......


7. I made yummy dinner tonight!


8. Feeling like I've had a relaxing week and the nightmares of placement are receding. Tomorrow is the start of the big essay writing extravaganza......but I feel more able to cope with it now.

mcculloch29

Thanks for all yours. I loved the allotment transformation, Frith, what an achievement!

Ampersand, there is a part of me that has always so wanted one of the kitsch birdsong clocks.
However, I remember the small part of me that was really grateful when the chime finally went on the Westminster clock that I'd longed for since childhood....

1. Rummy won all his three classes (ridden, rather than in-hand) this week too. He loves his new life with his wonderful owner. Meanwhile, his strutting his stuff so well adds some value to the rest of his relations. It wouldn't really matter if it didn't, hand on heart, but as it does...

2. I potted on all the chilli seedlings successfully without damage. Just in time too, from the mass of roots filling the pots.

3. I went looking in Wilko's for another small project and found a large terracotta pot with compost, along basil, coriander and (I think) flat parsley seeds for £2! £2?!
I went on Wilko's to find a link, but the site is running very slowly atm. Everybody's probably seen the rather odd Where There's A Wilko's There's a Way 'pirate' ads.

4. Lovely Sunday meal of roast pheasant, stuffed with pork and apple stuffing. Well done Aldi. Again.

5. Picked up a parcel from the sorting office, of a well-made dinky little LED torch, earned with Tickbox survey points.
Tickbox used to offer luck of the draw prizes, I stopped doing the surveys as I never won a bean and the prizes weren't my thing, anyway. Then they switched to offering points for prizes. I now have had a (silent) clock, a flash cooking thermometer and this torch, in roughly one year.

6. Our yellow thing has not been much in evidence, but it hasn't been too bad. Still need gloves for the howling and somewhat cold wind when cycling.

mhagster

Hello from the land of the chilly wind! Been a rather cool breeze today although beautiful to look out on...just as well I was at work

I've had 2 quick days at work, Sun/ Mon are my least favourite days but they've both been done!

Pay day and went to bank with DD2 to open another account for her and paid in my cheque for school uniform sale....I have carried this cheque around for 2 weeks!

Nice drive to and from work, left very early this morning so missed the craziest of traffic and school are on hols so no crazy traffic at home time. Back on train tomorrow .

Came home to find DD1 proudly ironing.....the stuff I'd already ironed and put back on clothes horse as it had been damp! So it's been twice ironed...her heart was in the right place though!

Dinner courtesy of work,thank you very much

Have a lovely start to a new week

ampersand

1. sparrer/frith/dfv, to extend the n-thing, 'Casting no nasturtiums....' with stern theatrical glare was a bit of &famberley sillies once upon a time:D

2. Lovely Palm Sunday yesterday. Outside to receive crosses, sang there, to the interest of arriving diners in what was, until recently, the old village school hall[Listed Building]. It's now quickly become a top-rated restaurant. More enforced selling-off, sadly, but could have been worse. Not for the neighbours whose objections were over-ruled. For Sale sign up. Around outside we sang, then back in and around the fabric. All was good. I have started to offer my arm to a rather glam. 92-someone, for going up front. Did up her trailing shoelace as we waited, noticed outside, half-expecting fierce rebuke. 'Oh thankyou' instead was quite a surprise.

3. Signed for tomorrow night's meal in another of our ancient 5-Church benefice. Lasagne and dessert for 6 to do.

4. So, another dozen of Vic Sue's eggs. They're laying everywhere, she says, especially in the hardest to reach under hedge place. Despite all best efforts, Mrs Paxo's gone broody. Mrs Littlebrown is getting out and running off laughing, despite all best Colditz work. 'I don't even get back inside, not even 6 steps and there she goes, off by the apple trees and stands looking at me with her head on one side.'

5. Took new Blackberry back to Mr T in afternoon and Yippee! - it wan't me! - which is always a surprise in matters &itech. Transpires &'s mthly Mr T net bundle isn't recognised by Bby. All changed: £5 mthly rather than prev. £7.50.

