What made you happy today?

Homestead Mom said:
Amazon and medical supply stores sell them. They are SO handy.
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I've just been scoping them out just in case. Sadly they all seem to contain sulphates and silicones which I have avoided for the best part of 3 years now but will definitely bear it in mind incase things get worse.

The good news is that I didn't overdo it yesterday at all. I last took codeine at 10pm last night having only 3 of my 4 doses yesterday. Took paracetamol at the same time, slept amazingly well and woke up this morning feeling great. I have only taken one dose of paracetamol today as I started to get a headache at lunchtime (probably from not taking codeine after so long on it). I will take days like this as a break and hope they are frequent
 
Sar said:
I caved in and bought the King Charles lll magazine special I'd been looking at for a month. It doesn't seem two minutes since I was buying the Queen Elizabeth ll jubilee special. How time flies.
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Oh yes the coronation that reminds me I've got resource prep to do for a special needs child who is obsessed with the Queen and is struggling to come to terms with the idea of having a king. I'm thinking I might make a book with the king meeting Peppa pig, the hulk and spiderman. I think that might win him over. Not sure it will be as factual as your magazine though.
 
They have their own scaffold branch of the business.
I think they were getting their own back on us for complaining about them disappearing for 4 days after they took the roof off when there were gales and heavy rain predicted. They have also done a rubbish job on the front fascia and left lots of little bits of finishing undone. They messed about and didn't turn up when they were supposed to, disappearing for days on end. The owner of the business kept making promises his men didn't keep. I'm a great believer in Karma. The rooves on these houses are 90 years old and need replacing, about half the estate has been done but there are at least 10 in this road alone that still need doing. Two households have already mentioned they were watching with interest because they are looking for companies to reroof their houses. Both have crossed this lot off their list and if anyone asks if we would recommend them we will have to say no.
 
You'd think they'd have better things to do with their scaffolding than abandoning it at a customers address for days on end, but common sense isn't something people like that are known for. They'd be useless at chess, can't think more than half a move ahead of themselves.
 
Just found out about the most amazing app which I thought might be of interest to others here. It's called Merlin, produced by Cornell, and it tells you what birds are currently singing so you can identity (and hopefully get better at remembering in my case!) your local birds that are too shy to make an appearance! They have bird databases for several parts of the world besides British birds. I just keep going and standing in the garden and listening while running the app and grinning when I hear a new bird start up and it pings up on my screen 😁 Can't wait to try it when I'm visiting places with less familiar species too.
 
I'm happy today because I just saw that a solitary bee has hatched and emerged from the bee block I put in my garden last summer. I was wondering if it was too exposed and cold in the winter and maybe the egg hadn't hatched, but you can see the hole it made and the mud cover it pushed off as it came out 🥰
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Qualcast&Flymo said:
I'm happy today because I just saw that a solitary bee has hatched and emerged from the bee block I put in my garden last summer. I was wondering if it was too exposed and cold in the winter and maybe the egg hadn't hatched, but you can see the hole it made and the mud cover it pushed off as it came out 🥰
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Well done @Qualcast&Flymo - solitary bees are amazing.
You might find this site useful - they are slowly getting back up and running after a break, but the shop will be back soon and in the meantime they have loads of great information on how to encourage solitary bees.
www.masonbees.co.uk
 
I'm so glad I can actually laugh without coughing right now. Gave the goblins a celery stick each. Cam's loving it. Bann, not so much. Sniffs it. Sniffs me. Repeat a few times. I toss it into the cage and he chases after it. Sniffs it. Looks at me. Sniffs it again. Goes sniffing around the cage. Finally comes back to stand in front of Cam. Pauses. Sniffs forward. Stands back, pauses again.

And then Cam no longer has a stick of celery.
 
My neighbour is going away for a few days at very short noticed and called to ask if I would be able to come over and house site her..........
.........caterpillars :D
Between us we have a bit of an eclectic selection of animals, but this is the first time I have looked after caterpillars.
 
I had my first interview in two years! Although I didn’t get the job, they really liked me and my lesson, and my interview was strong. Just someone who was even better. 🤞
 
Siikibam said:
I had my first interview in two years! Although I didn’t get the job, they really liked me and my lesson, and my interview was strong. Just someone who was even better. 🤞
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That's always so positive to get that feedback and you know if you see them advertise again to go for it! It's always a shame when there's someone else being interviewed who is good or more experienced but I do believe these things always work out for the best.

Just before I got married I interviewed internally for the quality manager role on my current project. It was between me and one other. I didn't get it, the external candidate did due to much more recent experience in that field of advice. Now 4.5 years later he's my manager (the manager of that particular project) and I am second in command 🤣 he's had some right horrendous things to deal with which I have been so glad to be slightly removed from and he's also the most supportive manager I've ever had so I think it all worked out for the best
 
Lady Kelly said:
That's always so positive to get that feedback and you know if you see them advertise again to go for it! It's always a shame when there's someone else being interviewed who is good or more experienced but I do believe these things always work out for the best.

Just before I got married I interviewed internally for the quality manager role on my current project. It was between me and one other. I didn't get it, the external candidate did due to much more recent experience in that field of advice. Now 4.5 years later he's my manager (the manager of that particular project) and I am second in command 🤣 he's had some right horrendous things to deal with which I have been so glad to be slightly removed from and he's also the most supportive manager I've ever had so I think it all worked out for the best
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That worked out well for you then 😁
Funny you should say that, they’re keeping me in mind in case another position comes up this month. You never know 🤷‍♀️
 
We held Baby Poggle's birthday party today. It was small, family thing, and he seemed to really have fun 🥰 I am thoroughly knackered now!

I might have to start calling him Toddler Poggle from now on though 😭 Where did my baby go?!
 
Yesterday we went to the in laws as hubby's sister was up visiting. Last time they had visitors I stayed home as my pain was too bad to manage the car journey. I sat down far too much and was very sore by the end of the day but I not only managed it, I woke up this morning with the same level of pain as if I hadn't been anywhere so that's a win win!
 
The leak under the kitchen sink has been fixed (no actual hole in the pipe, it turns out, but a problem with the overflow hose) and I've got myself a coat rack up on the back of my internal front door. So excited about the coat rack, lol, I have (too) many hoodies.
 
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