5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

Bitsy_Beans

Hey everyone.

Mine for today:

1. The sunshine, it's just been glorious today and supposed to be good still the weekend.

2. Found out my dad can get us free passes for a Hill Climb event on Sunday (as he is working there). Have wanted to take DS to one for AGES as I think he'll get a kick out of seeing Grandad work and to see all the race competitors (you can walk round the paddock where they work on the cards etc).

3. Been playing with wet sand today. Somedays I really love my job as I get to be a big kid again and getting mucky is sooooo much fun

4. Baked a chocolate and orange cake and had it warm from the oven with ice cream. Yum!

5. A cuddle on the sofa with the kids.

6. The blue tits are still nesting in our bird box. Since we changed the garden around the kids play up on the decking close to the tree where the box is. Not seen the birds at all today whilst outside but just seen a head peeking out of the small hole so my rabble haven't put them off :T

Happy St Georges Day everyone.

PetuliaGristle

ACEY I'm sorry to hear about your poorly ear, I hope you're feeling better
boo81 welcome!
katholicos well done to your dd!
newlywed good luck with the interview

My five for today:
1) breakfast in bed courtesy dp
2) cuddles from dd this morning
3) Jakers! You just have to watch it
4) easy drive home today
5) ginger and chilli chicken, yum!

Ladyhawk

Evening all,

Newlywed - congratulations on the interview!! When is it and what is the role?

I have had a bit of an odd day - I got the 7am train into London so am feeling rather tired. And things have just felt a little disjointed ever since.

1) The tea tasting was fascinating this morning - we tried all sorts of different ones from all over the world. I was rather self concious at the beginning having to spit the tea out once I have tasted it... even though that is what you are supposed to do.

2) the supplier treated us to lunch in their restuarant... I had a very yummy salad. Their restaurant was run on an honesty system which was rather quaint... it just had a box to put your payment into.

3) My lovely colleagues helped me out with a letter I needed to send, completely unbidden. She is a complete love.

4) Drinks with Kiwiboy... yes, I know, I know...

5) Emails from two of my cousins in Australia who I haven't seen in about 20 years. We are about the same age and always got on when they came to visit so it is nice to be back in touch.

Anyway, early night for me...

have a lovely weekend... good luck to anyone mad enough to be doing the marathon... and enjoy the sunshine.

L

PetuliaGristle

Sneaky sixth, just found this again (warning, sound required). I love Bill Bailey, the dualling banjos part reminds me of my ex-bil. RIP John, love you lots xxx

Carolyntia

Evening all.......I'm back :wave:

I finally got my feet back on terra firma on Wednesday night. I have been reading your pleasures while I've been away but really didn't have time to post and at the time I didn't have many. Anyway....here's mine for the past couple of days:

1) Seeing a beautiful sunset on my flight back in
2) Having a great chef looking after us while we were stranded (have put on a couple of pounds )
3) The lovely weather
4) Being home
5) Got some whoopsied veggies in Mr T's
6) Got another house viewing on Monday
7) Earning a bit of extra cash while I was away
8) Not spending any money while I was away

Big hugs to all that need them. Welcome to the newbies.

Take care

C x

CCP

Hello Carolyntia - I'm glad you managed to make it back eventually!

I think I'm going to have to start making notes of my pleasures during the day, as I've just remembered another one I wanted to include:

6) Phoned up my veg box company to ask them not to leave deliveries of lettuce out in the full sun as they tend to wilt, and the lovely customer services gentleman insisted on refunding my money, even though I told him the lettuce was perfectly edible and just looked rather sorry for itself. There's a company which knows how to endear itself to its customers. (It was Abel & Cole, BTW, and I'll say no more as I know I tend to enthuse about them at the slightest opportunity. )

Kittikins

1. More sun

2. DD is curled up in my bed, her Friday (and occasional other night) treat, so I'll have nice cuddles later

3. Have been invited to friends' for drinks next weekend, looking forward to it already

4. DD may get put in for a ballet exam later this term, she's keen, it's just up to the teacher whether she and her little chums are going to be ready for it. On the downside, I think her ballet shoes are already getting too small!

