5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

mcculloch29

milasavesmoney wrote: »

Yikes! What on earth happened?

.....off to look up Scotch pancakes

They are just about identical to American pancakes Mila, well, the American pancakes I got served in Vermont in 2003 anyway. Those came out of a shake to mix batter bottle.
Very nice, but I couldn't believe the chef didn't mix her own. I gave her a Scotch pancakes recipe once I'd established that cream of tartar was an American thing too, and that baking soda and bicarbonate of soda were and are the same chemical.

villagelife

1. Being able to help a colleague at work so she could leave early as she had some bad news. Being away from the main place of work meant it was easier for her to leave.

2. Took lunch into work.

3. Long chat with my neighbour. She is recovering from a fall and in less pain.

4. Watching my chickens in the garden.

5. Doing some ironing and DS2 doing his own shirts.

6. Glass of wine in the garden with DH.

Skint_yet_Again

OMG Frith !! :eek: lucky escape from school bus for bigger son !!
Pleasures for Tuesday


1. had breakfast with DS
2. went to lunch with a friend, nice to chat and catch up
3. toby carvery and crackling
4. another coat of paint on the bathroom coving
5. DS at work so no need to cook any dinner as still stuffed from lunch

mhagster

Snuggled under my quilt to write this trying to keep warm but too early for sleeping ( iPad attached to charger at side of bed!)

Tiny sliver of a smiling moon as I walked to work. The road sweeper was out collecting the leaves off the road.

Work , was doable and my favourite day to look forward to tomorrow.

Took DD1 to uni, we saw 2 lazing kangaroos enjoying the morning sun.

Yesterday , I was cutting the grass when lawn mower ran out of petrol, so had to fill up a jerry can and petrol was the cheapest it's been in months.
Lawn finished this afternoon.

Hoovered.

Swept up times two!! Blooming leaves!

Have emailed one pension company again , third time ...maybe they'll reply today! They have not contacted my Scottish solicitor as requested. Sigh.

Steak pie for tea... Meat (rtc) done in slow cooker , roast potatoes and roast veggies ( frozen from aldis ...meh! Won't get again) ...haggis ges a treat of gravy on his tea.

Have a good day

ETA : there has been a nice reply and an urgent stamp on my file ! Don't hold your breath but at least I've finally been acknowledged!

ampersand

Rather than edit prev. post, & includes what failed to stick re: nettle crisps and stinger wobblers -
https://craftinvaders.co.uk/category/wild-food/
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In same area, & will contribute PIKELETS, the real name:-) , for Mila and Frith.
Comes from NZ's Edmonds book, of course, as if they could ever come from anywhere else.
http://edmondscooking.co.nz/recipes/pancakes-and-pikelets/pikelets/

Plenty of triggers:
http://jessicaburns.com/2011/09/pikelets/
and
http://www.mytaste-nz.com/s/edmonds-pikelets.html
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Back later. Urgent Spits cancellation so no earning opportunity this week.
p.s. Mila - I've been known to start a book I've read and not realize it until partway through the first chapter Not only you, Mila....:-))))

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

No No No No No No No No No No No. I am not round here to tell you lot it is ok to eat prefabricated arp, but I enjoy tossing off myself. Now it is plain to see some of the flock inn the parish think it is ok to go out and buy stale food in nitrogen environmental packages and think this is proper food. It aint. Full stop. Got it?
For proper pancakes, the fresher the better!
3 oz Plain Flour
5 fl oz Milk
1 Medium egg
Whisk inn a dish. Ladle into a hot pan. Cook one side, toss. Then turn into dish. Cover with sugar and proper cocoa (not the foam variety!), toss on some fruit and serve with ice cream. Your tum will be rubbed.
Now enuff of the messing!

5 At the mill there was a whole truck load of cotton bails waiting to be spun into cloth. Keeps BoP employed and at the grind stone. Invoice was paid! Note to viewers. Invoice Monday. Paid Friday. Not paid Fryday. You can swim for it come Monday!

4 Gosh BoP is inn the swing today, can you feel the grove! No not same old record either! Last night I was in my beach ready gear at the Jim. It was hard work after the trip. But does keep the body beach ready.

3 Last night BoP had proper food for tea and not the pre-packaged carp or cheese on toast! Mackerel Salad, with fresh concentrate of orange and eua de faucet.

2 Night BoP will be watching Man Utd in the UEFA final

Nothing else my Laud!

mhagster wrote: »

roast potatoes and roast veggies ( frozen from aldis ...meh! Won't get again) ...haggis ges a treat of gravy on his tea.

Good. Lesson Learned! Last time I was on the farm, at the salt mine, I was digging and had to get something for supper. I looked and looked and eventually found some near not so bad carp! It was awful. Even the farm dog shoved his nose up. Avoid!

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Frith

Pleasures for today (Wednesday)


1) Not a bad sleep.


2) Sunny and warm all day (bit too warm now, got the fan on!)


3) Not a pleasure was bigger son refusing to revise, shouting and going off in a huff (all by 9.10a.m!) The pleasure was watching him go, waiting a while then phoning to let him know the pencil case and calculator he would need for the afternoon's exam were still on the piano... He looked quite warm by the time he'd cycled back up here.


4) Made an appointment to go to a shop in the Jewellery Quarter next week. I had a ring for my 40th birthday (nearly 100 years old) but it really needs resizing. It's a good place for a morning out so that'll do nicely, half way through half term.


5) Had a drive out now the car is mended.


6) The physics exam was said to have been OK.


7) Had a lovely tea. Found some muntjac in the freezer so had that with potato and swede mash, peas and proper gravy. Smaller son was most impressed.


8) English Lit and a bit of maths revision done.


9) Cleaned the turtles out and eye recovery continues.


10) In bed now and might watch something on the laptop.

villagelife

1. Appraisal was ok. I think it's a waste of time as happy doing what I do and don't want a promotion as it means more admin duties and less clinical time which is the bit of the job I enjoy.

2. Spoke to manager about problems others are having without mentioning names. In isolation people don't want to take things further but 5 people have mentioned similar things to me in the past few weeks so I feel a problem may occur soon. I'm aware she can't do anything at the moment but if someone speaks to her she will know it's not an isolated incident.

3. Went to work by bus and read my book. Now finished.

4. Tea in garden which was lovely.

5. Reclaimed a bit of garden from the weeds and nettles and planted a couple of courgette plants. Also put a couple of tomato plants in pots.

[Deleted User]

1) BMI 24.5 !!!

2) Kitchen smells amazing already today as I've got a nice big pot of vegan Chilli Mole on the stove before it gets too hot to cook.

3) Walking out of the back door very early this morning and into the cool of the morning air, best time of the day when the world is mine alone and the air is fresh and not 'used'.

4) Perfume from the petunias in the window boxes and some beautiful climbing roses that have climbed over the fence from my neighbour and are making my patio smell gorgeous.

5) I fit into DD1s 'smaller' passed down jeggings WOOHOO.....and the look OK too!