What made you happy today?

Just heard that our niece got a first from Oxford :yahoo:
Marvellous, well done her!! May her success continue 😁
How is she finding the job market at the moment? Good luck and fingers crossed she gets a position she wants.

ps what did she study?
 
Marvellous, well done her! May her success continue 😁
How is she finding the job market at the moment? Good luck and fingers crossed she gets a position she wants.

ps what did she study?
She did business studies with French and has a job with a company she worked with last summer.
She’s a very bright girl
 
I’m happy today because Rosie ate a teeny bit at the vets and I’m getting her home at 4! :luv: Still poorly, get the results from her sample (very large lymph node found on her ultrasound yest :( along with a kidney infection) on Monday but she’ll be home with her mummy! Not seen her since Thursday afternoon, missed her so much! Can’t wait! :hug:🥰
 
I'm happy because we are going to Wimborne in a bit to get a new tumble dryer as the one I inherited from my MIL is out of the ark and USELESS! I said to my OH that if I had inherited it from anyone else but his Mother he would have agreed with me to replace it straight away. It has a dryer sensor on it that has stopped working and instead of it stopping when the clothes are dry they are still very damp and I have to put it on again! It drives me mad now it's only gonna get worse in the winter.
 
This picture of my 12yr old little puppers, she's been really unwell the last few months, she just looked bright & alert as normal.
She's so special.... & a complete loon :)) :luv:

It was taken at my parents today as I stopped by for a cuppa in their garden.
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I'm happy because we are going to Wimborne in a bit to get a new tumble dryer as the one I inherited from my MIL is out of the ark and USELESS! I said to my OH that if I had inherited it from anyone else but his Mother he would have agreed with me to replace it straight away. It has a dryer sensor on it that has stopped working and instead of it stopping when the clothes are dry they are still very damp and I have to put it on again! It drives me mad now it's only gonna get worse in the winter.
Hope you were able to find a good new dryer and the shop is able to deliver it soon. Nothing worse than damp washing around the place when you need it dry.
Mind you, I can't remember when I last used our tumble dryer. I dry most of our washing on airers in the laundry/ utility room, or outside. I hope our machine would still work if I needed it, it's 20 years old ...

What made me happy today is that all my piggies are now using both floors of the hutch, now that I have got a ramp tunnel in place for them. That means there's more room for them all, one level isn't an awful lot for 3 once you've put in hides and hay trays etc. 👍🥳
 
All my veggies are growing! My little veg garden project that I started at the beginning of this lockdown, under a little bit of sufferance and although the seeds were planted perhaps, a little later than they should have been, was actually worth the time and effort, my rocket has now gone to flower and a bit mad but I've eaten quite a lot of it. I'm not a natural gardener, it's not previously been something I've particularly enjoyed but I'm really pleased with my efforts.
 

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3 things made me happy today -

1- there were lots of peacock butterflies, a red admiral, a small tortoiseshell and a comma on the buddleia today. That's more butterflies than I've seen in my garden at one time in 10+ years.

2- my girls have discovered Downton Abbey - not something I've ever got into but today they were watching an episode and up popped Inveraray Castle which I went to with my eldest a couple of years ago! We recognised the interiors as well as the outside including this amazing ship thing, it's some kind of tableware - wine cooler or gravy boat or something, I forget what but it's huge and golden and beautiful.

3- just got back from walking the dog in the park and for the first time since lockdown, there were kids playing in the playground. It was so lovely to see and hear them!
 
Well it’s been a difficult few weeks tbh and I’ve not been on here as much as usual. Today I met up with @Flutterby and @The Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue for a coffee and cake. The restorative power of time spent with good friends is much underestimated! oh, and there were piggies involved, too, as 2 gorgeous boars were in transit and have dates lined up.
 
