Can we do "Tell me something great that happened to you today?" again?

It’s the little things.

I got an email from my big Sis this morning, telling me that my soon-to-be 7 year old niece (on Nov 1st) got an email from Chuckie Cheese saying “Happy Birthday”. She was so excited about it, and was sure that Aunt Jenny (me) told Chucky about her birthday.

=)

I got some peace of mind today. Don’t know how long it will last but it certainly made me feel better at the time.

Can I say what was great about the other day? Because it was awesome!

1. In class I trading pieces of gum with the guy next to me, so I could blow better bubbles. (He had Bubblicious, and the flavor was AMAZING) Anyway I blew a HUGE one, and my professor saw it, stopped his lecture to say, “That was an excellent bubble!” and proceeded to let class out early.
2. A purse I have been fawning over for months, but have never bought because it was $60 went on sale for $11
3. I got to throw some cups in ceramics with my favorite teacher, who happens to be adorable and we had a slight Ghost moment.

It was awesome

this wasn’t today because the day just started, but this just happened to me: I was coming home from hawaii and had to change planes in lax, and I went outside cause I thought I would have time to have a smoke, and when I came back in the security line was hugely long, and I knew I wouldn’t make the flight, this lady in front of me rolled her carry on over my foot, then said ’ you look worried” , ‘Yeah I’m about to miss my flight”, she then called out “everybody, everybody, let this lady ahead, she’s got a flight in 10 minutes” and my utter amazement everybody let me go ahead and rip through security I made my flight -last person on. I was so grateful!

I’m well enough today that I’ve done laundry, gave kitties a treat, did two loads of dishes and cooked lunch.

I’ve been setting my alarm for 6:30 every day since we got the dog 3 weeks ago so she can go out to pee. I forgot to today and woke up at 8:30 in a panic thinking I’d find a puddle on the floor. I had to drag her out of bed to go outside. YAY!!! It’s the little things…

@Likeradar and she’s a cute puppy, too. Love that face!

@jmah Thanks! I love her even more now that I know I can sleep til the sun’s up. :) Yeah, I’m rapidly becoming a crazy dog mommy.

I had a bowel movement for the first time in three days. I just love Lithium! ..... NOT!

While I still could not donate blood today (FAIL!), at least my count went from 10.3 to 12.2 (must be 12.5 or greater).

It is fairly likely that a great thing will happen later this afternoon. If so, I’ll come back to tell Fluther about it.

One great thing that I know will happen is that we’re getting glow-in-the-dark T-Shirts at the hockey game tonight! Woot! It is the little things.

It’s 11am on a rainy Friday, I’m about to make sugar cookies for Halloween with my daughter and I’m still in my pajamas. :)

It’s been very snowy here lately, and while walking to class this morning I proceeded to slip on some ice and fall flat on my ass. It must have been pretty funny looking, because a few people around me started laughing. It still hurts.

When I woke up my Ball Python, Bob, had his first real shed all by himself! I’m so proud of him to have been finally able to after what he’s been through. <3

Because I have the flu, I was allowed to stay home yesterday and miss my geometry test. Plus, I got to sleep all day.

@daloon Congratulatons. I think LOLLLLLLL

My husband made me laugh this morning so hard I was rolling. It was something that he was making fun of ME for. I love it that he can still do that after all these years. :-)

Thirty seconds ago I just stepped out of my car with my daughter. At almost the exact same time, a statuesque fifty-ish woman steps out of her vehicle…in an amazing Wonder Woman Costume!

My daughter looked up, mouth agape and whispered, “wow!”

I, of course, now have a whole new set of fantasies.

@janbb I think this is a great idea! We should have it every day ! :D

Mmm . . . I received a hand-written love letter from my boyfriend who is more than 5000 miles away from me. It came to me as a surprise, and it surely made me smile.

@higherground Awh! That gave me a great “warm-fuzzy” feeling <3 What a fantastic way to start a Friday!

@higherground The last time we did it, it ran on for weeks! I think we only stopped when it took too long to load.

