What made you happy today?

Today Ollie pigwig made me happy by making a hay nest. This is far more than I have achieved today, I hoped to tidy away all the kid related stuff from the summer holidays then reconfigure my spare bedroom from a kids room to a home office... well, I got as far as poop scooping and hay trays, and if Ollie is happy I am happy!
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I have had another happy experience (I know, two in one day! Is that against the rules?)

Today a bumble bee got trapped in my conservatory.
My mum managed to get it out into the garden and she placed it on a flower.
20 minutes later it was not moving.
I prepared for the worst and assumed it passed. Then it wiggled it's antennae and joy filled through me.
I rushed to make some sugar-solution and offered it on a plate. It rested on my finger whilst drinking the solution. It was like this for at least 20 minutes. Eventually, it "groomed" itself, which I know from experience meant it was preparing for a flight... After a few minutes, it buzzed! The bee flew off and found a flower. It makes me so happy when I can save an animal. Even something so small as a bee can really warm your heart.

I'm sorry about the spam, I just thought it was a nice story to share. I love happy endings :luv:
 
gerbilord said:
I have had another happy experience (I know, two in one day! Is that against the rules?)

Today a bumble bee got trapped in my conservatory.
My mum managed to get it out into the garden and she placed it on a flower.
20 minutes later it was not moving.
I prepared for the worst and assumed it passed. Then it wiggled it's antennae and joy filled through me.
I rushed to make some sugar-solution and offered it on a plate. It rested on my finger whilst drinking the solution. It was like this for at least 20 minutes. Eventually, it "groomed" itself, which I know from experience meant it was preparing for a flight... After a few minutes, it buzzed! The bee flew off and found a flower. It makes me so happy when I can save an animal. Even something so small as a bee can really warm your heart.

I'm sorry about the spam, I just thought it was a nice story to share. I love happy endings :luv:
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I for one will never hear enough happy bee stories. I hammered on my neighbours door one day to ask if she could get me some sugar water in a bowl, and a spoon, and when she asked me why I said, "Uh, my mate here needs it" and held up the bee sitting on my knuckle. The look on her face was hilarious.

...bees <3
 
Mum had her first bus & shopping trip since February today. We only went to 4 shops & the bank but got everything we wanted. She said she enjoyed it & felt safe. We even managed a hot chocolate in our favourite café!

I found work trousers too! I had to measure my waist/hips & compare these to measurements on Peacocks website which was a palaver but I've tried them at home & they fit! Bonus is... I've gone down a trouser size 😊 not sure how as my weightloss/ exercise seems to have vanished recently but I won't complain!
 
Haven't been feeling so happy the last week after loosing guiseppe last Sunday but today one of my favourite korean artists called taemin released a new music video and it's brilliant. That's cheered me up a bit. The new album is out on the 25th but had a look on amazon and its nearly £50.I'm used to paying about £25 for kpop albums so hope this one is a bit cheaper on the day of its release.
 
So, uh, story time.

I play a game on my phone (Android) called Word Chums. Basically like Scrabble or Words With Friends. You can play against the computer (does that phrase even make sense anymore? Yegads I suddenly feel old lol) or you can play against people. Most of the time it's a one-off game and that's that. But there's this one lady that I play against, every time the game finishes we start another. At one point we ended up playing two games against each other at the same time.

That was a year ago. We're still playing two games against each other. Now, granted, games can take a week or more to complete because I'm not the best at paying attention to notifications but she doesn't seem to care. We still have two games running at once.

I have no idea who this lady is, and I have no idea why she still wants to play after so long...but she does, and I just realised today how long we'd been playing. Who says games are just for kids?
 
Lorcan said:
So, uh, story time.

I play a game on my phone (Android) called Word Chums. Basically like Scrabble or Words With Friends. You can play against the computer (does that phrase even make sense anymore? Yegads I suddenly feel old lol) or you can play against people. Most of the time it's a one-off game and that's that. But there's this one lady that I play against, every time the game finishes we start another. At one point we ended up playing two games against each other at the same time.

That was a year ago. We're still playing two games against each other. Now, granted, games can take a week or more to complete because I'm not the best at paying attention to notifications but she doesn't seem to care. We still have two games running at once.

