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Posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider (# 76) on :

...The Little Book of Mornington Crescent has disappeared off my Amazon Wish List. This means I'm getting it for Christmas off someone.

[Yipee]

Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
...The Little Book of Mornington Crescent has disappeared off my Amazon Wish List. This means I'm getting it for Christmas off someone.

That sounds fab not silly! [Smile]

Today I finished my marking (late submission by a student) - no more for a month! That's made my day.
My 8 year old often makes my day, he's a complete day dreamer and at his last parents' evening I could read that his teacher's notes had written on the bottom ' Away with the fairies'!

Posted by que sais-je (# 17185) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
Today I finished my marking (late submission by a student) - no more for a month! That's made my day.

A bit tactless but that reminds me I'll never have to mark anything again. Whoopee!

Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :

My little God Son, sged 8, at 'The Hobbitt' the other night, reading all the sub-titles for me! This from a boy who has resisted reading!

Posted by Athrawes (# 9594) on :

Watching horrorkeets (lorikeets for those who have never encountered them) playing soccer with a cat ball. This must be seen at least once before you die. [Big Grin]

Posted by Panda (# 2951) on :

Today I saw the tide coming in, washing over a rock that a seagull was standing on. He did a little jump with each wave to stay on his rock, but as the waves got bigger he gave up in the end and just floated on top. Then you could see him rising up and down as the crest of each wave passed underneath him. Pretty simple, I guess, but I loved watching it.

Posted by St Everild (# 3626) on :

Managing to fill my petrol tank with fuel that costs in round figures, ie not £49.99 or £50.01. Although what other users make of my shouting "Yesss" is anyone's guess, really.

Posted by Curious (# 93) on :

Putting up my Christmas Tree even though life's pretty tough at the moment. Doesn't mean anything to anyone else, but it made my day.

Posted by Nanny Ogg (# 1176) on :

My normally vicious cat snuggling up to me on the bed or sitting on my shoulder nuzzling my hair and purring loudly [Smile]

Posted by Lothlorien (# 4927) on :

A cuddle from youngest grandson yesterday. Not normally a cuddle person and I never force him but yesterday was lovely.

Posted by Huia (# 3473) on :

Ducklings!

Posted by Twilight (# 2832) on :

My Dachshund and (like Nanny Oggs') normally vicious cat under the Christmas tree together, pretending to be good, waiting for Santa.

Posted by rolyn (# 16840) on :

Twilight back on board the Ship [Smile]

Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Nanny Ogg:
My normally vicious cat snuggling up to me on the bed or sitting on my shoulder nuzzling my hair and purring loudly

It was buttering you up so you wouldn't notice the upteenth hairball it had vomited up on the leather couch!
[Biased]

Posted by Twilight (# 2832) on :

quote:
Originally posted by rolyn:
Twilight back on board the Ship

...and her little dog, too.
[Biased]

Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :

My outside kitty played a game with me! She had never done that before. It did make my day!

Posted by The Great Gumby (# 10989) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
...The Little Book of Mornington Crescent has disappeared off my Amazon Wish List. This means I'm getting it for Christmas off someone.

I'm very disappointed that you looked. It's as bad as peeking at your presents. [Disappointed]

My little thing was that the younger K-Glet was distinctly unimpressed at being put to bed tonight, because he didn't want a strange man to come into his bedroom while he was sleeping. That's my boy. [Cool]

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

Bundling the boys up, giving them a handsaw, and sending them out into the woods for a tree today. There's a lot to be said for kids getting older. And there's a lot to be said for living in the forest.

Posted by Graven Image (# 8755) on :

Awoke yesterday to find the cat sitting in the middle of the floor heater vent. It made me laugh.

Posted by Lothlorien (# 4927) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Graven Image:
Awoke yesterday to find the cat sitting in the middle of the floor heater vent. It made me laugh.

If we had a cooler day in summer, our elderly cat used to sit about a metre from the gas heater and glare at it. Obviously hoping it would come on.

Posted by Galloping Granny (# 13814) on :

A phone call out of the blue from a man I'd taught about 43 years ago. He'd seen my name under letters I'd written to the paper, and found me in the phone book. We recalled an earthquake when the class hesitated and then, at my suggestion, did the right thing and got under their desks.

GG

Posted by Sparrow (# 2458) on :

Six goldfinches on my bird feeder this morning!

