5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

milasavesmoney

* Still cooking in the SC nightly, as I have no gas range as of yet. Tonight was shrimp boil. I thought I made enough for all three of us but DH ate 3/4s of the shrimp. :eek: I had to cook another package. It was really terrific!

* New puzzle with DS2 going on the table. Even Thomas puts in a piece now and then.

* Paid builder, so that's all up to date. :j

* DD3 won the chili cooking contest at the school where she is the religious director for K-6th. (did I already tell you guys this?)
Lots of people are asking for the recipe. She's only worked there since June and so this allows her to meet new people. The school has 2000 students and is a nonprofit private school. (American private schools are different than the U.K.'s , I've been told )

* The tile is now grouted in laundry room and we love the how it looks!:j

* Skylight in pantry is now in and it's fabulous. Sheetrock is up and tape and bedding will be done tomorrow.

* My housekeeper's brother is here from Mexico. He works construction so we are going to have him replace the sun rotted pieces of eaves and paint the trim, replace boards loose on the gate, secure the mailbox by the street and paint the ceiling tiles that were water damaged when our roof leaked. She is bringing her daughter to translate as her brother speaks no English. My Spanish consists of being able to order from a menu and to find a bathroom.

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villagelife

1. Finished work for the week. Yesterday was ok as have decided to focus on colleagues who don't depress me and try not to become involved with the rest if possible.

2. Had chat with neighbour in the garden in the dark! I was collecting potatoes from the shed. I don't often see this neighbour in the winter.

3. DS2 went to play football. He enjoyed it but only 2nd time he had played in 11 years.

4. DS1 popped in to drop something off and stayed for a chat. He has started his Christmas shopping as he had the day off generally he would leave it til Christmas eve.

5. DH arriving home at a reasonable time.

Skint_yet_Again

VJsMum - broken a toe getting out of the bath !? Sounds painful and :rotfl:at the same time ... sorry I'm sure it wasn't funny

Phew thank goodness its Friday ! Have had a raging sore throat since 3am (think tonsillitis if I had any tonsils )

Pleasures for Thursday

1. first frost of the year - a light covering on windscreen thankfully I had some de-icer and it was soon cleared.

2. new gas/elec bill online following supply of my meter readings and I am in credit.

3. DS home for tea and cooked for us both... chicken in parmesan breadcrumbs... and he made enough leftovers for his lunch the following day

4. we then watched the last episode of The Living and the Dead. Its taken till now for us both to be home at the same time long enough to watch each episode. Great series up until the final episode which left us both completely confused, but at least its deleted now from the recordings

5. Early night, was in bed by 9.30am.

gt568

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »

Guess I will cloud it up a little and start talking about kites!:rotfl:

I prefer frames or cabs

Purple_kitten

DD: You are very right, we all need a Mr Piano in our lives.
These are a mix of yesterday and today.
1. I was looking out of the bedroom window this morning across the garden and saw a grey wagtail, walking on the lily pads of our pond, helping itself to any bugs.:)

2. Egg mayo for lunch and fajitas for tea.

3. I achieved painting all the garden trellises and gate it now all matches in and looks so much better than it did, it feels nice to be able to see what I have achieved, and in being available I have been wandering about painting various things. Next in my sights is the stairs.

4. Had a knock on the door from the furniture project people 3 doors down from us, as we are the local animal people and I am glad we are known as that. Would we take in a snake? It went along the lines of we could take in a snake however we would rather the owner was found, and luckily they were.:p

5. A ferret explored to far last night and got out, :eek: a bit of a newly painted gate was apparently rotten and the ferret got under it and away, over to the woodland at the back, we were out until 4 trying to tempt her back luckily I heard her a few times so had a rough idea she was in the field over our wall, so we but an 11 foot length of tube over and at 4am she climbed back into the garden, just as we were giving up for the night and cold right through.:T

6. The house is clean again, it’s been a few weeks, a certain sense of satisfaction getting it up to speed again.:cool:

7. It’s omelette tonight DH’s least favourite I will have to add chips to his.:o

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

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5 Just bin to get the wardrobe of BoP sore ted out. New Y Fronts, socks, new tie and new shirt. New training top as well as a Pork Pie for tea as well. Inn Cribbs at 15:12. All wrapped by 15:36. Yearly visit over. Please be aware I noticed the building of some punter extraction system being built in readiness for consumer gorm season. Avoid.

4 And as BoP came inn with a decent bang, he will have a decent weekend as well. More power to BoP! More later, as BoP tests the duvet the morning!

3 Raffles has a leaky eye, which BoP has cleaned up, saves the Vet bills. He seems happy enough!

2 As for those wandering about the sayings BoP has made in the last few days. C130, Hercules aircraft used in the food drop in Ethiopia. It has 4 propellers (4 Screws). I worked on Vulcans, which had jet engines (Blow Jobs). Kite is of course self evident. As for sucks. Will be on new version of engine from next week! New mill, same salt!

Poppy. More poignant than some bear I could mention!

ampersand

Omelette here too, pk. A use-up version with asparagus, bacon, peppers. Half taken to y'day's quietest and worst Spitalfields in &'s time there, plus 2 breakages, 1 being 1/6th of a set of one-off studio verrerie[sound fx: snarl.]
So it goes.........day wiped its face but don't look at Living Wage for extras.

