What made you happy today?

Ruth1 said:
I looked for a green ‘barf’ emoji but there is none! 🤢. Oh wait! Found it!
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The perils of not seeing a poop stuck to the inside of a bed. You don't notice it before putting their stuff through the wash until you're taking it out afterwards. For a while I was missing one or two every wash and that's with double and triple checking every time I did it. Sometimes you get unlucky 🤷‍♂️
 
I've been considering going back to school, the idea of becoming an exotics veterinary nurse is getting more and more appealing. It probably won't be this year, but today I have found a college less than an hour away that does veterinary nursing courses, my previous qualifications mean I can jump straight in at degree level which is exciting!
And with the safari park nearby, who knows, one day maybe I will be able to work with large exotics in some capacity like I previously wanted.
 
Eriathwen said:
I've been considering going back to school, the idea of becoming an exotics veterinary nurse is getting more and more appealing. It probably won't be this year, but today I have found a college less than an hour away that does veterinary nursing courses, my previous qualifications mean I can jump straight in at degree level which is exciting!
And with the safari park nearby, who knows, one day maybe I will be able to work with large exotics in some capacity like I previously wanted.
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Go for it! What’s the next tiny step forward?
 
Ruth1 said:
Go for it! What’s the next tiny step forward?
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Honestly, I'm not sure. Probably getting mum's finances sorted to ensure she can cover the mortgage just in case, as I currently care for her and pay the mortgage. Plus it would probably benefit me to learn to drive 😅 how I've made it to my 30s without learning is beyond me, but I should probably bite the bullet and just do it.
 
A regular client turned up a week early for their appointment this morning. Right time. Just 7 days early. Fortunately I had no one else in this morning so was able to slot them in for a treatment. We had a right laugh about it. But it brought home to me how lucky I am to work from home and enjoy what I’m doing.
 
VickiA said:
A regular client turned up a week early for their appointment this morning. Right time. Just 7 days early. Fortunately I had no one else in this morning so was able to slot them in for a treatment. We had a right laugh about it. But it brought home to me how lucky I am to work from home and enjoy what I’m doing.
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This would genuinely be me. I'm kind of glad there's another someone out there doing it too!
 
Eriathwen said:
Honestly, I'm not sure. Probably getting mum's finances sorted to ensure she can cover the mortgage just in case, as I currently care for her and pay the mortgage. Plus it would probably benefit me to learn to drive 😅 how I've made it to my 30s without learning is beyond me, but I should probably bite the bullet and just do it.
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Super! Then that’s the first stepping stones! I wish you well xx
 
I felt a draft. I wondered why I could feel a draft. I suddenly realised, the pigs room window's open! It'll be freezing up there and here I am sat with my headphones in unable to hear their cries of protest! I swore, ripped out the headphones, ran upstairs with overladen pockets, ran into their room begging forgiveness and switched the light on.

The room temp is 21.1C and they were both sitting in their haypile looking at me like I'd lost the plot. :)) I haven't run that fast in a long time!
 
Eriathwen said:
I've been considering going back to school, the idea of becoming an exotics veterinary nurse is getting more and more appealing. It probably won't be this year, but today I have found a college less than an hour away that does veterinary nursing courses, my previous qualifications mean I can jump straight in at degree level which is exciting!
And with the safari park nearby, who knows, one day maybe I will be able to work with large exotics in some capacity like I previously wanted.
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Brilliant news. 🎉🎉🎉
Go for it.
 
More of a what’s made you smile today - my iPad has decided that it’s going to offer me suggestions for the words it thinks I mean in German.
It has also been doing some autocorrecting into German as well.

I have no idea why it’s little electronic brain has made this random decision for me.
It will be interesting to see what language it decides on for tomorrow :D
 
I’m absolutely in my glory at the birds in my garden (well shared garden) atm! :love: I’ve got my regulars, blue, coal and great tits, blackbirds, magpies and pigeons that I’ve fed for years. The occasional squirrel, robin and crow. But as my cat hoarder next door neighbour moved out at the beginning of the year the other birds are definitely aware now!:yahoo:
I’ve got blackbirds nesting in the bush in front of me (for the first time in over a decade!), mummy is a good friend of mine! :luv: I’ve had finches, wrens, jackdaws, loads of sparrows and even nearly had a heart attack twice at a treecreeper! :yikes::wub: I’ve had juvenile blackbirds eating the berries 5 feet in front of my bedroom window not bothered by me in the slightest, love how they all recognise me from feeling them! :love:

But I’ve been overtaken by juvenile starlings the last week! Living in my crab apple trees (which are covered in my feeders!), the parents descend and it’s even louder! I’m getting through sooo much food but I love it! Not much of a view but this is a quiet day, who needs an alarm!
 
