BS: What's your good news?

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: John Routledge
Date: 04 May 01 - 07:30 PM

I have just had the bellows on my Nortumbrian Smallpipes made airtight. They are SO much easier to play and I need all the help I can get*BG* GB

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: wdyat12
Date: 04 May 01 - 07:35 PM

Geordie, Isn't Life Great? wdyat12

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: harpmolly
Date: 04 May 01 - 07:37 PM

Gosh, where do I start?

Well, as I posted earlier, I gave 30-days notice on Tuesday. Hurrah! Courage finally won out! :D

On top of that, one of my last major projects is to pull together the new songbook for this summer's B'nai B'rith Camp. So now I have an actual work-sanctioned excuse to surf the Mudcat! Yay!

Kate Rusby has a new album out and she's going to be playing Seattle in July! I'm in heaven!

And for extra bonus cookies, the cute redheaded cashier at Zupan's has flirted madly with me the last several times I've been in (last time he even said, "Make sure to tell me if you're going to be performing around town!")

All in all, not too shabby. *grin*

M

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: harpmolly
Date: 04 May 01 - 07:42 PM

P.S. Fabulous congratulations to all who are getting married, too! It's the season for it! :D

M

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: wdyat12
Date: 04 May 01 - 07:46 PM

Not too shabby Mollificent, *BG*

wdyat12

PS. I am happy for you.

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 04 May 01 - 07:52 PM

Well, I already announced my good news, but it keeps getting better. There's this beautiful chiropractor named Christina who lives in the mountains and takes me on wildflower hikes, and we're getting married early next year. That's all the good news I need for now....
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Amergin
Date: 04 May 01 - 07:53 PM

Well...like bagpuss said...I'm still alive...though sometimes i wonder if that is a good thing...

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: kendall
Date: 04 May 01 - 07:56 PM

Joe, has she got a sister? I keep throwing my back out...Now, if I could just throw my FRONT out...

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: wdyat12
Date: 04 May 01 - 08:07 PM

Kim,

Thank you for this thread. I really appreciate a positive voice on Mudcat. You and Dave have made me feel at home with all that is going on in my life recently. "Power to the Positive" I say. Never look back, always look to the future with hope. I was "down so long it looked like up to me," but not anymore. Thank you Kim and Dave.

wdyat12

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 04 May 01 - 08:20 PM

Well after many years of solo playing, I took the plunge and have put a band together (this month). The other four musicians are superb, we've rehearsed four times (not something I'm disciplined to do, normally) and looks like we'll have a regular Monday evening at a wonderful new folk club in town right after the radio show.

Fer me dat's good news.

Rick

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: wdyat12
Date: 04 May 01 - 08:30 PM

Joe, You are in the same moonlight as me. Isn't it Great? The magic is all around us now, like a mid summmer's night dream. I feel for you Joe, but I can't help you. Enjoy!

wdyat12

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Gary T
Date: 04 May 01 - 08:55 PM

I just had the pleasure of meeting and singing with Wyo Woman, who joined our singaround/jam last night. A most enjoyable lady to visit with, and a mighty fine singer. Mudcat strikes again!

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Ma Fazoo
Date: 04 May 01 - 09:35 PM

Let's see...our 31'st anniversary is on the 14th of May, our son's furture mother=in-law is coming all the way from California to be with us, as she was last year. Instead of having anything itzy, we (with smiling permission), take over the neighborhood pub for the night, and all our musician friends and musical family members sing to us....HEAVEN.
Ooops! The instrumentalists are not to be forgotten here. They play their hearts out.

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Ma Fazoo
Date: 04 May 01 - 09:40 PM

I meant to write "ritzy", but then, I'm ditsy.

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: kendall
Date: 04 May 01 - 10:13 PM

Rick, thats just great. Glad for ya man!

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: SINSULL
Date: 04 May 01 - 10:15 PM

I just spent the funniest two hours sitting in a proctologist's office with Pat Cooper ( the comedian), a very confused elderly lady who thought she had an appointment but was late for her flight to Texas, a male nurse who confused doped up with knocked up, and a stand up comedian for a doctor. On the way home, I started laughing out loud on the subway and got a row of seats all to myself. I will compose the details when I come down to earth.

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: roopoo
Date: 05 May 01 - 02:40 AM

My long-awaited and nagged-for new kitchen was delivered this week, and after 7 days of climbing over boxes of units and doors, lengths of worktop and a cooker, and not being able to get at the freezer in the garage, it will be fitted, starting Tuesday! I will not mind not being able to cook, wash up, do the laundry... I have a camping stove and a combi-oven, and the pub across the road does great meals.

I have craft fairs on Sunday and Monday, plus an evening stall on Tuesday, all of which will get me out and about, (after the last few weeks being stuck in the area and starting to sort out my mum's affairs), and mean some hard, late night catch-up work if the earlier ones do well. I will moan and groan and get no sleep, but I will be ENJOYING myself!! (No sleep, because the combi oven only runs for 90 mins at a time, and doughcraft takes hours to bake. It then has to be painted and sealed).

