5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

DundeeDoll

goodness i'm tired, and it's only tuesday. for yesterday
1) new academic year started with principal's welcome of new students in the Caird Hall. I was in the academic procession. We also welcomed our new chancellor, Dame Jocelyn Burnell Bell :-)
2) introduced myself just before leaving the robing room. she failed her 11+ as did all the girls in her class - the girls' pass mark was set much higher than the boys' as it was felt grammar school was wasted on girls. i related how at 10, despite being top of the class in maths, the boys were taught pi but i wasn't as 'girls don't need to know about pi'. We both went on to read physics :-)
3) back to the medical school to meet this year's face to face students. 9 arrived (last year at this point it was zero!!! and we ended up with 3). really great welcome event.
4) then back to city campus to officially meet Jocelyn as a member of the E&D committee.
5) then off to great talk by asian transwoman who works for EY. we took her out to dinner so another early night that didn't happen!
and for today
1) work away day just down the road
2) which meant home before 6
3) 2 for tuesday
4) GBBO
5) and now in bed with QI

Olliebeak1951

My 5 Blessings for today:-

1. Reasonable night's sleep after a lousy one the night before .

2. Managed to do 2 loads of laundry before I noticed it was raining - so some on the airer and some folded for tomorrow - forecast is quite a good one, so fingers crossed that they're right.

3. Began the 'BIG furniture shufty' around the living room - fortunately OH and I are still speaking at the end of it ! Finally decided to get rid of tall lamp that hasn't worked for around 6mths. One of those 'mother/baby lamps' - top light stopped working ages ago, but didn't start again after buying a new halogen bulb. Reading light still worked, so I kept hold of it, but that failed 6mths ago and it's just been 'taking up unnecessary space' since then. It has now GONE out of the room and DS2 will take it to the tip for me!

4. Phone call from DS2 to see if I was 'in' - quick lunch-time visit from him and DGS2 (age 16) as they had a break from work. Lovely to see them both and spend 'an hour of banter' with them. I'll be starting to 'child-mind' DGS7 (age 2) again in a couple of wks - had a break while my leg has been healing.

5. Used up 2 HM Ready Meals (Beef & Veg Chilli) and HM Garlic Ciabattas from freezer with some Pasta for evening meal. Couple of GIANT chunks of Toblerone (from fridge) for dessert
:j !

6. Had a re-organise of DVD's and some old Videos this evening .................. why, oh why, can't I let go of some of the Vids? I suppose I'll hang onto them until the Video Player packs in :rotfl: !

7. Have taken some Liver out of freezer for tomorrow's evening meal - got cabbage to go with it .

8. Shopping List written out for tomorrow on my phone - make sure I don't leave it behind or lose it !

Frith

Pleasures for today (Tuesday)


1) Bigger son cooked us scrambled egg for breakfast.


2) He missed his bus for his first day at college so drove us there and I went round the charity shops while he worked out how long he would have to stay for. Bought one White Stuff top.


3) Bigger son had 4 hours between enrolling and doing some form filling this afternoon! So we went to M and S caf! to kill an hour or so.


4) Hens well and 4 eggs.


5) Almost up to date with the washing.


6) Postal vote came so filled that in and posted it off. Posted Ebay stuff as well.


7) Went to see my school friend for a cup of tea.


8) Watched Holby City.

Hopeless_Case

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

We're in lovely Gloucestershire and it's glorious! xxx.

It is indeed! So glad the move went well and you're settled in

Had another rough few days work wise, so it's good to think of the good things

- DD2 has got a free 6 month Netflix subscription with her phone deal which she's giving to us as they already have it where she lives - that's solved the dilemna of whether to subscribe for the next series of Stranger Things :j:j

- Enjoying the lovely autumn sun, and I've ordered some new seeds for winter/spring veg - so cheap on Ebay and 7p cashback and Nectar points too :rotfl:

- Not long til our holiday :j:j

- Felt ill an down yesterday and had a spending 'splurge' - this really *is* a good thing, as it was £14 altogether and included a junky but RTC lunch and 2 tops and a Mantaray dress from a charity shop which I needed anyway, so a controlled MSE-style splurge which didn't break the bank :rotfl::rotfl:

A rose and hellebore which I feared I'd lost in the drought are showing new leaves :j - I'd have dug them up in the past, but experience has taught me to hang on, they may not be quite dead yet :rotfl:

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Now as for Stroud, yous better off at the shambles because the Cheeseman is there Friday and Saturday! And it is near a decent nosh house, the Retreat. Decent nosh in there. The model shop is just a tad further up the street if you’re worried!

