5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

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1) Finally, a Cookie walk!!! the sun even came out while we were out too and we went with Charlie Retriever and his mum so even better!!!

2) The last apple I had to chop having worked my way through two large sacks, umpteen buckets and 3 large boxes full for my friend Olive to have a go at cider making, finished now Yay!

3) Dew covered spiders webs all over our front garden holly tree this morning, looked like it was covered in delicate filigree glass.

4) Just found out one of the village pubs has reinstated the weekly quiz, they stop for the summer, so will be going this week and see if my brother and sister in law want to come too, smashing.

5)So many things still in bloom in the village and some really pretty nerines, they seem to like the soil hereabouts and give a pretty show in the autumn including some in my front border.

Frith

Fog in varying amounts all day. Here are my pleasures:


1) Not a bad sleep and a lie in as no school first thing.


2) Dentist! No work done.


3) Our traditional post dentist breakfast in a caf!. We were the only customers not speaking Welsh (though on the English side of the border today!)


4) Took sons to school in 2 different directions OK.


5) Had eyebrows/lovely beard threaded.


6) Went to see my aunty.


7) Went to see brother and had a pile of logs and a bag of crab apples from him.


8) More stupidity from solicitors and buildings societies. They now want £50 to change the name on my deeds (still in my married name as I hadn't bothered to change it). Well, I've just printed out forms myself and it will cost me less to drive to Coventry and be seen in person by the Land Registry than it would to get the solicitors to do it. What a racket. Again. So trip to Coventry in the offing!


9) Fire is lit and nothing to do really for the rest of the evening now.

VickyA_2

Evening everyone :hello:

Has anyone ever done that 365 Happy days thing on social media? Just wondering how people have got on as I'm thinking that it might be a good project to do for my mental well being and positive outlook. I'm naturally a pessimist, but I really must sort it out!

So, pleasures for today:

1) Visit to the gym - the first time in ages.

2) HM bolognese sauce and pasta for supper, defrosted from the freezer. Makes me feel slightly more virtuous whilst I'm watching Hugh's War on Waste.

3) Walking to work still. DH is impressed, but I'm so close to my current school that it isn't really keeping me mega fit. Maybe I should walk there, back, there, back.. just before the school day!!

4) Working through my "to-do" list. Slowly, but surely...

5) A few bits taken to the charity shop :j :j Realised that I've read 25 books this year, but I need to attack the other gazillion which seem to have made their way onto my shelf. Damn the great authors who keep writing books that I want to read.

mhagster

Ha! Day off for me ...busiest day ever at cafe

Slept until 7am which is a long lie for me .

Pottered around house and garden in my jammies for a while.

Watched Hugh FW with son.

Out to fave cafe ( which is definitely not the one I work in!) with OH. It's a public holiday here today for the horse race Melbourne Cup.
I took one of my glossy magazines( that my lovely customer kindly gave me on Saturday ) with me and had a read through that.

Went to supermarket for a top up shop. They are currently changing their loyalty scheme, now I knew I had a free bag of dog food to claim , so put that through but was charged, paid but went straight to customer service....to cut a long story a bit shorter, I shall be refunded the $24 !

It's been a sunny day but a cool wind so hasn't felt particularly warm at all however that cool wind dried the washing which was ironed whilst watching Doc Martin.

Haggis dog had his first decent walk in 3 weeks since he damaged his elbow ligament.

Have a lovely day

VJsmum

VickyA wrote: »

1) Visit to the gym - the first time in ages.

shouldnt worry, I haven't been to the gym since 2010 :rotfl: but I do walk a lot

morning all, a later work start today so time to catch up. I really should get back into the habit of posting every day. Pleasures for the last few

1 bronchitis pretty much gone :T. Just a bit of a lingering cough
2 lovely day for SiLs 50th, posh lunch, singalong a mama Mia - not that I sang. Followed by a disco. Had a good chat with OH in the car n the way there. We haven't seen each other much for the last 3 weeks with me, then him being away.
3 he has agreed I can do the PhD if I am offered it :T. Still no news though so it is looking increasingly unlikely. However we have agreed that I will leave work sometime soon - just got to work out the how, as I will have to have something to do. I am hoping for casual teaching work
4 managed to walk to and from work, just couldn't do it last week
5 DD has agreed to go to ice cream town for Christmas :T we had a lovely Skype call on Sunday. Love Skype
6 kondoing the photos - a first pass anyway - some had me in tears of laughter. Especially the one of a very small DS dressed as a Dalmatian. :rotfl: with furry hood and paws. Given he is a surly 6' sixteen year old now - but even he laughed
7 finished my knitted jumper - it's taken over a year
8 jetlag has gone
9 ice cream town house has central heating at last. A good job done apparently
10 the 2lb I Kondoed in s e Asia has stayed there :T

Have a good day all

Purple_kitten

Hmm I just logged in and the interface was completely different.

