What is making you happy today?

[Whyintheworld]

With so much negativity I keep seeing post after post, I would like to hear today some happy tales and what is making you content today from the small and the big…

Reasons why I love my (very uneventful) life today:

1. We are healthy, some aches and pains but both coming into our 40s in good fitness and health getting out once a day for a hike / run / gym.
2. Our adhd possible auadhd 5.5 year old is excelling. Behaviour has majorly improved since September. He’s happy healthy, loving life, has friends, tantrums are near to none now, and sleeping fantastically.
3. My external family are all well and fine.
4. We bought a lovely rustic home in January with the most gorgeous views and such lovely features.
5. It’s a beautiful autumn day, bright low sun, orange leaves, we went on a lovely family walk to a waterfall today
6. We’re now enjoying a bottle of red, cooking a homemade lasaña, DC watching an Disney movie, and dogs all asleep in front of a fireplace after a nice walk.
7. I’m finally on hormone blockers (36yrs) and adback HRT for PMDD and I think I’ve found the solution to finally end all the depression/anger in my life.

I saw a friend a couple of hours ago shopping who was just sad, I felt so bad for him, sad about his car (didn’t pass MOT), sad about his job, and I just wanted to hug some sunshine into him because if only he looked outside the small picture and saw the beautiful free sun, woodlands, tv time under a blanket, fireplace, dogs happy, rent cheap, his health in check, instead of car/ job anxiety (he isn’t losing the job, he’s just unhappy at it), he’d be able to smile.

It’s not to say we don’t have anxiety about the future: the economy, whether we’ll ever get rid of our rustic brown and orange kitchen, whether my business will continue in an up-direction, whether our current great mortgage rate won’t double in 4 years when it ends, whether our DC will be as happy as he is in his beautiful 5 year state, but today and today only as now is when we are are living not yesterday and not tomorrow, it’s an amazing day in a regular human life.

What a lovely idea Op! It’s a joy to read.

I am curled up with a few of our dogs on the sofa, fire crackling away, fresh logs in, had a nice dinner. Watching Mobland. All warm and cosy. I got an email about a medical appointment I’ve been waiting for. I’m happy tonight.

That my partner has made it out of ICU, having been there since early hours of Tuesday morning

Wishing them a good recovery x

Exactly! There’s always some misery in our lives and yet (as someone who has had many down times in life) there’s much beauty to be found in the today!

Agreed, and as some9ne who has had some similar run ins with hormones, I'm also grateful for HRT and feeling sane and stable this year.

Although the cats all legged it once thr bangs started 😔

I had a nice autumn walk with my dog who is old and almost blind but she had a silly 5 mins romping through the leaves and it made me smile watching race around like a much younger dog.

While cooking dinner tonight I made my teens laugh (eye roll) with some funny things. Teens can be quite hard to please.

A glass of wine with dh and my new thermal pjs.

And that’s my day…nice thread op.

My son, who was a fucking nightmare during his school years (to the point that social services had to get involved because he was so vile) is in his second year at Uni and calls me to "walk him home" from work after his shift as a bar tender!

Not because he feels unsafe but because its the best time to have a chat. If he is on a late I will wait up.

There were many times that I genuinely didnt think we would get here, but here we are.

I made the Christmas cake so place smelt lovely, and am very happy that family will be staying with us over Christmas to enjoy it.

Our heating is broken but we have a wood burner that is keeping us warm.

Persuaded DH to clear out the garage. I gave him the choice of the garage, or xmas crafts together. He chose the garage (funny that). I caught him trying to hide a broken sky box and a broken video player. He tried to tell me that they might be useful one day,but I prevailed and they went to the tip
Im very happy.

It was a beautiful dry calm day in Ireland and I got an hour to myself to go for a long walk with the doggo, then got home and sat in peace with a coffee for 30 mins before DH got home with the kids and the madness began again. I’m sitting down now with a large glass of wine very thankful for my family and quiet weekends

@Whyintheworld have you considered painting your dated kitchen? There are so many lovely paint effects for this very purpose!

I had a night out (very rare) with a friend who has something very big to worry about, last night. We got a little bit drunk, and we danced with abandon. It was fun and she forgot about the big thing for a couple of hours.

My youngest is 21 and left home 6 weeks ago -finished uni got a great job and moved to a big city- and everything going amazing for him...his lovely girlfriend messaged me tonight to say that he had said to her he can't wait to spend the day with me tomorrow...was very sweet and a nice surprise! I would not have imagined he would say that!😍

I have a lovely husband (we’ve been married for over fifty years) three amazing DC, who all have wonderful partners, and five fabulous DGC. We all live within a 40 mile radius and I spend time with the DC and DGC at least weekly. We’ve obviously had our challenges over the years but I feel truly blessed to have them all in my life.

You are truly wealthy in the things that matter!

I am alive. Though I don’t really know if that is a positive or a negative

Just got back from a lovely European trip with some of my favourite people. The weather was glorious as was the food and drink and the company. I've got the warm fuzzies basking in the memories 😊

The leaves on the ornamental cherry trees in the cemetery beside my house, they're bright peachy-red.
My breakfast was amazing (home made hummus, naan bread and salad).
The mittens I'm knitting with a 1950s pattern.

Lovely idea @Whyintheworld

I had a lovely lie in this morning followed by DH bringing me a cafetière of Harrods spiced Christmas coffee (highly recommend as a weekend treat) and breakfast in bed. He’s been really unwell lately so I’m grateful he’s on the mend. I lit a lovely candle to scent the room and we then watched the last two episodes of ‘the greatest’ on Amazon (life story of Mohammed Ali, it’s fab) in bed then took elderly DDog on a sniffy walk (he’s on borrowed time as a giant breed and I’m pretty devastated but looking for the positives whilst he’s still here) I then went to a fabulous JLo themed step class with my lovely neighbour and arrived home to find DH had baked me a lovely fresh cream Victoria sponge cake to say thanks for looking after him this past week. Sometimes you fantasise about winning the national lottery but don’t realise you might have incomparable riches already at home 🥰

taking DD to her football match, it was about 24 miles away and up until last year I hadn’t driven for years. We were going somewhere I’ve never been to before and a few months ago i would have been to nervous to drive so I’m happy I can do it now. Also we have good chats in the car.

My dogs really enjoyed their walks today and were well behaved visiting my (not really dog fans) parents.

My nephew is visiting and having so much fun with our new puppy and her grumpy older sister.

👏👏👏👏 Well done. Longer drives are also great for chatting with daughters!

It’s a positive. The world is a better place with you in it. ❤️

That’s a massive achievement😍