5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Just checked Stroud for rooms of sub. Cannot see them playing here. Must look again later! As for Raffles, he had a grit inn his paw the other day, that was removed by BoP! BoPsie tried but ended up scratched!

5 As you are aware that we do not keep cold seats inn the boiler room at the mill. Well we deposited a stoker at the customer to keep his hands happy and full of cloth, I have already got his replacement at the coal face! New face next weak. Well, old one returning. There, that is how the recruitment works at the mill! Good look to hunters out there!

4 To make room for new stoker, we have played office chess as desks have been rearranged for the better. Shovels have had their handles renewed as well!

3 Last night was emergency curry of chicken. As BoP cannot correctly measure the chili powder at the moment, it was as you say hot! Three separates are brewing for later consumption!

2 Night BoP may have brewed curry and be done with it!

That ends this missive from BoP!

Purple_kitten

BOP: Thank you to Jenny.
I’m feeling a lot better today, I have been very mucked about by this company - but on the same vein, I have used it to squirrel the pennies. DH and I chatted, it annoys me as retirement planning is in sight, DH is sure it’s all still on track, a couple of years away but at the fore front of thoughts as well.

LaineyT, you are right, 13 days to go, I will readily admit I am counting now.:j

1 I worked at home today, a distinct pleasure.
2 We are off out tonight to a wonderful festive rock n roll show.
3 We have mince pies and cookies defrosted to take with us to enjoy, both for diet and penny reasons.
4 The decorations are down from the loft and it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
5 Thanks to another post, I discovered Delia’s mincemeat, who needs to buy it when I can make it, I then also noticed the recipe is in my DM’s inherited Delia 3 cookbook series.
6 I am roasting the chicken joint which had been still frozen at the weekend, I won’t be stewing the bones, but I think it will give about 6 portions and it’s making my mouth water with the herbs and smell in general.
7 I phoned the Dr to book in, and she said how friendly I sound, and that it was so nice to hear a friendly voice, nice to cheer someone up also.
8 Washing loads cycled around, towels to dryer as they were like exfoliating sand hanging around.
9 I was chatting to the pharmacist lady just picking up my prescription and picked up DH some freelance wiring work for her! I work on commission ya know, oh ok a cuppa will do – I’ll never be rich.

Just off to “spruce up” for the evening so will post this now.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

PM2PK Shhhhh, no telling millwright. But pension bucket up 5% on the day. Day is nearer. Millwright is threatening more dosh and promotion!


I’ll get my coat!

DigForVictory

Eep RL just keeping on going & going. Bring on the seasonal whatsit so I can collapse, sez I. (Himself does all the heavy work on the day & I just decorate a bit & do the presents.)

