5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

marmiterulesok

I hope you are all well.I've been away visiting my sister and had a break from the computer for the duration.I thought it would me good and to prove to myself that life goes on regardless!I'm slowly catching up-I've got to page 293 so far.

Mine for the last week-

1 Spending time with my family.

2 Being by the seaside,I really miss the sea.

3 Picking brambles with my sister.We then made a bramble and apple crumble,my first attempt.It was good-with custard!

4 I had some lovely finds in some charity shops:some cotton tops,a wool mix jacket,which has been greatly admired and a pair of woolen trousers by Hobbs in excellent condition.

5 I haven't spent all my holiday money,so I think I'll just put it aside for next year.

6 I've bought a pudding basin,as I'd love to make steamed puddings,and you can't get them here.I have a Delia recipe for a steamed treacle sponge pudding,and also hope to make a Christmas pudding!Watch this space....Also stocked up on Marmite,Cadbury's chocolate...

7 Getting back home to HRF Kira-my wee cat.

8 I don't go back to work for another week,have lots of things planned.

Blimus I've just read your request for the apple butter recipe.It's on page 278 of this thread.Sorry I can't face typing it out again.My wee cat is curled up on my lap with my arm tucked round her,so typing this one handed and it has taken a while!

Hope you all have a good evening x

PetuliaGristle

Mine for today:
1) cuddles from a poorly dd, off school today with a cold
2) Mindfulness body scan meditation practice first thing this morning
3) finishing my first Wii Active six-week challenge
4) breakfast in bed courtesy dp
5) taking a walk in the sunshine at lunchtime today

Ladyhawk

Evening all,

BlimusOreilly wrote: »

Ladyhawk - your business trip to Edinburgh in-a-day sounds very exciting. But I'm guessing it must also be somewhat exhausting. Always amazed and in awe at how much you seem to cram into a day.

Thanks Blimus - this made me smile because I suppose we don't always appreciate how we seem to the ouside world. I am very busy with work, but I often feel quite lonely when I rattle around my flat by myself. I also feel that I shold do something more productive with my evenings rather just get home and veg. Maybe it is just because I don't have kids and don't expect that I ever will makes me feel as if all this hard work is all I really have to do with my life.

CCP - sorry to hear that you are still feeling rough

Caterina - well done on your "score"! Was it you that makes the Morsbags? How do you make them? I was wondering if they would be suitable for Christmas presents?

1) Everyone at work loved the chocolate brownies (recipe on Love Food/ Hate Waste website). Pity the victoria sponge didn't work quite right. It was the first time it ever not worked properly, and I have made it hundreds of times. Not sure what went wrong, but it was both greasy and dry

2) Finally got my new glasses ordered... it's been a year since I ordered my current ones which haven't fitted ever since! So they have been replaced free of charge.

3) Having my supper all ready for when I got home this evening... lamb curry which I madethe night before last.

4) Ginger and lemon cake sample at work... it was a little dry but yum none the less.

5) The boss was being friendly-ish today and signed off my magazine article without too many changes. It is on the definition of sustainability and balancing the competing demands of social, economic and environmental factors.

Night all... I need to get some sleep! (yeah I know it is a bit pathetic that I want to go to bed at 9pm!)

L

Tealady_2

Evening

Blimus - So sorry to hear about your husbands student
CCP- Glad you are feeling better

Pleasures for today:
1. Managed to write the process document to go out to everyone involved in the project I am working on at the moment. Was a bit worried about it but once I started it flowed well.
2. My friend worked in our office space this afternoon rather than where she normally is. Was nice to chat to her whilst we worked.
3. Lovely chat with one of my brothers on the phone.
4. Tasty pasta dish for dinner plus made a tart with some puff pastry lurking in the fridge and other bottom of the fridge items. Lunches sorted for tomorrow now.
5. Pile of ironing done, still loads to do but at least a bit done.

Hugs to all who need them

Frith

5 for today (Tuesday).

1) Took my mum to Sainsburys and got my son's birthday cake for tomorrow (there's no way I could create a Tardis in icing!)

2) Did various admin type jobs and washing.

3) Looked after MrN's sons (and mine) and they all got on well and cajoled smaller son into finally getting his homework done. (We have 7 sons between us, 6 still living at home, so cooking tea is interesting).

4) Drove to look at a property my sister might want to buy, as a first time buyer. Such a lovely spot, the village down from us, but it's TINY. My house is 2 up 2 down but this one the whole of the downstairs is 18 foot x 10 and there is no garden. Took some photos for her anyway.

5) Sat on the sofa with a hot water bottle and a quilt and MrN came round. :-)

ampersand

If you'll kindly hold on while I turn off the pressure cooker, simmering red and white onions, carrots, basil and parsley for soup base..........

