5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3 18 July 2017 at 11:34AM edited 18 July 2017 at 11:40AM in Old style MoneySaving 20.6K replies 1.5M views

weenancyinAmerica

Hugs @villagelife

Happycas

Village Life

My thoughts are with you.  Love and hugs xx

LaineyT

Deepest condolences on the loss of your Dad Villagelife.

Happy Birthday Mhags 🎂 enjoy your day 

For yesterday,

Such a contrast to the bright sunny day we had before, very cold with heavy rain, it seems as if winter isn’t letting go just yet. Had a good breakfast of scrambled eggs on toast as knew I was going to be out a long time.

Went to the yard and worked girlie in the lunge pen, got her back in and relatively dry before saddler turned up to check all ok. It needed slight adjustment on the flocking / padding but otherwise fine. She is a fellow livery owner and we are very lucky to have a Master Saddler on the premises.

Not home until 3pm and was very grateful for a bowl of soup, followed by a hot chocolate as just couldn’t warm up!

Quiet evening but we did watch the Bear Grylls interview with President Zelenskyy.

Reading my book in bed, all snug & warm.

Highdays

So sorry, villagelife, to hear the sad news about your dad. You will get a lot of comfort later from the fact that you were all able to be with him and that he was treated with such care and compassion. 
Go steady x

topsyturphy

Village sorry to hear your sad news, thinking of you and your family.

Mhags - Happy Birthday, enjoy your slice of cake 

DigForVictory

@villagelife just holding you & your family in my thoughts - the NHS is blinking marvellous at the crunch moments. Buy the stamps for all the forthcoming post Today - prices leap on April 3. Indeed buy double your first-thought-of number, if you can, as it's a strange but reliable saving, and you won't know how many orders of service you'll need or want to post.

ampersand

@villagelife.🤲
Thankyou for sharing your loss with us here.  Every one of us reading will be thinking of you and having memories of our Dads, too.
Strength to you all as a family. 
(re: DFV's postal advice. I will follow it myself this week.)
🙏

Admiral_Barbarossa

Still Lego building. Another free lunch. 

Jen has for VL. 

Frith

Pleasures for today (so far!) Wednesday.

1) Not a bad sleep.

2) Ferritin has risen from a 5 to a 6. That is still atrocious but at least all the eating of steak is paying off. Still feel fine!

3) Went to B and Q for rat poison and limescale remover (I was questioned), the medical centre for smaller son's fit note then Boots for some more iron. 

4) M and S for a pot of tea and to do some Arabic.

5) Whilst in M and S, I had a phone call from the other estate agent and the house is (in theory) mine !! The afternoon has been spent speaking to solicitors, filling in forms, taking photos of ID etc. 

6) Parked outside the new house, went for a walk round the back to look at the lake then fussed the neighbour's cat. I hadn't really thought until now that the new house is the same number as my house now. 

7) Saw my chess partner as I drove home and we had an enthusiastic wave to each other. 

8) Spent a happy hour on the phone resetting my First Direct password... Glad that job is done. 

9) I might go to chess later, hence posting now. 

ampersand

😃Frith, that is wonderful news!👏💝👍
I've just had that 'same number' experience with Fiat Doblo and Meriva, too.  First thing I noticed.🙂
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1. Passed on DFV's postage stamp price jump reminder to several friends.  

2. Medication review call happened when it was supposed to.  Dr caller dug and dug, but & is just too busy to be ill.😁

3. Oldest Northern hemisphere Uni friend is off to daughter's finca in Portugal tomorrow, a quick Mother's Day extra, needed and deserved.  'See you next week' chats enjoyed in knowledge of pastel de nata+coffee brekkies ahead for them both. 😋

4. Preview work underway.  Quick but good catch-ups with 2 players and Coaches at Club last night.  Saturday will be hairy vs Havant, as will raffle.😁  

5. Exiting one theatre foyer hier soir, only to cross paths with our Club Chairman and wife.  & had been misdirected for Town of Gown Corn Exchange to Town of Gown Arts Theatre.  They were seeing Charlotte and Theodore.
https://www.cambridgeartstheatre.com/whats-on/charlotte-and-theodore
& was seeing an ad hoc piece of theatre on Remarkable and Forgotten Cambridge women:  Dorothy Buxton/née Jebb, Clara Rackham, Leah Manning, Florence Ada Keynes, Eglantyne Jebb and The Uncredited One - an unnamed local journalist and traveller woman.  Quite something.
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Everyone take care, please.  
Once again, Frith - wonderful house news!