5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

Frith

Quick pleasures for today (Wednesday)

1) Not a bad sleep.

2) Went to get a prescription - first time without a great deal of effort and questions.

3) Went to see my sister - 16 weeks pregnant. 

4) Went to Waitrose for a cup of tea. 

5) Sanded all the skirting board in the dining room, ready for the tiler. 

6) Tidied up a bit outside, cleaned the cat tray etc. Planted 4 tomato plants and a few more plug plants. 

7) My friend messaged me. He just started his new job and is moving this weekend. 

8) Watched Race Across the World.

9) Made falafel for tea with 2 salads. 

10) Sainsburys order arrived, including plantains which they said they had not got!

mhagster

Morning! I’ve been remiss in posting properly and if I don’t do it every day I forget what I did the day before 😆

Anyway another day at home, just quietly pottering around. Dogs not quite right in the way he sometimes gets so just being quiet. 

Managed to get a bit done in the garden ( I thought it was garden bin day today so was getting my moneys worth as we now have to pay for collections! …it’s next week!) Had a couple of pots that needed emptied so have passed them on to DD2 who was happy to take them. She also took back a table that I’d borrowed at Christmas! 

Made a start on hoovering upstairs…well I got my bedroom done and then wandered off to do something else…I’ll do the rest this morning! 

Cut the grass…glad I did as it’s absolutely pouring today. And very breezy! 

Had a bit of work to do, printing and getting ready for next service. Waiting to hear if any final changes to the other service by today . 

Started watching MobLand…oddly enjoying it though it’s a tad gruesome!  

And I think that was about it…went upstairs to read whilst my phone was charging downstairs about 5pm…and dozed off…woke up and of course it was still bright! I had no idea what time it was and I think the dog thought it was morning and why wasn’t he getting breakfast! Eh because it’s 6.30pm 😆

ampersand

Post just disappeared from up in John Lewis, Town of Gown.😡
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Frith - what a shock for your brother!
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1. Trying to make sense of replacement bus service+timetables. No-one at midweek Communion can entirely figure them out either, but here & is, thanks to an observant driver, who stopped for & as she was partway through another mile-plus walk to a bus stop in the middle of nowhere.
2. It will be an osp if someone can i.d. this curious iris which has appeared.
3. Walking, walking, bus pass+bus pass.  Grateful for both while Doblo is being sorted and thinking gratefully again of surgeon Michael Parry making &'s walking possible.
4. Heard about the incredible survival and now life's work of Antonio Salazar Hobson on BBC World Service.  Not a conventional osp, yet it is:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct6xc6
Also from the Graun:

At four, I was kidnapped and sex-trafficked for years. Now I fight for the powerless – and win every case https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/25/at-four-i-was-kidnapped-and-sex-trafficked-for-years-now-i-fight-for-the-powerless-and-win-every-case?CMP=share_btn_url

5. Young rugby friends, new parents and both scientists, sci-fi fans and Dr Who-vians, none of which & is😁, will have this left with them, if & can make more bus pass bits work.  A terrific find yesterday from Nexus in Town of Horse, Lainey.😃

Purple_kitten

I’m not sure if this is a pleasure, as shopping at Aldi kind of failed on a grand scale. They stock their razor blades only once a year, and they are a world apart from any others, so when I see them, I buy 4 packs, but that adds £14 to the bill, I bought a big strawberry pack, and they weren’t on the list or in the budget. And then add some 75% off things, we picked up 4 packs of sausages at 50p each and 4 margarita pizza bases for 12p each. Luxury coleslaw reduced to 22p was also a no-brainer, and dh wanted the focaccia for a pound, all makes it something a bit different.

Fresh bedding put on both in the van and in the home.

Numerous washing loads both in and out.

Fizzers mate, Daim is coping, she’s loving a treat, fuss, and tiny play, she’s 8 years old which is a good age for them, I was worried she would just curl up after Fizzers, but we’ve managed to keep her entertained and she curls up with the other guys and gals.

Ongoing garden tidying, and all the roses have green fly, so I’ve resorted to spraying them.

mhagster

How many ferret friends do you still have PK? 

Another day of quiet today. 

Upstairs hoovered and just going  to go over downstairs shortly and wash floors. 

Chat to sister. 

Did a bit of watching/ a bit of reading.

Rescued some blown over plants in the garden. 