@ElleBee Ahh yes ! I’m glad it made your day ! :D

@janbb HAHA whoa ! Maybe we could separate it into different days, like ‘tell me something great that happened to you TODAY’, so it can’t go on for weeks :D

still too early yet, check back with me by the end of the day. I still have a few finishing touches to do on my Halloween display. And I have to get pictures of the beard I’ve been growing all month. Time to shave it off. Back to work on Monday.

Thank Evelyn it finally stopped raining.

I watch one episode of 1980 Cosmos by Carl Sagan and I look back at that time and i realised how special was Carl Sagan

My Flashdance costume looks great!

First, my boys get to spend Halloween with me! I thought they were with their dad this weekend but I get to have them! That makes me incredibly happy. Second, we are on our way out the door to buy pumpkins to carve. Third, I got to spend the day with my man and his two (grown) sons. Finally, someone wanted to start this thread again!

@jmah when I read that on your Facebook page it really made m smile! What a great story!

@SuperMouse, I know. It made me smile, as well. The email was the first thing that I read this morning. A chuckle and a smile. :)

i got an a- minus on my german homework and there was no quiz in english 310, early american lit! YEA! Also, I woke up early enough to see my kids before they left for the day. :)

My Son and his wife brought the boys to show off the older one’s costume (a lion) and pick up the devil suit and horns I made for the 6 mo old. They are going to a Halloween Cube party at Hubby’s work. Sonny was dressed in his favorite, authentic, Samurai clothes.

I’ve had several things happen right in a row that made me very happy. First, on my drive this morning about seven wild turkeys crossed the road in front of me. I don’t know if you ever seen wild turkeys but they are simply beautiful.

Then, I got to my office and to my great joy I learned that an employee quit whom I was going to have to discipline. I hate having to do jobs like that. he made it simple!

Lastly, or at least for now, the FedUPS guy/gal dropped off my Good Vibrations order! Sweet, sweet, weekend!

@Sueanne_Tremendous wild turkeys are awesome.

To recap: It finaly stopped raining, I got my Halloween display finished, and my costume fits perfectly. I can hardly wait for tomorrow. Lots to make me happy today.

Got a lot of help picking out pumpkins from a nice man. Bought a beautiful book about Marie Antoinette. And a bird feeder to paint. It was a beautiful day.

I got the MAG beta for the PS3!

Today, a friend asked me to go to the mall with her—nothing exciting, but it’s been a while since I’ve been out with a friend.

I got some yummy mexican food, and on the way back home, we stopped at a little Asian store that had yummy food. :D

Mochi! Red Bean paste! Rice! Furikake!

Well I think the day was just plain great. The day was sunny and gorgeous. Its Friday. And I found out a fellow guyfriend of mine actually reads for fun. When I found out my jaw dropped. I love reading and I often find it sad that so many of my peers hate to read, so it utterly shocked me that he actually reads for fun. I was so excited about that it made me smile everytime I thought about it. :)

@janbb This is a greally question. I think we should have this more often as @higherground has suggested. We could have it everday friday, so that we can give a brief recap about what was good about our week. And the only requirement is that it has to positive. :)

Today my favorite thing was getting to purchase more clothes for the new baby. I love buying itty bitty baby clothes! We’re definitely done for Newborn sized clothes. And currently he’s having a party in my uterus, which makes me smile. But, I want to go to bed soon, so he needs to go to bed.

So, that good thing I was going to come back about. It’s more like a potential, tentative good thing. I saw a new therapist yesterday and I think he’s going to be much better than the last one. It was a little odd at first because he’s blind, but I got used to it. I’ve not dealt with very many blind people in my years. He’s certainly a bit more compassionate than the last one!

I woke up

I went in to the city (New Yorkers know there only one “the city”) yesterday and walked around the Village before and after seeing a play. Everyone was out in costumes for the Parade and the clubs and it was very mild weather and very festive. Just great to see so much life!

The best thing that has happened to me so far tody is the nice hot shower I had after getting drenched and cold in the pouring rain at the stables this morning. Having a horse has it’s amazing points but it also have it’s minor inconveniences and getting up and outside in ALL weathers is one of them!

My kids smiled most of the day and i was there to see it all.

