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Best Moment of the Day

NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
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I was remarking on the British thread in All Saints that the best moment of Sunday for me is very often when we sit down in the evening with a plate of roast dinner and a glass of wine, in the knowledge that there's no work tomorrow.

Last night I had another "best moment" - getting into bed with a good book, feeling slightly chilly but knowing I'd soon warm up and knowing that the responsibilities of the day were over for a few hours.

Share some of your simple "best moments."

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  • RockyRogerRockyRoger Shipmate
    Definitely Sunday Tiffin Time!
  • quetzalcoatlquetzalcoatl Shipmate
    A brilliant idea for a thread. Often at the weekend, when not much is happening, or holding a glass of wine, or starting a TV thriller, or getting in bed. I often comment on it to my wife, we're in heaven now.
  • PuzzlerPuzzler Shipmate
    It used to be Sunday evening, with a ham roll and a glass of wine, when all the day’s services were done.
    Mostly now it is when I finally get to bed. I don’t know why I don’t get there earlier.

    Some days ( not often enough), it is when I wake up at a civilised hour, having slept all night, feeling ready to tackle a new day ahead of me.
  • BoogieBoogie Heaven Host
    Gardening on a warm afternoon - heavenly!

    I love Sundays too. Church in the morning, pub for an hour early evening, followed by a roast tea. Brill!
  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host
    Friday night, knowing that the day off comes the following morning (and no school to organise people to) with the treat of a hot bath in the morning and a leisurely breakfast, including a boiled egg.
  • DiomedesDiomedes Shipmate
    Slightly different kind of moment here - it's Monday morning but only after I have swallowed some disgusting medicine. Then it's over and done for another week. Bliss!
  • MarthaMartha Shipmate
    Those days where you've had a list of jobs to do, have ticked off the last one, and can sit down with a good book and a glass of wine, feeling like you've done a good day's work.

    Also, the days where you don't have a list of jobs, and can linger over breakfast and coffee in your pajamas, in the delightful knowledge that you don't have to get dressed and dash off anywhere.
  • TelfordTelford Shipmate
    At the risk of being crude, these days I am very happy to have a nice effortless poo. I do have a fear of constipation.
  • DoublethinkDoublethink Admin, 8th Day Host
    [tangent]
    I saw a comedy gig on Saturday night, the headliner said we can tell we are getting old because we remember when you could go do a poo without a computer in your hand accessing all human knowledge.
    [/tangent]
  • Graven ImageGraven Image Shipmate
    Friday night soak tub bath with music, candles, and bubble bath. The rest of the week it is fast dash shower, but Friday it is long, warm, and slow relaxing.
  • HeavenlyannieHeavenlyannie Shipmate
    Early in the morning when I am the only one awake and have some peace and quiet to myself before the day ahead.
  • Baptist TrainfanBaptist Trainfan Shipmate
    Boogie wrote: »
    Gardening on a warm afternoon - heavenly!
    I'm afraid that, although I like gardens, gardening is to me simply a chore.

    There is something nice about waking up after a good night's sleep (I wish!), lying cosily in bed and knowing it's not quite time to get up ...

  • SparrowSparrow Shipmate
    Definitely getting into bed with three treats ahead of me: first a video chat with my part time partner, then a few chapters of my current book and then drifting off to sleep listening to a podcast.
  • SarasaSarasa All Saints Host
    When I was working it was Friday nights with pasta and pesto to eat and a nice bottle of red wine, and the thought I didn't have to get up early the next day. We still usually have the same meal on a Friday and I it still feels special.
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    We pretty much always have the same meal on a Saturday night - stir fry with a bottle of red - and to me that feels special too. Definitely one of the Best Moments of a Saturday!
  • Gamma GamalielGamma Gamaliel Shipmate
    I've been struggling a bit of late and need to count my blessings, I think. I sometimes 'enjoy' my prayer times but otherwise find them a chore.

    I don't find there are particular set times where I'll feel that all's well or all will be well and all will be well and all manner of thing will be well, but there are odd moments here and there.

    I am writing a fair bit of poetry though, but often about loss and grief I'm afraid.

    I do feel better if I can get out walking somewhere. That always helps.

  • Cheery GardenerCheery Gardener Shipmate
    Thinking of you GG and I think your method sound very good. If writing poetry helps with processing and reflecting, and it works for you, I'm glad.

    The best part of my day is when I've had a shower and put on clean jammies and am looking forward to my cozy bed after a dinner that I've not had to prepare. For us that's usually Sunday night because I talk to the aged aunt late Sunday afternoons and so the husband is on dinner duty.
  • ChastMastrChastMastr Shipmate
    Breakfast!
  • Gamma GamalielGamma Gamaliel Shipmate
    Cheery Gardener wrote: »
    Thinking of you GG and I think your method sound very good. If writing poetry helps with processing and reflecting, and it works for you, I'm glad.

    The best part of my day is when I've had a shower and put on clean jammies and am looking forward to my cozy bed after a dinner that I've not had to prepare. For us that's usually Sunday night because I talk to the aged aunt late Sunday afternoons and so the husband is on dinner duty.

    Thanks.

