5 OS Pleasures in your Day Today part 2

CCP

Afternoon all.

Ladyhawk - best of luck with the job application, if you decide to go for it.

Frith - I can't add much to what's already been said - just keep your head up and remember that you and your boys deserve way better than Mr N's dubious affections. Hugs to all of you. (You and your boys that is, obviously! )

Pleasures for today:

1) A nice lie-in this morning - I'm still feeling quite weary after my recent illness, so it's nice to be able to sleep without interruptions from alarm clocks.

2) Planted out 4 more tomato plants in a spare grow bag - only 12 more plants to find homes for now. :eek:

3) A glass of apple and ginger juice from a bottle I picked up at a food festival a few weeks ago. I'm not usually much of one for apple juice but this is delicious. :drool:

4) Making tentative plans to visit my sister next weekend, or she might be coming to me. (I said the plans were tentative! )

5) Nice sunshine for much of the day.

Hope you're all having a nice Saturday.

bellaquidsin

Saturday's pleasures:-

1. Breakfast cooked by DH.

2. Had some money left in the budget when I'd done the shopping.

3. The first bunch of sweet peas from the garden making the house smell lovely.

4. A homemade 'ready' meal of cottage pie after shopping.

5. Made some cards this afternoon.

Bella.

nuttybabe

Hiya

Mine for today:

1. A lie in (small one but still appreciated)

2. Walked to the beach with dd and ds2. By the time we had got there hubby had dropped ds1 at football and driven to meet us so we spent a good hour walking and playing on the beach.

3. Got a few whoopsie party type food in asda so had that for tea. Kids thought it fun having a party/picnic in living room watching toy story (still doing it).

4. Moving living room round today and got rid of electric fire and fire place. Blocked hole with cardboard box at the moment. Makes room look bigger and means i can get to shelves to sort through stuff next week. Kids were so well behaved in other room all afternoon while we were doing it, pleased we got the party food to treat them.

5. Now that living room moved around I sit on other side of sofa (hubby sits on other side of histoo - no we dont sit together, not sure why) so on the 'not worn out' side and so much more comfortable!! I just sank into it earlier!!!!

Going to do a little college work and then have a glass of wine and 'sink' into sofa and watch a film I think.

Carolyntia

Evening all :wave:

Frith - (((((Hugs))))) just to keep you going now do as auntie amperand has told you

1) Getting my nails done in victoria plum - very dark red
2) International street market....I don't buy anything but I love to browse and the food smells wonderful
3) Not buying my large hot choc in town and waiting till I got home for a double mocha choca that cost me about 12p :money:
4) Beautiful sunshine
5) Bed sheets line dried - can't wait to go to bed now
6) Left over chip shop chips and beans for dinner - no waste here
7) My free bedding plants have now got some lovely pink flowers on them
8) Now off for a large chilled cider :beer:

Hope you all had a good day. Hugs to those that need them

C x

newlywed

Hi all,

1. Having a chat and a cuppa with some friends
2. Chicken balti recipe from goodfood with quinoa in it - cleared something else that has been lingering in the cupboard and tasted yum!
3. Washing is mostly up to date.
4. Sitting in the garden in the sunshine - having done my one hour gardening a year!
5. Lidl half price mixed peppers.

VJsmum

Well what a nice day!

1. went on annual visit to rental house (as it's changeover weekend). Pleasantly surprised that there is very liitle needs doing
2. REally nice coffee out with OH and DS
3. Really nice lunch out with OH and DS - and cheap, mine was about £1.90!
4. Lovely wine tonight donated by SIL as we are looking after her kids for evening.
5. Lovely, lazy bath this morning.

Ladyhawk

Evening Ladies,

I have been so lazy today and have thoroughly enjoyed it and needed it!

1) Cooked a lovely YS roast beef - its absolutely gorgeous!

2) Loads of cuddles with the kitty - he's missed me!

3) Watched the ladies tennis final

4) My goodies arrived for the Sunwalk in the post

5) Sunshine, glorious sunshine

Nighty night

L

Tealady_2

Evening

Pleasures for today

1. Same as Ladyhawk also received my sunwalk goodies today
2. Day out with DD today to Wimbledon, watched some very entertaining senior mens doubles.
3. Bought drinks and snacks in Mr.T to take with us, saved lots of money
4. Not MSE but had lunch in Wimbledon. I had some lovely noodles and DD pizza. As tickets were free and the programme didn't mind the spend too much
5. Easy chicken and pasta for dinner using RTC chicken for dinner

Hugs to all who need them

Broomstick

Frith, one of the things I found really, really helpful in my early days of single parenthood, at a time when single parents were being bashed in media left, right and centre, was that what parents needed to show their children was good (enough) parenting and what it meant to be a well-adjusted adult. It didn't matter if that was shown by a mum or a dad on their own, or by extended family and friends or by two parents in a relationship. What mattered was the quality of what the children experienced and witnessed. That means that it's important that the people around our children, especially us, demonstrate things like kindness, respect to others, honesty, generosity, love, thoughtfulness, self-respect... As adults on our own we can show them this stunningly well and we don't have to have a partner to show how to be a well-adjusted adult. Of course lots of diversity in good examples is great (grandparents, teachers, the lady in the shop...) but we don't need a less-than-satisfactory partner who undermines our own brilliant example.

End of 'thought for the day' :rotfl:

My five for Saturday:

1. A NSD and NPD.

2. Tennis player we know getting through to the finals at Wimbledon.:T

3. DS1 going outside and finishing dealing with tidying up the back lawn without asking, doing the washing up (his day) without asking, bringing in the washing without asking. Bliss.

4. Experimenting with an invented puy lentils, aubergine and other veg stew in the slow cooker. I really need good slow cooker recipes and I think this one has produced a meal that can be eaten hot with mash as a sort of shepherd's pie or cold the next day with bread and salad.

5. Finding an advert for a job that I think I could do, think I tick all the boxes for, think I'd enjoy and would fit with my continuing self-employed stuff and the DSs' complicated lives.

Sleep well,
B x

sparrer

Frith, the soundest advice my DM ever gave me - never, ever write anything on paper that you one day may come to regret. Goes for texts, pm's, emails too these days.

1. nsd
2. the weather
3. free health service
4. family
5. neighbours

sleep well
S