5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

Frith

Welcome back, Admiral.

Pleasures for today (Wednesday(

1)Not a bad sleep. In fact, slept until 10, which i think was being worn out after babysitting!

2) Went to a cafe in town for lunch with my friend.

3) Put old clothes in the recycling thing at Tesco.

4) Went to M and S for new underwear then a pot of tea.

5) TKMaxx for socks.

6) Boots to find out of they have scales for the public to use.

7) Still sitting by our tea time barbecue.

8) My brother is popping in on his way home from work to get his birthday present.

mhagster

Greetings to PP !

Atrocious sleep, so was glad to get up.

Hoovered…I was lying on the floor beside The Baby yesterday and had a floor view of under the sofas…so they were pulled out and the dog was delighted to have 3 new balls to play with! Hoovered the car, topped up the screen wash and washed the dog cover/ blankets.

A beautiful day here! Sunshine and blue skies.

Working today. Met up with a new celebrant who had wanted to shadow me today. Quick chat before and after.

This morning I had sent a message to a friend who I kept thinking I need to text…so I did it. And then Lo and behold they were at my workplace for a different reason…but we saw each other, quick hug and a imagine seeing you here and it must have been something special that made me reach out today. And then workplace wrote very lovely words about me later on Facebook. Today was my 90th service and I’m so lucky to do the job I do.

Went to the gathering afterwards ( I know the family) so that was nice and then nipped to M&S to return something which having checked the receipt this morning today was the last day to return it!! Then round to bank to pay in ye olde worldly work cheque!!

And home…I know doggy but I was working.

DD2 and The Baby came round. One had a shower and one had a bath in the sink! Bedtime stories.

Had pasta for tea…courtesy of M&S.

Walked them half way home.

Friend called.

And I am ready for bed!,

Admiral_Barbarossa

Would you Adam and Eve it!

BoP inn around too days on the trot!

Operation Checkpoint!

Seems I am inn Hospital moor then BoPsie the days! Goingto gets me aorta checked this morning. It a age thing!

Operation Gunners

Watched Arsenal on the ogle thing last evening. Cheese was taken. Note Wobbleade not drunked as I is on super tablet for the wound on me bum!

PM2DD I note the Gunners were Champs! Double day on Satday as the Mariners are on at Lunchtime and Gunners in the eve. BoPsie has special treat for her BoP!

That is all folks!

Buzby sends one to the parishioners! ❤️

DundeeDoll

but sadly BOP I'm in Sharjah working so no chance of seeing the footie. for yesterday (which seems a lifetime ago)

1. managed to get online meetings done at home and packing finished and lunch in the garden before
2. bus up to work for very good in person meeting then lift down to airport bus from lovely colleague
3. despite previous day's plane disruption our flight (22:00) was on time - when i got on my seat was playing the Arsenal match - thank you very much :-) - sent a piccie to DrM who assumed i must be in business class - no such luck
4. watched Tuner (very good) had a meal drank a G&T then put some music on and threw the blanket over my head - slept a little
5. got to the hotel looking forward to a shower and sleep - disaster, room not booked till 2pm. hotel staff lovely and managed to get our room ready while we had breakfast. room in the singular? so my colleague had to wait a little longer - there is a lot to be said for lying horizontal after a long flight in cattle class

mhagster

Just had to google ‘where is Sharjah?’

Down to CP this morning…having ascertained pool was definitely open…it was and managed to get a swim and a nice chatter then a mad dash as rain came on.

Walked doggy.

Came home at lunchtime. Walked round to DD2 in the rain and chatted to sister at the same time.

Went to TKMax with DD2 in her car then we came back to mine.

Baby cuddles , baby bath time and bedtime stories.

They went home and I came to bed.

Highdays

mhagster - your 90th service, what a fantastic achievement, you should be very, very proud as I'm sure you have given something of yourself to every single one.

It is an amazing job that you do and I, for one, am so grateful to you all. The celebrant who supported us through my dad's service (and also my mum's 10 months later) was a wonderful lady, full of compassion and empathy. She said something in my dad's service that soothed me so much and seemed to make a little bit of sense of our loss and hugely helped me through the loss of my mum so soon afterwards and my oldest friend soon after that.

It's a few years ago now but I have never forgotten her words or her heartfelt care for us as a family. You are a wonderful breed of people so a massive big thank you from me for the incredible job that you do x

ampersand

1. At last, at last! It's been some time since last post here. MrT's Theo has again fixed mse for &'s mob and this resumption comes live from The Alma on Quiz Night, now over . Always a lovely buzzy, busy atmosphere. Exciting lime for &, with Doblo to drive.....😄

2. Yesterday was the usual birthday lunch with oldest Northern hemisphere Uni friend, by the river, using &'s MrT vouchers, then off to Emmaüs for happy rummage rest of afternoon. A lovely day and everything gifty from Nexus proved perfect.🫶 Especially loved for its amazing-ness was a very large streaky greys+white candle exactly replicating the photo of a particular large Irish beach pebble, made there, near birthplace of Joyce, who friend researches and writes on, still! Quatre-vingts ans!!!! ...pas possible, nous avons déclarés!!!😁

3. Finally ate last ripe fig from tree today, but hundreds more are green walnut size, next crop in waiting.

4. A death, yes, but farewell will be a splendid celebration of 104 years of a splendid life, well Iived until last week. K loved Jammy Dodger biccies, cricket, rugby, his garden, the Fens, the ANZACS, pretended to loathe France and the French - so we disagreed happily 😀.  & showed him bits of her life there and resistance stories of friends, which he, a brave man himself, appreciated. 

