What are the little things that make you happy? (part 2)

[JAVISI]

Dear Friends,
I started a post a long time ago about what are your dreams but now I think even small things can make me smile, How about you?
1) A beautiful sunrise
2) The soft touch of my grandaughter, and the smell of her skin:)
3) Holding the hand of the one I love
4) rainbows
5) hearing a song that I love and haven't heard in awhile!:D

[Lavandula Canadensis]

Hi Deedeelyn,

i don't mind you shortening my username... lavandula canadensis stands for canadian lavender, the latin name of a variety i invented for myself... :D some use lavandula, lavan, lav... all are ok :)

welcome (or welcome back) on this thread!!! i don't remember to have seen you before... i'm not up-to-date with the news on all my subscribed threads and our new members... i noticed you're not new on BT, but maybe you've been away for awhile? or i'm confused... :rolleyes: i'm at my 4th move this year during all october!!!

:) happy today because weather was cooperating for allowing me to plant part of my perennial flowers that have been waiting all summer...

:) happy my landlords gave me a hand in planting some of my shrubs and perennial flowers this morning and we chose together where to plant all that...

:) happy to have moved half my stuff on friday... i'll have more space to pack the rest this week... and i realize that moving (the part with the moving company) over 2 days, with 10 days apart, is easier on the nerves and on the back & shoulders... and i have all month to move everything i want to take into my car...

[Nana4&cntn]

Joy, the rope thing dh made from rope was probably a Hack-a-mor, something we have learned from the Native Americans way back, during the Indian wars.

I agree people can post anywhere they like! We all have good intentions to try to find the right threads, and some like me just run their mouths off anywhere. Now I will post my Happy things!

Happy I closed the windows yesterday, as it was 43 degrees when I woke up.

Happy I am toughing it out and not turning on the heat yet. I am however considering to turn it on for a few hours to heat the place up, as the house holds the heat.

Happy to have a day to myself! I am afraid what I would say to my sil if I say him today!

Have a great day all!

[Buttons2]

Happy I can still see to read the posts & reply!

Happy to sit & watch 12 birds on a small Mountain Ash devour the orange berries,the tree is so small they bent the branches down to the ground to gobble up the goodies. I went to get my camera & by that time they had finished & were off to the next tree!

Happy to have sunshine again,yesterday was rainy & windy but I managed to walk Rags in between gusts & he got to chase a deer.

Happy I discovered my favorite comedy show (Colbert Report) is on @ 7:30am here so now I can begin my day with laughter & ignore the news!!!!

[joy]

Happy to have a eye exam over with. I have keratitis, or inflamation.

Happy I got back home and will now just do what I want before trying to do anything else today, LOL

Happy that my chickadees & red birds and other such pretty and unusual birds are returning to feeders.

I did see a humming bird today at my feeders. Guess I know what I'll do after logging off.

I'll be making up a fresh batch just one more time to send the stragglers off healthy.

[lor]

Hi
I'm happy I think I found a good friend from HS thru a classmates site. Accually I got an Email from that site wanting me to join but it had some names. I recognised her so wrote her. I got answers thru facebook but still I'm not sure it is her (can this classmates thing get on there & pretend they are _____?)

joy, Where do you live? The birds are leaving here; going south for the winter :(

[ms1128]

Happy to have friends, online! :)

take care
Catherine

[lor]

WOW! It was Mary, from High School. I haven't talked with her in over 30 years.

[houghchrst]

Happy to be home with my family.

Happy Craig is with his momma who he never got over losing.

Happy the funerals are over for a while, God willing.

Happy to have you all to check in with tonight.

[joy]

AR is a pretty place. ;) lor.

The farm was so pretty today with the leaves falling and acorns everywhere. Some of the trees are changing & colors always make me happy.

I watched a farrier trim the horses hooves and shoe them today. It was neat.

I told the neighbor man that was doing it that I love to see men work, LOL.
(I do)
It was a little unsettling to see the girls looking like they were fighting.
I later learned they were only throwing horse apples at each other. This is horse poop for those that don't know this, LOL. I was strill a bit unsettled after hearing this from grand daughter's mouth. :eek:

Of course I am wondering who started that throwing & why I wondered :rolleyes:. I know girls are really jealous of having to share everything. Even their horses!

Really hoping to be happy in about a week when we are supposed to get one for grand daughter ourselves.

I really think we might as I found out this afternoon the man said his dad was kin to me :eek:. I saw him, resaid the name over in my head, and YEP, we are!! Seeing him as we passed by in the vehicle clinched it. He just looks older than he did when I last saw him at his brother's funeral.

Some of you younguns are in for a shock later on in life I'm afraid. Get strong and toughen up, old age is not for weenies!!!

[houghchrst]

Happy that shortcake still loves to curl up in my lap in the lazy boy and get lovins for a bit before bed. A rock and a cuddle, nothin like it.

[joy]

Happy to have a little hummer sit on the crook of my feeder (tho' there wasn't food on that one, was elsewheres ) and stay for the longest resting. It was just looking around & I even got a picture of it through the window. Pretty small one.

Happy I made up a new batch of food for hummers & put it out. It is cool & raining off & one. When I dumped the old sweet water, it was shivvery cold. Poor birds. Hope they are healthy & are planning on leaving soon.

Happy to have done a bit of cleaning in kitchen this morning already.

It seems like losing some weight & moving about watching kids ride horses is good for me, LOL.

Happy to feel like sitting at the computer for a bit this morning.

[Buttons2]

Happy I got the shed all cleaned out! Even put away the patio chairs & did some yard cleanup. Feels so good to see things looking neater around here.

Happy to see a pic in yesterday's paper of a buck crossing road with the strange Siamese cat that I spotted a few days ago in our back yard! Wonder how the heck the photographer managed to get the shot? Buck was going one way & the cat the other.....

Happy I drove to the neighbor's yesterday & gave her 2 sacks filled with empty egg cartons. At one time I wanted to have chickens here but gave up on that idea since nobody would help me build a coop.

Happy Christina is finished with funerals for awhile (let's hope so!)

[joy]

I'm sure I saw another hummer whiz by today. I am talking about this so much so that I can look back and note the last day I saw one this year. This is the latest I have ever seen hummers here in our area!

We went to our neighbor & son's church fall festival. At a silent auction I bid the higgest on a green bunny. I won. We went back & picked it up, stopped by a Ace store & purchased some pansies and I overdid it but I now have my white bunny & the new green one outside on my front porch. I also cut some ivy and stuck in the pots. Unfortunately I still have the mess in the kitchen. Still have pains and upset tummy but at least I have that sense of accomplishing something. YEAH!


I'm planning on having a tablespoon or so of peanut butter for my meal tonight, a glass of water & a handfull of pills, ~shudder~

We had abudant sunshine today, I opened the windows and let the breeze in. It was a good day.

[Tootsie]

I pulled out 3 tomato plants at my class garden plot this morning and was glad to at least get a start on the job.

Afternoon brought a nap with the front door open and the sunshine streaming in. It was a gorgeous day!

The postman brought a letter from my student days. That always is the high point of any day. We correspond regularly by US postal service. Cheerio.

[Brandy]

Well, someone suggested I try this..so here goes..!!

Seeing my kids all in one room, which doesn't happen often anymore

Seeing the light in my grandkids eyes when they see me

Walking in the woods or in the sand barefoot

That's as far as it goes today..

[tic chick]

:)
welcome, brandy *smallrose

[Tootsie]

Hi brandy and welcome to the forums. It sounds like you have the right idea about all those little things. Thank you for sharing them with us. Cheerio.

[Buttons2]

Welcome Brandy!

Ignore the bold that doesn't seem to work today.

Happy to have so much sunshine! I have doors open also.

Happy I got a rock bed cleaned out! I'll pay for it later with all the hard workout.

Happy my HM (housemate) is gone for a few days & I don't have to cook dinner.

[Buttons2]

Well guess it did work.....

[Nana4&cntn]

Welcome Brandy!

Brandy, your list could be mine

Happy I got to rest all day long, boy did I need it!

Happy I spent the evening with Alexa last night, she was fussy, but we got over that and had fun! She is the only baby I know who loves her diapers changed! Too Cute

Happy I was finally able to post on this thread, for some reason it kept shutting down internet Explorer.

Take care,
Kathy

[Tootsie]

Another sunny, warm day.

A chance to sleep until noon.

The end of my summer tomato harvest.

An hour long chat on the phone with #4 kid. Looks like he will not be laid off after all, although his hours will be erratic and he will spend long hours, on call. Cheerio.

[joy]

Seeing new people here, Welcome

I am still putting out hummingbird feed. I must take down & put of new oftener next year tho" I did not see any today but was busy. In any case, it is there if there are any takers..

Had one of those weird dreams. Blinked my eyes & was glad it was a dream :D

Now I'd be glad if this message would stop...There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive E;.

this only means the grandkid has been playing on the computer so it's a :D:D:D afterall!

take care all

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) happy to be HOME... my new home... with all my stuff...

[Buttons2]

Happy sun is shining today

Happy I finally got a letter from my sister

Happy it's not too cold here yet

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy we finally have sun after 2 days of BLAH!:)

Happy I have a few small things to do in the house:p.

Happy yo really have a day to myself!:D

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) although it's cool and it's pouring rain, i have a very cheerful view on the nature/woods in my new kitchen/living room from the patio door and the 2 big windows looking on the west side... and the medium window looking on the north...

:) many maple trees surrounding the house are still wearing some beautiful yellow, orange and red leaves... more red leaves than we had in the last few years... and as most leaves are now on the ground, i can see some evergreens in the background...

:) the nature's carpet is covered with maple leaves... revealing a very soothing aroma, and chanting a lovely melody, when we step on them...

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy to have cool, sunny, windy days to watch the leaves falling hither and yon!

Happy to have a lazy day, sammy and I have done nothin' all day. Well we did do one thing, we napped!:D

Happy my Mom is feelin better, and I think I will be going to the doctor with her tomorrow!

[Ponyguy]

What are the little things that make you happy?

Sadly enough, so few and far betwixt...


Much love and
Regards from,

[Nana4&cntn]

Gene, I know today is a tough day for you as you grieve for Gina (Braindrain). I know you loved her name! I never had the pleasure of meeting or talking to her, however have read many of her posts. She was an awsome, sweet and powerful person, those are the qualties I took from her writings.

Please know I don't think she would want you to be down today, but to celebrate her life and everything she gave to so many people in those words she wrote.

I hope I didn't overstep boundries. I hope you are well and family issues are doing better and you have help!

(((((((((((((((((((((((((Gene))))))))))))))))))))) ))))))))))))

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) happy to see the sunset from my 2 big windows, my patio door, and from the mirror i installed on the wall in front of my kitchen sink...

[joy]

OO Lavan that all sounds so lovely. I like your discriptions & love placing you among all that beauty.

Y'all would never guess where I went tonight

I went to a Carrie Underwood concert with my two lovely girls and their friends. I was worried about the lights bothering my daughter but she did fine, as I did with the sound. I feel I did as well as the young~uns.

Thank Havens for steroid shots, and medi-pak pills, it makes more things possible these day, for awhile anyway, LOL.

Hubby & I dragged my flowers inside as it is freeezing weather here now. I've had a nap after getting back from concert & am busy at computer for awhile.

[Nana4&cntn]

Lavan, I too enjoed your description! My home faces west, and I absolutely love the view in the late fall intil the trees leaf out. My favorite are the rime ice, when the humidity is high and the temps cold enough for polar bears. And the absolutely gorgeous sunsets, along with the moon in the early am.

Joy, you ARE one of the young chicks! I am so happy you had a good time at the concert with your Daughter and her friend! Flashing lights are a major problem for people w/epilepsy, I am so happy hers must be very well. Sounds like great fun!

I spent about 4hrs with Alexa tonight, she was cranky again, overtired and wanted to eat:(. Thank God Mommy came home early so she could nurse, she ate and was out like a light!:)

[lor]

Nana (?? whats your name???), At 1st when I read that you like the rime ice & it being cold enough for polar bears, I thought you were talking about some sorta thing that comes from rime ice. I was gunna ask you what 'polar bears' were. You see, we have maples around here & in the fall there are lots of 'helicoptors' falling from them. Perhaps Lavandula knows what I'm talking about (lol).
Our house faces south so in the evening the sun comes in the side window & shines in the living room. But if U R sitting in the Lazy Boy, the sun gets in your eyes.
I'm happy John is done making the plastic pumpkins sing & blink. He used a thing that lets you program your stuff thru the computer (does anyone know of Light-O-Rama?). The pumpkins & computer have been on the dining room table for days. Finally he programed them to sing (blink) to Monster Mash & 2 others.

[joy]

abundant sunshine

happy to live in a place where we get to vote ;)

happy my old dog likes staying outside these cooler days, that gives me more room to move about

[Buttons2]

Lor,I know what the "helicopter's" are!When I take my walk these days the path is covered with maple leaves & those helicopter's come down on me. That's interesting about your hubby being so into Halloween.

Lavan,you are truly blessed at last with a wonderful place to live!

Yesterday a dealer (for the newbie's this means an antique dealer!),brought over her new Labradoodle that she named after our terrier mix-Pepper. She is so cute & very soft,Rags wanted to play with her of course. She's all black & I commented that she even has black eyes. This made my day!

If anyone watched the infomercial last night & saw that poor woman's crooked fingers from RA, I just want to say I'm very grateful mine aren't that bad! I will no longer gripe about having bent fingers in my right hand!

And I agree Joy,I'm happy to live where we have the freedom to vote.