We had the inspection on the home my husband and I are buying, and there were no major bad things. Just stuff to be expected from a circa 1930 house.

I had a wonderful interview for an internship today! It looks as if I’ll get the internship in the Spring! This is so exciting because this internship was made for me. With any luck, I’ll be the most qualified candidate and I’ll get it!

I forgot I was on a diet..for about…two seconds

I took a walk by “my” lake with a friend and saw six herons(?) sitting in a row on a branch, their reflections shimmering in the water.

My oldest son turns 11 – and he is actually excited that my boyfriend is coming over for cake and ice cream!

My grandsons were brought over for a surprise visit. We had a lot of fun, as it was very warm outside. I put the baby in the stroller, and we sat and watched older brother (age 2) play with his cars.

@KatawaGrey: Good luck with that. I hope you get it.

@cprevite: Thank you so much! So far, I’m the only one who’s shown interest and they already want me to look over some stuff and e-mail them with ideas. It’s so exciting!

I feel better than I did yesterday.

My kids are off school today, and my car is in the shop. We’ll be forced to entertain ourselves around the house, so we have no choice but to bake cookies, do some leaf rubbings, maybe make some popcorn and watch a movie. At some point I’ll raid their Halloween candy. It’s a rough job, but someone’s got to do it.

Oh, @MissAusten, my heart bleeds for you, you poor dear! ;)

I finally finished my re-read of the book I am teaching on Friday and wnet over my lecture notes last night.

I have 6900 lurve!

My youngest son told me this morning that he is “defended” by a book he saw entitled Boys are Dogs. It made me laugh out loud!

I found my “lost” frizzer cake award! w00t!

I’m having Fish and Chips (and curry sauce) for tea. Friday treat!

I got US$25 more than I expected from the focus group I did yesterday. And the money went straight into the account as of this morning. YAY!

Recently, my friend’s car was repossessed after she lost her job in June. She recently got a minimum-wage job at Starbucks to support herself and her son. Yesterday, her new coworker handed over the keys to a minivan that a friend of hers was about to donate. The coworker is paying for the title change and first year’s registration. The coworker talked to their manager’s husband/mechanic who will do any repairs for free, and the coworker will pay for any necessary parts. All my friend has to pay for is insurance! That’s a pretty sweet deal!

Yeah, so this didn’t happen to me, but I did get to see all of this happen to my well-deserving friend, which is even better!

@ru2bz46 That’s wonderful. Made my day brighter just hearing about the goodness of people.

My boss said supportive things to me, I like appreciation.

@ru2bz46 It is amazing to hear of kindness and generosity like that!

Today I worked out with a different trainer because mine is out of town. We spent the entire hour using this system that I personally think was originally designed as an instrument of torture, but I made it through the whole thing! I may not be able to walk tomorrow, but it felt good not to wimp out.

Also, my fifth grade daughter brought home her school pictures. Her misguided attempt to trim her eyebrows with nail clippers is now immortalized forever. :)

I taught my last adult ed class for the Fall. This series went very well.

I just got a phone call from the local blood bank to tell me I am once again eligible to donate. As a frequent plasma donor, I have to get extra testing and physicals to donate so much (up to twice a week). I was deferred for the last couple months due to a low protein count. I have an appointment tomorrow morning. :-)

I was changing in the locker rooms today and a girl saw my shoes and asked me where I got them so I told her. Then the bell rang and when I was about to leave she told me, ”have a good weekend”, it might not sound like alot, but it was.

My friend made me some of her famous banana bread. It’s like a small loaf of heaven!

A bluejay chased away the sparrows and is insouciantly eating from my bird feeder.

And another thing: put on some Bruce juice and danced around the kitchen while I was making soup. The weather is great today and I’m feeling pumped!

It’s beaver hunting season! Yum!

My two boys each have a friend over for the afternoon. They are all so happy playing that I almost feel like I’m home alone! Other than the constant background noise and potty humor.

The Aristocats was on tv this afternoon and I haven’t seen it for so long. When it had finished I had the urge to watch another older Disney film so dug The Jungle Book out from my DVD collection!