5. 5 birthdays and a wedding in 10 days sorted after tomorrow. Phew! Everything very well received so far.,👌

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Matters other - sad loss for Carlitos.  & is no fan of Shelton, nor of the ignorant trumpanzee style US crowd.  Djokovic out 1st round was a bonus - LOATHE him, always have. But that Alcaraz wrist injury! Out for 5 months and he's recovering well. 💓
Next here Saturday to help my beloved ABs v. the bokke, who play THUGby, not rugby😡in Baltimore of all unlikely places, starting 22h UK time. Erasmus coaches them thus and laughs at what they get away with - eye gouging, head punches etc. Useless Angus Gardner as referee was no help.
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On verra......

Welcome back bop😀.

Over all things, & is aware that she has survived 3 years next week, thanks to Michael Parry, as already much written here, but it can never be enough.

All blessings to everyone reading here. This was yesterday's extraordinary sunset outside Town of Horse emporium, with that rising grey path-shaped cloud and on the left, a face! Perhaps it doesn't show well here, but 2 chaps and & watched it, 2 eyes, nose, mouth in dark grey. Lasted about 15 seconds. Forgive &'s usual useless photography😁, horrific for bop to see.😄

Admiral_Barbarossa

New from the Back Room!

Sharjah. That be an old place in the Gulf, bit too close to the Dire Straits. Was out their once years back!

Notes on the Day according to BoP!

Bin very busy with things for meet inn at the Docks. Natives were very restless, but kicked inn two shape. BoPsie has bin out to the emporium as we gets discount and every penny counts.

Luncheon Voucher

Wes had a chit for scran out and as it is Frydat wes shall. BoPsie and mes are off to the stakehouse for lunch! They has offer on Monday to Fryday!

Now I is eyeing the cricket. Bins pour this year!

Buzby sends grating to the needy 💙

DundeeDoll

day has been '38 feels like 47' 5 things to be grateful for

1. thank goodness for air con! 🥵
2. a decent breakfast (just as well as there didn't seem to be lunch today!!! and my host had gone off for prayers so no way of dropping heavy hints)
3. complementary Arabic coffee and dates from reception when we got back to the hotel - we could have walked to a nearby restaurant but it is too hot!
4. tunnocks - i had brought out several packets of Tunnocks caramel wafers for the students and i happened to have some in my bag - my colleague and i had 2 each for a late lunch 🤣
5. we asked when supper opened - 6:30pm - it's now 9pm - we are well fed, i have caught up with my colleague, gone through some urgent emails and now contemplating an early night. breakfast opens 6:30am just in case i can't wait till 7:30 😊car comes for us at 8:30

tomorrow's timetable has no space for lunch so will ensure we get well-stocked at breakfast and will wrap a couple of pain au chocolate for later!

mhagster

It’s almost dark at 8.15pm…have a couple of candles lit and I had the heating on for half an hour to finish drying off some washing ( my swim stuff so it’s dry for tomorrow)

Rubbish sleep. Was woken by a dog making ‘ I think I might be sick ‘noises. He wasn’t but I couldn’t get back to sleep.

So was glad when it was time to get up. Wrote a list of chores. Cleaned bathrooms. Hoovered downstairs and washed floors. Stripped spare room bedding.

Had intended going out about 10am and then DD2 asked if I could do something and I asked when and then she didn’t reply for ages ( she was busy with baby) and then said oh it’s okay…I may have inwardly growled. So I finished what I was doing! Waited for the washing machine to finish, hung out another load and headed to CP.

We had a lovely walk. I felt light of shoulder…if that makes sense…often I’m worrying about others / work stuff / have a few friends going through stuff at the moment but I just was in the moment and really enjoyed the walk. Found some cracking conkers! HUGE they were!

Got to the bottom of the drive where there are blackberries ! So picked a few as a reward for walking that far! ( the dog…not I 😆) and then we sauntered back up.

Met a swimming pal as I was driving up so had a nice chat with her.

And I went for a swim and the sun came out and it was just me and it was just a lovely swim. Only 19 swim days left. Had a very small lunch when I got back and then grabbed my wet stuff and off we went…back home.

Quick chat to sister.

And then walked round to DD2…and sat with a baby whilst she sorted out clothes that are already grown out of. Lots of smiles and stories.
And just chit chat with DD2.

And then DD1 called to say they were just about to board …the start of the long journey here. Can’t wait to see her.

We walked to supermarket and then I walked home, with a lovely bunch of RTC flowers and I had bought DD2 a bunch too. Hello doggy! Let’s get all this washing in and get the swim stuff out…so it had a blow for a couple of hours but was still a bit damp when I brought it in ( hence half an hour of heating)

Cooked some rice and reheated some leftover chilli for my tea.

Did the teeny tiniest ironing…I like pillowcases to be ironed and did my work clothes from the other day and that was it! If it can be folded it’s folded!

Hoovered upstairs. Remade spare bed. Need to move baby cot back into my room to give them room and clean the windows tomorrow and that should be it.

And I just feel I’ve had a nice day! No rushing about. Got a couple of deliveries with art work for my next project ( one of them…to keep me busy when I don’t have any work)

Waiting for friend to call when she’s free and then it will be bedtime!