5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

5 All go at the mill today, millwright has bought in some sweeteners to appease the stokers amongst the sweat shop. Sugar candy will not do for dough the like. We prefer proper cake in the boiler room!

4 Talking of cake, near disaster at the palace of BoP. We are nearly out of xmas cake and JanRy is not yet done with. BoPsie I think is left with crumbs on her plate. Not only that we had Edinburgh breakfast today and there was a bit of commotion from the scullery. Raffles had earlier been fed!

3 Getting ready to fill the boudoir with proper things like my bed today! The next bed is on hold until next weekend, as you know rule of BoP. Deep pockets, short arms! I can wait a weak. BoPsie is currently star gazing in the Boudoir! More later!

2 Nite you can stuff the grand tour, it’s Glawster! Well, until tomorrow that is!

This ends your version of the Life of BoP as it is inn your world this week, elsewhere it looks like the sun is out! So grab your vitamin D. Talking of vitamins, please make sure you are getting yours. Proper stuff. Not the carp you see elsewhere! Be aware of imitations!
Next weak from BoP. News on the Boudoir move and new bed. Yellow thing updating and more complete nonsense!

On another note, I see the BBC cannot understand why females are not in engineering. Oh dear do you know what I never hear stories of why the best engineers I work with are Indian, Sikh or similar! And at least a third are female! Why, because the carp you read from MSM is water off a ducks back and does not answer two things, no, befores yous lot thinks I am having a go at educationalists!
They do it to increase their social status?

And our dumb girls just want to dance on Strictly load of bullroom, sorry bullshine!!

LaineyT

Anyone heard from DD at all?
Speedy get well wishes SYA

Thursday pleasures,

We didn't lose our roof in the high winds, dustbin lid went on walkabout and garden light removed itself from bracket but that's about it.

Emporium was empty and good bargains to be had.

Contrasting news from vets, good news first and that is Lulu given all clear ahead of move next week. Not so great is that Rosie dog has malignant growth on one of her front paws, she will go in next week for biopsy and further tests to see if it's spread. My old dog is 13 so any invasive treatment will need to be carefully thought out.

Given above, lots of doggy cuddles.

A previously unseen episode of Marple kept mind occupied for a couple of hours.

Purple_kitten

Vjsmum: Funnily enough we thought exactly the same.:rotfl:

1 We bought “stuff” from Lidl, meant to be fruit and veg, however various stuff made its way into the trolley, 3 - 30 percent off pizzas perfect as a base for a pound each, and 30 percent of prawns and stuff.
2 The washing is semi up to date-ish.
3 Defrosted last bits of the Christmas turkey and gravy, putting it with cheat smash and DH’s favourite butter courgette slices.
4 Animal snuggles and playtime rough and tumbles.
5 Just finished all the reductions we picked up last Saturday, and picked up the new set from lidl to get through this week.

mhagster

Snow ! And lots and lots of it.

Doggy walk and met Haggis' younger lady friend. They had much fun chasing in the snow.

Fruit & veg box.

Had to walk to pharmacy to pick up rest of prescription , it was snowing so heavily but was such a lovely walk . I love the light when it snows.

DD2 defer-ing until next year has been confirmed .

Made a snowman. It was sporting OHs rugby scarf & hat. Haggis pinched his carrot nose.

Frith

Pleasures for today (Friday).


1) Smaller son had a reasonable day at school including both PE and Sports Studies so plenty of running around!


2) Cleaned the hens' sleeping quarters out, dig a bit more digging and replaced weed proof membrane over the paths on the allotment.


3) Helped bigger son sort out his PayPal, email etc, none of which were "talking" to each other.


4) Have lost 8lbs so far this year.


5) Popped to Sainsburys for lunch.


6) Bigger son now at work so I can't put my pyjamas on until I've picked him up! Waiting to watch Gogglebox.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

House Elf, I am sure you WILL recover it - as long as your list isn’t too long!

