Five OS Pleasures in your day today

Reverbe

studentgirl wrote: »

5. eating h/m mince pies and DS1 whos 14 saying they were the best hes had:D

People used to say that about mine and mistake them for luxury bought ones.. I don't even make my own pastry

Gonna make some this week. Didn't make any last year for some reason.

Reverbe

Yesterday

1. Making more cranberry and orange preserve. The large jar I am giving to my flatmates family is a thing of beauty. I tied a black ribbon off a Jo Malone giftbox round it and I think it looks lovely. I am so proud of myself.

2. Hearing the Salvation Army Band play in the town centre esp Greensleeves.If it hadnt been raining so hard with my bags of groceries, I could have stood there and listened to them for HOURS.

3. Getting a goodwill refund for something unsuitable I bought on Ebay.

4. Last nights online chat with a friend I haven't seen in person since May. Such a boost to my wellbeing after recent events.

5. Hearing the rain fall outside the window knowing I'm cosy inside.

6. An evening of mulled wine, roast chestnuts and Xmas Movies on DVD.

Today

1. Cup of tea and porridge with some of my cranberry preserve in in bed watching The Golden Girls.

2. Free stuff - 100g bag of Superdrug Xmas Tree decorations( as we don't have a tree I might gift these to my mate Rowlands little girl) 2 free Quality Street Chocolates(my faves too - toffee penny and toffee finger) from the counter in the charity shop, free Choral CD in MOS with Xmas carols and uplifting songs.

3. The delightfully eccentric Fanny Craddock on UK Food - Mincemeat Omelette anyone???!!!

4. Reduced price Sainsburys Bacon Sandwich with the papers

5. M & S Red beaded Cashmere jumper from £5 from charity shop and an essential cookbook of 400 recipes from the woman who wrote the series of 8 i used to have when I was at Uni for only £1.

6 The smell of my Cinnamon candle

clutterydrawer

- a lie in...it was sooooo nice.
- watching a dvd and havign a snuggle with my bunnies
- phoning my mum...extra special now as ive lived within 2 mins walk of her all my life but just moved 140 miles away!
- made a delicious dinner from an old wartime recipe.
- did lots of homemade gift tags, cards and presents.

Reverbe

- made a delicious dinner from an old wartime recipe

What was it? The only one I can think of is Woolton Pie which they made once for BBC Breakfast and they didn't like it but I thought it looked nice.

Caterina

Hi all

Here are mine today:

1 - Lie-in until nearly midday

2 - While doing the above, reading "How I Lived a Year on Just a Pound a Day" book, courtesy of another OSer with whom I did an exchange. Thank you!

3 - DD and her boyfriend put up the Christmas decorations in the living room

4 - Putting a lot of leftover decorations up on freecycle for someone who needs them more than we do.

5 - Slicing the 2 oranges (that were sitting unused and wilting in the fruit bowl) and putting them on the radiator to dry so that I can use them to hang on the wood branches that are making up our Christmas tree this year.

Good night all

Caterina

clutterydrawer

Reverbe wrote: »

- made a delicious dinner from an old wartime recipe

What was it? The only one I can think of is Woolton Pie which they made once for BBC Breakfast and they didn't like it but I thought it looked nice.

there are a LOT of wartime recipes.....i have a bookful, i love it.

I made a baked pilchard loaf....mashed up the pilchards with some seasoning etc, spread on bread, layer in an oven dish, pour white sauce over and bake it.

It tastes better than it sounds....put a smidgeon of mustard in thoguh, totally saves it.

sparrer

Sunday blessings..

1. Knowing that we've been safe from floods here - but still thinking of those less fortunate in the West Country :sad:

2. Getting a Christmas card from my neighbour's 15 y/o daughter - she feels she's old enough give her own and not to have to be included in the family ones now (although her Mum still did )

3. Carving a £1 turkey drumstick cold and making it stretch for 3 roast dinners :T

4. Getting the sofa throws washed and dried in one day

5. Just glancing up and seeing DS sitting on the other sofa - he's seconded to Thames Valley area temporarily and staying with me for 3 months. It's so lovely to have him home for a while

freebiequennie

1. heating up left over hm soup from yesterday for lunch

2. making chicken, ham and mushroom pie from leftover chicken and gammon ready for tommorows tea.

3. wrapping all the xmas presents

4. putting up the xmas decs.

5. having a nice hot bath

bellaquidsin

1. Having a lovely morning baking mince pies and almond tarts to take to DD's on the 25th.

2. A lovely pot of chicken stock (in sc overnight) from the chicken we had on Saturday.

3. Chicken for lunch from the same chicken. I love chicken and the mileage it gives.

4. Chicken pie (from a different chicken this time, frozen away ready) for tea tonight when the family came round. It is DGS's favourite so it put a smile on his face.

5. Cuddles from DGch when tea was over. If cuddles are wealth I am the richest woman in the world.

Bella.

clutterydrawer

- someone gave me a chocolate bar and i was thrilled to bits
- helping my manager sort out a presentation to go with the talk he's doing, to make it extra impressive

there was nothing else pleasurable about today I'm afraid, it was horrid