5. A friend popped over for a glass of vino this evening

katholicos

Emm-in-a-pickle wrote: »

Katholicos, how do you make your Staffs Oatcakes? I LOVE OATCAKES!! I`ve had a few goes and they`ve been ok but not quite...you know. Would you share your recipe, pretty pretty please?
Congrats to your daughter, and maybe your son and you are too much alike, that`s why me and my DS fall out!
My OS pleasures today:
1) Had a little lie-in as I was on a late shift
2) Went to Asda this am and got some whoopsied free-range chicken legs, and some half-priced trousers for DGD, who has yet to see them but am GlOWING because I know she`ll love them.
3) Went to work early to get a parking space and then ate my lunch, a picnic in the car, a panini bread STUFFED with a whole avocado all squished into the bread. I watched baby rabbits and a pair of blackbirds in the hospital car park, so saved a bit of the bread to chuck out as I left the car. Great lunch, was able to resist chocs on the ward this evening!
4) Enjoyed my shift this pm, wasn`t stressed, NICE, felt lovingly to patients AND colleagues, minor hassles didn`t bite.
5) Got home and didn`t even have a VAGUE meal-plan. Had enjoyed my shift so much I`d forgotten the folks at home, it was that good! AND, DS had a friend round- still here as I type, actually! Did a quick forage and had a spring cabbage still squeaky fresh from farm shop on Tuesday, and a £5 pack of bacon from Iceland same day,thanks to my younger DGD trapping her fingers after a visit to the shoe shop next to Iceland so I dashed her in there to get some frozen peas, saw the bacon, and did some more bits of shopping...
SO put spring cabbage in steamer, bacon under grill, bacon juices over cabbage and a fried egg to go with it, sent OH off to bed very happy with that (he`s early shift tomorrow) then put more bacon under grill and fed DS and his mate the makings of bacon butties, bacon, a sliced loaf needs using today, and ketchup. Am now free to catch up with e`mail and plot my day off tomorrow, will have bacon & cabbage for breakfast as I`m still feeling un-hungry after my avocado panini picnic this afternoon! Might eat a banana before I go to bed. Goodnight all!

Thanks for your kind words about DD and DS.

The recipe i use for my oatcakes is based on THIS on, i just tweak it till i get the mix i want

Winchelsea

Not the best of days - started off with DH (with dementia) yelling at me not to come near him and threatening to call the police! - for no apparent reason. Couldn't get him to take his medication, so after a little while rang for a bit of advice. This leads in to my five (or six):

1. Nice chat with Social worker - made me feel better.
2. Carer arrived to give DH a shower. She offered to give him his tablet - meek as a lamb, he took it! Made me smile, and I knew he'd be calmer.
3. Another beautiful sunny day.
4. Bumped into a friend at the bus stop and had a good natter.
5. Got parcels from F**d B*rgains and App F**ds - unpacking was nearly as good as Christmas!
6. Am now looking forward to relaxing with half an hour's knitting before getting ready for bed.

Frith

5 for today:

1) Had a free morning so cleaned all the living room including polishing the piano - that doesn't get done very often!

2) Worked in the school library this afternoon.

3) My younger son had his first EVER trip to a friend's house! He went for tea and my older son also went. (Younger son is friend with one brother and older son is friends with the other brother). Younger son would never agree to it before.

4) Younger son went to Beavers!!!!! This is really a massive step. I had warned the leaders. (Last time I didn't warn them and they fired questions at him and he ran away. When he came back, the lady leader tried to give him a hug and he ran off AND climbed up a tree...) Anyway, I told them he is autistic and to say "hello" and then completely ignore him and that's what they did :-) Seems he was OK apart from joining in with rounders where the leader had to do the batting for him and he did the running!

5) Straight after Beavers we went to a local pub where my sister was playing the flute to accompany some morris dancers! I don't drink and don't think I have ever taken the boys to a pub. We had to do the usual toilet stop and, as we made our way back through the packed bar to watch the dancing outside, older son said (in a piercing voice) "ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE DRUNK, MUMMY?" Oh dear!

Not a bad day!

L