Five OS Pleasures in your day today

mineallmine

Evening all,

1. A cup of tea greeting me when I got home from work. Followed by bubble & squeak, so nothing went to waste. Finished off with a cream cake for my afters.
2. Getting rid of some rubbish from the garden.
3. A warm house.
4. Seeing two friends today. And nattering our heads off.
5. My woollen coat keeping me warm, I have to be careful mind I'd live in it 24/7 given half the chance.

Kitchenbunny

Here's mine for the day:

1. Getting some sewing done after a week of not being able to.
2. A nice lay in bed this morning.
3. Staying under a blanket on the sofa for most of the day, taking it easy.
4. Getting a mealplan done and finding new inspiration for being frugal.
5. Picking out my next cross-stitch project as a gift for someone next year.

Kitchenbunny xx

dawn_rose

mine today are
1] knitting a dress for my 2 year old
2}crocheting a baby blanket
3} 2 loads washed and on the airer
4} making dinner fronm scratch spag bol
5} walking half a mile in nice autumn weather to collect my daughter from nursery school with 2 year old in tow.

this seems to be pretty much my life since having my kids and i love it.

zarazara

1. a nice new pair of slippers
2. food shopping and replacing an old kettle and iron and being grateful for having the money to buy these things
3. nattering to DS1 and DDiL and DGS
4. chatting to a friend
5. A magnificent rainbow over the field today

RainyWednesday

Hi all, thanks as always to Ollie for the kind words. I appreciate them too.

1 - a delicious HM veggie curry for tea
2 - decided that I would either start using the gym again or cancel my membership, so I went to a different branch this evening and love it, including a delicious sauna.
3 -looking forward to Fulham playing Roma tomorrow
4 - looking forward to a weekend away with friends

grandmasam

Hi all,
My five today:-
# a leisurely walk in the autumn sun,enjoying the colours of the trees and shrubs with the smell of woodsmoke from somewhere.
# hanging my 'new' curtains, [sanderson lily pattern] from the charity shop yesterday,so pretty!!
# having wobbly jelly and evaporated milk for pud, yummy!
# a home spa bath this evening, with music and candles, oh and a glass of wine
# just liking myself for a change
Thanks ollie, your words mean a lot

caz

Frith

I think I need to do this, I'm fed up this evening! The people at the course I go to on Wednesday mornings seem all to be great friends/facebook friends/meet up for tea/share lifts and I feel left out. As per usual...

Anyway...

1) Apart from feeling peeved, I did enjoy my lecture this morning and want to get on with the next homework assignment!

2) Took my sons to gymnastics.

3) Went to Mr S and got the ingredients for sloe gin and to make Turkish delight. Got an old look from the cashier - who would need that much "Basics" gin and a bottle of rosewater??

4) Had tea in Mr McD's

5) My son got a place on his school's skiing course! Weirdly, one of the local high schools has a dry ski slope (how unlikely is that!) and he has 5 hour long lessons. Only £20 for the lot! :-)

Patchwork_Quilt

Hi Jollymummy, we've missed you. Welcome back and I just love the idea of your son being a leaf!

1) DS is on work experience this week and they've really looked after him well.
2) I came in from work and went straight to sleep on the sofa. Felt so much better after that.
3) A log fire lit when I got home - DH had stayed in for the dishwasher man (again, and it still isn't fixed) so the living room was toasty. Perhaps that's why I went to sleep.
4) Woke up and couldn't be bothered to cook. DH offered to get fish and chips but that would cost £12ish, so I motivated myself and found some chicken stock for a baked risotto and more left over cakes than I expected in the tin. Cost - virtually nothing.
5) Wearing DD's boots to work. I can't afford a pair at the moment but I've had a few compliments when I have been wearing hers.

Broomstick

Peeps round door... tiptoes round door... waves a little wave...

Hiya,

I last posted here in early April and vanished somewhat abruptly, largely due to impending OU mega-deadlines, going through another bout of ME-type (ie not officially diagnosed) illness that has continued on and off all year, a falling out with our landlord that led to us deciding to move house etc etc and now we all have flu bigtime. Somehow posting on here got shoved to the bottom of my list of things to do and I realise now how much I've missed it.

Going back to the 'misery list' however... I managed to get a top grade for my OU course which has has had the brilliant outcome that as long as I pass my final course which I've just begun, the lowest classification I can get for my degree is a 2.1 and I stand a reasonable chance of a first, which takes a lot of pressure off. Just before the flu struck I was actually starting to feel a bit better again so I'm hoping to pick up on the upward trend again soon. We managed the house move and our new place is functioning more or less OK, although there's a lot of unpacking and sorting still to do, but the decision to move was definitely the right one. We still haven't fathomed out how to use the central heating but the new house is better insulated than the last and at least we are money saving on fuel bills for a bit longer. I've still managed to keep my writing work going and I've now got a director who is interested in my work.

Feeling as if I'm on top of anything though is still quite tough so I've decided to count my blessings on here again. Reading this forum on a regular basis was a real tonic before, so I'm sure it will be again and it's lovely to see so many familiar names from the spring.

So... today's flu-ridden five pleasures are:

1. An iced lolly for breakfast (my excuse - helped with the sore throat!)

2. Sitting here wrapped in the huge throw that my sister gave me last Christmas and the soft new jamas that I bought on an extravagent whim last weekend. They cost £10 from Mr S and have taken my total 2009 clothes spend up to £14! (The £4 was for a packet of knickers in May!)

3. DS1 putting together a supper from the freezer for all of us while I was snoozing in an armchair. It was lovely to wake to a plate of hot food.

4. Tucking up DS2 in bed with a hottie and a hot drink. He'd cleaned his bedroom today and it looked lovely.

5. Listening to lots of good radio through the day.

Sweet dreams
Broomstick x

bunny_too

Morning to everyone, my 5 for today are.

1. Bought puff pastry, making hm sausage rolls for freezer. Finger food for friends who call over xmas. Any other ideas for wee type food greatly appreciated.:money:

2. Sorting out pressie boxes, try and pick up few more bits in t max shop.

3. Quick dust of bedrooms and lounge, and some ironing.

4. Use up all old veg from fridge,make soup.

5. Put hair dye in.

Have a good os day everyone. :j