5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

Frith

Pleasures for today (Thursday)

1)Not a bad sleep.

2) Went to Topps Tiles and ordered the floor for the dining room.

3) Paid smaller son's birthday money into the bank.

4) Went to B and Q for more filler.

5) Filled the holes in the door frame between the dining room and kitchen. (The frame had been messed about with when a sliding door had been fitted in the 70s and I've ripped that out).

6) Took smaller son to Lidl.

7) Weeded the garden.

Frith

Back again!

Pleasures for today (Friday)

1)Not a bad sleep.

2) Went to coffee morning and did a crossword.

3) Gave the doorframe 2 coats of paint.

4) Pulled up half of the living room floor.

5) Made a big curry for tea.

DigForVictory

It's Friday night, things are getting out of hand, I shall post & run with apologies.

OS Pleasures recently
There is an X files Lego set. I wonder what happens to truth if you loose a brick? What would happen is you swapped a brick in from the Hogwarts sets?
Used the bones of a teams chat to dodge up notes & colleague touchingly grateful. If nothing else the sequence is coherent & the IT commands very explicit so reporting becomes easier.
There’s a spider in the space around the boxed in cistern so every time I reach for the flush there’s an anxious scuttle, & I feel so discourteous.
Why is it so hard for some people to apply the disability legislation & make the reasonable adjustments?
Annual Leave! So of course a noisy machine is being unloaded to take up to the farm & there is a roll-up-&-pay-attention webinar which I should probably attend. 

Retired colleague forwarded me a GCHQ vacancy link - fascinating but (understandably) 100% in office. I like having a sub 10 second commute some days.
Recognised the singer in a Midsomer episode as she’s in Fascinating Aida too - Liza Pulman. 
The wildfires - I knew of the one by the reservoir near Manchester but the Welsh & Cairngorms is bad and Spain & France sizzling likewise is worrying. 
Oh my poor patient instructor. I can produce clean notes sometimes, and I can read music sometimes, but in practice I push to reach the tune through scruffy notes & erratic fingering. Still I happily butchered my way through “here we come a wassailing” (only 2 notes I can’t reach, even if the rest aren’t that reliable, you can Feel the tune!)
Got the musculoskeletal team knee exercises & reading. My brain is “that all looks straightforward”, my knee is aching just looking at them!

Negotiations as to image rights. I hate being photographed, but wholly see the band need “look, we teach!” photos. Currently I am identified as Petal…
The Economist tells me the debates about sex tourism in Japan does not have women’s interests at heart. I laughed out loud - the trade almost never does.
Minding the museum & chaperoning a lady chasing her ancestors. (I do admire her energy, but also the mutual delight at her finding our chairwoman who is an ambulatory resource on matters local.) Pondering where to recommend food was more difficult!
Tried to do the musculoskeletal exercises for my knee. Used some language unbecoming. Went downstairs & slipped rattling my right ankle. Used further language (including “I’m OK”) & Youngest put the light on so I could see the hall. 
It’s raining! And the forecast is clear it will stay unlikely to support line drying for the rest of my leave. (I hope there’s enough rain for France & Spain too.)

“If there is laundry, it has not come up from the oven yet” I have to smile at fatigue induced word blindness.
Apparently there is a Rockwood Frailty Score & I am amused at mine. Booking up on “instrumental activities of daily life” was disconcerting (having Youngest as cook bottlewasher & de facto carer means I rarely cook.)
Hemming with little black safety pins is not quite as effective as I hoped. Still, I have annual leave to get the iron, the shears, the needles & thread out… (Also to call a roofer for mum & scheme when to get to a dentist for me.)
I gather girl guides have a new uniform - fine as I long as denim jeans are out. These garments are unsafe for vigorous activities where the wearer may get wet. They get cold, weigh more, and some fits of jeans restrict leg movement. Frankly they may have been accessible affordable uniform but they remain blinking unsafe. (I not convinced by fleece by fires either but the uniform committees of both scouts & guides are working for the greatest good of the greatest number even if a few need skin graft surgery.)
Pondering the bonds between household & rescue dog that a man can live & work in the south & leave loyal mutt up north. Hoping the over 20s children provide supportive continuity.

It is remarkable what you find when you have no need for it. I have filed my marriage lines somewhere & in seeking them found wads of correspondence and death certificates but not the marriage one. Yet.
There’s something about a buzz cut that makes me really appreciate the skull. You can see where to tie the triangular bandage easily, check for bumps & cuts & unidentified fluids. (Middleson still planning via ferrata trip to Dolomites.)
Planning the downsizing & thinking decide what’s essential & prepare that, then clear the rest. Difficult to clear things anyway but much easier if the essentials are secured then feed the stray heaps of paper through an industrial shredder.
Rolling behind a vintage Landrover & crooning….
At mum’s, & the roof issues mean there is scaffolding. Still, not as much or as hideous as I feared.

