Five OS Pleasures in your day today

jollymummy

Evening
I've been AWAOL again, due to busy, busy, busy.
Anyhoo here are mine!!!
1. had a really lovely time at DS nursery today his teacher and teaching assistant from big school came to meet him, they were really nice and the children were fab, I'm going to do another session, was great fun.

2. Walking through village DS nursery is in today to catch the bus, looking at the beautiful church and the blue sky and thinking this is the life

3. Went to dentist for emergency appt, needed 2 VERY expensive fillings, but relieved they're done before hols.

4. lots of washing dry just got to iron it now!!

5. Feel very reassured about DS starting big school.

6. Ankle well on the mend.

7. Holidays on friday, so I'm signing off for a week or so now, can't wait.
got 101 things to do tomorrow, but looking forward to some quality family time.

Have a great week.
Jm

BigMummaF

Morning Peoples! My Blessings are very similar to many others, with the good weather & getting the laundry dried..lead exciting lives don't we :rotfl:
Among some others for me are:-
1. Looks like it may just be a new battery needed for the car--an expense yes, but hopefully not as bad as it could be
2. Watching Pup doze in the sun.
3. Having a 'cuddle' with Iggie..she's as responsive to human interaction as Pup.
4. The way the offspring automatically tell Pup & Iggie they are 'brother & sister' :rotfl:
5. It was Prom Night around here yesterday & a beautiful stretched Lincoln Navigator was outside our house to collect a neighbour's daughter.
6. Soooooo pleased my lot had already left education before this particular 'tradition' began....but also partaking of whimiscal thoughts of how I would have loved to arrive at my prom on a Harley!

Reverbe

Couple from the Weekend

1. Ratatouille on dvd from lovefilm - saw it once before when it first came out but still good fun

2. The Footy Masters Tournament at Wembley

3. Free Fathers Day Lunch at a local pub

4. finding the value curry sauce at tescos I started buying at 20p a tin is now only 5p!

zarazara

1. coffee with a friend in her garden this afternon
2. helping same friend with a little job she had to do
3 returning a book to a different friend and watching her make strawberry jam, smelt delicious
4. the church is open for a flower festival this weekend, they flower arrangers are doing the flowers now, just called in, it smells divine
5.enjoying a green salad for tea and realising I am in charge of what I eat.

BlimusOreilly

SunnyGirl - that's great news about your dad's operation. What a relief for you and your family. :T
Bella - sorry to hear that you have to hide away cos of hayfever. I can only imagine how miserable that is. Love the sound of those dish cloths.
miecherox - what an idyllic sounding day.
jollymummy - have a great holiday. :j

Here are mine:

1) The boys being able to swim for free at the local caravan park.
2) Re-living our great holiday with the Barcelona project.
3) Thoroughly tidying out the bathroom shelves and finding all sorts of lovely lotions and potions. Going to have a bit of a pamper later.
4) Thinking about camping.
5) The promise of a nice cup of tea, scones, jam and clotted cream with DH in the next half hour.

thriftyscotslass

Good evening everyone. I hope you are all well and lots of hugs & love to all.

My five for today:

1. The beautiful, beautiful weather.
2. Enjoying the stunning scenery around where we live and being thankful for living in such a beautiful place
3. Lined dried washing not so happy about all the ironing its creating though :rotfl:
4. Resolving a money issue that was worrying me with dh AND having him agree completely with my point of view. It's taken me 24 years but he finally agrees with my paying off debt and living within your means philosophy
5. Finally tidying up the backgarden - I can now look out my kitchen window without thinking "must get that sorted" :T

Have a good evening everyone,
Thrifty xxx

Caterina

bellaquidsin wrote: »

SunnyGirl - have a go at dishcloths, they're so easy.

You need about 45 stitches on 4.5 (old no.7) needles and then it's just garter stitch until it's as big as you want it. You should get two or three dishclothes from a ball (I think my MIL used to get three) and they last for ages and eventually wash or bleach up nice and white and they last for ages.

HTH
Bella.

Really if you want to be adventurous it is fun to knit the dishcloths as if you were making a sampler of stitches, but then again garter stitch is so much easier and faster!

Sunnygirl I am delighted for you and all your family about your father's successful operation, really good news!

Missed yesterday so catching up with both days today (so what's new!):

Yesterday:

1 - Free Cowshed make up bag from Red magazine.

2 - The weather, the weather, the weather...what more can I say?

3 - Good workout in the park

4 - Did I say that DD got her end of year results and it is a Distinction? I think I did not mention it but it really deserves the mention, we are so proud!