I’ve been having a little trouble at work. Circumstances beyond my control have made things a bit challenging for me. Today I had a long talk with one of my bosses and feel much better. I also found out that one of my co-workers went to bat for me with the big boss. Apparently he went to bat big-time, I can’t thank him because I am not supposed to know, but man it felt good to hear that.

We took our son to his first movie theater movie. He was so great! He sat through the entire thing, and seemed upset when others were talking! lol He was awesome and ate almost an entire bag of small popcorn. So happy it was a fun experience!

@casheroo I remember taking my younger son to his first movie He-Man. He sat on the edge of the seat, wide-eyed through the whole movie. It was great.

I just received the pictures from our two week road trip, and I’m just thrilled. We had so much fun, and now it’s immortalized on the computer.

I saw people talking about me (in a good way) on Fluther! It’s nothing big but it just made my week. :D

My boyfriend slept over last night and we had mind-blowing sex this morning. Too much? I hope not. WE spent some time just hanging out and watched a movie. It has been a good day. :)

Woohoo @KatawaGrey! Mind blowing sex is the best!

@ru2bz46: If I give you a virtual high five would that be slapping the beaver?

Slap it gooooood! Lol!

@toomuchcoffee911 You deserve all the good things we have to say!

@KatawaGrey “Mind blowing sex” and “too much” together do not compute… no such thing!

I found out my mother might actually have a slightly small chance of caring about me. And that means alot to me.

@Tink1113 I sure hope so. You deserve it!

I ate a grilled cheese sammy, participated in the epic entrepreneur thread, and scored 2 secret awards. Booya.

I had a dream that I got 85% (and therefore an A) for my recently taken philosophy exam so… even if I don’t get a score that high..I now know what it would feel like if I did…

@janbb Thanks! :D

I received texts from a boss and a co worker, both telling me I am missed already. I work between two stores and have gone permanent with one, the one I like less

I had a great water yoga class. Feel like I’m getting the forms better all the time. In the p.m., I walked to the ocean. Just a calm, gray sea, a few fishermen and me.

@janbb I could really do with a walk by the sea at the moment.

@Leanne1986 You can come and join me next time although your sea and my sea are far apart.

@janbb I’m sure your sea is probably a bit nicer than my sea is at the moment!

I finally am recovering from strep throut and I’m doing good and I talked to my awesome 3rd grade teacher who was the best ever and it felt nice.:)
I’m going back to school on Thursday and I can’t wait to see my friends and have fun!
Ok..and learn..=/

I finished the homework assignment for the class I hate most!

I’m at the midway point in a 25-hour yoga teacher assistant training. We were encouraged to “practice on our friends” during the week, so I put out the call for a volunteer on Facebook. I helped my friend (actually, I only know her from class) into yoga poses she hadn’t been able to do on her own yet (like headstand); I helped her get much deeper into other poses; I massaged her neck, arms, and legs when in resting poses. The best part of all was the foot massage at the end of class to help her completely relax and recover. Truth be told, I think I got even more from it than she did. It feels so good to help someone else.

She was so grateful for the help and attention, that she sent a note to the studio owners to tell them how good of a job I did. This could help lead to a paid teaching position at the end of training. Woohoo!

Morning phone call from my partner while I was still woozy from waking up, I’ve become a recent mush head :)

I discovered why I crave pickles a lot

My boyfriend called me just because “he wanted to hear my voice”. It was just nice to hear him say that as I was feeling a bit down in the dumps!

I had a quip removed by a moderator for the first time ever. :)

I took on an indoor cat for a two-week trial period two weeks ago. Today, I bought him a collar and name tag. :-)

I published my very first piece on the Fluther blog. :)

I had a pretty good date, even though there has been some weird aftermath. I did, however, face my fears and go ahead and put myself out there for once. I’ve learned things about myself, if nothing else.

I watched my grandson learn that the hall light turns on at both ends. When he turned on the light outside his playroom, he said “Off is on” referring to the position of the switch. He ran to the other end of the hall and said “On is off”. He ran back and forth then I stood at one end and showed him when I turned it off, he could turn it back on. We played with the hall light for about a half hour.

