5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

RAS

ACEY wrote: »

So far so good.... 15 minutes of the manipulation, smaller son had fits of the giggles. When he's nervous, he sometimes repeats the same word or phrase so he did that. The phrase was rather unfortunate as it was something aimed at his brother... The next 15 minutes he was very calm and didn't say anything (any calmness is unusual).

BUT.... since we got home at 11am, I have NEVER had such terrible behaviour from him. I am nearly crying now. He went to sleep 10 minutes ago :-(

ACEY

I hope he was quieter today?

The CO is obviously having a major effect, even if the short -term one is difficult. If he is still a problem, I suggest you ring the guy up and refer yourselves back urgently.

I have a lot of musclo-skeletal work and sometimes the tension release comes out as giggles, roaring laughter, tears, or rude words (except I usually edit them to single sounds).

Good things

1.I liked the weather today, cool and breezy.

2. Looked at my recent holiday snaps.

3. Had a bit of a laugh at work.

house_elf

Hi All,

Very quiet uneventful day. Hope I can find 5 pleasures.......

1. Searching for vouchers for our hols next week. Only a few days in Hampshire, but it could seem a very long time if we can't find affordable stuff to do which suits a 14 year old and a 9 year old! :eek: Have come up with some interesting ideas including Geocaching and day trip to the Isle of White, but will prob be resorting to a trip into London for the museums as usual.
2. Cleaned out another draw in the kitchen. Found lots of 'lost' stuff.
3. Cleaned the pans with bio washing powder and now they are all hanging up, shining brightly. Makes me happy. :rotfl:
4. Went for a walk around the park with dog, DH, DS2 (Plus bike). Didn't really want to go as feeling bored and grumpy, but had a nice coffee at the newly refurbed 'Arts Centre' and cheered up.
5. About to spend a bit of time doing the 'Rumplestiltskin' thing......... turning straw into gold, by listing some things on EBay. Love my EBay Empire! :rotfl:I'm sure I don't make much money after fees and postage, but it does give me a good reason to de-clutter.

ACEY: I hope you had a quieter day today!

Have a nice evening HE x

Tealady_2

Evening

Pleasures for today:
1. More washing on the line and ironing done before work
2. Free lunch at work as trying out a new caterer and they gave us a free lunch to try. It was yum
3. Lovely glass of wine with dinner
4. Found out a relative who had been struggling to have children is expecting after having IVF
5. Its friday yeah:j:j

Hugs to all who need them.
Hello Jexy good to see you posting

Wee_Jo

noynoy wrote: »

home made kfc? please tell me how you make it??!!:D

Of course! It was very simple

1. Poach chicken (I used drumsticks and thighs) in milk for about 12-15 minutes or until cooked (depends on size)
2. While you're doing this, prepare the coating. I toasted a slice of bread, then blitzed it in the zuzzer to make breadcrumbs, then mixed it with flour on a plate and then put some generous shakes of seasoning. I used black pepper, mild chilli powder, onion salt, chicken seasoning and mustard powder.
3. Heat a good amount of oil in a pan (enough so that you have about 1cm deep, evenly on the bottom with no "dry" patches)
4. Take the chicken out of the milk and coat each of the pieces in the seasoned bread-flour mixture
5. Once the oil is hot enough (you can test it by sprinkling a wee bit of flour in it and if it fizzes you know it's hot enough) place your chicken pieces in the pan (sometimes the oil spits out)
6. I do the chicken for a minute or two on each side, until the coating has gone nice and brown and crispy.

And that's it! Apologies for the very non-cookery book-esque description! This recipe (and you can change the seasonings to suit what flavours you like) has gone down an absolute treat with everyone I've tried it on - so far friends, my nieces, my BiL and SiL and my hubby (though he loves everything!) My nieces thought it was real KFC! I am not sure if I should be pleased or insulted that my home cooking tastes like a fast food chain.....:rotfl: But I think coming from them it was a supreme compliment!!

Hope it works out for you!

Jo

PS Apparently the milk that you poach the chicken in makes an amazing base for cream of chicken soup but I haven't tried it yet!

Frith

Hello, RAS and thanks to everyone who mentioned smaller son! He is better today (as in back to normal) so generally thundering about but not the almost obsessional cycling, running and shouting like yesterday.

5 for today.

1) Our parcels all arrived at once from EBay! Both sons had a 99p T shirt (Dr Who and Superman) and smaller son's Beaver sweatshirt arrived so I can start sewing his badges on. I had ordered a tablecloth too.

2) Went into town to go to the bank. Went round the 2nd hand shops and smaller son found a door alarm for 99p. It was one of those kits for children where you wire up all the circuitry. Well, they played with it for hours! They got one of next door's boys in to test it and their bedroom door is now shut very firmly and, if I go in, I will set it off!

3) When in town, I went up to the station to print our tickets off for our London trip. (It is £6 to get the tickets posted to you but free if you pay on line then go and pick them up). We saw a British Rail train pull in then I moved the car to the steam train part (Severn Valley Railway station) and we sat there to eat our sandwiches. A steam train pulled in there too so went over to have a look. Sons were invited into the cab (if you call it that) and got to stay in there while they moved the train in the station. :-)

4) Stopped in the next town (station is 2 towns away) and fed the ducks.

5) Went swimming with sons and my brother and my brother had mended the boys go-kart so we took it home with us.

6) Had a fairly peaceful evening, my sister phoned and I did the ironing whilst watching the Pet Shop Boys at Glastonbury. Last time I saw them live it was about 1989!

Wee_Jo

Hi everyone

Forgot to do my 5 for the day:

1. Getting debt free (you might have guessed that one!)
2. Satisfaction of finishing a massive project in work
3. Talking to Mum on the phone this evening - I can't wait to see her next week
4. My favourite tea - spaghetti, ham and cheese tonight
5. Pulling the curtains and cosying in my jammies

That's it! Off to do some washing up, then bedtime.

Night all!

Jo

aplaceinthesun

Hi

Heres mine for Friday:

1. Light work day , again , needed it today.
2. Catching up on a bit of Big Brother ....
3. Plants ordered from Ebay arrived
4. No dinner to cook tonight, DH bought something in and me and DD were not hungry
5. Lovely walk with dogs and DD, for once she really wanted to chat and not just stay plugged into her Ipod.
6. Sorry to be greedy again adding an extra one .... Found a friend on Facebook that I havent seen for YEARS !

Have a lovely weekend everyone. x

Ladyhawk

Wee_Jo wrote: »

Getting debt free (you might have guessed that one!)

:beer:Well Done Jo!! That awesome news :T

noynoy

Wee_Jo wrote: »

Of course! It was very simple

Hope it works out for you!

Jo

PS Apparently the milk that you poach the chicken in makes an amazing base for cream of chicken soup but I haven't tried it yet!

ooh thanks hunny sounds simple and yummy !:)

mollythewestie

Wee_Jo - Congratulations on becoming debt free :j And many thanks for posting the KFC recipe, it's gone into my recipe file.

Ladyhawk - Well done on the potential date, hope it goes well. I am proof that internet dating can really work as that's how I met my husband!


My 5 for yesterday:

- Going to the library and finally getting hold of "Nella Last's War". It had a huge waiting list for months, I hope it is as good as I have heard it is.
- Listening to Classic FM whilst doing some chores, I find it very relaxing.
- Fakeout night! - Chicken and mushroom with noodles, yum.
- Turning off the computer in the evening to read my book.
- DD being very interested in her library book and trying to copy all the animal noises.