5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

LaineyT

For yesterday,

Woke up to a freezing cold house so the pleasure of my very thick dressing gown!

Bacon butties and catching up on all things Ambridge.

Little bit of time outside in the garden but kept getting distracted by C dog who has realised that by dropping a tennis ball at our feet she gets one of her hoomans to throw it for her, bit of late autumnal sunshine as well.

Roast dinner, followed by a walk around the fields before the rain came over then home for dessert.

Snuggling down to catch up on ACGAS, perfect watch for a Sunday evening.

mhagster

Hello…darkness is approaching but oh how lovely to have that extra light in the morning!

We had the vets at 8.30am…I left a wee bit earlier to try and avoid the school traffic on main road. 

Booster time of year. He just loves the vets and it was someone we’ve seen before ( when he was having one of his nonspecific not quite right episodes as he does) so she was pleased to see him looking well. And all covered by a monthly pet plan so no big expense to pay. 

Then we went down to CP but we hit the school traffic! We just had a lovely walk didn’t actually go to caravan. Met someone and walked back up the driveway with them and had a nice chat. 

Popped into work place and have another service booked. Came home and called family to arrange to meet them.
Quickly hoovered car. 
Then time to get ready for work this afternoon. A lovely service. Filled with laughter and tears. Was very busy. 

And nipped into supermarket and got some very fancy RTC flowers that I need to pop into vases. And a bag of chocolate twirl bits as my nice thing after a service.
Chat to DD2 on phone when I got in. 

And heating on! It’s been a nice bright day but such a raw cold! 

Suffolksue

For yesterday and today 
quieter days after ABBA !
Roasted one of the half price Sainsburys chickens ,very nice and will make so many meals ,curries ,risottos etc  Thank goodness for freezers ,
Wenrt and collected my repeat prescription yesterday ,seem to take a lot of tablets now to control the problem heart 
am v grateful 
Made alist of needed ingredients for the Christmas cake making 
DGD will come and make ,then decorate later ,our tradition since her mum died ,very grateful she’s still happy to do it 
played scrabble this afternoon ( a U3A group ) they have been a lifeline during the last few years 
I’m not v good but didn’t come last on both
games !
Dont like the early darkness ,so starting to make Christmas lists 
think that’s all for now 
ohHappycas ,DGS seems to be ok like you I don’t hear that much but do see him when he comes back for an appointment .
Hes working at the  Colonels Chicken place. ,now living in a shared house .
, when he’s not with his girlfriend !

Purple_kitten

Raked over the front garden to get the moss up and generally tidy up a tad.

Soup and a slice for lunch in the new to us soup mugs that are perfect.

We popped out for an amble with 2 ferrets, so it was quite slow, popped to the Range picked up grass seed while the ferrets had lots of adoration.

Quite impressed with me, if I do say so, for cooking what seemed to be tasty bubble and squeak with leftover pesto run through chicken.

Trying to sort out a couple of little Christmas gifts for DH, I’ve never been this close to it and not had any gifts in

Frith

Pleasures for today (Monday)

1) Not a bad sleep. 

2) Cleaned the bathroom. 

3) Second load of washing on. Tidied up. 

4) Went to work, which wasn't too bad. 

5) Made a tray bake for tea, in a Maggi bag. 

6) Will watch tv with a hwb this evening. 

DundeeDoll

I forget how quickly the evenings draw in after the clock change.
1) despite that today's weather was glorious
2) found the plunger and managed to unblock the kitchen sink - also found the soda crystals. I used to put a cup full down the sink once a month - have clearly got out the habit - will restart!
3) very enjoyable piano lesson - I have braved getting the scherzo hands together though we still started hands separate - he plays the other hand. scherzo it is not 🤣(goes finds youtube Mendelssohn - Scherzo In E Minor Op. 16, No. 2 - 480,000pts wow!) Dr Gradus is at the ambling stage but I do love playing it, errors and all.
4) made myself a knickerbocker glory - i'm not that keen on icecream so made it with jelly, fruit and greek yoghurt - yum
5) and now watching some tv having caught up on all your pleasures. bed time soon zzz

LaineyT

For yesterday,

Quick trip into horsey town first thing for a food shop but no coffee with pal as engineer was expected re heating problem.

He turned up on time and set to, then window cleaner turned up so busy busy. 

No luck with heating as boiler needs new fuel pump, coming back today to hopefully fix.  Nice young chap and was plied with coffee & biscuits ☺️ He said that he was only one of two guys in his company now that can fix oil-fired boilers.

Over to see pony, she was wet from the downpours so wicking rug popped on to dry and much cosseting.

In need of comfort food so a b squash macaroni cheese made and we had a big bowl of that. Then blankets, candles and quiz night.

mhagster

It feels like 9pm and it’s not even 6pm! Been a long day following a long night. I had got bit stressed over a work thingy and hardly slept! 

Car had to be at garage for 8am…then had to hang about for an hour! So half an hour in M&S and then Home Bargains…didn’t sound a penny but had a mooch and stayed out if the rain! 

Work issue resolved ! Was absolutely nothing to have worried about! Then got call to say issue with car was same as last time and the part that had been fitted last week was faulty! Sigh…new part would come in early afternoon. 

Well I went to the bus station! Holy moly! It was an eye opener…and not an enjoyable experience ! And £3.40 to go 2 miles up the road! People were vaping on the bus. I was so glad to get off and thankfully it stayed dry till I walked home. 

Had found a platter in charity shop of china set I collect. A proper treat from me to me! ( and a proper treat to charity shop for what they were charging! So carefully carried that home. 

I do not love driving but I love buses even less 😆

Walked back later…45 minutes walk…downhill would have been uphill if I’d walked home. Thankfully stayed dry but big dark clouds behind me. Chatted to DD2 on her lunch break. 

Oh you’re too early parts aren’t here. Tad more inward growling…walked down to see work place friend and chatted with her for a while till I got my call to say it was ready!

Home. Chat to sister. 

Another chat to DD2 who was on her way home. 

And beans on sourdough toast for tea which was rather nice. 

And now upstairs hoovering! 

Feel it has been an annoying waste of a day ( would have been at CP with my doggy) but hey I had some nice chatters, got some peace of mind for work thingy ( I had seriously overthought something through the night) and got a new to me vintage platter. And the doggy was so pleased to see me each time I came home. 

Purple_kitten

I dropped DH off to an appointment, rather than pay for parking I went off to Home Bargaains and picked up what we needed, had a few lovely conversations with a much older gent doing the shopping on his own who seemed to be glowing that someone took the time to chat.

Back home, a quick lunch and then out into the gardens I took on the front and did the second round more tidying and mowing, to get the grass seed down.

DH had a lot of help from ferrets while pruning and tidying the back garden, they just make everything done with a smile on our faces.

I did budget in, a delayed takeaway tonight, which we are looking forward to being delivered.

The joe browns catalogue arrived, my word there are one or two pieces that are amazing, however there’s just no way I could justify full price for them so they will just have to wait.

Frith

Pleasures for today (Tuesday)

1) Not a bad sleep. 

2) Picked my brother up as he left his car at the garage for repairs. We went round the charity shops. 

3) Had a cup of tea in the museum. 

4) Had a cup of tea and quick walk with 2nd mum and dad. 

5) Mowed one lawn and cleaned the garage plus the floors and porch. 

6) Took smaller son to Sainsbury's.  

7) Watched Ambulance.