5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

mhagster

Hello. A decent time for posting. Girls are out and it’s all quiet. Just me and my dog and the back doors open and the birds are singing.

Rain, rain and more rain with a wee dry spell in the early afternoon. 

Hoovered and then  washed floors and cleaned bathrooms. I feel more in control when I’m at least a bit tidy especially as lots of life at the moment out with my control. 

DD1 is very untidy and always has been but has many other positive contributory factors so I try not to let myself get annoyed ! But it does! Shoes , jackets and bags just left wherever she leaves them when she comes in and as I’m all open plan it’s just there for the world to see! I don’t mind an untidy bedroom as you can shut the door…

Anyway she’s done the laundry for the last 10 days, washing, hanging out bringing in and folding into appropriate piles! 

She goes home tomorrow and we’ve just spent most of day together which has been nice and then DD2 had a half day so we met in town for lunch and I had a £15 voucher to use so that lessened the bill nicely. 

Paid my tips  into bank. Jam jar empty again! 

Painted a chest of drawers from mums dining room. Was just a set of pine drawers so I’ve painted them a duck egg blue with some paint I’d left over. There’s another set in her house but I’ve still to get to them! This set took 2 days to empty and half an hour to paint! 

Popped into a friend today on way into town. Then dropped a thank you card off to someone else. Honestly the kindness I’ve been shown just makes my heart happy. 

My doggy boy! Also makes me happy but not  when he’s eaten something he shouldn’t on my bed! Frantic googling going on ….can my dog eat? But he should be okay. The untidy child hadn’t !!!!!! her untidy room door tightly! 

Didn’t need dinner as we had a big lunch. 

 

Frith

Pleasures for today (Wednesday)

1) Not a bad sleep, considering we were keeping an outdoor cat indoors overnight. Was woken by crying at 2am and I note the kitchen window has paw print all over it where he was trying to scratch his way out!

2) Cat got to the vet at 9.15. He had his little operation, a microchip, a tick removed and some de-flea treatment. He was very good. I picked him up at 2.15 when he had very dilated pupils! He has been looking at his undercarriage then flopping on the floor. (Well, you would, wouldn't you?)

3) I went to M and S after dropping the cat off then went round the charity shops. Didn't buy anything.

4) Had a tidy up after the cat drama (some messes, had to wash a rug...) and generally hoovered up hair then steamed the floors.

5) Took smaller son to Tesco this evening.

Suffolksue

Hello 
Pleasures 

I am successfully stented and should be home tomorrow 

I feel a lot better just so so tired ,will sign off now and sleep 
Thank you all so much for the support and messages

Nargleblast

Well done, SuffolkSue, now have a good night's rest.

ampersand

Quick as possible, says &.  But that's been said before.....on verra.
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1. Huge day with ambient crates' collection early for Red Hen Project raffle stall at Strawberry Fair this weekend.  The lovely S had to reconcile MrT 'donated/wasted' fig.s and found they've responded to 32 charities this week alone!  She says the tone of some has become completely desperate - government cuts🤬

2.  We did it!  Finally.  Oldest nthrn hemi Uni friend and & hit The Bridge again, our 3rd visit, again using MrT vouchers.  Best yet.  Suspect ownership change.  Superb service from lovely peeps.  Sat outside in sunshine, table-tame robin, wonderful lunch, superb rosé de Provence 'Création', 2020.  Slightly peppery, dry, salmon-y colour, not pink lolly muckwater.   The only disappointment, no Emmaüs rummage after!  SHUT!!!😱😡😭  But earlier rtn than planned meant & meeting bouncing joyboy B, the totally unexpected grandson.  What a delightful wee man!  Centre of many good, caring, educated adults' admiration is his natural place and space, which is all well and good, given partnership arrangement and mother's horrific upbringing.

3.  Restored calendar just before writing osps DG👏👌👍.   All had somehow self-deleted from &'s phone today.😱  

4.  Huge afternoon with our Ukrainian guests, their hosts and Peacock HQ entirely filled with wonderful racks and tables of perfect clothing, shoes, accessories, toys, books, sports equipment, vouchers, toiletries, jewellery.....everything. This has all been the incredible gathering, laundering, ironing, total prep. by dear S and family....and will be again soon, regularly now.  The tears of disbelief, couldn't grasp the concept or generosity, trying over and over with 'thankyou' in English, falling to their knees.....yes💔😢.  'Humbling' comes nowhere near.   &'s breakthrough with O - 86, her brutal life, hard-lived, but with her dog - was seen as miraculous.  Her host has tried everything - a bit of change was necessary and worked.   Vocal translation app was good.  & quelled O's terror + 'I can't pay!' using vocal translation app. for 'Gathered by S, her family and everyone here - all new friends - and given with love ❤ '  Actions with hugs and touching of hearts, holding her hands - all eventually worked.  Big big smile.  A start, a new start, a safe life.🙏

5. Just looked up.  Rain!  That's okay still.👍🙂.  News from Spain - P's petrol is £1.69 per litre. & updated him with this horror 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61731161 and today's proof:

Estimating routes+mileage more and more tightly, especially with volunteering+running about.  Big early food hub run in morning.
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Closing with special thoughts for you Sue, Mhags and DD1 - and the effects of both farewells🤲🙏 - dfv, dear lady and all that you are now having to arrange.
Also thinking of Barry, home with our extraordinary Frith, after his op.  Glad the exam went well and hope some replies miraculously arrive, even more miraculously that they're substantive, constructive and realistic.
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Night is falling.  & still has much to do and another early start.
All blessings all round please.💞
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PS: Sue, now see you posted while I was still tippy-tapping.  Sounds like very good news.  Again, what a wonderful GP you have.  I'm sure no-one will allow you to overdo things at home, regardless of how much better you may be feeling. 

Frith

Well done, SSue. 

weenancyinAmerica

Suffolksue - so glad about the stents. Take it easy for awhile now. We are all thinking about you.

LaineyT

That is good news Sue
& have to admit to getting a little emotional reading about the reactions of the Ukrainian guests.
More good news on Barry the cat.

For yesterday,

Yet another rough night so oh that first cup of coffee.

Stirred my stumps and cleaned the bathrooms, pleasure is when done!

Being part of a small but perfectly formed online community with all the help / support given and received.

Visit to the feed store and then delivered chaff to yard, wandered out to field with an apple to see my pony who was dozing in the sun, she had obviously been rolling in the mud and was more bay than grey.

Early night as so tired, it was still very light with under two weeks now to the summer solstice.

Broomstick

SuffolkSue, that's great news.  I hope you woke up this morning feeling much better again.
Bx

VJsmum

Good news S.Sue
mhags and DforV - continued thoughts with you.  You too DD

Pleasures for Tuesday - I'll try to find some though the shocking weather on the IoW made it difficult.  
1. a lazy start to the morning
2. a nice coffee in a little village and a walk out to the NT Windmill
3. finally giving up on doing something and going out for lunch - sausage and mash was required!
4. back to the cozy cottage, fire lit and film on 
5. planning our S. Africa holiday later in the year.

and yesterday
1. better weather - a trip to the Steam railway
2. the boat trip back and the fairly event free drive back to the midlands.  Although there was a hideous rain storm at one point
3. seeing my boy - he was happy to see us
4. a trip to the supermarket to get us stocked up again
5. Watched a film - "The Lone Ranger" was silly, but enjoyable.

Have a great day all.