Five OS Pleasures in your day today

billy858

This weekends blessings
1. DD1 & DD2 doing an athletics competition. Makes for a very long day but much rather they were doing that than hanging around doing nothing.
2. Getting asked to help out at the competition and finding I enjoyed it! Also helped the time to pass.
3. Washing on the line for the first time in a week.
4. My work being very grateful that I can pick up an extra shift. Always nice to feel appreciated.
5. Watching the dog fast asleep obviously dreaming because her feet are all twitching. They look so funny like that. Wonder what she's 'chasing'?
Love to all.

RainyWednesday

Hello, I haven't been on here for a while. I hope you are all well

1- tasty HG stuffed marrow for tea
2 - a new nail varnish for only a pound with a Boots No7 voucher
3 - going for my smear and reminding myself that I am lucky not to have them done in hospital anymore
4 - a dear friend buying me a £5 amazon voucher as a surprise to cheer me up
5 - having a good tidy up of my clothes and mentally making new outfits

Louba

Evening all!

1 - fish and chips for tea, I wrote it in the food diary.....does that mean its ok! Tasted great
2 - getting away from work at a reasonable time
3 - a lazy night watching TV on the couch
4 - booking trips for my holiday online
5 - making plans for new year with friends

Lx

Olliebeak

Good morning all :wave: - bit cool and drizzly here today at the moment, but 'they' have promised us something better this afternoon so fingers crossed.

bella - not exactly 'over-budget' there; more like 'invested for Christmas use' .
newlywed - :T wonderful first attempt at bread making . Very productive weekend you've had.
billy858 - well done on your girls having good outside interests. Good that you can have overtime in your job.
RainyWednesday - good for you on your smear test - I need to re-arrange a mammogram - you have spurred me on :T.
Louba - Keep up the good work with the food diary - do you record this for weightloss or indigestion purposes? I've suggested to my daughter that she should keep one to try to find out what foods make her feel really bloated/nauseous/pain.

1. I intend to cook a 'proper meal' this evening - everything has been so chaotic for the past week, that we've resorted to too many 'butty evenings'/takeaways. Chicken pieces are defrosting and we've got some leeks and carrots that need using up - served with mashed pots those will put a smile on OH's face this evening .

2. Work was quiet yesterday - all behaving themselves!

3. Visit from DS2 with dgs's 2&3 yesterday - wanted to wash his car and use my driveway to do it (can't get the car close enough to his own front door to use the vacuum cleaner on the inside) - kept the kids amused with a garden quoits set .

4. DS1 arrived and commented that he also needed to do the same thing following his 'muddy camping trip' at the weekend. GREAT - they BOTH forget that I'm on a flipping water meter :mad:. But the blessing was that I had the company of both of them plus two dgs's for an hour .

5. Had a good chat with one of my neighbours (not somebody from my sheltered scheme) which is something that I don't often get the opportunity to do. We're about the same age, so I really enjoyed the natter.

6. I also had a TV watching evening on the sofa with my feet up - love my Emmerdale and Corrie - I've watched both of them from the very first episodes - and THAT is showing my age .

I'll try to pop back in again through the day, if I get chance for a lunch break. Speak again later and hope everybody has a great money-saving day - love Ollie xxx

BlimusOreilly

Saturday:

1. The weather had turned sunny and bright (and less windy) so we were able to camping after all.
2. Not as many of the group turned up as had originally planned to but it was a great bunch who made up our camp within the camp.
3. The children played happily and safely together all day in the woods.
4. My best friend and her family turning up to join us for a bbq round the campfire later.
5. Sleeping better than I thought I would!

Sunday:

1. Breakfast made over the campfire rather than the gas stove. One of the campers had bought the most amazing hand-made trivet. It took longer but was brilliant!
2. Getting home and the smell of woodsmoke still lingering on our clothes (which I love!).
3. A nice hot shower.
4. Speaking on the phone with my mum, who is in Spain.
5. Sleeping in my own comfy bed.

Monday:

1. Starting back with lessons.
2. Reading loads of stories together.
3. Finishing the planned work early and going for a walk in the woods.
4. Slumdog Millionaire from Lovefilm.
5. A cheap curry for tea!

Louba

Olliebeak wrote: »

Louba - Keep up the good work with the food diary - do you record this for weightloss or indigestion purposes? I've suggested to my daughter that she should keep one to try to find out what foods make her feel really bloated/nauseous/pain.

Thanks Ollie, its for digestion problems. All my test results have come back clear so it must be something I'm eating or doing so hopefully the diary will help me work it out...and stop OH from nagging me to do it

1 - hmm kept up last night by the couple next door having a blazing row in the middle of the door. My relationship with my ex-h was quite volatile although he was never violent, made me so glad to have my OH and for what we have.
2 - the arguing couple seem to have done a bit of damage to the wall in the communcal area....I phoned to report it to the factors this morning who were really helpful.
3 - A colleague made me a lovely coffee to wake me up - busy day ahead so not having slept isn't ideal :mad:
4 - another day closer to holidays :j
5 - searching for a 5th..........hmm, I don't have to actually live with the nasty tempered guy next door!

Good day to all

Lx

newlywed

Hi all,

I am thankful for the OS board and the people on it who:

1. help teach me how to make bread
2. answer my questions on how to make the bread into iced finger buns
3. teach me (and remind me) to freeze what I have made so that nothing gets wasted
4. remind me to plan my meals so that even though I am short of money till payday now (overspent again ) I know that we have most meals sorted till payday and mostly just milk, cereal, fruit, and a large chicken to buy (and lots of cooking of cakes and goodies to be done by me).
5. Help remind me that although I ache all over today and feel very tired, there are things to be thankful for.

and 6. My lunch today being HM bread, HM butternut squash soup, HM damson pie

Edited: 7: my Cistus Alan Fradd plant bought from ebay turning up in the post well packed and looking healthy

Wee_Pilsbury

Today's pleasures were -

1. Fitting draught excluders to doors and realising my keenly priced kit will actually do one more door than I thought!
2. Pouring the excess boiling water into my flask to use for another cuppa later tonight.
3. Going into the supermarket for loo paper and not falling for the "half price" bargain positioned right at the front door.
4. In said supermarket only buying what I went in for with no extras.
5. Feeling a bit chilly and not turning on the heating - I put a jumper on for the first time in years indoors

I never really thought I could enjoy not doing things as much as this!

RainyWednesday

Hi everyone

Olliebeak - please get your mammogram sorted out, having regular smears probably saved my life

Mine for today (this is going to be struggle because I've been down and haven't been very OS)
1 - HM soup and roll for lunch
2 - getting 25% off a much needed new jumper using a National Glamour Week code (lmy old clothes are too big after losing weight )
3 - stir fry made from veg from the lottie
4 - getting a whole chapter of my book read of the train (Modern History of Russia, I've been reading it for a month, it's some going)
5 - ordering a free perfume sample from the freebies board

Hey, that's not so bad after all I love this thread for helping me focus
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Patchwork_Quilt

Well done Rainy for losing so much weight you need new jumpers!

1) A hug from a colleague today. I thought there was something wrong but she said I needed it!
2) Three different meals between four of us to make use of all our leftovers in the fridge, padded out with home grown veg
3) Choosing a new pot of chutney with DH from the pantry
4) Rice pudding made on top of the stove, an idea from another MSE thread. (Add coconut - tastes yummy)
5) Burning bits of free wood from friends on the stove