'Happy Moments' June 28th - YouLookFab Forum

Hello all. I'm back with this regular post where we try to focus on the positives in our life. Tell us your good news and happy times, whether they are life changing things or just as simple as enjoying a few moments with a cuppa and a good book...it's all good!

I'll start off as usual and off course the huge 'Happy Moment' for me was the London meet up! I arrived in London on Monday afternoon and hooked up with my room-mate Inge. It was so lovely to meet you again Inge and so nice to explore the area and have a lovely evening meal together before the main meet up day on Tuesday. What a treat to meet Angie and Greg again(as well as Inge of course) and other fabbers: UK Sue, Ruth M, Mander, Skylurker, Approprio and Shevia. YLF meet ups are the best and everyone was amazing and lovely in person. I'm still on a high!

Other moments to appreciate for me are:

The lovely welcome home I got from 'my boys' and my cat

An afternoon in the garden cutting back shrubbery and overgrown plants and seeing how much better the garden looks afterwards.

Going to see Jurassic World last night at the cinema.

The prospect of hot weather this week...I plan to wash lots of things like curtains and bedding and cushion covers, taking advantage of the fact that I'll be able to dry them outside in no time at all.

And finally, a little thought for you to ponder (I may make this a regular feature) I got this one from a sewing blog called Rhonda's Creative life

http://rhondabuss.blogspot.com.....html#links......

"There are those who live life with the idea that the glass is half empty, and those who believe that the glass is half full.

Try believing that the glass can be refilled.

Why live half a life?"

Over to you now...

8 years ago

Summer

Veteran

Diane, I can well imagine that you are still on a high after the meet-up last week. I loved seeing all the photos, and reading Angie's post today.
I'm glad you had such a warm welcome home from your menfolk, and that you managed to bring yourself back to earth by sorting out the garden.

That little maxim is well worth remembering, especially the part about being able to refill the glass - so true.

I'm going to join you in appreciating the warm weather, and getting things washed while the going is good - and no moaning about the heat!

Have a good week.

Anonymous

Absolutely, Summer! No moaning about the heat Lets hope it lasts more than the usual two days before we get thunderstorms!

MTBGirl

Your meetup was grand Diane and thank you for sharing the photos!
I had a happy day with my husband yesterday! (having off together doesn't happen that often)

Ah, Donna, so nice to have a day off together and just chill eh?

Style Fan

Thank you Diane for posting pictures of the meet up. What fun. DH and I are still waiting for our house to be put together after the flood in March. The work drags on...... However it is being done. So the glass is being filled. I am thankful for that.

We went to my stepson's partner's parents (catch that) for dinner last Saturday. We had met them before but not for an extended time. It was a lovely time. Her grandmother was there. I spent a long time talking to her. She was from England and her story about meeting her husband was very similar to my mother meeting my father. She even had the same name as my mother which is very British and not very common.

Joy

I am still having happy thoughts from spending a week with DS, DDIL, and adorable grandson, now 7 months old. Now home, we have been visited by a lovely doe with a fawn. I wasn't able to get a photo of the little fawn but here is the mo in our garden.

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Runcarla

I am so grateful to be blessed with good health and fitness that I can participate in endurance sporting events at my age and stage in life! Not many folks can boast a 'personal best' when competing in the 55-60 age group! Furthermore thunderstorms were forecast, but race day turned out to be overcast and warm, with sun shine as the event wound up.

DH and I celebrated 33 years of marriage quietly on the 26th. We have a good partnership!

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Hang in there Stylefan! Your house will be worth the wait. Sounds like quite an interesting chat with the British grandma.

Ahh, happy family memories Joy...you treasure those. How lovely too to see the doe and fawn in your backyard! Great photos.

Happy Anniversary for last week Carla! And kudos to you for doing brilliantly in the endurance sporting events. You're amazing! Glad the weather held for you.

Louise

Happiness was getting the hosepipe on 24 hot, grumpy children after school this afternoon and seeing them dance around and scream with laughter, then sitting and munching frozen orange segments with them x

crutcher

I love to read these posts and find what makes all of these wonderful people smile...
I love your half full/half empty...refilled glass..You had better believe it...No matter how bad things may appear there is always tomorrow...
Or as I like to say...There is definitely a pony in here somewhere..smile...

Louise, that made me smile! I could have done with that myself last night

More smiles from you too Crutcher...so true..

Ruth M

Active Member

Diane, I like your "glass can be refilled" quote very much. Enjoyed reading yours and other people's contributions again. I haven't ventured further than my neighbour's shady back porch this week (my asthmatic lungs don't manage well in mid-30s temps combined with humidity). Having my wings clipped this week, I've particularly noticed and appreciated various soothing background sounds.

One is the birdsong in our garden. The birds have seemed more vocal than usual this week - or maybe I've just been more aware of it. So delightful. I could listen to it endlessly.

The plop and splash of my neighbour's miniature water feature - a relaxing soundtrack while we sipped chilled lemonade for a change, instead of tea.

Another soothing soundtrack - the ping - ping - ping of the tennis balls going back and forth at Wimbledon, interspersed with spectator applause and commentary - no, I'm not there in person, but our TV stays on more than usual during Wimbledon fortnight. I LOVE it.

I hope you managed to get all your soft furnishings washed, dried and back in place this week! I'm going to attempt mine next week when the temperatures drop a bit.

All the lovely sounds you mention are ones I love to hear too Ruth. Soothing summer sounds indeed. Talking of birdsong, we have fields across the road from us and I often hear a Skylark twittering above them. I understand they are a lot rarer than they used to be so I feel privileged. BTW, I never did get around to doing all of that laundry I threatened to do!!

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