I'm back from the lovely Welsh lands:)
Warm enough to have campfires on the 1st Nov.:eek:
Foraged blackberrys and rosehips I've never made rosehip jelly so we will see how it turns out as they don't half fight back.:D
Feeling very relaxed now.:p
Had wonderful food at cafes where we now know which ones are the best to visit.:o
Its nice to be back in a proper bed though.:rotfl:

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1) much YS bargainage in town this morning including 2 x very nice sirloin steaks for £4 from the butchery counter and a nice piece of atlantic cod for £2.95 from the fishy counter.

2) Met a friend I hadn't seen for ages and we nattered all the way to town on the bus.

3) It stopped raining just in time for my Cookie walk this afternoon.

4) The very noisy builders across the road have taken down the scaffolding and gone away, thank goodness!

5) Some really pretty fireworks last night in the village and for the first time in 30 years we're pet free so I can stand and watch and enjoy them instead of having to sooth scared stiff doggies.

DigForVictory

Hullo, all!
Dear me but I've been a bit AWOL. Sorry.
Mhagster - hugely relieved to her Himself home & recovering & may your Melbourne cup choice romp home! (Likewise Haggis on recovering ligament!)
Ampersand - even I got the memo the Kiwis won - doubtless you leading us cheering them as clinched it.
BoP - all this footloose dubious food... Where is the Live Scrabble? Are you *happy* in this nomadic role? I worry.
For All In Education, at all levels - I salute you. May half term have been a respite to gather breath, nerve, inspiration etc for the next hurtle.
For all who are working & dubious or not working & fretful - Seize Opportunities.
For anyone wondering - I think all clocks in my care are now right, but if not I'll sort them in Spring...

OS Pleasures 'recently'
The colours of the sky at sunrise. I dislike city night driving but motorway at dawn is altogether different.

The cameraderie as we're left locked out by security. Miword but my esteemed colleagues have a splendid vocabulary in the early hours of the morning.

There are two clocks in this room & their ticking is out of synch. Today, I find it if not restful then at least amusing.

The handbag & keys conundrum. Having emptied the bag & made assorted discoveries, colleague bumped another "overflow" bag over & we all heard the metal tinkle.

Delightful copper explaining why I gave an extra 10 minute hike - my shortcut goes past the Chinese PM's accommodation. Copper impressively professional but polite - good for her! Ah well, it's Friday - it could all be worse.

Skip hopping has yeilded a Hammerlin wheelbarrow! OK there's a hole just above the wheel but that can be patched & otherwise it's in good nick. Family bemused - glorious expressions....

Awed & impressed my just-awake son can challenge my assertion of the time with "the clocks go back" - yes, Tomorrow they do. [My brief outrage at thinking I was in work an hour later than I thought underscored his nimble wits!]

Smiling at an apple tree & attendant carpet of windfalls - looking forward to my trees being big enough to fruit, let alone windfall! [Happy discovery windfalls on thick grass barely bruised - two big carriers full with blessings!]

Son missed with Flint & Steel - great amusement/affection/recognition in first aider's smile at my Maternal Imperative "Wash!"

Cherry tree beautiful black arcs with green & gold leaves - the lines are breathtaking lovely.

Old friend & godfather looking laconic and a tad bemused from under a just-finished thick real wool beanie. I think the juxtaposition with Dr.Who added further bemusement.

Cheering in a chap come to swap a ceiling tile in the Ladies. He was politely petrified - obviously in terror of disturbing anyone at their meditations. We wished him all the best & left him to it. (Chortling merrily once out of earshot.)

Admiring tailor's work beautifully chalked onto drape of suiting cloth hung over table. Even I recognise the detail in the collar alone!

