What good things happened to you today?

I need to go check my parkas…oh, wait…I don’t own any parkas. Drats!

I am going on an extended road trip and all my shirts were pressed and my sons were eager to see me return!

I heard from an old friend. :)

Addendum: I spend three frantic days searching for that check.

Today? I had a great literature class- it ‘clicked’ today. Also, I ate out with just my daughter on a mini-girl’s-night-out.

My grandmother has Alzheimer’s and she actually remembered my name today and that I’m her granddaughter rather than asking who the random girl was walking around the house. That made me happy.

@linguaphile: Are you the teacher or a student?

I remembered to call the plumber (coming Friday) and he told me that there was a program that would put a sump pump in my house for free, and that, yes, he put liners in sewer lines without digging up the yard.

I received a couple of nice pm’s here at Fluther.

I love this question @gailcalled.

Spent the day with my darling five month old grand daughter and her parents. And a good friend came over for lunch. And the air is incredibly fragrant here in Portland. The sky is amazing, and we are busy pointing out to each other wildly beautiful flowering dogwood trees.

@skfinkel: That’s the kind of news I like to hear.

I received my first check of the year for paid work. (And I put it with my checkbook and not in my glasses case.)

On the down side, I am back in my splint and bandage after 5 days of freedom that resulted in pain and swelling of my hand. But at least I know how to deal with this, and that’s good. Could be a whole lot worse.

@linguaphile what clicked today? Last I know a clicked is bad
@skfinkel That awesome. sounds nice.

I did my laungry. One of my 10 goals I had for today.

This was yesterday, but I found a robin’s nest, complete with brooding mother robin, on my balcony…all are doing well…

@Trojans40—in class today I liked what I was teaching during 1st hour. I introduced Romeo and Juliet to the class. Some kids were bored, but I felt ‘on top of my game-’ I was explaining, making connections, showing allusions, etc. That was fun. Then in American Lit… started the Harlem Renaissance and that’s one of my favorite periods in American Lit—same thing, I felt the “flow,” even though a few kids looked bored, I still felt that the information was clear, relevant, and going well.
@yankeetooter—I found a robin’s nest with 3 eggs this afternoon too! Thanks for reminding me of another good moment!

I listened to my baby girl saying “mmmma-mmmmma-mmmma” and pretended she was referring to me. :-) Then I sat on a blanket with her in the backyard in the late afternoon sunlight while my husband snapped gorgeous photos of her sweet little face.

The past few weeks, I have been chatting with some childhood friends (we found each other on Facebook), and we’re going to get together. We set a date! They are scattered all across Canada, and will be coming back to our hometown.

Also, I had the day off, and I spent it at my g/f’s. I got to go for a few beach walks along Lake Huron.

Very few “good” things happened to me today so I try to appreciate the little things in life. I got to lay on my couch and watch my stomach bouncing all over the place while my little boy was kicking and rolling around in there.

@ItalianPrincess1217 Cherish those moments. I miss that feeling. It is amazing to feel life kicking inside of you. =)

@jonsblond It’s pretty amazing. Sometimes I’ll be in the middle of a conversation with someone and they’ll notice me space out and get a little smirk on my face. They eventually catch on that I’m focusing on the baby moving :)

I talked with an old friend today who I haven’t spoken to in 6 months and it felt like I had just talked with her yesterday. Oddly enough, after months of self inflicted mental torture, last night I totally decided it was time to make a very different career move. This friend called me to tell me she had found a local job opportunity that needs someone just like me-in this same career direction! She sent her contact person an email about me. She sent me a copy of that email and it was really nice to read what she thought of me.

This was great too. The fam got along great today. We laughed our butts off and everyone was happy and helpful. I didn’t have to cook anything extensive and I actually got to relax for a few minutes.

<3 I got to hold my amazing partner for a few minutes before he went back to work. I was able to just feel his love through his embrace.

Today at a consultation/work, I realized just how freaking talented I am at what I do. I wanted to be like “I got this!” all day.

Hell yeah!

Did you just ask this question to brag about your awesome day lol? I can’t beat that, I just ate a really good sandwich.

I spoke to an old friend of mine on the phone and it was her birthday. She was a little sad and I was cheering her up and lifting her spirits. In return she cheered me up reminding me of the old times :) Later she called me to say another friend where she lives took her out and she had a blast. A little cheesey, but helped her mood and she made me feel good. So blah!

Everyone in my family is happy and in a good mood.
I had coffee with two lovely friends.
I got through the work I needed to do.
And I got home and my son asked if he could make dinner! Without anyone asking him to!

Wow, what a great day you had! Today wasn’t so great for me, but this question certainly cheered me up.

I had a nice walk to the shop in the sunshine. I felt all happy and light-footed

My daughter hugged me when I cried.

I got to watch my son (my baby) sign an academic committment with a great university…today there is the scholarship awards banquet where he will be honored with a full ride scholarship.

