What (if anything) brought a smile to your face to day?

[alewis328]

I am seriously having a hard time finding my smile today. I hate that feeling! Anyone having better luck with that than me?
 

[jbeany]

A fuzzy cat tummy, positioned belly up for a rub as soon as I came home from class.

[texasstyle]

spending time with my 19 year old daughter. She actually wanted to be with me for a while and got off the computer!

[lmunchkin]

The fact that "TYFLY GOT THE CALL".

lmunchkin     

 

[Cordelia]

I went to the Toronto air show today, what a spectactular show and then after that I went to eat dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory downtown TO. What a wonderful time with my family . We managed to dodge all the rain today. We were on the beach and had a wonderful time!!! Now, I'm enjoying a beautiful sunset at home after a bad rain storm that we drove in on the way home.     

[YLGuy]

My oldest turned 20.  We are trying to make men ice cream cake for the first time.  Well, it is not perfect but we are having fun.

[boswife]

and for today..........  hearing TS sing 

[paris]

My daughter is the Executive Director of the Eastern N.C. MDA and today is the telethon. (no Jerry Lewis this year)  She has worked very hard the past couple of months; working with the "fill the boot" campaign, Shamrock $1 donations @ stores, etc.  So, my smile today is watching her on tv and being interviewed. I am sitting here amazed. This is the little girl that was a ball of fire growing up.  Now the ball of fire is making a huge difference in the non profit world.   It makes me smile (and cry a little) because I am extremely proud of the woman she is. 

[jbeany]

My friend, helping his teenage daughter as she was fishing from the dock, made everyone laugh.  She caught a decent sized fish by herself, only she swung it around to her dad where he stood on the dock next to her to have him take it off the hook, since she refuses to touch them.  Just as she asked, "Is it big enough to keep?" the fish flopped free, hit her dad in the chest and bounced back into the water.  "Nope," he deadpanned.

[Riki]

My friend, helping his teenage daughter as she was fishing from the dock, made everyone laugh.  She caught a decent sized fish by herself, only she swung it around to her dad where he stood on the dock next to her to have him take it off the hook, since she refuses to touch them.  Just as she asked, "Is it big enough to keep?" the fish flopped free, hit her dad in the chest and bounced back into the water.  "Nope," he deadpanned.

That just made me laugh.... also, I discovered, my accident, after waiting in the chair to have my needles put in for 45 minutes (I don't think nurses should be able to take stat holidays off just because it's a holiday when they are providing an essential service), that ther was a Back to the Future marathon on.  Made me feel much better.

[Sugarlump]

Ordered a dress to go to fancy dress party at weekend (60's do) and its a psychedelic hippie mini dress that is positively nearly almost indecent!
The smile on my face says ...
Can I really wear this.... out in public !!!!   

[Poppylicious]

Because Mog was out all night he's very clingy today.  He's currently on my lap (he's NOT a lap-cat usually) and he's fallen asleep mid wash, so his nose is stuck up his bum and his back leg is wrapped around his neck.  It looks most uncomfortable!  It made me giggle so I had to share.

[YLGuy]

 

Ordered a dress to go to fancy dress party at weekend (60's do) and its a psychedelic hippie mini dress that is positively nearly almost indecent!
The smile on my face says ...
Can I really wear this.... out in public !!!!   

    

[jbeany]

Heck, I want pics of the cat, too!

My smile for the day was finding a pair of jeans that fit at the op shop.  Hurray for second hand!  I'm so tired of having to do laundry twice a week since I've only got a few pairs of jeans that fit anymore.

[CebuShan]

This actually happened yesterday morning but t made my husband and I both laugh.

We got to sleep in because of the holiday so didn't get up & do our usual routine. After I got up to make coffee, I glanced out of the window & saw that the birdfeeders were empty. I figured I'd go fill them in a little bit. Before I could, however, On of "our" birds came to the window and started tapping on it & wouldn't stop until I went over to it. As soon as I walked away, hestarted in again! Finally, I got the hint & went out & filled the feeders. No more tapping after that! How spoiled are they when the wild birds start reminding you that their feeders are empty?   

[mcclane]

ok, this is abit dialysis related (sorry) 

on labour day monday, i had the worst time shoving a blunt needle into my arm for button hole development (the hospital sent me home with some needles so i can practice at home).  I was sooooooooo  PO'd that i was on the verge of breaking down. 

I told my wife how i felt (the anger wasn't with the hospital or the nurses), but at how frustrating it was to shove a needle into the arm.  She hugged me and said just hang in there, it made me feel alot better ! 