Posted by Moo (# 107) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Graven Image:
Awoke yesterday to find the cat sitting in the middle of the floor heater vent. It made me laugh.

In my student days I lived in a house that had a floor vent in the hall. You could tell how cold it was by how much of the cat's body was on the vent. Some of the science students suggested that we calibrate the cat and paint lines across her body.

Moo

Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :

Brother in law visited with his 3 year old son whilst we were watching "How to train your dragon."

The wide eyed look of wonder at the animated dragons was incredible.

Posted by Imersge Canfield (# 17431) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
...The Little Book of Mornington Crescent has disappeared off my Amazon Wish List. This means I'm getting it for Christmas off someone.

What is this ?

I like the game on the radio - any connection I wonder ?

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Imersge Canfield:

quote:
Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
...The Little Book of Mornington Crescent has disappeared off my Amazon Wish List. This means I'm getting it for Christmas off someone.

What is this ?

I like the game on the radio - any connection I wonder ?

The only possible connection would have to be on the (Sundays only) reverse diagonal.

Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :

C'mon Karl LB!We're all agog to know if the book has appeared in your stocking!!

[Yipee]

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

quote:
Originally posted by comet:
Bundling the boys up, giving them a handsaw, and sending them out into the woods for a tree today. There's a lot to be said for kids getting older. And there's a lot to be said for living in the forest.

This sort of thing reminds me of my brother's air rifle. He already had an air pistol and was quite handy with it, but craved a rifle. The law was different then (c. 1964?) and I think 15 year olds could own such guns but one Christmas he received a very tidy BSA .22.

"Go and get dinner with it" said our proud father that Christmas morn, and it came to pass that bro' returned, not half an hour later later with a nice fat duck from the pond. Credit where it's due, he had downed it, in one, with a headshot. We still ate turkey.

Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :

Finding an abandoned drawer-unit* that's exactly what our kitchen/dining-room needs, and only requires a lick of paint and some TLC.

Maybe there is a Father Christmas ... [Yipee]

* People here leave unwanted furniture on the pavement for others to take rather than take them to the dump or pay for them to be taken away.

Posted by sophs (# 2296) on :

A friend came over to help me clean (or nag me to rest whilst she cleans really) and brought her 3yo autistic son. He doesn't normally take to people but within half an hour he had realised that I would rough house with him as much as I could, but that I couldn't get out of my chair, so he was cuddling up to me. At one point he was licking my hair, I asked him what he was doing and he said "I'm grooming you. Silly Sophie"

Posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider (# 76) on :

quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
C'mon Karl LB!We're all agog to know if the book has appeared in your stocking!!

Much to Mrs KLB's disgust, it has.

Posted by churchgeek (# 5557) on :

On Christmas Eve, two different people I'd given my poetry books to some years ago said to me (completely independently and at different times) that they'd been reading them recently and really loved them. Makes me think I should start writing again.

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

Unexpected sales bargains - Tescos, of all cheapie supermarkets, came up with two pairs of shoes WHICH FITTED ME for £15 in total. Only those with difficult feet know what a glow this can produce. [Yipee]

Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :

quote:
Originally posted by churchgeek:
On Christmas Eve, two different people I'd given my poetry books to some years ago said to me (completely independently and at different times) that they'd been reading them recently and really loved them. Makes me think I should start writing again.

Your stuff is amazing. Do it.

Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :

One from Christmas Eve: The two- and three-year-olds in their little sheep hats, running up the aisle at the wrong time, wandering all over the sanctuary, and generally acting like ... sheep. Exactly what you want in a Christmas Pageant.

And one from today: A friend posted on FB a photo from her daughter's civil partnership blessing. Two beautiful young women in their matching bridal gowns, looking supremely happy.

Posted by Lothlorien (# 4927) on :

New Year's Day down here. My security door buzzer rang. It was grandson, almost 14, so I let him in. When he arrived he was by himself. Apparently he had been asked out by a family from church and they had stopped at McD's downstairs. Andrew is coeliac and can't have that, so he came for a very welcome and entirely unexpected visit. I was touched he came up as he was in company of several other young teens. He stayed about 15 minutes before going back to friends.

Posted by Huia (# 3473) on :

I was riding home into an easterly wind when the scent of magnolia from a tree in full bloom wafted on the air. The cycling seemed to go more easily after that.