Something I had planned for this evening was cancelled which means I will be able to get home earlier and have an early night. BTW my original plans were not in anyway unenjoyable and it is a weekly arrangement but I am very tired at the moment and in need of a good nights sleep so I was glad that this week my plans were cancelled.

As I was driving to an appointment this morning I was lamenting the craziness that is my schedule and wondering how I would get it all done. Turns out the place I thought I had an appointment is closed for Veteran’s Day! This gave me an extra hour and half I was not counting on to get things done.

I have a day off, first one in over a month and I’m lying in a super comfy bed in super comfy pyjamas, clown hair sticking up all over and my partner still smiled at me, gave me kisses and asked me to be here when he gets home. now, if I can figure out how to restore volume to his laptop then I can watch some hulu or netflix or maybe I’ll figure out how to turn on the TV.

Lol @hungryhungryhortence and the TV! Some things never change… ;-)

@augustlan Aww, thank you!

I went for a wet and windy after-work walk. In the middle of all the gray there was a walk planted with those cabbagey plants in a myriad variety of purples. It was heart-stoppingly beautiful.

@janbb Nice alliteration.

@ru2bz46 Thanks. I like to write.

My boss will be leaving work early today. This will be great when it happens because he doesn’t appear to be in a great mood and is making me feel uncomfortable!

Also, my boyfriend called for a chat this morning because he was driving a long distance and was bored. This meant that I didn’t get quite so irritated whilst being stuck in rush hour traffic :) BTW we were both on hands free!

I had a really, really good laugh tonight!

Part of my daughter’s Language Arts homework involved writing down vocabulary words from a book she’s reading, looking up definitions in the dictionary, and then using each word in a sentence. I happened to be talking to her while she worked on it, and looked down to see that she had come across the word “unmanned” and had to look it up.

First, she wrote down the sentence from the book. “The deck was unmanned.” Then, she wrote the dictionary definition: castration. Then, she wrote her own sentence: “The unicorn unmanned the lion.” I couldn’t help it. I just started laughing so hard, imagining what the teacher’s reaction would be. My daughter has already told me that they go over the words and definitions as a class!

Of course I had to explain to my 5th grader what castration is, and then she was laughing as hard as I was. She said, “I’ll just use the other definition.” She erased castration and wrote, “removing one’s manly confidence.” That only made me laugh harder! I couldn’t believe the dictionary didn’t have the definition the author had intended, but when I looked it up myself those were the only two definitions given!

I gave her the correct meaning for that particular usage of “unmanned,” but now I kind of wish I hadn’t. It would have been great if she’d turned that homework in with the word castration, but probably not so great to bring it up in class and have the other kids tease her about it for the rest of her middle school career.

@MissAusten Isn’t English fun?

I had to put another notch in my belt this morning :-)

I LOVE that feeling @lynneblundell. Congrats!

My job called and woke me up on a my day off (rare) to tell me my current pay period is subject to a pay increase. This was worth being woken up for.

my son swam all by himself in the pool this afternoon (with armbands of course!)

I had a great water aerobics class and got my heart rate higher than it’s been before.
Then a long boozy lunch with a friend sharing confidences and insight.

A great day off!

MY SO got back from a business trip after being away for 11 days.

My oldest grandson brushed the leaves off the roof and discovered a huge branch on the back side, where we couldn’t see it, plus a hole in the roof that went all the way through. Thank Goodness this happened before the rain storm that is forecast for later this week. He covered it with duct tape until we can notify the insurance company and get a repair order.

I had ten whole hours of sleep! That is about double what I get most nights. :)

I left wet, windy and gray New Jersey and got off the plane in sunny Florida! Threw on a pair of shorts, walked down to the causeway out to the beach and watched the afternoon “show.” Joggers, dogs, bikers, hobie-cats whizzing by on the water, herons stalking fishermen. One woman kept a hula hoop up for over 10 minutes! What a rush!