Very belated birthday greetings to pk and mhags’s dd - have an additional cake on the Dig family?!
Frith - welcome back & hurrah being back online?! Hurrah all your joint work with smaller son's maths paying dividends! All strength both with Great Aunty & with elder son! Yowch knee - am but 1 on on the Beighton score but do get the with age the increasing stiffness is in fact reassuring. Meantime, owch though & hurrah sons.
villagelife - yeay mammogram - the classic poses don't half pinch but the peace of mind is priceless. Crumpets with marmite - prepares to form orderly queue... DS2 cooked breakfast? May I send some lads over for lessons?!
M&M90 - there is no pleasure as sure as having a vat of food awaiting. Mum's current helper made her a Ukrainian vegetable soup & even m'father [champion picky mortal] ate it with gusto for several days on the trot! Spices orange tea in Morrisons - intrigued <added to to do list!> Love Dickens & the Clink & miword yes, sure he'd he be taking mental notes for the next griping installment! IKEA fabric is fun, but has a special talent for denting my card. (Not as bad as Libertys, but they're not as easy to get to...) Gosh yes tidying before visitors. Son's gf gently confined to certain rooms to avoid son's embarrassment!
VJsmum - yes indeed, the upside of banana bread is that is has a short glorious life near young males. Love yoga as future proofing! "Did a bit of bullying" - well, with ailing parents, sometimes it helps to parent their inner toddler. I plied mum with hot chocolate to ease the time between painkillers. Candlelit yoga sounds wonderful. Dad trying to cope also pretty good, given the alternatives.
mila - heartfelt sympathies for wheelchair, hurrah for a good son & blimey what a corker your colleague turns out to be! Awed & impressed & delighted for you all, as what a relief to have this major event lifted from you & appear as a benevolent genie!
mhagster - hurrah for teatowels, & ulp for not being there for birthday but triumph over bed - and now snow. Are you certain you're home yet?! Table & chairs all built! Hurrah! Yes fuel fluctuates between 'ho hum' & 'yowch!' Great niece & Lego - excellent! Still finding rtc flowers to nurture back into original glory?! Awed. Also by your letter writing friend, who is unfazed by distance but writes.
Ampersand - glad you are au lit, even if not for best reasons, and exulting that temple hangings are going to absolutely right place - "not a decision I can fully take myself" - beautiful! May porridge exert its healing power over you. (Scottish colleague grinned it's his remedy for everything from a hangover to shin splints to pneumonia.) Black Beauty - solid propaganda in a "children's lit" cover. (I loved it, still do.) Good fountain pens are a joy & blessing & almost colleagues. Darn tootin' this thread helps. Love the idea of blitherhoops - add to teaching vocab?!
LaineyT - a shrewdly timed call to Waitrose is a toothsome joy! Yikes unauthorised dismounts - hoping arnica has helped! Making yourself get up every 30 minutes - that's almost as rough as concussion! Please do not beat yourself up for "not sticking on" - these things happen & Lulu needs to learn that irrational behaviour has consequences.
BoP - only you have the touch with the camera club projector - welcome back! Mild covet of SatFest breakfast but snorkers await. I agree the tins are a ripoff, but they have convenient negotiation potential with the young. Ah, these seasonal trees... You cannot currently correctly measure chilli? Eh? Eep!
house elf - please go careful with concussion - rest is underestimated. Ah the yellowing bruises - never before 48 hours unless you have been going at the hot & iced flannels hard. Black eyes are a social minefield - you can try for nonchalance & broadcast embarrassing door incident, but people still leap to assumptions for the female unless you're still in rugby kit.... [& even then] Meatballs have become the in dish this month! Monday arrived as expected, it's Tuesday that has me awry as the adrenaline wore off. Persuade? Blackmail! But ah, Costco!
mcculloch - hurrah for working wheelchair & still more for lumpfish caviar - do you go for blinis or just devour it in spoonfuls?! Herring in sherry sauce? If I see it - I'll cheep!
Skint yet again - hurrah puppy responding to training & may DS gradually emerge!
Mrs LW - isn't it lovely to leave Black Friday to those who want it? Hurrah for Charlie & his mum & oooh - pretty & tasty nut roast? (What shape should it be? Mischievous father enquires.)
DundeeDoll - delighted to think of you enjoying fish & chips - and seemingly unfazed by the lack of European City Of Culture shenanigans.
Purple kitten - love the idea of planning so there is a space in the freezer for the turkey. Big hugs are good, no matter what else in the day. It never hurts to be on good professional terms with the pharmacist - they meet a *lot* of folks & word of mouth is the best free advertising going!

OS Pleasures recently
With a thoughtful eye on potential single use plastic bag taxes, I have stocked up on bags for rubbish from eBay. [Not a squeak, ah well.]

Some things repay re-reading. The "evil bracing kit" was in fact a level bracing kit, though for what or whom I remain in ignorance.

Whomever invents the device for holding your phone in your teeth so you can still use the torch will earn the thanks of a grateful nation. Perhaps not from the dentists but....

Youngest has scaled & stretched & hauled three roll of giftwrap abandoned in the top of the "oh I'll get around to it someday" unpacking sepulchre. I think he's *earned* his choice of box of sweets as I have discovered rather more than I thought I had. Still, that reduces the November Christmas spend admirably.

I love it when my children troubleshoot technology. I think eldest's prowess was achieved by rebooting by unplugging a plug only his length of arm could reach, but that does not diminish his triumph!

"I am cultured." "Yes, you've certainly got stuff growing on you." Oh my menfolk...

"There's pie in the door." As a health & safety warning, it has the merit of novelty.

"Oh gods, not me socks!" Brother helping post-fit brother with the usual queasies - up to a point!

The vigorous chittering of the dawn chorus, industrious, starting it's day as teenagers grunt & shuffle. It's as well few things eat teenagers - they'd be hideously easy prey in this state.

Planning the Rudolph run with breaks for school, loading & pizza. Hurrah for flexi as I got the winter tyres fitted today & plan to sleep in Friday... [Aye, well]

Breakfast is not quite going as planned. Found a handkerchief, found a fleece, put in cheeky bid on breakfast sausages & found I was dispossessed of handkerchief, fleece & felt morally obliged to drive two to school in exchange for breakfast sausage.

Trip to family - glorious. OK offspring groused (rightly, ahem) about food but grandparents delighted to see them all so much bigger and taller in a few months. Proud photos taken, circulated, printed, shown off on the phone... All extended family presents Done as in cba any further. Now just those I share a roof with, phew.

All love, hugs, strength, courage, patience, health & general seasonal bl**dymindedness to all as need!

DundeeDoll

Shenanigans indeed Dfv I feel very sorry for those who have so far out effort into European city of culture, but hope their work isn’t wasted. We certainly seem to be on the up as a city, with our wonderful river front development. V&a opens next summer yay
1) pm2bop Tried posting earlier in week but internet wasn’t playing ball, unlike the mariners and hatters. Wins all round, that’s more like it
2) pm2mhags dd2 was at murrayfield. Cold, but glorious result
3) tasty beef stew made in slow cooker. Used frozen red wine portion
4) last workshop of the year done, phew. It was the one I adapted for Sri Lanka from colleague’s, and today delivered it along with colleague.
5) independent supermarket has reopened.