I was able to get out of bed and come to work, as depressed as I feel right now…

@Tuesdays_Child That is wonderful news!

We get to leave work an hour early with pay for Teacher Appreciation Week.

Today, we discussed the Harlem Renaissance, Jazz and the Blues. FUN unit!

@jonsblond Yes, it is! Thanks! :~) He has worked very hard for it.

My boyfriend gave me a call while I was at work and, although this is nothing out of the ordinary, it was really nice to have a break from my busy day to talk to my favourite person. He made me smile.

I got to talk about my girlfriend and all my friends was noticing how I smiled when I did. I didn’t catch myself smiling until someone said, and I smiled some more thinking about her.

I spotted the great blue heron again and hope it is nesting on or near my pond.

I watched Milo attack and chase after what I thought was a mouse. There was a long and noisy confrontation under a blanket chest. Suddenly, a black hair scrunchy flew out, followed by M., who looked, understandably, disgruntled.

On the other hand, I felt very gruntled and had a good laugh.

And fresh organic strawberries appeared at the Food Coop.

My youngest son received the All Conference Award for scholastic bowl at the high school awards assembly last night. I’m a proud mom.

And so am I vicariously. (I bet he can spell “definietly” correctly.) How old is he? Does he like llamas? Is he learning Finnish? I hope he has his priorities straight.

I am taking a vacation day tomorrow, and have a plumber coming who is taking my plumbing issues seriously.

@BarnacleBill: Oh, yes. I know about plumbing issues that take precedent over anything else until resolved. Manacle the plumber to the sewage pipe until everything is repaired to your satisfaction. Report back, please.

I too understand plumbing issues so that is definitely a good day @BarnacleBill.

A robin laid 3 eggs in a nest by our door…

@linguaphile You will have a great opportunity to have a front row seat to the hatching of those baby birds!

@Cruiser I sure hope so! I am worried about the location though- it literally is right where we open our back door and I have kids running in and out constantly. I decided last night to ban use of the back door for this reason and to use the front door for a while.

I got awesome, well thought-out Mother’s Day presents, and one of my girls made us the meal I had requested: Grilled cheese (Muenster on sourdough bread) and bacon sandwiches. Yummy.

Actually, I had a bit of a shitty day today. I am going home soon though and that can only be wonderful. So, the good thing that happened was… I went home.

My girlfriend and I surprised my big Sis with a visit (she lives an hour away). She was all by herself for Mother’s Day and was feeling really low until we should up for a planter full of pansies and a huge hug!

I got through the day so far…I have most of my project done..I haven’t done any crying so far today.

I walked the dogs by Shearwater Lake with my dad. It was peaceful and the dogs had a great time. We then went to a country pub for good old steak and chips!

Well, cancel that last part…let the crying commence…

The pain that I’ve had in the last few days is gone gone gone.

The baby robins are out of their shells! I peeked and saw furry orange baby-feathers.

I’d love to see some baby birds.

OTOH, this is what some of my gardens looked like this morning.

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Where abouts are you located?

@gailcalled

Lovely!

I have a bunch of little sprouts still coming along, but, we had a crazy cold snap with T-storms and temps. dropping to 34 degrees a few days ago. Looks like my little seedlings have survived.

@Jude: Central, eastern rural New York State. 12165

Beautiful!, @gailcalled! I am not sure if you’ll be able to see this. It’s up in Northern, Michigan (near Traverse City. The cherry capital of the world. Yeehaw!)

@Jude: Also my kind of place. Is that large body of water one of the great lakes?

I love the driftwood sculpture and the really, really fluffy black dog.

It is called Torch Lake

That would be my pooch, Rudy.

@gailcalled inside the cabin. I am heading up there this weekend. :)

@Jude: Perfect, as far as I’m concerned. Rustic, comfortable, and mod. cons. so you don’t have to rub two sticks together.

I had a big cuddle with my puppy dog. He just loves cuddlydumkin days. That’s what we call days when we can lie on the bed together and cuddle. Okay, so yes, we are both quite pathetic.

@Bellatrix: Au contraire, you two have discovered the fountain of youth.

I, on the other hand, rescued a fledgling black-capped chickadee who was about to become Milo’s pre-supper hors-d’oeuvre earlier today.

Hmm I doubt Milo was happy with your rescuing but I suspect the black-capped chickadee was very grateful.

Oliver loves cuddles and thinks he is a human. He talks to me.

And you probably think that Oliver is a dog. Who’s the delusional member of this partnership?

I have a slice of Coconut cake from my local bakery ‘Sierra Rising.’ I am cherishing it’s presence til a bit later, maybe after a glass of wine. lol :-)

Lol @gailcalled. So true!!! He would agree with you.

If anyone can face getting up at dawn tomorrow morning and has a clear view of the eastern horizon, you can see Venus, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter.

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance

I spent time with my sibling and felt lots of joy.