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since having kids my idea of simple pleasures has changed:smt045. As I write this I am just out the shower (which I did not have to share with Libby)=D>, I was not woken at 6am by the sounds of my step daughter reading to Libby coming thru the baby monitor and 110 db:eek:. I did not have to get up at 7am to take my daughter to work:cool:. Libby is still snoring in her cot:p. Life is good.
My other pleasure is having peace to drink a cup of coffee while it is still hot :cool:
What other simple pleasures do people enjoy occassionally - it cant be a regular thing.
Sitting down in the lounge reading the paper when the family are all out, so peace and quiet. Don't get much of that, so appreciated when it does happen.
Paul the 6th
12-04-10, 08:57 AM
finally making it to the toilet after busting for a piddle for about 45 minutes... and yes, I'm that guy who shouts "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" :thumbsup:
dizzyblonde
12-04-10, 08:58 AM
quick quick KK, get the gear on and go play out ;-)
Jayneflakes
12-04-10, 09:18 AM
You know those times when one is alone in the house, everybody is away for several hours and it is just yourself, in peace and quiet. At those times for me it is time for some self love, a hot bath and a nice cup of hot chocolate and I then just sink into the water and enjoy a really good book. You can't get a better bit of self love than that.
It rejuvenates the spirit and when the family get home, Carol's friends come over or the neighbors get noisy, I know that I had that brief moment of gentle solitude with my book.
Currently reading "Matter" by Iain M Banks. :D
for me it is time for some self love
:smt112
being able to read part of a book or magazine without it being torn and screwed up
dizzyblonde
12-04-10, 09:51 AM
being able to read part of a book or magazine without it being torn and screwed up
lol, it was always soggy and chewed when Dylan was little. Seems I forgot about these sort of little things:p
sitting in the sun listening to nothing except birds or making shapes out of the clouds against a blue sky.
I also love listening to the summer rain at night.
sitting in the sun listening to nothing except birds or making shapes out of the clouds against a blue sky.
I also love listening to the summer rain at night.
Awwwww!
What about fuffy bunnies and squirrels?;)
Sorry, couldn't resist!
Awwwww!
What about fuffy bunnies and squirrels?;)
Sorry, couldn't resist!
Thats after i've played slalom courses with the wildlife!:smt077
but I'm really a nice girl at heart
Thats after i've played slalom courses with the wildlife!:smt077
but I'm really a nice girl at heart
I think you're just luring everybody into a false sense of security with talk of summer rain and cloud shapes...not worked out your evil motive yet...
I have no evil motive - they are the simple thing thats occupy my simple mind ( and the IT guy who's just walked past) Anyway - Derailing the thread.
Simple pleasures - please Philbo
A good nights sleep in my own bed without hearing the James Bond intro tune every ten minutes...
Speedy Claire
12-04-10, 12:11 PM
A relaxing hot bath after a long bike ride.... just to lie there and feel the aches and pains being soothed away
metalangel
12-04-10, 01:03 PM
An afternoon to myself... just beer and the Xbox.
Eating :(
I'm getting fat :(
dizzyblonde
12-04-10, 01:12 PM
Eating :(
I'm getting fat :(
mmmmmm I like this too, but I ate all the choccies in my quiet house, and now I have headache!
I don't get to see my little boy nearly as much as I want to, so having him curl up for a story and fall sleep on me is right up there. Then putting him to bed and popping down the road for a pint!!
Cheers
PS yes I leave him with someone responsible!
Just having a lay in and able to go back to sleep when I have woken up. If I wake in the morning that's it, game over. Time to get up. Very seldomly sleep in. I get up at 5.50 each morning for my 1hr 45minute commute to work. Get home at 6pm. Back to bed by 11pm. Body clock is always waking me up at the same time each morning. Once I am awake, that's it. I can't go back to sleep. But once in a blue moon, I have a morning where I have woken up and everything is still quiet, I roll over and go back to sleep.
Every time I hit 5000rpm on my Nelli and the induction roar comes through. Makes me giggle like a little schoolgirl. Every time!
When I don't have to go to work.
Going for a walk along the beach or in the woods with Mrs B and the dog. Even after too many years of marriage we can still talk for hours - neither of us listens to the other.
