5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

mhagster

Hello! And my very short working week is done! Hurrah! 

lovely starry sky first thing. 

Been a showery day so as well at work! 

Rubbish tips but good company! ( and just slightly more than I had when I came in with 😆) 
Lovely message written on the white board at work. Saying thank you for the event last night. So that was a nice thing to see first thing. 

Met my friend who works nearby. Let’s catch up…I’m busy tomorrow ( this was both of us), stuff on Wednesday, she’s got her granddaughter Thursday…okay Friday…oh my sister is arriving! Next week? 😆😆

Had a very nice ( and simple) ham and tomato sandwich for lunch! And I’m having the leftover baked potato for my tea. 

And the biggest pleasure is it’s done! 

Home and a lovely welcome home from the dog! His stomach is still in British summer time I think😆

Highdays

Good afternoon on a grey, damp Halloween.

My pleasures today:

1) Had the photos of my mum's house back from the Estate Agent and it looks really good. The 'blurb' was very flowery so we have toned it down quite a lot, the photos followed hopefully by viewings will suffice. It is in a lovely position in the village, the bridleway at the side leads to the duck pond, Tithe Barn and village church and the river is at the bottom of the lane. All our decluttering and cleaning has paid dividends, my mum would have been very pleased with how it looks. Hopefully it will be on the market in the next day or so.

2) Halloween is definitely not my thing but little grandson is very excited at the prospect of being dressed up and coming in later to scare us. 

3) The clocks changing has made the last couple of days feel a lot longer, seem to have got a lot done and the nights are 'properly' dark now so we can rearrange our days accordingly. 

4) Been out shopping today for us and my bairn. He has finally come round to the idea that brands are not necessarily superior and has given me free rein to prove it! So we have taken him up on the challenge, the shopping delivery slot has been cancelled and we have halved his food bill this week. We will see what he thinks!

5) Sorted through all the boys' toys, train sets, etc that they have grown out of and no longer play with. We will advertise and sell what we can as they are in fantastic condition and will make very good, reasonable presents. We won't get anything like the value of them but whatever we get will be a bonus and hopefully there will be some happy children who will play with them and enjoy them.

Very dark now so will get the curtains shut, the candles lit and cosy down for the evening. 

Hope your evening isn't too spooky!

Frith

Pleasures for today (Monday and Hallowe'en)

1) Not a bad sleep.

2) Between 8 and 9am I got the house tidy again, moved my bedroom furniture around (so it looks better but is impractical), removed the sofa throw, threw stuff under the stairs out of sight etc. I see the photos of other houses have place mats on the table or wine glasses out. I don't own place mats or wine glasses so I put the posh (TKMaxx) le Creuset kettle and my teapot on the oven and set out the 1930s chessboard and men in the living room! 

The photographer arrived (James Blunt lookalike) so smaller son and I went out to McDonalds for breakfast and let him do his thing. 

3) Got home and moved all the furniture back to its normal place.

4) Went to teach English after lunch and we set up a "shop" so they could practise using British coins and English bank notes (toy money) and to get better at working out how much change they should receive. This seemed very popular. I had a new man in my group today. Google Translate was used. We talked a bit about Hallowe'en but I glossed over the origins of Bonfire Night! 

5) Booked my covid/flu jab.

6) Put the Hallowe'en sweets and lanterns out. Nobody came (we have only had tricks or treaters twice in 20 years and it never stopped raining). I've just eaten 2 tiny milky bars and a fudge myself!

7) Went to my parents' for tea.

8) In bed now. I had saved "Ghostwatch" to see this evening as I missed it when it was live, all those years ago. 

DundeeDoll

thanks for the reminder re booking jab frith
1) woke feeling a bit m'eh but paracetamol and lots of liquids recovered enough to go into work
2) which was just as well cos a bombshell awaited - won't bore you with the details but an important document had to be written by 1st nov - oh yeah tomorrow!!!
3) my team is fabulous - despite all being busy they all pulled together and I pulled it all together - sent the link for reviewing at 22:00
4) walked home as bus cancelled, caught up with dad
5) lots of trick or treaters and most of my tray of sweeties has gone. 
now the archers and bed

LaineyT

🤞that all your effort is rewarded with a quick sale Frith.
Hope Pirate Pete is ok…

For yesterday,

My mind is still on summer time so awake early, read my book and listened to the rain against the window.

Into horsey town for food shop, got everything on my list and stopped for a coffee with my friend. On to pet store for small dog’s kibble.

