5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

Gingerjar

Hello folks

Hope you are all doing okay tonight and hanging on in there. Had a funny few days, have enjoyed reading how everyone is and the pleasures and trials we all seem to go through. It's so nice being able to talk about the good and the bad on here whilst putting on a brave face for the "real" world!

Here are my 5 for today:

1. Having a sloe picking frenzy at my allotment.
2. Cutting the lavender in the garden to dry and do "artistic" things with!
3. Nice pasts for tea, never underestimate the cheering power of food.
4. The long hot bath I am about to take.
5. Catching up today with a favourite colleague I don't see very often

Sleep tight all x

BlimusOreilly

Hi Caterina and Primrose :wave:- glad you both had nice hols!

Here are mine from today:

1) Woke up an hour before the alarm but didn't feel as cross as I usually do when that happens! In fact, I was raring to go this morning.
2) DH dropped off at college for his course and both boys dropped off at their digital media course meant that I had 1 hr 30 mins just to bimble about in town on my own.
3) 'Paid' for my much-needed moisturiser with boots points. I love a freebie
4) A lovely chat and lots of giggles chatting with friends while the boys did Sports Club.
5) The whole family driving home together after a busy day of clubs and courses sharing a £1 box of Refresher ice lollies!

frugalpam

This sounds a really lovely, positive thread - I've spent ages reading through it. Please may I join you?

My positives for the day:-

1) Discovered I'd lost 3lbs on my first Weight Watchers weigh in :j( piled on the weight when I quit smoking,and have another 30 to lose)
2) Turning over and going back to sleep when I remembered it wasn't a working day (now work 2 days a week)
3) Planned out my meals for the next few days, keeping to my WW allowance
4) Found 2 friends from college days on Facebook and busy emailing with them
5) My cute and funny cat who always makes me smile with her antics even if I'm feeling down

Pam x

Ladyhawk

Evening or should that be Morning all!! And Welcome Pam

It is waaaaaaay past my bedtime so thought I would just pop in brieflyto say hi and to let you know I had a good time in Berlin. I will do my pleasures tomorrow.

nighty night

L

sparrer

Welcome Pam and welcome back Primrose

mine for Monday
1. Went to my exercise class, we laugh so much the physio is threatening to resign as our tutor!
2. DD having a good day so we went out for lunch to a really nice pub where we had beef and Yorkshire wraps, very tasty and fililng but just left us enough space for some raspberry cheesecake afterwards :drool:
3. Had a siesta when I got home and unfortunately had a 'drinking dream', the first in a year or so but luckily the phone woke me and it was a friend in my fellowship who understood perfectly and we had a long chat til I felt better. It was a huge relief to wake up and know that I'm sober
4. My lovely friend was bright today, managed a little conversation about his lunch. I spoke to the nurse who said he sat out in his chair and fed himself :T
5. Having let myself slip over the past week or so , really making an effort to pull my belt in and get back to being a proper OS

night night, sweet dreams
S x

villagelife

My five are

1 Chatting with a friend whilst walking the dog.

2. Making elderberry syrup and apple braid and blackberry jam.

3. Phonecall from DS1.

4. Managing to gry the washing outside.

5. Quick tea of stirfry using 1 chicken breast.

Kitchenbunny

For yesterday:

1. DH cutting the grass - the smell of the rosemary bush getting clipped along with the grass - mmm
2. Toad in the hole. My favourite.
3. Reading a book on 2 women transitioning from normal life to one in the wartime factories.
4. The sunshine.
5. A nice long walk in the fresh air.

KB xx

Frith

5 for yesterday (Monday)

1) Phoning my solicitor and hearing that Friday's court hearing is just an interim hearing (despite barristers being called) so it is very unlikely that anything will change. It might lead to another final hearing when the ex could get overnight contact with the boys but at least it looks like that won't happen this week.

2) Phoning my friend to collect the boys for me from school on Friday. When I was little (0-5) we lived in a little cottage not far from here and this friend still lives in the other part. So I would quite like to go there on Friday and play in the orchard rather than go to court! Sons love going there. :-)

3) Went to mum and dad's for lunch.

