What made you happy today?

Siikibam said:
I wonder if there’s such a thing. By the way what’s the difference between a marrow and courgette? Is a marrow more like pumpkin?
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No, marrow is like a big courgette but has a different looking skin and is meant to get big. Courgettes are like a small variety of marrow really, or very close cousin. You have to hollow out the inside of marrow and remove the seeds before cooking and eating. You didn't used to get courgettes in the UK. They arrived on the seen in the 70s which is just as well as they are a lot more tasty
 
I stuffed a marrow once and it was grim. It didn't help that it's very hard to tell when they're cooked if you're baking them in the oven. I kept poking it and it was rock hard every time. I cooked it all the way through the Archers Omnibus and beyond... eventually it went from 'too hard' to 'collapsed' in the space of 10 minutes and I still don't know what I did wrong!
 
Betsy said:
You're so lucky you get on with your brother. I can't think of anything worse than my brother coming to stay for the weekend!
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I'm jealous of people who have good sibling relationship. I have no meaninful relationship with brother and currently don't want one.

Baby plant (2021) has 47 leaves now. Twin plants (2022) are fast approaching double digits of leaves.
The plant (1987) has new leaves and looking well.
 
Merab's Slave said:
We went into Liverpool on the ferry today and had a lovely time.
Everyone chilling out now before we go out to a Tapas restaurant for a meal later

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And yes - they did play Ferry Cross the Mersey. The Liverpool ferry terminal is called the Gerry Marsden Terminal 😊
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Love the Mersey ferry. We used to sometimes go across when I was very little
 
My brother and his family went home this morning after a wonderful weekend together.
We hadn’t seen them in 3 years.
We we’re able to do a Whatsapp video call with our sister in New Zealand before they left which was a perfect ending to the weekend.
Laundry drying and house tidied so time to chill now.
 
anyar.dris said:
We are currently on our way home from the rescue. We just adopted an 8 week old sow to join my current monsters, Vegas and Bryce. Will post photos soon when she settles. :yahoo: 😊
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Congratulations! Can’t wait to meet her.
 
Today I sang in public for the first time in twenty years. Okay, it was super quiet, part of a baby class, and hidden amongst a room full of much more confident singers, but it was a big deal for my anxious, self-conscious soul.

Sorry for the little brag, but I am proud of myself - and my son loved it! 😊
 
poggle said:
Today I sang in public for the first time in twenty years. Okay, it was super quiet, part of a baby class, and hidden amongst a room full of much more confident singers, but it was a big deal for my anxious, self-conscious soul.

Sorry for the little brag, but I am proud of myself - and my son loved it! 😊
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Well done 👏
 
poggle said:
Today I sang in public for the first time in twenty years. Okay, it was super quiet, part of a baby class, and hidden amongst a room full of much more confident singers, but it was a big deal for my anxious, self-conscious soul.

Sorry for the little brag, but I am proud of myself - and my son loved it! 😊
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I never sing in public either but since having my daughter I have sung so much more around people. Kind of figure that it's her opinion that matters and I need to model the confidence I want her to have. Well done, it's not easy to do at all
 
Merab's Slave said:
Well done 👏
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Thank you 😊

Lady Kelly said:
I never sing in public either but since having my daughter I have sung so much more around people. Kind of figure that it's her opinion that matters and I need to model the confidence I want her to have. Well done, it's not easy to do at all
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Thank you, you're so right about modelling confidence. Motherhood has got me thinking a lot about what I want him to learn from me.

I've decided to sign us up for a full term of music and sensory classes, a bit scary but it'll be good practice 😅
 
poggle said:
Thank you 😊



Thank you, you're so right about modelling confidence. Motherhood has got me thinking a lot about what I want him to learn from me.

I've decided to sign us up for a full term of music and sensory classes, a bit scary but it'll be good practice 😅
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You have to make the most of it while you can. We did a few baby sensory classes and did courses of baby sign and a local story telling class. She was born in the first week of the first pandemic lockdown though so it was pure desperation by the time we could actually go out somewhere 😂
 
I actually lead the singing in a baby singing group and I can tell you that although they're apparently all born with perfect pitch they tend not to criticise until they get to the teenage years 🤣 In 19 years I've only ever had one lady who was so terrifically out of tune that it threw me off (and she was such a lovely girl, but I used to have to sit on the other side of the circle to concentrate) It's actually when you get a really good, properly trained singer that it causes more problems because you just end up listening to them and forget to carry the tune! Most people just have a go and hit most of the notes and that'll do nicely :tu:
 
Lady Kelly said:
You have to make the most of it while you can. We did a few baby sensory classes and did courses of baby sign and a local story telling class. She was born in the first week of the first pandemic lockdown though so it was pure desperation by the time we could actually go out somewhere 😂
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I have great respect for those who had babies during the pandemic proper - we lived three hours away from our families until the boy was 10w old and that was hard enough, and we could still see people sometimes! I'm glad it sounds like you managed to get to some good classes 🙂

Free Ranger said:
I actually lead the singing in a baby singing group and I can tell you that although they're apparently all born with perfect pitch they tend not to criticise until they get to the teenage years 🤣 In 19 years I've only ever had one lady who was so terrifically out of tune that it threw me off (and she was such a lovely girl, but I used to have to sit on the other side of the circle to concentrate) It's actually when you get a really good, properly trained singer that it causes more problems because you just end up listening to them and forget to carry the tune! Most people just have a go and hit most of the notes and that'll do nicely :tu:
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I will do my very best not to be that participant 😅 ...the former, no risk of the latter :)) Certainly my little one just loves singing - no matter the talent level!
 
Today I ordered more fabric from my local shop which is stopping fabric sales to focus on workshops and retreats. It means their fabrics are heavily discounted and I ordered fabric to make a pair of trousers and two dresses for me plus some Christmas fabric for a dress for my daughter and it came to just over £33 including delivery. Now I just need to get sewing!
 
It's not much, but the vape store that sent the DPD parcel got back in touch after I emailed them yesterday, offering to refund the postage or have it as store credit. I told them it had eventually arrived, but if the offer was still open and there was no time limit on using it, I'd have store credit.

It's not a massive amount, barely covers the price of a 10ml bottle, but DPD issues weren't their fault. Little things like this matter.
 
After an awful couple of weeks losing 2 piggies, this photo made me happy today- my little grandson age 3 starting school in the nursery class! Look at his little uniform that doesn't fit yet :)
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Best of luck to all school starters and school returners, including teachers and support staff!
 
We have rain! After months of little to no rain we have a thunderstorm and the heavens have opened! When it did rain heavily it was 5- 10 miles from here but we have always been on the edge and got about 10 minutes and that was it. Now the heat wave has finally broken and the rain is coming down in torrents and the road has turned into a river! I never thought I'd be so happy to see some rain!
 
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