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'Happy Moments' May 3rd

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I hope you're ready to exercise your positive thinking muscles Welcome to this weeks thread where we share positive thoughts, happy moments and gratitudes.
My turn first. Well work has been going at a nice steady pace and I'm grateful for that because it also enabled me to have the time to join in the reality/fantasy challenge on the forum and I had lots of fun doing it.
Packages of new fabrics arrived for me to add to my stash and I was thrilled with them. I hope I don't get overly busy with work so I have time to make some up.
DH, DS and me went to the cinema last night to see the latest Marvel Avengers film and really enjoyed it. It's always extra nice when the other people in the cinema are quiet and they were
On Friday DS and I had the simple pleasure of enjoying a Knickerbocker Glory ice cream together, bought from the ice cream van that parks on the school car park each day. We sat and ate them in the car whilst listening to the radio..lovely!
A final happy moment...finally getting around to ordering a smartphone for myself (to be a birthday present). Yes folks, I'm joining the 21st century at last!
Over to you now....

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Angie

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WOOOHOOO, Diane. Welcome to Team Smart Phone. I hope you'e getting an Apple 6 Plus. I LOVE MINE. Best gadget in the world.

Did you like the new Avengers movie? We just completed Marvel's Dare Devil from Netflix, and enjoyed that too.

Hope you sew some fun stuff for yourself and show us the fruits of your creativity. I'm excited. And enjoying ice cream together with your son sounds blissful.

Hmmmmm. Let me see. I'm happy about our sunny weekend, the wonderful Spring walks I take with Greg, Game of Thrones, the fun you had with my outfit challenge, the Indian food I'm going to cook today, the fabulous yoga classes I've been to lately, and my glorious new white flares.

Anonymous

I'm afraid the phone I'm getting is not as grand as the one you have Angie. Just a Samsung middle of the road design. I may get the bug though and upgrade in a couple of years Can't wait to use YLF properly on it

Oh, I'm thrilled that my contribution to your challenge is one of your happy moments! Yummy home cooked Indian food and walks plus great TV too, how lovely!

The Avengers film was great. A lot of action going on all at once sometimes, but great fun. DS absolutely loved it too!

Angie

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Samsung phones are great. Get a big screen. You shan't regret it.

Since you're one of my food buddies Diane, I'll beam up some Chana Masala and Saag Paneer. We have to get that Pudding Club going too.

Anonymous

I think mine's about a 4.5 inch screen, so not a bad size for my small hands.

Oh but you're killing me with the food descriptions. My mouth is watering! And I so would love a Pudding Club. I'd forgotten about that..I remember Inge being up for it too! I love talking about food

Louise

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Yay on the smartphone you'll never look back.

Yippee for bank holiday weekends I'm happy happy happy. I haven't accomplished much of what I'd planned to do but I've done lots of relaxing so that's ok.

I've found a bikini top and skirtini from BHS which I feel confident in so I've replicated it in a pattern and a solid so it will mix and match. A rather lovely cover up dress and kimono found it's way into the basket too! My cousin and I are taking her kids on holiday in the summer and it's my first beach holiday in years so I had no beach clothes whatsoever and any excuse to go shopping and buy lovely new things! X

Astrid

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Congrats on the smartphone, Diane! I also have a Samsung - a S3 mini. Rather scratched up already, but I will keep it as long as it works. It also was my first smartphone, I switched rather late. I like the size of mine, it's a good size for a phone. Small enough to hold comfortably and to fit into bags and pockets and big enough to browse when I'm on the go. I don't do any extravagant stuff with mine and don't look at it constantly, so the budget version is plenty enough for me.

I enjoyed the national holiday last Friday with a friend of mine - baking sweet melon buns and drinking May punch. It was yummy!

I also ordered a new bikini yesterday, hope it fits. It will be my first bikini in years. I was hesitant, but I think it will be good to combat my self-consciousness.

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Hehe! I'm like you Louise, I got very little done this weekend, but relaxed a lot. I'm glad you got fixed up with some fab swimwear. A beach holiday sounds lovely.

Astrid, I'm actually getting the Samsung S4 Mini. The specs sound good on it. I can't wait! I've never heard of sweet melon buns, they sound delicious and also the punch, yum! Your new bikini sounds great too.

Astrid

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My sister has the S4 Mini, actually. It's a great phone!
I had never made those buns before either, it was a recipe recommended by another friend. You make normal buns and give them a crust with a layer of sweet pastrie dough around them.

ramya

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Smart phones are lovely. Congrats Di.
Angie your dinner sounds yum pass the recipe will you and iPhone 6 has made me an apple convert.
My happy moment this week has been spending a date night with my DH and DD at a Thai place. It was our first dinner out after DD was born

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Astrid

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Ramya, great to see you! The food looks fantastic. And you look great.

Anonymous

Ooh, they do sound yummy Astrid. Oh, your sister has that phone too..great!

