5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

LaineyT

PK I blitz my cauli in the food processor and then either toast in oven or nuke in microwave, actually prefer it to rice now.

Some pleasures for yesterday,

My daffs are up and budded but no yellow yet, snowdrops are still going strong.

Received a lovely card in the post from dear friend who despite going through rubbish herself thought of me, classy lady.

Bacon and lentil soup for lunch.

Have found a place in Norfolk that offer hacks out on heavy horses, this makes me very happy as missing my lad no end.

Watched Monday's Uni Challenge, exciting finish.

VfM4meplse

Singing in the shower is always a good lift, mhags. Am intrigued to hear what your song of choice is. This is one wakes me up these days: https://youtu.be/J5qWnG5RQTk

I too am struggling to find good things over the past couple of days:

1) Great blustery walking weather, v bracing

2) Started a new book, it's beautifully written

3) Ate dinner yesterday for the first time in a fortnight: chilli cheese and cucumber sandwich on grainy bread. So nothing special but it's a start.

4) Enjoyed the miracle of the LO this morning, she picked her own nursery rhymes on YouTube whilst I readied myself. She can recognise them by image before the music starts and sings along to them word for word. Can't believe how fast she learns

5) Dropped the LO off to nursery v early, she normally does everything to dodge her coat and pram in favour of playing but today was no trouble :A

Must stop surfing MSE and get some work done now

mcculloch29

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Singing in the shower is always a good lift, mhags. Am intrigued to hear what your song of choice is. This is one wakes me up these days: https://youtu.be/J5qWnG5RQTk

1. I'm putting that Train video as my first pleasure.I was hoping it would be a favourite song and isn't it just! Thank you so much. Beethoven said he would "hear in Heaven". Well, I shall dance, as in that vid.

2. Cycling home with heavy shopping and a blustery wind at my back.

3. Getting everything I wanted in Mr T's and going just 2p over the remaining balance on the giftcard I won last summer. Free shopping!

4. A wonderful night at the live music club. with some outstanding performances.

5. Chat with sis on the phone, following my now much appreciated routine of breakfast and coffee on the perching stool. This was a two cup affair, one a cafetiere fresh-ground from beans mugful and the other an A!di Nespresso Lungo capsule made into a mocca with instant chocolate from Mr T's.

6. The post I shared on FB about the self administered pepper dust in the eyes has had some very amusing replies. As well as a lot involving super hot chillies and mucous membranes in various locations on the body :eek: there was a one line cracker from someone. 'I cut my hand on a crumpet'. :rotfl:x 100
I shouldn't laugh. Well, no actually I should, it's good for me.
I can see how it happened.
The bases of my crumpets -I eat them regularly - often have a very hard, crisp, razor- thin edge that does indeed feel sharp.

I mentioned I was having crumpets for brunch to exact retribution and got the response 'I shall pray for you'. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:


A final response from a third party: "Well they do say having a bit of crumpet on the side is dangerous." :rotfl:

Skint_yet_Again

bagpuss & PK -I've found garlic Philli is nice as a sauce if thinned with milk - we have it added to chicken, mushrooms, onions & pasta


Recent pleasures


1. daffs are in full bloom outside work
2. hair done - no more grey - look less like a badger
3. met a new friend for coffee and had a good chat - so good have lost my voice again !
4. final big shop of the month came in under budget
5. liver and onions with mash and peas for tea nom nom !

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1) Hair done no more haystack! hair tamed hoorah!

2) Successful trip to Ikea getting everything on my list.....and lunch which was Gravadlax and salad and a lovely bowl of Moroccan Veg Soup, delicious!

3) Nice Cookie walk this afternoon, hadn't expected to go today as she's been away with grandma for a couple of days but she was back in time, lovely!

4) Salmon with paprika and sesame crust for supper.

5) DD1 opening her Hygge parcel from an American friend and being as excited as a 5 year old at Christmas, wouldn't have missed it for anything, much squealing going on !

caronc

Today hasn't been a great day but still counting my pleasures
1. Elderly pooch is well and happy and no floor puddles overnight
2. A treat of a nice bunch of daffodils for the kitchen
3. Younger son is coming home tonight for a couple of days
4. Horrible vertigo attack from this morning has subsided
5. Nice message from poorly friend re the card I had sent her
My life isn't so bad......

Purple_kitten

Mhags, Did you win…I am pitifully dreadful at those games, but good at things like Risk.
Skint: I will give it a go, I fancy trying cawli as a pizza base I think I have seen somewhere. I will give the phili with taste a go next time.

Tonsillitis and chest infections in full swing over here so pleasures to be found.
1. One of our furries curled up with us so so cute.:o
2. Managed an omelette and beans as soft food, I was surprised considering tea feels like razor blades at the mo. Although it's made me feel like I want more food.
3. The postie bought some free tree seeds, as it’s wet and stormy I put them over the bottom wall into the scrub land which is what I wanted them for and wished them luck.:p
4. DF’s new carers seem far better than the others touch wood so far.:)
5. Nice not to have to worry about going out for food etc.:)

mhagster

Yes, yes I did win the game ....I realise I was being just too modest yesterday... Even told the oncologist when he was round yesterday and the registrar offered to write it in OHs notes...but I'd said I'd journaled it here and put it on facebook...so it must be true!

A bit of a painful start to our morning today which is always distressing but he's settled now so I shall catch up here .


yesterday was a good day. Usual doctors in the morning ,I think the oncologist was surprised to still see him here! I said it was sheer Scottish bloody mindedness that keeps him going!

Kids came in , we celebrated sixteen going on seventeen down in the hospice gardens. It was very warm but we were in the shade so still warm enough for OH but cool enough not to burn.

A choir were singing , beautifully , inside . All ladies of a certain age wearing bright pink jackets. They we were fabulous. So I asked them at the end of they could kindly sing happy birthday to DD2. They did , they all trooped outside , a vision of pink and sang . Lovely, she was a mix of mortified and rather delighted! Unfortunately I missed the start recording on my phone and could hardly ask them to start again! We got the jist!
We had chocolate mud cake , some rather dense cupcakes and
Tunnock's wafers . Lots of photos taken and some more memories made.

Kids left around 7pm, we later had a FaceTime call and saw our lovely boy.

Then we watched Holby which someone had kindly put up on YouTube... as if we don't have enough hospital dramas of our own.

OH was given a knitted blanket from The Yarning around group of knitters who knit squares and make blankets, he was zonked when they came round. I had a nice chat with the 2 ladies who brought it, they like to see who it's going to. He was so grateful. He is always freezing and this has made such a difference. He loves it. I love the simple kindnesses being shown to our family. It really is a lovely place to be.

Right it's breakfast time for me. The dilemma of weetabix or cornflakes?

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gran3

A big group hug and body heat for Mr Mhags, so many people thinking of you, it would be like having a 100 tog duvet. So glad the Hospice is a warm and caring place, will make such a difference. xxx

VJsmum

mhagster wrote: »

Right it's breakfast time for me. The dilemma of weetabix or cornflakes?

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Cornflakes with full cream milk. Or just cream