5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

Kittikins

Oh no Frith, I've not unwrapped mine yet....will make a note to do so when it's not the middle of the night

house_elf

Morning,

1. DH made bacon butties. Bit thin on the bacon, but I didn't have to make them. :j
2. Went into town for appt with bank to discuss options for funding kitchen extension. Got the green light. Just need to get children to pay board, and we can go ahead!
3. Bought hydrangea from Lidl and planted it in giant pot!
4. Made savoury fried rice for lunch using up tired veg from fridge. BoP would approve. Then ate it talking to DD on FaceTime.
5. Dinner at friends house. Wine, nice music, nice convesation, nice food.
6. Too full to go to bed when we got home, so lit the fire pit and watched the flames, while drinking tea.

DS2 off on his field trip today. Will miss him.

ampersand

1. Early brekkie done c.0430h, same for birdies who started coming straight down from no.2 shed on one side and sessile oak on the other.

2. CBA early booting ce matin. Enjoying my quiet time with the dawn and Mother Nature instead. Have hardly missed out, following...

3. ...another village street sale yesterday. Back to, or for, Meriva & trailed laden twice. Need to sort, research, etc. etc. Enzed friends also sallied. Their van solar panels have now arrived. Crochet squares for &'s gifty blanket - lots of purple))) - nearly done already! & found some final necessary purple for joining and edging yesterday.

4. Peculiar 2nd Test and oddly warped. No one Lions-ish cheered or gloated in The Alma. General view was ... OK, 24-21, but not really. Mako and SOB shd have been red carded equally. Garcès and tmo were arguing re:SBW's. Final penalty which gave win was NOT one. All up and on for next Saturday:-)))).

5. Connectivity cauchemars much worse, mixed with/because of? meteo madness and much figurative swimming for Life. Finally managed to sort ferry and YH at Ostend for a few days. Bastille Day, &'s French 'family', new territory, all within comfortable reach. This is all necessary and good.

6. Dire Spits start with complete absence of &'s row of structures/tables. Gone where/why? Sorting ad-hoc arrangement with patron meant delay, incompletion, much not unpacked, displayed because structure missing / unstable / not surveillance-friendly.. &'s OK @ Système D, but this affected potential badly. Another corporate owner change is not boding well. On verra re: enforced change by non-comprehending consortium shareholders. Goose+golden egg is likeliest... Some modest banking nonetheless.

7. A strong sense of trinity to close. Wonderful Ordination in Ely Cathedral yesterday. Day overall was vast, variable and precision-timed throughout. Feel pleased to have managed all, inc. 3 necessary changes of vestment. (Have just heard Enzed friends set out>boots, c. 0615h, which is late). Back to sense of trinity - 'heart of matter' outstandingly simple sermon yesterday (young American female priest) echoed 2hrs ago with Tim Winton on World Service Book Club, and again just now with Malcolm Doney on Something Understood. Will sort links later, if desktop will start.

....re: which, laptop battery replacement arrived in week. & may try to work it out. There will be amazement if sthg can be made to work here.
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Distance from &squat yday also meant a Doc became readable. Just as well as & is apparently first up for Church teas this qtr. That meant diversion shop en rte back last night, but done. Another reason to not dive out for early hunt' n' gather this day.
No surprises if not much of this post makes sense. All in muck mode again, but beautiful Sundays to all.

LaineyT

Ouch re tooth Frith

Pleasures for Saturday,

Capt S got up for the girls so I had a lie-in to 8.30.

Leisurely breakfast of boiled egg and marmite soldiers whilst listening to Rev Rich.

Cull of my wardrobe meant that three large bags of clothes went to CS.

Popped into horsey town late afternoon, parked on market square and hit Mr Sparks just as bakery goods were being YS'd, fresh bread for this morning's butties.

Lovely evening stroll, warmer than it has been and half moon was already high in the sky.

milasavesmoney

* A wonderful day with Sequoia and DD1. A big breakfast featuring bacon ...Quoye's favorite, cookies were baked after sprinkles were added of course, many treasures collected from the yard in a little rusty red wagon, watermelon and cherries were devoured, dinner early (which was yum!) because we all went to see DH receive an award for being a great coach. DH gave a rousing speech...well, he always does.
Our middle daughter opted out of coming for the weekend because she tripped over the dog while vacuuming and popped her thumb out of joint. :eek: So, a trip to the ER where they popped it back in. The next day it popped back out and she said it was excruciating. It looks like surgery will have to be done.

* DD1 brought the backsplash tile I ordered with her from Albuquerque. That's the next to last thing to do in the kitchen and then it will be finished.

* Cuddles from the most loving child! Along with goodnight hugs and kisses. It's been a long time since this was a nightly occurance at my house. Feels so good.

* Looking forward to tomorrow's events. Church, then lunch out, then the swimming pool. Sunscreen will be applied liberally!

* Cherry juice which Quoye got all down the front of her "very special" dress came out with pretreatment and cold water. Why didn't you take that dress off her before you fed her cherries Mother? Uh, because it's been thirty years since I've been in charge of a three year old. I'm not up to speed!

I need chocolate!!!! :cool:

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

And you know you can't!

house_elf wrote: »

The short version is that I agree totally with BoP.:T

I cannot express my gratitude for your shortened thoughts!

5 Bog Fitted. Shelved. And sorted. Well, screw holes for shelves fitted as well. And yes I have tested it. Faced the wall and jobs a good one. BoPsie choose the seat. Looks good! Profanities were spoken!

4 That was all after the normal Saturday fest of Snorker, best back, haricot beans in tom sauce, mushrooms, grilled toms. Tatties and poached egg on buttered toast. Tum was rubbed vigorously!

