5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

LaineyT

For yesterday,

A morning of errands, first it was the GC a in the village to pick up some more bird food as supplies were very depleted, feeders filled up and immediately covered.

Then took a bag of unwanted clothes and headed off to Nexus, finally @ampersand! A warm welcome and what a treasure trove, picked up a cute little china dish to sit on my COD and drop earring studs into, just a £1.

Capt S was wfh so lunch together, heating engineer arrived but was still muttering & tutting when I left to see Princess Pony. Fetched her in and washed down her legs & feet before settling her for the night.

News not great re heating as we need a new boiler ☹️ suspected that would be the case as over 15 years old, oh well. At least I wasn’t a Bake Off semi-finalist trying to make macaroons!

Highdays

Morning all.

Back to grey skies again in our neck of the woods.

Recent pleasures:

1) Some glorious sunny days with some warmth still in the sun though the wind was chilly but lots of nice, crispy leaves for walking through sensibly and  then kicking when nobody's looking.

2) Wallpaper stripping in son's what-will-be-a-cosy-sitting-room room. He's got the ceiling down ready for insulation which we went to collect yesterday and then finished the steaming and stripping (of the walls!). Big room, hard work but happy to be able to help.

3) After a three week absence I braved the scales of doom at chub club to find I've lost a pound and a half, this is encouraging, feel a bit spurred on to greater things - for the moment anyway.

4) Brother went for his flu jab and, at his pharmacy, as a matter of course they check blood pressure. Found his a bit high so referred to the Dr and now has a 24 hour heart monitor. Not a pleasure in itself but good they were thorough and on the case.

5) After a couple of busy days, in and out, round and about, we have the luxury of a day at home today. Still haven't read Saturday's papers and have a pile of library books to dive into so will do the basics, plan an easy tea from stores and while away the afternoon in pleasurable reading.

Have a good day, whatever you are up to.

Frith

Pleasures for today (Wednesday)

1) Not a bad sleep. 

2) Had a quick tidy up.

3) Bigger son popped in to play a board game. His ongoing tooth reconstruction (2 snapped off and one knocked sideways in 2020) continues. The half a front tooth had a root canal done yesterday and now they think the one next to it might be alive after all. So that could be one crown and one on a plate, instead of 2 more extractions and 3 false teeth in a row. 

4) Scrambled egg and smoked salmon for lunch. 

5) Smaller son and I went to Sainsbury's cafe and took about 2 hours to book all the hotels for our holiday. 

6) Stewed all the apples my brother gave me yesterday then made an apple and mincemeat pie for tea. Also made spaghetti bolognese. 

7) Looking forward to The Traitors. 

mhagster

And it’s bedtime! 

Slept the sleep of someone who hadn’t the night before! 

Up early though as that’s what I do.
Had work today. Meeting new family who were lovely. 

Home and wrote and wrote.
Had to go out and drive in the dark which I don’t like at all but I had to! 

Beautiful sunset. 

LaineyT

For yesterday,

Got through a bathroom clean by listening to more Life Lines, although had to stop at a particularly tense part to concentrate.

A grey day and without the sun the house was cold so a big bowl of soup for lunch.

Made a chilli and put it in the slow cooker before heading over to see my big girl, was filling up her hay net and found an egg from one of the yard chickens.

Home and cottage smelt good, Capt S came home with the new Louise Penny, a little treat for both of us although I’ve just started a huge book so suspect he will get to read it first!

Warming tea, watched a bit of footie then turned over for the Traitors, oh my!

Frith

Pleasures for today (Thursday)

1) Not a bad sleep.

2) Went for a cup of tea with my school friend in floody city. All her village was full of Halloween decorated gardens with a "cafe" of plastic garden furniture on the driveway of one house, with lots of families walking round to look. 

3) I went to Waitrose afterwards to do the crossword. A lady came to my table to swap her grey, wooden chair for a plastic, orange one. She said they are much more comfortable and it was, after all, her friend's birthday. I realised I was sitting on a grey chair and she said, "get an orange chair next time - it'll change your life!" 😀

4) Got some chestnuts from our little park on the way home. 

5) Vaguely tidied up and did a load of washing. 

6) Watched Grand Designs. 

7) Made shepherds pie and peas for tea. 

8) Ordered my college friend's birthday presents. 

9) Now washing up done, cat fed, hwb and quilt at hand, ready for The Traitors. 

DundeeDoll

1) a lovely latte with a colleague - time spent with colleagues always a blessing
2) a lunchtime jog with another colleague
3) and a walk through the arboretum with another
4) Jupiter is very bright
5) and tomorrow is annual leave

mhagster

Up early…was our first proper frosty morning.
A beautiful sunrise.
Went to CP. Hoovered and washed floors ( water goes off on Tuesday ) . Niece came and we had a lovely walk. Was bright and breezy. 

Supermarket on way home.
Prepped for dinner tonight. Made tablet cupcakes. 
Log burner on…by this time lashing with rain.

Friends over for Halloween tea. Had sausages with onion marmalade, fajitas, lasagna. 

The annual gingerbread decorating competition.
Chatter and laughter. Good fun. 

Will stack the dishwasher in the morning!

Wild and windy now. 

LaineyT

For yesterday,

Into horsey town for a coffee with pal, on to the emporium and picked up some rtc veg.

Swapped out the door wreath for a wooden Pentagram ahead of Samhain today.

Spent the afternoon at the yard and had a good laugh with fellow owners, girlie was in an affectionate mood and gave out a lot of kisses.

Roasted the other half of Monday’s B Squash and we had that with fish.

Traitors and then a last garden visit for C dog, clear skies so I did a bit of stargazing while she did her thing.

ampersand

So glad you and Nexus have become friends, Lainey.🫶

More bonkers weather, meaning & isn't alone in having soggy laundry on line after a sunny start. Several others were saying same as we entered emporium, including lady whose shopping bag reads 'WINE and DOG FOOD only.'😁👍

1. Feeding scoopy handfuls of emporium green tokens from closed checkouts into the Nexus charity box.  & is shameless in this.😁🫶 Nexus have been running all types of all day activities for half-term, including both weekends, allowing parents to work, have a break, direct youngsters towards local apprenticeships  encourage community funding, involvement and partnerships etc.

2. Two monster marrows from church plant table started for marrow rum. There's a first time for everything.

3. Love Rosemary Scott's 'Tranquility'

 and Svetlana Baibekova's 'The Sea'

 from many, many wonderful works in Cambridge Drawing Society's Autumn Exhibition, ends  tomorrow, 10h-16h. MIGHTY RECOMMEND!😃

All & needs is to buy a winning lottery ticket to spend a few thousand on quite a few more ......🥰

4. Frames from Nexus sorted for both.  & gave tiny OAP £s gladly🫶and will manage to sort both.  

5.More Addenbrookes, most of Tuesday - all so good again, but & notes how few people say Thankyou, observe basic courtesies, parent their children adequately or even bother to engage with them, rather than screens.

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..... and now it's sunny again, up on ykw, The Gallops, perfect for listening to GQT.

Happy days to all - and non-leaky hwbs. & has ditched a borderline one before the worst happens.😁