Only kidding with the last bit.
barwel1992
12-04-10, 02:39 PM
a nice greek island, in the pool getting burnt and drinking ;)
and a bed to my self is also bliss
metalangel
12-04-10, 03:46 PM
a nice greek island, in the pool getting burnt and drinking ;)
+1. I wasn't sure about going to Zakynthos until I was lying on an inflatable bed, drifting around the pool with a can of Mythos.
carternd
12-04-10, 04:59 PM
Pasties; beer; pasties and beer! Or cider if it's sunny...
Oo arr!
husky03
12-04-10, 05:12 PM
when the kids are all in bed safe and sound sleeping and i can let the dogs sneak into the living room and they lie at my feet-heaven.
And a dinner of Mince and potatoes when i'm fed up of the forgien crap
bald git
12-04-10, 05:13 PM
simple pleasures are cutting my toenails with a nice pair of snap on sidecutters and seeing how far the clippings go, bliss.
GeneticBubble
12-04-10, 05:47 PM
tensing my muscles in the mirror and relising that the gyms paying off :cool:
Waking up after a lie in and realising that I don't have to do anything or be anywhere by any time that day. Then walking downstairs and having a nice bacon butty whilst watching a day of motorsport. All whilst still just wearing boxers of course! :)
Doesn't happen often.
Bluepete
12-04-10, 06:00 PM
Secret kisses from Mrs BP when the kids aren't watching and going "Ewwwwww Dad!"
BBQ's in the garden, looking at the food growing in the plot, seeing the garlic plants poking out of the snow on the allotment in February.
My new Tiger 1050. THE bike I always wanted. It's even better than I imagined it, every time I start it, I get a real shiver down my spine. Riding it is a rush of noise and acceleration. Biss.
Many, many others,, then again, I'm a simple bloke.
Pete ;)
Specialone
12-04-10, 06:14 PM
Picking up a new magazine and sitting in the lounge in my trackie bottoms with a cup of rosie lee, telly off and nice and quiet.
Having a ride on my bike with no silly mistakes etc or not feeling like that was a close one.
Going to bed knowing i aint gotta get up and do anything next day, which doesnt happen often.
Pint of strongbow in the summer, standing outside the pub in the sunshine.
When i have done a job for a customer and i am as pleased with it as they are.
Running the eczema on my hands under hot water! The masochistic pleasure is sublime.
But I try not to do it often because it's really bad for me.
Bluepete
12-04-10, 06:17 PM
Pint of strongbow in the summer, standing outside the pub in the sunshine.
Oh yeah... That's the one.
Pete ;)
ChrisSV
12-04-10, 06:45 PM
being able to wake up at any time and know i dont have to go to work.Dont get me wrong i enjoy my job but its nice to not have to worry about what shift im on or what il have to do when im there. And goin for a wander in the warm sun and gettin hopelessly lost in the little town i grew up in :) i still dont know everywhere xD
Bluepete
12-04-10, 07:57 PM
Another one.
Standing in front of my half finished wood fired pizza oven which is drying out with a charcoal fire inside, hot, raw heat pouring out warming me up and a pint of good home brew in hand cooling me down.
Sunset glowing, kids asleep and happy to be going to school tomorrow.
Pete ;)
Biker Biggles
12-04-10, 08:05 PM
Sometimes I slip into a two decade time warp and have a cigar called Hamlet.
ceeshaw
12-04-10, 09:00 PM
Aaah... braking too late and dropping it into second as I roll up to the lights just so I can hear that sound!
A spontaneous kiss from either of the kids whilst cuddling on the couch...
The smell of dust and grass after working in the garden...
Crispy Roast Chicken skin...
Waking up in the morning, stretching out and my arms not hitting wood.
Being alive is ace
Waking up, knowing I can vegtabalise in my bed and on the couch all day :)
Cold pint of tennants, fag in hand and in a lovely warm sunny beer garden! :D
Cold pint of tennants, fag in hand and in a lovely warm sunny beer garden! :D
(a) you're sposed to have quit smoking, that was your New Year resolution...