3 Watched the speedway yestereve, Wobbleades were consumed! Lovely. Just finished off the haricot beans! They were on buttered toast!

2 Day sun is out, just had the remnants of the haricot beans!


That was a very good try, Misses!

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Oh MILA do I ever know that feeling!!!

1) Lunch in the sun in DDs garden today, lovely.

2) Lunch was home made soup to use up bendy veg ends from the fridge and there is enough for DD to have a couple of bowls in the week.

3) Washing dried outside on the line in time for me to do DDs ironing for the week and save her the job.

4) Lots of super fresh fruit reductions at Mr.T when we shopped DD for the week, we obviously went at the right time.

5) Found the Zebra child a fab Christmas present today, a lunch box in the shape of a VW Camper Van, he loves them!!!

mhagster

Good morning from Monday already, just getting ready to head out to work.

'Tis cold! But I've stripped my bed and will hopefully get it out on line before I go out ( as I checked forecast after I put in machine ...rain for late morning! )

Pleasant weekend.

Baked on Saturday , made lemon meringue cupcakes with my never ending supply of lemons. Used a different recipe for lemon curd but won't use it again. Took cakes to our friends party and then a tub were taken across the road to our neighbours. So just a few left for us.

Nice afternoon sat on friends decking , enjoying the wintery sunshine ( we were all wrapped up!) met a few new people and enjoyed some chit chat but was ready to go home after 2 hours . Took over a bag of blooming grapefruits!

I tried & failed to make grapefruit marmalade ! Ended in the bin was the vilest thing I've ever made! What a waste of electricity!

Sunday , I actually slept in until 6.30am which is a huge lie in for me! Back to normal 4am wake this morning!

Made pumpkin soup , slow cooked the biggest steak I'd ever seen which was half price last week and had been chopped up in a freezer bag ! It became a steak pie served with roast potatoes and parsnips, cauliflower, broccoli and carrots. Made sausage rolls for lunches and some jam / puff pastry scrolls with the left over pastry.

Hoovered, cleaned bathrooms, caught up on some programmes, emailed a friend.

A 'friend' came round , she's my daughters friends mum! I think she thinks she's being kind to me by keeping in touch . I just feel we don't have much in common other than our daughters. This is the lady who sat and told me all about her dating 's'-exploits a few weeks after OH died...so yesterday she turned up and sat and bemoaned her single status, telling me I was lucky to have known such love ( I am lucky to have known such love but would have been delighted to have kept loving for a lot longer) and she felt a bit guilty complaining when I was 'going through stuff' and then went on to moan and moan for about an hour and a half ! I find her quite emotionally draining and don't really have much emotional energy in reserve at the moment ! Was quite happy when she went . Maybe she will feel better for having off loaded but I don't think she will!

Nice chat with my sister and my sister in law....this working first thing in the morning interrupts my chatting time in UK! weekends only now!

And talking of work , I'd better get a wriggle on!

Have a good week ahead!

ampersand

From mob. earlier, said I'd link these in.

The wonderful Tim Winton, on BBC world service re: 'CloudStreet'. Dazzlingly wonderful writing and one read is not enough. This book is a staywith-you for Lifer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p056vtwn
Tim Winton - Cloudstreet

World Book Club

This month World Book Club is talking to chart-topping Australian writer Tim Winton about his unforgettable novel Cloudstreet.
Winner of the Miles Franklin Award and recognised as one of the greatest works of Australian literature, Cloudstreet is Tim Winton's sprawling, comic epic about luck and love, fortitude and forgiveness, and the magic of the everyday.
Precipitated by separate personal tragedies, two poor families flee their rural homes to share a "great continent of a house", Cloudstreet, in a suburb of Perth. The Lambs are industrious, united and religious. The Pickleses are gamblers, boozers, fractious, and unlikely landlords.
Over the next twenty years they struggle and strive, laugh and curse, come apart and pull together under the same roof, and try to make the best of their lives.
(Picture: Tim Winton. Credit: BBC.)


Read Dirt Music, too. Same magic.
Tim Winton is another of &'s man+words loves.

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I see he talks with Mariella Frostrup too.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08rpf0g


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Malcolm Doney will be on again shortly - 'Something Understood' repeat.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08wmjnw
Writer and priest Malcolm Doney argues that imagination is central to almost every decision we make. For Malcolm, conscious, imaginative thinking is essentially the basis of what it means to be human.
Malcolm draws upon the story of Jesus who himself left no written manifesto. In his physical absence, Jesus' followers were left with the imaginative project of living lives modelled on his. They had to re-imagine a new life without him.
Malcolm explores the work of Nobel Prize winner Peter Medawar, historian Yuval Noah Harari, as well as poets John Koethe and Emily Dickinson. Using this diverse array of sources, Malcolm reveals that imagination is vital to the progress of science and lies at the beating heart of music. He concludes that ultimately, imagination is fundamental to empathy and at the core of that most life-giving command "love thy neighbour as thyself".
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Kittikins

1. Sunshine!

2. DD was very happy to get her pocket money for the month in one go again It helps me too as I don't have to remember to keep coins around for a Saturday morning!

3. Took a bin liner full of clothes she's grown out of to our lovely chazzer.

4. Bought Chap a one cup teapot and cup in the chazzer, and will buy him some lovely loose tea to go with it. Just need to peruse his teabags to see what his favourite is to surprise him.

5. The very nice security guard at MrS's let us in to use their powder room just as they were closing.

6. We went to look at the outside of 2 flats - one for rent and one for shared ownership sale. I could afford either I think, but so not sure what to do. The rental has sort of its own outdoor space, at £825/month, the purchase is a first floor flat but there is what looks like a nice communal garden for just those 6 flats, and is about £82k for 25% ownership. I could get a mortgage for that, minus my deposit. Hmmmmm.....