5 - DS got a Distinction in one of his college subjects too and passed the year. Great stuff. Love those kids!

Today:

1 - Went to Herbal Medicine clinic and it was good, they took my blood pressure and it is normal!

2 - Met a friend in M&S cafe in Marble Arch and we had the cream tea, great offer, sandwiches, tea and scones with jam and clotted cream for 2, £7.70 - highly recommended! It was so filling that we had it as our lunch.

3 - Free Dior make up lesson in Selfridges courtesy of Woman and Home magazine - looking very glam! I think I shall treat myself to the blue palette, it will be my birthday treat to myself (coming up in August, only a month to go!).

4 - Gave my friend a voucher I had for a small sample of Chanel mascara and she was really pleased.

5 - We booked ourselves for a hands and arms massage (free, of course!) at the Jo Malone counter of Selfridges, so am anticipating the pleasure of another Thursday evening out freebie-hunting with my friend - already agreed we would have dinner out at ASK with the 2 for 1 voucher!

6 - The weather, the weather, the weather, it makes my day every day the sun is shining (but would love some rain IN THE NIGHT OF COURSE! for my veg garden).

7 - Tiny zucchini and tomatoes on the plants in the front garden!:T

Love you and leave you, got to go and remove make-up from face and then to catch beauty sleep!

Love to all xxx

Edited to say: I got more stars! when did that happen? Wow I am a Fantastically Fervent Money Saving Super Fan! This is the best qualification I ever got, now I can sign my name as Caterina C., FFMSSF! Sounds impressive, no?:T

bellaquidsin

Pleasures today:-

1. DH vaccing the whole house for me, he's so thorough and much more single minded about it than I am, I keep thinking of other things to do as I go.

2. Having some spare time because of the above, so looked out some nice 4ply cotton from my stash to make a summer top, so now I'm doing a blue and white baby blanket (knitted) a crochet blanket in blue and fawn for a winter warmer, knitting a dish cloth and now a crochet top, think I'd better stop there.

3. Making granary rolls in the Remoska, just one rise and they are delish.

4. Walking to the shops with DH for the weekly visit to Poundland and Home Bargains, lovely to have company when I have been going alone for so long.

5. Picking sweet peas from the garden, such heavenly perfume, not so good for the hayfever though.

Bella.

sparrer

Another day missed, DM is visiting and running me ragged, she says I have no stamina!

Welcome to all the new posters, it's always good to see newbies and hear their blessings :hello:

Sunnygirl I'm so happy to hear about your father's successful op :T

Caterina well done your DD and DS for their Distinctions. I remember when DS came home and said he had a D I comisserated and told him we love him no matter what...he looked down at me and said slowly, as though talking to an idiot, 'Mother, D is Distinction'...where is that hole in the ground when you need swallowing up?!:o

Recent blessings...

1. The espalier apple is laden with fruit, as is the gooseberry bush. I think the garlic is going to be a success as it's pushing up and all the bulbs look huge. Spent the afternoon tidying and everything in the garden is lovely

2. Not a very MS day as we had a little retail therapy and went out for lunch (again). However it's good to have DM here and she loves getting out to the shops, there are no chain stores or bargain shops near her so she's having a whale of a time. Tomorrow weather permitting we're going to Grafham Water, no shops but I'm sure we'll manage to find an ice cream vendor

3. A good meeting at my fellowship last night, there were two newcomers who both seemed keen to come to the next meeting. One phoned me today and we had a long chat which was very rewarding.

4. The sun has bleached my hair to the pretty fair colour it was when I was a child - strange as it's got a light brown permanent dye on it

5. Freebies in the post of 2 face flannels, some baby wipes, more Nivea moisturiser and a magazine which included some trial samples of soap, body oil, cleanser and toner...a real bonus bag so far this week :rolleyes:

Night night n God bless, hugs to everyone who needs or just would like one
S x

Pooky

Mine for yesterday...

1. Being woken early by DD's with HM cards and HM pressies for my birthday.

2. DH handing me a lovely poem that ended in saying he'd booked the day off to spend with me.

3. DH organising a gorgeous picnic and taking me fruit picking for the morning.

4. Sitting by the river, sharing our picnic with the ducks, one brave one was eating out of my hand.

5. Strawberries and raspberries we'd picked, for pud...yum.

And for today....

1. The overcast morning - had too much sun lately so this is lovely.

2. Getting all my jobs done before 9am.

3. A day of sewing stretching ahead of me.

4. Curry this evening - Mr S's value jars at 7p a tin are fab.

5. A wine making session planned for this evening with DH, we'll pop some pod casts on and laugh our way through.

:j