5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

Frith

Pleasures for today (Wednesday)

1) Not a bad sleep and I had a lie in.

2) Delivered some more leaflets in the afternoon. 

3) Did some paperwork with smaller son. 

4) Had bits from the freezer for dinner. 

5) Had a tidy up of the kitchen, changed smaller son's bed and cleaned up at great length after the cat ate a pack of prawns...

6) Watched The Traitors. 

DundeeDoll

Thanks for doggie good wishes - . came home to an accident but was on the hard floor so easy to clean. he has eaten some potato today and wagged his tail lots but really doesn't want to do much else. What will be will be.
1) icy morning - tried walking in but pavements very icy so mse pleasure was bus turning up and my 60+ bus pass
2) stir fry from ys veg - very yummy
3) colleague asked to move meeting at hers from 4 till 5 and would i like to stay to tea? oo yes please
4) the smell of delia's red cabbage with cinnamon cooking for tomorrow's lunch - very hygge
5) a good book - currently listening to Alone in Berlin - amazing book (aka Every Man Dies Alone) and book 2 in my 25 translations

LaineyT

For yesterday,

Shoulder better enough to get a few chores done around the house which included the bathrooms, as always the pleasure is only when done.

Filled up the bird feeders and had a wander around the garden, some green shoots cheered up yet another grey day.

Big bowl of soup for lunch, b squash and lentil dal from the emporium, I do usually make my own but I had a voucher and it was very nice.

Time with the beautiful grey one, she was obviously feeling well after her physio as her mud splattered belly told the story of several zoomies around her field. She is very enamoured with a new horse that has taken the paddock next to her so perhaps it was a case of showing off!

A new to me recipe involving fish, cannellini beans and spinach, didn’t have enough of the green stuff so substituted some little gem lettuce which was surprisingly nice.

mhagster

Up early.
Work this morning. 

Quick nip into supermarket on way home. 

Hello doggy.

Bacon roll for lunch. 

Quiet afternoon.
Did a bit of work admin…invoice and prep for next meeting…no work for 4 whole days unless I get a phone call tomorrow but I’m treating it like a long weekend… a long weekend with storms!
Doggy snuggles and a big fright when we got a national alarm/warning on phone! Waaah! 

Frith

Pleasures for today (Thursday)

1) Not a bad sleep. Woke up from a dream that I was going round the world with Jeremy Clarkson!

2) Thought I would go back to the charity shop to look at a bench. Whilst there, my boss phoned to say I will (99% sure) be made redundant by April, with 3000 colleagues nationwide. I've got to look at this as a positive that I will find something else. No redundancy pay for me as I haven't been there long enough. 

3) Didn't really know what to do after that phone call so I drove on to floody city and had lunch in Waitrose. Remembered to get the free newspapers (for under the cat litter tray) and did the prize crossword. Bought some venison burgers for smaller son with a money off voucher. Did the charity shops on the way home and bought a skirt from Mistral for £2 !

4) Still didn't really know what to do during the afternoon so I hoovered and dusted the whole of the upstairs ! Then I cleaned the bathroom. 

5) Not in chronological order now but I popped in to the tile place on the way home and some cheap and cheerful tiles in there that will be great for the kitchen and hall. I asked the tiler for a quotation for the hall (I had asked only for the kitchen before) and I will see if I can get both done at the same time for minimum disruption. This will be the last big spend for a while if I'm not going to have a job! 

6) So the whole house is clean now and I just need to empty the litter tray then it will be time for THE TRAITORS. I will have to have a pot of Kurdish tea because we have run out of teabags!

topsyturphy

Pleasures for today

1. Managed to choose a new to me car and pay for it. A hybrid hoping to save some money on fuel.

2. DS2 in a better mood.

3.Love the colour of my new car.

4.Dog walk with friend and her dog.

5. jacket potato with cheese and salad for tea

ampersand

Frith - why not ask at emporium re: work?
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1. Evening all from The Alma Quiz Night, & non-participant, but enjoying a little merlot after everyone was quickly away from rugby club post-🏉-training ce soir.
Post-quiz:

2. &'s birthday fundraiser target for Sarcoma UK on book of farce was quickly met, so & raised it this arvo and that has been immediately met as well!   How good and generous people are being.🫶💖🤲

3. Feeling grateful again that I am alive to do this.

4. Trailer is sold.👏👏👏

5. A 'brand-new-with-labels' double-layer knitted smock-y thing bought for 10p!!! at the fave Town of Horse newish charity shop this arvo and given to artist R, another Capricorn, who lurrrrves it and put it on straight away after her church art class group.  Kept saying 'It's perfect, perfect!', which was patently genuine.  Such an osp for &!😀
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All blessings everyone and take care.

LaineyT

Really must visit that CS Amps!

For yesterday,

We had some sunshine first thing, always lifts the spirits.

Into Uni City for haircut, my walking has dropped right off since losing small dog so parked a fair distance away and walked in, not the enjoyment of a rural walk but steps still up.

Reading and enjoying a coffee as lovely hairdresser did his thing, he’s talking about moving out of the city as the commute is getting to him, luckily for Lainey he lives in horsey town and will be even nearer!

Home and a rare afternoon at home, made a brew and downloaded a couple of episodes of Lark Rise to Candleford, I enjoyed it so much when it first come out and was pleased to find that was still the case.

Stuffed chicken thighs with mashed carrot & swede for tea, very tasty.

mhagster

It has been the craziest windiest day I have ever known. 

Up since ridiculously early, out with dog at very early o’clock before it got too crazy.

Furniture all around the garden. 

Chat to friends.

Watched new Martin Clunes series over the course of the day.

Slightly light at 5.15pm

DundeeDoll

aw Frith fingers crossed something turns up
for yesterday
1) the dog has decided what he likes best is mum's shepherd's pie. i picked out the bits of onion best as I could. lovely to see him wagging his tail
2) teaching - the students are so lovely. with all the uncertainty going on at Dundee Uni good to be reminded of what we're passionate about
3) after work colleague and I nipped to mrT cos it was mum's birthday - we got her some flowers and i got a bottle of fizz
4) fabulous choir practice - our choir master really does know how to get the best from us
5) home for some piano practice - fingers are getting stronger
and today
1) lovely sleep, woke feeling refreshed
2) decided to go into work - goodness nearly got blown off my feet at the roundabout! (was going the long way round to avoid the trees)
3) trousers got wet so hooray for joggers in my cupboard - trousers dried out nicely
4) home safely, got an important job finished (deadline today eek) then kedgeree for tea
5) and a longer piano session.
now watching The Heroes of Telemark, boys are asleep at my feet. boy wonder has had another 2 small portions of shepherd's pie and kept it down - i have some turkey mince for him tomorrow.