V Had snorker rolls for tea last night. Good for you, tonight is nasta pasta again. Now at the mill, I bought in the party rings, party rings not party seven! They were gone well before elevenses! Keeps the team sweet! Shovels are going smoothly in the boiler room!

4 BoPsie has unpacked and packed again. BoP tour coming live on Saturday morning! Eyes peeled. I am expecting DD to hit with the scores as we will be out of here till around 7 in the evening.

3 Waiting to hear from quack. He took enough blood yesterday to feed the …

PM2DD We won in the tin pot competition. We is on ours way to … GBBO Though. Oh dear!

Having one today. Screen at the mill in the boiler room has failed> No problem, we just carry on with our shovels! Windas Updated!

To make you better, but you …

ampersand

&'s been up much of night on phone to NZ, sorting out NZ Heritage membership renewal [covers National Trust and other world-wide entries, for about £30 p.a.], trace lost funeral plan monies[paid June], wish oldest schoolfriend HB, check on flights etc.for NZ summer....at which booking point, saw passport runs out midFeb! Eeek. Luckily, renewal can be done online, even inc. pic, so, will do that Fri, before an LP stalwart funeral and more tutoring.
Been busy, busy, busy and chaotic at times Spits worked rather decently last week - 7 paintings sold!
Randoms, as & should be sorting for Spits again right now. Will be after this - and compline tonight.
Thankyou Frith, for making &old lady aliveness known:-) As said before, posting from mob. used to work. No longer - and yet another email[no. 14 now] has gone unanswered/unacknowledged,
with & yet again asking WHY??? Love your little cinema - thankyou:-) Shd have added to C-don't get over-excited re:wotnot, small, token-y.
VERY belated Happy Birthdays too, to DD and vjm. Any others missed, & grovels.
PK - well done, amidst your sadness for little chap-shaped loss.
The move sounds so right and so you, mrslw, also re: fishies for HWK! -hope you treated yourself to Beauden's Beaut tryfest:-) Weren't we brilliant?)))))) We won't underestimate Argentina, either.
bop - have I understood aright? Lady bopsie's arm broken, just as you are about to set off again? See &osp3 - could have given you a little commission! Hope all goes really well again - and with Lord Raffles of Manor Born.
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1. Down to Courtauld on Saturday, before 'at l;east 2 years transformation work closure'. Then to Tate Millbank on Monday for Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War I. Used coach both times - better, cheaper than driving. Love my OAP Bus Pass, well-used, too. 2 stunning fine London days. 2 magnificent gallery/exhibition spaces, wonderfully curated. Total contrast between both, obviously, but both magnificent. Especially aware of walking with the ghost of Brian Sewell.... Grateful again to Vicky for heads-up on National Art Pass. Worthwhile over and over again. Vicky - trouble at Tigers, sacking O'Connor only one match in....

2. Hadn't received church rota change, so arrived early with biccies, milk, beverage stuff etc. Just as well, as scheduled person is declining fast and suddenly into extreme vague forgetfulness. 2-3 months speed of this has shocked everyone, so steps are being taken. Sad, but day saved in refreshment respect, if nothing else.

3. Just had extraordinary call from WA [qtrly auction next wk], phoned by NY Gallery owner with substantial offer on pair of & ptgs, beautiful little watercolours, dated 1875, looking pastel-y, Mediterranean, fresh. Loved them. Turns out they're Bahamian! Gallery owner[old Sherborne man, I read. Very interesting b-g.]
http://bermudacaribbeanart.com/about-nicholas-lusher
http://www.catalogue-host.co.uk/rowley/newmarket/2018-09-11/lot_827?image=2&prev_page=search%20results&prev_url=%2frowley%2fnewmarket%2f2018-09-11%2fsearch_results%3fpage%3d1%26text%3d1875
He will doubtless sell them for a few more thousand, but & is happy to accept offer and withdraw them from sale now. Out of the blue. Wonderful help. Est. was £100-150 - so glad R., who has liked them over some time, keeps asking how much they are, did not succumb to &'s modest sum. Had tried to research artist, but don't subscribe to specialist info.

