What made you happy today?

A beautiful day and a reminder that we live in a beautiful world
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Later I popped into a church and saw this
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Food donated for the food bank and being distributed from the church as the Food Bank is restricting opening hours and everyone has to travel to Birkenhead, not possible if you don’t have money for bus fares.
 
PigglePuggle said:
Aw I feel bad being happy when there is so much stress going around but I am happy that my daughter found out today she is a "keyworker" as defined by the government and has job security and priority free childcare and can go out and about if everyone else is in lockdown! She works for a company contracted to the local council providing day care for adults with complex physical and learning disabilities, she's only had the job 3 weeks and thought she'd be back in the huge queue waiting 5 weeks for universal credit and not entitled to sick pay, but she is now a "key worker" and if the day centre closes she'll be offered work in a residential home instead. As well as financial security this is a huge morale boost that what she does is being recognised as important! Many of her disabled people are non-verbal and communicate through Makaton sign language and she's one of the few staff fluent in this so its great for her and for the people she helps that somebody noticed this and made it important :)
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Ooh I used to use makaton in my last job as a support worker for people with severe learning disabilities, wasn’t fluent and even less so now! Funny how fast you lose these things not using them daily! So pleased for your daughter x
My mum’s a pub cook and has been really worrying with everything going on, thankfully now Boris has closed pubs she will have financial security and be able to pay the mortgage, their insurance couldn’t pay out and was unsure where any pennies would come from. So good news for her too.

And a couple of my lovely neighbours have been so sweet, my mechanic one text me last night to say if I’m running low on loo roll he’s got loads of blue roll he uses to wipe up the oil etc! And his neighbour Margaret (in her 70s) said to tell me she’s got loads of teabags and sugar, knows I’m a tea fiend! :)) Some of my neighbours are horrible but those two are blooming lovely!:hug:
 
Merab's Slave said:
There was hardly anyone at the tip today so I managed to get 2 carloads of piggy waste disposed of.
The staff there are so friendly and helpful.

I even managed to buy 2 pints of milk on the way home - that should last a couple of weeks
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That's the opposite of here - I noticed our nearest tip had a massive queue outside as I drove past. Wondered what everyone is getting rid of in a hurry! Probably they're just worried that they might be closed if they put off going.
 
This evening we got out an old box of Charades from before the kids were born and had such a laugh. My acting skills for "Teletubbies" had to be seen to be believed 😂 For a while we forgot all the other stuff and just had a good giggle.
 
Chanel, the most skittish piggy, sleeping out in the open - cushioned by a bath may she was previously hiding under :wub:
The youngest (6) volunteered to hoover the hallway instead of her sister.
the oldest (11) giving me a hug on Friday. And telling me he loves me the day before 😁
 
I hung towels outside on the rotary dryer and got them very nearly dry.
I watched a pair of wood pigeons wooing each other in the woods.
Dinner was cooked by Mr A, and was delicious.
Now I’m listening to Ralph having a touch of spring fever and his young wife Hazel is clearly in season - it’s VERY lively :lol!:
 
Betsy said:
I woke up in the middle of the night with my 3, twice in labour and once when I thought I'd wet myself but my waters had broken :lol!:
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You were lucky! Granted I managed to sleep between contractions with the second. And the third was kind of a shorter labour and she surprised me by arriving at home...after I’d discussed with my sister that I should get dressed so we can make our way to the hospital 🤣 she’s a midwife but was attending as my other birthing partner.

All the best with labour and birth @Lady Kelly
 
Struggling to be happy about anything at the mo. Autistic teen is driving herself and us crazy. Yesterday she had me tearing my hair out. This morning she had her dad in tears. "Everything is wrong" - and whatever we say she shoots down in flames.

But she is now (finally!) on a video call with the person who supports her at school, so talking to him will give her a bit of normality hopefully.

And the piggies and the dog are as cuddly as ever ❤️❤️❤️
 
Pigwhisperer said:
Struggling to be happy about anything at the mo. Autistic teen is driving herself and us crazy. Yesterday she had me tearing my hair out. This morning she had her dad in tears. "Everything is wrong" - and whatever we say she shoots down in flames.

But she is now (finally!) on a video call with the person who supports her at school, so talking to him will give her a bit of normality hopefully.

And the piggies and the dog are as cuddly as ever ❤❤❤
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Having an autistic teenager myself, I can entirely sympathise. Getting him to do his schoolwork at home is hard work, even in normal times he says "school is school and home is my time". We can't seem to get him to take on board the negative impact falling behind would have on his GCSEs and BTECs next year. It's going to be a very difficult few months.
I hope your daughter's key worker can help her manage the current situation better 🙏
 
teddymouse said:
Theses on my doorstep from alpacasqueak,thankyou x.
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Really glad you like them! Sorry took so long with everything going on or would’ve been fresher! Thank so much for all your work on my Pedro teddy, very much appreciated, will be posting here too when he arrives! :love: x
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
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Having an autistic teenager myself, I can entirely sympathise. Getting him to do his schoolwork at home is hard work, even in normal times he says "school is school and home is my time". We can't seem to get him to take on board the negative impact falling behind would have on his GCSEs and BTECs next year. It's going to be a very difficult few months.
I hope your daughter's key worker can help her manage the current situation better 🙏
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Thank you. Hope things get better with your son too xx
 
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