Made a loaf and pottered around.

Over to see pony, she was clean one side, covered in mud the other so had obviously rolled in the field, oh well keeps me busy and she enjoys the fuss. Driving home in the dark and seeing ghosts & ghouls of various sizes doing the rounds in the villages, being on the outskirts we don’t tend to get any.

Lit some Samhain candles in honour of our ancestors.

ampersand

&'s 1st attempt just disappeared(of course) but only Osp the First was underway, so will try again.

1. This Moving Pictures series is so good and ever-available, like DID.❤👏 Just now, the iconic barmaid of Manet:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09mtb0b

2.  Crocheting for little new Peachick begun last night - post passim.  Simultaneously, aware of a 🦚-close funeral for another today....🙏  Cards for both from emporium yesterday; will give tomorrow.

3. One of our Ukrainian guest children won a pumpkin-carving prize on Saturday, but was running around and playing so hard in the pitch dark, he didn't hear his name called.  Will be remedied tmrw and & is delighted, remembering the arrival of Mum and both flinching children, mute, clinging and teary not so long ago.

4. Everything still on line, if soggy.  More walnuts felt underfoot as & walks down back, now gathered.  

5. Listening to The Goon Show on R4X for the umpteenth again just now 😁 and it matters not.  Timeless and brilliant 1956. Gosh, & was in Mr Paulson's Standard 3 in Aotearoa then.
vjm - Neddy Seagoon has replaced oasis water with gin😇.  Unwitting consumption ensures unwitting consumers will not beat A Certain Country at ⚽️. 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b007jtd4
Little Blighty on the Down, on now, is a cracker too.  & had forgotten its brilliance, with 'Mrs Roberts'.😁😅😉
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Goodness &, peckish despite apple....hmmm.  Fishcake+salad?  Think so.

The numbers are rising fast again.  Everyone please take care.

mhagster

Hello! Another month starts! This year is flying past.

The most rubbish sleep! Atrocious! The pleasure was getting up!

DD2 dropped me off at far end of woods on her way to work and I walked back home. Squirrels and birds and a hello, my you’ve grown to my husband’s memorial tree. Sun just peeking through the trees.

Stopped off at supermarket on way back and got beef to go in the slow cooker with a how much at the price! However it was feeding four of us and I had everything else at home so just sucked up the price and paid! Walked home from there and and found a penny! 

Put beef in the slow cooker and then later added some sausages from the freezer to bulk it out. 

I’d written a list of things I wanted to get down today so crossed some of them off this morning. Popped out to pick up something someone was selling locally. 

Quick home and then back out again to hairdressers this time. Had a nice hour there looking fabulous when I came out! And I’m back in as a Guinea pig in a couple of weeks for one of the juniors assessments! 

Supermarket again didn’t need too much but oooft at the prices. 

Then home and hello doggy. I’m not going back out. 

Downstairs all hoovered and floors washed. Bathrooms cleaned. Dinner prepped and fire lit. Started reading The Christmas Chronicles. Day one! 

Tuesday Tea with friends. We had steak pie, roast parsnips and carrots, cabbage, sprouts and broccoli  and very nice it was too. Yesterday I was given a pineapple leftover from work event so I chopped it up, added a little sugar and cinnamon and topped it with crumble mix I had in the freezer. Never have I had pineapple crumble before but it’s very nice! Laughter and chatter as always. 

A good start to a new month. 

Frith

Pleasures for today (Tuesday)

1) Not a bad sleep.

2) Nothing planned during the day so I went to Hereford. 2 new charity shops have opened and I bought a pair of Seasalt cord trousers. My favourite cafe (used since 1990) has closed! Also had a look round the cathedral.

3) Saw bigger son very briefly. 

4) The estate agent came round at 4pm to measure the rooms and sketch a floor plan. 

5) Tasty tea then I cooked some popcorn, which I hadn't made for years.

6) Had a zoom meeting with the other English teachers.

7) Listening to our football team on the radio now (they're playing in Scarborough) but they've gone 3-2 down while I've been typing...

Frith

4-2 now....

LaineyT

For yesterday,

Woke up several times in the night as strong winds rocked the roof, pleasure is no damage in the light of day.

Posted out a couple of Ebay sales and cashed in a survey account, pony needs a new rug!

Long chat with bf.

Over to see pony, weather was appalling so we chickened out and stayed inside.

Baked ravioli for tea, followed by the last of Sunday’s treacle tart, food wise we are definitely on winter mode.