4. Picking blackberries, still:-) Need to do more church marmalade, too. Bought more sugar yesterday. - and bathroom scales, for &, not preserves:-) Did the heart age thing, seen in grauniad - EVERYONE SHOULD:
https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/be-healthier/check-your-health/heart-age-test/
Lucky result-42!, altho' didn't have a cholesterol fig. Can't think that would be much though.

5. More out of the blue comms. 20 years' silence ending. Good.

6. The sense of knowing I'm surviving. As has Rafa, during tremendous, quality, character-laden, gargantuan marathon matches. Love Rafa. Loathe djok, who has had easy draw, simple, short victories....
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Blessings to all.

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Thanks for the info on the Cheeseman and 'the retreat' we shall find both when we visit, Dd1 has said please will we pick her up and bring her to the Stroud Farmers Market too, so we will be mob handed!

1) He Who Knows drove back to Hampshire this morning to fetch the trailer and got back here just after 1 o clock, good going!

2) I had a wander into the town and found a Royal Derby jug (tiny one I'll use for mint sauce) for 50p and a beautiful white Kaiser vase for £4, nice charity shops here.

3) Have hoed all the borders (sounds good but they're tiny) this morning and we are now a weed free zone.


4) Love having the high street so close, to be able to walk for what I need rather than have a 25 minute bus journey there and back again.


5) He Who Knows is currently hammering the concrete block that held the old whirligig washing line into submission, he will lay me a neck for the new one sometime soon and then I'll be able to line dry which I much prefer.

DundeeDoll

us too bop
1) 8am webinar was rather a waste of time but made notes (stops me going on email and losing focus!)
2) midday meeting emergency cover for friend - turned out to be a good deed instantly rewarded
3) then talked to colleague about potential phd project - turns out webinar was far from waste of time and actually gold dust - so glad i didn't lose focus!
4) dd1 is house sitting for another colleague and i had forgotten to hand key over. so she and mrpiano came picked me up from work
5) delicious supper - still eating left overs from birthday party. tonight was last of dahl with salad. nom nom.

mhagster

dd when I was at primary the girls went to sewing/knitting and the boys got to do drawing/design.

A beautiful day though now raining.

Much done in extension...I've been and stood in my laundry room.

Lovely dog walks. Spotted some fabulous looking blackberries but didn't have a bag. Will get them tomorrow. Have a big bag of frozen berries.

Very brief chat to DD1 and huge chat to niece.

Made pasta with chicken , peppers, onion, mushrooms,cream, Parmesan & the Parmesan rind for flavour . Was most yummy. Served on disposable plates. No sink!

Popped in to a friends with flowers & then went on to another friend who's daughter is leaving for uni this weekend. Bought her a voucher for emergency chocolate! My Dd1 friend went to same uni so had asked her where to get voucher for. Told her she was now officially old and wise. So had a nice evening there and she'd made us our favourite cake that she makes.

I'm supposed to have cleared bathroom but will do it in morning.

First met my dog boy four years ago today.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Wednesday pleasures

Overcast but didn’t rain & was still warm

DSis went out for a few hours :rotfl: - I know, I know not very nice but DH I got to enjoy each other’s company :T & I did bake her some choc chip biccies

DH has finished the snagging on the collapsible table he built for the shed - it is beautiful :T
He also strengthened the table herb bed he built for me - it doesn’t wobble now :T:rotfl: It is now in its final position as he also chopped down a couple of bushes that were in the way & had the pleasure of using his garden shredder :rotfl:

Squirrel antics :T

Saw the bat tonight, as well as the fox.

Used up all my los for tonight’s dinner + absolutely no food was binned or composted :T

DH & I ate DSis’s ood food with no ill effects 9 hours later:rotfl:

The 3 of us had a lovely long chat with our neighbours (Mr & Mrs T) & have an invite for a week Sunday to a dim sum eatery :T

Being sat out in the garden at 11:30 p.m. drinking coffee (admittedly wearing a fleece) and not being cold :T

Reading your posts

MrsSD