[Nana4&cntn]

lor, my name is kathy,

[lor]

OK...TY Kathy :)

Buttons, My DH & I like to decorate. He likes to do electrical & other stuff (he's an electrical engineer). That LOR I was talking of is the thing you use to make your Christmas lights 'dance' (like this: http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=g0IwpRzWL_4&feature=related). He wants to decorate outside on Xmas so he is trying it out (BTW, someone once commented on LOR decorations - the viewers can only hear the music if they tune their radio to a certain channel as they watch, the neighbors don't hear it)

[Lavandula Canadensis]

my new 4-legged companion *****, an 9yo F english springer spaniel

[Nana4&cntn]

I feel like I got my voice back! I am just so happy to be able post!

I still have more work to do, but I am back!:D:eek:

Lor, I am so sorry I just was able to croak out my name to you, how rude! We also have the helicopters here, they drive me nuts as I have a male tree and everyone else has the females, but I end up with all the weed trees! Seems I am always pulling those little trees.

I think it is awesome how you and your husband can do all of the cool things you do at Halloween and Christmas!

Pati, I did see it, I have the big knuckles from arthritis, and can only imagine how badly she hurts! I was only able to see/hear beause I was with Alexa and she has having a melt down, thankfully her mommy came home and she shut up! Bad nana!!

I also agree with Joy, I am happy to live where we live in freedom and can vote in peace!

Happy it is still 65 degrees at 9pm, and tomorrow will be even better, so little monsters and princesses!

[Lavandula Canadensis]

Lor and Kathy,
as children, we also call the maple fruits 'helicopters'
squirriels love to eat the seeds in them :eek:

talking about them reminds me of when i was in primary school, there was a humongus maple tree nearby... in the fall, the street was literally covered with many many inches of maple leaves... very beautiful melodious and aromatic... i loved so much to walk in them... memories... :p

"A samara is sometimes called a key and is often referred to as a helicopter or whirligig or polynose."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samara_(fruit)

[Buttons2]

Welcome *****! Hope this doggie works out for you Lavan! I need to stop reading the free ads myself,right now there's a 4yr old female Jack Russell but ad says not good with cats!

Guess I'm happy to see it raining so hard today.....I hate those overcast days of gloom so rather have fresh warm rain!

Happy my sciatic pain didn't get to the bad point,yardwork is NOT for wimps I guess

[Lavandula Canadensis]

Pati,
do you have cats? i don't remember... if dog not good w cats, may not be good either with bunnies :confused:
i'd have many dogs, if i had a place to myself :D

[joy]

putting a cactus with a bright red top in my mother's woman face tiny pot. It is so pretty and she has her little hands up to her face & nails are painted even. Just so cute& I'm glad to finally have a plant in it!

Seeing all the plants on my front porch that I swept yesterday for the first time in YEARS

and having three pumpkins sitting amoung the flowers (all at half price) on the front porch

[Nana4&cntn]

Joy, I have a planter like that my gramma made long ago! It looks a lot like I remember her looking. I have never had a plant in mine, it just sits on my dresser looking beautiful!

I am happy today as I am feeling better, still a low grade fever but most of the body aches are gone:)

Happy it is very sunny out!

Happy the leaves are blowing away from my yard.

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) i'm happy to have a new companion dog
:) i'm happy ***** was a very good girl today at the vet
:) i'm happy the next 3 days will be sunny and 63*F/17*C... it will good for planting my last flowers and tulips and daffodils bulbs

[joy]

appy to have another neuro's visit over with, duh, he wants me to take more meds. Didn't surprise me at all. I'd said I'd already knew that a person just can't take enough pills to take away ALL the pain. Guess they think they can. oops sorry I am happy to have it over with!

happy to have been able to wash off some of the dirt on the siding on the front porch after all. Whee, it sure was cold and breezy when I got wet, LOL

I'm just happy to be recalling some of the more plesant things that have happened in life. I do love the fall as it makes me feel more peaceful than any other season. Of course I'm still recalling a lot of the unplesant things still also. But it's nice to have happier things to replace the thoughts with and end on a happy note usually :p

[joy]

I am using my new dryer, with steam. I didn't realise that hubby had hooked it up already. But did notice that the clothes looked nice. :p. drat you still have to get up & hang them up, LOL.

It only makes my old tan with wood grain top washer look tired, like I feel. Dauhter woke me up at seven cause her kid woke up early as she was put to bed early. Don't cha know kids take some time to get used to the time change as well. GK was in an excited mood and singing. I must sign her up for singing lessons. She likes to try all the songs with the weird sound effects. I imagine just what all Jim Carry's family had to endure during his growing up years.

I still have the messiest house with everything drug out. But I'm also smart enough to count my blessing in many ways and I feel that I have many to count at that. Money flying out the windows in all directions but I have plenty of food and a place to stay and am not worried about staying warm this winter.

So all in all, I am happy to be here and say so! Here's hoping others feel the same way. If not, just say so and join right in anyway. ;) I noticed the weather is awful up WA way. :(

I also am wondering how Laurie is. I need to dig and find her phone number. Those dratted kids of ours have already ate up all our extra minutes, :mad:, nothing new there.

[dawnmn]

I'm happy for the freedom to vote.

[Buttons2]

Joy, I'm pretty sure you have just put a plant inside a head vase! These are highly collectable & were never meant to actually have a plant in them,but it's yours so do whatever you want ( I will cringe alone).Actually it's funny so I'll have to share that with other dealer's......

anyway my dear friend it's so nice to know you are feeling better & getting things done & feeling happy! I can tell by your writing just how much better you are doing & it sure makes me happy to know it's happening!

Lavan,yes I do have one cat,Sissy. The Jack Russell didn't stay in the ads long of course.If I were rich I'd adopt alot of dogs! At one time we had 2 dogs & 5 cats here (some of the cats were "given" to us since we're suckers for critters in need of a home).

Oh, forgot I'm on the happy thread! So here goes:

Happy sun is out @ times today,rained very hard last night & I now need my rubber boots to take dog for walk in the woods.

Happy my depression has lifted for the time being since I hate being so down!

Happy I got the cleaning cupboard cleaned out & tossed alot more stuff (like tons of outdated vitamins!)

I think of Laurie often & hope she's doing OK, I need to give her a call also but keep putting it off......I'm sure if she was well she would be here checking in ya know? Anyone that wants the number can send me a PM.

[joy]

Buttons she is a gree and cream girl with tiny flowers on her hat. There is a large opening in her hat where I placed my plant. She is made by ENESCO Pottery Company 1956.

I now have dirt on my dressing gown, LOL. There is more but it is too hard for my eyes to make it out. I might could find one like her on Ebay but will just give the details.

I have asked for what Lavan has, a thingy for computer and hubby said it wasn't expensive. Buttons I was hoping you could ask Santa for one also....;)

If I find the right ribbon, I will place it on the tiny dowel rod I placed in the dirt to hold my cactus upright. Since cactus does not have many roots, it is easy for the plant to wobble in wrong direction. She would look even more adorable with a bow I think. In any case, I treasure it and wish I knew just where she got it. I know the details of most of her things. I still cannot find the tiny ceramic cat Uncle Vernon was to have found on railroad track and took to her when she was staying with Aunt Heddy. Sigh, I guess I never will as I'm sure she hid it somewhere and the the robbers have just about emptied everything and strowed the papers from things she had boxed up. They just trashed everything the last time they broke into the house.

Regardless of what this thread is called, I like to answer things and say what I want, where I want, LOL At lesast sometimes I do. I prwefer that to when I just don't feel like saying anything at all!

Thankfull neither feelings last too long usually.

[Lavandula Canadensis]

Joy,

what i have is just a webcam, not a camcorder, but i think i can use it to record a little bit... but it only has a usb cable 24 inches long... and my computer is a desktop... so i can't always reach the dog...

i was happy when i got it... thinking i'd use it with my brother, to save long distance calls... and see him when we talk... but his is broken and he doesn't like this, so he won't buy another one...

:) happy to have been able to plant some more flowers this afternoon... it was sunny and warm... as it will be all week... here, we call this week 'indian summer'

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy to watch HISTORY BEING MADE!!

I am so PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!!

I am so proud I was able to vote in this historical event and can share this with my grands!

I have always told my kids you can be anything you want to be!


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[tic chick]

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
Martin Luther King Jr.

i am proud to live in this changing america and see, in my lifetime, the words of martin luther king become reality.

i am proud to be a part of history being made today.

i remember all the men and women who suffered and died for all of us, so that we would be able to be a part of this democracy.

[Buttons2]

VERY happy with election results so far, we still have some close races going on her in my state.

OT, but since this is the thread with the head vase I just want to suggest how cute one would be with a "String of Pearl's" plant!

Makes me smile to think of the new resident's in the White House having a "first puppy". Wonder what kind they will pick? I've loved watching Barney & Ms. Beasley (the black Scottie's), during the Christmas tours!

Happy to no longer see political ads on TV!!

[Nana4&cntn]

AMEN, to no more political signs, polls, ads on TV or anywhere!!

Happy to have a day all to myself today, sad because I can't see Alexa due to my fever.

Happy I only have a virus and not the flu, thank God it hasn't gotten this far yet! Pati, have you had any flu reports out there yet?

[Tootsie]

Today, I'm happy with the national election results, disappointed with some of the propositions in my state and OK with the local results although one of the people I wanted to see on my city council lost. Still watching some of the other close races that affect my son and his family.

I finally got my flu shot and didn't have to wait in line. The area was open from 5 to 8 PM and I got there at 0752PM and was the only one there. However, 3 people came after I did. There were lots of places to park, too.

Happy to see we will have a "First Dog" in the White House and will share the joy of Malia and Sasha. Also happy to see their Gramma will move in with them, to be another source of stability in the family.

The lap pool is open again! They took one of the parts from the hot tub and used it in the lap pool so now the hot tub is closed. That's OK because I never use it. Cheerio.

[joy]

I'll take little wins (some are BIG in my book) and we won some of the. In our local race, we have some in run offs still. That's not losing. just yet anyway, LOL.

It was just a tad rainy today, but the nice kind, over with fast but with a promise of more later, perhaps tonight. We need rain.

It is nice to see the leaves float down. It is like it is raining leaves some places under our trees. The willow oak leaves twirl down fast. I cannot grab a bunch and put in back of truck to watch them fly about like I used to when my and mother were going places. A nice memory in any case.[/B]

[Buttons2]

Happy my youngest son called today. I don't call him cause he works strange shifts & I'd hate to wake him up. He's been hunting grouse! No longer fishing. I'm used to him going many years doing one thing then suddenly doing something else. Maybe I'll get to eat grouse? Happy that all is well in his world & hoping to see him soon.

We are on flood watch in some areas,however don't pay too much attention to what the national news says about us getting 5" of rain cause they seem to like to dramatize too much! I walked my dog between the heavy downpours.

Happy to see the 2 remaining bunnies & the doves are eating alot of cracked corn again.

I didn't realize Mrs. Robinson is going to be living in the White House. The girls will need all the "normal" they can get! There are all kinds of blogs to suggest what type dog they should get & what to name it. At least this is more uplifting than war & economy!

Tootsie,I just read about the new ideas for CA to get back on track w/economy.....sure hope they don't have a mass exodus north cause we're not much better off! Glad you will be swimming again!

[joy]

I am happy with my little head thingy whatever it is and just know my mother would be glad if it makes me happy as well. That's all that is needed for me :p.

I also repotted the original [I]plant, the tiny sausage like little link plant[I] back into the yellow star with an angel on it that was my mother-in-law's planter. I had put it into an even tiner planter that looked like a tiny bag with a ribbon around it. It was much too small for the plant now. I will need to get some tiny but tall stakes and some of thjose clips like is used for orchids to clip the tall stalks to keep them upright.

I ever so carefully found each tiny piece of the plant that fell of the sausage looking plant anmd stucj each piece into the rooting compound and put those into a tiny pot to grow , hopefully. I've never had any to drop before so I'm hoping to have another plant by doing this. We'll see:p

It feel like old times with all these plants inside my house and also right by my front door. I have an ornamental cabbage & violets and now my ivy and even what I love the most, Irish moss and other tiny but green perienial grass in some of the potted plants.

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy today was a free day! No appointments or errands! I slept until 11am! I haven't slept that late since I was a kid! I felt a bit out of it, and the day has been a bust.

Happy my furnace works so well! We are down to 35 degrees, we never hit 40 today.

Happy my PM appointment went well yesterday! My pain levels have been down since last months visit and med changes! Going from 8/10 to 4/10 is a HUGE change for the better!

[Buttons2]

Love to know that you are planting Joy!

Kathy, glad you are having less pain (or at least not feeling it so much?) Wow what a storm in S. Dakota! EEE-45" of snow!!

Sun is out right now so that's making me smile.

Happy I found a raincoat yesterday that I like. Also love feeling my new pair of socks.

Happy that HM is gone for the day @ a fundraiser for the boy's & girl's club so I can have peace from the weird stuff he watches on TV (dirty jobs,whale wars,history,snakes,etc). I swear he watches that stuff to drive me nuts.....I grossed out over a male hippo killing a male baby hippo! I'm sick to death of killings & bad stuff that goes on in this world.

Happy I don't have to cook dinner tonight. Last night I baked cod & for some reason I'm still having an aversion to fish. I also don't like it stinking up the house!

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy to have such wonderful and caring friends here. :D

Happy we didn't get the snow SD did, just a few flakes and a bit of sleet here. We are in the low 30's-40's, I am a bit achey but overall feel pretty good!

Happy my virus is finally gone! I thought it would never end!

Happy mom is coming home from her b/f's tonite, I am getting tired of going up and down her steps to feed her cats!

[joy]

I guess I'll be happy that I'll be getting a new dryer. Hubby saw oil under it & that explains a few things: One that we'll be spending twie the money we didn't know we'd have too, one for the dryer now another for the washer.

