5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

balabooberlies

For the Hooman Watch watchers........

In the last 24 hours they have had;

2 tins of tuna, bread soaked in the juice

Chicken skin and bones all carefully cut into bite size pieces with a pair of secateurs

I reluctantly gave up one of my tea cakes for the birds 

Bread and beef dripping.

My garden has been tremendously busy over that period so I can honestly say the last 24 hours has been bursting at the seams with pleasure.

x

mhagster

A day for boxes! Bah! Don’t really like Boxing Day much but just had another quiet day. 

Caught up on last nights telly I slept through.
Wild weather here. Very windy. So a rather wild doggy walk.

Made macaroni for lunch. DD1 had requested it for her Christmas dinner so there was leftover pasta to be used up.
Afternoon snooze. 

DD1 made a curry for tea, was alright! DD2 was back at work. 

Watched Grease, singing along loudly. 

VJsmum

Evening all - hope you are all enjoying your boxing day.  In contrast to Mhags, I lurve Boxing Day - no pressure for it to be 'perfect'.

Pleasures for last few days
1. Lovely christmas - nice pressies, low-key day.  Nothing especially different for us - it was 'our' christmas
2. Some nice walks over the last couple of days - nothing major, nothing strenuous
3. Lovely food - far too much food.
4. Had a baking afternoon while the menfolk watched Villa win - made sausage rolls and mince pies
5. Outlander - why have i not discovered this before?  it is just perfect.

Nargleblast

I also like Boxing Day. My son said he does too - no tiresome Christmas TV ads, no hype or pressure, still a Christmassy vibe, lots of nice food and drink, time to look at your presents properly and just loaf about if that's what you want.

Pleasures yesterday - I was at work but home by 14:00.

Son did fantastic job putting turkey crown in oven, prepping sprouts, making gravy. Roast potatoes, 
parsnips and little sausages with bacon from freezer, just needed chucking in the oven. Mini Christmas puds with home made brandy butter. Coffee and Baileys and chocolates.

Using a dash of blue curaçao I made Blue Prosecco for us to have with lunch. Pretty, pretty colour.

After two Blue Proseccos we phoned my daughter. They were cooking nut roast, veg Wellington and Linda McCartney beef-style roast. Lovely jolly conversation.

After my third Blue Prosecco we phoned my stepson. A very silly, giggly conversation, they too had been on the falling down liquid. They had had reheated fish pie and Terry's chocolate oranges for breakfast and were now about to put their turkey crown in the oven.

Once clearing up was done, we watched feel-good telly. Strictly 25 best dances, Home Alone 2 and the Hits of the 80s show.

Bed just after 21:00, Classic FM, good book. Christmas doesn't get any better than that.

Today - Asian-inspired hot turkey salad followed by trifle. Nap on the sofa with junior cat. Did sod all the rest of the day.

Tomorrow a work day, then a couple of days off to attack the overflowing laundry bin. 

DundeeDoll

bop we lost :-( Got to see the Leicester match and they won, but not sure Justin did much so not a great day for Luton .And i see a bad day for the mariners too :-(
1) lovely long walk with the boys - a great blustery day yet the rain that threatened never appeared (sadly lots of dead bunnies at the nature reserve - myxomatosis, so sad)
2) leftovers for lunch (the first of many)
3) caught up on call the midwife - fab
4) another fab walk with the boys, balgay this time
5) watched the ballet with dd2 - sublime
and now victoria wood 0 let's do it tonight!

ampersand

Hmm, nargle - I'll give 'reheated fish pie and Terry's choc oranges' a pass, I think.  Mind you, & loves fish pie and chocolate fish are still an NZ childhood fave of zillionty years, pink marshmallow insides😍. 
https://www.sanza.co.uk/Cadbury_Chocolate_Fish.asp?gclid=CjwKCAiA25v_BRBNEiwAZb4-ZavhuNpG8I0Ldq9vfoiTik0VJmmm5sL2ezzRAii8jDixkIPcipDisBoCZ8oQAvD_BwE -1950s, twice the size, no sissy wrapping, cost 3d.😁.
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Sad news - NZ schoolfriend's centenarian maman (recent-ish post passim) died yesterday evening.  D was with her, 'hand in hand'. We again become the small child needing Mummy when it happens....

1.  Have achieved nothing, but did not set out to do anything today. Result: 💯% 😃

2. Storm Bella noisy outside. & snug inside.

3. Lovely long exchange with Spain this morning.  

4.  Books! Reading! 😃 Radio! Listening! (2xgreat lots of cricket, bop - Test and Bash)  Occasional kitchen wander for leftover lamb, an odd cold roast veg or 2, choc, orange, hot drink, yum rtc pomegranate juice.  

5. Unexpected gifts unwrapped.  DD - wonderful Sieger Köder book from vicarage.
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Well yes, it does look like a Kirsty+Roy Hurrrchrrs storyline in utero.  But Moss Snr is a pathological liar and crim., pure and simple. Are we also supposed to think/hope Gav. will do the Right Thing? Will another un-fine romance follow?
Guess on, boys and girls.  
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To close, in suitable obeisance to Miss Kitty HP:
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Frith

Pleasures for today (Boxing Day)

1) A lie in.

2) Hens OK and they absolutely devoured sprouts, bacon and chestnuts. 

3) Got various bits of housework done.

4) Went to Sainsburys and restocked the cupboard (thank you, Marcus Rashford).

5) Listening to an almighty storm outside.

6) Watched the Great British Sewing Bee.

Happycas

Good morning

So glad that we have managed to find pleasures this strangest of Yuletides.

A lovely chilled Boxing Day.  Bit of sorting out and putting away presents.  Bit of reading.   Lots of snacking.  Much lazing.  

A main meal of cold meats and bubble and squeak - my favourite.  All the taste and no worries about everything being ready simultaneously ( the bit I hate about Christmas dinner) . I think next year I'll cook everything Christmas Eve and then we'll have Boxing Day dinner on Christmas Day!

And for today - more chilling I think.  I still have Sewing Bee to watch and books to read.

Happy lazy Sunday everyone ( apologies to those who have to work)

LaineyT

Hmm, sounds like the Hurchers omnibus will bring some revelations this week, have long been waiting for Phillip to get his comeuppance.
For yesterday,

Another one who loves Boxing Day, mainly because there is usually no cooking involved, leisurely start to the day followed by my new favourite breakfast, a toasted sandwich with reheated pigs in blankets inside!

We did get out for a long walk ahead of the storms arrival, the fields had a lot of standing water in them which of course small dog wanted to run through so a shower for her when we got home.

Then a leisurely bath for me and reading my Bill Bailey book, his remarkable guide to happiness, laugh out loud funny at times and does indeed bring joy.

Rest of the day was spent being indolent, watching films and eating chocolate on the whole.

The storm arrived and was rattling the windows but yes, oh so cosy in bed reading once again.

villagelife

1. Went for a long walk with DH. It was chilly but fresh air was needed.
2. Time in the garden - emptied the compost bin!!
3. Online quiz with my family. It was fun.
4. Leftovers - it's why we need to have Xmas lunch with turjey.
5. Watched Grease.