(b) does it ever get warm and sunny in Aberdeen:confused:
knowing that I put a really good effort into a ride and pushed myself just a little more than usual and not being able to take the grin off my face for days!
Hitting a sweet golf shot - somtimes you hit one that would make a pro clap. Thing is I they can do it all the time and I can't!
Waking up in the night and feeling like you've had loads of sleep already, then looking at the clock and finding it's only 1am and you've still got another 6 hours sleep to go :)
Waking up in the night and feeling like you've had loads of sleep already, then looking at the clock and finding it's only 1am and you've still got another 6 hours sleep to go :)
Oh you're lucky. I'm very familiar with 2 - 5am. I usually wake up around 2ish, and then synapses start firing and that's it for 3 hours, no sleep.
My simple pleasure - washing my bike. Sounds lame but I rarely get time to do it.
Kate Moss
13-04-10, 12:07 PM
Driving home from work on Friday eve knowing Phil will be home.
Spending time in our new garden when the sun is out, feeding the fish and listening to the birds, so peaceful.
And finally a warm bath with a nice glass of wine!
Driving home from work on Friday eve knowing Phil will be home.
I didn't know you cared:cry:
Spending time with my sister (just me and her without husbands or children) happened once in the past year!
Sitting in a beer garden with my feet in the river at a pub by our old house
Any time where I haven't got something else on my mind, be that work, money, stuff happening in the family etc.
choking the chicken when everyone is out.. pure bliss
PoRk ChOp
13-04-10, 03:18 PM
choking the chicken when everyone is out.. pure bliss
pmsl :p
Bluepete
13-04-10, 03:22 PM
Visiting Mum and Dad back home in Herefordshire. First decent ride on the Tiger. WOW, what a machine!
I'm in love with it!
Pete ;)
choking the chicken when everyone is out.. pure bliss
LMAO +1:lol: :lol:
finally making it to the toilet after busting for a piddle for about 45 minutes... and yes, I'm that guy who shouts "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" :thumbsup:
Every 30 minutes for me, damn this kidney problem. My simple pleasure is having more than 20 minutes on the bike without needing to stop for a leak.
(a) you're sposed to have quit smoking, that was your New Year resolution...
(b) does it ever get warm and sunny in Aberdeen:confused:
Only had one today, so thats near enough quit!
Played footy after work, and then went for a run... Thats basically cancelled out all smoking :)
Yes it does, Sunday was amazing!
Yesterday was nice, so was today!
It happens, just not alot :(
dizzyblonde
13-04-10, 10:08 PM
Today my simple pleasure was sat in a really boring meeting, and being booted on the inside. It made me jump off the chair, then giggle to myself :-)
yesterdays simple pleasure - a single text saying thank you! Made my day!
Dicky Ticker
14-04-10, 09:08 AM
The two grandkids that have been staying with us GOING HOME and peace and tranquility returning to the house.---------please
barwel1992
14-04-10, 11:03 AM
yesterdays was finaly been able to get served alcohol where ever i go :D (yes it was my 18th)
carternd
14-04-10, 01:08 PM
yesterdays was finaly been able to get served alcohol where ever i go :D (yes it was my 18th)
Happy Birthday! The pleasure wears off after 5 years(ish!) so take advantage.
choking the chicken when everyone is out.. pure bliss
This is just so funny. I got this mental picture of you now, bibio:lol:
carternd
14-04-10, 01:20 PM
This is just so funny. I got this mental picture of you now, bibio:lol:
He's enjoying it too, the filthy get!
:laughat::thumbsup:
This is just so funny. I got this mental picture of you now, bibio:lol:
hahahaha. i've scared for life now Ed.
barwel1992
14-04-10, 06:18 PM
Happy Birthday! The pleasure wears off after 5 years(ish!) so take advantage.
cheers and lol :D
farting in a full lift, priceless. always gives me a giggle.
carternd
14-04-10, 07:21 PM
farting in a full lift, priceless. always gives me a giggle.
Loud and proud, or silent but violent? 8-[
has to be loud and proud.
but i always look in disgust at the person next to me.
sitting on the side of the canal in the sun for yesterday
today - a HUGE does of painkillers and a corset!
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