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Friday’s Pleasures:

1. Bird feeder still standing!

2. Phone call from DSis - she had been trying to find a dry cleaners (in France) to clean my nephew’s leather coat (he had chucked it in a damp corner & it had mould all over it). Thought she had been successful (€67 quoted but far cheaper than a new coat) then got a phone call - sorry we can’t clean it. So she went on t’web, found the info & did it herself:T - no pennies spent just took her three days! It was lovely to hear the pride in her voice - especially as she had managed to do something the ‘professionals’ couldn’t do!

3. Fried egg buttie for lunch.

4. The smell of baking coconut biccies & the anticipation of eating them.

5. Washing up done within 10 mins of finishing chicken pie dinner.

6. Watching one of my all time favourite films - The Shawshank Redemption

Night all

MrsSD:)

ampersand

Might this work? mistral-assisted, dregs now, d.v., but just rising, quite a bit. Clinking halyards always a giveaway. On way out of la Seyne-sur-Mer>St Mandrier, by Napoleonic fort, facing fishing boats. Listening to France Culture on Les Enfants du Paradis. Later today, will take ferry across to Toulon (all gentle glittering lights en face)and watch Toulon v Scarlets on RCTs' bar/bistro's supporters' screen.
Ambiance will not be lacking: victory might - malgr! tout in matters meteo, temps are min. 10C higher than system-shock Llanelli. O/n drop to 4now>15C later (has touched 17) pr!vu, but sun so lifts and heartens soul+spirit.
On verra.

1. Seem to be staying longer than first intended:-)))

2. Opportune pics, not bop standard (never, by hopeless &) nonetheless captured Macron's departure<Toulon, massively, impressively, outrider-attended, after his lunchtime visit to base aeronavale sur le port et la rade. Very wow, not long past &'s old village of La Farlède. We were slow moving, reason unseen then, but all slip roads were armed gendarmed closed, patrolled temporarily.

3. Left M, my good friend all these years on, after all round au'voirs in bar from many more copains. Little Meriva has no wasted space:-). It's stock, says &:-))) Certainly hope denizens of Spits think so. Deffo. some more goodies from another Cogolin early start again, jeudi. The overturned caravan is still perilously upside down in the tumbling cork tree. More pics, also of last look back down to sparkling blue of St Tropez, D14 by daylight, the scarier time( no oncoming headlights) AND mistral affected, rock slips on way back, bits of tree etc. Woodpecker was my darting pathfinder over nearly 3 winding km.

4. Still listening to France Culture, as gorgeous next prog continues 'paradis' theme, now with wonderful chansons d'antan, celebrating the provençal paradis that is each little pre-phonæcian community, still all extant, up and down this coast.

5. Deliberately timed the finishing of Nina George's 'The Little Paris Bookshop' to perfection, in bed y'day, as decision to not head directly back North meant significant Sanary AND the excellent(remembered)Emmāus here in la Seyne-sur-Mer could also be visited:-). & did some significant old Katherine Mansfield work way back when, and Sanary, of her final days, ditto illness, ditto poems sit strongly with &, esp. when reviewing last 6wks... Having connectivity down here on coast, thus grauniad access, means & is horribly aware of meteo cack in Northern waiting.
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Goodness moi, 0430h française, as & hits Send:-)
Blessings to all. This fortnight has done & so much good.

Very appreciative of being snug as dawn drop kicks in.

villagelife

Away in France with friends and very intermittent internet.

1. Good company. Enjoyed playing some old board games.

2. Good food.

3. Good wine and also Calvados.

4. Lovely area, small villages and countryt.

5. Weather - sun, rain, wind and sleet!

ampersand

Oh! vl, we are both here! :-). Salut!

Oui, en bref, have just heard we(the Var)are fully back on Alerte Orange for mistral again, altho' Meriva temp. reads 10C and we lost the snow, ice and rain last week.

Being part of the rugby family in like areas here is also great fun. You will be bien appreci!, je vous jure! Right, off to bar for petit d!jeuner et Le Var Matin.