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

Great day out at the cricket yesterday, perfect weather and great entertainment.

Also this morning managed to fix an app that was working on my tablet but rather inexplicably not working properly on my phone. Only loading a tiny percentage of the information. Restarting the phone and rebooting the app wasn’t doing anything, settings were ok…. But last chance, uploaded a new file and it seems to have kicked the whole thing back to normal. All the old stuff is available again. 🦾

After 5 years of ivf, my sister has finally gotten a positive pregnancy test. Totes emosh.

The auld fella couldn’t get old pc to start it had gone into hibernation mode I think. I couldn’t go down to help him (bad cold at the time) - after a few days sends a message saying “Yes, I got it working. I over-rode the sleep switch. The contacts are under power connection. I short the contacts with a pliers-a wire would do. Hip hip Horray”

And then to make it unintentionally funnier First website he looks up to show “Internet works” is rip.ie…..

In my line of work I see the consequences of the failures of our educational system hourly, now I'm seeing the consequences of generational failures as well.

So when I see in local supermarkets youngsters in their school uniforms comparing the sizes of bars and bags of sweets and being well capable of calculating if they are being ripped off, it makes me happy!

This is a skill so many adults cant master, I love to see/hear it in youngsters.

was just getting out of the shower earlier when the doorbell rang. I’m expecting a delivery. Get some clothes on and bolt to the front door. They’ve gone. Im online to reschedule but to my surprise that box isn’t even on a van yet, happy days…It’s ’ being prepared for delivery ’. Nothing urgent but I don’t need to be altering plans this week…. 🙈

back yesterday after a great week's holiday in Torremolinos in Spain

Purchased a house and later found out to my dismay the zinc flashing to a window was patched up with tape. This was the reason after a storm there was a leak and plaster was falling off a corner of my bathroom. Oh the sellers got me good, I never spotted this. I felt like an sucker.

My birthday involved me standing in my bathroom at 2am in the morning watching water coming through my ceiling and feeling overwhelmed.

I contacted a roofer next day who never bothered to contact me back. Standard for dealing with craftsmen.

I contacted another roofer who immediately contacted me and asked for photos. His father who is a roofer too was there 3 days later and diagnosed everything in minutes and provided quotes same day. I will say he is a little expensive but the communication is fantastic! When he could not do the job before a rainy weekend he sent multiple SMS and explained everything. He talked me through every task and why it is necccesary and answered all my questions. Should be standard but many tradesmen suck their teeth as if to say "ooooh it's gonna cost"

I have been that fool that took a day off work waiting for a tradesman who never showed up. My roofer seems good, he is quite expensive but I am blown away how he communicates and updates me. Something 95% of tradesmen do not do! I found a good guy and am gonna stick with him as a loyal customer

Saw a Crow pecking a hole in grass and sticking an Acorn in it. Presumably it'll get soft or something,or he's a keen gardener.

No idea how he'll find it again though.

my Milka bar that I bought on the way home but which went awol has been found. Slung my jacket on the recliner when I came in and subsequently after dinner hung jacket up, as I did went to grab the bar but it was nowhere, checked the car, everywhere, but last hunch is successful, yep the bar fell out of my pocket and went behind the cushion on my recliner. 🙈.. nommmm time.