4) Picked some raspberries.

5) MrN came round and it looks as though we might both be able to get enough childcare in place to go out! We've never done that...

Ladyhawk

Evening all...

Soooo... Frith... is MrN your boyfriend then?? Make sure he knows that if he doesn't treat you right we'll have to send the boys round! (we do have MSE boys to send round, don't we?)

So - Berlin - what a fab city. I would definitely recommend a visit if you ever get the chance. I had dinner a couple of times with a rather delightful lad while I was over there... though, as he reminded me, he's known me since I was 3 years old (and he was 9). Anyway he has been on my mind rather a lot since I have been back... Lets hope that it not another 12 years until I see him again!

It wasn't a pleasure as such - but I went to visit the Sachenhausen concentration camp while I was there - I wasn't sure if I actually wanted to go, but felt that I should. It was extremely sad, humbling, disturbing and mindblowing what these poor people went through... The tragedy is that unimeaginable cruelty such as this continues in the 21st century and we turn a blind eye. WE MUST NEVER FORGET!

1) The hostel that I booked turned out to be very convenient and very clean... always good.

2) Dinner with the lovely lad as above...

3) Loads and loads of walking - must be good for the thighs!

4) Bought a few new jumpers and cardies which I am very pleased with, as well as a new hat that in retrospect I am not so keen on... oh well.

5) Relatively decent weather while I was there... though the wind was biting!

6) Finishing Marco Pierre White's autobiography while waiting fo my flight home which was delayed by 2hours (grrr made worse by an additinal 45 minute wait to get through passport control the other end!). I enjoyed the book but he comes across as an arrogant, petualant brat.

So - now I am back in reality... my pleasures today...

1) Having the confidence to leave a conference at work half way through because I wasn't learning anything new. I have lots on my plate at the moment and got a lot done in the extra two hours that I worked instead. Plus I got a seat on the train home.

2) My beloved cat being very clingy since I have been back and has been sleeping at my feet most of the day while I worked from home (except when I popped out to the conference). We had to go to the vet this morning andthe prognosis is not good for him. I will just have to give him extra love and attention while his is still in my life. Poor little mite.

3) Fish pie for supper from the freezer... looking forward to that!

4) Getting a load of washing on this morning.

5) Unpacking my kenwood chef.... it's so pretty. I am really looking forward o trying it out but first I have to get rid of my slow cooker and possibly my breadmaker to make room....

Night night... early to bed for little me once I have had my supper. I need to be in work early tomorrow

L

CCP

Evening all.

Ladyhawk - I'm glad you had such a good time in Berlin, and got to meet up with your old friend. I'm so sorry to hear about your puddy tat, though - please give the poor moggy a stroke from me.

Frith - I hope you have a lovely time out with MrN.

Ladyhawk wrote: »

Make sure he knows that if he doesn't treat you right we'll have to send the boys round! (we do have MSE boys to send round, don't we?)

I think us girls will be round if there's any trouble - then he's really got problems! :D

Kitchenbunny - can I ask the name of the book you're reading, please? I've just been watching a documentary on a similar subject and it's rather caught my interest.

sparrer - it's good to hear your friend is able to get up and about a bit - that must be really good to hear.

frugalpam - welcome to the thread, and congrats on the weightloss and on stopping smoking. :T

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My pleasures for today:

1) Another free lunch from work, and I've discovered that the brie and grape sarnies aren't bad at all - in fact they're decidedly :drool:.

2) Found 1p on the floor.

3) Treated myself to a pudding after dinner tonight - a very rare treat. Well, I had to use up the last of the cream I defrosted for cooking with, didn't I?

4) Watching a very interesting documentary about the building of war time planes. I didn't think it would be at all my sort of thing, but it was fascinating.

5) A day off tomorrow, so I get a lie-in, even if the use for my day off isn't particularly cheerful (I'm helping my dad sort out his late mother's papers - that's the price you pay for being the family's only administrator ).

Have a nice night's sleep and a very pleasant day tomorrow, everyone.