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5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3
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Hello. A much quieter day (yay!)
Up early and came downstairs and caught up on last nights telly.
May have dozed off on sofa! Had weird dreams
Wandered round to the mothers and hoovered, washed floors, dishes.. folded her laundry so it didn’t need ironed.
Was just starting to rain when I walked home and then once I was in it poured so I’m glad I missed that.
Mince and tattles for tea. Simple but tasty
Going to eat some Christmas maltesers! I know such decadence.
Have a nice evening0 -
The whole family here yesterday and it was just lovely.
Small boys opening presents and opening their baby brothers stocking for him, so sweet.
The Cathedral carol service this afternoon, particularly 'away in a manger' with children from the congregation going up to the choir and singing too.
Putting together and filling up the bird bath that is my Christmas present from the family.
Lighting the stove when we got home after the carol service, making a cup of tea, being home, warm and happy that Christmas had been good for all of us and we shall be getting back to life as normal tomorrow, god willing that is!0 -
Pleasures for today (Boxing Day)
1) Not a bad sleep.
2) Bigger son returned from his father's with various hair raising tales - my former in laws are quite strange. They had their Christmas dinner there at 11am today (?) and he was home just after midday! After 15 years of no presents/very unsuitable presents/smaller son's birthday being forgotten entirely, this year he gave them a jar of pickled onions to share. This is the best thing they have ever received from him. It's a large jar too!
3) Hens OK.
4) LO chicken in sandwiches for lunch.
5) Smaller son went to watch the football with his friend. Against Hereford today and we won 3-1.
6) I spent the football match time in Sainsburys (saves driving home and back out again) and had a cup of tea in the caf!. Then managed to somehow time my look around the shop with everything being discounted! All was 20p so I bought 2 x packs of 2 avocadoes, 2 x butternut squash pieces, 2 x packs of leeks, 3 x bags of potatoes, 2 x melon cubes and 1 x vine tomatoes for less than £2!
Then from the bakery trolley - 3 x twin packs of brioche buns, 1 x pack of crumpets, so 80p for those.
Pork medallions and stir fry pork cubes for (I think) 59p each. A pack of nice burgers for the same.
7) Bigger son went to games night with my brother and brother in law.
8) Got home from football/Sainsburys and used all the leeks to make leek and potato soup. Got 6 portions so some for lunch tomorrow and some for the freezer. Also roasted the butternut squash pieces and some sweet potato so will have to think what to do with that now.
And melted down chocolate coins (as they are unexciting chocolate) to use as a "fondue" for the 20p melon cubes!
9) Bigger son is moving away on the 5th Jan (to new job) so have started to put stuff away secretly for him. So far have got together hot chocolate, some of the Christmas chocolate, toothpaste and a book from the charity shelves in Sainsburys.
10) In bed with 1hwb now and will re-watch First Dates, as I fell asleep before the end yesterday.0 -
Exciting game bop but ended a draw and we’s dropped to the relegation zone :-(
1) bubble and squeak for breakfast with los yum yum
2) had a soak in the bath and read 2nd half of Jennings follows a clue. Laughed audibly several times
3) lunch was end of smoked salmon and lo veg
4) walked dogs then girls and i watched dvd seton all six episodes of good omens, loved it
5) turkey mayo and crisps sarnies while watching paddington2
So all in all a lazy dayMrsSD declutter medals 2023 🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐ 2025
25 for 25: 371 / 625
declutter: 173 / 2025
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Good Morning,
I can't believe it is Friday!
Yesterday
1. Emptied the wardrobe of dresses I no longer wear. (A change in job role make the styles obsolete). Put them straight onto Ebay and had 2 bids by bedtime :j.
2. Lunch was a selection of LO,s and buffet food.
3. Gavin and Stacey :rotfl:
4. Another roast dinner. This time with beef, and fewer vegetables. More Christmas pudding, (from last years F&M Christmas hamper bought on EBay).
5. An evening of the Chateau, Kirsties Handmade Christmas and The Tiger Who Came to Tea, while I knitted 4 dishcloths from T shirt yarn. Rock and roll.
