5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

VJsmum

Art'noon all. 

Some cornish pleasures 

1. Early mornings in the window watching the fishing boats and the sunrise 
2. Glorious weather that made the open top bus trip to lands end not unpleasant 
3. Some lovely coastal walks 
4. The Tate and the Barbara Hepworth museums- especially Barbara 
5. Food and beers 🍻 

On my way home now.   Have a great evening all

mhagster

Hello! All cosy cosy chez me! 

I do believe I slept most of the night which is very unusual. Woke at 6.30am which is also unusual…I’m more a 4.30/5am kind of person! 

Was a wet start to the day then mid morning it brightened up beautifully and has been a gorgeous day. 

Had an appointment first thing and then we went for breakfast to one of our local castles. The views are stunning and the service is great and food very reasonable. And it saves my kitchen stinking of cooked sliced sausage! Nice catch up with DD2 considering we stay in the same house we can be like ships in the night 😆 she made a dreadful faux pas with something she said and it was hilarious! We were still laughing about it much later! Still making me giggle as I type this! 

The scenery there is just stunning. Love it through all the seasons but think late autumn when all the trees are exceptionally beautiful might be my favourite. 

Then we went car shopping. A local car garage , a couple of test drives and I have a new to me car which I’ll pick up next week. A little red toot toot 🚗. Much smaller and more economical than what I had. The second car drove like a blooming tank and I was able to appreciate the first one so much more! The chap ( although obviously a salesman) was very nice and not at all pushy. I went to buy a car and bought a car! 

Then DD2 ended up also buying a new car! Twice the price of mine ( much newer and shinier) 

Then had to go to mums and after despairing at the state of the kitchen since Friday sorted out a few things online/ phone for her. Sigh! 

Walked home briskly as I didn’t have a jacket and it was starting to cool down. Hello doggy! I know we’ve been in and out all day but I’m in now. Quick doggy walk. 

Candles on/ heating on. Cosy Cosy. 

Dinner was lasagne, mashed potatoes, cooked potato skins, corn on the cob, cauliflower and carrots. Nice. 

Chap came to fix DD2 new bed which wasn’t right, he called in on his way home and fixed it. 

So it’s been a day of nice helpful chaps ( doing their jobs but being nice whilst doing them ) and the sun was shining which just makes such a difference. 

DigForVictory

DundeeDoll -  a cracking good sendoff can ease the immediate pain of bereavement & clearly Dr B had a hand in the shuffle! Pondering an easypull as a Christmas present. Blinking Pings! Awed at 30 minute workout.

Ampersand - that cake looks the business! One single noix determinedly growing into a tree, wonderful! So impressed at your effective fundraising. Wow marmalade

LaineyT - hurrah freedom of the paddock restored. Absolutely with you on Mackenzie Crook and the Dectectorists. Treacle tart with cornflakes, eh? Yum! Archaeologists are fun to watch.

villagelife - ironing up to date?! Awed. Much impressed at X ray so prompt you had no time to sit down. You make quince jelly?

VJsmum - my family often find the nicest veggie recipes are improved with a slice (or three) of bacon... Ah, Cornwall, enchanted land.

Frith - imagines 20 coppers on their knees watching football! Toad in the hole - I may plead for that in the coming week!

accidentalglixch - the cricut thing is a ferocious tool, isn't it!

mhagster - the boy back! Fire & food - ah yes. Always walk less sniff more - has to keep up with his wee mail... Yes, time with dog is good. Popped out to buy a car, as you do. & came home with two. Have a wonderful time!

PaulieHerts - no stunning photos?! Ah well, hearing of all the jabs is reassuring.

Admiral - cardigans & slippers leave a lot of manly knee exposed to the impressionable... Happy birthday! Hoping your Weetabix stash outlasts the strike. Shrimp poodle sounds fun!

[Deleted User] - welcome & wow, a study clean & not in use, I've not the nerve to go back to MR James other than for the occasional short story. Clean stairs or interesting work - the latter every time for me!

Purple kitten - much tickled at the idea of taking a deaf ferret to a firework show, Costco had thermals?Pencilled onto list to look see what sizes...

SuffolkSue - you're away down to Oxford as well? Have fun with DGD!

OS Pleasures recently

Pondering how to nurse the lemon seedings, possibly in a jam jar terrarium. Consult Middleson (who has several glass encased triffids) who said any flowerpot will do for fragile seedlings.