Admired the foxgloves. 

Second service finalised so just printed that out. 

Quick chat with friend and even quicker chat with DD2. 

Sorted out some paperwork for an appointment tomorrow…had a moment when I couldn’t find something where it should have been…turned out it was where it should have been I just didn’t look thoroughly! 

Been wet and very very windy here today but currently dry. 

Frith

Pleasures for today (Thursday)

1) Not a bad sleep.

2) Planted more plug plants. Split herb plants I had for free last weekend. Cleared up clippings. Mowed 1.5 lawns until I broke the mower handle. 

3) Popped to Morrisons with smaller son. 

4) Fishfingers sandwiches for tea. 

5) Watched Ambulance. 

LaineyT

Recently…

A busy morning chores wise but as always an interesting podcast got me through, this time it was about taking positive steps to deal with a negative inner dialogue.

My fennel looking beautiful in the middle of a flower bed but stopping other plants from getting sunlight, cut back lower branches leaving the frothy tops, the green bin now smells very aniseedy!

Mild, blustery weather had left the beautiful grey one’s mane & tail tangled so time spent gently teasing them out, she loves a pamper.

Enjoying Race across the World.

Finished Marble Hall Murders.

The nepeta covered in bees, all hanging on in the strong breeze.

The roses are all budded up and ready to flower, anticipation.

I usually leave my phone in the car when I’m at the yard but did listen to the cricket yesterday afternoon, my girlie flicked her ears then went back to munching on hay but was particularly pleased at the target we set ☺️

Strawberries and ice-cream


ETA perhaps send an image of the flower to the British Iris Society Ampersand, they should be able to help?

mhagster

Hello…I’m just sitting at the back patio doors enjoying a wee cool breeze and listening to the birds. It’s been nice since late afternoon.

Well the very morning I needed to be up and at ‘em I off course sleep till 6.40am which is very unusual, so I was of course even more up and at ‘em! 

Had an appointment in town first thing so parked at town supermarket and walked down the hill.

Afterwards I popped into say hello to DD2 at her work for just a few minutes. Then M&S for a few things. Charity shop across from there… 2 x tee shirt ( both still had tags on) a linen shirt dress and a lovely green jumper …all at really low prices. Then went to favourite town coffee shop and enjoyed a tuna croissant, quick chat with owner then into charity shop next door… a lovely pair of cream wide leg wool mix “lounge wear “ trousers ( day jammies) which I’m currently wearing and oooh they are ever so comfortable but miles too long so the waistband is folded over about 4 times 😆…short girl problems 😆…cost me a whole pound! And still had brand new tags on!! And a lovely cream summer top too for a pound! 

These all went in the wash when I got home and dried on the line. 

Met two folk I know in town so had nice chats with them before trekking  back up the hill! Was out of puff ! 

And home…and hello doggy. I know it’s almost lunchtime! 

Chat to sister.

And a quiet afternoon, Pup was dropped off. Had a snoozette. Sat in garden for a wee bit. Enjoying the growth the rain has brought on to the garden. Everything very lush. 

For tea had something RTC from M&S …all I can say is I’m glad I never paid full price! With peas and sprouts which was the most enjoyable part! 

Taking doggy to vet in the morning as he’s just not quite right and I don’t want to worry over the weekend. He took himself to bed about half an hour ago. 

Purple_kitten

Mhags, there’s 9 here now. Fuse who is addicted to clementine, don’t follow this diet, Nala who’s a tad, er completely loopy and her brother Bandit who is soft as a brush to make up for it and will happily nibble a sock to get your attention. Rhubarb and Custard, a pair of albino brothers who are as lovely as they go and like to curl up at the bottom of our bed. Hershey and Skittles, a pair of girls who I could spend hours watching play, and who love us to bits. Polo who’s a fruit loop and Daim who’s finding her feet, but who seems quite taken with me which is nice.

The house is swept and mopped.

Washed stuff in and out, and finally the van is ready to go again.

Chop and I made a salad up for dinner.

Just had sugar-free scones straight from the oven, they are okay with the bits and bobs of strawberries and cream.

Had a half hour in the garden, lost in reading my book, dug up a couple of bulbs clearly in a bad place for them

ampersand

Thankyou Lainey - will try re: iris i.d.
1. Back in CUBG again today and I will try loading pics as osps.