5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

mhagster

Sunday evening here...not quite bedtime but heading that way. It's been a most pleasant day weather wise though next couple of days have to be hotties

Last few days : we were supposed to have palliative care team visits on Friday. Music therapist first and then social worker for me. So OH was really not well and I called to cancel MT.

Then went to local optician with DD2. She has always had poor eyesight and had made an appointment at usual place but usual optIcian on maternity leave so saw someone else. This is the first time in 16 years I had not been at an eye appointment with her. Optician said her eyesight in one eye had drastically improved and changed prescription...my mother's instinct said get this double checked at local optician...just as well...prescription staying the same and me , (smugly ) right again! I just could not understand why it would suddenly dramatically improve. New specs ordered : we have optical allowance on our health insurance so nothing to pay.

Then home and waited and waited for Social Worker to come....had by this point waited 1.5 hours and no show. So I called and discovered it had been cancelled! Because I had cancelled MT, SW was cancelled too. Anyway had a good chat with her on phone and she will come out this coming Friday.

Then I started feeling a bit dizzy. I've had labyrinthitis on and off for 14 years following a horrid virus and it's just something that flares up every now and again , usually when I'm run down or under stress. I believe its my body's way of saying STOP! I usually have a weird feeling the night before and then wake up with it and feel crappy for 3 days and then it's usually past. So to start getting dizzy in the afternoon was odd and this worsened as evening went past and then Saturday's dizziness and unbalanced-ness was just awful. However, today has improved as its went on so hoping tomorrow I'm back to normal. There were fish fingers in the freezer for such an occasion and nobody starved!

Today , I decided to do as much as i could and made a rather tasty lasagne with new potatoes and salad, individual pavlovas with strawberries and rather nice spicy Apple and cranberry cupcakes with vanilla frosting. All very delicous.

All washing and ironing up to date.

Went to library and borrowed a couple of books and some DVDs.

DD1 cut grass after her work and I attempted to pull up some weeds but that made me dizzy ( good excuse! )

Our first strawberry has ripened and we have a few tomatoes growing. I think we have one pea pod! Very disappointed with peas.

Picked some sweet peas and the smell is so delicous, my FIL always grew them in his garden and I would always come away with bunches of them in summer. So when I smelled these this afternoon that was what I was reminded of.

Mr Blackbird has been singing away this evening. Lovely sound.

We have a full on week ahead. Lots of medical appointments at home and at hospital. Shall garner strength by eating another cupcake for my supper I think!

Have a lovely day DDhave a safe and interesting trip to Pakistan.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Chez and piano. Oh dear, smitten instead of kitten. Learn from BoP's advice. Get a bl00dy cat! Oh, and the Jacket from Paris!

5 Just bin to the gym on the mill of tread and the keg stretch machine. You see, BoP has flexibility put back into him, splits, no problemo. Now can reach high and kick. So watch it there.

4 Just had a decent tart with ham cheese sarnies. Jam tart. Lovely. Tasty. Cup of tea was also downed, wolf downed. Tum is being rubbed. BoPsie, or Bopette in the Parish, has my apron on. It does not fit. She is doing the fruit salad. Yesterday, our xmas cake that has been gently seeping on whisky, was covered in marzipan and iced. It weight is 10lbs. It will not see Easter.

3 Did shop, punters everywhere, gawping. All buying foods that they will not eat. And at the door was the obligatory school monotonic quire. Same key, same tone. Jingle tills. Oh to win away. Oh, DD on tour! Could be one of my bits of kit that get your kite in the air to Islamabad!

2 Day BoP is making turnovers. Bit like pasties, but BoP style. All inns they will be. Served with creamy Spuds of Nash, fresh leeks and cauliflower. Toe nail onion gravy, pan made not that foam variety. Might have soup as well.

Late enough for you, the door was locked, we we're out of here!

FrugalinShropshire

Blissfully relaxing Sunday as still poorly here with cough and sore throat.
Pleasures as follows
1: Anthony Trollope audio book while 2: knitting, while 3: sitting in front of the log burner and 4: drinking homemade damson gin, while 5: boiling the kettle on the log burner to fill the thermos for tonights hot water bottles.

DigForVictory

What ho all! Festive greetings & triple extra mince pies to mhagster & family!

Still 'dancing' like a thing demented, but I believe the conductor's baton may be About To Slow Down.

OS Pleasures recently
To be backed up that an AK47 fiver *is* a rarity & locating a blander numbered note to swap into the Christmas card.

To realise that porridge does the job some days. Even in tiny portions. Weighing out pinhead oatmeal in advance seems to be the way to make a quick healthy breakfast with the stuff yet!

Looking out onto tree still holding some leaves, pale green & yellow against the black trunk. Glorious.

Sons happily drawing up Christmas wish list & this year I'm enjoying using cashback sites, as well as Google-fu.... We will make every pound squeak!

While I utterly do not understand the relationship that lets my son buy his best mate's girl an expensive lipstick, they are all fine with it, & as a fast comms channel it's brilliant.