When we were out at mother's today I am healed enough that I started collecting some things that I haven't felt up to yet. (Dawn, don't rush, it've been four years and mine died in the last of March '04.)

Today it was some more tiny things, a small egg with flowers paonted on top. Inside was a tiny plastic baby with its arms & legs upright. I wished so for the tiny cat black & white. I've been saying it's ceramic, it is more like porcelain & unfound still. Also a tiny vase and a tiny leaf of preclain made in Japan, a set of tiny ? whatevers, won't say as I have enough trouble calling things right as it is.

I did take the corner gold painted wood holder that some of the things were in filigee cut I believe, anyway it held the tiny musical October girl that mama's niece sent for one birthday. That's a keeper as both are gone.

Well I had a break before I tackled this happy list but now I'm hurting so it's up & onto something else again.

I hope everyone has a plesant Sunday.

I had to come back quickly just to add that I can't quit remarking just how beautifu every gold & red every tree I see is. I even took some of the hugh tree that the storms have taken the top out of twice. I guess you could say it's now a large arsed tree, LOL Krissi, if you're reading. things stick with me ;-) . But still beautiful to me.

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) happy to have been able to connect a tv-tuner into my computer last week... to be able to watch tv on my 22" wide screen computer monitor... and it works fine... for when i will want to watch it... once in a blue moon... here, we have basic tv cable (included in my rent)

no need anymore to have a tv in the way... as i was dusting it more minutes a month than i was watching it... :rolleyes: i had not had a tv for more than 18 months, as i gave my older one in early spring last year to have more room in my wall unit for... magazines & books...

:) only one more flower to plant... and some bulbs (76 tulips & 84 daffodils)... well, it's not my fault if i love flowers !!! some people of my age were born under a cabbage leaf... i was born under a flower petal !!!

[JAVISI]

Dear Friends, Oh how I have missed you!!
I have been stuck on the couch or in bed for so long. I am able to move around better due to a duragesic patch.I still ache but it is tolerable!

1) I got to visit with my B/F from Texas, she pampered me, cleaning, having me soak my feet and clip my nails and paint them.

2) She brought me a bunch of CD's. I am listening to James Taylor, as most of you know that I love music, It warms my soul.

3) My daughter came out to visit with her 3 year old and the baby she is growing fast, 8 months old. They both have wonderful dispositions.

4) My other grandaughter turned 5 in October, she spent the night a couple of weeks ago, what a grandmas helper she has turned into.

5) I am happy to say that my ex moved out of the State! Yea!

Dreaming Big and Reaching for the Stars, Love, Laurie

[Buttons2]

Happy to have Laurie back!!!!!! (for the newbies: Laurie is Javisi,she's actually the one that got all this started with her "happy things thread".) She'll never be able to catch up so maybe you newbies could introduce yourselves?

Happy the Seahawks didn't get totally slaughtered today......doesn't seem to help this year if I wear my Seahawk's shirt or not!

Happy it stopped raining for now,sun is even shining! It's been warm so that's nice.

Happy I will have fresh brussel sprouts tonight. We got them @ a farm stand for many years but they have closed down so these are from a local grocery.I do miss removing them from the stalk though.

[Nana4&cntn]

I am also Happy to see Laurie back! I was thinking I may have to drive down there and rescue her for lunch:) Maybe when she is feeling better, we CAN meet for lunch!

Happy I made a dent in the leaves in my yard! There are soooo many more that need to be raked up!

Happy I was able to run errands and also pick a few things up that Mom and my Aunt needed. It seems they do a lot more for me than I do for them~

[JAVISI]

Dear Friends,
I am so glad that this post is still going, I need to think of happy things! Sorry my posts seem short but I am still not even close to wear I used to be. I hope that we can meet for lunch some day soon!

1) I am happy to have a boyfriend that can cook and clean!

2) I am really glad to be back, and see so many new posters!

3) I am happy to say that my kids have come to terms with my divorce to their father, They still love me!!!

4) All the laundry is done, I can rest today.

5) The discovery of the fentynal patch, It has helped me to move more.

Dream Big and Reach for the Stars, Javisi(Laurie)

[joy]

I'm so very happy to have Javisi back, I even remember why she calls herself that ;). I so don't want any forum named after anyone. You know you usually have to take to the dirt to do that!! None of that now people, let's keep toughing it out together....

Can't do anything as kitchen (and rest of house for that matter, is torn apart. Computer for awhile it is YEAH!

We had our first frost ~ cold at 31 this morning. It'll warm up tho'

I hope we all have just one Monday morning this week, not a week of all Mondays, LOL.

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy my mom seems to be doing better pain wise.

Hapy I havw been able to get some things done this am,

Happy the sun is shining, even tho it was 26 when I woke up, now it is 30, there is always hope it will warn up a least a bit more.

So very happy to see Laurie back for the second day in a row!

[dawnmn]

Happy my husband is coming home today. He was gone for four days hunting.

Happy that I didn't need to go over to my mom's house. I stayed home instead of running over there and trying to get things done. I've decided that it will get done later.

[joy]

That's the secret Dawn, pace yourself. It can wait. I say no need to push yourself especially since the others aren't seemingly wanting to volunteer to help.

I let my brother's kids get inside my mother's house, it was my SIL suggestion as they well two were out of state and had come home. My two kids wren't there even. I thought "be nice"

Well so much for that as it just was too early. One did not even go to house but clled in her request while we were there, to others that were.

Not a good ideal looking back. But SIL still thought to ask for somethign and I gave it, drat. Now I'm thinking of telling her & brother tht since I have my head clearer (after 4 years plus) that I know who she can pass what she asked for on to... my kid, LOL she'd do it!

I know this is typically not the place for this but I just don't want to see you get hurt more Dawn. Take it slow... ;), I assume that anything really valuable is out in case of fire of break ins. That happens sometimes.

[JAVISI]

Good morning Friends,
I really have basically been made to pace myself with all of this pain, I guess I have learned that the world won't stop if I don't get the dishes out of the dishwater! Which what I need to do. Dan Is hurting bad, his left rib area. I just can't seem to find anything that I can do to help him with the pain. We are going to the Dr. today. It is cold and foggy here this morning, It sure looks pretty but I am not looking forwar to the winter. The weather change seems to make my pain worse. Now for happy things!!

1) A nice hot shower this morning!

2) Seeing all the wildlife running around, here in the country, The deer are thick so you have to be careful when driving.

3) The good memories that I have of my children when they were young, I sure wish I could go back to that time. I would change a lot of things!

4) The smell of coffee in the morning!

5) We have 5 baby kittens it is so cute to watch them chase eachother and roll around on the ground!

Dreaming Big and Reaching for the Stars, Javisi/Laurie

[Nana4&cntn]

Laurie, I am so happy to see you for the 3rd day in a row!

Happy I will see Alexa today, and praying she is in a good mood! That child has a huge set of lungs.

Happy it is a tad bit warmer this morning, and we also have fog up here!

Happy my laundry is done! Also got my Bathrooms cleaned!

[Lavandula Canadensis]

[B]Isn't it amazing that in less than a year we had so many posts, Mike Weins had to break this thread into 2 separate threads! I really wish he would let the first part of this thread and the "What are the little things that make you happy" remail as a sticky. There are so many things in those posts that somethimes I need to look back at the threads. That is just my opinion!

i just that genius idea of putting here the link to the first thread, for a faster, direct access... in case we need to double check something before replying...

we could re-copy it every now and then... for awhile... ;)

hope this helps :)

http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/showthread.php?t=12614&page=113

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) happy i have internet connection at home... so i can communicate with all my friends here... and not have to go out when it's chilly... freezing rain this week in my part of canada... outdoors... only to walk *****... for a few minutes... you know why :rolleyes:

[mrsQ]

I am happy my husband is back on a wound vac and they think it will help him.
I'm happy I can get around better today. And I am very happy to have this board to come to.

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) being able to see the sunset, either directly from my kitchen/living room, through the 2 windows or my patio doors, or indirectly through the mirror i put up on the wall up my kitchen sink... i haven't been able to see the sunset in 3.5 years in my former appart.

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy it reached 40 degrees today, sad I know:rolleyes:

Happy Alexa was a fun loving baby today, instead of the unhappy child I have had the past couple of days I have had her. She was such a cuddle bug and won me over all over again! I cannot believe she is 5mo old already! Does it seem that long to y'all?

Happy it rained today,w/o any snow!

[JAVISI]

Kathy,
I too am happy for the warm up, The cold has really made my joints hurt worse.

Happiness.....I really have to think hard today!

1) I got to eat out for supper. After Dan went to the Dr. We found out he has a broken rib:( . At least we know the reason why he was hurting so bad!

2) I talked on the phone with my grandaughter last night, I love hearing her sweet and innocent voice.

3) I am happy that I have been able to post for these few days in a row.

4) My Daughter is having Thanksgiving, that sure takes some of the stress off of me!

5) Most of the night I was able to sleep and so was Dan. I have been sleeping on the couch so I don't bump his ribs.

Dream Big and Reach for the Stars, Laurie

[joy]

*& I'll take that any day over what's usually going around. That's saying a lot for as much as I am in pain!!

No worries, I had two PM's today. One I knew would return if ever possible & the other, I had doubts about. I was so happy to get them both.

Saying that, I will just keep my self strictly here ~ where things are kept in order by others, not me.


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So no worries, here is a great place & people can avoid it if they like, LOL

Yes, I am still on happy things, it does make me happy to know there is a sensor here for my madness, LOL. What's allowed and what's not, so to speak. I already gave my approval for the one who helps keep us online, thanks again Mike,

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Since I DO still have & always will have eye problems, I DO sppreciate every bold post I see. That's why I am determined to make mine that way for others who may have the same problem.

No telling how many that might be, so if y'all don't want mine to be all that those people can read, join me, Be bold.

[Lavandula Canadensis]

Joy,
do you have an icon on your bottom toolbar to increase the text/zoom to 125% or 150%... i use this regularly... i think i wrote this somewhere yesterday... sorry if i'm repeating myself...

:) happy i have my dear companion... and she lets me comb her hair like if she knew how beautiful it makes her coat look so nice and silky...

[Buttons2]

Sorry Joy but now that I have a black background I cannot go bold!

Happy to have the first of the trumpeter swans fly right over my head while walking Rags yesterday! And I just heard some honking now.

Happy I'm no longer living next to a river that floods.

Happy I don't have to cook dinner tonight.

[joy]

in my eye case, bigger does not work, bold does better. so that is that and I'll choose to read as long as I can. It does help you to break up the patterns, I've heard it often enough and will always be glad to help you or anyonme out on the reading thing. We none may never know when we need it ourselves as we all get older, LOL.

I know pretty much how to do most things, even way back when how to take away everything. If I wanted too, you should just see the looks on the professionals faces. I could stump the reall smart ones that worked for the computer fix it place when I worked at a college.

But I didn't. just thought about it. Well I did something one time, I made it save things on the disk everytime unless you put it in to save it on computer. They were such sticklers about that so I never wanted to get caught again by doing it.

They did not know how to change that either. So their safety as being the professionals paid off again, for them. Cetainly not fore the ones that knew more about computers and software. What I did not know or know now, I ask hubby, LOL

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) i'm happy i finally had my eye exam last friday... and i'm impatiently waiting for my new reading glasses that should arrive possibly on friday of next week

trying to bold this reply... and see if it is of any help ;)

[joy]

I forget to bold it sometimes before and most of the time if I forget and see that it did not, I go back and bold it before the time expires. I run accross many others on other threads that say they have eye problems as well. Repeating myself a lot here lately too but if it ehlps others as well I will continue as I hate to think of some that cannot even read much. I started worrying about my eye sight in earnest in '02 after that eye doctor's visit. It is that way every visit even when I change doctor's, it just follows me around, LOL. Get the same bad news from others as well.

I do not want to worry about that or my hearing too much. I like to spread the worrying around, I worry about others as much as I do for myself., Gives my head a break that way, LOL.

Acid controller pill and two Tums later & still upset tummy. Might as well try to sleep and hope to stave off what has been following these episodes usuallly

Whew, my favorite pictures will flash by here soon if I don't get busy and start them soon

[Buttons2]

Well I managed to get back to a "normal" screen. My son is coming over this weekend (hopefully) and he can get my 'puter the way I want it I hope! I have not seen him since my sister was here so I'm concerned he's in a depressive state & hope I can dig some info out of him!

Happy today that the wind has stopped! It was a rough night with the trailer rocking & rolling & being afraid a tree might come down on me! Now it's all calm & I even caught some patches of blue in the sky.

If anyone sees the flooding on TV it's NOT in my area. We were lucky here.

Now I saw the cutest thing yesterday that brought a big smile....a monkey helping to raise 2 white tiger cubs! Feeding them with a bottle,holding them,etc. Too bad they don't show happy things more often eh?

Happy to see 2 bunnies eating corn this morning,I thought the coyote's had gotten one of them since I saw bunny fur in the yard.

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy I taught Alexa to clap her hands last night, too cute and giggling up a storm.

Happy I will be seein the twins this afternoon. There Ama (grandmother) had a partial knee replacement on tuesday, so I will stay with them while their Pa (grandfather) and mom got to pick her up from the hospital! I have some new scented markers and fun paper to play with after dinner and homework.

Happy my doctors appt, went well yesterday! I swear they take a gallon of blood eaxh time I go in. They are watching for Adrenal disfunction and possibly problems w/ my liver or kidney's. I am praying that isn't the problem!

[JAVISI]

I lost my post:(

Oh well I will just jump to happiness!

1) I saw a beautiful sunrise this morning!

2) Steaks tonight! My son will be working and he will be cooking them. I think I will leave a tip for him!

