5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

mhagster

paulie hope you’re soon feeling better. 

Well it’s Monday morning…I rather crashed out last night! Fell asleep on sofa and woke up to come straight up to bed. 

Finished my training for new job yesterday…with flying colours! Hurrah! I will announce shortly once I’ve got things set up! 

Had a quick doggy walk whilst still dark yesterday morning…just us and a little robin that bobbed along nearby. 

Did worky stuff.
Then went down to DD2. She’d had no heating/hot  water so had to wait on the chap coming out ( he’d already been out on Saturday night) so dogs just ran round and round like daft things in her huge back garden.

Brought home her towels to hang out on my washing line. 

I’d popped in to supermarket on way home and managed to get a few RTC things for meals .

Then walked round to see mums next door neighbour. Was lovely to see her and chatter for a good couple of hours whilst still daylight! 

It started to rain on way home, very lightly but I’d no hood! But the most beautiful rainbow in the sky as I headed towards my house.

Hello doggy. Are you starving? Is it time for your tea? 

Then crashed out! Obviously using my brain again is exhausting 😆

Have a lovely Monday The most beautiful sunrise starting to keek through the sky…roll on an earlier hour of light on Sunday. 

LaineyT

Sending feel better soon vibes Paulie.

For yesterday,

Up early and cold but no rain, Woohoo! A wander around the garden while small dog did the necessary and marvelled at cobwebs sparkling with dew.

Usual routine of bacon butties and catching up on all things Ambridge.

Enjoyable few hours in garden, picked all decent tomatoes and disposed of plants in compost. Windowsills now have them in various shades of orange and the green ones are tucked up in brown bag with banana. Digging over the bed I found several walnuts so an obvious hiding place for Mr Nutkin, left them under the apple tree in the hope that he will find them again.

Lovely afternoon walk with beloved and small dog, we talk over plans for week and synchronise movements!

Buttered crumpets for tea and played a few games of Yahtzee.

Highdays

Morning all.

Very damp and misty this morning, taking little fella out so hope it brightens up later on.

A busy day yesterday and a busy - in a nice way - week in store.

Sorry you're not well, Paulie, hope you're soon on the mend.

Some pleasures:

1) Took little grandson out yesterday afternoon to go and feed the fishes, roads all flooded so couldn't get there. He was so concerned that nobody could get through and they would be hungry, volunteered to go home and get his wellies and wade through with fish food. Hungry fish wouldn't be much of a pleasure but his touching concern for them was so sweet. Reassured him that staff on site would keep an eye on the fishes in his absence.

2) Half term so we are off with a picnic to a castle today with a fab adventure playground.

3) A meal out and a trip to the ballet tonight with son's partner and her daughter, a lovely girlie night, her birthday treat from me and hubby.

4) Brother's birthday today, he's doing his best to catch me up. Going to see him later in the week.

5) Got a huge beef goulash made and tucked in the freezer ready for the pre-Christmas do, also finished knitting, sewing up and filling the little Christmas stockings and started a shopping list for the next batch of cooking. Thank goodness for freezers, couldn't begin to do all this entertaining these days if I couldn't get ahead of the game!

Right, had a lazy morning so far but places to go and people to see so will jump in the shower and get on with the fun!

Hope you have a good day.

VJsmum - keep forgetting to say that Bolsover in one of little fella's favourite castles and Bess of Hardwick one of my heroines. Not today's castle but won't be long before we follow in your footsteps again!

ampersand

1.  Back from both 'all is well' and fresh dressing med. appts. All is even weller now - snug in bed, fresh nightie, fresh jumper, hwb.  Most lovely ,🥰.  And unexpected bonus - no appts tomorrow, with today's rejigging after non-arrival yet of last week's Addenbrookes results.  Thankyou again to Nurse M.

2. Osp1 bookended by Afghanistan's clever and riveting run chase. Earlier, their brilliant young 18-year old bowler, Noor Ahmad, and now - just done, just won!  First-ever victory over Pakistan!  Means so much as another strike against the Taliban, as defined by Geoff Lemon and Carlos Braithwaite pulling no punches on outstanding TMS again.