6. En rte back, suddenly realised I could left fork>one of our 5 Churches for Easter bits. Morning sheet explained that all were giving some part of the Easter story. We had to pass by The Cave chez nous - good - as done by primary school with rocky painted sheets, boulder, tree stumps. This one was The Cross. Had barely pulled across about to go inside, when there was Vic, doing same on way to another funeral chat with family[2 this week]. Good talk and well-met, as The Cross is outside, on fork-in-road grass frontage, seen by all coming off the A14 in 3 directions. It's really impressive, as are the large hand-hammered in-scale nails.
No idea why these posts contain more of Church over these last months, but if it's been one of a day's pleasures, I post. No-one more surprised than &.

7. Also there, was handed raffle prize from Sat. RBL fund-raiser:
http://www.qvcuk.com/RHS-Set-of-3-Fragranced-Glasse-Tumbler-Candles.product.759350.html?sc=759350-DRIL&cm_sp=VIEWPOSITION-_-2-_-759350
They're very heavy!

Busy week, best start.....before nightingale o'clock, blue tit40h already :eek:
Time for cheese-chuckie/rolling later, much later:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b040h6xq

CCP

It's very quiet in here today, isn't it?

1) Lots of lovely yellow stuff, even if I haven't been 100% in the mood to enjoy it.

2) Watching a great tit stuffing itself from the suet-filled coconut shell on the bird feeder.

3) Isis' new favourite game, chasing her ball over and under the wheeled base of my computer chair. :rotfl:

4) Got the paperwork all done for tomorrow's counselling session, which I desperately hope is more useful than last week's.

5) Made some spicy, chorizo-y stew for dinner, and there's enough left for lunch tomorrow.

sparrer - I just keep thinking of the poem which begins "Come, friendly bombs, and rain on Slough...". I mentioned my sister's dilemma to a colleague, who pointed out that there's a reason those lines were written! :rotfl:

Hope all is well with all.

VickyA_2

Hello everyone :hello:

CCP - hello! Yes, pretty quiet at the mo.

I'm embarrassed to say that I've done nothing to make anyone proud. Well, I left the house and went to Mr T's. No? Oh well, my small pleasures:

1) Ironing pile attacked. Nearly there, but I'll finish it off tomorrow.

2) Half of my planning has been done for next week. Need to finish that off tomorrow too as I don't want to be doing it on my return from holiday.

3) Finished my previous month's book club book. Now to crack on with the next one, which needs to be read by a week on Thursday. :eek:

4) Used up some of the bread in the kitchen instead of binning it. Small things, eh?

5) Caught up on loads of things on the iplayer. Just because I can (and because I needed something to watching whilst I was ironing).

DH has had a loooooooooooooooooooooooong day at work and is due home soon, I hope.

Night all :wave:

lovefullshelves

Frith - what on earth is Higgidy pie?? Will I need to catch a higgidy first:D
1. DS helpful, and happy.
2. DD, looked after her brother wonderfully on his 18th
3. Planted more lovely seeds
4. washing dry in greenhouse x2!
5. my freezer must be like a tardis as I swear it keeps filling itself. I've been trying to run it low to no avail. Today I found another huge bag of zippy bags of pasta sauce I'd made!!
Big happy yellow hugs xx

Frith

Higgidy pies http://www.higgidy.co.uk/


Pleasures for today:


1) A lie in.


2) A look round Charlecote Park (National Trust)


3) A look round Broadway Tower - the only time I've been when it has been open!


4) Swimming with sons and brother.


5) Tasty tea.


6) Had a belated Earth Hour. :-)


7) Our first geocache has been published! It is to celebrate sister's wedding.

DundeeDoll

Gosh it's late. Quick 5
1) sunny day
2) gbf brought lunch to my office
3) new programme approved - we celebrated with penguins (biscuits not birds) and coffee
4) off to glasgow for evening meal with pakistani phd student's vice chancellor who is visiting glasgow. He has funded 20 students, mainly in glasgow and had invites all students and supervisors for a meal
5) long drive back (hence so late) was made enjoyable by colleague and i singing (badly) songs from musicals :-)
Night all