Waved to the tailor - in sunlight & daylight!

Child has mum management sorted. Beside the forms required by school, a tested working biro & a big mug of tea....

Saw a truck with a 4 pint of milk tied on the flatbed - simple way to keep it cool!

Splendid golden wedding party - lots of family, love, laughter, stories, photos & then collapse back into scruffs & usual family rub-along. Delighted parents exhausted but awed at the love, and that I scrubbed up so passable for the event! [Didn't Notice the eschewing effects but one cousin did, as did practice nurse...]

Had my first ever taste of pink champagne! Sons tried it carefully & all decided they preferred the elderflower. Everyone happy!

"My cringe bone is Broken" - sons' grip on small talk needs a Lot more work, but their smiles & hugs largely redeemed them.

Great big hugs to all who need them, (tender blessings also available, but even at formal events I require my outfits to allow me to Hug, & thoroughly), I know Tis The Season but the greivous lurgy Does Wear Off Eventually, and to see so many family members all smiling? Is delightful, and also means someone else has got the washing up chore.

Skint_yet_Again

Pleasures for sunday

1. went out for breakfast with DS when he came in from night shift
2.

Skint_yet_Again wrote: »

Spent most of the morning trying to trace part of a song that has popped into my head, so I didn't get much else done ...

Grateful thanks to all in Moneysavers Arms for identifying the Basil Brush (!) song that has been rattling round my head since yesterday morning

3. two loads of washing done and partly line dried. Will finish on airers.

4. roast chicken dinner with swede and carrot mash and broccoli cheese nom nom

5. also some sneaky cart door vanilla ice cream

Frith

Pleasures for today (Sunday).


1) A lie in!


2) Caught some of the Archers.


3) Cleaned the stove (necessitating numerous trips to the bin, hoovering and steaming the floor round it, black lead polish...) Looks good now.


4) Swept and tidied the garden.


5) Went down to see the hens. Something happening in our tiny tin church - flood lights set up and a portaloo in the grounds (grounds around church are not even as big as my living room so no idea what was going on there!) Lots of cars parked too.

Purple_kitten

A mixed bag for the weekend.
1. Saw Mil last night and did the full family card and gift drop off, they kindly gave us some unwanted Yankee candles we have homed to burn.:p
2. Neighbour friends had sad news, pleased we can help them out with something.
3. Did a bit of food planning, and left space for a take away.:o
4. Watching Paddington, pleasures 4 – 400, I adore the film and I am very tempted to redecorate in the Paddington house colours, we aren’t too far off it already.:cool:
5. A neighbour has given DH a little work next week.:D
6. The house has washing hanging to dry around it.
7. The animals all appear to be loving it here.
8. I have started trying to make one of DH’s presents but phew tis hard.:)

DundeeDoll

Thanks mhags 2 sleeps to go (well 1.5 cos tues is very early start)
I love Trollope frugal indeed so much that
1) discovered bbc barchester chronicles with Alan Rickman is on DVD so have asked dd1 for it for Christmas
2) much clearing in preparation for decorator
3) xoh is coming home for Christmas. Her bf's not happy but the children will be thrilled. They're all back
4) as house in utter turnoil decided to buy new Christmas stockings in the works. Have also bought one for mr piano and going to suggest everyone buys 1 gift * 6.
5) uni carol service followed by slowcooked veggie stew then 3 hours writing Christmas cards. All ready to post tomorrow along with ds and dad's pressies

milasavesmoney

* caught up on wrapping presents.

* started packing for trip on Tuesday...feels nice to be ahead.

* all packages mailed and cards go in the mail tomorrow...stamps are afixed.

* last few errands tomorrow>> stuff we couldn't get done last week.

* red food coloring bought for red velvet cake. (found at the second store we looked for it at) We have a birthday cake on the 25th. Well His birthday is celebrated on that day. Even though it was most likely in September by some accounts.

* Quoye wants to open her presents 'just a little bit' She wants another chicken and a rabbit. Her mom says that will probably happen on Easter.

* Yankee candle burning now. Lovely holiday scent.

mhagster

Ooft to it still being 26o at my bedtime! That's a little bit coolerthan 33o earlier.

Today :
Early morning chat to friend from home.

Dog walk to vets , my super skinny boy has lost 3 kg in 3 weeks...I've a whole wardrobe of clothes that would fit if I did the same! One more kg to go!

Then walked to dry cleaners to pick up DD2 blazer which then had to be taken to uniform shop ( miles away) so her house captain colours can be sewn on ...$50 please and thank you!

One nurse in, one nurse out and another one...revolving door!

Lunch! Doggy bag for DD1

Little bit of Christmas shopping then came home and wrapped ( in the heat, grumbling!)

Left over lasagne and salad for tea. Left over pavlova and ice cream for pud....this is why I don't lose 3kg

Paperwork Schmaperwork ...bloody form filling! Not a pleasure but done!

Very early start tomorrow , hospital for 8am which means leaving at 6.30am.

Have a great Monday