I went to a sports bar to watch the Alabama vs. Mississippi State game last night with my really good friend, and we got there early to watch the end of the Florida game and the Stanford vs. USC game. Almost all the right teams won, ‘Bama being the most important of course! We had a great time, drinking, admittedly, pretty heavily. Things got a little out of hand when we left, though, because we were both pretty toasted and, en route to putting her on the subway or in a cab, my friend literally ran away from me. I couldn’t find her for the life of me, and called a guy I’ve been talking to recently but had yet to meet. I was crying and upset, and he came pretty far downtown and found me and “rescued” me. He brought me home, my friend called to say she was okay, and we cuddled for awhile until I fell asleep. He was gone when I woke up, so I hope I didn’t scare him off, because we have a date planned for Tuesday that has the potential to be the most romantic date ever (coffee, city wandering, sneaking into Central Park late at night with a picnic to watch the meteor shower). He was totally wonderful last night though, even in the tipsy, rained-on, upset state I was in at the time.

A co worker located a horrendous knot under my left shoulder blade and nicely rubbed it out. It’s nice when someone is willing to give a backrub for more than 3 minutes without you having to pay them.

my mum cooked a three course meal, just for me and her

I spent the evening at my dads where he made a nice roast dinner and we watched a film (Twilight). I had been feeling quite low throughout the day and really didn’t want to drive over to dads and pretend I was feeling ok however, when I got there I really did start to feel better!

Went for a walk in the cemetery with my wife. It was a beautiful day, and the foliage was marvelous. We sat on one of the walls around at plot, and talked, and it was like old times. She was laughing—delighted. I felt almost ok.

I found a Wilsons Leather black briefcase/tote bag at the resale shop for $10 today.

How big is it? It carries notebooks, my digital camera, makeup bag, phone, wallet, mp3 player, pens, keys, gloves, umbrella and a 5“x8“x1.5” book. And it’s stunning. It’s one of those bags that, when empty, one could never imagine it holding so much. I’ve been looking for such a bag for 3 months. It was worth the search/wait.

I found out that yet another very cool person at work has my back.

I saw this two weeks ago and had to wait until today before I had something to share.

At my son’s invitation, I went to a recital of Bach organ pieces on the mighty pipe organ at the beautiful Memorial Chapel on the Stanford campus. Sat and watched the light change behind the stained glass windows while the music poured over me. Very rich and fulfilling.

I finally managed to sort out a problem at work that has been bothering me for a week now all it needed was a fresh pair of eyes and so I learnt that asking for help is not always a bad thing!

I also got a small amount of peace of mind in my personal life which lifted another weight off my shoulders.

We walked on the beach at sunset last night. The sun went behind a cloud and then re-emerged bright red – first as a lip-sticked smile and then gradually a whole round red face before sinking into the water. Just beautiful!

Lately, I’ve been lacking motivation when it comes to getting healthy/exercise. I really have been feeling it this last while. Feeling “gross”, and sluggish. I made myself take the arse for jog tonight. I have jogged a few times in the last month, but, they were short runs, as I was tired after about 15 minutes. I used to go running all of the time.

Yesterday, I bought a bunch of healthy eats, as well. Just want to feel better…So, tonight, I decided that I was going for a run and that I was going to push myself and go longer than 15. I ended up going for a jog from my place to Canatara Park (6 miles). I went through the park, ‘rounded the bend at Lake Chipican (small Lake) and saw the silhouette of a Blue Heron in the moonlight (about 10 feet away from me). Awesome. I’m so glad that no one was around because I was so excited when I saw her and ended up saying “Hey, pretty girl”. Ha.

There is one Blue Heron that stays around that Lake. You don’t often see her. The last few times, when I was struggling with something, I’d either run or walk through that park, and when I’d come around the bend, she was there. The first time, was right after I had lost my Mom. I was struggling with getting it together and moving on. On my walk, I saw the Blue Heron, standing ever so still, only a few feet away from me. Seeing her brought me out of my head for a moment and made me smile. And, now this time—again, I was pushing myself, wanting to get healthy and feel better.

According to most Native American tribes, the Blue Heron is a symbol of determination. I don’t know…just seeing her made me all sorts of happy.

One of my friends is an usher at a theater, so tonight I got to see the Men Who Stare at Goats movie for free, and, also, there were cookies!