    Don't take this the wrong way, as it's a general point and applies to millions of people out there ... but my heart sank when I read, ' ... I've not had to prepare. For us ...

    'Us'.

    I am no longer a 'we', no longer an 'us'.

    That doesn't mean I resent you or anyone else for having a partner, for being an 'item', for not having to prepare all your meals yourself.

    I quite enjoy preparing meals, as it happens. So what I have to do is cultivate a sense of gratitude for those things I 'can' do and not those things I can't because of the way things have worked out.

    That takes effort and it can feel debilitating at times but what cannot be cured must be endured.
  • Baptist TrainfanBaptist Trainfan Shipmate
    ChastMastr wrote: »
    Breakfast!
    Especially after a swim.

  • TheOrganistTheOrganist Shipmate
    My current best moment? My morning walk with the twins, pushing their baby chariot and enjoying distinct feelings of deja vu.
  • The_RivThe_Riv Shipmate
    Right now, for me it's Saturday morning. Between my two jobs the other six days are work days with early, fast mornings Up & Out, so I really appreciate a slow Saturday morning (even if it also begins early), replete with very fresh coffee and some kind of cooked breakfast, often with music in the background.
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    TheOrganist wrote: »
    My current best moment? My morning walk with the twins, pushing their baby chariot and enjoying distinct feelings of deja vu.

    Oo, how lovely. I was wondering how you are all getting on.

    Best Moment so far today - meeting my usual Tuesday friends for lunch and it not being my turn to order and pay either for lunch or coffee refills, so I could sit at the table and wait for everything to arrive in front of me.
  • CaissaCaissa Shipmate
    Working at a university, I can't help thinking that age group might be suggesting after or during an activity which has not been mentioned above. ;^)
  • Gamma GamalielGamma Gamaliel Shipmate
    Well, we are no longer in that age group ... and I didn't get up to any of that when I was at university but became a Good Little Evangelical instead. Not that I regret that.
  • Gamma GamalielGamma Gamaliel Shipmate
    Here's something. It doesn't happen every single day of course but I like the moment of quiet anticipation when I open a new collection of poetry.

    Today it was Up Late by Nick Laird.

    I read the cover blurb, the contents, then start to read the poems. I get to know them, the poet, more about the world, about myself.

  • RockyRogerRockyRoger Shipmate
    Caissa wrote: »
    Working at a university, I can't help thinking that age group might be suggesting after or during an activity which has not been mentioned above. ;^)

    Are you referring to Snoogle Time?
    For us oldies, this would on be 'Best moment of the week' thread though.

    My best moment, or moments of the day, apart from Tiffin Time (see above) is feeding our two beloved cats.
  • mark_in_manchestermark_in_manchester Shipmate
    edited October 2024
    RockyRoger wrote: »
    > For us oldies, this would on be 'Best moment of the week' thread though.

    Now you're boasting :)

    For me - best moment of the day - just into bed, on my own, silent room, warming up, dark. Quiet, peace. I take the points upthread about loneliness, but sometimes family life is something to get away from.

    (I have not been up long, and now I want to go back to bed).
  • PuzzlerPuzzler Shipmate
    A good best moment this morning when I woke at 7, rather than 4.40.
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    Best Moment so far today - sitting down in the coffee shop with my Thursday friends and a large latte, having done my aerobics class.
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    Going to bed, lying down, and feeling my Legs gradually getting less Achy...

    @Telford - having a trouble-free *ahem* poo is always good, and a sign of reasonable health...
  • HedgehogHedgehog Shipmate
    ChastMastr wrote: »
    Breakfast!
    "When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?"

    "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?"

    "I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.

    Pooh nodded thoughtfully. "It's the same thing," he said.

    --fromWinnie-the-Pooh
  • RockyRogerRockyRoger Shipmate
    Hedgehog wrote: »
    ChastMastr wrote: »
    Breakfast!
    "When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?"

    "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?"

    "I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.

    Pooh nodded thoughtfully. "It's the same thing," he said.

    --fromWinnie-the-Pooh

    Ah, a trouble free Pooh.
  • mark_in_manchestermark_in_manchester Shipmate
    RockyRoger wrote: »
    Hedgehog wrote: »
    ChastMastr wrote: »
    Breakfast!
    "When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?"

    "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?"

    "I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.

    Pooh nodded thoughtfully. "It's the same thing," he said.

    --fromWinnie-the-Pooh

    Ah, a trouble free Pooh.

    :)
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    RockyRoger wrote: »
    Hedgehog wrote: »
    ChastMastr wrote: »
    Breakfast!
    "When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?"

    "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?"

    "I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.

    Pooh nodded thoughtfully. "It's the same thing," he said.

    --fromWinnie-the-Pooh

    Ah, a trouble free Pooh.

    :lol:

    Best Moment so far today and I don't think it will be knocked off the top spot - a video call with our daughter and granddaughter, who is one year old today. :heart:
  • North East QuineNorth East Quine Purgatory Host
    I love preparing vegetables, when I have several different ones to prepare - going from the texture of chopping an onion, to the firmness and bright orange of scraping a carrot, then the soft feel of quartering mushrooms, the squeaky feel and shiny brightness of a pepper. I like slicing into the sort of beetroot that has concentric circles, and again, the colour of a beetroot! I love the way that root veg can look so dull on the outside, but so brightly coloured when you slice into them. I love the oranges, the purples, the greens, the reds!

