5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

katholicos

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My 5 pleasure for today:

1. My 1st NSD of the month.

2. Eating from the pantry for our meals today.

3. Not having to brave it outdoors today. Wasn't exactly toastie warm indoors but defo better than having to go outdoors.

4. DD nicked my laptop to do some uni work so watched some X Files on dvd and did a bit of crochet, while eating home made choc chip cookies!

5. A choccie for DD and me, out of the advent calendar :-)

Ladyhawk

Evening everyone,

What a stressy day - am glad it's over. This time next week my big project will be complete and I can get on with my life. Looking forward to next Wednesday at 10am when it will all be over!

1) Hearing from my colleague who was diagnosed with cancer that she doen't need surgery and that they now don't think it has spread. "Just" chemo and radio therepy.

2) 23p rubarb crumble from MrA

3) New colleague started today - she seems really nice

4) No snow today so fairly uneventful, if not pretty drive to and from work

5) Training course tomorrow and Friday has been cancelled - woohoo!

Night night

L

Tealady_2

Evening

Quick pleasures as I need my bed

1. Walked to and from work today, I really need to get a hat as had sore ears by the time I got home tonight it was so cold but no snow.
2. Free lunch at work as lunches had been ordered for a couple of meetings and the meetings were cancelled
3. Lovely dinner of HM minced beef and onion pie (using some lurking puff pastry) with HM chips and beans
4. Chat with brother on the phone
5. Just had a lovely long soak in a hot bath, bliss
6. NSD

Hugs to all who need them

villagelife

Not managed to post for a while.
Here are mine for the last few days

1. Walking my dog in the snow and it being lightish with the white snow and throwing snowballs for her to catch. She can't understand that they disappear when she catches them.
Also I was the first person walking on the fresh snow - which I love to do. I suppose at 5.30 in morning not many others were mad enough to be out.

2. Managing to get to work fine by bus, which was on time and empty and the walk uphill from the bus stop to work wasn't icy.

3. A friend giving me a lift most of the way home and then meeting people and having a chat on the walk back.

4. Knowing my cupboards are full and don't need to go shopping.

5. A lovely view of the snow laden trees from my window.

6. Sitting on sofa with a duvet to keep warm watching tv and as the weather is bad I somehow don't feel guilty about not doing all the things that need doing.

ampersand

Set off at 6.30 for early gym in thickly falling gritty snow and did what I was trying hard not to do - almighty slide and fall where cars[including mine] have compacted snow and ice, now a good 10cm thick. It's lethal on the curving corner of this small village loop, even with shooting stick and holding on to hedges etc as one goes. Couldn't even get back up at first, as gloved hands also slipped from under me - felt it looking comic and ....

1. Felt knee being well-worked through at Gym and hope that's done enough.
2. Feel comfortable deciding to use car to College Salon later. Drove yesterday too, to surgery, having seen and experienced paths and roads as ice rinks. Feel vindicated this morning. My 'aller' footprints were already snowed over 'de retour'.
3. Big birdie things done - water, food and they've came straight to them, just waiting in the raspberries until I'm indoors again. Of which, there are still a dozen clinging on, ripe and frozen.
4.Didn't return to bed and refreshed hottie après tout hier - had long NZ skype, way over an hour, with primary school classmate, 1956/7>. Are we really 60-somethings? Naaaaaaaah! Skype is amazing. I know I've said it before and always will.
5. REVERBE! - where are you and how are you these days? I've just found the 5p you left on the path as I came back from Gym.
-and, to keep up my usual 5 -
6. Booked Eurotunnel<Mr T vouchers. Sorting others today[prob new sewing machine], before the downgrade - last day 5 Decenber. Everybody remember.
7. Loved last night's Grand Designs - it won't be hard for some of you to work out why, because of its 'where'[remember a great fun day at vide-grenier in Martel; A and I found his Breton beret there]...took verre du bon vin de Cahors while watching - actually a Gold Medal winner produced by former Rugby Captain, the mighty Fabien Pelous. Like D!pardieu, he is a real viticulteur, not merely a signature on a label.
8. 31 - yes, thirty-one!-watchers on ebay something, and that was last night. Fingers crossed for ou£come - not always the case. Haven't done anything for a year.

