1. Saw my sister and nephew today, had tasty soup, and laughed!
2. 48 days in a row of starting the day with a short story instead of my phone.
3. Sci fi, just generally really glad sci fi exists!
We strive for happiness and yet it always feels like the bad things resonate longer than the good things. Why is that Or perhaps it's just me. Regardless, this question - which I aked Michaela Morgan in season 1 - i posed to Creative Director Anthony Giaccone on episode 27 in season 2:
You know you have a friend at your local Tim Horton's when the Iced Cap is *always* filled to the top of the bubble plastic cap!
Looking forward to saying hi to them again today.
Three days into my week+ long visit in . So far, Uber driver returned my left-behind Handy, connected with and (frolleagues), saw a wonderful performance, enjoyed a dinner (schmeckt lecker!) with a lively conversation about love of , battled jet lag and won (I think), revised my talk slides (again), and immersed myself in the first day of the conference. So many more yet to come!
Chaat lunch with husband! Moong dosa & fish curry - mmmmmmmmm!!!
Good tree. Good sunrise. Good dog.
Yesterday I took the afternoon off to get a haircut and have lunch with a friend. We had a tasty lunch at Della Fattoria in Petaluma, and as we were finishing, a staffer came by and offered each of us a free loaf of bread. My breakfast this morning was toasted slices of this bread along with some strawberries.
Good Time Cafe In Chiang Mai Thailand
for Friday...
1. The last minute 8:30am meeting with my employer's VP was very not good news, but -- speaking very selfishly -- it did not involve me getting laid off
2. Payday
3. The general sense that I've managed to survive capitalism as long as I have. It's a game very much rigged against everyone who isn't super wealthy, and that after over 5 decades it hasn't absolutely destroyed me yet is my ongoing defiant middle finger towards a heartless system
I've been asking this question every day for several years. Today I'm asking you, too: What's the best thing you saw today
1) Had a nice private exchange with someone I admire on a forum that I frequent
2) Good checkup at dentist yesterday (I know that this is only supposed to be a win if you are under the age of 10)
3) Agility today
Bonus: leftovers of home made split pea soup in the fridge
-was taken out for pancakes
-got out of my neighbourhood for the first time in a while, on the bus. (Sometimes I quite like the energy on a busy bus.)
-discovered while at a store that I had missed an email from months ago giving me the chance to renew a warranty. The grace period had long since expired but I happened to be talking to someone with the authority to override that and the warranty is now renewed. Phew! (Also, even before that, I was really enjoying talking to the guy. I wish him all the best in life.)
I am agnostic to the bones but on this darkest day of the year I feel the need to say thank you.
Thank you to the tree that fell in my friend's garden without hurting anyone and which provided us with free firewood.
Thank you to the guys* who install solar panels on roofs so people get free energy from the sun.
Thank you to all the people in the world who don't give up hope, who keep going against the odds and spread kindness instead of hate.
I hope that just like the sun becomes more powerful and brighter with every day from now on, that humanity becomes stronger, brighter, and more powerful, bringing light back into these dark times.
* And with "guys" I mean all those skilled, handy people of all genders who do this job.
#2024
December flowers brightened my day!
my nails are atrocious but my tiny win this week was making a (tiny) amount of time doing something "analog" & building this tiny Japanese fruit box
New YouTube video from Bea and her Business:
Good things is SO FUN to play live
The tent at the festival in is a manifold with genus 6.
today:
- I finally started to work on the knit sweater I started before last winter again. (It's my first sweater. I started with the arms, and today did the bit to the right of the neck diip in the back. Then the left part, and then the front, and if it fits, then follow the thingies. round the wrist and neck.)
- I found my junior purrgrammer, tinycat, and my phone charging cable (and charger) again. They were in a compartment in my backpack
- One I was too tired wo remember yesterday evening: There was a thing at work I had been trying and failing to figure out for two days. On the weekend I had an idea for a different angle to go at it, and I had found the problem and fixed it within the first hour of being at work on Monday!
- Today the weather was sunny and I saw pretty clouds from the office window
- I doodled in my A6 sketchbook today, so I'm up to a 7 day streak! :D
today
- Happy chats with
- Particularly yummie food in the cafeteria at work.
- I got more done after work than I thought I would
...yesterday XD
- I had made a plan of things I wanted to get done, and I actually went through with it!
- Surprise gift of flower(photo) from which just hit me right in the feels
for today!
- The weather stuff in the post this one is a reply to.
- Having a good laugh with my therapist about my morning before the appointment ( )
- Took steps on something I'd been putting off for years!
- caught up and am posting Good Things again on the day, rather than a day later. :chickSinging:
for yesterday:
- I enjoyed the thing about where you can, and are supposed to, write down whatever crosses your mind and you might want to remember: wrote down the the structural formulas for Ethylene and PET and a few notes about usage.
- I heard sparrows when walking past a hedge because it was full of them
for yesterday:
- After a lot of wind and rain, the evening sky was beautiful. There was a phase where the sun was breaking through from somewhere I could not see it from the window, and there were these bands of clourds, dark violet-grey in the distance, and warm grey and champagne-coloured closer, and once I got outside there was a spectacular sunset sky.
- I had fun playing with fountain pens and ink, including doodling in a mini sketchbook
for yesterday:
- I remembered to switch on the dehumidifier before leaving in the morning.
- When I arrived home, it felt very warm and cozy.
- I got help and support from folks on the fediverse :blobCatInLove:
today:
- I saw a rainbow!
- Work went pretty well.
- Bus driver let me off the bus early because we were waiting at a red light, and that was right in front of the house I live in
We have Bison being introduced in my county
It was a tuck in and watch Christmas movies while I knit kind of evening.
I feel inspired to share some good things that happened today in my life.
Here's the view from my beach walk this afternoon.
I feel inspired to share some good things that happened today in my life.
Here's one:
One of the fawns, sleeping soundly in the sunshine in my backyard. Picture courtesy of my husband.
Dont let the youngsters tell you youre past it at 50. Im having probably the best year of my life so far!!
Ive got my priorities right, know what I want and finally have the confidence to go and get it!
Yes, I have health issues, which makes progress slower than Id like, but I love my life!
The little things in life:
Popping out for a couple of minutes, on return I am hit by the smell of the fresh baked bread I'd just taken out of the oven.
Before the nightmare that is coming!
And now for something completely different.
Yesterday I was so touched by a video that it brought tears to my eyes. See and hear for yourself:
Lots of good things today.
In no particular order.
A nephew thats barely speaking to me - win!
Chips, cheese and spicy mayo.
F1 and F2 races, absolutely thrilled with the result.
Plenty of stitching time before and after the race.
A Christmas SAL and supplies have been ordered. Thanks to the encouragement of certain people on here who shall remain nameless.
Another book added to the wishlist, this one was pointed out to me by someone else on here who is a wonderfully bad example.
Watched the film Maudie, that was a rather lovely film and I ended up reading all about the artist.
A little bit of time playing WoW.
I think I can say I checked the self care box today!
New YouTube video from Bea and her Business:
Eeee my new EP Me Vs. Me out now u should go listen
Aww... my trainer said she thinks I am losing weight. She knows how to motivate me! (I'm not, but I am getting stronger. They've been working on the muscles around my knees so my arthritic knee is supported, and today I could do lunges around the garage without a problem!)