Good housekeeping & I think it’s on another planet. “Elevate your home office” with a coaster (for £10) & a lamp for £119 (I have a vintage Anglepoise I bought for £50 & refurbished with spares for £10 & YouTube - I think it far more useful, beautiful & fun than their suggestion.
Gosh, phrases I never thought I’d use, “eat up your croissant, you need the calcium”…
Aw mum looks so happy as I tuck her feet up in a foot mask.
I am so ungrateful. I chide my mother applauding my practice as it’s just practice & I can hear all my mistakes. (I can performing too, but the rules are different!)
Propping doors open to let the morning coolth waft around the house. Luften is rewarding.

Mum reading Good Housekeeping querying what is a “concierge” & pointing out boots that retail at £14,000. None of my cars have cost me that (all secondhand) & I’ll bet the heeled boots are useless on snow & ice too.
Little sis, getting stressed, wanted to come back to mum for quiet security. Blowing my quiet weekend sideways but family…. She brought her laundry. (I pegged the first load out.)
Little sis thinks pegs on the line have a domestic housewifely look. Holding laundry, I agree. Left on the line, less so.
Cheered mum through various online jigsaws. The icon I left her a few months back has been used & several puzzles completed.
Home & sorting things out for the coming week. It’s easier to gave the right kit at the right place at the right time if it’s set up ready!
Hugely proud of Youngest for several meals, excellent timing, but above all, for recognising the mocha he loves discounted (in Tesco!) to 10 pence a tub & mopping up 6 tubs leaving 1 for some other happy shopper.

Colleague is new proud father & has submitted his leave chit all in order! Taking a bit of persuasion to not rush, our manager very willing to cooperate.
Chuckling with sonographers that I was awash as requested but if I was pregnant I would be most startled - turns out they do tell a lot of mothers the news, usually as vasectomies have not been sufficiently effective. 
We have rain! My food waste bin is filling with rainwater handy to top up drying plants.
Godmother in the county! Me consulting with regional CAMRA on dog friendly pubs & regionally unique beers, that her menfolk will encourage return trips.
Aww Youngest flipped a light on as “the sound of you cautiously lurching gave me unease” (the sore knee is not easing back into use as hoped). 

Colleague struggled with hire car (we all hit out & pushed do he could figure going forward without rolling into the car behind, a bonding moment!)
In Morecambe, so team & individual pictures with Eric planned & enjoyed.
Heard a slightly different clip of hooves, looked out to see chap aboard a part Shire with notable but not excessive feathers. Still an impressive job to groom.
The ginger that sprouted has responded well to damp soil & has extended its green shoots. A bit further along the windowsill, Sid the lemon seedling (a mere two years, possibly three) is alive & leafing - whether I can coax him through a winter after this sort of summer we will just have to see.

Health Strength Love & Courage to all as have need, along with parasols & in-case layers.

mhagster

The sky is starting to darken at 9am. ( sad face)

For Thursday.
Alarm set ( ha just incase I didn’t wake early) as I had to be out early to drop car off for MOT.

Then walked into town and wandered aimlessly as only M&S and HB open at that time of morning but I was waiting on the bank opening at 9.30am. Popped into charity shops and got a dress for work , very smart and dressy black dress for one whole pound. A blouse for a pound and a lovely cardigan for £4.00

DD2 and The Baby picked me up and we were almost at the car garage when they called to say my car was ready with a clean pass. I’ll be there in precisely 2 ticks!

Home , hung out the first of three loads of washing ( we had 4 days of rain) and grabbed a doggy boy and went round to DD2 for a couple of hours. Did some weeding and some cuddling.

Home and got the two other loads done. Quick chat to sister. Cut the grass. Made jam. Made a pavlova.Waited till washing was dry. Did a very quick ironing. Packed a bag and off we went to CP.

Nice short teeny walk when we arrived. Chat to friend which was unusual as I don’t usually get good phone signal.

Alrightish sleep by my rubbish standards. My usual caravan wake up in the middle of the night when all is silent.

Had set alarm to be up for sunrise. Let dog out for a wee, fed him and then I went a walk myself. Had a beautiful encounter with a deer. Had turned round and there it was. And a nice sunrise. Lovely.
Back and then did a teeny weeny walk with doggy.
Swim at 9am and caravan friend was there so we had a good chat and a swim. In for almost 2 hours! She very kindly gave me a gift of notebooks.

And a much needed hot shower as it was blooming chilly when I came out.
Pottered about for an hour or so and came back.

Another washing out. Swim stuff/ shower towels…all dry and ready for next time.

There was a bag of rhubarb on my garden table …no idea who it was from…not my normal supplier 😆 put the quest to find out on FB and later got a message ‘it was me’ so a thank you issued!

Then it was round to DD2 for dinner. The in laws are here so they made main course and I did the dessert….pavlova. Absolutely stuffed.

And had bumped into a friend so lovely chat with them .

And a hello doggy… I know I’ve been an age. Let’s get ready for bed.

Highdays

Morning all.

We've had some pleasant sunny but cooler days but I think we are on the way up yet again. I don't remember a summer like it - 1976 passed in a blur of wedding preparations so I hardly noticed the weather - except we did get married on the first day of rain and honeymooned in the Lake District where it rained every single day - so roll on September!