3) It is supposed to be a nice day in the 50's, I'll take that it is much better then the teens!

4) I fell yesterday, I didn't hurt myself, Luckily, It hurt my pride more than anything, I have been falling a lot here lately.

5) I keep mlistening to my new CD's, I love them all! Music soothes my soul!:)

[lor]

I'm happy that my tickets just came. I bought them online. Tickets to The Trans-Siberian Orchestra. We saw them twice before in town but when I found they are not coming to our town, I went online & investigated. They will be near Detroit so we are going there (we're just over the state line, south of Detroit). We have 4 tickets but maybe my kids can't go afterall. If not, a friend from BrainTalk (Traciboop) & her DH might go.

[JAVISI]

Hi, hope all is well with everyone!

1) Listening to song that touch my heart!:)

2) Watching a good movie, even with cable it can be hard to find a good one!

3) I lost 20 ponds, I hope more will follow, but I dread that the holidays it will be hard to stay away from the goodies!

4) I am anxious to get Christmas cards from all of you that send me one. I will send one back in return.

5) I love the fact that they always hug me, kiss me and tell me that they love me no matter where they are!

Dream Big! Javi

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) happy that today and tomorrow will be warmer than forcasted... 55 & 52*F (13 & 11*C)... so, the colder days are postponed another 2 days... giving me time to plant 6 other flowers that i had placed somewhere and forgot about... these 2 warmer days are a blessing... and chances of rain are 60%, so i won't have to water them :D

:) Laurie, happy to see you back and all around the place... your positive words are soothing my soul and giving me hope of a better winter, mental-health-wise...

[joy]

to sit & rest a bit & partake of my meds, online :D. It's easier to swallow than a pill.

So I check in on my favorite place & catch up when I need a break until the uppper parts start hurting as well.

Today is grand son's birthday. He is that chatty age, hubby & I can't make out all he says, he says a lot!! I'd post a pic but then I'd have to stop & figure out how. Time is needed elsewhere as usual.
I found a little reindeer planter, it's clean & waiting for a plant. I will snip off from some that needs it & give it one.

[Nana4&cntn]

Laurie, I promise to post your info in PM's either tonite or tomorrow!

Happy to have dpent time with my twins last night, it was exhausting but fun! I played like I was asleep, and they kept "waking me up" saying I was asleep! I wish I had been. I also had fun spending time with Alexa tues and weds evenings, she was such a cuddle bug and fun!

I am looking forward to having today with nothing to do. I am exhausted! I wish my doc would figure out what my problem is or send me to an endocrinologist!

Have a great day everyone, todat and tomorrow are supposed to be at or close to 50, so I can get the rest of my leaves up tomorrow as we had rain all day yesterday, nothing worse than really wet leaves!

[tic chick]

i saw the orange harvest moon yesterday! it was so beautiful.

i try and see it every year, but sometimes it is too cloudy or i miss it.

one time, several years back, a friend and i were driving along lakeshore drive, which as the name implies, runs along side the lake. lake st. clair, to be exact. we rounded a corner and there it was! the orange harvest moon was rising on the horizon and it looked like it was going to touch the earth it was so big.

i have never seen the moon like that since and every year i try. it is a magnificent memory and i hope to see that again.

jeannie

[Buttons2]

Made me happy to find a HUGE maple leaf on my walk yesterday.

Happy yesterday was nice & sunny so I got to clean & air stuff out that needed it

Happy I worked with my dog last night on the leash training & when he freaked out over the heat vent in the hallway I kept trying until I got him to walk over it calmly.

Happy to sit here typing & hear the trumpeter swans going overhead

[JAVISI]

I am so happy that I have friends as wonderful as you all are!

1) I seen a falling star last night, I wished upon it and my wish came true!

2) Talked on the phone to my grandaughter and grandson, I do love hearing them talk even when I can't understand everthing the 2 year old is saying.

3) The Nebraska Cornhuskers won, football I love it!

4) Dan is going to make his famous peanutbutter/chocolate pie foe Thanksgiving, Yummy, their goes the diet!

5) Dan always being so loving and caring!

Dream Big and Reach for the Sttars, with hugs, Javi

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) happy i discovered the zero gravity recliner on MarkN's thread : what adaptations have you made?" it's the only place where i can be so that my body is less hurting...

[JAVISI]

Happinness....

1) I am happy that I have so many friends here!

2) The sun is out today even though it is cold this morning the afternoon is supposed to be beautiful!

3) Dan made a chocolate cake with fudge frosting, I had to indulge, It tasted soooo good!

4) Getting mail that is not a bill!

5) Listening to the music that someone from the ataxia site sent to me, It sure brings back memories, I miss the ones that left, but I at least have the memories of our closeness!

Dreaming Big and Reaching for the Stars, Javi

[dawnmn]

Happy that I caught the squirel before it ate my woodpecker feeder. The little bugger climbed up a thin pole and started to eat the food in the feeder. My husband made me a couple of them and the squirels got one all ready.

Happy that the wind has died down outside.

Happy my youngest is coming home for christmas with her boyfriend and her cat (my only grandchild)

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) happy the sun is out... after a mini mini snow storm leaving only 1" on the ground...

:) happy i have ***** to take me out for short walks daily... otherwise, i'd be hibernating as i did for the last 7 winters or so...

:) happy to read all your little happinesses... they bring me hope and joy !

[Buttons2]

Happy the sun is shining here also!

Happy I got out of the house all day yesterday & managed to walk OK

Happy I can always come here & connect with people I care about

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy my children are taking over Thanksgiving this and future years!:)

Happy I was able to ask the other gramma to watch Alexa, I am in no shape today to do it!:(

Happy to have great friends here!:D

[joy]

I'm happy to be back online after a little absence. It is windy but sunny. I have out bird seed so they are happy.

Things are coming together for hubby's surgery early in the morning.

We have food bought & in the hosue. I really don't need a stove at this rate, I can visit Sam's & if we have money, buy food, LOL.

I suppose I should say that I'm happy that i can rest with an unkempt house. Oherwise I'd be one miserable person all the time

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) i'm happy to realize that dust bunnies and dog hair mingle well together in my appart. and they have fun running and hiding in betweek stacks of boxes that are waiting to get unpacked...

[Buttons2]

Happy I cooked enough yesterday for leftover's tonight. I hate cooking when I'm grouchy & in pain!

Happy I no longer give a hoot about dust bunnies & pet fur. Who sees it anyways?

Happy I'm sticking with the leash training for Rags,however now he's showing even more things to freak out about! First it was the heat register,now it's the bathroom-hmmmm. He had never been in the bathroom before & I had no idea he would freak about it. Add all this to his refusal to go inside my small trailer or the basement. What a neurotic doggie I have! The second he pulls on the leash I stop & give him my "shhh" sound. He gets a dog biscuit as a treat when I'm finished & I'm adding new places to go each time.

[joy]

I'm happy hubby eats just about anything. He was watching the Dirty Jobs show last night & I served a turkey slice meal. It did not lok any better than the surimi ground fish that they showed on there :p I ate peanut butter & milk myself.

I am happy to be doing laundry. My washroom and all is still messed up but so what, we have a path thru it all anyway :D. Not kidding about the paths.

Happy to know it's time to get back busy so I'll bid everyone goodbye

[Buttons2]

Happy to have Catherine posting again and Jeannie! Now where is Tootsie?(I realize this is not the right forum).

Happy the storm is over & might see some sun today

Happy HM is off doing fundraising & I don't have to watch "Dirty Jobs" or anything else the guys seem to like so much!

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy my mom will be seeing a neurosurgeon on Tuesday. She has been stumbling,falling and very weak, especially in the legs. Her neck is the cause, I am pretty sure, I am going with her so I can ask as many questions as I can. She forgets or goes off topic.

Happy to have some sun today,although we are stuck at 40 degrees.

Happy I was able to take my walk with the cane instead of the walker!:D

[Buttons2]

Happy to have sunshine today! It's very cold & frosty. I love to see the sparkles on the frost.

Happy to get an email from MamaSue & she's doing great!Laurie I will PM her address to you & also anyone else that remembers her & wants to get in touch. I met Sue on the suicide survivor's thread & this young lady has been through far too much in life. Anytime I feel sorry for myself I think of Sue & how she lost both her boys to a rare terminal illness & then her DH committed suicide last year! She's a true survivor.....

Kathy,I'm glad you can use the cane. Walkers have their purpose but are we ready for old age symbol's like that? NO!!

[Nana4&cntn]

Thanks Pati! Walkers really do say old lady!lol The worst was neighbors asking if I had to have more surgery and other things.

Happy it is 50+ degrees and my aches are down!

Happy to have talked to my two youngest grandsons, and hear all about what different trucks do. The most important is Thomas the Train! WOW to be 3 again, with no worries!

Happy to finally have Thanksgiving plans set!

[tic chick]

darn proud opf myself that i know how to cook and can actually make a whole thanksgiving dinner for the family and have everything ready at the same time!!

lmao and remembering one time when this young woman came up to me in the grocery store with a can of jellied cranberry sauce from ocean spray in her hand, and asked me how you prepare it....:D

i love thanksgiving...

[joy]

i took lavan~s word for it and have been copying recipes for over an hour, tho' i won't be making them, i can dream.

I was going to tell her so but as this is the only way i can, decided to just tell her anyway - the pioneer woman ones are great. I haven't the time nor will the ole hip allow me to look further. I might make some of the muffins, as they sounded delicious.

well here's hoping everyone has a peaceful day today

happy thanksgiving all

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) ***** & i are happy to have played in the snow together yesterday evening

[Buttons2]

Oh Lavan,I hope we get snow this year! It's cold & frosty here again today,yesterday was sunny & my youngest son came down from the mountains & cleaned the gutters & we had a short visit. I hadn't seen him in several months so made me happy he was here.

Jeannie, I also can do the entire meal & have it come out on time. There were a few years there when my brain wouldn't allow such an endeavor! I had cards in all the dishes so I'd know what went where & was rather a nervous wreck trying to remember how to cook! So very happy those days are behind me.....

Now if the Seahawks would just win a game for a change I'll be real happy!

[joy]

happy to have hubby fill 3 weeks full of meds for me and label them. it is quite a job doing that with almost dead hands

happy to still be felling that i can take it easy if i want to, i want to, lol.

happy dog is inside and being wuet about it. he still wants me to read his mind tho' i can tell, i do have a few trips until i can figure out what he wants. when i get tired i tell him to lie down, he understands that i'm sure, lol.

[Lavandula Canadensis]

Pati, i like to see the white snow fall, and accumulate on the landscape... what i don't like is the yukky junk on the roads and driveways... and its effect on my joints...

:) i just found my whistling inox kettle (haven't found the silex one yet :rolleyes:)

:) happy i have a good assortment of green teas (genmai-cha, green tea with roasted whole rice is the best of all!), and herbal & floral teas (incl. lavender, of course!)... they're very comforting during crappy weather...
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[Nana4&cntn]

Pati, I too am praying for a white Christmas. Funny hearing that from someone who grew up in No. California near where Tootsie lives. I have lived here for 26 years in a few days. It is so depressing when there isn't snow and everything is so gray and cold, well you know.

Happy the sun is shining,

Happy I am almost ready for Thanksgiving tomorrow! I can't wait to see everyone, including the 5 grands together!

We have had to change venue's as my 3y/o has a stomach ache and vomiting! I sure hope he feels better by tomorrow. So we will be at my Daughters home.

Have a great evening all!

[joy]

i was happy to have daughter come out today and help me with some housework

happy to get some pictures back from neice, sad that the ones i really wanted were not in the box! but i know she copied them so perhaps it was an oversight, I'll be asking about them. she put them on a video disk and showed it once at a reunion, so shouldn't be a problem. i plan on retirninmg some pics to the owners, or relatives of them. my children have no need for them as they will never meet them anyway.

happy to be up late and catching up. now hoping i can go back to sleep. tomorrow will be a busy day with grand daughter and doing things.

happy to have had deer chili, not too much as it was spicy, yuck, thought about not eating it but got over it, lol.

[Lavandula Canadensis]

i just discovered a new website with wonderful images... thanks to waves for it... i'm happy to share this one with you today...
http://dl7.glitter-graphics.net/pub/1358/1358047vhyl7y6dvn.gif

[Buttons2]

Well we actually do have some sunshine today so thanks!

Happy I got alot done yesterday cause today is a downer for me

Happy I can always come here & find something to cheer me up

Joy,I'm also happy my dog seems to feel my down time & doesn't bug me to play!

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy today is Sunday! I woke up thinking it was Monday, uggg.......Yesterday was very long and wonderful!

Happy I was able to see all 5 grands at the same time! The boys all played so well together, given their age differences. The littlest one (20 mo's)kept up very well!

Happy Alexa had a great time being the center of attention. She was laughing and squealing, and oh so cute! One of her twin cousins is totally mezmorized by her, and adores him. She was loving the funny faces he made for her for almost an hour!

Dinner was great! I brought home a huge plate of leftovers and will be eating well for the next 2 days! Love those turkey sandwiches! No pie leftovers came home with me though:D

[dawnmn]

Yipee, found homes for my mom's animals. That makes me soooo happy! Now the cat and bird will have a nice home with someone there for them all the time instead of me coming every other day....

[joy]

that was a great yipee or however you said it dawnn, lol. i am happy for you as well. they needed homes and will make someone else happy now and lighten up your work load and relieve you mind a tad as well.

