5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

mhagster

Miss R: woohoo!

Frith

mhagster wrote: »

Miss R: woohoo!

Thank goodness I didn't end up as Mrs N! :beer:

Kittikins

Yippee! Miss R, nice to "meet" you Sounds like a very positive step and it's a good job I don't live nearer as if you heard me singing "there must be an angel", you'd worry for your glasses, lol.

Off to London for work today; dreading it as everyone will be a pain in the bum (they are all whiney at the moment and forget I am but one person), but I'm going to put on a 'teflon suit of armour' and let their whinges drip off me.....I hope! I can't breathe for them all, have been trying to get them to give me info for their various requests and they've all chosen to ignore me but expect me to do the work and now it's nearly s**t hitting the fan time! O joy.....some days I just loathe my job. But, at least I know I'm loved and cherished and the sun is shining, so there are more rosy than weed-infested things in my life

Have a lovely day everyone x

ampersand

That's marvellous Frith - I remember telling children I was reverting to maiden name and all passports since have this. Didn't have to bother with Deed Poll.
You have your family close by. You have us here. Yes, this is not to minimise that longing that sometimes can feel overwhelming for The One, The One...but come here first, for clear-sighted grounding, sweetened with hugs and truly warm support, which wants only the best for you and what is right.
Frith, I feel I want to go to i-player and look for your Mum and Bro[is this he, also Star of Christmas tree market footage?...which I also missed:D] You could always do a Fergie and 'facilitate an introduction' for a consideration, of course. Yes, singing is cathartic and splendid. Vivaldi's Gloria is great for this, especially chaotic fun trying to do all parts at once with only one or two voices.
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sparrer - I have been toying with having nails done. It would be a challenge for any salon. Is the offer still on and are you pleased with the result? - perhaps you'd pm me, poss.nails and soap combined visit:)?

1. Wonderful silver sliver moon in dawn sky @ 04.07h yesterday - which was time on this as I walked outside.
2. Rat has much eaten, baits and plates recharged. GOOD!
3. Call from L., just as I was writing to Head of Trustees and could run it by him before sending. Busy plans made. Another phase is coming to an end. Not sure of anything for another aspect of future.
4. Into town with glasses for new frame, still thanking whatever deities ensured that the lens dropped into my lap in the car. Found an old pair with one bar skewiff. but was able to use, sortakinda. They had an identical spare frame and could fit it straight away. There was no charge! This has never happened before. I just have to bite bullet. They regretted they could do nothing for the skewiff pair without breaking the arm off, which was why I'd not attempted to straighten it, BUT, as I put them back into their quilty pocket, there was a click and they have sorted themselves out, as good as new.
All in all, a bonus, given that ratty spend has been nearly £40.
5. Was able to bank £100 saved over some weeks. No idea when this last happened. Again glad to have come to this Bank and Branch, where S. was so kind to me from the start and still is. They know I have little. have lost much, but look after me and make nothing from me.
6. In Charity Shop across from Bank, saw a jolly lime green RobinRuth bag, smart and boxy, with WALES written over and over on it. Thought at once of F. whose little chap still lies in Addenbrookes and she is in a life that none of us can remotely imagine....Wales is her[and his]safe, loving place, although God alone[not blaspheming]knows how/when/if, they or she can ever be permanently back there. Her agony, more Court, intractable, influential, monied exOH, daughters' communications blocked . . . . .I want to shout when I think of her situ. I know all of us should be so grateful for everything we have and I return to this grace-place Thread, humbled and feeling hopelessly unable to improve things for her or her son.
[I did encourage her to start a Thread, but some posters were not kind.]
But I will take the bag to her, which I am confident she will love[and it's rare for me to be this sort of bold.]
7. Wonderful Wimbo -Jo-Wilfried was superb[listened to much while sitting in car, waiting for glasses repair] My concern now is for Rafa/Murray. This should be the Final. Timic and Lopez came up a bit short. If only it was Rafa/Djokovic instead. I'm not a fan of latter.
8.'Fame is the Spur' on R4X is timely, relevant.
9. Hoorah! for isihac being back, going to put it on i-player pop-out now.
10. Reverbe - we have boxes of thousands[literally]books/p/bs which won't carry over to our new Charity premises...I sort loads for all sorts of people, please give me some authors and I can drop them down on my way through. You'd be doing us a favour.
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It looks as though someone reported my inoffensive innocent signature -

Hi again x,
In that case feel free to put the signature back in for the time being. If we receive further reports and find it is breaking the rules I'm sure you'll understand we'll have to remove it again though.