Rugby at Edinburgh - the stadium cries remind me both of family visits & my aunt’s funeral (Scotland vs Tonga, I think & startlingly appropriate cheers & groans)

Boggling at Americans refusing vaccination on political grounds. Really, just do not understand.

“You too can be a slum landlord” - my husband is deeply unimpressed by plastic toys in cardboard ‘houses’. I agree but recall various things the lads had…

One man he would go, then missed-his-flight-back from Moscow! Ye gods…. Pleasure is he got through to baby sis so Someone can knew. Although if he hadn’t called, none of us would be worrying until tomorrow… He will return to a very special welcome as his womenfolk all have their own choice of greeting bring honed. [Sunday afternoon & we’re still presuming he’ll return in the next 24 hours.]

Debating the language of “selling your home” - I hold you can sell a house but a home is something to an individual.

“I’m going to try & nap. See you in about 20 minutes.” Middleson’s preparation for night shifts does include trying to bump his sleep wake cycle into cooperation but the clock change won’t help.

There’s a quote from my grandfather, to children who returned later than expected  & put in a slightly shamefaced arrival at breakfast, “how do the morning’s reflections bear out the evening’s dissipations?”… I look forward to reminding dad of it. The wandering scientist has been located & tucked up with friends in Paris who will see him safe into Eurostar tomorrow. Us his womenfolk can now hone our greetings in much greater tranquility of mind. [Seemingly my job to get him to PCR test.]

Coz has been asked for a divorce by his wife, Pleasure is we can now be openly flat partisan on his side. Poor coot.

Mondays can take a lot of wrestling with. The accountants are all busy, the trainees are all bewildered by things we’d nailed a fortnight ago, software needs updating & the lady I was due to lift a load of data from was struck with the cold & so my plans went completely sideways. Aye well, youngest has ice cream.

Text inviting me for top-up shot! Booked & husband as well, phew. Disrupts a “cameras live” meeting as well, bonus!

Father [now Home!] fulminating over computer paperwork, sister most likely to understand still enraged at the might-have-been, so Muggins ended up nudging data through mobile form til father startled by email of confirmation. Anyway, documentation in process. The Russians finally taking up pandemic paranoia overlapped with British freedom of manoeuvre finally dropping to a lateral flow on arrival, but the decision trees as to if x and y then distressingly incomplete.

Husband watching a YouTube video & I heard “lightweight camper” - that’s me, utter lightweight when it comes to camping! Any fool can be uncomfortable - but I’m a complete twit in the field. Give me a decent bed & an air rifle, no scout has complained! 

Youngest struggling at breakfast as Set Honey is clearly that of the Egyptian god of war & as for the Senile/Seville marmalade…. (M’lady mother’s handwriting did allow for some reasonable uncertainty.)

I have weeded my jam stash (of jars the menfolk have turned their noses up at), put pretty floral bonnets (fabric jam jar lid covers from Aldi fat quarters) on, tucked them into designer-at-Tesco totes, labelled them & am preparing to walk away, Christmas gifts largely done. It’s worth the hassle for the resulting tranquility as the pitch of seasonal lunacy gets higher. 

I say, it’s rather nice when your mother is identified as “the lady who makes jam” & a complete stranger brings a bag of quinces & an explanatory notelet. The timing is superb, as we’ve received a shoebox if quinces from a friend in Glasgow, so when I get to making membrillo, I’ll not be short in material! I’ll have to take a couple of the better jars back down south to route back to the donor.

The Rudolph run is done! Now I can collapse & let the chaps’ Christmas emerge gradually. OK the lads have unwrapped everything, & commented, & the odds of getting them to write thank you letters are not looking good (at present.) Perhaps this is the year they’ll break into emails, but my sisters do love a handwritten note.

“It’s the perfect weapon” (a jelly baby) “no one ever lost an eye but they know they’ve been caught” powered how, I asked “oh hand thrown - the rifling would be dreadful” collapse of self, giggling at the idea of powered jelly baby flinging & wondering vaguely what the scout risk assessment would look like… 

Today I learned of the role osteo-archaeologist & pondered how long do you have to have an aching hip to merit their attention. Or if the existence of vital signs would have them disclaiming all knowledge?

