Five OS Pleasures in your day today

rosemarym_2

We have had a lovely spring day in Hampshire ...
1. HM cake and cup of tea at the garden centre as a little treat
2. hacking back some more of the garden undergrowth
3. our local robin hopped around after us and came within 4 feet of me
4. I potted up 83 tiny petunia seedlings
5. making HM chicken korma from leftover roast and Patak's korma paste (recommended by Jamie and v good)

'Night all

pandora205

My five for today

1. a bath with a sparkly Lush bath bomb thingy in
2. The Archers
3. home made vegetable soup for lunch
4. painted the bathroom (not very pleasurable but looks nice now)
5. mini chocolate bar 70% cacoa

morganb

My five for today
1 planting out loads and loads of seeds this afternoon and using all manner of strange things to plant them in that haven't cost me a penny!
2 seeing that some of my bizzie lizzies are growing already (I didn;t plant them this afternoon, that would have been AMAZING!!)
3 having a teddy bears picnic in the living room with OH, DS1 and DS2 and a huge party of cuddly toys
4 snuggling up to DS2 and listening to him read library books to me (what a star, he's only 4!!)
5 finding out that the leftover pepper pie I made on Friday is EVEN MORE delicious cold!!!

scousewife

Hello all
My dark clouds have started to lift so I am able to appreciate the nice things in life again & I have enjoyed reading the many posts on here & lovely to see some new posters too - welcome all x

Here are my pleasures for the weekend;

Saturday
1) Gettings 3 loads of clothes washed & then dried outside.
2) Having a mid afternoon nap cuddled on the sofa with ds.
3) Watching my bunny Primrose (who Ive recently discovered is a boy so may have to think of a new name!) discover his new surroundings in his new hutch as he has had to be seperated from a pregnant Daisy Boo for the time being.
4) Laughing with tears strolling down my cheeks watching Comic Relief Dancing programme. :rotfl:
5) Reading a magazine (that had been passed onto me from dm) in bed - a real treat as until recently my ds used to sleep in our bed so unable to do this.

Sunday
1) Ironing all the clothes that had been washed & dried the day before - so now have an empty ironing basket. :j
2) Making a chicken & veg soup & putting in s/c to cook overnight - feels good knowing that tomorrows tea is already taken care of.
3) Using the carrot tops & skins from the chopped veg to feed my grateful bunnies.
4) Moved my bird table to a more secluded area in the garden & put out bread & nuts on table & even the roof to encorage more birdies - also scattered some of the bunnies hay around the bottom for nest buildings - hope it does the trick.
5) Enjoyed watching Dancing on Ice - sad to see Colleen go as she does make me smile - but happy with the overall result & looking forward to the final next week.

Hope you all enjoyed your weekends xxx

Broomstick

Evening all!

My five for Sunday:

1. Finding an almond biscuit recipe for somebody else that led to me being told about a new way to adapt it nut free. We'll try it.

2. Finding out a potentially cheap way to enable DS1 to start going to the gym again. We hadn't been able to carry on with the DD payments.

3 DS1 talking to me about how much he is enjoying walking into town (2 miles or so) rather than getting the bus and how good it is to be saving the bus fare (and that it's quicker, in the rush hour, to get home on foot!)

4 DS1 being in town seeing friends this afternoon while DS2 played out in the street with his mates so that I could get on with writing again. Everyone was happy!

5. Collectively getting ontop of the cleaning, tidying, recycling, rubbish... and making headway with the handwashing situation - we still don't have a machine.

Sleep well.

dreamyd

My five for the last week are
1) Hanging 'new' curtains in the living room and in DH's study (oh, the joys of wonderwweb!)
2) Playing with my fairy goddaughter on Saturday
3) My Y11 class getting brilliant grades in their GCSE Lit exam (all but 3 got A* - C):j
4) Frogging a jumper form a charity shop and being able to salvage about 90% of it
5) Making a new friend on Ravelry

KarrieBee

Morning all! lovely to see posts from new posters as well as the the old favourites, reading this has been a lovely way to start the day!
Mine for Sunday:
1. a lie in and a cuppa with DH
2. Yummy sandwich in the local art gallery followed by a wander round. The gallery is free and the cafe is much cheaper than eating in town and much nicer too.
3. Calling my oldest friend for a catch up - and planning a visit from her soon - yay!
4. Going to a concert by the community symphony orchestra - it was part of my birthday present to DH and we both really enjoyed it.
5. Flopping on the sofa when we got in and then enjoying farmers market lamb and mint sausages with celeriac mash - with 2 portions for the freezer as we had a bit of a veg box glut going on!

Hope everyone had a good weekend and Monday!
blessings and hugs to all ((()))

Caterina

Good morning and what a good morning this is! Sun shining and spring is truly in the air!

Here are my five for today, some are anticipated as it is so early:

1 - Tea and toast in bed reading a good book.

2 - Planning to attend an aerobics class (over 50s), first one since the shoulder pain, good to go back to physical activity.

3 - Planning a bit of cleaning and tidying and if the weather holds clothes in the wash to be dried in the fresh air.

4 - Leftover rice and stir fry from last night will make a nice lunch.

5 - Tonight, last knitting class for the term (but instead of knitting I am sewing a pinny out of a large cushion cover I bought at a jumble sale for 10p!).

Have a lovely day everybody! xxx

Reverbe

Friday

1. Using the last of 4 free DVD tokens for rental from the library I found in a special promotion of mystery wrapped books

2. Jar of Day Cream from Boots

3. Smoked salmon on toast for lunch as I had defrosted it for dinner the night before and not used due to flatmate bringing in a free curry

4. eating the rest of the YS Basics strawberries

5. Comic Relief

6. Getting a place on a horse at Cheltenham

7. having an area of a local pub roped off for us and free sandwiches when our party went to watch Cheltenham Gold Cup Day there

8. LO Curry, dahl and bombay aloo for dinner

9. finding money on the floor in the pub - £3.05.

laineyc_2

1) Another sunny day
2) Speaking to a friend on the phone
3) Making chicken stock for soup later
4) Enjoying a lovely fruit smoothie for breakfast
5) A unscheduled day off work due to poorly children