I can think of only one poster who might have done this, but it seems extraordinary and rather lax of the Forum team. More nuisance than unpleasant.

Have a lovely day, EVERYONE.:A
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Forgot to add 'YES' to napkins. Chaque membre d'une famille française has a napkin rolled and kept in ring for each meal.

villagelife

Frith - you sound far happier in your latest post - congratulations in becoming Miss R.

Tuesday's
1. Bus times work out ok for work which is great as there is only one an hour but costs £3 one way (no return ticket availiable before 9am) and I still have to walk just over a mile.

2. LO for lunch.

3. Good housekeeping came in post - a present.

4. Not having to water the garden but not get wet on my walks.


Wednesday

1. LO for lunch again.

2. Buses arriving on time

3. Chat with a friend on the phone who I hadn't spoken to in ages.

4. Good day at work busy but not chaotic.

5. All washing dried on line.

Frith

Ampersand - for spare pairs of glasses, have you thought about looking at Selectspecs online? You type in your prescription and can get pairs of glasses for £5! I like my S specs pair more than my £85 optician pair. My brother has quite a strong prescription so paid over £150 for his "proper" glasses then got some frameless ones on S Specs for £15 and now wears the cheapy ones all the time.

They also do sunglasses although they are probably more like £30.

P.S Just had a look and seems their prices have risen a little - but still not too bad. :-)

ampersand

That's worth knowing, Ms R - thankyou. It's not a general sight thing, unfortunately. Specific to left eye, with right eye keeping watch and altering to compensate. Lovely opticians check it rather often.

Will you try 'Ms'? My reasoning is this: Mr gives nothing about male state; let Ms be girly equivalent AND repossess it as vernacular sans bagage, allocated by some males.

Good and captivating chat re: Tennyson on R4 atm.

sparrer

Just popping in before I go on a coffee date :shhh: to say

Congratulations Miss R! I too reverted to maiden name (although not actually divorced yet), no need for deed poll and only one utility co wanted proof. After months of 'discussion' they had to accept or lose my custom. Still use the title 'Mrs' though in deference to the children

Congratulationss ampersand on the reinstatement your sig, good to see common sense prevailed. Once persons niggle (they should get a life, as they say) hardly rates such dramatic action when thousands read it and have no objection to it.

Back later, might report on the date if it goes well
S x

Kittikins

hi Frith - I'm Ms divorced surname, I kept the exOH's name because it's easier to spell than my maiden name and I wanted to be the same as DD, but HATE it when people call me MRS - and always correct them! Because for me its important to be the same as DD, and I've told OH that if, as and when he stops having his hangup about not wanting to be a burden in the future on me by marrying me because of his illness, and we become Mr and Mrs OH, I'll be Mrs divorced surname - OH surname (which thankfully go nicely together!) so that DD feels part of the 'family'.

Bless her, she's really into 'families', groups of teddies and cuddlies are all related to her, her best friends are her 'sisters' and what with OH getting confused quite regularly and calling his parents 'granny and grandad' when talking to DD, she's getting quite a large 'family' tree these days!!

mhagster

hello from brrrrrrr Oz! I am frozen!

1. not as much frost on windscreen this morning but still chilly, I had a nice walk with DD2 to school......she talks, talks ,talks all the time! Walked back the hilly way,thinking it would be much harder than it was, seeing as I've not done it for so long but I managed fine! We saw some cockatoos this morning. They were so close to us & swooped just above our heads.
2.Bit of a crazy day at work but enjoyable!
3.Finished earlier again (by 1/2 hour) so home before kids with half hour's peace & quiet. So had a quick 5 minute call to my sister before she went to work. Her ancient cat died at weekend & I just wanted to speak to her. Cat was 23.
4.Made fajitas for tea with RTC chicken.
5. Just in from an amazing production at big 2 's school. Some very talented singers/actors and a great team of staff. It always amazes me how good school shows can be. We were in 4th row so had reasonable views.
It is bloomin' chilly outside & I am soooo cold! Time for bed!

Goodnight x