Five OS Pleasures in your day today

zarazara

1. nattering with a neighbour
2. clearing out the cupboard under the stairs
3.stopping for a milky coffee at 11am
4. pausing to appreciate all OH does for us
5. seeing the blue sky and sunshine this afternoon :-)

bellaquidsin

1. Sunny this morning so the washing went out, then the sun went in. Later I brought in very damp but beautifully smelling washing.

2. Sorted out the pantry and 'filed' all the tins in date order. They'll soon get all muddled up again.

3. Scrubbing the kitchen floor, not much of pleasure doing it but nice when it's done.

4. Beefburgers for tea and the makings of a cottage pie for tomorrow from the beef we had yesterday :j

5. The evenings are drawing out. More daylight = more energy - I hope.

Bella.

savingforoz

Let's see, what are my 5 today:

1. Getting a roofer round to look at my roof and him saying that not much needs doing.

2. Getting loads of compliments from friends ref my homemade raisin and cinnamon bread. Now I am the woman who about 2 weeks ago threw the disgusting results of my first 2 attempts with my new breadmaker in the bin! My friend's hubby said it was the best bread he's ever tasted, friend's mum wants me to bake her a loaf, and my friend herself was full of compliments about it. Result!

3. Phone calls/texts from friends, making me feel special.

4. Making the world's most shapeless pasty for evening meal, but feeling virtuous because it was all from leftovers.

5. More delicious homemade hummus for lunch.

morganb

Ooh, Savinforoz, any chance of your delicious homemade hummus recipe?

My 5 for the day are ...

1 Getting a lovely card from my friend who is helping me through a challenging time at the moment
2 Speaking to a long lost friend on the phone, by chance phoning up somewhere and it being her on the end of the line!!!
3 Brilliant beautiful big cuddle from DS2 when he went to bed
4 Teaching DS1 how to play 'squares' (you know, the game with the dots!!)
5 Realising just how lucky we are to have so many people rooting for us at this difficult time

KarrieBee

I've been away so now have a weekends worth!
1.) Seeing the look on my friends face when she realised i'd made her a birthday cake
2.) spending the weekend chating with close friends, eating good food and relaxing
3.) realising the pleasure of playing rapidough - even through we are all nearly 30!
4.) yummy full scottish breakfast courtesy of friends on Sunday morning
5.) a whole weekend of beautiful sunshine

Ok todays
1.) Starting a new temp job and finding out they want to offer me a 2 month research contract - woop!
2.) Homemade veggies roasting in the oven with pork stew from the farm shop with it
3.) Having a smooth commute - makes such a difference to the day
4.) Cuddling up with OH and watching University Challenge (we are very very dumb!)
5.) Getting a few more rows of my scarf knitted - snuggly stuff!

Blessings to all and especially Kiwiblue and Raggydoll!

mgardner

Primrose wrote: »

This week-end:
1. Walking into a garden centre I rarely visit after an abortive search for red onion sets and a friendly assistant telling me "We're expecting a delivery next week. Give me your phone number, I'll reserve what you want and phone you when they've arrived". So rare to get such good customer service these days.
2. Planting the clump of 5 raspberry canes I bought earlier in the week.
3. Sneaking another narrow strip off the lawn to extend the veggie patch to make room for a row of potatoes.
4. Doing our Bird Watch count.
5. Looking forward to our once-yearly treat of Haggis for lunch.

Had to say thank you for the laugh that No 3 gave me. I sneaked a strip
all the way round my back lawn that many times I now have the lot. Yup
no lawn. hate mowing grass anyway and love my veg Am trying to pluck up courage to take the front one but feel it will invite too many comments from my rather snooty neighbour. Go for it , out with lawns and in with veg

savingforoz

morganb wrote: »

Ooh, Savinforoz, any chance of your delicious homemade hummus recipe?

Of course - here it is!

INGREDIENTS

400g chickpeas, from the can, washed and drained.
50mls/2fl oz olive oil
100g tahini paste (like peanut butter, but made from sesame seeds, quite easy to find, should be in your supermarket)
50mls/2fl oz water
2 cloves of crushed garlic
85 mls/3fl oz lemon juice (freshly squeezed is always best)
Ground black pepper

METHOD
Put the chickpeas into your blender, and mix until you reach a rough texture.
Put the water and the tahini into a bowl and mix together with a fork until they have a smooth texture.
Now add the crushed garlic and the tahini mixture into the blender with the chickpeas and whizz it through until it's smooth.
Without turning the blender off, add the olive oil and lemon juice, in parts, alternately. The hummus should become smooth and creamy.
Turn off the blender when you are satisfied with the consistency, and season to your taste with the black pepper and salt.

If you prefer your food a bit spicier, then add some paprika, if you want it to look a bit fancy, then garnish with parsley.

BB1984

1. Taking my pannetone (first ever bread-baking attempt!) into work and my colleagues loving it
2. Walking to the station this morning and noticing that it's definately getting lighter in the mornings
3. On same walk to station - listening to the dawn chorus.
4. Feeling my new bedroom carpet between my toes when I got out of bed this morning.
5. Buying 10 energy saving lightbulbs in Robert Dyas for £1!!!

jvs

Thank you to Disflop for the All bran recipe - my mum used to make this but lost the recipe a very long time ago!!!
Blessings for today
1 Seeing a very dear Aunt when I was shopping today - she has been very poorly and this was her first day out for 6 weeks and she looked lovely - she's a very stylish 88 years young
2 Seeing the blue sky and sunshine through my very clean windows
3 Hearing that my niece and great nephew are visiting tomorrow, she has only just passed her driving test so we will be on pins until she arrives
4 OH taking me out late this afternoon to see the sunset over the Snowdonia range - covered with snow - what a beautiful sight - makes you feel good to be alive
5 Feeling that Spring is not too far away now
Hope everyone has had a good day.
Good night
x

cafelady

Hello all

Not posted for a while. Raggydoll, hope you are ok and thinking of you.

Here's some combined from the last few days...

Dug some bean trenches yesterday afternoon. Really good to be outside doing something that makes me think of spring.

Putting seed potatoes in the garage to chit on Friday.

Making newspaper starter pots to put broad bean seeds in, using a beautiful pot maker that somebody very kindly made for me.

Really noticing that it was lighter coming home from work at 5.15 today.

Lovely dinner with my family of hm veg chilli, baked potatoes, coleslaw, salad followed by melon.