Oh there you are Ramya! So lovely to see you. Isn't it nice, but strange also, when you go out for the first time without the little one? I remember feeling a bit on tenterhooks, but still enjoyed it. Your meal looks delish...all this talk of yummy food and I'm writing this after I've just eaten breakfast, ha!

Thanks for chiming in again Astrid

Anonymous

Congrats on the smartphone. I got mine a year ago and very happy that I did.

I am happy that DD will be done with her finals this week and I get to see her for the entire summer. She took an engineering course in mechanical design this semester and was given the option to take a certification exam for free and if she passed she is exempt from the final. She was 1 of 7 who passed out of 40 students. Also, 2 of her professors gave her high praises for her presentation skills in two of her courses. I am one proud momma!

Making great progress with the IL house cleanup with help from DH's aunt and uncle over the weekend. Beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Anonymous

Oh, many congratulations to your daughter, Lara. I'm not surprised you're proud! It'll be so nice to have her around all summer too. Well done on progress with the clean up. A difficult task I imagine.

Summer

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I'm glad you enjoyed the challenge, Diane. I certainly liked watching you and the others discovering your fantasy selves.
I hope you get time to make up some lovely things from your new fabrics. How much do you buy at a time?
The knickerbocker glory sounds like an indulgent treat. I can't tell you the last time I ate - or saw - one of those. Congratulations on the smartphone. I feel something of a Luddite for not owning one myself.

My happy moment was hearing the cuckoo for the first time - two days running. He's been getting scarcer in our area lately, and I really worried that we had lost that iconic sound for ever. So spirit-lifting.

Anonymous

Oh, I've yet to hear a cuckoo this Spring. You are lucky. I love the sound too. It reminds me of a little poem my dad taught me when I was little:

The cuckoo comes in April

It sings it's song in May

It whistles a tune 'till the end of June and then it flies away!

Oh regarding fabrics...well I tend to trawl through fabric websites making notes of ones I like then I send off for samples and often end up ordering several lengths at a time as postage works out cheaper. I just ordered 3 lengths from one place and 2 from another. Not sure when they'll be sewn though!

rachylou

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A treat for us today! We went to Pet Express (a local pet store chain) for a new lead, and saw they had pet strollers. Lilypup's *Jeep* stroller has definitely had the *gone off-road* look for awhile. Anyways, long and short: someone had gotten a stroller, decided they weren't going to keep it, and gave it to the store to give away... and they gave it to us! It has much nicer, deeper cup holders... hehe, even on a dog stroller, it's all about the cup holders.

*We* feel special

Anonymous

Cup holders!!! Got to have cup holders! And of course I think wholeheartedly that you and Lilypup are special

Astrid

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Those pet strollers are for real?! I just googled and it seems that way... Strange world.

rachylou

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Hehe. They are real! It's easier though to push a stroller than carry a kennel. I can't actually pick up one of those metal cages empty.

Karie

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Well I have never seen or heard of a strawberry knickerbocker but it does look delish.

Rachylou, you're going to love that pet stroller. We had one for our first cocker spaniel, Jodie, and she used it a lot when she got older. We used it for Cosmo Edward when he was a puppy, and we even used it to take our cat Jasper for walks (he was an indoor cat). We still use it for Cosmo when traveling - some shops will allow you to bring your dog inside if he's in one.

Looks like Cosmo Edward will be getting a sister. If all goes well we will go and meet her next weekend, and bring her home sometime in June. She was born April 23rd.

rachylou

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Oh how great, Karie! A sister Cosmo!

Anonymous

Oh, so pleased Karie. A sister for CM!

Ruth M

It can be difficult to settle down after a long trip away, so thank you, Diane, for the reminder to concentrate on happy moments.

Well, rocketing straight to the top of my list this week, the winning happy moment for me is seeing Angie's post about a YLF meet-up in London - so exciting!!

The also-rans:

DH and I drove to the RHS (Royal Horticultural Gardens) at Wisley on Monday and walked around in the sunshine, admiring the beautiful floral displays, before heading to the tea room for coffee and carrot cake.

I spent a lovely morning yesterday catching up with a good friend. We sat in the sunshine in her beautifully tended garden, with coffee and buttered Scotch pancakes. We spent some time putting the country to rights in light of the recent General Election before moving on to the more interesting topic of family news.

I even sat in the sunshine in my own (less beautiful) garden yesterday evening, with a glass of red wine and a newspaper, while DH kindly cooked the dinner for no particular reason. That really is something to be happy about.

I see I have a pattern going on here of food/drink, gardens, and sunshine. It's a winning combination!

I'm grateful to everyone who posts on this thread and to you, Diane, for starting it every week - it's so uplifting to read everyone else's

Anonymous

Nice to have you back on the forum after your travels Ruth. I hope you had a good time catching up with family.

Hey I'm with you on the food, drink, gardens and sunshine...my kind of happy times too

rachylou

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There you are Ruth! The election news made it over here... !!