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

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭madmaggie


    At my gp surgery, the doctor is friendly and efficient, the receptionist kindness itself, and the nurse is great craic. After years of enduring a condescending pig of a doctor, a miserable cow on reception, and no practice nurse, it makes a wonderful change.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,022 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    I never thought I’d live to see the day when a song from Aphrodite’s Child’s 1972 album ‘666’ would be used in a car ad.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,305 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    I was out for a drive this afternoon


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,305 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Roast duck for dinner


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    Gorgeous weather and no work until Tuesday :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,513 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    opened a bottle of wine. First drink in nearly 18 months.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,952 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    A Jasmine scented candle from Dunne Stores , it's gorgeous.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    opened a bottle of wine. First drink in nearly 18 months.

    I'm having a mojito. Drinking alone at home :D

    To thine own self be true



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,513 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    I'm having a mojito. Drinking alone at home :D

    a mojito sounds lovely. drinking on my lonesome as well

    cheers-brian-roberts.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    a mojito sounds lovely. drinking on my lonesome as well

    cheers-brian-roberts.jpg

    Cheers yourself!
    I'm trialling out my new mint plant in my drink, that's my excuse.

    To thine own self be true



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,513 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Cheers yourself!
    I'm trialling out my new mint plant in my drink, that's my excuse.

    Oh yeah "I'm doing it as a science experiment".


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    Nice day with my family.

    Cake.

    Gin.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,513 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Drunk after only a bottle of wine. I've become such a lightweight after 18 months off the booze. On the plus side I am listening to The Carpenters on YT. I can be such a maudlin fecker.


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,757 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    TH sipping an Appletini and watching Dirty Dancing on Netflix. Fab!

    The above wasn't true, I lost a bet with a Boardsie and they told me I had to say the above :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,513 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    TH sipping an Appletini and watching Dirty Dancing on Netflix. Fab!

    live webcam footage of sephiroth_dude

    tenor.gif


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I'm all excited about getting me first jab tomorrow. I've been looking forward to it for a few days now but it's a bit like the night before Christmas tonight. I never thought I'd be so excited to see a little prick :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭4Ad


    Drunk after only a bottle of wine. I've become such a lightweight after 18 months off the booze. On the plus side I am listening to The Carpenters on YT. I can be such a maudlin fecker.

    Music and drink go hand in hand, if that's what you like put it on and turn it up !!

    I'm having some red wine which is going down too well, listening to some good Indie guitar bands..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭madmaggie


    Two TH. Today, a crap morning turned into a happy afternoon. Second, getting my second Covid vaccination tomorrow. I'm all excited!


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭Antares35


    I never thought I'd be so excited to see a little prick :D

    :D

    I'm having a little prick on Friday :)


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,471 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    You may have heard of the sting operation on all the crooks with 'secure' smartphones ? They only handed out five phones.

    The rest of them were distributed through a pyramid scheme where each criminal got a percentage of the cost and fees from the ones they sold on. :D


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    One has just gotten one's first jab.

    No side effects apart from I now speak and wave my hand like the Queen. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,481 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    I wish I were as excited as the rest of ye with regards to getting the vaccines.

    I'm so bad with needles that even seeing, hearing or thinking about them makes me faint :o

    I am probably in the last or second last cohort to get called but I actually think the waiting is making my anxiety worse just knowing what is to come down the road.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭dennyire


    I wish I were as excited as the rest of ye with regards to getting the vaccines.

    I'm so bad with needles that even seeing, hearing or thinking about them makes me faint :o

    I am probably in the last or second last cohort to get called but I actually think the waiting is making my anxiety worse just knowing what is to come down the road.

    Dont worry....iv had 2....wont even feel it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,952 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    I wish I were as excited as the rest of ye with regards to getting the vaccines.

    I'm so bad with needles that even seeing, hearing or thinking about them makes me faint :o

    I am probably in the last or second last cohort to get called but I actually think the waiting is making my anxiety worse just knowing what is to come down the road.

    One of my sons is the same , I have to go with him if he needs bloods done , dentist etc .
    I explained when I was getting my first vaccination done that he has a massive phobia of needles , what would happen when it's time for him to get his .
    They said there's no issue with a person having someone with them in a situation like that , and they'll also bring you straight in , no waiting around .

    Dunno if that helps in any way Shelley.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,481 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    Mam of 4 wrote: »
    One of my sons is the same , I have to go with him if he needs bloods done , dentist etc .
    I explained when I was getting my first vaccination done that he has a massive phobia of needles , what would happen when it's time for him to get his .
    They said there's no issue with a person having someone with them in a situation like that , and they'll also bring you straight in , no waiting around .

    Dunno if that helps in any way Shelley.

    Oh that's great Mam. I am exactly the same as your son. I always joke that I could never get a secret procedure done as I would have to bring someone with me :D

    I would have to get my dad to come with me but I didn't think that he would be allowed in. I was expecting that he would have to wait in the car and depending on what center I get called to, it could be a long horrible trek if you are after fainting.


  • Registered Users Posts: 843 ✭✭✭2lazytogetup


    seeing people sitting outside restaurants and bars yesterday enjoying the weather.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,305 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Reading a John Grisham novel at the moment - Sycamore Row


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,952 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    Oh that's great Mam. I am exactly the same as your son. I always joke that I could never get a secret procedure done as I would have to bring someone with me :D

    I would have to get my dad to come with me but I didn't think that he would be allowed in. I was expecting that he would have to wait in the car and depending on what center I get called to, it could be a long horrible trek if you are after fainting.