Last night, I noticed that one of my earrings is lost. I scratched my right ear and noticed it was gone. It was 1am mind you (I was busy reading a book). I panicked! It is an 18 or 21 karat (can't exactly remember) earrings and I had it for 30 years (since I was 8 yrs old). I looked for it crawling everywhere in the house in the middle of the night and can't find it. I dreaded that I lost it while I was in the shop and almost cried. Told my mum via FB messenger (it was morning time in Manila) and she told me if I couldn't find it, she has a spare earrings she can give to me. I woke up this morning and started searching again (in our car, and the garden, which was quite difficult to look into because of tall grass) and I still couldn't find it. 😭

I told hubby that I wish it just miraculously turn up when I stop looking for it, but I was still devastated. So after an hour or so later, I did the cage morning clean and topped up the piggies' hay and bowls. I opened one door of the tv cabinet where I store the guinea pig pellets and there below the door was my earring (the door was hiding it when it's closed)! :yahoo: Hubby said, obviously I didn't search enough and I should've worn my glasses! 😂

Whew! Now I decided to just buy a cheap pair or earrings that I can wear everyday. I started wearring my gold earrings a year ago coz the holes in my ear were starting to close (I rarely used jewelleries coz I'm just always in the house). I don't want to go crazy looking for it again in case it drops from my ears unknowingly.
if only I lived near, me and my dad once recovered a very very expensive necklace, that a little girl had taken from her mums jewlery box to show off at a lower school, she lost it on the school field

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Well it’s been a difficult few weeks tbh and I’ve not been on here as much as usual. Today I met up with @Flutterby and @The Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue for a coffee and cake. The restorative power of time spent with good friends is much underestimated! oh, and there were piggies involved, too, as 2 gorgeous boars were in transit and have dates lined up.


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My beautiful cat Rosie has decided she wants to eat! :love: Had a horrendous week with her, yesterday she got diagnosed with an aggressive lymphoma (on top of her kidney infection) and I was told I’d lose her in 2-3 weeks if we do nothing ☹️She’s lost over a kilo and not eaten in days.

Started her on steroids yesterday as they could give her another few months with me (chemo will only give her 6-9months so I’ve decided against it as don’t feel it’s fair on her) and after thinking I might lose her before that from no eating all week, last night she decided she was hungry! :D And this morning!:love::love:
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Go Rosie! Might make it to her 14th birthday on 18th Aug after all! 🤞:luv:She’s amazing!
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My beautiful cat Rosie has decided she wants to eat! :love: Had a horrendous week with her, yesterday she got diagnosed with an aggressive lymphoma (on top of her kidney infection) and I was told I’d lose her in 2-3 weeks if we do nothing ☹She’s lost over a kilo and not eaten in days.

Started her on steroids yesterday as they could give her another few months with me (chemo will only give her 6-9months so I’ve decided against it as don’t feel it’s fair on her) and after thinking I might lose her before that from no eating all week, last night she decided she was hungry! :D And this morning!:love::love:
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Go Rosie! Might make it to her 14th birthday on 18th Aug after all! 🤞:luv:She’s amazing!
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Wooo Go Rosie:yahoo:
 
Just got back home from Liverpool after visiting my in-laws! After 4 months, it's nice seeing, chatting and having a laugh with them again. 😊 Mum-in-law said we are their first visitors that got inside the house. 😁 Hubby and I just brought chippy food for our lunch so we don't have to fuss going somewhere for a meal, as we always used to. It would be nice if we can go out for meals again in the future, but we know it's not possible being them both elderly and hubby classed as disabled. Oh and we managed to get our flowers for our garden from Dad-in-law that he's been growing for us. 😁
 
Our new bird feeding station has finally arrived today! Hubby ordered it from Wayfair in March, but there has been problems in shipping (missing parcel), then had to order again from the manufacturer overseas, then delayed shipping..and then finally it was delivered! Hubby got some amount refunded for the hassle. All our other feeding brackets fit on the bars too, so all the feeders are now in one station.

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Our new bird feeding station has finally arrived today! Hubby ordered it from Wayfair in March, but there has been problems in shipping (missing parcel), then had to order again from the manufacturer overseas, then delayed shipping..and then finally it was delivered! Hubby got some amount refunded for the hassle. All our other feeding brackets fit on the bars too, so all the feeders are now in one station.

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Posh!
 
Well I sorted out my job!
I'm a Executive Assistant to one man for 14 years, been on furlough. Can't say exactly what, but believe me I'm leaving on my terms and I'm really happy...2nd interview next week for a job that I'm perfect for....20 mins away...rather than 3 hrs a day on the road....whoop whoop.
Chips and rice tonight baby (Benidorm phrase, sorry if you don't get that).
But yeah - I'm having a chinese tonight.
 
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