3. Salad leaves, still some raspberries, grape cascade, more toms - all picked and eaten on way back in.😋

4. Much msg'g from Spain, NZ, India, Scotland 😉, LP and Peacock HQ friends and family.  Blessings of tech. in best ways.

5. This good news -

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/oct/23/oxford-university-foundation-year-students-astrophoria

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Wishing everyone warmth, peace, safety in all that matters to each of you.

mhagster

Hello. 

Up early because that’s what I do! 

Beautiful sunrise.
Out to meet niece and great nephew at midpoint garden centre. Her turn to pay so that was nice 😄
Home hello doggy.
Optician this afternoon. All okay, no changes to prescription. 

Popped into charity shop down that end of town and got a pair of trousers for new work. 

Home hello doggy 

Mobile library. Four books out. And a chat with neighbour/ friend.
Home hello doggy… I know it’s your teatime and I’ve been blethering!
Started a new book.
Nipped out to car and ended up chatting with neighbour across the road 

Purple_kitten

1 A lot of cleaning needed doing, so all the ferret bedding, and all our bedding, clean sets for all, a pleasure when done.

2 New to us freezer drawers cleaned, they still had the original packing around some of the shelving.

3 The weather held, and I’ve done the last mows of the season.

4 Sardines were lunch, and its gammon, pineapple, egg and veg for tea.

5 May be time for a nap…

LaineyT

Amen to the wise TMS comments Ampersand 

For yesterday,

Cold morning so grateful to pull on warm jumper & cord jeans.

Horsey town and a food shop, just a few bits needed plus a few rtc bargains.

With my horse, oh look you’ve been rolling in the mud 🙄 said it before and will say again, thank goodness for a yard with a hot wash! Lovely farrier came to trim and re shoe, his gf was with him and was smitten with equine pal who preened under all the attention.

Home and hungry having missed lunch so slice of tea loaf and a cup of tea.

Capt S confirmed that he booked Friday off so plans made.

Frith

Ill, but perhaps not quite as ill as yesterday.

Pleasures for today (Tuesday)

1) Not a bad sleep, though woke up after 6 due to feeling ill.

2) Cleaned the bathroom.

3) Saw Mr U briefly.

4) Bigger son's plane has landed in Birmingham OK.

5) Watched our football team online and they drew. 

topsyturphy

Pleasures for today 

1. Work day went quick as we were so busy.
2. Boss bought Donuts - I may have eaten 1 or 2 of them
3. cuddles when home with Doggy
4. Managed to sit and watch a recorded programme.
5. In bed ready for sleep.

mhagster

Way too late for me to write last night! Crashed out! 

Anyway Tuesday.
Walk round castle. 

A beautiful autumn day…not sunny but dry and a bit cold but the colours were stunning.
Cut the grass. 

Mercy call from DD2 could I go to her house to let heating engineer in…NOW! i was not very gracious at all but went. I had stuff to do! But I took my library book and finished it. 

Then mad dash to vets…who were running late! Annual vaccinations done. He did not enjoy the scoosh up the nose but did get a treat afterwards! 

Home and I was glad I’d put a gammon joint ( RTC) in the slow cooker before I’d went out as that was all that was prepped! I like taking my time on a Tuesday afternoon and making dinner and setting the table. So was all a bit manic. Anyway we had a very nice Tuesday Tea with roast veggies and steamed veggies. 

And I’m glad I’d a crumble all prepped in the freezer so that went in the oven too and it was delicious! 

And I made tablet ( Scottish sweet) which I will go and doorstep deliver today. 

And I lit a fire! 

And friend and DD2 came for tea and DD2 took all her washing away. That had been drying at mine. 

And then friend was going up to city to pick up her daughter but she was tired so I said do you want company so we had a wee late night jaunt up to the city! 

And the stunning sky on the way home. A shiny moon and lots of stars. 

Have a lovely day!