Some pleasures:

1. More weekend away plans made, managed to shoehorn it into a busy summer.
2. An afternoon of lunch out and the cinema with little fella. He thoroughly enjoyed both, ate a fair bit of my lunch too and didn't apopear to notice me snoozing lightly at times duting the film.
3. To the hairdresser, never a pleasure for me but the newly cut and coloured hair definitely is, I look like me again!
4. Hubby picked up my ordered new release from the library and came back with four other books as well as the ladies in the library thought i might like them - oooh, how kind, and looking at them they may well be right!
5. Sorting and packing today for our couple of days away with little chappie, his birthday treat from us, so Cadbury World tomorrow, overnight in a hotel and the National Space Centre on Monday. He will be getting to an age soon where trips away with the grandparents may not be his idea of fun anymore but for the moment he is still happy to spend time with us, I am beyond grateful, very precious days.

Coffee and the papers first and then I'll get cracking.

Hope you have a good weekend with pleasures along the way.

mhagster

Good morning. Very wet day here so just decided to head home from CP, so arrived home about 7.15am.

Yesterday I’d arrived about 6.30am and had a nice teeny tiny walk with doggy. Managing a teeny teeny weeny bit more each day ( I go by the space between the trees) but I have to be mindful we have to be able to walk back to the car.

Swim swim and a nice chatter. I had popped over early and it was luckily opened so I had had some swim time on my own. And I like both.,.solo swimming and chatty swimming!

Started a library book ( due back tomorrow) and finished it last night.

Had a visit from The Baby so that was nice as always. And the rain started just after they left.

Friend called. So managed about 20 minutes of connectivity!

And went to bed once I’d finished my book. And slept relatively well by my caravan sleep standards.

Woke at 5am to pouring rain and thought…hmmm home early! Pool won’t be opened. Roads very quiet on drive back.

mhagster

And me again for my Sunday pleasures.

Making the right decision to come home early. I don’t stay that far that it would be a silly drive home but it has lashed all day , pool wouldn’t be open, and any teeny tiny walks would be soggy ones and wet dog smell in caravan and loads of blooming grass ( gets cut often so there’s always grass being trailed in especially when it’s wet) so home we came, I had a shower and then went to supermarket for a proper shop.

Wrote a list of chores and scored them all off.

Had a snoozette. Then woken up by the ping of my phone with an email to say a Vinted parcel had been dropped off at supermarket. Our local shop now has lockers which saves having to go in to town. Hurrah! So had some plastic bags to recycle and a book to add to the charity shelf and picked up my parcel.

Had a bit of work to do.

Chat to friend.

FaceTime with The Baby. Today is only the second day haven’t seen her. I am very lucky.

Had a RTC lasagna of the finest variety and corn on the cob and broccoli for tea.

The sun keeked through and dried up all the rain at teatime.

Just put the washing machine on and set a timer so my cossie will be dry for the morning! And I’ll hang the rest out in the morning.

Frith

Pleasures for today (Sunday)

1)Not a bad sleep.

2) Pulled up the dining room floor.

3) Went to Sainsbury's cafe with smaller son and had a game of chess.

4) Tasty tea of sausages, carrots, green beans and braised red cabbage.

5) Might look for meteorites later.

mhagster

For Monday…woke up from a very anxious dream at 4am did managed to get back to sleep but woke later than I’d hoped…after 6.30am…late for me and had hoped to have been out by then! Anyway drove in very busy traffic ( hence leaving earlier) and headed to CP.

Lovely walk. Said good morning to a pheasant on a gate and 2 deer in the field just over the hedge from where I’d parked. Had a moment with them and then got dog out of car. Oh it was the most gorgeous start to the day. Gentle warmth coming off the sun and the sunlight dappled between the tree leaves. Joy.

Up to caravan and had my breakfast. My aim this week is to eat breakfast!

Lovely swim.

Did my caravan housework. Hoovered. Washed floors and cleaned bathrooms. And came home…but had had 3 nice chatters this morning.

We did a little walk before we left…different way than usual and it had a slight incline. We’ve just been walking on the flat. But doggy boy did well. He was knacked though!

Second washing hung out ( caravan towels and swim suit) and off I went to DD2s.
Hello baby!

Shoulda woulda coulda been mobile library day but apparently it had broken down …so had two nice chatters with neighbours on my way there and back.

Had a gammon steak, leftover cauliflower cheese and broccoli and corn on the cob for tea.

Had a snoozette ( unintentionally but it happened 😆) with sun pouring in the patio doors…was nice to see blue sky and sunshine today!

Frith

Pleasures for today (Monday)

1)Not a bad sleep.

2) Painted the skirting and door frame ready for the new floor.

3) Smaller son and I took all the old carpet and tiles to the tip.

4) Went to Aldi.

5) A grey tabby cat came through my window then sat on the window sill!

6) 6 weeks completed of the blood sugar diet. Arms have gone thinner, which isn't the area I would have chosen!

7) Smaller son helped me put the living room furniture in the front room.