1. And in being written here, is gone! That's a pleasure. Banking. small, will occur tomorrow. Some big rugby coming, to be Alma'd by & after home club match.
Mila and mila's OH:-). We ABs are playing Chicago, no less - to spread the mana, so wrest away that remote control:-) 2 great games lined up for you.
http://files.allblacks.com/Chicago-kickoff-times.html

2. Hooray, The NOW Show is back again, on right now:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b080xx1d

3. &'s wisdom tooth remains in situ:-) Was all ready for 1120h extraction. Lovely dentist N says dentine is replacing itself and even the nasty little airjet drew no boxkicks. Amazed her and &, who has been pain-/awareness-/discomfort-free for a week now. Told to come in at once at slightest hint of wisdom returning...not likely chez &. Emergency appt will be immediate, available in surgery 24/7, her promise.

4. Haven't had a chance to unwrap it yet. & paid for this back in enzed, difficult to obtain, but it's arrived:
http://www.nzpotters.com/Publications/Publications_Display.cfm?PublicationID=18
One of &'s joys. Form an orderly queue please:-)

5. Aware as I unloaded in rain this arvo. how little really matters of our 1st worldery, while thinking ahead to next Spits, by when we'll know which new USA President has been elected. That IS something to pray about, as & strongly did in compline, also bringing x in amid our ancient stones.
Recommended: http://prisonbag.com/

Strength is needed in our general and in our particular, our personal and the multi-glorious that is humankind.

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Hurrchhrs chirruping in b/g. They just plain annoy & nowadays. Where's 'An everyday story of farming folk' gone? with recognisable voices and characters and continuity. Just cheap'n'low stewpiddystewps: the malign influence of departed soap-dope Sean O'Connor's 'editorship' permeates.
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mhags -encircling you and OH. You may not know or like Mary Moody. Many people who come across her have in-and-out ambivalence, but she's strong on her own binding and loss. The gardening, the cooking, the lives, the family made me think of you all over again.
http://www.mamamia.com.au/what-happens-when-your-husband-dies/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Moody
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hannay_(producer)
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vjm - was ready to blame fog for failure to see you wave from Snowdon. Broken toe is a very painful thing and there's not a lot one you can do but wait it through and write up another few PhD chapters:-)
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In definite non-pc mode, & absolutely cannot listen to
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02tsc50/p02ts6zb
Confession over.
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wikipedia -
& didn't mind the message from Jimmy pinging this morning. Have given.
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p.s.> BDV Bopulus - nothing happens when & clicks. As intended?
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& has praised Adam Gopnik here before. Listen more than twice. Please.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_fourfm

DundeeDoll

As per & re link bop
1) annual leave, weather lovely, good long walk, half with mr piano and 3 dogs, half with 3 dogs on my tod
2) yummy lunch - eggs poached on a bed of kale, onion, potato and chilli flakes
3) sorted the Tupperware. Only wares with lids went back in the drawers
4) slow cooked leek and potato soup and now veggie chilli bubbling away ready for tomorrow's bonfire party
5) spent a pleasant evening hygging. Fire on, candles lit including Yankee candle given to me last Christmas (Pink rose candle comes to mind!) and spaniels with mr piano and friend from church.
Sadly little star went over the rainbow bridge. Phoned the vet this morning and we decided it was best to help her on her way at 7 tonight. She slipped away with the Valium so was certainly ready. Vet thinks she would have gone this weekend unaided, but her breathing had become sooooo laboured I think it was kindest she was helped. She will be cremated and we will sprinkle her and Orion's ashes mingled in the garden. I will miss her snuffling next to me through the night. The spaniels have had more than their usual cuddles tonight

Skint_yet_Again

Sorry to hear of your 4 legged little star passing on DD x
Friday pleasures
1. day off work :j
2. quick trip to chemist to collect prescription other than that spent the day snuggled on the sofa sipping ice cold water to soothe my aching throat

3. pouring rain has washed my car

4. DS home for dinner he made me some hm veg soup & made himself some burgers for dinner and next day lunch

5. early night & took some of the stronger painkillers given by hospital when discharged - haven't needed them since my op but feels like I am swallowing razor blades at present


Have a good weekend everyone x

DigForVictory

BoP thou art mischievous with your "link" - all credible colour & no meaning - will darkly suspect promotion to Nigerian prince...
& - I Will Not Covet Another's Reference Book, but Ma foi I will think about it. Happily a Denbyholic with Langleyitis but the ability to speak base stamp adds hugely to the fun.
VJsmum - pick your foodstuffs carefully - you *can* eat for bone repair whilst pondering chapters, but I've not had reliable insights whilst painkillered.

OS pleasures
There's a bird chirping "shave And a haircut two bits". Twilight bird spotting is tricky. The magpie's opinion would appear to fall below the standards expected, sounding rude, crude & divisive, but that's magpies for you.

Today program & Dave the enormous earthworm!

Blimey. To err is human, to really glue things up you need a computer. We have not 10 safety helmets, but 400 - and if the supplier (vast) shrugs them off, my scouts stand to benefit by at least one box! Security are correctly have kittens as the pallets are obscuring the wheelchair ramp.

Watching a documentary clip on submarines & husband makes truly black joke about being on the wrong side of a sealed hatch.

How The Marquis Got His Coat Back - on iplayer now & just a glorious 45 minutes in a familiar yet Different London. If you missed Neverwhere, never mind - this genuinely stands alone. If you know someone who is devoted to a specific garment - this just may be both a Must Listen & a very fertile source of in-jokes. (But then, who doesn't know *someone* who prefers to rely on subterfuge and bribery rather than luck?) iplayer radio link here