I want to live vicariously through you tell me about the great stuff in your life

Saturday before last I was in Leeds with my old GFs from uni, we went to a fab event call Bingo Jamz and danced all night to some nostalgic 90s RnB.. last Sat I was at Kew Nights silent disco...again danced for hours to every type of music in the most beautiful location. And last night I attended my daughter BF wedding, food was wonderful (Turkish/Carribean).and the music again had me dancing for hours. I've had a day off and I've recovered by sleeping in, laying on the sofa with the cat and restorative cups of tea.. Bring on the over 40s daytime disco amd Eras I'm having a dancing queen moment 😀

I'm on holiday with my adult son and his girlfriend
We've not fell out , no one has got sunburnt or heat stroke
We've had a smooth journey with flight , coach etc
Had a nice trip yesterday on a glass bottomed boat
The food is really good
Beds are comfy
Place is really clean and all we hoped for
Chatted to a nice lady in the pool whilst doing aqua aerobics
Sun is shining and had about 15 seconds of rain

Hoping it stays this way
Oh ... and best of all ... I'm not at work 🎉🤩❤️

I saw one of these guys chilling on a tree earlier They're not rare but they don't come into urban areas much so I've never seen one before. (Pic is of a lizard, I blurred it in case anyone has a phobia of reptiles!)

On a more significant note, I'm in my 30s and two weeks into my first ever potential career. My previous work has all been 'just a job' jobs and I figured I'd be doing that kind of thing for the rest of my life - which to be honest I was fine with, and I don't know yet whether I'll stick with this or go back to more mundane work. But for now it's an exciting novelty to be in a role where there are opportunities for promotion and more interesting responsibilities down the line.

I've actually had a busy day at work today, feels productive. Also managed to get mundane house jobs done too, laundry all washed, line dried, and put away. I've bake my bread for this week and prepped bolognaise pasta bake for later. Just about to head to the gym before DH gets back from work. Home spa pamper night later on tonight.

We have two horses 🐎 and a dog 🐶 and a tortoise 🐢 and birds 🐦

I retired at 53, We'd already bought a house online during covid, we visited it for one hour a few months later, luckily it was fine and then moved out here to South West France late 2021.

Today I've had to come in because it is finally too warm this year, and we've harvested enough potatoes yesterday and today to last about 3 months. And we still have 3 out of the 5 potato beds to go.

We've semi taken on 8 semi feral cats and kittens who are all out in the sun snoozing and chasing butterflies.

There is nothing better than having some hammock time, watching kittens playing and chasing insects, with a cold drink and 90s indie music on the headphones.

I have 1 week day off a fortnight which is a relatively new thing for me. I thought I would spend it going out on grand outdoorsy adventures, but instead I've mostly spent it doing silly exercise classes (as in the ones you laugh your way through) and then going to the garden centre for brunch or tea and cake after. I'm 40 and I find it absolute bliss doing really simple things that are just nice.

I recently treated myself to an aquarium and I enjoy watching the fish swim around. Boring to many I'm sure, but I could watch them for hours if I had the time.

I've also got pretty good at DIY recently and feel proud of my accomplishments in turning my dated crap hole of a house into something quite nice.

Not me, DD. She went to University during the Covid years. She only spent the first term on campus before the second lock down kept her home. She struggled with no contact and, after 2 years, she failed and I convinced her to drop out. (I failed my first year at university so I see now shame in doing this). To her credit, and after much pushing from me, she got a minimum wage job and stuck with it for 2 years before making the decision to go back to another university and a different degree.

She duly quit her job, left the UK on March 17 to go travelling, initially to NZ where I have family and then on to Japan. She comes back next week. I'm so proud of her. She's learned resiliance and self reliance. She's had a whale of a time and obviously grown up a bit in the interim.

What a lovely thread! I'm really enjoying reading how the simple things in life make people happy, really inspiring to read the people travelling, going to gigs, retreats and so on.

Love these

I woke up and went straight to the allotment with a big coffee. Then ate as many raspberries off the bush as I wanted, picked some rhubarb and a marrow, did some weeding with a hoe (THE most satisfying job ever!!!). Came home, chopped the rhubarb ready for a crumble later on, grated the marrow and left it to drain, ready for fritters later.
I’m waiting for the floor to dry then I’ll lock up and go back to the allotment, I’m picking strawberries and eating them there and then.

Hope you’re ok, OP.

It’s cub camp this weekend (I’m a cub leader). Everything is pretty much ready to go so I’m enjoying a sit down before the madness starts on Friday

We have a ‘resident’ hedgehog- there’s a lovely hibernaculum hidden under a hedge amid some thick shrubs, and a bumble bee hive. When I hang the washing out I love to watch the bees come and go. Also, the sight of hedgehog poo makes me happy.

I had a work meeting cancelled earlier so instead I have been sitting in the sunshine all afternoon on the jetty which juts out over the pond. I've been eating birthday cake and watching the dragonflies whilst listening to a good audiobook. DPuppy has been keeping me entertained and getting cross when the dragonflies taunt her by coming close and then darting out over the water when she tries to catch them.

I'm packing up the house I moved to as a new divorcee and about to move into a house I am buying with my fiancé. We are so excited as can't believe we got the house we drooled over when we first started considering whether we could/should buy a house together.

He's got a lovely extended family all of who live near to the near house so my daughters and I are really looking forward to the new location & lifestyle.

For lunch I made sprout crispy dippers (literally frozen sprouts microwaved then squashed flat and baked with Olive oil and salt for 25 mins) and tried the new M&S Green Goddess dip. Divine.

It is a drying day here and I’ve made full use of it.

Dog is wagging away in her sleep.

I have spent a week in Hong Kong for work. It went super well and it has been a blast. Flying home tomorrow, can’t wait to see the kids and DH. Hope you are doing ok OP ….?

I'm a very lucky grandmother to 4 under 11's and adore the very bones of them. It's like having children all over again but only the good bits. I'm convinced that grandparenting is your reward for surviving the first time round!

My dogs too. Glued to my side with velcro but always loving, always wagging their tails and living their best lives. I'm blessed that they're mine.

Today: I have just scored my first piece of paid work in nine months; been accepted on a mental health support course (all fees paid); and picked the most enormous bunch of sweet peas which smell so gorgeous, they are making me slightly giddy.
Smiles all round.

I had excellent and invigorating sex earlier.

I’m heading home from an unusually short shift. Thank you for this thread, I’m going to read it all tomorrow!
Going to meet up later with a few friends- we met 40ish years ago when we were working together in our teens. Some of us are grandparents now and live far and wide so we aim to see each other once a year.
Tomorrow is my day to look after my grandkids who are fabulous, and then l’m off to Belfast for the weekend to see my dsis and nephew. We will swim, natter and walk the dogs on the beach.
My lovely DP (who I met after many crap relationships and a lousy marriage) will be home on Monday after his own weekend away, which will always make me smile.
Next weekend my other dsis is coming to stay, and the sun is finally shining so it’s just perfect 😊

These are all lovely to read!

What is making me ridiculously happy today. I just ordered our 3 children passports (2x new and 1x renewal) and then next month I shall order our renewal passports (so we can spread the cost) and then I shall book our first ever family holiday abroad in September. Only 4/5 nights in Budapest, but I cannot wait to take the kids on a plane, we're going to surprise them at the airport! We haven't been abroad since Rome in 2011 and the eldest was a baby.

I could have written this! Good for you!
I'm really enjoying reading these. We're all just passing through, grab it whilst you can.