    Glad it eased your mind a little Shelley!
    They said just to say it to whoever is at the check in desk , they'll take it from there :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,305 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Reaching the 10,000 mark on my number of posts


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,332 ✭✭✭Archeron


    I found a banana Swiss roll in the press that I had forgotten about, yeay.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭SineadSpears


    painted small bathroom today that I had been putting off for months.

    even with lockdowns, I still didn't have the motivation to do it.

    took me only about an hour and a half to do it :rolleyes:

    .....It's done so now so I'm happy


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭Antares35


    Not having a great day mentally. Combination of pregnancy hormones and various triggers of childhood trauma. Took the dog for a walk after work and didn't meet a single car, the sun was shining but there was also a lovely breeze, and that heavy blossom scent in the air that you only get at a particular time of evening. I bumped into an old friend and it was so nice to see her and just chat for a minute. She's so calming and a really lovely person. My dog was ecstatic to see her.

    Sometimes you just meet someone at the right time and it's enough to keep your spirits high :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭Antares35


    Archeron wrote: »
    I found a banana Swiss roll in the press that I had forgotten about, yeay.

    TH that banana Swiss rolls exist! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,952 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    Making arrangements with my best friend to meet for coffee outdoors this week . Long overdue , we speak on the phone every week but haven't seen each other in person since the first lockdown last year :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,796 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Turned up at the gym for my outdoors exercise class... to find that they / we can go indoors now which is great... the car park was in ribbons with potholes, loose stones and cracked tarmac.... not fun... this despite the clamor from one cohort who said they were enjoying the fresh air and preferred to stay outside...


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭Antares35


    Went for an outdoor ice-cream and a lovely walk with fiancé, babba and the dog. It was so nice to actually go out and do something together as a family :) Although I feel a bit poisoned now from all the sugar :D


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    Went out for lunch today with the better half. It was great to be eating out again and the staff in this local business, who have had a really tough time of it this past year, still as courteous in a relaxed manner as ever.

    So good to feel some normality again and admiration for these entrepreneurs who have tried to fight their way out of a very tough time for them ( even offering blankets if you find the outdoor dining too cool! ).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,031 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    I took a bit of a risk recently, buying some slightly expensive wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation. (Not the Apple or Samsung ones, which are overpriced in my opinion.) I have not had good luck with cheaper earbuds before, but the new ones I got have exceeded my expectations so far, particularly when it comes to music sound quality.

    Death has this much to be said for it:
    You don’t have to get out of bed for it.
    Wherever you happen to be
    They bring it to you—free.

    — Kingsley Amis



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 999 ✭✭✭NewRed2


    Opened a parcel from amazon this morning, a book I ordered. Anyway, there were 2 books in there. The 2nd book, which I didn't order at all, looks far better than the one I ordered. So that's getting a read over the weekend.
    Thank you oh wise and generous book fairy wherever you are :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,171 ✭✭✭Bredabe


    We took the dog out into the county for a walk last night, at the start of the walk is a fish restaurant which has recently reopened.
    Boy dog loves the fishy scents from here and he was ecstatic to have so many new smells to smell now they are cooking again.

    You could see it in him how happy this made his walk.

    All the extra smells made him very tired and he slept through the night which is unusual for him.

    "Have you ever wagged your tail so hard you fell over"?-Brod Higgins.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,972 ✭✭✭mikemac2


    There is a large cemetery near our office so I sometimes go there at lunch just to sit on a bench. It’s quiet and in the shade

    A lady was cleaning a grave and watering flowers n’such

    She came over to the tap near my bench to refill the watering can and started apologising if she was making noise and disturbing me. Of course the answer was no and she had nothing to apologize for! Anyway she had more reason to be there than me

    Th’d at kindness and consideration from the lady here and it wasn’t needed at all

    Faith in humanity restored :)


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    TH that I look forward to reading this particular thread

    and it has never let me down!


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭Antares35


    Got my vaccine AND the nurse told me I have lovely hair. It seems so childish that a compliment made my day but I'll take it :D


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    A walk deep into the low tide today with the missus and our dog pal. Good for the soul :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,171 ✭✭✭Bredabe


    Two th's in an academic vein,

    One of the Kardashian has failed her law exams again, but she's not hiding it and being honest about how she feels and her future plans to go again. This I think is very important as we don't often hear the realities of failure and how to deal with it.

    On a related note as someone who has failed a multitude of exams, got my final results last night, combined with the rest, comfortably into next year I go! :D:D:D:D:D

    "Have you ever wagged your tail so hard you fell over"?-Brod Higgins.



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,183 ✭✭✭jojofizzio


    Antares35 wrote: »
    TH that banana Swiss rolls exist! :)

    On a related note,anyone know where one might buy an Arctic Roll?ive heard they’ve made a comeback but dunno where to go to get one….(sorry if veering off-topic)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,481 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    3D Puzzles.

    I needed a hobby to keep me occupied as there is only so much reading and watching TV that one person can do, so I decided to give 3D puzzles a go and I absolutely love doing them. They are fairly addictive.

    I have a gorgeous Queen Anne's Revenge (Blackbeard's infamous ship), The Flying Dutchman (of Pirates of the Caribbean fame) and the Notre Dame completed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,332 ✭✭✭Archeron


    jojofizzio wrote: »
    On a related note,anyone know where one might buy an Arctic Roll?ive heard they’ve made a comeback but dunno where to go to get one….(sorry if veering off-topic)

    I'd give Iceland (the shop) a try, all freezer based stuff and they have a decent freezer dessert range, good chance I reckon.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,481 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    Epica's Omega Alive live stream last night was well....... Epic!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,305 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Barbecue earlier on today with my parents, my sister and her hubby and their two kids


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