Engineer for drier under warranty arranged simply for tomorrow - rousing cheers! [Oh the report: a laconic joy: "fit parts listed and now working ok"!]

Glorious full moon! Hunters', apparently.

Day out with friends - good times & made yet happier with news one's got an unexpected (but richly deserved) promotion.

"Could you put your axe away?" - plaintive parental request in an ongoing series.... (It's been cleaned, rehandled, sharpened & a smart thick leather mask made for it - it's thus now no longer a Project In Progress.)

New (eBay flash sale) printer sorted & working! (Smug grin, easing past anxious few days wondering about internet refunds as "can't get it to work" not really meaning broken.)

Contemplating the number of Fast & Furious films, and how many were necessary & how you calculate necessity. Shopping with youngest always intriguing. "If no one saw it, it didn't happen." Ethics & philosophy also fun topics... Sons are fatiguing but, I think, worth the effort.

The kindness of pallets. Useful things, but not always easy to source. To have one sorted by the chap sorting my snow tyres? Typical of his thorough care & kindness.

Night hike with Scouts. (Dear me, but I am unfit.) Splendid squish, followed by "my foot's wet!" and then "my toes are cold..." - from a Leader! (I muffled a snicker at the inflexions which were so purely offended-six-year-old.)

The donkey on the farm behind us is expressing an opinion. Vehemently. If he's half as surprised as I am at T shirt weather in November, I could understand! Son looking distinctly less sympathetic.

Enjoying the blue sky, birds singing & the steady thuds of son working on his axe throwing. Above us (far above us!) a skein of geese are honking across the sky - glorious purposeful racket. I don't know what harm the frost has done to plans for herb infused oil (tho I doubt letting the herbs flower would get the purists approval) but this sunlight is visibly fattening my kale seed pods!

Went a bit wild taking cuttings. Front windowsill a small forest - so far. Hazel, several goosegogs, various odds from the edible hedge - it will be interesting to see what survives & can be planted in Spring! Also looked out child's watering can, assorted gloves & seed packets for trip to cousin & family next week (shockingly organised for me!)

Very odd watching our Dragon Queen Daenerys as part of the Terminator franchise. Plus a previous Dr.Who. Fun though!

Ah - proper November weather - fog making islands of treetops, glorious views where trees are smudged or stark & where ugly building disappear in cities as you can't see the higher horrors. Even my thick woolly beanie seems reasonable!

Knotting a friendship knot in my son's necker: "that's neat!" came the pleased & surprised chirp....

The crisp snap of biscuit alongside a steaming cup of tea on a foggy morning, which draws the lamentation from eyeing an all day data-lugging job that cannot be automated.

That restful brew where you eyeball the job & decide that it'll fold tomorrow when you're more alert!


Great big hugs to all who need them, hwbs hats & waterproof footwear likewise & enjoy the weather - it'll likely be different tomorrow...

VickyA_2

DigForVictory - what a busy time you've had!

Not very pleasurable as I've had today off school. Yes, back to work after half term yesterday, off sick today! Not great... Feeling a bit fuzzy, but that may well be due to lying down all day.

Pleasures nevertheless:

1) Cuddles with the cat on the bed. We both had a lovely sleep. DH is not impressed that the cat's black fur is left on our white duvet cover... :whistle:

2) Read more of my book in the periods of consciousness.

3) Tried to spend some time upright, so used up the carrots and celery in the fridge and have created a soup which will find its way to work for lunch at some point. I'm channelling my inner OSer and making Hugh FW proud too.

4) NSD & NPD yesterday and today! :j :j

5) About to run a bath.... Lovely, and will hopefully help me feel slightly more with it!

Purple_kitten

Applied and heard back from a job, fingers crossed.
Started sifting through office paperwork, shredding filing and throwing bits but still an awful lot to do.:o
Did some work for dads care implementing a new company seamlessly for him I’m just dealing with the rest.:cool:
Booked tickets for a date night on Thursday for the last showing for Hotel Trans 2, as we didn’t get to go last time.:o
Lots of washing loads cycling through.
Some delicate flowers have come out by the pond and in the front garden.:)
Something I left in my amazon basket for a while now is now half its original price, and I’ve ordered the Amazon deal from MSE.:T