I love animals, but i know my limit myself!!! my old dog is my limit. my grandpup is too rambuncious way to much so!! like him but don't like him jumping up on couch and getting into my face. uugh. cute to look at tho'

hubby grabbed the puppy's face, it made grandson mad so he hit at pappy. was kinda funny until he got into trouble. that would not have been plesant to see, grandson getting a spanking. but i too am going to thump that little needle nose if he keeps going for my nose, lol.

happy to have sunshine today. we are suppoose to get rain/snow showere but that is sunshine that i see outside my windows.

also i have loads of red berries on holly trees. three kinds, one is nandina bushes and two holly trees. red berries everywhere.

have a good week y'all

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) i'm glad we have central vac in this house, including one outlet in my appart... it comes very handy, and easier to use than my big vacuum cleaner... as my actual dog is by far the one that looses more hair than all the other ones i ever owned...

[joy]

it makes me really happy when I find a phone number myself, dial it and I get a real person, LOL.

I tried to connect with someone from BrainTalk as today was an important day for them. I'll be checking back later and hoping I will have good news.

Hubby is doing okay still, having a lot of dry stuff still needling to come out of his head tho!

the sun is shining right now, I just love between 2 - 3:45 here, the sun shines thru the west window all warm and toasty.

[lor]

Christmas does!

http://bestsmileys.com/christmas6/2.gif

We made a tree with 750 lights & we have other decorations outside plus music (that comes over your radio. Neighbors can't hear it)

[joy]

I imagine you kids are having a wonderful time with that thing. Halloween was great also I imagine. We are in the process of putting outside the white deers and the three anels I made and painted. Hubby is making a Merry Christmas sign but has stopped for now. He waits until almost Christmas and then gets going again. I kinda like having it all done. We haven't put up a tree yet either.

[Nana4&cntn]

Joy, I will be starting to put up my outdoor decorations this week! I havseveral animated deer, a few trees and two wreaths to place on each side of the garage on the lamps.

I was hoping to get my saws out this summer and make a santa's sleigh then make a huge Santa to sit in it. I have small reindeer, but the wrong size. OH well, another year.

I do have all my ornaments in the livingroom to decorate my tree as soon as I can get some help bringing the tre upstairs! I tried last yeat to do it myself, I got it up here, but had major pain past the new year.

I also need to get out shopping, sigh, my least favorite of all things during the holiday times!

I will start writing cards next week, Demi's this week.

Christmastime is such a busy wonderous time! And yes exhausting, but so worth it! I do love Christmastime! I love taking my grands to see the lights around the neighborhood. We have a circle up the street, that put on a huge show each year along with a real Santa handing out candy canes on Christmas eve!

I also love the family traditions! Each year they seem to grow! Now we have Christmas eve at my Daughters, she is the hostess with the mostest!

I hope everyone is having a great day!

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) the horrid migraine, nausea & dizziness (10/10) i had non stop, no relief, since last friday are now decreasing gradually since this morning (now at 7/10)...

[JAVISI]

Hi to you all faithful posters, I really appriciate it since I have been off line for periods of time! Thanks!

Happiness.......

1) Happy to be alive!

2) Excited to have Thanks giving with my daughter and all my kids!

3) Thankful for the Dr.'s and Nurses that took such good care of me during my most recent hospitalization!

4) Got all my Christmas shopping done, with Dan's help. Now for the rough part wrapping, yikes!

5) I got 125 pictures developed on Wednesday, I love looking at rge pictures some a year old!

Dream Big and Reach for the Stars, Laurie

[joy]

I'm happy I went to the Christmas Parade last night, even happier that I got to ride in front where it was warm. The kids love the firefighters walking along and handing out candy as well. I used to ride in the BIG firetruck but a new firefighter has a small boy and to his delight, got to ride with his dad in the big truck this year. It was all in great fun and a good place to see families out together all having a good time.

I'm in the mood to straighten & clean, just can't for the pain. It still however makes me feel good to know that I'm just not lazy. I'd clean if I could.

Wonderful sunshine and lots of outside critters to watch even at this time of year here.

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) it cheers me up to read about your little happinesses...

joy,

there is an anonymous quote saying something like: if you feel like working (or cleaning!), don't worry and have a seat... it will eventually go away !!!

http://bestsmileys.com/cleaning/4.gif http://bestsmileys.com/cleaning/12.gif http://bestsmileys.com/cleaning/1.gif http://bestsmileys.com/cleaning/6.gif http://bestsmileys.com/cleaning/3.gif http://bestsmileys.com/cleaning/10.gif

[joy]

in our house, there is so much noiw stacken in boxes, laundry baskets full of food stuff from the torn down cabinets, etc. that our dog can't get many places in our house. As it is, he has to back up most of the time from places he goes into. It gets rather crowded with the both os us wanting to get out of any room, LOL. Maybe just a bit of straightening before we trip over one another and hurt something.

now I really do have to get off the computer, again. It keeps calling me back today! I heard from Krissi and wanted to say that she's home.

I checked other things while I was online, LOL, gonna leave now.....

[joy]

happy to be back again this morning. I'm spending more time on computer than I'd like. Methinks perhaps I've not eaten enough food for the amount of pills I'm required to take. I can't be the only person that can't move much after breakfast or else ole idigestion like stuff hits, or maybe I'm just not polite and shouldn't mention it, LOL.

happy that hubby has tree down & the light on. but it needs more....slow going today for us both

I'm happy that the remenant carpet we bought for about $63 is covering a nice big area in the living room. Dog loves it as well, LOL. No pad or anything, just right on the hardwood floor. Of course I'm dreading any spills so will have to be careful about that, and kids....:p

I'm especially happy to see this forum growing. And I'm very appreciative of the older ones for sure. Now here's hoping Tootsie will be back soon to tell us how she & husband are doing.

[sick07]

I'm happy:
to just be able to get out of bed
to sit up for more than 2 hours
to watch the Sun come up
to see the Sun set
For Family
For Old Friends
New Friends

Kay

[Buttons2]

I've been neglecting this thread! I'm also happy to be alive & have so many BT buddies to share with!

Happy I watched part 1 of Gone With The Wind last night & my video is OK (I had water leaking in my trailer where all the video's were). Tonight I will watch part 2. I think it's been 15 yrs since I watched this movie.

Happy I'm getting a few decorations up each day.

Happy I've lost 3#,if I keep at it I'll actually be able to feel my ribs someday!

[Nana4&cntn]

Pati, please tell me how you have lost 3#, I seriously need to get rid of some weight!

Happy I have some outdoor trees and reindeer an wreaths put up in the yard. I dont have anything plugged in yet as my cord has a hole in it, I don't want any fires.

Happy I backed several dozen cookies to freeze then decorate with my grands.

Happy I have all the email, addresses, and phone numbers given to me...........just in case. This place hasn't been that reliable recently.

Happy to have all of you! I cannot express how much each and everyone of you mean to me!

Praying tootsies dh is recovering well from his surgery, she has been gone quite some time!

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) happy i don't have to go out tonight... right now it's +5*F/-15*C and it'll drop down to -6*F/-21*C during the night... Brrr... *ack

:) and tomorrow will be as high as +9*F/-13*C and sunny !!!

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) mommy deer with two bambinos in my backyard (less than 50" from the house) eating apples i put there for them

[joy]

Getting to be online today. It is raining and we have the thunder and all that goes with it. Got really loud early this morning. That's okay, the rain will make beautiful flowers this spring.

That in itself is good enough for me to be thankful for today, being online!

[artycarrie]

finding paint all over my face after a good art sesh.
(apart from when its oil paint and needs turps on it to get rid of it)

having a fibre optic xmas tree in my bedroom so i can sit and watch it for hours changing colour.

dull, foggy miserable days becase i can open my eyes outside and see unlike most days.

me and my boyfriend laughing at our stereotypcial blindisms.

when people say they can see im intelligent despite how i come across now.

mam shouting at me when im covered in clay and paint walking through the house then me shouting at her 3 days later when shes trying to nick my masterpiece to decorte the front room.

[dawnmn]

Getting my christmas shopping done and christmas cards also. Hopefully, I can keep this up.

[Buttons2]

Happy I finally got all my Christmas cards in the mail

Happy I'm getting a tree today so I can get started on the decorating which might take me awhile

Happy I found some deer tracks right by the house & know they are eating the apples I put out for them (and the cracked corn!)

Happy we might get snow this weekend! Sorry it's gonna be VERY cold however & thinking I'll sleep upstairs with my doggie rather than freeze in my trailer....

Happy I got more outside lights up & used up all the boughs I cut

P.S. Kathy,my weight loss isn't going so good,it's too hard to lose when you can't wear off the calories!

[joy]

I'm happy that I got the child's (special needs one at that) Christmas gift the angle ones you see, bought. Sad that I did not find a Barney in the stores to buy. She is 10 years old and wanted a Barney.

I saw Barney & thought Elmo! Did not realise that I'd have to have a Toy R US or do it online to get kid one. So NO Barney! She listed baby dolls and purses so I bought a 20 in baby doll and gave her 2 purses. I feel bad about NO barney myuself.

We have Sunshine today!

I am online, haven't been very much lately.

[welsh]

Joy my youngest who is also disabled and has special needs too still loves her Barney even now lol he is soooo cute.

Thank you Joy for bringing me some very very dear fond memories regarding my youngest and her Barney whilst growing up. Bless you,keep searching Joy one is sure to turn up somewhere.Try online or even on ebay,love Demi

[Buttons2]

Happy we got the tree up! Only took us an hour.....geez,getting too old for this! It's huge & takes up alot of space,now
Rags can't come/go from the glass door so he's not happy doggie.

Happy we are stocked up with generator ready if need it,the wind has already picked up & a huge storm is coming our way this afternoon. I hope we get snow!

If power is out you won't be hearing from me much,I do have a battery but it's only good for 3 hrs & I could use that up just here on BT!

Happy we got new drapes for the LR! I need 2 more panels now & might order those online. House looks nice & homey & so very different!

Happy I finally lost another 2#!! I was busy all day & into the night so must have worn off some calories.....

[joy]

Happy for sunshine here again today

happy that I can stay in bed until 1:30 and it NOT bother me, LOL. That's right, 1:30! Guess I'm catching up for more than just one lost night's sleep. I'm blaming it on the new pill I got back on and on boredom.

I beat hubby up at that, he's still in bed. A couple of loafers we are here. It's just 1 week until I host carolers at our house. They stop at three places and eat, ours is the first. Good thing there are other places to stop huh! my volunteering was one of those spur of the moment things that I rarely do. Gosh, I'm recalling why now, LOL. It's a lot of work to make a house poresentable for company.

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) my opening to the world, since i have a computer with internet connection at home

:) having internet at home allows me to make friends and and keep in touch (practically impossible to do in person, due to mcs & allergies, primarily)

[wheeliebird]

joy, you got up at 1:30pm, HA, I wish I could have slept that long!!! :eek: I have a volunteer job on Fridays, I help out at a day program for developmentally disabled adults, its so rewarding BUT, the van that picks me up (part of the program by the way) comes to my area at 7:30am and returns at 5:00pm!!! :eek: Now, my Mother named me Robin, supposably an early bird, but not me, I stay up all night and sleep the morning away!!! :p So I envy you joy, but come tomorrow Saturday, my "bird" feet won't hit the floor until late morning!!! :D

[joy]

My sleeping has always been weird, even as a kid. The longer I stay awake, the wilder I got back then. I often found myself the only kid awake at sleeping parties.

Now I think I'm just bored and know I can't clean house so want to stay in bed out of boredom and to stay warm.

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) happy it is a bit sunny right now... hoping the sun energy will recharge my batteries... before it snows later this afternoon... so i can move my b**** off this chair... to return books at the public librairy... and do some groceries on my way back...

[JAVISI]

Good morning Friends,
Thank you so much for keeping this thread alive. I need it. It is so easy to fret about the little things forgetting that we can find happiness in the small things too!

1) The Christmas tree is up and some of the presents are wrapped!

2) My grandaughter is comming over this afternoon, I will admit I get tired of cartoons but I love her company. She is 5 now. I am happy that she still will cuddle with me!

3) I have lost 30 pounds, I am feeling a little more like my old self, even though I have more weight to lose!

4) It is going to be a nice day, warm for this time of year but tonight the cold air will come in.

5) We heat mostly with wood, a big stove in the basement that pushes the warm air through the vents. I like wood heat although it can be messy.

Dreaming Big and Reachin for the Stars, Laurie

[Buttons2]

I'm happy for you Laurie,wish I'd shed 30#!! Well I'm working on it,just had my lunch salad.

Happy the wind storm wasn't bad here & no power lost. Now we're in for very cold weather.

Happy we still have 2 bunnies,coyote got one the other night

Happy to get a card & surprise today from a BT buddy.....made my day!

[wheeliebird]

Something that made my happy list today was that my mental health support person brought her 14 yr old daughter over to see me today she has the same disability that I have and I gave her a Christmas gift. She loves the singer Melissa Elthridge and I gave her Melissa's new Christmas CD, well I thought she was going to go nuts, she loved it!! :D It makes me happy to see the joy on kids faces as they open Christmas gifts!!! We then had cake and egg nog, so it was a happy afternoon for me!! :) Just had to share!! :)

[Nana4&cntn]

Wow, Laurie, Great for you! I hope the swelling is better and you can have as painfree of a day as possible!:D

Robin, how wonderful for you to share with a young girl! I also Love Melissa Ethridge! I think it is wonderful you work with mentally disabled adults. That is what I did prior to my accident, I worked direct line for a few years and then became a Case Manager/Social Worker for the same group. I still keep in touch with many of them and am guardian for 5 right now. I am sure they enjoy your time with them. Christmas was sometimes a sad time for folfks with no families, so I always made a special run to those folks with small gifts, that the ARC had not taken care of. Bless you for the time you share, I am sure they look forward to the Friday's you are there.

