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Whats made you smile lately?

15 years ago

Stacy used to always post this question and I loved it!

I've been out of sorts lately, I dunno why typical pre Christmas blues?? I needed to snap out of the funk and

Yesterday opening my mail and looking at a very special Christmas card from a KT'er made me smile from ear to ear!!

Then I came here and saw Pixistix's lil Ruby pic and I smiled some more!

Whats made YOU smile lately??

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phyllis__mn
15 years ago
...watching my kitten watching the birds outside. Her tail was just flicking back and forth, and she was so excited.
zeetera
15 years ago
The dog I babysit just gave me a Flip Video camera. He picked it out himself.
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marilyn_c
15 years ago
I have a couple of the Hurricane Ike squirrels left that I havn't released. One was sick when he came in and very small and he has been slow to catch up, so I have held him back until he grows a little more. Another one had an injured tail, so I kept him back to be a companion to the little guy.

I put a bowl of food in their cage and the little guy was sitting in the middle of it, eating a walnut. The other squirrel was trying to push his tail out of the way. He looked like he was trying to fold it up. I guess you would have to have seen it. It was cute.
vannie
15 years ago
I spend Wed. mornings w/ my DGD#3's 3rd grade class helping w/ math. One little girl was really having trouble counting money and telling time. Today it was like a miracle--she did so well!! I was grinning from ear to ear and telling her how smart she was. I don't know who was happier--her or me!!! Big smiles there!! I told her teacher how well she'd done and she was smiling, too!
sue_va
15 years ago
Yesterday I was having a giant size PityParty! Didn't feel good at all; the bad cold rainy weather makes the old body hurt really bad. Had appoint with the eye doctor. I don't like to drive in the rain, but I went on anyhow. Yes, of course, they dilated my eyes! Had to wait another 20 minutes. Still drove home with headlights glaring!

As I was eating my so-called dinner I was thinking about being old (and crotchety) and how old friends are dwindling away through death and inabilities, etc. Real bummer!

Couple hours later I got a call from and old friend who asked if I would be home today. She and two other old friends are coming for an afternoon visit.

That sure made me smile!!

Sue
Granlan_TX
15 years ago
Little Ruby made me smile, too.

The first and last smiles of each day are always provided by my sweet 15 yr. old cat, my Stash girl. I love her sooooo much. :)
OklaMoni
15 years ago
Zipper just did. :)

* Posted by zipper_tx (My Page) on
Wed, Dec 17, 08 at 12:57

Bike....done.......just now! Pant pant pant ;o)
marcy345
15 years ago
My best friend Margaret's xmas letter made all of us smile. Every year she writes a story about an animal in her life and this year it was a little pink pig that ended up in her yard. She used to have a little farm and in years past we heard about different goats, mule, chickens (she had a roaster named Henry for 12 years)different dogs, etc. She's a wonderful writer and someday she'll be published If I have to figure out how to go about it!
paula_pa
15 years ago
With a 5-month old and a 5-year old there is no shortage of things to smile about in my house. The latest thing making me smile is watching Dan who is just starting to clap.
pixistix
15 years ago
awwww, thanks Connie and Granlan; Ruby makes me smile every day ~ even if I don't see her in person, her cute little face greets me every morning on my desktop. Here's another smile for you, and she's playing peek-a-boo with you :)
grinch_gut
15 years ago
LOL HI!! This morning sitting in the living room with B and him looking at our Christmas tree and telling me that Syd and I really picked out a Charlie Brown one this yr. (It is true it is one ugly tree but dang it was soooo cold when we went and got it!) stacy
irishdancersgram
15 years ago
Along with pictures of Ruby which are precious...I just got back from lunch with the 5 other gals that work in the office at Meals on Wheels...Just being able to be with these gals, talking, solving the problems of the world and just knowing how much we have to be thankful for, really made me smile....
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15 years ago
Will Smith is on Oprah today. He *just* said something I've always said to my kids. "It's not your room. It's our room that we let you use while you're living in our home."

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