5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

topsyturphy

Need to join back in

pleasures for today 

1. Having visitors my mum & dgs makes me more tidy.
2. Sleeping on the sofa is quite comfy to be fair.
3. A muddy dog walk but no rain, little white dog was very dirty on return to house.
4. Visit to local garden centre - had coffee and cake. 

5. First time using Turkey mince as a Bolognaise - clean plates all round. 

LaineyT

Yes Amps, visited, purchased and donated, great place and a real community space.

mhagster

Hello. Wind is starting to pick up. A tad wild.

Out this morning for a scone at garden centre with The Chap’s family. Met an old school friend who now lives overseas. And nice chat with old colleague too.

Home and they all came back to say goodbye to doggies. 

An afternoon working, writing, calls, tying up details for next services and a new service booked in. 

Had an eggy sandwich for tea. I just feel I’ve eaten too much past few days! 

ampersand

1. So glad you feel same about Nexus, Lainey.  You're exactly right and they're looking to expand, providing real apprenticeships leading to real work.🤞🙏👌
2. Ate some of yesterday's raspberries on way out today.  Still a few left to ripen.
3. Note your reverbe £1.80, Frith.😀 Vg! Today, &'s 20p reverbe made up 50p>Nexus. 2 lovely wooden toys, a tractor xylophone and a jingly bells stick, were free for the little chap who's having a tough first winter.  Will drop them off tomorrow.
4. & always takes Panda bars and something non-marzipan from Food Warehouse to Nexus on Tuesdays.  Christmas shortbread was today's extra. Love FW's 10% discount Tuesdays and their excellent staff.💓
5. Learnt late in day of farming+rugby friends' son's 21st birthday. Back to Nexus, where a 2004 Dandy Annual, a fabulous 21st candle and Rugby Nonsense Tales all went into a shiny new golden bag with card.  Now left on farmhouse door handle.👌
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All blessings all round.
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Frith, any chance first manager can sort out the others?

Frith

Pleasures for today (Tuesday)

1) Not a bad sleep. 

2) Went to floody city for a cup of tea with my school friend. 

3) On to Waitrose after for a cup of tea. 

4) Went to our football club to collect some little presents ordered for smaller son. 

5) Dunelm after for a frame for our new Malmo poster. 

6) Roof leaking a lot into the kitchen so I phoned a roof man and he is coming round tomorrow morning.  

7) My sister is a bit tired with the new baby so I might a big casserole of Spanish chicken then a pot of curry. I'll take it round tomorrow. 

8) Cleaned the bathroom. 

9) Will watch the next episode of 24 Hours in Police Custody. 

DundeeDoll

yesterday went well - today was a rest day, time to do some sight-seeing
1) we walked to the train station - lots of barking from a kennel - turned out it was the Police dog kennels with a very large K9 in red on the wall - made me smile
2) 2 train journeys safely negotiated and a fabulous temple complete with a very large reclining buddha and line of 108 buckets to drop coins in - you could buy a dish of coins for 20 bhat so of course we both did
3) a cake and a very nice coffee to get our energy back up
4) a fab boat trip down the river on the express - it certainly went at a fair lick and we went right to the last stop
5) a taxi back to the hotel and a dip in the infinity pool before supper
now watching the shoot out from Blackpool - not seen this format of snooker before

mhagster

Hello…I love how we can travel the world together vicariously with DD! 

Was awake through night so then didn’t wake till 6.50am which is late for me.

A wee hurrah as everyone else was out all day so it was just me. ( I currently have guests as they have building work) Pup picked up for his walk and then me and my dog went out. 

Down to CP for a very blustery walk though thankfully dry. 

Foraged a blown down branch which I later titivated and added baubles and fairy lights.

Log burner on.

Watched a film. 

A work call then a call to sister.

Had made Stovies in the slow cooker for tea.

Chat to friend . 

Highdays

Evening all.

Nowhere near as exciting here sadly, though we did do a mercy dash up the M18 in the pouring rain yesterday to sort out SIL's dodgy car heater - and that's about as exciting as it gets. Lovely to read of all the exotic places, travels and adventures though.

Recent pleasures:

1) Our hosepipe ban has been lifted. Yay!

2) Nice to see brother and SIL, unexpected but luckily hubby was able to solve her car problem while we had a good chat and sorted the date for the next Christmas do in 2026. A quick WhatsApp and the date was confirmed by all, in the diary, and hotel bookings made. Sorted!

3) The Bank of Grandma offered a helping hand to Uni student with more term left than £ while suspecting it may be more to fund his Christmas parties than to buy green vegetables. Also sorted his lift home for the holidays while he was at it...

4) Middle grandson came in to borrow a tie for the funeral on Friday and for me to check if his suit needed any alterations. Had a lovely chat about his pal and he told me he is playing in a charity football match on Saturday in the lad's memory. Friday will be emotional but his mates will be with him and they will all support each other. It's tough growing up sometimes, and tough sitting on the sidlines and watching them go through it too.

5) Little fella is in the school choir and we will be attending his last Carol Service at this school on Monday evening. If he sings the opening solo of 'Once in Royal...' which he thinks he will, that'll be me in floods. I'll just recover and the tiddlies will sing 'Away in a Manger', happens every time. Tissues will be to hand. And then we'll be doing it all over again on Tuesday afternoon when the choir are singing in an Advent Service in a nearby large town. Oh dear!

Waiting for hubby to come home from a Committee meeting and hoping he won't be long as I've come over all nostalgic. Lovely that the boys are all growing up and I'm beyond proud of them and so honoured we have been such a big part of their lives but, oh, they were wonderful little babies and I sometimes wish we could still wrap them up in soft blankets and keep them safe. Blimey, best go and get the kettle on, a cuppa might sort me out.

Have a safe evening, especially those affected by the latest storm.

Frith

You won't be surprised to read that we haven't had a hosepipe ban, Highways. 🤣

Pleasures for today (Wednesday)

1) Not a bad sleep. 

2) Up quickly, tidy up, ready for the roofing man. 

3) Flat roof of extension is 50 year old felt, all perished. The man can do so something over the leaking half with rubber and this can have a guarantee.  

4) My parents and brother came round for a cup of tea. 

5) I took 3 lots of meals and a cake to my sister, as the new baby is feeding constantly.  

6) Took smaller son to Lidl. 

topsyturphy

Pleasures for yesterday 

1. Dry dog walk but still muddy, lovely walk either DGS round the fields.
2. Lunch out to celebrate my forthcoming birthday as my visitors leave tomorrow.
3. Mum paid for lunch
4. Had fun with elf on the shelf
5. Watched 10 years of the Yorkshire Ver, love North Yorkshire.