5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

Frith

Tired and cross today.


Here are my 5:


1) Not a bad sleep.


2) Took bag of old stuff to clothing bank.


3) Bag of better stuff to charity shop.


4) Bought preserving jars.


5) Smaller son enjoyed his school fete and bigger son and I weren't allowed to associate with him while he was with his friends. (!)


6) Bigger son and I got stuff from the allotment.


7) Went swimming.


8) Curry for tea.


9) Pickled gherkins





Lampshade man didn't turn up. :-(

ampersand

Gorgeous courgettes en fleur, ditto all on display, Frith.
Will you do the flowers in tempera? V.scrummy thus:-)

Giddynmg

1 - Met my mam this morning for cuppa and a catch up. She brought some house magazines that she is done with so something to have a nose through tomorrow.

2 - Paid in the change I had amassed and promptly sent it to my savings account.

3 - OH got out of work early so was home by 2.30pm which is great as it was my day off so I was in.

4 - Watched the tennis. Enjoyed the Dimitrov v Djokovic match but I'm with you ampersand, not all that bothered about the final now.

5 - OH bought me lovely yellow roses.

mcculloch29

Have left Dr C. holding the fort & I'm at an OU Psychology Society Conference Weekend in Warwick. Dear pal is member & wanted to attend, but not on her own so paid for me.... I wondered if I would be out of my depth but having done a degree in post- compulsory education, & taught child care , it would appear not. Related subjects and this weekend is focused on neuropsychology - which is SO interesting. I loved the first lecture!
Looks like being a fascinating weekend. On phone so will be reading more than posting, when time permits.

supersaver1000

My pleasures today, before I put my nose to the grindstone and sort out my messy house

1. Checked the bank accounts and have received cashback on Santander123 of £16.78
2. Feel sure it was the right move to pay off the od & some of the cc from safety fund - talked it over with DH and he wants to keep the od in place so I will have to be extremely vigilant we don't slip into using it. Just glad I didn't wake up thinking "aargh! What have I done" :eek:
3. Weighed myself and have lost 3lbs - am now under 70kg again - yayy! Not sure how, but yayyy!! :T
4. Earned 3 swagbucks by watching videos on meditating - I must meditate every day, it makes so much sense. :A
5. Got the whole weekend ahead to get my house in order and DD is around too - maybe she will help with the promise of a take away treat tonight.

Will report in later. :beer:

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Easy, Easy, Easy, Easy, easy, Easy, easy. Guess it is a good weekend for BoP.

Cashback. That's it, betters in yer purse than their pockets. Compulsory Education? Fresh veg, well done!!! Sparra spotted at Marmites Pad! Peggy, song in that somewhere. Jenny sends a :heartpuls to CCP


5 Snorkers, mushrooms, eggs, toast bacon jam Tea and SpagYETTI for breakfast again.


4 Crosswords done, again Easy, easy, easy, easy, easy.


3 Fantastic victory last night in the Live Scrabble BoPsie was a bit missed. Got megger when I said she could had got sooooo many points for Jam. Think it was too much whine, I warned her about the whine, but ...


2 So the French has taken over Yorkshire. They are welcome to it!


1 A shot across the bows

mcculloch29

Post - compulsory education = adult education. Older than 16 essentially but will be older than 18 in next couple of years technically.

CCP

1) Long lie-in this morning.

2) NSD and NPD.

3) Picked a small bowl of HG blackcurrants, the first for this year.

4) Maple and pecan yum-yum mid-afternoon, bought RTC yesterday.

5) Chinese takeaway for dinner again tonight.

VJsmum

Hello all, I have been MIA for a while

Thank you for your lovely pleasures which I have been reading and enjoying.

Glastonbury was fabby fab. I loved loved loved it - even in the rain

My highlights were

The New York Brass Band - from York, so some artistic licence with the name. Such joy in their performance, they couldn't believe the size of the crowd (as some song or another goes - Steve Harley I think). Check them out if you have the chance. Makes me want to have a party just to book them as entertainment, if I had a few quid.
Of the big performers, obviously Dolly took some beating. Even the 15 year old male cynic was impressed. She is a sweetheart. Jake Bugg stepped up to the plate, Elbow (who I just love) were sublime.
One of my favourites was a little bandstand in the Greenpeace / Eco area and an elderly gent by the name of Jolly Joe (who also plays in the superbly named Biggles Wartime Band), singing a fairly silly song called "I need a hug" got the whole crowd to hug each other, whether you knew anyone or not. And then a youngish chap from the back raced forward and gave Joe a hug - prompting a fair stampede of people hugging joe). Magic

But the highlight of the festival, is the festival. The people mainly. - no bad tempers, no stress, just everyone enjoying themselves. The food is amazing (goat curry anyone? "You are eating the food of my people" said a young Afro Caribbean lad, chomping on a burger :rotfl:), the message of "love the farm, leave no trace", the social awareness from Greenpeace, Water Aid and oxfam. I just love it.

We were collected at 1 am on Monday, DS bedded down in the car - I had to stay awake to keep OH awake, despite hallucinating at times :eek:. The sheer delight in McDonalds chips and flushing toilets on the motorway services.:D. Watching it get light as we neared home.

Onto other things

So happy for my friend who is going on a cruise to Norway with her elderly parents. She missed out earlier in the year, and I am thrilled for her that she is going. Her OH often puts spanners in the works of things she wants to do, but has agreed to this.
DS actually getting to school on Monday and not complaining. And he has gone to do his DofE today. He is knack erred but is carrying on without complaint
Raspberries and strawberries from the garden
DD and I are on our way back from the drama school she is set to jn in October.. And she likes it. :T. Saw a performance from first years on her course and she will fit in very well. I knew it was for her when, after something they said they had to do, she said '"ooh, I want to be a penguin on the beach":rotfl:
I have finally got under 11 stone for the first time in a couple of years. My diet is working :T

Have a lovely evening all.

Giddynmg

Quick post.

DforV - I have thought about Scouts, not sure I'm outdoorsy enough.
Well done all who are losing lbs.
Welcome back VJsmum.

1 - Super fast day at work because it was rather busy.
2 - NSD.
3 - Lunch brought from home and had one of the home magazines with me to read so a nice lunch hour.
4 - Jambalaya on for dinner.
5 - Watching qualifying from earlier.