Frith

Quite a couple of days (well, quite a year, really) with bigger son. He is now looking for a property and wants to move out. I had not expected this to happen for another 2.5 years or more.


Pleasures for today (Tuesday)


1) Not a bad sleep.


2) Hens OK.


3) Went to bigger son's college to get my hair cut and saw the pupil I used to work with who is fine and doing well there.


4) Went to new Waitrose (it has a sushi bar - I thought people were joking when they told me!) and bought Advent calendars.


5) Met my school friend for a cup of tea and a mince pie.


6) Smaller son's fish pie he made at school today did for my tea.


7) Took smaller son to the Harriers match. Too dark and cold to drive home and back etc so stayed in town for 2 hours whilst he watched (£1 for children but about £14 for me so I don't go). Read my magazine in the car, wandered around Sainsburys then drove back up to collect him.


8) Home again (10pm) and helped bigger son complete his apprenticeship application. He is depending on this to move out.

house_elf

Morning,

DfV Epic post! Don't know how you do it, but nice reminder of all our doings! Thank you. :A

1. Amazing rainbow on the way to work. Almost a double rainbow.

2. Got lots of things done before everyone else got up. Including beef stew into the slow cooker.

3. Got to spend a little bit of time with one of my favourite pupils. I know you should not have favourites, but she is a sweetie. :A

4. Chat with colleague after school. She is inspirational.

5. Beef stew was nice and then snuggling in front of the fire. DH did all the Taxi runs.

Have a great day

LaineyT

Tuesday pleasures,

Another one here with :T for Dfv's epic posts, thank you.

Over to see Lady Lulu, she now whinny's when she realises it's me coming up the walkway between the fields.

Visit from BT engineer to 'fix' internet problems, worked for a couple of hours and now bad again, not sure it's a pleasure...

Cuddles with my dogs.

The secret lives of 5 year olds followed by The A Word.

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The nut roast is Loaf Tin Shaped D for V, but in honesty it could have been cashew nut, peanut shaped, hazel nut or walnut shaped also pistachio as it contained all of these (used up jars)!it's the first one I've ever made that a) slices thinly and stays in shape and b) tastes like normal food! It's yummy!

1) Got most of the wrapping of presents done yesterday in a marathon that lasted all morning, phew!

2) He Who Knows and my brother took down the silver birch tree on the front lawn, it's been dropping branches whenever we have high winds and was directly over the pavement and parked cars. Sad to see it go as it grew from a seed from next doors trees and was 6" tall when we put it in but safety said it might do damage if left!

3) Another dry, cold and sunny day yesterday and my brother walked with Cookie dog and myself in the afternoon so we caught up on chat and each others lives, very nice.

4) Next doors trees in the back garden were full of hungry birds when I cleared the ashes and put them out this morning so I chopped some staling bread and put it out for them, disappeared in seconds, they must be extra hungry in this cold.

5) A couple of new houses have come on the market close to the area we'd like so we may drive up and have a look. The market seems very sparse of new stock at the moment I guess it's a funny time of year. Hopefully it will pick up in the New Year after the Christmas break.

MandM90

1) Nesting Today the man replacing the front and back door is coming to do final 'survey'. I also have a man coming to quote on replacing/renovating front two sash windows. Very excited at prospect of cosier and prettier home!

2) [STRIKE]Metro[/STRIKE], Boulot, Dodo (mais pas de m!tro aujourd'hui ) I've been on fire at work lately. Good feedback, exciting development opportunities, feel clear on what my short term objectives are. It feels good not to feel constantly stressed/worried but rather excited about work. Getting on with boss who I initially found very intimidating - she has a ridiculously impressive CV, Oxbridge degrees, olympic medals(!), spits out huge amounts of work and manages to bring up three over-achieving daughters, too... - which makes things easier. At least I'm not working for her husband who has all of the above + PhD, and an MBE :eek:

3) On track for Christmas Have 4 projects planned and aiming to make a set of gifts a week. This week is the week of the shopping bags, and I've done all the cutting out already. Hoping I can get ahead this weekend and start on the craft/knitting bags. Then just 2 makeup bags and three mens wash bags to go :eek:

4) Food (again). Have leftover courgetti and lentil/olive pasta sauce in the fridge. It was delicious earlier. Will also be treating myself to cup after cup of orange spiced tea. I fill a thermos with hot water then decant from that throughout the day :cool:

5) Books, delicious books...Really enjoying Monty Don's A French Garden journey. Looking forward to snuggling up with the leccy blanket on tonight and joining him as he traverses the country garden by garden.

Anyway, best get some work done. Hope you all have a fabulous day.