5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

Frith

Pleasures for today (Sunday)

1)Not a bad sleep.

2) Penultimate day at work in this strange run of shifts.

3) Bought 2 cooked chickens for today and tomorrow.

4) Went to the local shopping centre for a cup of tea.

5) Catching up with I'm a Celebrity.

juliettet

DFV - Oh my!

Highdays

Morning all.

Late back after our trip so haven't caught up on everyone's news yet, will read back with a coffee later on.

Recent , quick pleasures:

Great few days away in The Potteries, lovely weather and a new area to explore.

Visited some fabulous museums, it was Anna of the Five Towns brought to life. A very hard life though.

Met and talked to some people whose stories will stay in my mind for a long time.

Saw 'Sunny Afternoon' for the second time - probably enjoyed it even more than the first time.

My beloved dad would have been 100 yesterday, four years on I can remember him with very little sadness - 96 was a great age - but with a lot of love and gratitude.

Right, must get on with unpacking and sorting, a lovely day of pottering and pootling ahead and the sun is shining.

Enjoy your day, whatever you are up to and hope the sun shines on you too.

ampersand

Evening all, first witterings on new mob., not long bought from excellent Theo@MrT.

1.Took old one in for yet more extreme ICU work, but kaput. 5 years ago, cost £152. This is another Motorola: £89, does masses more than previous one and way more than & will ever need. Very pleased so far.

2. Delivered a Tommy Dann Memorial match report to someone.

3. Think doing Aegeas Motor Claim's form re: their client whose 'incident' & fully witnessed - was nearly a casualty - late March, might have been what finished off old mob.😄 Echoes of this one relived at Emmaüs the other day - post passim.

4. CUBG meander, always good. The photography exhibition is superb. Explored some areas via paths new2&, all lovely.

5. Elsewhere, our friend McCulloch(known to many of us veteran ospers) posts 2 huge joys, absolutely shared by & - McIlroy and Magyar. Listened to⛳🏌️on R5 into wee small hours and victory. Then confirmation of the landslide ousting of Orban.💓

Haven't worked out pics and email on this mob. yet, but will tackle them next. This already feels like a Yesss! for really not techie &.😁

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mhagster

Bedtime!

Been a busy day.

Up early and out for a hospital appointment with DD2 and we got a space. Hurrah!

Then onto another appointment a few villages away, so much country road driving with much pot holes! Grr! Bought a very nice sandwich from a local deli that was made freshly for us.

And home and hello doggy!

Had some work calls to make. A call to sister and then had a snoozette which was very restorative !

Another day of all the blooming weathers that seem to clear up at teatime so the dog enjoyed the later afternoon sun coming through the window. Moved some pots in the garden.

Big chat on phone to DD2.

Then hoovered, washed floors, moved some furniture and then have just done some ironing…need my work dress for tomorrow! I honestly used to iron all the time and now it’s just when required and a little pile of work clothes ( often linen) build up! So the work wardrobe is topped up again!

Frith

Pleasures for today (Monday)

1)Not a bad sleep.

2) Went to art class.

3) Final shift at work until Friday!

4) Made a roast dinner

5) Doing nothing this evening.

Broomstick

Evening all 😊

Some recent pleasures:-

1. Have, at long last, tried making simple flat breads in a pan on the stove. I can now add them to my oat-soda-bread-in-the-microwave repertoire of alternative breads.
2. Have also sorted out making my own soya yoghurt.
3. Spent a couple of hours yesterday afternoon clearing out my greenhouse, a job that was hugely overdue but the before and after pictures are very good so I will use them as motivation for other jobs. I think I may need to start an album of before and after photos. I have an awful lot of those sorts of jobs to do.😊
4. On my drive over to the house there’s a massive grassy field that has been empty for ages but yesterday it was full of Cotswold ewes with their new born lambs, most of which were twins. I stopped the car for a bit just to enjoy the sight.
5. Finished my current audiobook which I liked enormously. It was one of those books that I’d be tempted to buy to read again if I ever see a second-hand copy for sale.

Sweet dreams,

Bx

Highdays

DfV - yes, we enjoyed the Banksy exhibition, his work is varied and amazing. I hadn't realised all the political statements behind a lot of it, some is obvious but some much deeper. He certainly has a strong moral compass although the way in which he creates/created some of his work is/was perhaps rather underhand and in the early days not always welcome. The exhibition is extremely well laid out though it covers a lot of work. My brain was certainly fuddled by the end but it was well worth a visit to better understand the man, his work, and some of the reasoning behind it.

mhagster

Almost bedtime. DD2 is staying overnight and she brings noise ! So shall just wait downstairs a wee while longer! I am too used to quiet now!

Anyway up early as usual.

Was working this morning taking a service.

Home to change and grab a dog and off we went to CP for a few hours. It’s my place to go and clear my mind so we had a nice walk and then I enjoyed my lunch, sat and read .

Home and chattered back and forth with DD2, walked dog and then have been sitting reading…I’m sure I’ve read this book before, there’s a familiarity to it but I can’t remember how it goes so shall persevere.

Got a work call late afternoon and a new service booked in.

Another day of all the weathers! Beautiful start and drive to crem then grey, then pouring but luckily didn’t pour till I was actually in caravan.

PaulieHerts

Evening all 😊

We’re spending more and more time at the new place as it gets more and more comfortable 😊

Garden furniture arriving tomorrow, tvs on Monday and Sky transfer on Wednesday, we’re getting there, just bedroom furniture and media wall to do on main list now 😊

Sister was down for a couple of days and yes DfV, it does work well having lodgers at the rental whilst we’re at the new bungalow 🤣

Mixture of weather, like most, some sunshine but quite often a chilly wind. I don’t think I’ll ever tire of the view from the front of the bungalow (photo 1) and I’m taking regular photos to see the progress of the tree and fields through the seasons.

I had another beauty treatment, a full body massage, it was lovely but I wish I could completely switch off. Swimming this morning (40 lengths).

First washing hung out as we got the whirligig sorted at the new place.
OH is at a localish football (Colchester) match tonight and I’ve watched the first 2 episodes of The Other Bennett Sisters (downloaded on iPlayer as we’re at the new place, no tv) and indulged in a glass of Baileys Terrys Orange I had for Christmas 🎄 ( I prefer the original).

On Thursday we’re back to near old home town for 2 nights staying in a Premier Inn. OH is going to a concert Thursday night at Union Chapel and football ( his team are playing Wealdstone on Saturday) and I’m catching up with lots of friends for various lunches and Chinese takeaway, pre holiday diet has no chance and only 6 weeks to go 🤷‍♀️

Right, I’m in my comfortable new bed now so I’ll say good night, sleep tight 💤