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5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

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  • savingforoz
    savingforoz Posts: 1,118 Forumite
    katholicos wrote: »
    1. Taking delivery of 30kgs of horse manure.

    That made me smile! :D

    My 5 for yesterday, and they're not very moneysaving!! :eek:
    1. A fab spa day at Centre Parcs, Longleat. A whole day of saunas, steam baths, chilling out, etc, with three friends. We all really enjoyed it.

    2. We rounded off the day with a curry - again, not very MSE! But delicious.

    3. New season NCIS on TV.

    4. Some fab comments about my writing skills after I posted the next chapter of my story online.

    5. Chance meeting with a friend in the supermarket.
    Life is not a dress rehearsal.
  • niksyg
    niksyg Posts: 678 Forumite
    Well the puppy is here!! So, that's a big pleasure, however, my sleepless night was not so good....think we may have a few issues, but he is only a baby and came from a big family to just us so I am sure it may take him a while to settle in. We still don't have a name yet - I have decided we must choose one today, this is getting silly!

    Other big pleasure is that OH is feeling much better after his op - it was a week ago today and he the infection from op has cleared up too...just a shame that the NHS let themselves down by changing his follow up appointment from Friday 9th to Tuesday 13th April - aaarggghhh! That means a whole other weekend catherterised and 2 more sick days from work. Anyway, enough of my moaning, so the 5 are-
    1 - puppy day!
    2 - OH feeling much better
    3 - all meals for April planned (forward planning!!)
    4 - Finding that pups 2 favourite toys are the inner from a loo roll and his reduced rope toy found in Pets at Home bargain bin
    5 - looking forward to Easter weekend with mum.

    Hope you are all having a great Thursday! x
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  • savingforoz
    savingforoz Posts: 1,118 Forumite
    niksyg wrote: »
    Well the puppy is here!!

    Picture please, Niksyg! A lovely puppy, how cute!
    Life is not a dress rehearsal.
  • Caterina
    Caterina Posts: 5,919 Forumite
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    Hi all

    I am feeling very light, first day of the rest of my life and no more worrying about my job, stressing about care of mothers etc...I now recognise that I had burnt out after being for so long in the business of "caring" one way or the other.

    One other thing, I might not be as regular here as I have been after all, as I am trying to wean myself off the daily computer fix, by having NCD (No Computer Days) so please do not worry if you don't see me for a few days.

    Here are my pleasures for the last couple of days:

    1 - Realising that I do not have to depend on technology to be happy (and leaving the mobile home, now that I no longer need to be reached 100% of the time!).

    2 - Getting to a keep fit class after a few weeks of inactivity and managing almost all the class (left 15 minutes before the end).

    3 - The weather, today it looks like spring again!

    4 - Sleeping on new sheets, having decided that my old ones were too torn and tattered even for side-to-middling, so I bought some new ones at a sale.

    5 - Seeing my herbs growing well and the front garden already half planted with seeds. More to come in the next few days hopefully, weather permitting.

    6 - Going online and not having to do any work!

    Have a great day everybody. I am going to be away until Monday so have a happy Easter, too! xxx
    Finally I'm an OAP and can travel free (in London at least!).
  • Kittikins
    Kittikins Posts: 5,335 Forumite
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    Hi Caterina, I'm with you on the NCD front, I have tried (and often failed) to have one night a week without TV, another without the internet. It's amazing how addicted one can become.

    Enjoy your new life and Happy Easter to all :) I'll be back later with my lovely pleasures, am gathering them up thick and fast today!
  • wssla00
    wssla00 Posts: 1,875 Forumite
    Shandy- the newborn calves sound great! WOW!
    carolyntia- Glad you had a clean bill of health!
    Kittikins- well done to DD!
    Katholicos- WOW that's a lot of horse poo! Will be good for the garden though!
    Savingforoz- a spa day sounds brilliant! I will have to make do with a hot bath lol
    Niksyg- Puppies!!!!! I love little puppies! What type is it?
    Caterina- I know how you mean about caring jobs- you never really switch off do you? Hope you enjoy the SAH time now :)

    OK here are mine for today:
    1. Looking forward to a lovely hot bath with bubbles and body shop wash :D
    2. Cooking a load of batch cooking and getting them in the freezer for bad days
    3. Enjoying all my new spices- even if I'm not sure what to do with most of them!
    4. Ordering my freezer from a local shop and getting it delivered within an hour and a half- now that's really good service!
    5. Having beans on toast this morning with morissons beans... not the ones they use in their cafe but i'm on a hunt to find them as they are delcious! Mum seems to think they are the value ones they have there....so will try again!

    Happy easter all!
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  • mollythewestie
    mollythewestie Posts: 1,929 Forumite
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    *Pokes her head around the door sheepishly* Please can I join back in again?

    In the style of AA: My name is mollythewestie and I have fallen of the OS wagon big style. :o My grocery budget is back to sky high, I am relying more and more on conveniance foods, my weight is slowly going in the wrong direction and I feel a sort of darkness descending on me again. Not depression as such, just anxiety about stupid things and a feeling that everyone/thing is against me. Anyway, I have found that writing down my OS pleasures makes me realise all the little and simple things I have to be grateful for, so here goes...

    - Getting the Easter cakes made for my family - Its a family tradition to bake a special cake, to my aunts recipe, on the thursday before easter weekend. Just need to get them iced and decorated now.

    - Getting a holiday booked for June in France . It will be our first proper holiday for about 4 years and our first ever family holiday with DD. We decided to stay self catering in a chalet in the countryside, rather than the expensive hotel in the city that we had considered. And inlaws are paying for the ferry crossing for us, so it's very MSE.

    - Reading a library book with DD.

    - Starting the mammoth task of decluttering the house/garden. A broken parasol and pedal bin that have been in my garden since last summer are now at the tip.

    - I have finally converted my DH into my MSE ways, as he suggested some things he has in the shed (old lawnmower, plant pots, dog bed etc) for freecycle. :eek::D

    Hope everyone has a great easter :easter_os
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    Debt free thanks to MSE
  • wssla00
    wssla00 Posts: 1,875 Forumite
    Welcome back :) we all get like that sometimes! It's all good in the grand scheme of things!
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  • niksyg
    niksyg Posts: 678 Forumite
    edited 1 April 2010 at 5:44PM
    wssla00 he is a black labrador and his name is Bodie...

    mollythewestie nice to see you! I had a pretty terrible March and I am determined to crack on with April in OS fashion! I am also about to start an Easter cake - just hope it turns out ok!

    Caterina :T here's to your new life! May it be full of happiness, sunshine and pleasures aplenty!!

    savingforoz just charging the camera battery ready for puppy photoshoot no1!!

    <<<<<< PUPPY PHOTO NOW AVATAR
    Clearing debt to save for a simple wedding.
    Starting 2016 With debt of £7700
  • wssla00
    wssla00 Posts: 1,875 Forumite
    Aaah that is sooo cute! He sounds adorable!
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