5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

sparrer

Skint it was a beautiful morning here, sorry you had such a poor start. I did start planting but decided to to the sofa with the neb and some some sewing. T'was definitely a bit puffy out there.
& Well done for all your hard work, I do hope people will use their votes whatever their leaning. It was my DD's local UKIP people who got the date wrong, unless Frith's did too!
mhags congratulations on the $55 :T, and on the gift of flowers from you to you
villagelife pleased to hear the horrid boss will soon be leaving you in peace and work gets easier for you.
TT butter pie is a good North West type dish, it sounds lovely and can't wait to try it when I'm visiting again. Good luck to your DS2, hope he gets the career he wants.
Frith good to hear the neighbour has behaved. You managed to fit in lots of jobs while you've been on your own but it will be lovely to have the boys home again.
DD I like the £5 idea, a group of us did it pre-Christmas for secret Santa and everyone got really exciting presents
BoP it's poet's day, go home and prepare Bopsie a big, hot curry, then a deep, hot bath and a large hot toddy before bed.
OT your No3 is so simple yet so important.

1. Yesterday was spend repeating the previous day, same garden centres but this time we stopped for a late breakfast in one, I had the biggest fruit scone I've ever seen, it took ages to munch my way through it. Delicious
2. Bought some ground cover plants for my one bed, every time I grow flowers a cat decides to use it a sun bed. Hopefully something a bit prickly will be more of a deterrent
3. Bought 4 'erbs for £2, they'll go in the gaps in large tubs around the roses. Last year's pansies are still going strong so there are very few gaps to fill this year.
4. Back home, had a cuppa with DN'bour and a lovely piece of fruit cake. Not a particularly 'good' day food-wise but we must have walked it off, garden centres aren't exactly small places!
5. Busy early morning, the lawn repair man came and is starting in 3 weeks, and the phone company came to fix the landline for the third time in as many months. Not happy about losing the service so Monday is earmarked for negotiating my contract again. Wish they gave a fair price and stuck to it rather than having annual discounts, it's a silly game they play but I suppose I do get what I want eventually.

Have a good rest of the day

Frith

An hour to go before sons come home :-) :-)


Pleasures for today, already happened and planned...


1) A good sleep! until 9am.


2) Brother came round and helped me tie the honeysuckle up to the new trellis.


3) Went swimming.


4) Finished the last little bits of painting and varnishing - mainly around where the fireplace was put in yesterday.


5) Off to local shopping centre for eyebrow threading so I don't frighten the pupils on Monday. It amused me that she threaded away carefully, gave me the mirror (i.e she had finished) then said "Hang on" and got more thread and had another go!!


6) Lunch in M and S.


7) Bought a photo frame from TXMaxx so there is now a photo of me on the new fireplace with bigger son aged 2 and a smaller son bump! (Taken in T Pendre, VJsmum).


8) Sainsburys for goodies (more later....)


9) Home and have cleaned floors, tidied up, watered seedlings etc.


10) Boys will be home at 6.30.


11) Unknown to sons, mum, dad and my brother are coming at 6.45 for a grand unveiling of the shed! I've got Schloer (in place of champagne). Brother had got bigger son a vice from one of his house clearances.


12) Looking forward to Gogglebox later (as is bigger son) and have bought samosas etc for then. :-)

topsyturphy

Skint - thanks for your reply, over the next 12 months we will be visiting colleges and looking at a plan B, as reading the guidance notes I don't think he will get in to do an apprenticeship.
Sparrer - I'm originally from a town near Preston (Lancs), a village bakers use to make a butter pie with a cheese topping enclosed in the most delicious melt in the mouth pastry.

My pleasures for yesterday

1. More lovely sunshine.
2. Taking my dgs for a walk and sitting in the parish church graveyard listening to the birds singing.
3. Spending time doing a jigsaw with my dd & ds2.
4. Fish, chips and mushy peas for tea.
5. Chatting to my mum this evening.

DundeeDoll

hooray for friday night even though it is now saturday morning
1) reading all cheered by yellow thing (sorry & you're fogged)
2) chicken curry for lunch - left overs from last night
3) after a tough week at work 9 of us went for drinks after - good bonding
4) then 8 to meal at indian. ok not mse but good investment then
5) late to book club but glad managed work night and book club. apologies accepted, and great chat
oh yes and 6) been invited to poland next month by lovely friend who also happens to be a medical educator and we're planning on coauthoring a paper

Skint_yet_Again

Frith - hope the shed unveiling went well ! Has it got a big padlock to stop those 'orrible urchin neighbour kids getting in.

villiagelife - glad to hear horrible boss is leaving. I am having similar problem with a colleague and am not looking forward to going back to work next week

DD - curry for lunch and dinner !

Anyway, pleasures for yesterday

1. sun made an appearance on and off

2. did a bit of weeding in the morning - took out a large buttercup at the back of the border by the wall and there were masses of snails under it - 5 minutes later and they were all crawling up the wall heading for the nearest shrub - it looked like a snail race

3. more washing done and line dried

4. watching the birds flit down for worms - especially the robin who kept me company whilst I was weeding and is very friendly

5. afternoon snooze

Have a good weekend x

DundeeDoll

i know skint, bad planning. and 2 pounds put on!

marmiterulesok

Good morning everyone!

I'm back (again) to see if I can keep up with you all.

Happiness yesterday was
-sitting out in the sun with kitty
-a good swim
-meeting up with a friend and having a very enjoyable walk
-sorting out my 'to do' list for the weekend
-going to bed at a reasonable hour

Wishing you all a happy weekend.

mhagster

Evening from Melbourne, it's been another nice day after a chilly start.

Work for me, not madly busy which I was glad of. Out that door at 2pm prompt!
Saw hot air balloons this morning just above City.
Nice drive home.
Shower and a wee snooze.
Had to nip into next town to get something for work.... May or may not have made some Easter sale purchases.....some bunting, some tiny pastel coloured pegs and a very pretty tea towel.
Grocery shop .....given a $10 off spend at the till, thank you very much!

That's about it for today , watching iplayer, I cried watching Eastenders, memories of sitting round my dad's bed as he died.
Have a good weekend

DundeeDoll

hugs mhags sometimes it's good to have a good cry
lovely lovely day with dd2. dd1's cat-sitting for a friend and xoh has gone to see her mum
1) dd2 and i took the dogs for an adventure. first petsathome where they got to say hello to lots of other dogs then the beach which was sunny but cold wind
2) we got back to the car just as the rain started
3) salmon for lunch. dd1 had taken it out the freezer then presumably forgotten she was cat-sitting till wednesday. waste not want not :P
4) then dd2 and i walked the dogs up balgay park. so nice when the sun's out
5) mum came round for supper - steak pie and lots of veg. so all in all a very nice day.

Frith

Skint - it certainly does!

Pleasures for today (Saturday)

1) A lie in! Up at 9.

2) Went swimming with sons and my brother.

3) Brother gave bigger son some drill bits and an extension cable for his shed.

4) Made pitta breads for lunch.

5) Went to local canal town. Watched people going through locks, had a run around and an ice cream.

6) Sons' favourite duck pancakes for tea (duck only bought when on offer!)

7) Made Welsh cakes

8) Enjoyed Casualty