5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

ampersand

Oooh vicky - any chance of linky s'il te plaît?

VickyA_2

ampersand wrote: »

Oooh vicky - any chance of linky s'il te plaît?

Will try to sort it out later for you.

DigForVictory

CCP - cat ignoring tree? Wow! Finally at the Right Desk? (Do tell, Advent frog shelter? Imagination hopping!) Smoked salmon & not getting soaked are both definite pleasures! How do owners at vets cope with your dog whispering? Glad or baffled?!
Broomstick - my bathwater goes through colour changes too. Organic milk powder sounds a handy storecupboard staple. Bless DS2 for the cough sweets & hoping the wretched bug takes itself off so you can enjoy Christmas properly.
sparrer - that table sounds superb, aethetic & delicious! Happy family feeding and fun silly fivers - now rest until the next thing?!
bagpuss - beef stew & dumplings sound utterly blissful...
Skint yet Again - you seem to have Christmas sorted <Awe!> Hope boss cooperative with need to prepare to escape?
greywitch - how do you differentiate between fairycakes and rock cakes (being but a very indifferent cook here, I reckoned about 10 minutes.)
BoP - winter warmer veg soup - just imagining that is a pleasure! Dragged shoe shopping? More interviews? May good things come.
VickyA - real rugby in Toulon? There's getting the good stuff at source! Well done batch cooking chilli & the Bolshoi should be *magical* <stifles envy> Well done on Christmas cards, credit card & all best with S order!
mhagster - a gingerbread house In German?! Is there no end to your family's talents?! Heard of the hostage situation & rushed here for reassurance - Very glad you are OK & well done DD1 on uni offer & DD2 on report card!
Purple kitten - very well done on the quiz & raffle prizes - you never know when a judiciously filled flask is exactly the Right Thing. Decorations go up when heart & hands are in synch, there are no Rules, surely?! Helped by the animals, best of all!
mcculloch - I do admire your Amazon reviewing & how much you enjoy the process & the rehoming! Especially to the "meant to have" folk!
ampersand - bother Spits being dreich but splendid Emporium delights & I must study this "with a glance" technique! Joy for earring recovered & your role as conduit to grace clearly established!
villagelife - forgive me, I hadn't realised you had chickens. Finished ironing - thought that was a philosophical impossibility?
VJsmum - hurrah for DD now & Singapore in New Year & what can you do about poppies in transit?

OS pleasures
That my hand, whislt sore, will mend & in the meantime responds to painkillers & drenching under the cold tap.

That I can still drive. (Muttering a lot, but with GP's permission.) Got boychick to his scan & back which was my biggest worry!

I will hand over the christmas card collection & the address book to my husband. And try not to smirk.

That weather permitting, I will get my fruit bushes into the ground this weekend. With help, as I can't actually hold a trowel, but I can point & pat.

I'm getting a hudl for Christmas - yippee! I'm really looking forward to learning a completely new operating system and figuring out how to make it do My Will. <puregeek>

Big hugs to all who need them, rousing cheers to all who have earned them (don't be modest!) and may the next few days pass relatively smoothly!

mcculloch29

Have been a bit worried about Frith's absence, but just spotted her on FB, nothing untoward mentioned. Just a busy time of year and trying to get things done before the lads start hols I guess! Phew! .

greywitch

just a quick post get well all poorlies
pleasures for past couple of days
chasing grandson away from xmas tree while hes laughing like mad hes only 17 months:D
hm bread and scones
goin over allotment and finding stuff to pick
getting xmas shop finally done
putting feet up with nice cup of tea

CCP

DigForVictory wrote: »

CCP - cat ignoring tree? Wow! Finally at the Right Desk? (Do tell, Advent frog shelter? Imagination hopping!) Smoked salmon & not getting soaked are both definite pleasures! How do owners at vets cope with your dog whispering? Glad or baffled?!

The frog shelter is one of these. Reactions to my dog magnetism tend to be a mixture of baffled and amused, often mixed with hasty apologies when the owner sees me getting coated in dog hair! :rotfl:

1) Day off today, so it didn't matter that I was woken several times during the night by thunder.

2) Tasty brunch of HM bread and smoked salmon, after a disastrous start involving a sliced finger and smoking toast when I went to bandage the cut and forgot about the bread under the grill.

3) NSD and NPD.

4) Finished the quiz for the work lunch do tomorrow - I just need to make it look pretty tomorrow before we go.

5) Received another competition prize in the post - this month is going really well from a comping perspective. :j

Skint_yet_Again

Evening all,

Mcc thanks for the update

1. Thankfully I managed to use some holiday to take the rest of this week off work and the boss agreed. I finished work at lunchtime yesterday and I am now off work until the new year.

2. got last of xmas presents today in asd@ and food for new years eve/NY day

3. asd@ had reduced their xmas cards to half price & some of their xmas decs reduced too. Got next years xmas cards !

4. afternoon nap

That's it for today. Sadly have heard from DP's that uncle has suddenly passed away most unexpected. Am going up north for xmas and funeral so may not post for a while

Take care, (((Hugs))) to all, have a good Christmas and wishing you all health and happiness for the New Year x

Purple_kitten

Just about to catch up on posts

For Tuesday, had a wonderful day off.
1.The kitchen design is basically perfect now, I need to accept we need so much done that even in the sale it is more expensive than I allow for but we are “investing” in the quartz worktop. Have to make decisions and think of buying it in the next week.:o
2.Came home had a quick 40p “gourmet” pizza and cuppa before heading over in the direction of the theatre but headed off to shops to sort out a birthday and Christmas present and just ambled around a lot:D
3.We took drinks and food with us to keep the costs down and noticed a lot of people did the same so didn’t feel guilty. Saw an amazing rock and roll Christmas show, sang so much my throat hurts, danced laughed had a wonderful time and all on a work night.:T
4. Home to a wonderful greeting the animals.:cool:

For Today
1. Did my last part of work and handed over.:)
2. Used my rail ticket to head on over to dads
3. Dad happy for company and regaled us with war stories I love to hear.
4. DH picked up some reduced items while picking up dads shopping.
5. Just written all of the Christmas cards and all complete:)

VickyA_2

DigForVictory wrote: »

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VickyA - real rugby in Toulon? There's getting the good stuff at source! Well done batch cooking chilli & the Bolshoi should be *magical* <stifles envy> Well done on Christmas cards, credit card & all best with S order!

Yup! *nods sagely*

Skint yet Again - so sorry to hear about DP's uncle. Much love to you.

ampersand - here it is. As seen from my seat.

My pleasures for today:

1) Went to the Leicester Tigers shop for their Christmas shopping night. Season ticket holders got 20% off, so managed to pick up a few bits... for myself. There were some players *sigh* in there too, signing a book. I drooled. This was most definitely a pleasure.

2) £10 Amazon voucher received for doing various Avios surveys. They've also credited my Avios account with a fair few points too. :beer:

3) Pasta & sauce for supper. Yum. Just what was needed in the week that is full of Christmas parties at school!

4) Have signed up to a course called "Introduction to Dutch" on Future Learn. https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/dutch I have a fascination for learning languages, but don't have the money to pay for lessons. My A-level French gets me through my knowledge of French, but I'd love to improve.

5) Time for bed.

Good night all.

mhagster

Lost post...gone to wherever lost posts go to !

So briefly :

Work was okay ( bites tongue, bites tongue! )
Heavy rain , I got absolutely soaked but so very needed for the gardens!
Hair cut!
Easy tea....leftover sandwiches from work, I had turkey and cranberry.
Nice long dog walk

Catch up tomorrow