On the flip side, I made rabbit stew and had some leftover, so i took it to work for lunch, it made my day. 

[Riki]

This photo.....  http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/318850_10150781866860455_665590454_20513697_276638_n.jpg

My mom posted this on Facebook, with the caption "so this is why my plants didn't grow"

My aunt replied "Where did you buy those seeds?"


I'm thinking of recaptioning it with, "the results of the Grow-Your-Own-Cat kit exceeded expectations"

[Poppylicious]

Finally, I got the hint & went out & filled the feeders. No more tapping after that! How spoiled are they when the wild birds start reminding you that their feeders are empty?   

Cheeky bugger! It's a tad worrying though, isn't it?  Heaven forbid you go away anywhere for a while because you'll come home to find a bunch of dead birds in your garden, starved because they've lost all self-feeding intuitions!

Riki, love the photo.  I wouldn't mind some of those seeds, either!

 

[CebuShan]

This photo.....  http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/318850_10150781866860455_665590454_20513697_276638_n.jpg

My mom posted this on Facebook, with the caption "so this is why my plants didn't grow"

My aunt replied "Where did you buy those seeds?"


I'm thinking of recaptioning it with, "the results of the Grow-Your-Own-Cat kit exceeded expectations"

     I've had those seeds! I used to have a bunch of "barn" cats and they were always laying in my plants. We finally figured out that if we left some empty pots around, they most likely would sleep in those! 

Finally, I got the hint & went out & filled the feeders. No more tapping after that! How spoiled are they when the wild birds start reminding you that their feeders are empty?   

Cheeky bugger! It's a tad worrying though, isn't it?  Heaven forbid you go away anywhere for a while because you'll come home to find a bunch of dead birds in your garden, starved because they've lost all self-feeding intuitions!

Riki, love the photo.  I wouldn't mind some of those seeds, either!

 

I have gone for several days without filling the feeders. But they had never tapped at the window before! We are in a wooded area and there is plenty of food around. We hardly see our cardinals during the Summer. During the Winter, we do try to make sure they are filled always.

[jbeany]

I spayed my Grow-Your-Own kit!


My frown for the day - yet another Big Gulp cup left behind on top of the mailboxes at my apartment complex.  Grrrrr.... There's a dumpster 50 feet away, darn it.  Why do the rest of us have to deal with some lazy idiot's mess?

My smile for the day - posting this to the wall above the mailboxes, right next to the abandoned cup:

THE DUMPSTERS ARE AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY. 
USE THEM PLEASE!
If you need someone to pick up after you that much -
Rent your mom an apartment here.

[CebuShan]

My smile for the day - posting this to the wall above the mailboxes, right next to the abandoned cup:
THE DUMPSTERS ARE AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY. 
USE THEM PLEASE!
If you need someone to pick up after you that much -
Rent your mom an apartment here.

   

My smile for the day: I took the dog for a walk and was throwing his ball for him. He went to catch it and stopped so fast, his butt went up above his head! I laughed so hard! He just looked at me like, "What?"

[kitkatz]

I had a sixth grader tell me today he does not like it when I am out. I am more funner than a substitute teacher, even though I do make them work.  Made me smile!

[Ang]

my dog

[CebuShan]

Normally, I don't like to "dress-up" the critters, BUT we saw a doggie t-shirt yesterday that made us laugh so hard. It said:

"The Cat Made Me Do It!"   

If you knew our cat & dog, you'd be laughing already!     
Tuula (cat) is a manipulator. Timo (dog) is gullible.  This fits in more ways than one!   

[Poppylicious]

Whilst walking through town today I was accosted by a 'chugger' (someone who earns money to pounce on you and guilt-trip you into giving them your bank details so they can set up a monthly payment for whichever charity they happen to be working for that particular day ... they tend to work in teams so as soon as you side-step one, another will pounce - are they a UK thing or do they exist elsewhere in the world?) 

Often I just ignore them, but her opening line today was, "Do you feel nice today?" so without stopping I responded with, "Nope, not at all.  Today is not a day that makes me feel nice; I am not a nice person," and continued on my merry way.  It made my friend smile anyway.  Actually, that reminds me of another time when one asked me, "Do you have money to spare?" to which my only response was waving two armfuls of extravagant shopping at him and asking, "Does it look like I've got money to spare?"

Am I mean? 

A nicer something that brought a smile to my face today: Bargains!  Almay mascara for 99p and twenty Christmas crackers for £3.  I'm really getting into this bargain hunting lark.