Five OS Pleasures in your day today

bellaquidsin

Today's pleasures:-

1. A slow start after a busy weekend.

2. A lovely walk in the sunshine to the library for

3. A free talk about library days and ways complete with

4. Free coffee and biscuits.

5. Giving the grass it's first cut of the year.

Bella.

KarrieBee

Got a whole 3 days of catch ups here!
Sat
1. Giving mum her birthday present of HM necklace and earrings and her thinking that I bought them!
2. Lovely HM soup at mums, made with stock from the ham shank and some lentils
3. Seeing my nana and grandpa:D and giving them a copy of our wedding album (only 2 years since we got married:o but better late than never)
4. Getting a text from a friend I don't see a lot of to let me know she was thinking of me! Bless her!
5. Went out for a lovely meal with mum and OH and my Godparents for Mum and OH brithday - got an early bird special for 12.95 for 3 courses.

Sun
1. Taking some cake to my Godparents and having a good chat
2. Cuddling the tiny daughter of a family friend - she is only 5 months and is lovely - OH wasn't impressed though;)
3. Snuggling up with the sunday papers and lots of tea
4. Homemade bourginon(sp) at Mums followed by more cake!
5. Getting home to a clean cosy house as i've been flyladying.

Today
1. Having a lie in (not very OS but i've been sleeping badly lately)
2. Using up the glut of carrots from our box making spicy carrot soup
3. Planning a homemade recycled cuddly monster for OH birthday on Thursday - he's an odd one but i guess we're wel matched!
4. HM veggie cottage pie for dinner - more stuff from the veg box
5. Snuggling up with the cat and a guidebook to Cornwall in anticipation of our holiday.

Feeling a bit weepy what with the job hunting and I miss my Dad a lot at the mo, he always knew the right thing to say to cheer me up and was an excellent personal cheerleader! Ah well i do have lots of other lovely people in my life and plenty of blessings!
Hugs to all you lovely folks on here!
Karrie

cafelady

Hello everyone

1. DS poorly today so worked from home - lovely not to have to go out in the foul winter rain

2. Watching Louis Sacher's Holes DVD with DH and kids on Sunday afternoon whilst it rained and sleeted outside

3. Followed by Sunday dinner of chicken casserole, yorkshire puddings, red cabbage, mash, roasted parsnips..and lemon jelly for afters

4. Lovely dinner tonight of hm quiche, salad, coleslaw, baked potatoes

5. Both my kids being really lovely today - no sulks or shouting!

Kiwiblue - thinking about you and your OH for next week.

thriftyscotslass

Hello everyone:hello:

My five for today:

1. A walk in the lovely sunshine
2. An amazing blue sky
3. Putting crisp, new cotton sheets on ds's bed
4. Knowing that we have managed to reduce our electricity use for two weeks on the trot
5. Sitting down with a cup of tea and a slice of cherry cake :T

Take care everyone xxx

Olliebeak

Hello everybody :hello: - thanks for sharing all your blessings - sometimes it's helps open your eyes to your own .

1. Another quiet day in work (phew) with a cancelled meeting this afternoon that I was hoping I didn't HAVE to go to .

2. An invitation to assist a Housing Officer with a prospective tenant viewing - part of the job that I really like. Makes me feel like an Estate Agent lol!

3. Visit from DD and her three children for evening meal tonight. Roast chicken, stuffing, roasties, mashed pots, mashed carrots/swede/parsips, broccoli, yorkshires and gravy. Lots of chicken left over for a meal tomorrow .

4. Dgd2 toddling around my living room chasing the cat this evening. Poor thing - at least he's still a bit quicker than she is - FOR NOW!

5. Lovely slices of cake for afters - Lemon Drizzle Cake and Connaught Carrot Cake with Orange Drizzle. Katie (dgd2) could only have the carrot cake as it's made with sunflower oil instead of margarine - but all went down very well indeed. I haven't baked for many, many years so the grandkids are still getting used to home-made cakes and are very suitably impressed at the moment.

At least those hideous winds have died down for now - maybe get a bit more sleep tonight.

Nitey nite all and sleep tight :wave: Ollie xxx

scousewife

Hi all

As always a pleasure reading all your posts - puts life into perespective.
Hugs to Karriebee & to everyone else who needs them.

My 5 pleasures for today are;

1) Chatting with other mums at toddler group exchanging ideas on what to feed the kids - Came away with some great ideas.
2) Seeing binbags of clothes & shoes being taken away by charity organisation & feeling glad to have been able to do my bit.
3) Eating defrosted sausage casserole for tea (previously made a huge batch in s/c)
4) Getting frozen scouse out of freezer for tommorrows tea (again previously made a huge batch in the s/c) - I intend to eat as much of my frozen hm meals as possible this week to save shopping for groceries.
5) Sitting in my chunky cardy instead of turning the heating back on.

xxx

scousewife

Hi all

As always a pleasure reading all your posts - puts life into perspective.
Hugs to Karriebee & to anyone else who needs them.

My 5 pleasures for today are;

1) Chatting with other mums at toddler group exchanging ideas on what to feed the kids - Came away with some great ideas.
2) Seeing binbags of clothes & shoes being taken away by charity organisation & feeling glad to have been able to do my bit.
3) Eating defrosted sausage casserole for tea (previously made a huge batch in s/c)
4) Getting frozen scouse out of freezer for tommorrows tea (again previously made a huge batch in the s/c) - I intend to eat as much of my frozen hm meals as possible this week to save shopping for groceries.
5) Sitting in my chunky cardy instead of turning the heating back on.

xxx

sparrer

Monday blessings...

1. Waking up to another lovely day, thanking my God for being alive and well today

2. Postie brought me a bagwa for the car, and the Dali Lama's 'Instructions for Life in the New Millennium' mini flip chart. These courtesy of a dear friend who has just returned from 5 weeks in Australia

3. Watching my 2 cats and 1 dog all washing their faces with their paws on the lawn after breakfast...which one is confused?!

4. A lovely lady from my fellowship visiting for coffee this morning and bringing me a hm chocolate sponge cake :drool: (and yes she'd still be lovely even without the cake :rotfl: )

5. Phone call from another dear friend who has just returned from a 2 month holiday in NZ. We discovered we're going to be in Rhodes at the same time in April, so arranging to meet up there

Night night, sweet dreams
S x

jvs

Hello all
((((((Karriebee))))))))
1. Seeing all the new leaves on the plants in the garden
2.Finding a box of craft stuff I have been looking for for ages
3.Downloading a free programme - I have tried to download this for months but it kept on shutting me out - everything comes to those who wait!!!
4.Using up some sprouts that looked dead but were very nice!!!
5.Speaking to a friend and having a giggle about all sorts

(((((((for everyone who needs some TLC)))))))
Have a good day
xx

SunnyGirl

Hi All!

My 5 are:

1. Eating some yummy soup for lunch left over from Sunday

2. Getting the kids rooms sorted out - I even delved under the beds & into the bottom of their wardrobes!

3. Cleaning the windows with a homemade vinegar, squirt of washing up liquid & water spray - it all looks lovely in the sunlight now.

4. Getting a phone call from a cousin who I haven't heard from in 8 years.

5. The smell of rosemary when I was in the garden.

4.