Happy my cards are out and I sure hope they got to where they are supposed to on time:o:o

[Nana4&cntn]

Wow, Laurie, Great for you! I hope the swelling is better and you can have as painfree of a day as possible!:D

Robin, how wonderful for you to share with a young girl! I also Love Melissa Ethridge! I think it is wonderful you work with mentally disabled adults. That is what I did prior to my accident, I worked direct line for a few years and then became a Case Manager/Social Worker for the same group. I still keep in touch with many of them and am guardian for 5 right now. I am sure they enjoy your time with them. Christmas was sometimes a sad time for folfks with no families, so I always made a special run to those folks with small gifts, that the ARC had not taken care of. Bless you for the time you share, I am sure they look forward to the Friday's you are there.

Happy my cards are out and I sure hope they got to where they are supposed to on time:o:o

Happy I received a wonderfully sentimental gift fom a BT friend!:)

[wheeliebird]

It is so rewarding to help people who have more challenges then yourself, it also helps me with my deppression, they have smiles on thier faces when I go in there on Friday's. The girl that came to see me today is so sweet but a typical teenager in her Mother's eyes!!! :)
Nana4&cntn, God Bless you for being a social worker!!! I know being a social worker is no easy task and takes a lot of love and patience to do the job. Social workers have been a big inpact in my lifetime! :)

[Nana4&cntn]

Robin, have you ever found that you don't recognize in your eyes they have disabilities? As for the "teenager in her mothers eyes" That has always been an irritation to me. You place goals in front of anyone and they will work the best they can to meet those goals, especially with someone in that setting.

Thank you for the nice things you said about Social Workers, I have always tried my best for everyone I have worked for! I was supposedly working for the State, but in my heart I worked for my people!

Thank you for all you do!

[Buttons2]

Happy to have the tree finished

Happy to have snow!

Happy Robin found this site & is making herself @ home

[JAVISI]

Hi everyone,
I have a hard time keeping track of everyone but, that is great because that means that more people keep joining in!

1) I made cookies with my grandaughter, I let her frost them. What a mess but it was fun for the both of us!

2) We are getting an arctic blast, It is down right cold with flurries. But I like to watch the snow fly from the warmth of the house!

3) I like the smell of the wood stove burning.

4) I am not as sleepy but still wore out, I have hopes for the old Laurie, I am slowly coming back.

5) I seen 5 deer running in the feild, what a wonderful site. Somedays I am in awe of the beauty of this world that I take for granted so often!

I am still Dreaming Big and Reaching for the Stars! Laurie

[wheeliebird]

Nana4&cntn, In my eyes those people at the day program and my teenage friend are equal and no, I don't "see" thier disabilities!!! They try thier darndest to do things and well its something to see thier determination on thier faces. I guess I see that because I face challenges like that on a daily basis, and I want people to recognize me for the person I am inside and not for the person you visually see sitting in the wheelchair because unfortunately a handful of people see the chair first. Because of the extend of my brain injury from my Cerebral Palsy I have a slight speech problem and at times its hard to understand me and it frustrates me that some people also don't take me seriously like I don't understand what's said to me when I really do!!! Sorry I got long winded there, but you asked the question and there's your answer!!! :p

[lor]

I was smiling ear to ear when we went to the "Undergraduate Research And Senior Design Engineering Project Exposition" at the nearby college. My son is a Sr. & in groups they did projects. His/theirs was about monitoring solar energy. To see all the young 'future engineers' (and perhaps cuz they were all dressed up in ties & some in suits, not jeans & t-shirts) made me so happy. Really it did, I couldn't stop smiling.

JAVISI, That would be neat to see several deer. BTW... did you know that male reindeer shed their antlers in the fall. Santas reindeer must be female.

[Lavandula Canadensis]

Lor,
for some deers, only males grow antlers... but for the reindeer/caribou, the female also has them, but because they don't fight like males, theirs stay on longer... i had to check on wikipedia, because i was sure only males had them... huh... it's true that we learn something everyday, like Robin said...

:) happy to have my cyber-friends sharing their little happinesses with me... and also helping me learn something new everyday !

Nenets reindeer sled
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Milking reindeer... i needed to see the proof that females also grew antlers !
2394

[wheeliebird]

Milking reindeers?? Do you milk them like cows?? You learn something new everyday, I never knew you milked reindeers!! :eek: Oh my, I live such a shelttered life!! :p

[houghchrst]

Happy to have someone who loves me and is so understanding and helpful.

Happy that our Christmas shopping is pretty much done.

Happy to be able to make others happy ;).

[Lavandula Canadensis]

Robin,

Great North - did you see that amazing imax movie... a must see !

we can see a scene where a mama reindeer gives birth, full imax screen... very touching... it brought tears to my eyes...

"The caribou, in Canada, and its close cousin in Sweden, the reindeer."

"In the Arctic reaches of Sweden, the Saami people learned to tame the reindeer even before other cultures elsewhere on our planet learned to domesticate the horse. The Saami are the cowboys of the North, and we're invited to the autumn round-up to join them as they care for their herds of reindeer."

this a link to an example of this movie now available in dvd format on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/IMAX-Great-North-2001-DVD-NEW-SEALED_W0QQitemZ110325308784QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_ DVD_HD_DVD_Blu_ray?hash=item110325308784&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C 240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

[wheeliebird]

I never saw that movie, sounds good though!! :) Like I said, you learn something new everyday!! :)

[sick07]

Good morning Friends,
Thank you so much for keeping this thread alive. I need it. It is so easy to fret about the little things forgetting that we can find happiness in the small things too!

1) The Christmas tree is up and some of the presents are wrapped!

2) My grandaughter is comming over this afternoon, I will admit I get tired of cartoons but I love her company. She is 5 now. I am happy that she still will cuddle with me!

3) I have lost 30 pounds, I am feeling a little more like my old self, even though I have more weight to lose!

4) It is going to be a nice day, warm for this time of year but tonight the cold air will come in.

5) We heat mostly with wood, a big stove in the basement that pushes the warm air through the vents. I like wood heat although it can be messy.

Dreaming Big and Reachin for the Stars, Laurie






Laurie, 30 lbs.....Great Job.... Kay

[welsh]

Recieving a suprise gift from a very very dear and wonderful BT friend through the post.

Being able to wish you ALL a wonderful happy christmas...........

Love to All Demi

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy and thankful the sun is shining:) and it is 2 degrees, whoo hooo:eek:

Happy Demi has her tests tomorrow, and may find out how they can help her to have a lot less pain and to fix what they can toward that end!. *heart Demi, I have been singing you praises to the Lord and praying at the same time, you will have manageable pain and the ability to walk again!

Happy to have so many new people in our threads!*boogie

Merry Christmas all!

[Buttons2]

Happy I have a warm place to be & not freezing on the streets with the homeless

Happy the sun is shining on all the snow

Happy tomorrow is the MRI for Demi!

[JAVISI]

Thanks for all of the info, It is fun to learn new stuff everyday! I could not ask for better friends than the ones I have here on BT!

Happiness......

1) I got a little china hutch that you hang on the wall, I filled it with all of my nursing figurines. It is hung above the computer, It reminds me of who I was, who I am now and what I want to be.

2) The weather is so cold here but it is nice and toasty in here with the 2 wood stoves going, I love it here and I love this house. I feel safe and happy here!

3) All of my kids seem to be doing good right now, I guess I am holding my breath waiting for another not so happy suprise.

4) I am excited about Christmas, Missing the last 2 being in the hospital was a bummer, So this year I am going to enjoy and relish the time with my kids and of course the grandkids!

5) I got a nice suprise in the mail from a BT friend, Thank you!! I love it. I hope to get mine sent off soon!

Dreaming Big and Reaching for the Stars, Javi

[joy]

I'm happy to be online tonight

I'll be happy if we make it to town tomorrow safely, as it is sleeting right now!

I am happy that hubby will put out the bird seeds for my critters when I ask him too! When I'm not up to doing it.

[sick07]

I have a lot to be happy and thankful for:

1. Happy Surprise in the mail from a BT friend, Thank you!! I love it.
2. Happy to have so many new friends on BT
3. Happy that they don't make fun of my typing or spelling :eek:
4. Happy to have a husband that has stayed with me. I'm a lot of trouble
5. Happy to have three great Kids and their family.
6. Happy to have Maggie. My baby..... (Ok dog)
7. Happy to have a loving family
8. Happy to have loving In-laws. DH is the baby of 13. A large family
9. Happy to be feeling better that last year.

10. Got my approval letter from LTD. They have me covered until I'm 65.
We are in shock.... No lawyers, no mess. This is the best Christmas
gift we could have gotten.

Kay

[sick07]

Happy that Demi's MRI is tomorrow.

Lots of HUGS......

Kay

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) happy to have good caring friends here on BT who are sending positive thoughts and prayers and hugs, whenever they're needed... thanks !

[JAVISI]

Wow, Kay you posted a lot of things to be happy for. I love it! My dad comes from a family of 13 too and he is also the baby. It is so hard to get everyone togeather for the holidays. I will admit I haven't seen a ;ot of my cousins in years. I am hoping that I am healthy enough to go this year!

1) It is snowing and cold but it sure is pretty on the blue spuces that are here. We planted another batch this last year.

2) The sun is not up, Dan is sleeping and I am enjoying posting and having a hot cup of coffee.

3) I hope to get my Christmas cards out today!

4) We have plenty of meat (Deer) So we definatly wont starve. I made a recipe that my daughter gave to me. It started out as my recipe but she added a few more ingrediants and boy did that make it taste better.

5) Dan is sleeping in, he is always up by now but he has been getting up and feeding the wood stoves every 2 hours so he really deserves to sleep in. What a great guy I have!

Dreaming Big and Reaching for the Stars, Laurie

[Buttons2]

Happy to have so much time I can spend here on BT everyday!

Happy we have so many new people sticking with us

Happy we aren't getting the 50mph winds just 30mi north of us!

Kay,what's LTD stand for? Whatever it is I'm glad for you!

[joy]

I am glad for you as well Kay. If I'm not right, correct me. I think it stands for Long Term Disability? I'd say with all that you have wrong Kay, you deserve it and I'm glad that a lawyer wasn't needed.

I was tickled to see some pics, I could just stare at that scenery and lose myself in the beauty of those fields etc. I'd love to take a romp out there with Rags as well. I can just imagine how playful he must be. Even if Meanness is an old dog, he can act like a youthful puppy at times, outside anyway. He absolutely loves for us all to be outside together.

I just know Rags is one tall dog, LOL, I'd just love to see for myself! Well, it'd be nice to see people as well ;). I get carried away by animals, guess ya can tell, LOL.

I'm reaLLY HAPPY THAT THE SLEET HAS STOPPED. oops just going to leave it like that.

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy to received so many cards from by BT friends! Pati, the pics are awesome as is Rags. Your neighbor is insane:eek: I don't get his rationale for cutting all the trees he did, but happy there are still trees. Where was the pic of you? Shy?

Happy my oldest son called to thank me for the Christmas card I sent to hin and his gf, I wrote that I really wanted her to come to Christmas along with her son. There is some bad blood between my mom, myself and the gf. It didn't help that the first thing my mom said to her was "The mother of the twins will always be family and come first" I felt so bad for her. I think things will be better now if mom keeps her mouth shut. My mom doesn't have a mean bone in her body, she just blurts out what is in her mind, sometines at the worse possible time.

Happy I am coming out of my funk, we hopefully will have a white Christmas. We got about 3-4 inches of powdery shimmery snow today! It is truly a beautiful sight!

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) grateful for the little wagging tail in my home ! *paw

:) how about e-cards ? i did that when i was still at work, then, i was going on the public librairy computer... but i was not feeling very well and was not going very regularly... i lost contact with all these people and the e-mail accounts i had were destroyed by hotmail because they had not been utilised for 60 days ! i lost all of my e-mail address bok... we were sending each other e-cards not only for christmas, but for all occasions... and for no occasions at all... just for fun !

[sick07]

Laurie I was feeling sorry for myself and just putting everything that I was happy about helped.

My DH family got together in Oct for a baby shower. When they have anything there's around 150 people. I can't remember his sisters and brothers name. I just say hello to the rest. There was 236 at the yearly family dinner in June. And a lot was missing.

Pati LTD is Long Term Disability.

Joy I'm glad too Thank you..... This could have been a mess. We just thank the Lord for this letter.

Kathy I hope you have a white Christmas

Lavandula How many little wagging tail do you have. I have only one. And she is so much company. She gives out so much love. I have not done e-cards in over two years. We will need to look them up again.

I'm happy to have all of you!!!!

[Lavandula Canadensis]

[B]Kay, i only have one wagging tail... that's her in my sig bloc... that pic was taken by her former owner with her digital camera

she makes me laugh as i find it is so funny when she wags her docked tail that has long wavy hair like it were motor activated !!! those are not good pics, as i only have a webcam... but it gives you an idea :p

[JAVISI]

Good day to you all!

1) I am glad that joy is out of her funk, I pray that you have wonderful holidays this year!

2) I had a lab Mixed breed, her name was Lucky. She was my sons dog but she always favored me, He tail was long and had a twisty twirl to it, we always joked she was part pig(lol)

3) I collect angels, Most of them are from my kids, cheap but I couldn't love them more. Monetary value means nothing, I just have so many memories of getting them from my kids!

4) My computer may not be working right but I can still post on the threads!

5) The snow is so beautiful too look at it but nasty to be in. I had to get out in it yesterday. Thank heavens Dan was holding on to me or I would have fallen outside of the post office! I hope my cards get out to you before Christmas!

Dream Big and Reach for the Stars!!! Laurie

[Nana4&cntn]

The snow is beautiful and not a marking in it yet!

Happy, I need to go out and drive my mom all over the place for silly reasons....NOT
I am happy to spend time with my mom.

