5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

Frith

That video is used in high school to teach the guitar, BoP! Know it well.

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Builders have finished work.

Son visited. He is going to Verona for weekend but doesn!!!8217;t know yet.

We are looking after guinea pigs. Lots of chirruping noises from kitchen.

Chat with best friend. We are 56 but don!!!8217;t think we!!!8217;ve changed much in 40 years.

Chosen hall wallpaper and daughter approves. Shock.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

OS PLEASURES for last few days,

1. Decisions are being reached re our return to London

2. More items sold - we are nearly at 1,000 :rotfl:

3. Gloriously sunny day today & very warm

4. Invited round to dinner with the new owners - drinks & nibbles outside & managed conversations in our stuttering French - then indoors for dinner. Their brother-in-law & sister-in-law were there so seven of us for dinner. Mario (the Bil) cooked a paella (taught to cook by his mother) - it was divine :drool: despite the fact that DSis & I are not lovers of paella :rotfl: we are now converts to home made paella (as well as seafood it had chunks of rabbit & chicken) My DH was in fine form & had the new female owner in stitches with his stories all in French :rotfl:
A four hour interlude with good food, riotous laughter & convivial companions. Plus a bonus - buying more bits & pieces so should reach the 1,000 mark :rotfl:

5. Watching the last episode of Touch & it had a happy ending :T

Goodnightone & all

MrsSD

Frith

Sitting in bed listening to the raspy breathing of a ridiculously drunk bigger son - after driving around for half an hour as he wasn't where he said he would be. :-/


Pleasures for today (Friday).


1) Not a bad sleep.


2) Hens well and we covered the pumpkins and courgettes (planted yesterday).


3) Took out more bricks from the base of the old porch and also the old step. Dropped them at the tip.


4) Bigger son made baked avocadoes with eggs in the hollow for lunch.


5) My brother came up to chainsaw some branches down so the septic tank emptying man can get to the septic tank next week. It's not on my land and incredibly overgrown.


6) Smaller son had quite a nice day at school. He's been talking to his specialist teacher as both their football teams will be in the same league next season.


7) Whilst driving round the countryside looking for bigger son, saw 2 deer - either roe or fallow.


8) In bed now and shall listen to the Now Show or News Quiz (whichever it is this week) in a minute.

house_elf

Good Morning,

Yesterday

1. This week has been a short working week, but difficult. Glad it is over. Nice reading everyone’s 5 OS Pleasures to help me concentrate on the good.

2. I find Fridays very frustrating. I take my gardening group to a lovely local garden where we have a veg plot. I should enjoy it, but I keep thinking about all the work back at school! I took all their folders with me to work on, but only finished one, as the group need so much supervision. Bought them all ice creams on the way back as they actually worked as a team this week!

3. Conversation with young man who is very Autistic, and did not talk to us when he first joined 6th form.........

J: What do you think of all the weight I’ve lost?
Me: You are wasting away J!
J: No. What do you think of all the weight I have lost?
Me: Wow, J you are looking really thin!
J: Thank you.

Will I never learn! No idioms! :rotfl:

3. Ed’s Diner for tea. 50% off food and DH had money on his app. DD’s friend joined us. Jolly time and yummy food. No cooking!

5. Escape to the Chateau DIY and bed.

Have a good cheesy Eurovision day

villagelife

Relaxing day but achieved loads.

1. Sorted out some craft stuff and took some of it to a charity shop. It should have created space but hasn't.

2. Caught the train into the local town to collect my second pair of glasses. Had a long conversation with the guard about staff travel. Made me pleased that DH joined British rail straight from school and worked for them long enough that he kept them when he was made redundant.

3. Enjoyed looking at the shops but didn't buy anything and paid money into the bank.

4. More weeding done in the garden. More planting can be done soon.

5. Enjoyed a glass of wine in the garden admiring the view listening to the birds.

DigForVictory

Morning all! Reading your pleasures & awed at your your industry.

Soldier Sahibs - riveting book & Ye gods the young chaps were a handful. I'm all for space exploration if it means future live wires can move on & make a living for themselves, although we need a diplomatic cadre too. (Special grin for the Pathan observation that the first Englishman comes alone, the next pair make a map, and then they come with an army, so it makes sense to kill the first one...)

