What made you happy today?

Pinky said:
Our daughter is visiting us today. She insists on making us dinner rather than us taking her
out for dinner. Hubby had a minor surgery the other day, so she feels a need to take care
of us. She took a Cordon Bleu Chef's course, just out of high school, but we've asked for
fajitas :)
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How nice to have a daughter to cook for you while visiting. I bet her fajitas will be delicious!

Hope hubby has a speedy recovery!
 

I'm happy (and grateful) that my 34-year old nephew is recovering after an emergency quadruple bypass surgery. He's young and handsome and healthy (or so we thought), and has only been married for a year. What a scare he gave us all.
 
RadishRose said:
My goodness, 34! I'm happy for you too. May he have a fast recovery!
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Thanks, RR. He's the same age as my son so it was a sobering experience. Apparently heart problems run in my brother-in-law's family; my nephew is the 4th generation to have bypass surgery. Oddly, he's tall and the "picture of health" so we were shocked.
 
RadishRose said:
How nice to have a daughter to cook for you while visiting. I bet her fajitas will be delicious!

Hope hubby has a speedy recovery!
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Thank you, RR .. she did the same when hubby had his hip replacement surgery not long
ago (knee replacement may be next). "Our girl" takes good care of us :)
 
I'm slowly mastering the art of rolling sushi/uramaki. I think I'll have it down, pat, in another session, or two. Did two rolls, this afternoon, and they turned out so-so. My rolls are vegan, but I could do any other filling, if I had to. I like learning new things. The process makes me happy.
 
Last Thursday my new stove that I purchased in Home Depot was delivered. They wanted $25.00 to haul the old one away. It was still in working order except for the front burner. Some electrical problem. The hubby and I decided to try our luck at selling the old one since it really wasn't in our way. We put the sliders under the legs and moved it to our laundry room. Today a man bought it for $45.00. He wanted it for the oven. Seems he puts metal parts inside to harden the paint. He was happy and we were even happier.
 
treeguy64 said:
I'm slowly mastering the art of rolling sushi/uramaki. I think I'll have it down, pat, in another session, or two. Did two rolls, this afternoon, and they turned out so-so. My rolls are vegan, but I could do any other filling, if I had to. I like learning new things. The process makes me happy.
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Kudos to you! I don't even make norimaki. We only eat vegan rolls, but the rest of the
family eat the seafood rolls. I used to love watching my mother make sushi and inari.
 
Pinky said:
Kudos to you! I don't even make norimaki. We only eat vegan rolls, but the rest of the
family eat the seafood rolls. I used to love watching my mother make sushi and inari.
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I not only don't make it, I have no idea what it is, or how to pronounce it

I'm thinking I'm missing out
 
Happy I played a pokemon card game with my 6 year old grandson. I lost (he makes up his own rules).

Then his pop paw had a bb gun shoot off with him...

I love my grand babies.
 
This comment today brought back a memory of something wonderful I experienced a while back;

Phoenix said:
I love Crater Lake. It's the most beautiful place I've ever seen. My uncle Leo was a great singer and a minister. At his funeral his son Mike said that when they went to Crater Lake they hiked the trail down to the lake. At the time Mike was probably five. He said his dad sang the song How Great Thou Art all the way down and all the way back up. Mike said he was so embarrassed. But he said after his dad finished, people thanked him. I heard Uncle Leo sing the song once upon a time. He sang it with all of his soul. It was wonderful. I can even hear him now in the back of my memory and feel enriched by it.
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And caused me to resurrect an old thread of mine that includes that experience;


Gary O' said:
I’d like to think this thread would take off on its own
Especially with Pappy, Meanderer, and several others that give a positive spin to most every post


Anyway, we’ll see

Didn’t happen today, yet still....it made me happy today

It’ll make me happy tomorrow if I think about it


A while back, wife and I went to church

It’s refreshing, sometimes, to attend a church

Sometimes

Anyway, there was a song service
I don’t sing
Can’t
Tried
It’s not considered singing
So, there I was, mouthing the words.

A few rows back, a middle aged gentleman was singing his heart out.
A tenor, I believe.
I also believe he was a butcher by trade.
Cause he was doin’ a job of it on that song.
His voice, his voice literally hurt my good ear.

Seems there are several stanzas to ‘He Lives’.
He got louder with each one.
At the last of the chorus to the last stanza I looked back...

Had to

There he was, tears streaming down his face.

Yet,

His face....beaming

He wasn’t a good looking guy

He literally wrecked the hymn




I’ve seen a lot of beauty
A lot
In nature, mostly

But this

Was the most beautiful thing

I have ever seen

yessir


What made you happy today?
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I tried to mend a stile today, to stop some wayward sheep escaping through it, on the path of a very busy route for hikers.

Almost everyone wanted to speak, and enquire about the gated contraption I was endeavouring to erect, (we'll see in the morning whether sheep have stayed put - my guess being odds against! ).

I should maybe try to take a photo, before it falls apart or proves a failure, but as my ol dad used to say, "Its good to have a go!". :giggle: .
 
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Finding out my local Publix store is finally selling the NY Post. No Daily News or Newsday though.

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Now if I can get Dunkin Doughnuts to sell buttered rolls my life would be complete.
 

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