5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

mhagster

chicken I didn't know there was any other way to eat Pringles

Procrastinate! Procrastinate! Just over 48 hours to go till a houseful of people descend and I have a house you could stir.....waiting till it's suitably dark to go and fill other peoples rubbish bins! It's very hot and muggy and a few spots of rain, feels like it could downpour.
I've just watched some random persons wedding video highlights after watching a short health board video a friend had sent....no idea who these people are but their wedding looked fabulous! procrastinate! Procrastinate!

Good shift at work, I broke the food processor by accident and bought a new one in replacement, not expecting to get refunded as it was my fault...but got the cash back a new girl has started and she seems very nice. Boss has a new job to start in new year and I will be taking over all the reins then!

Went to cheap ( well as cheap as florists are out here) florist in my work town and bought DD1 some beautiful pink peonies and white hyacinths , the scent is beautiful. Made DD smile as my MIL always had a bowl of hyacinths at Christmas and she said, oh they smell like Gran's.

We had some lunch at local cafe, then went to her work, shop to get a few bits and pieces. The fabric conditioner I like was on offer but only one left in store, so I got a rain check voucher for 4 more, they were half price, so I will restock next week at that same sale price.

It's now raining which is so good for the garden and the water butts.

Found half a bag of crisps ! Ate them whilst watching the wedding highlights

I also bought myself a new food processor, the one I'd had for 22 years broke when I dropped it in June...I'm detecting a theme here with broken things! It was a faff as it still had a UK I plug and I had to get the extension cable and adaptor every time I needed to use it ( that's how it fell) shall make pastry to make quiches, seeing as I have about 30 egg yolks to use up.

Me and my dog were out in the front garden ( he finds this a very exciting place to be as he's usually only out in back) I filled 4 vases with flowers.

Right! I'm stepping away from the iPad! Have a lovey Thursday , I'm off to make pastry!

mhagster

.....er and a birthday cake! Oooops! She has requested this http://divascancook.com/easy-pumpkin-spice-cake-recipe-cinnamon-cream-cheese-frosting-moist/

supersaver1000

Nice cake MHagster, not sure if canned pumpkin available here though.

Thank you for all your congrats. It's been a journey, and you have all helped me through it.

My pleasures have been:

Catching up on this thread again;
Stuffing myself at work yesterday (although I ended up with tummy ache 😛 which wasn't so good);
Was exhausted and fell asleep on the sofa (the apprentice);
Still in disbelief about my new job, and keep having to pinch myself;
Had my car touched up yesterday after my accident and it didn't cost me a penny - amazing and thank you 😃

mhagster

supersaver I've just pur!ed down a real pumpkin! I had 1/4 of a pumpkin left from Halloween so just steamed it for about 25 minutes and then DD2 mushed it down with a fork. We have pumpkins available all year round here anyway, they're quite a popular veggie.

And my pumpkin spice was a mix of cinnamon , ginger and mixed spice. I assume in US you can buy it as a pre mixed spice.

CCP

Apologies for the lack of posts recently - I'm trying to get back into the habit of turning the pooter off earlier in the evening so I sleep better, and keep remembering too late that I haven't posted pleasures before doing so.

VJsmum wrote: »

When you in Brum then?

Next week - coming up on Wednesday and going home on Saturday. Can't wait! :j:j:j

DigForVictory wrote: »

CCP ... Shocked to hear office swearing so bad - an immigrant from another team or just stunted vocab? Fajita a reliable favourite. Glad you will soon have official chit to talk loudly, but hope the swearing one is muzzled lest that habit becomes amplified. ...

He's a very pleasant, intelligent bloke, who just doesn't seem to grasp that there is (or should be) a difference between the language you use in the pub with friends and what you use when working in an office.

mhagster - best of luck to your DD in her new school. I wish my mum had done that for me when I had similar problems when I was at school - I'm sure she'll be much happier away from those nasty biatches.


Pleasures for yesterday:

1) Only two more days until a week off work. :j

2) Scrummy, if not very MS, lunch of bought pasta salad with marinated chicken and some RTC hummous. :drool:

3) Mad Isis playing so vigorously with her favourite feathery ball that she tore one of the feathers off, which then got caught on her whiskers. :rotfl:

4) Last of the beef stew-turned-pie - still tasty.

5) Only two more days at work til my week off, and a trip to Brum. Have I mentioned that already?

mcculloch29

I posted this over in one of the Debt Free Diaries in the early hours, as that diary has very few visitors and it works for here as well, here it is.

I just looked at the website of the village I lived in 35 years ago, in Germany. I've just realised I moved there 37 years ago today. Lots of photographs of what is going on there now. I particularly liked the look and sound of the 'Hot Needles' knitting club.

A huge pang of homesickness for all the wonderful community activities, those I knew, and new ones too. It consumed me for a few minutes, goodness knows why.


Then I sat and thought of the lovely things in MY community. Not as picture-postcard pretty as Germany - my old apartment was once a holiday let, we had half-timbered buildings, the full megillah - but the events in my town are still lovely, have become traditional and are things I feel part of.
That settled me back down.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Invigorated

No problemo, just bins on a invigoration day. Now world, yous in or a ...

Butt short today, as offski in a moment. Club of Camera competition night. Hopefully I will bored the sweepers. Hugs and a Jenny :heartpuls to the wearies.

Keep right on till the end of the road.

Chickenopolis

Good evening all !

Frith -get well now !

Sparrer - It sounds like you had a nice day out -1989 eh?Still feels like yesterday except I have a better haircut now

Villagelife - sorry to hear the difficulties that you are having at one of your places of work.:( It sounds very unsettling and I sense that it has been for a while ((hugs)) to you x

CCP - a girl after my own heart .. Food and pets figure highly in our posts -oh and PK, Sparrer and Mhagster:rotfl:And OBVIOUSLY BoP:T who shows us his :rotfl:

VJsmum - have you had to buy lots of new outfits then , as you are now half the lady you once were

5 for today

1.Half day :T

2. Been out of the office for quite a while and it was nice to see my colleagues again and our well stocked office biscuit tin., of course!

3.Took the hounds up on the Downs with DM as it is not muddy up there which was a pleasure . However, people have not been picking up their dog poop and it was everywhere :mad:

4. Half hour snooze

5. Just had tagliatelle mixed with soft cheese ,pesto , mushrooms and char grilled chicken YUM

have a good evening all !

greywitch

dfv lovely post
get well soon frith
quiet day today made batch of chilli for dinner and freezer
tried to chop some kindling head fell off of ax:eek: dh banned me from doing that again:rotfl:
bright and dry day so did some clearing over allotment
got£5.00 coupon for mr m
sent card to friend whos working in japan for a year its his 40th

VickyA_2

Good evening everyone :hello:

Is it nearly the weekend?! Such an exhausting week!

My pleasures for today:

1) Placed an order online to Mr Sainsbug's - they sent me another £10 voucher, plus one for free delivery. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth etc.

2) Have worked out where in Dubai my friend is living. I'm visiting her next Feb, so I've been checking out the area. Near a shopping mall, beach and metro station. Think I'll be sorted with things to do whilst she's out at work!

3) Taken delivery of my calendar for 2015. Really must add dates to it, (birthdays in red )but think that this year's Christmas cards should take priority.

4) Booked myself in for a manicure. Not OS, but a treat for just before Christmas.

5) Erm, cheat supper... Not OS, but definitely required at the end of today.