If any son complains of having no trousers, he is on for one Very Old Fashioned Look. As, high on endorphins, I helped sort every garment from two rooms. I am several pairs of My Socks the better, the handkerchief pile will be a good 6" taller once washed & there are enough trousers to open a branch of Go Outdoors. The son with a penchant for heavy metal shirts has been reunited with no less than five such & is still hefting trugs of clothing unspecified in further hope.

My mystery berry cuttings are thriving along with gooseberries & tayberries but the rest? Not so clearly. The bay cuttings look to be gradually dying but I can't tell how the still attached just pegged down pair are. The borage has come on from seed so well it's been potted on into the garden & I now have hopes for Wimbledon.

Listening to Badminton horse trials - some of the cross country fences look utterly hairraising. Lovely to see the ears forward as the horses pack the miles in. (My chaps have scattered - they're not interested.)

Wombat playing I spy hung to D - and crowed when we didn't get daffodils. That they were dandelions - "I was wrong." Well, just a bit. I would paper his bedroom with Keble Martin, but I think without interest it's wasted effort. An I Spy of edible plants now, that would get and hold his attention!

Sitting in the shade in the evening with a brew & a book, listening to the chirps & flutterings in the hedge beside me. As son wanders past me, tired & grubby but having earned real money & glowing under the grime. The pride does not wash off...

Trying to identify a finch - Victorian approach (kill it first, identify it later) crossed off but grinned at the QI turtle too delicious to survive the journey home.... Definitely a design flaw.

Sudden doubt as to health - declined a choice of two bars of chocolate on the grounds that "youngest will enjoy them so much more than I will".

Startled by a Blade Runner origami unicorn perched on a pile of books. Seems youngest intersperses revision with paper folding, but uses large pieces of paper.

Seedlings herded out of windowsill safety & out under a blue sky. Parsleys, sage, thymes, dill & borage. I'm told the crawling things don't attack the big pots. I'll watch with interest!

Cries of delight "oooh sunshine!" from family & colleagues & yes, all this light is lovely. I am biting back "oh gods the heat" - I am built for draughts, rain & layers of wool, not frolicking around in a well cut handkerchief... (An Autumn baby, I learned to love wool young.)

It would appear son with earnings is beginning to appreciate the value of money! Hurrah - the lads have not previously twigged that "the sweat of my brow" is a thing rather than a saying....

Son had very bad exam so stew & dumplings served (regardless of the weather!) as comfort food.

Unexpected combination - Offical white stick & beautifully drawn on eyebrows. All I can presume is the lady has a *splendidly* trained support team.

Some days I am clearly not safe out alone. The guy who minds my car reminded me to do my fleece up as although it's Thursday, it's chilly. Is this what having a brother is like?

If it now rains for 40 days & 40 nights, blame me. I took Martin's advice, shopped for sunscreen in pound shops & have equipped my chaps. All I forgot was a stout umbrella....

Frank Gardener (BBC Security Correspondent) on the British government, Iraq & "a right Horlicks". It's not a subject to laugh about but who else could use Horlicks thus, other than the British?!

Aw. Scouts, shelters & string! Much fun had & my lot were canny enough to drag pallets in to avoid sleeping on the ground.. (Proud assistant leader!)

Can you have inner city Cow Parsley? It looks familiar but a bit short. (This from me, ahem.)

The first brew of the day, in the quiet coolth before general awakenings, with a breeze whispering birds chirping and the cup cradled in two hands.


The thudding indicates I must go & do the mummy thing & wake sweetly sleeping children. Seems wrong but there you go. Happy weekend!

LaineyT

Some recent pleasures,

Way back on 25/12/17 I opened a mysterious envelope from grinning hollow legged ones and inside were tickets for Windor Horse Show, what splendid and intuitive chaps they are. Capt S then also excelled himself in obtaining tickets for the preceding day and booked a hotel so after dropping small dog with very kind pal on Thursday morning we set off.

Pony club mounted games, totally fearless youngsters with speedy, turn on a spot ponies, doing crazy things with flags and balloons.

