Trivial things that make you happy - Part 2 - The Happyning

Mam of 4 wrote: »

Black Forest , your posts and pics about your adventures on the bike , the areas you go to and your life in general , always make me smile , TH

Thanks a lot Mam of 4. If my little escapes can put a smile on someone’s face i have reached my goal.:D

It’s nothing special just my sometimes overboarding enthusiasm about my little neck of the woods. During the last eight month i lost 18 kilogramms and have a much more healthy lifestyle. Nearly no alcohol ( despite i really can enjoy a nice fruity white wine), no sugar and nearly no fat. All this brought me back from high triglycerides levels and the dreaded diabetes 2.

In a former live i was living in the fast lane travelling the world earning stupid amounts of money. Nowadays i enjoy a lot more mellow and downgraded down to earth living. My 81 year old mother has become the jet setter in the family and i stay at home. :pac:

Sometimes i feel a bit like the old farm labourer in this film:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078080/

I just have to refrain from writing a whole book instead of a short post. Otherwise my natural optimism and my humour have returned and i’m feeling a lot more content.:D

black forest wrote: »

Thanks a lot Mam of 4. If my little escapes can put a smile on someone’s face i have reached my goal.:D

It’s nothing special just my sometimes overboarding enthusiasm about my little neck of the woods. During the last eight month i lost 18 kilogramms and have a much more healthy lifestyle. Nearly no alcohol ( despite i really can enjoy a nice fruity white wine), no sugar and nearly no fat. All this brought me back from high triglycerides levels and the dreaded diabetes 2.

In a former live i was living in the fast lane travelling the world earning stupid amounts of money. Nowadays i enjoy a lot more mellow and downgraded down to earth living. My 81 year old mother has become the jet setter in the family and i stay at home. :pac:

Sometimes i feel a bit like the old farm labourer in this film:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078080/

I just have to refrain from writing a whole book instead of a short post. Otherwise my natural optimism and my humour have returned and i’m feeling a lot more content.:D

Have you a blog ?
I'm sure many of us would love to read it !

If not , write that book
And congratulations on your achievements , and avoiding Type 2 , that's no mean feat at all . Your happiness with life show in your posts , thanks for sharing with us

My friend got the all clear from the growth on his 'boy bits', Im proud of him overcoming his embarrassment and having it followed up.
And he's got an interview for his dream job next weekend.

Knowing that I have an excellent group of very friends. I texted a Watsapp group of some of my closest friends looking for help with something that was worrying me, and within the hour all four of them had sent back tips, advice, and general supportive messages. It's reassuring, but also something that makes me happy

Sasha Thoughtless Bayou wrote: »

I spent the morning cutting sizable limbs from several overgrown mature trees in the garden. When done I had a mountain of timber to be gathered and disposed of. In pops a neighbour who was out for a walk and called for a chat. He tells me I'll get great fuel from all that wood. But I explained that I don't burn wood in the open fire and he said he used it in the stove. A phone call to his son followed. His son arrived promptly with a trailer and two ton bags full headed off to my neighbour's. He wanted to pay me for it: I wanted to pay for having it taken away. He reckons he now has the house and water heated for at least two months and I'm rid of what was, to me, waste. Happenchance left us both happy.

The circular economy in action!

Having a lazy Saturday, nearly time for a G&T

After quite a bit of struggling, I have just played my first ever guitar chord. Sure, my short, very soft fingers are now entirely numb, but that D chord was - to my ears - a thing of absolute beauty.

After literally 5 seconds of putting up a fly mesh on my window, a big ugly wasp tried to fly in. Haha! Mesh: 1. Wasp: 0.

Schwanz wrote: »

Putting on my earphones and going to that magical place

What are you listening to ?

TH , just seeing others be happy and enjoying the little things in life

Had coffee and caught up with two good friends this afternoon.

It’s raining really heavily here at the moment and I’m on the couch in my PJs wrapped in a blanket with a cup of tea and listening to the rain outside. I love this kind of weather when I don’t have to go anywhere.

It was meant to rain heavy here this afternoon but we took a chance and went to the Live on the Pier concert at Dromquinna, the Brennan brothers host it and this was the seventh year.

It turned out a glorious day and the bands were outstanding, we had one shower near the end but by that stage Jerry Fish had everyone dancing and pretending to row boats and hugging each other so it didn't really matter.

A great relaxed family atmosphere is created, 15 euro for adults and kids U16 are free means the local farmers will go as well as pensioner hippies and the tourists with their young kids. Secure parking is free, local youngsters are employed to collect empty bottles, glasses, pizza boxes etc.

No way these guys are making money on these concerts, they actually encourage local small businesses to promote themselves and set up stalls that compete with their own business on site. They open the Boathouse bar and the dearest pint of lager is 5 euro, they set up big bouncy castles and there is even a swing hanging off a branch of a tree for all to enjoy with no supervisor.

It's heartwarming to see successful businessmen giving something back to the local community and long may it last.

Short week this week

When my cat get's excited about something or wants me to follow him he does a little chirp and this cute little head shake, he then hops backwards, runs ahead of me with his tail in the air, stops, looks back to make sure im still following him runs ahead a little bit more, stops until I catch up with him.. then leads me to either the food dish which is already full of food, a random stick that he wants me to hold while he tries to chase it, up to bed or leads me to nowhere in which case he rolls over and does another little chirp. He's just so cute