Happy my cat makes beds in my livingroom by making paper mounds fall over, then he spreads them all over the floor and rolls in them having a great time pouncing, etc. I also didn't feed His Highness fast enough this am and he is self serve. He dumped the bag of food over and tried to climb in, thankfully it didn't dump because he won't eat anything once it has touched the floor. Straight from the bag to the bowl or nothing.

Maybe these should be on the other thread:o

[Buttons2]

[B][Well I sure wish I could send a pic of the scene I'm looking @ right now! I cannot recall snow ever coming down this hard! We already had about 8" when I ventured out earlier to do some clearing......

Happy to be getting cards everyday,some from people I haven't seen in many years

OMG, there's a deer in the backyard! I got some pic's but it's snowing so hard I doubt the deer will be visable! I gotta get out there & spread some feed now....../B]

[lor]

Javasi, I love the look of fresh, clean snow. On the trees it is so lovely. I'm so upset about something. When we moved in there was a big blue spruce in the backyard, at least 50 ft tall. But it was in the middle of the yard & a few years later, since the family wanted a pool and it went from driveway on one side & almost to the fence on the other, you guessed it, we had it cut down. Blue Spruces are so perfect. They are likely the kind you see on Christmas cards. Except for a little bit now & then recently, we had the 1st accumulating snowfall late yesterday and overnight -- 3 inches. This morn as my DH drove me to work, I told him "look at the snow on the trees (pines)".

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[JAVISI]

Lor,
I love your graphic! Blue spruces are beautiful trees so perfect, With the snow laying on the limbs. They look like a postcard!

Buttons,
I am glad you are getting a lot of cards. It is nice getting mail that isn't a bill!

Nana,
Hope things are going better for you! It is so easy for the threads to flow togeather. I know I have a tendancy to do that!

Now for my happy thoughts,

1) Dan got to work today!

2) I am going to take a nap when I am done posting!

3) I am happy that my kids seem to be doing good, Knock on wood(lol)

4) I am listening to music as I post! I love music, I just seem to fall into the lyrics, It is so soothing to me. I try to listen to positive music and it seems to boost my moral!

5) I am happy that I have so many friends, I got a couple of Christmas cards, When I am having a bad day I look at the cards or play with the snow globe. It is soothing!

Dream Big and Reach for the Stars, Javi

[Buttons2]

Happy the deer is back right now & has something to eat this time! He looks very furry,and not much bigger than a Wolfhound would be! (guessing it's a male but no horns,seems to me a female would be with her wee ones?)

Happy to have a warm place to be & enough food to eat.

Happy we haven't lost power like some area's have!

Blue spruce....many years ago I planted a small one @ a rental,went back after 20 yrs & was amazed it was still there & of course very large. I dug it up in the mountains one year. Only see them here if landscaped in,we have fir,hemlock & cedar for the most part.

[dawnmn]

Happy that I got chocolate covered cherrys.

Happy my appointment with my therapist is done with. Bummed about having to go again on the 2nd of January. Oh well, it is what it is.

Happyy that it is Thursday

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy, I didn't have to go anywhere today!

Happy I got plenty of sleep!

Happy I noticed Mom's Blue Spruce is covered in snow! It is about 30ft tall and probably the same diamiter. I wish we could decorate it, it would take a cherrt picker to do it though!

Happy my brother stopped by today, he looks horrible. He is about 5'10" and probably weighs 120lbs! He is going to spend Christmas with my dad in California. I sure hope when I get him to the airport he gets on the plane!

Pati, wouldn't a female deer this time of year already have sent her wee ones off on there own? She would be looking to be bred for the spring. I am guessing, deer here are a lot smaller than those out there. Probably close to 2/3rds the size if not smaller.

[Lavandula Canadensis]

Pati,
i also had happy moments feeding deers with alfalfa/clover small rectangular bales i was buying from farmers around during a few winters i have been living in that mobile home in the woods, on deer land... close to rivers and lakes... (unfortunately hunting territory!)

Kathy,
from what i was told, and have observed over many years living on deer lands... (at least 3 years at one place, and 5 years at another one) deers give birth to one or two bambinos/fawns, sometimes, none at all... in our area, between may and june full moon... the bambinos will stay with their mom until she gives birth again... and during winter, all the deers remain together in specific protected areas from the snow and the wind, often underneath big evergreens... for many years, i had huge evergreens right next to my mobile house, and deers would sleep underneath them... i would see them when i got up early, before sunrise... very touching to see deers sleep 5-10 feet next to your bedroom... the ones we have here are white tail deers, i think they're much smaller than the red deers in the west...

*paw i just come back from the vet for *****'s repeat shots... happy to realize that she is very outgoing with every dog we met in there, shih tzus & boxers... and people, adults and children... a lady with a little 8 yo girl were there to buy a bag of food for their dog and while waiting at the cash, they were petting her and letting her kiss them abundantly... the little docked tail was wagging non stop !

[Buttons2]

I think this deer is completely alone. Mother might have been killed? I do live in an area of nitwits that would kill anything afterall......such as a rare owl one year!

Happy no wind here YET. Getting ready for power outage just in case.

Happy I managed half a walk through the field here,the snow is so deep it's like dragging through cement!

Happy to hear ***** is so friendly,bet not many kids would have an urge to pet Rags.As for tail wagging,well his could sweep the floors for me if he wanted.

[Lavandula Canadensis]

Pati,

kids don't have to bend over to pet rags... would he let a toddler grab his fur to hold himself while learning to walk ? (maybe upon close supervision)

a sweeping floor wagging tail... huh... ok, my next dog wont have it's tail docked !!! :D

a few years ago, closeby, a cracked nut, from his truck along the secondary highway, killed a totally albinos white tail deer that was in the field... and he left... he has been seen from far away, but not close enough to identify him... :mad:

:) happy to have had a chat with my brother this afternoon about my housing situation... although he can't do anything at all for me, i felt better after...

[JAVISI]

Happiness....

1) I am glad that I decided to stay with BT and not go to another web site. I wanted to stay true to a site that has helped me more than anyone will ever know!

2) I enjoy being an early riser, I like to watch the sun come up while drinking my coffee!

3) I am happy to say that I got another Christmas card though I fear mine may not come before Christmas!

4) I love soft warm PJ's, I could stay in them all day! Sometimes I do!

5) Having a man that loves me, That is gentle, treats me with respect and would never try to hurt me!

Draming Big and Reaching for the Stars, Javi

[joy]

happy for friends

happy for what health I do have, things could be worse!

we had sunshine today, always a day brightner for me, LOL.

[Lavandula Canadensis]

;) happy i have so precious friends on brain talk !
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[JAVISI]

1) I am so anxious to see my grandkids open their presents! I love the excitement in their eyes and the joy of opening the presents!

2) I seen a bunch of geese on the river, it was a beautiful site!

3) I am over half done with wrapping presents, yea!

4) I am happy to have someone that will actually help me with the cooking, cleaning and wrapping presents!

5) Happy that the sun is shining even though it is so cold!

Dreaming of a white Christmas, Laurie

[Buttons2]

Happy to have power

Happy I can still walk

Happy to know we have alot of deer eating now,HM got some kind of horse feed yesterday

With 18"of snow this morning I'm not a happy camper! I keep thinking it will end but just isn't so.Went out to measure & give birds more corn this morning & snow went inside my knee high rubber boots!

Snow is up to Rags' belly hairs now. Lavan,the renter's have 2 little boys,both of them as toddler's were around Rags,I have pic's of him sharing his favorite toy .....and I sent a copy to the shelter with a Christmas card to point out how well he does with wee ones,they refused to let anyone w/small children adopt him! He walks behind the youngest to be there if he falls I suppose. Gentle giant. Did you know Newfoundland's are the best babysitters ever?

[Lavandula Canadensis]

Pati,

the shelter probably thought that rags could get annoyed by hyperactive youngs kids... they think the same way with chihuahuas... sometimes, i think that that they don't really know... :rolleyes:

yes, i know... i love newfoundlands... if i'd have a bigger place and if i'd be a little stronger, physically and financially, i'd have 2 of them... i already did a search and found a breeder 300km from here that has some lineages of them that don't droll (no more than any other dog)

:) we have a little snowfall break... hopefully, it will stay like this, because i have to go downtown, as soon as the secondary roads are plowed...

[JAVISI]

My happy list!

Christmas will be over soon. I then might be able to relax!

We will definatly have a white Christmas!

I really enjoy listening to christmas songs to get me in the mood for the holidays!

Dan Cleaned the wood room, and did a great job. We have a breakfast nook in there and will need the seating for our Christmas celebrations!

I am so thankful that my kids are no longer teens!

Dream Big, Laurie

[Buttons2]

Happy the store had more of the drapes I needed for the LR!

Happy everyone I know is safe & not stranded right now. This is not a time for travel of any kind in WA state!

Happy it's not snowing today......will be snowing tomorrow however & also Christmas Day.

Happy we've decided to bring the old uncles over here to share a meal,one is 88 & his brother is 98!!

Happy to see a live Bambi in the yard,looks larger than the fawn that died. I took some pics through the back door window. This one is eating blackberry leaves.

[JAVISI]

Happy list!

1) I am going to take a nap before I clean and may stay in my PJ's all day!

2) I realized this morning that we have another kitten that I hadn't seen before!

3) Hearing how excited my kids and Grandkids are for Christmas!

4) Not too much more cleaning to do!

5) The sun is out!

Dream Big and have a Merry Christmas! Hugs, Laurie

[dawnmn]

Happy that my daughter and her BF will be here tonight.

Happy I'm almost ready. Just a couple more things to do.

Happy that we have snow for Christmas.

Happy that the weather won't be bad so the kid's plane comes in on time.

[dawnmn]

Oh and happy that my granddaughter (the cat) will be here for Christmas. It will be fun to see her with the wrapping paper. Sorry it's the only grandchild I have.

[Nana4&cntn]

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/8/8_2_85v.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxpt431YYUS) Happy today is Christmas Eve! We Celebrate our Christmas on the eve since I was a small child. Now with the kids having their own kids and inlaws to visit it works out well.

Happy tomorrow is Christmas, the day I spend by myself with the Lord and give thanks and have a day just for me!!!

Happy the sun is shining! It is terribly cold at 8 degrees and a wind chill of -25 brrrrr

Happy to have my friends here and Thank you all for the beautiful cards and gifts!

Love to all and a Very Very Merry Christmas!








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[Ponyguy]

What are the little things that make you happy?

Christmas Eve hugs from a 3 year old angel-faced granddaughter in her fuzzy footie-jammers. :)


Much love and
Regards from,

[Lavandula Canadensis]

freezing rain now - happy i don't have to go outdoors 'cuz we're supposed to have that freezing rain all day ! :rolleyes:

happy Dear JAVISI keeps reminding us how soothing music is for the soul... thanks for reminding me... i have some at home... plus plenty available on the internet !!! i just thought of playing one of a few cds available/unpacked... Vivaldi - The Four Seasons ! i'll play the pieces 'random'... as Nature is also playing seasons 'random' with rain on christmas eve !!! :rolleyes:

if there is freezing rain where you live, please stay at home safe !
'cuz if you're reading this, remember that we need you as much as you need us !!!
2431

[JAVISI]

You are so right about needing eachother, I don't know what I would do without all of you!

1) The kids and grandkids will be coming soon!

2) Santa (DAN) Cme last night witha box with a ring and earings!

3) Daughter justed called to wish me a Merry Christmas, how thoughtful since she will be out here in a few hours!

4) My son got back with his GF, I am happy for him just because it has made him happy!

5) I had time to do my nails and painted them hot pink, I may have painted them green if I had that color!

Dreaming Big, HUGS, Laurie

[joy]

I'm happy I survived another Christmas

Happy to have warm weather here but it may cause really bad thunderstyorms before it's over with!

happy to have a play mate over so grand kid can play with another kid & be happy doing so.

I hope everyone is doing well & are having restful nights at least.

take care everyone

[JAVISI]

[B]Happiness can be so hard to find especially when depression takes hold of you but their are still small things that can make you smile, it may just take a little longer to post!

1) I got 2 beautiful angels for my collection!

2) I am anxious to see my sister, I haven't seen her in quite a while!

3) My best friend called me from Texas Christmas night!

4) Next month is coming soon, I hate being broke!

5) We have Christmas on Dan's side tomarrow and he is baking the pies, The presents are wrapped so I don't have to do anything but get myself ready1

Drteaming Big and Reaching for the Stars, Javi

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy it is still going to be warm today, although not as warm as yesterdays 55 degrees.

Happy I will be going shopping to use my gift cards and rebates from a store I shopped at. I also need to take my camera back as it wont charge, and the opener area is broken.

Happy thoughts of my twins spending this week in a Mexican resort with their family and some they have never met that live in Mexico. What a wonderful experience for them!

Happy the new year is coming, as I also am tired of being broke! Of course it was of my doing, I went a bit over on my Christmas budget!

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:p happy my new older W&D are finally !!! hooked up and working like brand new ones !!! :p
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[wheeliebird]

:p happy my new older W&D are finally !!! hooked up and working like brand new ones !!! :p
2470

Lavan, That's AWESOME!!! Did someone get you the W and D?? It's about time something is looking up for you!!

Well, I'm happy today because it was close to 60 degrees here in VA (a heat wave for this time of the year) and I got out and rode around town. I have Seasonal effective disorder and it helps my depression when I can get out in warm weather and the sunshine!! :)

[Lavandula Canadensis]

Robin,

they're 2nd hand machines i purchased at the salvation army thrift store 1 month before i moved... i moved here between oct. 1st & oct. 25th, but i just found the energy to hook them up yesterday... the movers only put furniture where you want but they don't plug anything... since this is something i could do myself, i didn't want to hire anybody to do it for me ($$$)... with all these moves this year, the yukky weather, and everything that was happening here, i was so drained and depressed... i was just waiting for a little energy boost... which probably happened because of this...