I liked it. It was a good movie and it had a near Coen-like lightness amid the relatively serious subject matter. And Ewan McGregor. MmmmmEwanMcGregor…

Did I mention Ewan McGregor? No? Ewan McGregor.

Winterbock is in season. Yay! I got to be there for the tapping.

My partner came home unexpectedly for a few minutes to find me still in bed, stinky and lazy with coffee breath (fluthering) and still had a smile on his face, wanted to hug and kiss on me.

My boyfriend sent me a funny email that brightened up an otherwise dull day at work. It also made the two girls in my office laugh.

My husband and I got to hang out with a friend who recently moved up here from our old town all evening. It’s always good to see him and he seems so much less stressed than when he was in the middle of moving. We’re planning on pizza with him and hopefully some other old friends we haven’t seen in a while this weekend.

We had a Skype conversation with my son in Paris yesterday and I got to see my grandson Jake sitting, rolling over and looking generally adorable.

I had a great evening with my husband. A regular old conversation spontaneously erupted into hours of thoughtful (and lively!) debate in which we pretended to be Emperor and Empress of the world. Our goal was to guide society towards Utopia – always thinking of the greater good, no personal gain allowed – and we had to make the laws from scratch. Since he’s a conservative and I’m a flaming liberal, this was pretty damn interesting. However, we’re both pretty logical people and after arguing over the issues, we were able to arrive at mutually agreeable solutions. Though we only got through 2 or 3 issues. Long way to go. Fun, funny, and brain stimulating… all at once! And then we watched Fringe. :D

My family is moving tomorrow from a 4bd 3bath huge house to an apartment that is a 2bd and 1bath. You can imagine the stuff (the loads and loads of stuff) that had to be culled for the move. It’s an emotional and draining process in and of itself, but with the hell week at work involving going to and from the court house several times a week, I thought I’d never finish in time.
But then miracles happened. =)
1. the plaintiff who filed a claim against us didn’t show, leading to the dismissal of the case. WHOO HOO!!! lawsuits like this make me not want to live in the USA. Miracles like this make me feel like perhaps God’s telling me to hang in there =P
and 2. I finally finished packing up all the boxes by 11 pm, and felt good enough to stay up and watch an episode of fringe. (@augustlan yay fringe!!)

Thank Heavens for two what felt like insurmountable tasks this morning being resolved before the day went out!! =)

My soulmate broke up with a girl that was no good for him. Now we’ll see how this pans out!

My boss had to have a private meeting but had nowhere to go so he gave my colleague and I an hour off work and some money to get drinks so he could use our office without us being there!

My friend made me smile all day about something.

My best friend and I exchanged how we are still each other’s biggest fans after 24 years :D

I went to the grocery store to buy the ingredients for Thanksgiving desserts. Pumpkin pie and cinnamon ice cream, and cupcakes for all the kids to decorate like turkeys. Just looking forward to making those goodies makes me happy! I love Thanksgiving and can’t wait for the main event.

Tonight my sister in law and I are going to a wine tasting/appetizer tasting event at a local kitchen store. I so can’t wait to get out and spend some time with grown ups. Depending on how we feel after sampling all the wines, we might stop somewhere for another drink on the way home. I wonder how a martini will go down after the wine?

When I woke up today I pulled on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. Came downstairs, logged on to find a 20k party in my honor. What a lovely surprise that was!

It was only hours later that I realized I was wearing my Fluther t-shirt… and it made me happy all over again. :)

The roof repair man fixed the roof before the storm got here. ***YAY*** The rain stopped and the sun came and my grandson and I and the dog went outside to play. We had a great couple of hours. We found some grapes hanging over the fence from next door, and washed them off and ate them. It’s raining again now.

My best friend and I exchanged how we are still each other’s biggest fans after 24 years :D

I had written a response to a Fluther question and a few minutes later my son, a rare poster who lives far away, responded. Kind of a kick.

A long lost friend from 20 years ago looked me up on Facebook out of the blue last night, and we chatted for an hour. I had tried to look her up several times to no avail. It turns out she’s been using a pseudonym to keep her ultra-religious family from getting on her case.

I was able to sleep in because a co worker switched schedules with me.