What made you happy today?

Children did well on their trial of home learning in today's inset day :) (school getting prepared incase a bubble closes and testing all the technical stuff out)
We took the kids out on bikes/scooters/scuttle bug for a big dog walk
Lexie got a headteachers award yesterday
Lillie got a lovely virtual parents evening Wednesday 💗
Its finally half term!
Fluffy has been popcorning this week consistently for the first time since her friend got very sick and died in April
Babybelle seems to be getting better- new meds are helping
Lots of reasons to be happy and I need to remind myself of that as I've been struggling a bit lately (mostly with extreme sleep deprivation) 💗
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Today my super critical and very intense week of work finished, and the whole week was a resounding success.
I get a whole day off before I head to the UK on Sunday to see my daughter for the first time in a month.
Happy this week is behind me, and excited to see my daughter very soon.
 
Swissgreys said:
Today my super critical and very intense week of work finished, and the whole week was a resounding success.
I get a whole day off before I head to the UK on Sunday to see my daughter for the first time in a month.
Happy this week is behind me, and excited to see my daughter very soon.
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Good to hear you’ve had such a successful end to your week. Enjoy your trip to the UK. And spending time with your daughter. And be sure to plan your packing to allow space for bringing back a mince pie stash.
 
So some time ago I found a local Facebook group that gifts items no longer wanted to try and save as much as possible from landfill. I have had a couple of small bits from there and then I had the lifesaving maternity pillow and a Moses basket too. Mostly I gift items on there especially when I had my house and the tenants left stuff behind. This week I have been very kindly gifted some Christmas baby clothes and a whole load of current size and next size up baby clothing. Jessica is growing so quickly that I feel like I am forever buying clothes and it annoys me that a lot of it feels like fast fashion, especially when we do reusable nappies and wipes to try and prevent waste so it's great to get something back from the group and know that we aren't continuing to contribute to fashion waste
 
My guinea pig Cocoa let me pet him for the first time today on his terms! :yahoo: It's been really different having guinea pigs that aren't interested in being touched. All of the other guinea pigs in my life loved being held and would beg to be held. Made me very happy today.
 
Lady Kelly said:
So some time ago I found a local Facebook group that gifts items no longer wanted to try and save as much as possible from landfill. I have had a couple of small bits from there and then I had the lifesaving maternity pillow and a Moses basket too. Mostly I gift items on there especially when I had my house and the tenants left stuff behind. This week I have been very kindly gifted some Christmas baby clothes and a whole load of current size and next size up baby clothing. Jessica is growing so quickly that I feel like I am forever buying clothes and it annoys me that a lot of it feels like fast fashion, especially when we do reusable nappies and wipes to try and prevent waste so it's great to get something back from the group and know that we aren't continuing to contribute to fashion waste
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We have a local “freebies” group. It was set up last year but didn’t really take off until the lockdown. It’s been so active since then with household items, tools, clothing and almost anything you can think of on there. I picked up some c and c connectors a few weeks back which was a fabulous surprise.
It’s so good seeing baby/toddler clothing items on there because as you say they are used for such a short space of time and cost so much money. I love this kind of recycling.
Can’t wait to see the Christmas outfits you’ve got.
 
Lady Kelly said:
Oh we have those, banana and oat pancakes, tuna croquettes, ratatouille, and lentil daal all in the freezer. Have had to stop making them now until the kitchens done as we'll have no where to store her meals
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Sounds amazing! How do you make the banana and oat pancakes? Mine always fail lol cooking is not my strong point 😳
 
Emx93 said:
Sounds amazing! How do you make the banana and oat pancakes? Mine always fail lol cooking is not my strong point 😳
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I'm not going to claim I'm a kitchen whizz... The recipe was on a free app I downloaded :))
 

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Before corona became a massive issue, I moved to parents incase they needed help throughout lockdown. So they are within my bubble, and they were feeling really down. So, I decided to bake a 'Halloween' cake (which was just chocolate / coffee flavored sponge and orange flavored icing). It was a mess and decorating isn't my thing, but it tastes decent. Overall, they were so happy and enjoyed it.
That really made me smile. 💕
 
My church has been helping support refugees / asylum seekers billeted here.
This afternoon 4 of them were baptised.
When they shared their longing that one day people in their country would be free to believe as they chose it was very moving.
It’s a reminder that sometimes we take our freedom to choose for granted when they had to flee for their lives.
The exuberance and excitement when they were baptised was absolutely wonderful.
Not sure if I’m quite back to Earth yet.
 
Merab's Slave said:
My church has been helping support refugees / asylum seekers billeted here.
This afternoon 4 of them were baptised.
When they shared their longing that one day people in their country would be free to believe as they chose it was very moving.
It’s a reminder that sometimes we take our freedom to choose for granted when they had to flee for their lives.
The exuberance and excitement when they were baptised was absolutely wonderful.
Not sure if I’m quite back to Earth yet.
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What an honour and privilege to participate in such an important day in their lives. Sounds utterly joyous.
 
I’m happy just because I’m happy 😁 and my parents are coming over very soon. I won’t be able to see them as much as I would like due to restrictions but they will be closer. And I finished one sleeve on a cardigan that’s been years in the making!
 
Just found out my mum won't need chemo. :yahoo:

2 months ago, my mum had an operation to remove her gallbladder. Her tests show that it has a mass and also the bile duct. They also removed a small part of her liver to make sure the mass isn't really affecting it. Anyway, she was diagnosed with Stage 2 gallbladder cancer. But her surgeons were confident they took everything out. She had 2 PET scans, a month after her op and another last week. Today she went for a checkup and they told her all her scans shows good and she won't need chemo. They will just monitor her for 3 months to see how she's doing. She will get another PET scan in 6 months and they'll see how it goes again.

My family lives in the Philippines and all these costs thousands of pounds (her surgery alone costs around £5k). If she would have chemo, it will cost my family so much more, hence not having chemo is what we were hoping for.
 
anyar.dris said:
Just found out my mum won't need chemo. :yahoo:

2 months ago, my mum had an operation to remove her gallbladder. Her tests show that it has a mass and also the bile duct. They also removed a small part of her liver to make sure the mass isn't really affecting it. Anyway, she was diagnosed with Stage 2 gallbladder cancer. But her surgeons were confident they took everything out. She had 2 PET scans, a month after her op and another last week. Today she went for a checkup and they told her all her scans shows good and she won't need chemo. They will just monitor her for 3 months to see how she's doing. She will get another PET scan in 6 months and they'll see how it goes again.

My family lives in the Philippines and all these costs thousands of pounds (her surgery alone costs around £5k). If she would have chemo, it will cost my family so much more, hence not having chemo is what we were hoping for.
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That’s great news! :hug:x
 
anyar.dris said:
Just found out my mum won't need chemo. :yahoo:

2 months ago, my mum had an operation to remove her gallbladder. Her tests show that it has a mass and also the bile duct. They also removed a small part of her liver to make sure the mass isn't really affecting it. Anyway, she was diagnosed with Stage 2 gallbladder cancer. But her surgeons were confident they took everything out. She had 2 PET scans, a month after her op and another last week. Today she went for a checkup and they told her all her scans shows good and she won't need chemo. They will just monitor her for 3 months to see how she's doing. She will get another PET scan in 6 months and they'll see how it goes again.

My family lives in the Philippines and all these costs thousands of pounds (her surgery alone costs around £5k). If she would have chemo, it will cost my family so much more, hence not having chemo is what we were hoping for.
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🤗 this has made me happy. I’m so happy for you all. May it continue this way ☺️
 
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