So proud of my caving brethren who are coming in from all over the UK to South Wales to help the injured caver. It’s only a kilometre but November & getting through water & the Ogof cave system is not a beginners cave. Bless ‘em all, especially the ones who’re taking leave to come help. It’ll done, rightly & carefully, & there will be beer & singing once done, for all who don’t have to race back to placate employers. [He’s out! Broken jaw, broken leg, spinal injuries but now out of the cave system (& at a guess in Swansea Morriston hospital) - Hurrah!]

Right, health strength love & courage to all as have need, reliable HWBs likewise & rattling good yarns for such as care for them.

summertime_2

Hope you dont mind me joining in as new to this thread.
 had a lovely hour been reading every ones daily comments'

1. cut the last 3 roses for vase that were in garden.
2.  checked fridge and freezer then wrote out my next 7 days menu's as  shop delivery tomorrow.
3. planted my Camellia  from daughter called 'Golden Anniversary ' as it was my 50th Wedding anniversary last week, Cant wait to have it flower next April.
4. finished a small crochet blanket in Autumn colours from recycled wool. looks lovely on end of bed.
5. found a pattern to make a large crochet basket to hold my scrap balls of wool.

DundeeDoll

welcome summertime stonking good post as always DfV Quick 5 for me cos i want to get away from my puter - it's been a long day!
1) first meeting was at 8, so pleased my breakfast was ready prepared (left overs from yesterday lol)
2) lovely weather all day - got out with the dogs at one point
3) have had the heating on this evening - cosy!
4) found some Wranglers i'd forgotten i had - they fit very well now my weight is going down again
5) bangers and mash pie for tea, and still 2 more portions

Purple_kitten

1 Spent the whole day masking up and painting the hallway and landing skirting 2 coats on and about a third complete.

2 Pork and pickle sarnie was lunch, however tea was to be the casserole, pre cooked all prepared, I re heated it in the oven , and when I went to get it out the glass lid had imploded into the stew, so a rather fast heated pizza was dinner, best made plans.

3 Another BSL class achieved, it felt like an off day for me, I am going to take a break for a whole day tomorrow and go back a fresh Thursday.

4 I had the thrill of bidding on  a set of books I have had my eye on for 2 years that completely hold their price, I’ve picked it up half price on the bay – delighted, if it is what it’s supposed to be.

5 Settled in to watch the Fringe.

villagelife

1. Finished the quince jelly and membrillo. I love the small of the quince. It is such a pretty colour too.

2. It was a good feeling to leave work.

3. Watched GBBO.

4. Reading my book.

5. Candles lit.

LaineyT

Interesting stuff about the emporium Ampersand, am not surprised.
Welcome to Summertime and all new posters.

For yesterday,

A beautiful day with lots of sunshine and blue skies.

Did a massive clean upstairs, took a while but good when done.

Saw the landowner over at the dig, apparently last years provisional investigation unearthed an Anglo Saxon settlement of some importance hence the new, bigger excavations, very exciting and was told that I am welcome to go over to look at what they find, I don’t need to be told twice!

Spent a couple of hours in the garden, was supposed to be doing tidying etc but got distracted by throwing tennis balls for small dog, then sat on the swing seat with a cuppa just enjoying the sunshine.

Watched GBBO followed by 2nd instalment of the Tower.

Happycas

Good afternoon. Dull dismal morning but now bright and sunny.

All holiday clothes washed and just one lot still drying. Was inside but pegged out now.

A few programmes recorded while away to catch up on.  Started with Shetland.  Blimey, there seem to be a lot of people in this one. Think I'm beginning to sort them out now.

Going to visit a friend this afternoon.  She's been in hospital for about a month and only one named  visitor allowed.  It will be good to see her again now she's home.

Sorted half my store cupboard out.  Nothing out of date, amazingly, though a pack of bread mix nearly is.  Will make that tomorrow.  Identified some gaps  to stock up on but not too bad really. Gave myself a  pat on the back!

Car and house insurance done and dusted for another year.  Think we got best price we could.

Happy Wednesday everyone

accidentalglixch

for the 9th

1. My husband loved his Squid game themed birthday set up
2. He loved the giant Funko Pop I brought for him 
3. I packed away all my desk stuff
4. I packed away my wardrobe 
5. Watched a really good documentary of Eddie Hall 

For today

1. Slept in
2. Played animal crossing until the switch died
3. Had a solo dance in the kitchen - a good song cam eon and just couldn't help myself. Anyone looking in probs thinks I am a weirdo ... i enjoyed i though
4. My husband shared his Lindt chocolate with me 
5. woke up in a good mood