Huia

Posted by shoewoman (# 1618) on :

Watching a squirrel getting up in the morning (its drey is right in front of our kitchen window).

Posted by Moo (# 107) on :

shoewoman, welcome back!

Moo

Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :

That post has made my day!

Welcome back, shoewoman! It's been a while.

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

I spent New Year's Eve and Day making a 1000-piece jigsaw, with the Knotweed's help. I havan't done one for nearly twenty years, and I'd forgotten what a relaxing (yes! I relaxed!!) and satisfying way of passing time it was.

Next up - the model aircraft I got this Christmas. I think my parents have forgotten I'm an adult. [Devil]

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
I spent New Year's Eve and Day making a 1000-piece jigsaw, with the Knotweed's help. I havan't done one for nearly twenty years, and I'd forgotten what a relaxing (yes! I relaxed!!) and satisfying way of passing time it was.

Next up - the model aircraft I got this Christmas. I think my parents have forgotten I'm an adult.

AG

They know you're an adult. They also know you haven't grown up.

Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :

Speaking of which, Rizzle Kicks on Top of the Pops last night.

I am 12, I'm sure of it.

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
They know you're an adult. They also know you haven't grown up.

There may be considerable truth in that... espcially as I went window shopping for paints today. [Hot and Hormonal]

Posted by cheesymarzipan (# 9442) on :

Banoffee pie brought into work by colleague - death by sugar!

Also, just got a text from Mr Marzipan to say he saw a seal in the river on the way to work! Yay for wildlife in the city!

Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on :

quote:
Originally posted by cheesymarzipan:

Also, just got a text from Mr Marzipan to say he saw a seal in the river on the way to work! Yay for wildlife in the city!

The BBC had an article the other day about a seal in a lake somewhere off the River Ouse the other day.

Posted by CuppaT (# 10523) on :

My little white canary, Tibi, singing.

Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :

Half of my orchids have flower spikes! One has four of them!

It's amazing what a little plant food will do. [Hot and Hormonal]

Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :

an event at worship today that reminded me how glad I am to be at this new-to-me church.

Posted by Polly Plummer (# 13354) on :

Had a phone call from my cousin whom I haven't seen for several years (and wasn't sure whether she was still alive until I got the Christmas card), and arranged for her to come for lunch next weekend when she's down this way.

Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Polly Plummer:
Had a phone call from my cousin whom I haven't seen for several years (and wasn't sure whether she was still alive until I got the Christmas card), and arranged for her to come for lunch next weekend when she's down this way.

That's really lovely [Smile]

Posted by shoewoman (# 1618) on :

Not silly little thing that made my day (even if this day is nearly over): being welcomed back by both Moo and Gill H. Thanks a lot!

Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on :

Sleeping in my own bed. I was relegated to the spare room last week because Mr Bug had the flu, then I was away at the weekend. There's nothing quite like your own bed.

Posted by snowgoose (# 4394) on :

A lovely walk today. The weather was perfect (70 degrees F in January!) and a lot of the neighbors were taking advantage of it.

Posted by Polly Plummer (# 13354) on :

Got the washing out in the sunshine, and it looks as if it will continue some time.

Posted by Huia (# 3473) on :

I saw a whole lot of scaups (papango) on Victoria Lake while riding through the park yesterday. I haven't seen so many since before the quakes [Yipee]

Thay are a native diving duck endemic to NZ and 20% of their entire population live on local rivers.

I love the way they totally disappear, then bob up again,

Posted by Egeria (# 4517) on :

It's pleasant being surrounded by people who, generally speaking, are not only smart and hard-working, but courteous, earnest, and lively.

I am often cheered by snatches of conversation that I inadvertently overhear. These can be funny:

"Biceps? I don't have biceps." (Male student in the weight room)
"Yeah, I pushed out my first draft...Yeah, you have to organize your thoughts and all...it's hella'nnoying! " (Female student outside the locker room) I have to say, I've got a sneaking sympathy for that woman, as I'm now preparing a paper for publication--I know just how it feels.

Or endearing:
"That lab on Wednesday was the coolest thing I've ever done! " (Female student in locker room)
"Your mom and your dad go cycling together? That's awesome! " (Male student to friend near campus)

Or mysterious:
"He was supposed to give a lecture, but he sent a lookalike instead!" (Grad student to colleague at academic conference) I'm still trying to figure this one out. I suspect I know who the subject is.

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