:p glad that my landlady seemed to be in good spirit on christmas evening... she came down with the local paper (for the 1st time) and wished me merry christmas... and told me that the local snowshoeing trail was now in good condition...

[Ponygirl]

:D To be back at BrainTalk with my wonderful new computer, that, I
got from a couple of sweet little Christmas elves, this, past Christmas!!:D

Phyllis:D

[JAVISI]

1) Dan's son is going to stay until the 30th, and he is happy about it. He also loved his Christmas presents!

2) I didn't splurge on all the goodies that were made at Dan's family Christmas, I am still working on losing weight!

3) Things seemed to cool down with my mom since I talked to my dad, He must have talked to my mom!

4) It is supposed to be warmer than usual for this time of year!

5) I fel like I am relaxing some with the holidays, That will be soon past tense!

Dreaming big and Reaching for the Stars, Laurie

[joy]

We have an abundance of that glorious sunshine today!

the birds and squirrels are having their breakfast as usual and I enjoy peeking out at them.

My old dog is acting better than he did. He enjoyed a good night's sleep (ah I shouldn't tell this) (but I will, of course, to you all) on the mattress that I had on the floor the other night. Grand kid had a friend over but still needed me near, so out came the mattress. Dog slept outside the door that night. The second night, I was in bed with grand child and watching Tv before it was time to slip onto the mattress on floor. Well the dog promptly claimed it for himself!

I could tell he was comfortable. So I left him alone. Hubvy would be furious with me. If he thought it'd do any good, LOL.

In any case, the dog's hip seems to be better. I think he knows why we sleep on mattresses now, for sure. He did not get to sleep there another night as I closed the door and he had to stay out.

Time now to put up the mattress and start taking down the Christmas tree and boxing up all the decorations.

There is always something that can be done in a house. Especially if you'll just look for it, LOL.

I hope everyone has a good Monday, all day long. And not a week long of all Mondays!

[JAVISI]

Happiness!

1) I am trying to remember that happiness comes from the inside! I am working on it!

2) The kids were happy with their presents even though I didn't spend as much as I usually do!

3) I will get my check soon, I hate being broke!

4) I feel like Ican relax today without feeling guilty. I picked up some early this morning and folded a load of laundry! I am proud of myself!

5) I have all of you to share my feeling with! It truely helps to vent!

Dream Big, Javi

[joy]

grand child called yesterday to say she had made it there safe. She sounded blue already tho'

we have that sunshine again today and it has warmed up to 55 degrees already. Not bad for a winter day!

I have to look forward to keeping the other grand child tonight & tomorrow. This is my reasons for finding something to be happy about every day. I truly feel bad for my friend Martha who has no grand kids. I know she is sad not only for herself, but for her daughter (especialy) since she is married and no kids so far. Her son is a selfish type person & has never married. So no need feeling sorry for that kid (man, really but acts like a kid, it's all about HIM)

whew kinds spilled over here but I do really feel sorry for friend as I REMEMBER all to well those holiday times when I was childless and it made me so sad.

So no matter how bad I really feel, now that hubby & I did get kids (and they don't get along) at least we do have grand kids!!

(I have an un-named friend here that I feel bad for as well, I just don't say so. But I'm hoping things will change before many more years for this friend as well) ;) dogs are great but kids can smile & win even a hard-he:Darted man over quickly

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) glad we had a bit of sun this afternoon, as i absolutely had to go down to the city... i had been postponing bringing back books at the public librairy... costed me 30$ in fine... well, over the last 2 weeks, road conditions were not safe enough for me to go... so better be safe and pay 30$ than sorry and pay much more !!!

[wheeliebird]

Today was a happy day for me.The organization that I get services from had an "after Christmas, Christmas party" for the clients. Because of transportation issues for me they had the party here at my apartment and they brought EVERYTHING but the kitchen sink!!! :D I was able to see my old advocate that i lost last week, she was here, so I was thrilled to death!! I still miss her alot and I'm still getting used to my new person. I suggested that this was so much fun we should do this more then once a year (at Christmas). I suggested a Valentine's Day party and someone else suggested that we celebrate whoever has a birthday each month, so I guess we'll do this each month here at my place!! Anyway, I just wanted to share my HAPPY day with you all!! :)

[JAVISI]

Happiness Can be soo easy to find at time, yet some days I stuggle to realize those liitle things that I take for granted are really blessings!

1) Just got done posting on the,hug thread and My BF just came up and gave me a kiss anda hug!! Coinsidets, I think, NOT!

2) Daughter and 2 grands came out yesterday! I got a lot of good pictures of them! I am truely blessed. My kids call me everyday to check on me!hat is so sweet!

3) A hot cup of coffee in the morning!

4) Football, I love it! Go Big Red!

5) I like to light candles on gloomy days, the smell envelops the house, They just make me feel good!

Dreaming Big and Reacing for the Stars, Javi

[dawnmn]

For today the happy list would only have one thing on it and it is special to me.
Every years eve for many of years a group of us, who are close, get together and ring in the new year. It's special for the reason these are the people who are there for us through all the good times and bad times.

[joy]

I still can recall all the years that Christmas & New Year's Eve time just meant a group of us getting together & me being the only one without KIDS. Needless to say, they aren't happy memories. But I can sympathise with my long time friend whose daughter doesn't seem to be able to have kids. No word yet but I think her husband is against adopting kids. I feel for any woman that is attached to a man who will not consider his mate's being childless and HER feelings! so that makes me very happy that my own mate

Did consider adopting kids, Yay for us! Things might not be running smoothly between those two kids but at least I have them. That's a plus, especially since they both have one kid each! The best part is always the grand kids I think, LOL.

[dawnmn]

My goodness I found this tread toward the bottom and felt bad that no one has been posting on it. So here goes.

I'am happy that I have my husband and daughters. I 'm proud to be their wife and mother.

Sorry that's it. Gotta go finish cleaning....

[Buttons2]

I'm happy I don't have to cook dinner tonight

Happy I no longer live near the river that floods!

Happy it's warm here (50's) and I finished taking down the outdoor Christmas decor

Happy my oldest son is actively looking for a new house to rent & seems to have decided against moving in w/friends

[joy]

I'm happy to get to take a peek at hubby's e-mails, well some of his. He has a fire department one I leave alone, LOL.

happy to have that sunshine again today.

happy to know I can just rest today if I want to. It won't be that way for a few days starting tomorrow.

Happy to have a wren and a chicka dee visit my feeders regurlarly. Along with the red birds and the sparrows and such.

[Buttons2]

Happy my back pain is finally better & don't need to take flexeril all the time

Happy we haven't lost power (yet)

Happy we're supposed to get some sunshine tomorrow!

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy I have no more appointments to take mom to this week, and only 2 that I know of next week.

Happy to have talked to some friends I haven't heard from forever, my phone bill is going to be outrageous!

Happy to have gotten a lot of the Christmas stuff back downstairs where it belongs.

Happy I straightened up my sewing/storage room, went through a lot of things for different holidays for the kids to choose from. Otherwise they will go into totes for my garage sale. YIPPEE, I seriously need to get rid of a lot of things.

[greycat]

Happy that I finally got round to having my overlong fringe (or bangs ;) trimmed tonight.
happy that I've now got a date for the operation I need to have.
Happy when the sun shines, even when it's cold :)
Biggest thing - happy that I have my daughter's love & friendship :D

[Buttons2]

Welcome LizBeth! I love your unicorn. Good luck with the surgery! I trimmed my bangs yesterday......

I spoke too soon about the power-it's out now! Using my battery but it's getting too dark to see how to type....

[joy]

I'm happy to see new ones onboard. Welcome welcome.

I have my nights so terribly messed up but so far, I am just sleeping any time I want to anyway so I'm just going with that for now. Kinda sensless to fight it I figure. Especially as long as I sleep some!

Hubby got the leaves mowed & grass also and the lawn looks so nice now.

[joy]

I am happy that I got really good night's sleep last night. I rarely sleep over 4 to 5 hours at a time anymore. But last night I managed more than that. And I am happy that that awful toothache or I should say mouth ache is gone this morning. I was really getting worried about that for sure.

Whew, once you ever have TN, the fear never leaves you!

[Ponygirl]

That REALLY makes me HAPPY!!!:D:D:D

Phyllis:D:o...LOL

[Buttons2]

Happy my son called to let me know he's OK. He is stranded by rock/mud slides on every road upriver.

Happy to have more people joining us here

Happy no family crisis going on right now.....

[wheeliebird]

I'm happy to have found such good friends here on the Emotional Support forum and all the support I've been getting over the last few weeks, you guys are AWESOME!! :) I'd be even more happier if we knew where Lavan was?? :(

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy I am feeling better today, I slept the whole day yesterday, icckkk.

Happy, to have wonderful friends here who don't judge or needle at me, you all are just the greatest friends ever!

Happy my cat is also feeling better, he had a cough and sneezing problem for a couple days!

Happy, I found an envelope of money I had thought I had lost! Whew!

[wheeliebird]

Kathy, Money is always a good thing to find!! :D Once I lost something worse then money, I lost my bank card!!! I accidentally left it in an ATM machine and because it was a different branch bank the ATM machine distroyed the card!!! :o They said that was there policy to distroy unclaimed bank cards!! Glad you found the money Kathy!! :)

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) i was very touched last night to realize that my BT cyber-friends care about me, much more than i would have ever thought !!

:) my cyber-friends' positive vibes and prayers have certainly been supporting me lately... and reading about it is giving me hope that my overall situation will eventually turn out for the best !!

[Buttons2]

Well number 1 on my list is that Lavan is back!

Happy I don't need to go anywhere today,getting in/out of truck yesterday several times wrecked my knees/hips again.

Happy we're supposed to get sunshine this week! I need it badly!

[joy]

i am happy that while my pain hasn't left completly, it hasn't fired up like i know it could have. that's a big okay with me on that one for sure.

i am happy that when i looked outside today, i got a warm feeling cause it all looked so peaceful outside. made me think of an early spring day, here in january even, it won't be that long folks.

let's keep the faith in ole mother nature and all the good things that are provided for us to enjoy on earth and it's wonders. no matter the season, there is always something beautiful to look at.

and something nice to read online.

[Nana4&cntn]

I am elated, I have absolutely NOTHING i need to go out for! We had blizzard conditions last night, I thought the wind would never stop it;s howling and blowing, not much snow so that is great!

I do have things around the house to do, but today is my day off!:D

I am going to catch up on some fun stuff, and read threads I have missed, because of being so busy.

If the weather was better I would go see grand babies, the young ones who have no school!

[Buttons2]

Happy one of the neighbor's came over today with her little dog & sure wish she had a sister I could adopt so Rags would have a playmate! Apparently Rags goes over to their house & plays with this little doggie!

Happy I don't live where the weather is sooooo cold right now!

Happy I have meals planned for the rest of the week & all the ingredients I need.

[Lavandula Canadensis]

:) i don't have to go anywhere except move my car for snowplowing... as it's very windy… and tonight and the next 2 nights, temperature will drop down to -28*C/-18*F and to -31*C/-24*F friday night… and that’s not including the windshield… back up to a warmer temperature of -20*C/-4*F on saturday, yay !! :rolleyes:

i remember in 1994, we had 2 weeks of -45*C in january... my car motor broke dead on a friend's driveway, and no towing was available because everyone was stuck on higlways and all towings were only doing priority calls (accidents and ppl that were stuck on public ways)

same week, my mobile home furnace froze and the plumbing blew... i had been away downtown for only 2 days and i was in shock it when i came back with a friend, as my car was dead, accompanied with visitors... as the house was for sale... needless to tell you they didn't buy it !!

[joy]

Having that get-together over with. There were about 14 all together, counting myself & hubby worked so long I advised him to get a plate & eat as well. He retired to the computer room and was back in kitchen as soon as the ladies left to help me put the remaining food up. What a relief to have it over with. But I am glad I tried it and with his help, pulled it off. whew.

sunshine today


hearing from some posters that haven't been online much lately. ;)

[Nana4&cntn]

Happy I had a good time with my mom today after her Dr. appt, we went out to dinner and had a great time. She is asleep on my couch, making her regular little noises she has made all my life! Good memories!

Happy I don't have any where to go tomorrow as it is going to be incredibly cold!

Happy Sammy my cat is finally asleep, he is laying on his side with his head rolled back and paws curled up by his head! Bad description, but oh do cute!

Happy to have a nice warm house and a good bed! I know sometimes I take things for granted.

Tonite, I am praying the homeless are in shelters and warm with full bellies! I am calling tomorrow to see if there is something I can do to help, either helping to coordinate finding folks who need help. Getting taxi vouchers to get to the shelters and for God's sake get the old guys hwo refuse to go to the shelters to go. I just can't handle hearing of another death due to the cold due to lack of shelter! I wish I had millions, so I was in a position to help all the people who need help! I know lofty ambitions!

[wheeliebird]

I am happy because I got the most awesome phone call last night from my social worker from where I used to live!! It made me feel so happpppppppy!!! Its been about 2 years since I saw and talked to her last. To be reconnected with her and to hear her laughter gave me a renewed possitive energy that I have not had for some time!! That 1 1/2 hour talk we had flew by so quickly. She got me "flying" on the right track again and I thank her for that and I thank her for calling me, she truly is a special friend!! With everything that happened with Samantha and her leaving me this is what I truly needed. I've been in contact with this person throgh e-mail but because of her busy schedule the e-mails have been mostly one sided and her not being able to write back which I do understand. I was just so happy and surprised she called!! I just wanted to share my joy with you all!!! :)