Safe days and journeys, bonus enjoyments of sights and shared snowy times

Did this earlier.
Sheep are looking super-snug this morning, with snow in their backs.

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p.s. Adding this: linky to some rather good writing by Mark Sampson, husband in last night's Grand Designs. http://www.dailyreckoning.co.uk/columnists/mark-sampson.html

frugalpam

Morning all!

This is my first official day of FREEDOM, following taking voluntary redundancy from a hugely stressful job :j But, no-one seemed bothered whether I went into work or not the previous couple of days, so I didn't bother going in, other than to hand in equipment ie mobile phone, laptop etc Dreadful place - so humungously happy to have escaped!
Pleasures for the past few days:-
1) Finally escaped work
2) Lovely cosy day yesterday watching the snow falling outside with puddy tat snuggled up on my knee
3) Blue sky and sunshine but bitterly cold outside today - no need to go out unless I want to.
4) Don't usually watch daytime TV but decided today is an exception
5) Meeting up with friends from work tomorrow for lunch

Hope your last day goes well Caterina - I'll bet you're demob happy today, just like me

Thanks to all for good wishes on my decision to quit the rat race. Hope everyone is warm and keeps safe during this brrrrrrr weather,

Pam x

niksyg

Congrats frugalpam on your newly found freedom!!

Snow day here - college is closed so no work - hopefully it will stay closed tomorrow as I am meant to be being observed and it'll be nice if that gets cancelled!

It's not even 11 but have pleasures already -

1) SNOW
2) No work thanks to snow
3) OH at home as he can't get to work
4) watching the dog run around like a complete loon in the snowy fields this morning.
5) Being cuddled up on the sofa under a blanket watching films and mugs of tea...just taking it easy.

Make sure you stay warm and cosy today! x

newlywed

Hi all, frugalpam enjoy your freedom.

Walked all the way to work today (ok so only 2.5 miles but it took an hour) to find the office locked and a note on the door saying it's closed.

I wouldn't mind but by the time I'd got there I needed a pee!!!

So here's mine so far:

1. The snow looked so lovely walking to work.
2. Walked past the hospital and was glad I'm not there and am healthy.
3. Found Tesco Express was open so got milk, bread and maple pecan slices
4. Got our neighbour the potatoes he needed.
5. Popped in to see my friend (used the loo) and had coffee and a biccy and played with her daughter's dolls for a bit
6. Walked safely home and now am sat eating my pecan slice and having a cuppa.

Primrose

A quick catch-up:

1. Feeling thankful that we haven't had as much snow here as people further north. It must be terribly stressful knowing that if you don't get to work, you won't be paid, especially if that would put you in debt.
2. Nice feeling that we're able to draw on our stockcupboard if the weather gets too nasty to venture out.
3. Checking that neighbours are all OK. I've set up an e-mail alert system so that individuals can send out a group email to "All neighbours" if they run into difficulties, and whoever is available will try to respond.
4. Having time to sit and watch the birds feeding. Their varied food is costing a daily fortune, but knowing we're helping to keep them alive is really satisfying.
5. Hearing from an acquaintance that he's managed to get safely settled in his new sheltered accommodation and that he's happy being there.

Kitchenbunny

Hi everyone. Been off sick today - ugh - haven't had a good night at all. Anyway, here are some pleasures from the last few days:

1. Due to not going to work, it has been an NSD.
2. Finished reading Jackie Chan's autobiography and it was great - really interesting.
3. A beef stew I made in the slow cooker was lovely, as were the dumplings. I haven't had stew and dumplings for ages (years, in fact), and it was a success. I added some dried mixed herbs to the dumplings, and for a bit more oomph next time I think I'll add some fried crispy bacon.
4. Thanks to a thread on here, I managed to find Housewife, 49, on ITV catch up. While it was good (even though it made me cry in several places) I didn't feel it was as good as the original diary. Still, it was nice to see.
5. Warm feet. I found a thick fluffy pair of socks.
6. Hot cups of tea.

Anyway, that's it. Hoping to feel better soon, and that I can get on as normal tomorrow. I've got loads to do. I'm babbling, so I'll go. The World Cup draw is on the TV. Take care everyone - keep warm.

KB xx