Five OS Pleasures in your day today

Sarahsaver

ollie we are about 5 mins walk from a train station in a large city please have some of our wildlife!
so i dont go off topic 5 old style nature pleasures from where i live
1. blackbird nesting in my bay tree
2. squirrels on top of my shed which is...
3. painted blue with paint from poundland and next to where we used to have chickens until the...
4. FOX came and killed them so now the main bird we have in the garden is
5. blue t i t s but also some very fat woodpigeons and finches, and the occasional magpie

Ollie my mum has the same problem, she uses old chimneys and the odd large pot;)

frugalswan

1) Finding a pack of turkey mince in the freezer that was yellow-stickered and now going to be turkey cannelloni for tonight's tea.
2) Doing a spot more on the Wii Fit so feel virtuous.
3) Going to take a trip around the market to try and find some bargains as well as buying local
4) Looking forward to a nice quiet night in with the OH
5) Sorting out some of my clothes drawers and giving what I will never use again (I refuse to say "does not fit!") to charity

x Frugalswan x

Patchwork_Quilt

Well Happy Saturday to you all. Mine for today and yesterday are

1) Seeing the sunshine. I was inside working all yesterday but it really lifts the spirits
2) Having Friday night to ourselves, when we ate
3) Smoked salmon salad, then rabbit in red wine, with potatoes in cream, red cabbage and some whoopsied GU puds. Never has a bottle of wine gone down so quickly or had so much effect ... But it was all home made and it saved us spending £50 on going out.
4) Finishing a good book - Private Peaceful - but it was very sad
5) Prospect of a coffee out with DH later on

mumoftwins

Hi all,

My 5 for today are:

1. Done all housework :j
2. Last load of washing going on in a minute
3. Spent a very pleasurable 1.5 hours nattering to rugbymum on the phone whilst I was doing my h/w - time whizzed by
4. DD at new school friend's for lunch - I'm so happy for her :j
5. Meal cooked for tonight when DF's come for the evening

savingforoz

My five are:

1. Homemade soup, hummus and pitta bread for lunch.
2. Discovering £86 extra in my budget - no council tax for March hence extra dosh!
3. My homemade carrot and mustard bread.
4. Cuddles with my beautiful foster cat.
5. A cheap and cheerful Moroccan meal out with a friend.

Have a good weekend, everyone! :j

claireabelle_2

hi all...
my OS pleasures for today are

1. a lie in...
2. my abel and cole box... love seeing the goodies and planning my sunday lunch for tomorrow with my big chicken
3. baked some fairy cakes with lemon icing - it's like sherbert!
4. got a chilli in the slow cooker - will start smelling good soon...
5. pottering round and making the flat all sparkly!

thriftyscotslass

Hi all - hope everyone has had a good day so far.

My five for today:

1. A (very) long lie in - I feel so much better for it :j
2. Sorting out washing :A
3. Throwing out our old bedding - nearly 20 years old :eek:
4. Making a dint in the ironing :rolleyes:
5. Catching up with this thread - it's lovely reading all your garden and wildlife stories - it's inspiring me to try to rescue our poor back garden - at the moiment it's in a very sorry state - all rough grass and weeds

scousewife

Hi all
My 5 for yesterday & today are;

1) Catching up on much needed sleep & waking up feeling refreshed & ready to tackle the housework. :j
2) Getting lots of washing dry outside & spending 3 hours ironing so the ironing pile is no longer touching the ceiling & is more manageable.:embarasse
3) Sorting out my magazine pile & giving some away & putting xmas catalogues in recycling bin.
4) Due to the mild weather opened all the windows, allowing the fresh air to circulate the house.
5) Sitting down reading o/s threads with a cuppa in a clean fresh smelling house. :coffee:

Enjoy the rest of your weekend
xxxx

thriftlady_2

HariboJunkie wrote: »

6. Arranging to pass on a great OS book to someone who will love it as much as me. :beer:

:kisses3:

I can easily lose time watching the wildlife too. I'm often to be seen standing on a footpath staring into the trees at long-tailed tits or song thrushes.

Today
1) Spending most of the day reading The Pioneer Woman Cooks, my new favourite website. She is so funny and has great recipes with step by step pictures plus printables. I'm dying to try her onion strings. She's writing a book:j

2) Having the kids disappear off with the neighbouring kids for the whole day. Dd is making dens with the girls next door and ds2 is playing on his skateboard with the lads from round the corner. 'Playing out' is not dead round our way.

3) Enjoying a long soak in bubbles with my new book -an old children's novel I remember enjoying as a kid which I bought for £2.76 from Amazon.

4) Pulling together a chilli in double quick time using my trusty stash of finely chopped veg hash from the freezer, plus frozen kidney beans, a lb of mince, some sweetcorn and some passata.

5) Remembering a bag of crumble mix in the freezer and using it to top some stewed rhubarb and a couple of wrinkled apples. I'd be lost without my freezer.

6) OH has gone out for bottles of beer:beer: and later we will be watching a Brother Cadfael from Lovefilm, well I will. We had Amelie last night which was absolutely wonderful.

tessie_bear

hello.......mine today;
#1 watching ds enjoying his swimming lesson when 3 months ago we couldnt get him in to the building
#2 playing in the park with 2 ds's
#3 baking flapjacks and cakes
#4 sc chicken for tea
#5 ds 2 worn out and having an early night...at his request

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