Five OS Pleasures in your day today

Bibbitybob

1. Washing my second quilt and hanging it out in the sunshine and breeze to dry.
2. Soaking my whites before washing them and seeing the difference it made.
3. Eating dinner from the freezer.
4. Potting some narcissus bulbs and tidying around my yard. Also, deciding my old gas fire would make a good planter!
5. Getting a sample of wallpaper from B&Q to line my new shelves with.

kim85

Been a bit of a lurker so thought i'd start posting at last!
1. Going to Mr T's just before closing time and getting lots of reduced bargins.
2. Making a big batch of shepards pie, buffing it up with bread crumbs that I would useually throw away.
3. Not turning the heating on all day- and still not being cold.
4. Washing up instead of being lazy and using the diswasher.
5. Only doing one load of washing all weekend!

scousewife

My 5 for today are:

1) Having the house to myself for a few hours
2) Watching the washing getting a good blow on the line
3) Collecting fresh smelling dry washing off the line
4) Getting my ironing done & getting rid of the ironing pile
5) Listening to my Amy Winehouse Cd whilst ironing & having a good sing-a-long as no-one was in the house.

I feel great when I feel like Im getting somewhere & getting to the bottom of that ironing pile was an achievement! :j

jvs

Hello all. My 5 today are
1 My 19 year old cat being so much better today - really thought we were going to lose him yesterday
2 Going with my sister to watch my great nephew play football and being the oldest cheer leaders in town - but he wasn't a bit embarassed by us!
3 DH stopping my washing machine from leaking
4 Making a scrummy pork casserole for tea with 2 iffy looking pork steaks
5 Hearing a lovely saying - 'if it is for you it won't pass you by'
Thank you for all your lovely posts this weekend I have enjoyed them so much

Yorkshirechick

1) Looking at my lovely clean and tidy bedroom (after I cleaned it yesterday)
2) My friend popping in for a coffee, and bringing me a stairgate, my little boy has just learnt to walk, and it braving the stairs now :eek:
3) Having a lovely roast beef sandwich with a yellow stickered joint of beef
4) Getting a lie-in til 9:30 - YIPEE - DS must have been shattered!!
5) Speaking to a friend on Facebook for free :T

Disflop

Evening all, hope everyone has had an enjoyable weekend. This thread does an amazing job of cheering me up and spurring me on to stick at the OS ways - cos sometimes that woman who can spend money like water tries really hard to get the upper hand in my life, and if she were to succeed months of hard work would be undone within half an hour (actually within 5 minutes in the right shop)!!

1. Having a lovely day yesterday with GS and his dog.
2. Seeing those gorgeous lambs again as they were being taken inside to escape the horrendous weather yesterday.
3. Making 3 lots of soup to enjoy as lunches for next few days.
4. Having a 5 mile walk with DD and youngest gd in pushchair in the blustery weather today - so nice to have that time to ourselves to chat and catch up.
5. DD saying my choc chip muffins are best she has ever tasted!

Take care everyone.

Turtle

Never seen this thread before but some nice thoughts here. Mine would be
1) Not being able to run in the 1/2 marathon I'd entered due to illness but driving club mates there and cheering everyone on in the sun
2) Making chicken stew for first time with help from OS and it was delish!
3) Selling some stuff on ebay for first time in 18 months and listing a few more bits (some discovered in £1 shop so we'll see how they do)
4) Two loads of washing, basket now empty (shame I can't say the same about the ironing basket!)
5) Reading a book on the settee then having a snooze for 20 mins
6) The general loveliness of my OH and my house bunny, very cute and cuddly

Many good things in my life.

laineyc_2

1) Walking in the park behind my boys, listening to them chat.
2) Tackling my mountain of ironing
3) Reading the sunday papers
4)Making fish curry for dinner
5)Planning my big declutter which starts tomorrow

sparrer

Sunday blessings..

1. Took 12 y/o DGD to visit (87 y/o!) DM, had lunch in a restaurant where we were all allowed to have childrens portions of roast so saved lots of pennies, then spend a hilarious afternoon looking through brochures in the hope of finding a bargain holiday we all agree on - we can but try!

2. The drive to and from DM was steady, very little traffic in the car park (M25) so still had 1/4 tank of petrol when I arrived home, most unusual.

3. DM gave me a sack of clothes to sort out for the charity shop, I went through them and found a black vee-neck with 3/4 sleeves. I've been looking for one for ages, thanks Mum

4. Also found a lovely new Boots toiletries bag which I've tucked away to fill with Boots goodies for a Christmas present.

5. Thanking my lucky stars that I have such a sweet DGD, who loves being in the company of me and my DM (and thanking my lucky stars I still have DM, too) and can't wait to go away with us. But we're all just a little mad, so...:rotfl:

Broomstick

My five for today:

1. Making an organic, HM packed lunch of soup, pasta with sauce, HM bread, cheese, fruit and drinks in a hurry - everything was to hand.

2. Driving over the Ridgeway early-ish this morning in glorious sunshine and with little traffic on the roads - the first long drive I've done since Christmas because we have cut our car use down. The scenery was beautiful.

3. Going through files of past articles I have written and collating ideas from them to use again in a slightly different format in a book I'm thinking of writing. Lots of the original articles were based on OS or recycling ideas and it was a real celebration of my creativity to look back on all this.

4. Playing table-tennis with DS2 this afternoon. Cost a fiver but was worth it!

5. Coming home to a clean house and a quorn shepherd's pie that could just be heated in the oven while I had a nap before supper. (That table-tennis really took it out of me! :rolleyes: )

Sleep well xxx