Trivial things that make you happy - Part 3 - The Happyning

ordered a new jacket from M&S for €120 euros with a €50 euro voucher I received as a Christmas gift. I recalled whilst about to complete the transaction that the same relation gave me the same gift last year too that I didn’t get around to spending, so I only needed to spend 20 euros of my own money to acquire quite a cool looking jacket.

I don’t believe it.

home - warm - fed - water - power - good company - good health = Happy

My nephew, who is a carer for his mum, spent quite some time with us while their house was both electric and broadband free. He got a wash on and was able to get some down time in "our" house. He messaged me this morning to say they are reconnected. He was so grateful and happy(as am I) that he had a space available that had heat and facilities where they could spend time!

Lovely to see youngsters grateful for the everyday facilities that most ppl take for granted.

Th that being brought up in a recession/strike-ridden political climate showed us the nb of having things like matches and cash so we could survive if we were electricity free for a few days.

Meanies.

Those Austrian Electricity lads tearing off in the car to help the ESB lads. I was thinking fair play, and not only that he was almost embarrassed they stopped for four 20 minute breaks driving through Seven countries!🤔

Legends.

Its more than trivial to me , especially for those that seen my teary post yesterday . But Lazarus is up drinking tea 👍👍

Check out an app called Skyview Lite. It’s fantastic for checking the positions of stars and planets in the sky. I often use it in the back yard at night while letting my dogs out to do their final toilet business before bed.

hot dogs from the local butcher for dinner. Closest I’ve experienced to a New York hotdog since I’ve been over there. Ones I’ve bought elsewhere here from supermarkets to standalone deli’s were always too tough, too rubbery, too small or in particular being a bit bland lacking that smoked NY flavour. This butcher though nailed it and not extortionate either price-wise. I even had a jar of sauerkraut so the experience was nice and filling and flavourful.

Sorting through some clothes today, I'm sending some trousers to recycling because they no longer fit me: they're too big. I've on a gentle no-stress weight-loss strategy for about 6 months now, and I'm down about 10kg of mass and 2" off the waist. Still some way to go to "normal", but it's nice to see progress after years of thinking I was stuck where I was.

Little girl in swimming with her granny. The Granny had set up a game where she would "race" her.

The girl says to Granny "What's that over there?" and off she goes giggling while swimming away.

I went to buy kindling from a men's shed earlier in the week. The guy behind the counter was smoking.

heart sank when I saw how rammed the gym was but pure luck that I didn’t need wait for any equipment, whatever i wanted to move to next was free just at the time I needed / wanted it… nice workout and my health and fitness is still improving, and quickly now.

Absolutely. I thought that was a great movie & by the end, couldn't wait for them to release a follow up movie.

Doubt it's ever going to happen though 😔