Frith I made about 6 crocheted wreaths in the end. They are hanging on the garland going up the stairs. They just make me smile every time I pass them.
Have a lovey day0 -
Good rtc haul there Frith the pickled onions were pretty bizarre!
Boxing Day pleasures,
Using up cut bread at breakfast for eggy bread.
A pretty lazy day on the whole and the weather was foul but we did get a dog walk in so at least some fresh air.
Sore sinuses have meant not much indulgence in the wobbleades but did have a glass of wine in the evening.
Very much a use up kind of day, tea was cold ham with red cabbage followed by lemon roulade as that will go off far quicker than pud.
Watched and enjoyed Wurzel Gummidge, we like Mackenzie Crook’s writing from the Detectorists and he didn’t disappoint.0 -
Shambles back in clutching armfuls of pleasures, none of which I need to write thankyou letters for.
BoP - from what I can see your trainset is clearly on the map, just a fiend to wrap. Plus I think BoPsie might prefer it on the existing rails? Inspired by you, we have snorkers galore & relative peace on earth - are these connected?
balabooberlies - a hug is Wonderful!
mhagster - you're doing amazing things holding Christmas together, for your children, for the family (children & mother, neice, baby), for the memories. Plus oh my word the food! May you be allowed to collapse with Haggis & snooze a bit!
Frith - a lesser woman would be slumped in a corner crying & swigging from the bottle. You keep on going & still enjoy the good stuff. Huge respects & awe! A large jar of pickled onions. I shall teach this as a yardstick by which to measure other not-wholly-certain-about-this gifts! Cor, rtc winnings!
DundeeDoll - I will not covet your stocking, just had to sort my own. Noone on for a game of Mornington Crescent? Dash. Likewise Good Omens fans here.
house elf - love "Table Tetris"! Dishwasher essential if you're feeding 14 I'd have thought?!
LaineyT - Art hurrah but fluorescent green tennis balls rightly also special. Shall remind sons of eggy bread.
mrs motivated - a really good dinner is a wonderful thing.
VJsmum - hurrah for a family day (& Ulp that it can take years to retrieve)
MrsLurcherwalker - I'm crooning over "Small boys .. opening their baby brothers stocking for him" - it sounds absolutely glorious!
house elf - getting rid of obsolete wardrobe & have bids Already? Brilliant!
OS pleasures in the run up & tumble over these special days
A “cavalry anti-cribbing neck strap” suggested for my military equine tackle collection. Certainly military leatherwork, but uncertain if effective (better stable management earlier!) & anyway not quite fitting into my collection. Kindly suggestion!
New potential anti-epileptic med delivery mechanism made the news - Cambridge leading, but while needle into brain, external unit looks like lego block outside skull. Give them another 5 years...?
Sprouts have 4 times the vitamin c of oranges?! Will this make the lads more willing to eat them? (Doubt it!) [Untested - forgot to cook any. Research postponed.]
Etymology of reverbe uncertain, but amidst this time of silly amounts of money (both vast & puny), happy to retrieve a 5 pence piece to where it can be with likeminded & eventually grow. [Joined by a ten pence days later!]
Eaten first bite of halva for Months. Must try to find Even Smaller packets as while I can (just) share, I can’t stop!
Wonderful news! Cousin is bringing husband & dog home to live, having dwelt & worked in US. Much delight amongst family especially aunt/her mum, who seems to be staying alive (84 & climbing) with the curiosity.
My tree is up! The decorations were exhumed by two irate lads. It may be only me who cares but the decorations are meaningful to me & it doesn’t help that this may be our last family Christmas together. [Neighbour assures me they do come back, for food.]
A lovely natter with my father at dear-gods-o-clock led to a son stalking past making “quieten down” gestures - pointlessly, as m’father has not got his hearing aids in. I have to laugh - the man is in cheerful form despite having 70 cards to write (all well past what the mail will get through on time) whereas son’s expression of disapproval slithered off me.
Napped & rejoined family swathed in huge bathrobe. “Put on some clothes” “lots of clothes” “a burkha or something” came my beloved family’s cries....
First shortbread of Christmas!
Teenager declaring his social plans got through so far then “is that shortbread? I’ll take my boots off”. We are Honoured...
