5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

DundeeDoll

early post as just about to go ceilidhing belatedly for burns. here's one for mhags https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFX7z7Wf5xM
1) woofers slept in till 9:30 (as indeed did i). total bliss
2) xoh phoned. it actually was quite a pleasure having a blether
3) yummy lunch - hm ragu on pasta. and there's 2 portions in the fridge
4) (avert your gaze bop) luton won, now top of playoffs. coyh!
5) snuggling in my hygge alcove in the bedroom while it sleeted outside.
Guid nicht and here's tae ye!

Skint_yet_Again

VJsmum ....I was trying to work out which country you were in ICT ? Then realised Ice cream town !!

PK - takeaway closed has happened to me 3 times since new year !!

Broomstick (((hugs))) sometimes a good cry and chocolate are what we need x

Saturday pleasures

1. When DS came in from night shift I batched cooked 2 packets of sausages for his breakfasts next week & we had a couple each with hash browns, bacon & eggs


2. had a good day health wise and a good weather day here in the south and feel like I managed to get quite a lot done


3. weather was lovely and sunny and a warm breeze - got 3 loads of washing done and line dried including towels, quilt cover set & my work clothes


4. had a walk to the bottle bank and it was so warm I had to take off my gloves and scarf. Had a wander round the pond and the birds are much happier now its no longer frozen. The ducks were very vocal. Also popped into co-op on way back as Yorkshire tea bags half price and we have almost run out


5. had a good tidy & clear out of lingering Christmas cardboard packaging and cardboard inserts from new quilt cover & sheets bought for DS - all put into recycling. Had all windows open upstairs and down (apart from DS bedroom as he's been in bed all day after night shift) and the house feels better for some fresh air.

DigForVictory

mhagster - hurrah for Tasmania, and the return home & may you keep finding the strength you need. Looked up Lamingtons - very appropriate even if a howling faff!
DundeeDoll - love how the house, Mr Piano, the knee & celidhs intertwine!
Skint - you shining example clearing away the last whispers of Christmas! (I have now binned a handful of why-did-we-keep-that? wrapping paper, ahem.)
Broomstick - a good blub is biochemically good for you
BoP - imagination still happily a-boggle at you in a tutu, but all kudos you hitting the gym!
Frith - you can count on a teenage boy to say the wrong thing loudly, I just wish it didn't land so hard.
Purple kitten - all the best with the job you want!
VJsmsum - hoping the lemsip is working & the hedgelaying is fun to watch if not take part in.
chella - I do like generous gift-givers Hotel chocolat - yum!
LaineyT - all strength midear, and loveletters are a special treasure.
Mrs LW - so glad you're on the mend and back enjoying the outdoors & the Muller strawberry rice! Belated Happy Birthday, too!
VickyA - all best with a sick man... Hoping he recovers before you can no longer resist the temptation to put him out of his misery?!
villagelife - hurrah for Paris & well done taking family!
mcculloch - so happy you got the right book to remember your da-in-law with!
ampersand - bless your strength amidst the travails & I duly note your wisdom of slow but sure for recovery of knees.

OS Pleasures recently
Son helping try to unblock Nan's drain - from expressions & caustic soda, needs a Real Man, but half a bag shifted to the bin "which smelled nice in comparison!"

Youngest trying to shield his hair from view as Nan & father plot by how much to cut...

Parents evening - everyone so pleased with son! (It can't last, him being human & all.) The chaps get RewardKebab, I eat a stack of healthy vegetables. Well, til I got to them. [The vegetables, I mean.]

Bright eyelash Moon.

Commuter with impressive long ponytail, thick curls restrained - lucky bloke!

*Still* giggling over Rich Hall on Trump & vote-rigging "of course he knows how - all those Miss Universe pageants & the winner always comes from Earth..." (The memories of then buffer the actions of the now.)

Saw a Chinese New Year Dragon dance past our office (which triggered a sudden yen for noodles etc!) - happy Year of the Rooster!

"It looks like she was holding a pen whilst having a seizure" - and the epileptic should know! Family handwriting always contentious.

More scouts & not just circus skills but performing for each other & families! So much fun, concentration, delight & I got to drive the iPad video camera so the "Harry flash" wasn't on camera. (Odd how my scouts 'got' that & my boss missed it completely.)

Questions I should not have asked - during QI, a number of deaths by auto-erotic asphyxiation were mentioned. Do you know what it means? "Yes" er, where/in which class "Maths" oh lord, no wonder my children appear to struggle "yes, the teacher's not very..." I fled.

"It bounced off me like Wonder Woman" - some days son comes up with the funniest explanations - my imagination now has him in a skimpy bustier & shorts....

Listening to the chaps near weeping with laughter at a very old Mock the Week - so old it still has Frankie, and it is still uproarious.

Right, back to the other world where it seems I am to boil eggs. I do not recall being included in this discussion but the chaps are adamant & anyway I could use a brew.
Great big hugs, tender blessings, hot water bottles, good luck with all gardening, may health return/restore/refill where it has dipped and may this year of the rooster include chicken soup where applicable.

Frith

Pleasures for today (Saturday)


1) A lie in!


2) Bigger son........ brought me up a cup of tea!!!


3) Bigger son and I cleaned the hen sleeping shed out and tidied up the allotment.


4) Smaller son had a very exciting day. He met 4 friends at 12, went to McDonalds then walked up to the football and watched a game! Local team won 4-0 and it is only £1 for children.


5) Bigger son went to watch the rugby with my brother.


6) I cleaned the turtle tank out, did loads of washing, cleaned round the stove and cleaned the bathroom.


7) Collected a very happy smaller son.


8) Made pizzas for tea for sons and beetroot burgers from Sainsburys for tea - if you see them on sale, don't bother buying them!


9) Popped into charity shop on way to collect smaller son to drop some stuff off and found FatFace t shirt for bigger son and Superdry hoodie for smaller son.


10) Watched Casualty.

mhagster

Sunday morning here , birds are singing , sun is shining, though was blessedly cool when I took dog out early, it's warmed up as I was watering plants ...another red cherry tomato! ( we are getting about 1 a week!) sweet peas smelling ...sweet!

My mother in law passed peacefully away a few hours ago. Saturday evening UK time and around 6am our time. Goodness knows what was keeping her going other than sheer tenacity and determination ( she had lots of that! ) she had suffered from dementia past few years and I'm glad she is at peace now. She has been a good gran to my children and she adored my husband. It seems apt that my sweet peas and tomato have been picked today. Summer was big bunches of sweet peas and bags of freshly picked tomatoes from their greenhouse.

Saturday was a very quiet day as OH was very tired and I for some reason was also very tired ( he at least has a reason! ) snoozed on and off for most of day. Read and finished a book. Had a nice baked potato with tuna and cheese for my tea, followed by an apple sponge and ice cream for pud.

It was very hot yesterday and to be more of the same next few days. New to me gardener came whilst we were away and weeded in front garden and will come every fortnight . I can cope with back garden areas but that and front is too much at the moment with everything else that's going on.


Right, there's much to be done as always , so shall try and be motivated before it gets too hot...then motivation flies out the window!

Frith

Sorry to hear about your mother in law, MHags.

DundeeDoll

sorry to hear your news mags but happy it was peaceful xxx

bagpuss38

Sorry for your loss mhags xx

ampersand

Pervading comfort and thoughts to you mhags, to OH mhags, to dd1 mhags, to dd2 mhags and ds mhags - for the many and varying memories you each have to treasure.

Peace.

mcculloch29

Comfort and strength to you all, Mhags. May she rest in peace.