I have no idea who this lady is, and I have no idea why she still wants to play after so long...but she does, and I just realised today how long we'd been playing. Who says games are just for kids?
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I play words with friends with my sister and she’s patient with me. I sometimes wait until I get a notification that I may resign if I don’t play 😬😁
 
Siikibam said:
I play words with friends with my sister and she’s patient with me. I sometimes wait until I get a notification that I may resign if I don’t play 😬😁
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"You haven't played in several days. PLAY NOW or you'll default."

Or...something along those lines, lol. Every time I apologise too she's like "uh, just play already". I like having it to come back to. It's calming, almost.
 
I had lunch today and a long overdue catch up with a dear friend who I haven’t seen since a February. We’ve been friends since our secondary school days and it’s a such a happy coincidence that we’ve both ended up “up North” within about 30 miles of each other as our school was in Surrey. Anyhow, that’s a bit of an irrelevance but it’s so lovely to see someone who knows me so well and who I’ve missed so much during this extended lockdown period.
 
Sar said:
It's basically my life in photos/tickets/cards with a bit of writing. Its probably quite sad to still be writing one at my age! I started it after uni as didn't want to just bin what I had on my walls & have just continued since then.
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It’s not sad, it’s cool! I kept train, bus and plane tickets from when I worked in Germany. I may still have a few somewhere. That would be cool ☺️
 
I'm happy today because my son just sent me this photo which he took at 2am on his return from seeing friends
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Really glad to know that the little chap/chapess is still visiting my garden for his tea, as I haven't seen him for a week.
@Merab's Slave , are you putting out food for your hedgie?
 
Qualcast&Flymo said:
I'm happy today because my son just sent me this photo which he took at 2am on his return from seeing friends
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Really glad to know that the little chap/chapess is still visiting my garden for his tea, as I haven't seen him for a week.
@Merab's Slave , are you putting out food for your hedgie?
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What a lovely photo.

No - I'm not putting out food.
We have a fox around. It already had a go at Jemimah's pot which was quite upsetting to find and I don't want to encourage it to come back.
I put out water for Charlie the hedgehog though.
 
First driving lesson done.

Please tell me it gets easier! I'm short so I feel like I was sat on the steering wheel and the instructor says I'm a bit too fond of the brake pedal & driving to the very left of the road... but I manged not to end up crashed/in a field or run anything over.
 
Sar said:
First driving lesson done.

Please tell me it gets easier! I'm short so I feel like I was sat on the steering wheel and the instructor says I'm a bit too fond of the brake pedal & driving to the very left of the road... but I manged not to end up crashed/in a field or run anything over.
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Well done!
I guess it’s better to be too cautious than too confident🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️
 
Sar said:
First driving lesson done.

Please tell me it gets easier! I'm short so I feel like I was sat on the steering wheel and the instructor says I'm a bit too fond of the brake pedal & driving to the very left of the road... but I manged not to end up crashed/in a field or run anything over.
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It does get easier @Sar! I was 18 months on L Plates until I took my test. My reactions are very slow! My Dad taught me how to drive and he wasn't confident enough in my slow reactions until I'd been driving at least a year and they did get a lot quicker! Then I had a professional driving instructor to get me out of the bad habits my Dad had taught me so that I could pass the test.
 
Freya1234 said:
Well done!
I guess it’s better to be too cautious than too confident🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️
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I was terrified. 20 mins in to first lesson, after he explained all the dashboard stuff I was in the driving seat!

Lorcan said:
I don't drive @Sar but I don't believe there's anything that doesn't get easier with practice. First time is always the hardest.
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I suppose next week I know what sort of will happen (as long I'm easy on the brake & don't crash into the pavement).

Betsy said:
It does get easier @Sar! I was 18 months on L Plates until I took my test. My reactions are very slow! My Dad taught me how to drive and he wasn't confident enough in my slow reactions until I'd been driving at least a year and they did get a lot quicker! Then I had a professional driving instructor to get me out of the bad habits my Dad had taught me so that I could pass the test.
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I can imagine that would be me! I have no one to help me practice outside of my lessons. Mum doesn't drive & I've only told ome friend I've started lessons, she drives what I call "the bus" so no chance there ha.
 
It does get easier @Sar there's no rush to learn either, take your time and build your confidence. I used to hold my breath when concentrating and also used to be a bit too fond of the left edge of the road :)) I didn't tell anyone but my now husband (I was living with him) and I think I might have told my mum and dad but can't remember now. I put lots of pressure on myself and I felt that I would put more pressure on myself from what I perceived to be other people's expectations.
 
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