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

I'm off today. So far made lentil soup and gone a walk with ds. Its sunny and peaceful here too.

DH and I retired early, having worked all our lives, sold up and bought a beautiful villa in the Med.
currently sitting in the shade, overlooking the pool, and mumsnetting. Bliss.

Yesterday my Berry patch produced 24 strawberries and 6 raspberries.

They taste amazing practically straight off the bush.

And we have buds on both the lemon and lime trees.

Mine is that after having no kitchen (literally. Nothing) for 10 months, I have a rather handsome young kitchen fitter making my kitchen space beautiful.

And another, also rather handsome young man, a plumber this time, is fixing the shower that has been out of action for 4 months (we have no bath, so it's our only way to get clean, and trust me, stand up washes at the sink just don't cut it), so I am very much looking forward to having a disgustingly long shower once they've both left for the day

And I won £6.70 on the EuroMillions last night, so I'm currently deciding what to blow it on.

AND, the sun in shining, so can't grumble at anything today :😃

I have done the artistic circles of wildflowers thing on my previously boring lawn, and the garden is now full of orange and yellow flowers that open in the middle of the day, then close at night. The neighbours' cats sometimes come and sit picturesquely in the middle, the bees are quite fat and buzzy, and I have an old candle lantern that looks really nice in the dark and keeps foxes away.

I’m a member of a gorgeous country club and I go there for solo evening swims in an (often empty pool), with a sauna and jacuzzi. I went there yesterday with my adult daughter.

I work for myself and it often takes me to a lovely European city where I have a place to stay. I often combine work with the weekend, during which I wander the town, swim, go to the market or simply cook for myself and read.

Later this summer I’m going on a week’s writing retreat in the country where I can write, swim and walk. Last year I went on a similar retreat in Italy.

I’m a single mum of 3, so these are precious times. I’ve also come out of 2 abusive relationships so I’m taking great joy in creating calm, beauty and peace where I can.

Are these the kinds of things you meant @Bigiciuincailin ?!

I've just paid my last ever nursery invoice ;)

I have a day off work today - and I’m enjoying not doing a great deal.

So far, I had a two hour nap after doing the school run (knackered after three 12.5 hour shifts!), went and donated blood and ate a really tasty lunch of homemade miso broth noodles.

On my list for the rest of the day is the washing, tidying DS’ bedroom, making omurice for dinner, playing video games on my switch and cleaning the snake tank. I’ll build some more of my son’s space Lego with him later too.

Everything here is good and peaceful.

Im currently sat on a UK beach, in the sunshine, having just eaten a freshly made donut watching ddog demolish a tub of doggy ice cream with not a care in the world! Its the simple things in life that make me smile

I'm joining this thread because I also like to live vicariously sometimes... I love listening to the minutiae of other peoples' lives, especially if they are comfortable and things are going well and they are thinking about domestic trivia.
There was once a lovely thread on here with a women trying to work out when to serve her husband's birthday cake... I sighed happily while reading it.
Not everything in my life is rosy, but let me pull out a nice bit to see if it works for you.
A family member has recently got me into swimming in this outdoor lake (with lifeguards etc). The first two times I went I found it a bit of an alarming experience - I did 500m/1km swim so was in for a while and I think I just got really cold and felt pretty weird. This most recent time I guess the water has warmed up enough for that not to happen, and I had a bit of a magical feeling swimming in the lake while it rained. Afterwards I got changed and didn't feel shivery. You can make yourself a hot chocolate there, and I also brought an oaty bar. I felt very happy!