The Household Cavalry’s Musical ride, such gleaming perfection and I defy anyone not to be moved by the patriotic finale.

Dressage, Charlotte and Carl were competing, need I say more and equine girlie should be afraid, very afraid.

Show classes, we thoroughly enjoyed the amateur cob especially the lady riding judge who quickly and efficiently put 20 horses through their paces. Her Majesty’s Fell won the class and she was there to see it, saw a very tiny Prince Phillip driving his car through the show and, best of all for me, Nick Skelton was munching on his seafood at the table next to ours :j

Not forgetting one of my favourite pastimes people watching, serious money obviously abounded, many labels and bling on show but real money is quiet not brash, just elegant and stylish.

ampersand

Have just cranked up bop's music box. It worked on and off. Did & detect antipodean accent or so?
Nowhere near spookymen's chorale class, bop. Re: re-boot. Done, over and over. It's just the ever-worsening muckness of here. Remember, it affects mains radio , landline and mob., too - everything. Just spent 40 mins fetching back water, then hot water. Garden reboot also resumed.
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1. Trailer on, trailed to town of horse saddler for new tarp. talk. Had sent pics, left old cover, talked wirth Josh over a week agp, but no noise since. All sortakinda re-sorted yday, so new green cover[hgv quality] some millennium soon, c.£100. Lots of livery/riding out small ads inside, Lainey:-)

2. Dozen of us in town of horse Bank yday, waiting for lovely S. We talk ruggers, away times, savings, and he is a cracking all-round goodfella. Hard-worked for banking done, felt good. Tfr'd some for interest. £s re-build against replacement Meriva happening nicely, dg.

3. Tutoring at 17h, strictly kept to planned time[nearly]. £20 for 3 children/&'s +>50km petrol[up 2p per litre yday]/prep. and books bought/given....yes, it's ridiculously little, but all 3 children are so keen, their parents also. Already over a year since papa spoke to & in Waitrose and asked if it might be possible. Who knows why? He'd heard & speak - that was all. SATs begin Monday for middle child. All 3 worked on comprehension, grammar, spelling, reading, maths[in which they are all gifted.] Lifted the lid on dictionary skills last night, speed, ease of use, branching knowledge - excitement! Language opens! We make progress. & is strict. Family is v.appreciative.
So & continues.

4. Back at &squat heard very exciting last bits of glawster blues:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/may/11/cardiff-blues-gloucester-european-challenge-cup-final-match-report. Gareth Anscombe is a kiwi, of course:-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Anscombe
Amazing match! Now, Racing 92 or Leinster today. Will be in Alma to find out.

5. Bkd 3days at Medway YH for proximity Lullingstone as post-passim, straight after rtn from France -
https://www.lullingstonecastle.co.uk/events/. Looking forward to this.
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Right, need to unload Spits-laden car, prep. for little Tues pm auction, check on mthly one and qtrly one for next month. Euros to sort. Wallet found with useful spend leftovers from France and Denmark.
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Big rain forecast by tonight. Will & bring today's 6a.m. laundry in before heading>The Alma?
Great weekends to all, including Elder, Wiser Son of Frith. Hope his new College course is everything he needs and can be fired up by. Good news re: girls, inc. Barbara. Pruned silver birch overhangs early, so postie can get by. Laid the bits down in hope of stopping constant unburied cat poo.
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This new format /look mse just doesn't work here. Very hard to type anything, see it. Want old turquoise back. Still can't get any response from mse towers as to why & is shut out of mob. access. That DID work until recently.

VJsmum

DforV - i am a winter baby (Dec 18th) but absolutely detest the cold...

Pleasures for yesterday

1. A day off from gadding - and work in general, although that was accidental.
2. Walked to get the car, which had passed its MOT :T
3. coffee with friend - good to catch up. Her DD (and mine) came along so we all had a good chinwag. Was :rotfl: at her DD who was complaining about their forthcoming holiday in Sri Lanka, because she couldn't take the luggage that she wanted to....
4. Roasted a chicken for tea - first roast I've cooked in many a while
5. DS's exam went OK, as far as I can gather "I think i've managed to get the 16% i need, Bab"..

Have a good day all - Eurovision tonight... :j:T (Though what it will be like sober is another matter)