1. ...these being all received yesterday, on way back from Charity Showroom with a very decent day's takings. Also, had checked on Saturday that the posters I'd left in numerous places last week were up. YES:j.

2. This exchange heard on gentle R7 comedy, Alison and Maud[http://www.uttertrivia.com/alisonandmaud.php]:

- How is your Mother, Bernard?
- Oh, she's been wrestling with an anal fissure.

Well, maybe you have to hear it for yourself, but I laughed out loud.

3. Of the Left am I, but also thought 'Oh dearie me' when I heard Ed Miliband's reaction to charges of susceptibility to Union pressure. Reportedly, he said 'I am nobody's Man; I am my own Man'.
Ergo: I am Nobody.:D
I smiley-groaned inwardly, expecting Opponents to seize upon this foot-in-mouth, but so far No! Have to say None of the Above would have been my Vote and def. not Diane Abbott[lived in Hampstead for years;we knew of her, Sue Slipman and Paul Boateng being others who seemed to have something of the shapeshifter about them.]

4. I've just picked another kg of raspberries between rainfalls and will shortly use Buspass freeb journey to Poundland for sugar.

5. A delicate phonecall for someone[after 5hrs of appointments in 3 places last Monday]has gone well.

6. mot and I are starting a small regular weekly amount in order to visit i.t.'s family region of Italy this time next year. Against this, have just heard of X's 90% likelihood of a similar cancer - major tests yesterday. X also knew of Tony's situ and prayed for him within their group. I felt a cold certainty, the moment I knew some weeks back of X's initial symptoms following bleeding last year.

7. Much caught up in Ian Rankin's 'Exit Music'.

8. Ditto sentiments with all who bemoan floor-to-ceiling grey and watering eyes and nose which arrived a week ago, no idea whence. No other symptoms but lots of sneezes and slightly rackety voice - seems to be lessening now and managed gym yesterday. Really notice the difference wandering over for 0645h start in pre-dawn half-light now.

9. Spooks is on again.

10. Loved candidate Ben, French boy, on Masterchef last night.

Right, Archers over, will head for bus[after call to Fenboys re:fixing both carlocks - 2nd one went yesterday. Barrels just spin.] Had helpful answers via mse to another site: BRISKODA, but, given that they both need doing now, it's wiser to let the boys sort them. In this weather, given my inexperience, dismantling 2 door panels and fiddling probably isn't wise. It's still £oney though:mad:, which I don't have, at a time when my fine needs paying and road tax renewal looms for end of Oct.
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So, things happen...c'est la vie.

CCP

Evening all. Here's mine for today:

1) Went back to bed after phoning in sick this morning. It's obviously what I needed, though, as I feel so much better after some extra sleep.

2) My puddy tat chasing his toy mouse to cheer me up.

3) NSD.

4) Listening to my favourite radio station online. It's a London-based station so I only get to listen to it when I'm at home with the computer switched on.

5) Toad in the hole for dinner: I'm really enjoying being able to taste food again after a few days when I couldn't.

Have a lovely evening, all.

PetuliaGristle

Frith Wishing Happy Birthday to your ds for tomorrow!
CCP hope you feel better soon

Mine for today:
1) breakfast in bed
2) cuddles from dd
3) watching Dave Gorman's Genius last night on Sky+, Pat Harkin's master genius quiz was hilarious, and Russell Howard was on
4) dd is feeling better today
5) finding Cheezly dairy free cheese at Waitrose, hopefully it'll live up to the recommendations. Also found a dairy free Advent Calendar for dd

DitaBombita

Hello - Ive not posted on here for quite a few months but ive had a few OS pleasures today

1. Super productive & interesting day at work & training with free lunch tomm
2. Cool / weird light at dusk when driving home from work past the canal & over moors
3. Free Marrow from OH workmate that I stuffed for tea
4. Best mate text to say had 12wk scan and all ok
5. Glass of last years HM Sloe Gin after tea.

Ladyhawk

Evening all...

Soooo tired -12 hours in the office is not fun

1) It's my dad's birthday today so I spoke to him on the phone while at the office. He seems in good spirits, even if he hates his birthday!

2) Got to hear what my boss wrote about me in my annual review - nearly all really nice.

3) Getting an appointment for first thing in the morning to see my doctor - I have been on antibiotics for 6 months for rosacea and since I have come off them my skin has got really bad so hopefully I will be referred to a dermotologist.

4) Chatting on the phone to my colleague who has been off sick for a month following an operation on her foot.

5) Getting my emails down to under 100 in my inbox... phew!

Nighty night

L