RedLoredAmazon said:
Forgot I had bought a treat weeks ago and hid it too well. Found it today and have been enjoying freeze dried raspberries dipped in dark chocolate. Yum! :drool:
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I found an (unopened) bag of Haribo sour cherries one day that I'd forgotten about and were still in date. Best present ever lol.
 
@Betsy i asked the same (jokingly of course). They were just because 😍

@Eriathwen you should write down the steps you need to take in order to start your course. Put them in some kind of order of importance. Good luck though, exciting times ahead!

Today we went to an arena. It brought back some really happy memories of when I was in secondary school. We used to go to this arena for sports day. I was the captain of our house 3-4 times. I set the record for hurdles (though it was soon broken). But I remember the last time I did hurdles - I took a tumble and never did them again.

Made me smile and want to get back into running again. I should have been brave and seen if I could run 800m!
 
Built Timmy and Freddie a stand for their C&C cage out of the spare grids I used for a bonding pen/play pen 2 days ago. They are so much happier off the ground. I've just watched them both popcorn round the cage. They have a lot more natural light now they are off the floor. An added bonus is the amount of storage underneath. I've managed to put all the piggie stuff from the kitchen under the cage and freed up 2 cupboards. Instead of having a half width row of grids to strengthen it underneath like the commercial ones I've put 3 rows of 2 grids from back to front so I can double up the number of storage cubes. I've put stuff I don't want very often in the back.
 
The goblins make every day brighter, really. I'm pretty sure Bann's growing more hair on his nose (that...that's not a thing, right? Skinnies don't grow more fur?), and I went in to put the snugglesafes in their cage last night. I heard a squeak behind me so I put them on the bed and turned round to see Camowen on his back legs, begging at the bars with his nose shoved through them as much as is possible.

There's something about animals being so happy to see you that everyone needs, sometimes.
 
piggieminder said:
Built Timmy and Freddie a stand for their C&C cage out of the spare grids I used for a bonding pen/play pen 2 days ago. They are so much happier off the ground. I've just watched them both popcorn round the cage. They have a lot more natural light now they are off the floor. An added bonus is the amount of storage underneath. I've managed to put all the piggie stuff from the kitchen under the cage and freed up 2 cupboards. Instead of having a half width row of grids to strengthen it underneath like the commercial ones I've put 3 rows of 2 grids from back to front so I can double up the number of storage cubes. I've put stuff I don't want very often in the back.
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Ooh I’ve been thinking about this for Jasper and Cleo (so I can shove some pig stuff out the way a bit that’s taking over too!), hope they like it! :D:love:
 
Just had a lovely pub lunch then afternoon out seeing the Rocky Horror Show matinee with my daughter!
The Rocky Horror Show was one of my late Mum's favourite things and my daughter had never heard of it til after her Gran passed away... but she booked tickets for us (and we took her Gran's ashes which go everywhere in her handbag!) so we had a lovely pub lunch then danced the Timewarp at the Empire Theatre, great fun :)
 
I was cleaning Percy’s grease gland with coconut oil today and my 87 year old mother in law came over. She couldn’t believe the size of Percy’s 🍒. Her face was a picture. Absolutely hilarious. Her words “Oh my dear god. I never knew they would be so big” 🤣.

Percy said thank you very much. 😊
 
Yesterday we a last after many hurdles (mainly illness and lockdowns) had a trip to see my family in Cornwall. I'd not seen one of my daughters and SIL for 3 years and my son and DIL and grandchildren only once in that time at the end of the lockdowns. It was so lovely to be able to see them and catch up. A very long tiring day made more difficult by 2 road closures and cross country diversions and an accident on the M5 but so worth it. My son and family moved house between the 2 lockdowns, it's good to have corrected the image of where they are in my head! I knew the new house, I had watched it being built when I lived in the village 15 years ago but had never been inside.
Today we received a parcel from the very kind @alpacasqueak of dried grasses and forage. So many lovely nibbles the boys are going to enjoy sampling some new tastes I'm sure. I shall be busy making notes over the next few weeks of what was most popular so I know what to buy.
 
piggieminder said:
Today we received a parcel from the very kind @alpacasqueak of dried grasses and forage. So many lovely nibbles the boys are going to enjoy sampling some new tastes I'm sure. I shall be busy making notes over the next few weeks of what was most popular so I know what to buy.
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So pleased it arrived! Really hope the lovely boys enjoy it (especially Timmy and Freddie to fatten those little bums up!) :D
Thanks again for our lovely bed!

Me and @piggieminder are so bad at accepting gifts we did a trade! :):))
 
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