    It's an activity that is delightfully tactile, vividly colourful, and smells good!
  • Gamma GamalielGamma Gamaliel Shipmate
    Indeed.
  • Lamb ChoppedLamb Chopped Shipmate
    North East Quine wrote: »
    I love preparing vegetables, when I have several different ones to prepare - going from the texture of chopping an onion, to the firmness and bright orange of scraping a carrot, then the soft feel of quartering mushrooms, the squeaky feel and shiny brightness of a pepper. I like slicing into the sort of beetroot that has concentric circles, and again, the colour of a beetroot! I love the way that root veg can look so dull on the outside, but so brightly coloured when you slice into them. I love the oranges, the purples, the greens, the reds!

    It's an activity that is delightfully tactile, vividly colourful, and smells good!

    What an absolutely lovely description. I'm enjoying just reading it!
  • kingsfoldkingsfold Shipmate
    Lamb Chopped wrote: »
    North East Quine wrote: »
    I love preparing vegetables, when I have several different ones to prepare - going from the texture of chopping an onion, to the firmness and bright orange of scraping a carrot, then the soft feel of quartering mushrooms, the squeaky feel and shiny brightness of a pepper. I like slicing into the sort of beetroot that has concentric circles, and again, the colour of a beetroot! I love the way that root veg can look so dull on the outside, but so brightly coloured when you slice into them. I love the oranges, the purples, the greens, the reds!

    It's an activity that is delightfully tactile, vividly colourful, and smells good!

    What an absolutely lovely description. I'm enjoying just reading it!

    Me too, and I'm also wondering what you might be cooking that requires onions, carrots, mushrooms, peppers and beetroot!
  • SandemaniacSandemaniac Shipmate
    kingsfold wrote: »
    Lamb Chopped wrote: »
    North East Quine wrote: »
    I love preparing vegetables, when I have several different ones to prepare - going from the texture of chopping an onion, to the firmness and bright orange of scraping a carrot, then the soft feel of quartering mushrooms, the squeaky feel and shiny brightness of a pepper. I like slicing into the sort of beetroot that has concentric circles, and again, the colour of a beetroot! I love the way that root veg can look so dull on the outside, but so brightly coloured when you slice into them. I love the oranges, the purples, the greens, the reds!

    It's an activity that is delightfully tactile, vividly colourful, and smells good!

    What an absolutely lovely description. I'm enjoying just reading it!

    Me too, and I'm also wondering what you might be cooking that requires onions, carrots, mushrooms, peppers and beetroot!

    I'm not sure either but if I lived a bit closer I'd be round like a shot! I was going to make a cheeky remark about deep fried in batter, but tempura veg would be pretty damn tasty.
  • Lamb ChoppedLamb Chopped Shipmate
    Oooh. (Bar the beets.)
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    Onions, carrots, and mushrooms (along with a quantity of red WINE) sound just the things in which to casserole a Rabbit, or a couple of Pigeons...

    Alas! I like neither peppers nor beetroot, but I don't begrudge @North East Quine her delight at dealing so poetically with all these vegetables!
  • ClimacusClimacus Shipmate
    Thank you for sharing. Interesting how food features!

    Early morning when I take the dog for a walk. The birds are out (we have some raucous ones!), at times a light fog hovers over the fields, sometimes I see kangaroos (2 were boxing the other day!) and at the moment the (albeit introduced) jacarandas are out. Nature is lovely.
  • RockyRogerRockyRoger Shipmate
    two kangaroos boxing, eh? I presume you don't live in Norfolk where such a sight would be very rare indeed. Fortunately, on our convalescent walks (how nice to get out after the confines of a hospital ward!) around secluded church grounds we see not a few pesky wabbits, and dogs, big and small, fluffy and short-haired, romping around the village green. Once an Osprey on the pond. The trees, too, are splendid at this time of the year. Always a delight!
  • ClimacusClimacus Shipmate
    edited November 2024
    Sounds lovely. Glad you can get out after your hospital stay.

    I was in Europe in autumn once...most (I think) of our native trees are evergreens so seeing the colours of the leaves all around me was a delight. I've been to a few places here with a number of introduced deciduous trees in autumn which is nice.
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    One of the best moments today so far has been seeing a couple of pied wagtails bobbing about on the pavement when I was out for coffee this morning. They're some of my favourite birds and have a personal meaning for me.

    Whether they will be overtaken by the special Sunday evening moment of sitting down with a roast dinner and a glass of wine and no work tomorrow remains to be seen.
  • ClimacusClimacus Shipmate
    Enjoy!

    What a beautiful bird. We have willie wagtails down here which always bring me joy.
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    Lovely picture!

    It's really great to see you around here again @Climacus ! :smile:
  • ClimacusClimacus Shipmate
    Thank you. It is nice to be back and see you -- and others I remember -- too.
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