“You’re not doing stockings are you?” I’ve listened. They’re louts but this year the only stocking is mine. Containing all my new electronic cabling & memory & some Really Nice chocolate to remind them of the fun they opted out of.
Lovely lady at Asda assembled four pizzas to placate the individual unique souls who do love a nice pizza. One less meal to stress over & reliable leftovers...
I love delivering Christmas cards in person - you learn all sorts of things, like who the really good local physio is, & that the local tip is closed in winter on Tuesdays & Wednesdays.
Trying to stay supportive & not laughing aloud at idea of godfather putting curlers in his mother’s hair. Thinking more, it’s very touching - she’s not abandoned all vanity & he has the patience & dexterity to do exactly as he’s told.
Radio burbling carols, real ones sung by choirs. Remarkable how old so many of them are! Lovely to lie & digest to! The washing up too, eventually. [Done. Oh my aching back. Time for more music!]
Watching eldest play with windup toy soldier & happily regressing to the merry toddler I recall. (Whereas I gave myself one if those build-it-yourself complex fiddly things that do not go with a relaxing glass of something & the engineer says he’s into robotics not toys. A matter of price, I think, and possibly pride.)
In my next life, I want to come back as a Labrador. The ones I see are all cosseted, cherished & get the pick of warm comfortable spaces to slump.
Crooned good morning to son looking fetchingly Greek & managed not to roar with laughter as he snatched a bath towel into position. I’m his Mother for pete’s sake.
Chuckling over the monologue of the Battle of Hastings & hearing Stan Holloway giving it plenty. Someone’s watching some war program - I pick my own battles!
Aw, the boxing day light snack - toast & Nutella. I adore my sons’ delight in the simple pleasures.
While the planned sausage & leftover mash etc lunch has floundered on someone having eaten the sausages. The other sausages bring frozen utterly solid. Now the ingenuity kicks in!
Going through family photo archive putting names to faces & crooning at how young & beautiful various relatives were decades ago. (Especially in black & white! Honestly, whoever thought colour was a good idea?)
Health & strength & love & courage to all as have need. Alongside stamps for thankyou letters, reliable waterproofs for walks & working running hot water. I will try to post less more often!0 -
DfV back on form!
:heartpuls to the needy.
The cricket is as bad as the football! AVOID
BoPsie ahs bin swinging on the ablutions pull light switch and I has fixed it again. Quick off with the cover and sore ted. Keep string on to keep hold of the springs and cleaned. Now cleaned off the bath seal to get some more sealant inn too the gap.
Please do not copy the antics of BoP without knowing what yous doing!
Got the xmas challenge of the uni inn for the evening. BoPsie was off to a flyer early inn the weak! I has a flix as well!
We had homestyle chippy for lunch. Snake pies, marrowfat large peas, crinkle chips, and pan gravy. Proper chopped onion gravy as well! Nice and tasty and good for you! Dog burgers for tea home made as well with proper mature cheese and not that plastic sheet carp inn the farts food brasserie.
When you look at the reflection, don't point out to yourself the bad bits!0 -
A worky day! Not my usual day but just same again tomorrow and then I have 10 days off! I can do it !
Busy. Shorter hours however this meant I had less time to do stuff in. But I got stuff prepped for tomorrow s shift so hopefully a bit less manic than I was first thing.
Cleaned bathrooms and tidied kitchen before I went to work. And stripped my bed and I must remember this before I shamble up the stairs tonight.
Got a few things Rtc in supermarket after work...essentials like pink smarties for 25p and a very pretty tin of dog biscuits.
Just about to chat to friend on phone
Have a nice night:)0 -
Evening all...
Wow Mhags, 10 days off, just as I begin again.
Pleasures for yesterday
1. Boxing day - really that's pleasure 1 - 5, I love boxing day
2. Watched "It's a Wonderful Life" with DD - Wonderful
3. had a yummy bacon sandwich on Sourdough
4. Boxing Day food - gammon, mash, peas, salad and yet more sticky toffee
5. SiL and her children arrived with minimal drama.
Have a good night.I wanna be in the room where it happens0
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