What made you happy today?

weepweeps said:
I can’t wait to get that look and everyone will help me too. 🤣
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Be careful what you wish for, it can get a bit wearing at times. Especially on days when you are telling yourself you're very fit for your age and really don't look it and some boy scout comes rushing along to see you across the road. :))
 
Merab's Slave said:
Went to the tip this afternoon in between rain showers.
One lady saw I had an armful of bubble wrap and asked if she could have it. She was moving house and it would come in useful for wrapping plates. She went off happy.

Then the gentleman in a white van behind me came and offered to take the pile of flattened hay boxes out my car and to the right skip.

People are so kind.
Either that or I have developed the helpless old lady look to perfection :D
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😊 Have you thought of using Freegle/Freecycle to find a new home for packing you no longer need or other stuff? I quite often see people who are about to move home asking for packaging , and it's surprising what you can find a new home for if you offer it out there.
 
Siikibam said:
Thought I would start a nice thread. What made you happy today? I’ll go first!

My husband just rang me asking if I want some Karin Slaughter books that are going for 50p in their staff shop. I’m so happy that he remembers she is one of my favourite authors. I do love him 😁😍
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Today smiles were far and few between . I joined today because I lost one of my piggies late last night in a sad and dramatic fashion . I had questions . Lots of nice people answered me and one member told me that “ Pigs don’t measure life in terms of life span but in happy days lived “
Paraphrased . That but a melancholy smile on my face .
And I happened to rescue a dog in need this Friday , before my Autumn piggy got sick . I was sitting on the couch a bit ago , lost in thought and tears running down my face . Peanut was sitting next to me and I looked at her , she was looking thoughtfully at me . I said “ Sorry Peanut , it’s been a rough one . “ And she gently and purposely put her paw on my hand that was resting on my lap. I felt a brief moment of sunshine burst in my chest
 
Snowybunny said:
Today smiles were far and few between . I joined today because I lost one of my piggies late last night in a sad and dramatic fashion . I had questions . Lots of nice people answered me and one member told me that “ Pigs don’t measure life in terms of life span but in happy days lived “
Paraphrased . That but a melancholy smile on my face .
And I happened to rescue a dog in need this Friday , before my Autumn piggy got sick . I was sitting on the couch a bit ago , lost in thought and tears running down my face . Peanut was sitting next to me and I looked at her , she was looking thoughtfully at me . I said “ Sorry Peanut , it’s been a rough one . “ And she gently and purposely put her paw on my hand that was resting on my lap. I felt a brief moment of sunshine burst in my chest
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Animals just know what you need at the right time. Big hugs. :hug:
 
Son No 3 has got the Internship for a year that he had an interview for last week. He has had so many rejections that he almost gave up trying. Son No 1 encouraged him to carry on. Look where a bit of perseverance has got him. A year's employment. I am almost bursting with pride!
 
Betsy said:
Son No 3 has got the Internship for a year that he had an interview for last week. He has had so many rejections that he almost gave up trying. Son No 1 encouraged him to carry on. Look where a bit of perseverance has got him. A year's employment. I am almost bursting with pride!
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No wonder you’re so proud. It’s a tough job market so he’s done really well x
 
My walk made me smile today.
The weather is rubbish - cold and sleety - and I really didin't want to go.
But I am trying to be more active and make less excuses, so I put on insane amounts of clothes and went anyway.
And when I got outside it wasn't actually so bad after all.

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I have finally switched pharmacies. The old one was meant to order new meds for me today. Did they? Did they heck. Even admin at the GP surgery were like "...we did recommend you switch pharmacies you know."

So that's okay! My support worker is off right now. But she'd said something about switching to Cohens a couple of weeks back. There's 3 in Rochdale but I took a chance on it being this specific one she was talking about, and I called it right. They're now my nominated pharmacy, and why can I remember my NHS number off the top of my head? :)) Sometimes my memory *is*useful, lol.
 
We managed to clean the fish tank today. We only have 3 fishes left and we've decided not to get any more. It's getting tedious to maintain and clean the tank to be honest.

We have Pleco (hiding in the middle) that is around 15 years old more or less, Corydora (left side of the tank at the back corner) that's around 6-7 yrs old, and Loach (right side sucking on the glass) that's around the same age of Cory. We used to have loads of tiny fishes (danios, neon tetras, angelfish, barbs) in the past but we haven't got new ones for the past 6 years.

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I've got that goofy "I can't stop smiling" smile yes. Yes I do.

Comet and Blitzen were known for Comet being a daft twit. Every funny half hour, failed dominance mounting, everything, he managed to turn into a game. Blitzen usually went along with it, why not. Made for some very noisy entertainment. Bann and Camowen showed none of this at first, and that's okay. They still don't want me handling them but they are now happy to take food from me, pose for a photo if they can sit still long enough, easily bribed with hay of all things, AND

I can hear a funny half hour going on in the other room. So far they've mostly hidden in their beds but i've been giving them the occasional pieces of packing paper and I can hear the having fun wheeks and running and everything else. Popped my head in for a second, they're still at it. I'm loving it, I don't think there's a better sound to be had.
 
Caspy just made me laugh. His and Brillo's relationship is still a bit tense and I've not seen Caspy be his usual exuberant self since he moved in with Brillo. He just did a zoomie round the cage, stuck his head in Brillo's hidey and got rumbled at, did a big popcorn, another lap of the cage and dived into the empty hidey. So good to see his old crazy character coming back.
 
Bill & Ted said:
Aw lovely! I think it’s a little piggie going for a swim 😆 it’s my favourite mug, my granddaughters bought me it last year 😄
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I just looked down at the coffee I'm drinking to see what cup I was drinking from and it's the duck one from that series. That mug makes me smile as the crazy ducks remind me of the ones on the river outside the flats where I used to live.
 
I bought a tablet for reading books and comics and it has been absolutely life changing! I am reading so much more now. I like to read in bed, but I was never a fan of having to keep the light on or sit in a certain position to support the heavy books I read and the tablet helps a lot with those things. I also really love that it tells you how much time you have left in a certain chapter and other things like that. Would definitely recommend 👍
 
I'm 3.5 weeks post surgery and I decided to give baking a go again.

I baked the cakes last night and decorated them today to split the work up. Took me a while as I kept having to take breaks. Boy am I knackered! But I have a lovely cake to take to my first post-op outing - a Chinese takeaway to celebrate my friend's birthday.

Off for a lie down and probably a nap...

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CV26 said:
I'm 3.5 weeks post surgery and I decided to give baking a go again.

I baked the cakes last night and decorated them today to split the work up. Took me a while as I kept having to take breaks. Boy am I knackered! But I have a lovely cake to take to my first post-op outing - a Chinese takeaway to celebrate my friend's birthday.

Off for a lie down and probably a nap...

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Wow that looks so delicious! 😍 I love the marbling effect on the side! What is the flavor on the inside?
 
CV26 said:
I'm 3.5 weeks post surgery and I decided to give baking a go again.

I baked the cakes last night and decorated them today to split the work up. Took me a while as I kept having to take breaks. Boy am I knackered! But I have a lovely cake to take to my first post-op outing - a Chinese takeaway to celebrate my friend's birthday.

Off for a lie down and probably a nap...

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Yum. Looks amazing. Enjoy your nap and night out. Take care. ❤️
 
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