My friend in Wiltshire has sent me a root of a plant which a guy she knows has spent 7 years developing. It is the only specimen outside Wiltshire, as far as I know (gloat mode engaged). Yes, it's a "legal" plant!

I am going out for lunch with my brother in law. And I think he's paying!

I'm off with our dance side to Belgium at the end of the month.

Andrea

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Bugsy
Date: 06 May 01 - 09:06 PM

Well, after undergoing a newish proceedure a couple of weeks ago, my heart is now as good as any other 52 year old.

I'm walking 3kms per day instead of 300m and (all being well) should be signed off as fit today by the doctor and be able to return to work tonight (been off for about 6 months).

Thats "GOOD NEWS" to me!

CHeers

Bugsy

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Ebbie
Date: 06 May 01 - 09:43 PM

Congrats to all, and continued good fortune...

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Peg
Date: 07 May 01 - 12:27 AM

kendall; it is not such a great picture of me, really...

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Ruthie A
Date: 07 May 01 - 09:41 AM

Phew! OK, I've been predicted A* for my GCSE music exam, which I'm taking two years too early. My piano was tuned yesterday and the R-2 key on my flute's finally been fixed. It's not raining (depite it's the north of England) and I've got some very interesting blue gauze to put on my bedroom ceiling. I've also been accepted to tour France with the Bede Wind Philharmonic in late July, even though I left my application seven months too late. Yay!

Ruthie

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Kim C
Date: 07 May 01 - 10:16 AM

Great great great!!!!!!

Our weekend was very successful. Those guys I were so afraid to play in front of, were very complimentary to us. A couple of other players - a guitarist and another fiddler - invited us to come play with them, which we did, and it was great fun. So there was never any reason to be so uptight. Which my brain knew all along... but y'all know how that works.

On to the next project!!!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: GUEST,Midchuck upstairs
Date: 07 May 01 - 11:11 AM

The house is paid off. And it hasn't fallen down yet.

Kris is taking early retirement. This only means she's looking for new work, but it'll be part time. When you're a teacher that means you teach half the day and do your prep work the other half - full time means you teach all day and do prep work half the night. So you don't get much sleep, or time for leisure activities, except on weekends or vacations. So we can work on music a little more effectively.

I own the finest guitar I have yet - bought Jack Lawrence's Collings that he played on stage with Doc Watson from '93 until a year or so ago. Now I have to learn to play it properly. Damn.

I am owned by the two most obnoxious black-and-white kittens that ever jumped onto the middle of a file that was spread out on a desk. I posted the link to the pictures a while back.

Both kids are coming home this summer - Ian will be at Old Songs with us. Poor devil.

Peter.

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 08 May 01 - 12:40 AM

Hey Kim! Well, as you might recall, the Censor and the Translator died awhile back. Today it became obvious that the Enabler is dead and gone! Wha-hoo! And certain others appear to have been disconnected! WHA-HOO!

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Kim C
Date: 08 May 01 - 09:59 AM

I actually got a parking place this morning at work. ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Bagpuss
Date: 08 May 01 - 10:33 AM

I thing this thread brought me good luck!

My good news is that I have an interview for a job! Maybe I'll finally be able to get out of the hole of a job I'm in.

Wish me luck...

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 08 May 01 - 10:42 AM

Good luck BP. It will go brilliantly and you will get the job - provided you realy want it of course! Keep positive - you've seen the power already:-)

Our weekend went very well. Gets even better now. For the first time since 1975 when our eldest was born we have the house completely to ourselves for nearly 3 days! Son #3 is back at uni. till Thursday night. Daughters are off to Northumbria on a school trip till Friday. Wayhay! What can we do??? Forgot what it's like to not have to watch MTV, Japanese cartoons and Buffy the vampire slayer 24 hours a day!!!!

Any suggestions? Keep it cleen(ish) please;-)

Dave the Laughing Gnome

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Dharmabum
Date: 08 May 01 - 11:13 AM

I've just started taking medication for my MS in the past few weeks. The first two injections made me pretty ill with side effects. I did my third injection last night & the side effects are at a minimum today. Seeing as I'll be doing this once a week for the rest of my life,I'm pretty happy that the adverse effects are diminishing.

Ron.

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: MAG (inactive)
Date: 08 May 01 - 12:43 PM

OK, massage therapy is helping with my somewhat dysfunctional body; I am able to walk for exercise, I finally got off my duff, redid my resume, and am actively looking to relocate to someplace I will be happier.

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Kim C
Date: 08 May 01 - 12:58 PM

Huzzah everyone!!!

Dave, cook her supper and rub her feet. :-)

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Metchosin
Date: 08 May 01 - 01:23 PM

I didn't have to dig all the shit out of the run in sheds, my nephews did it for me on the weekend.

The dead deer off the edge of the driveway doesn't stink any more, its been reduced to a pile of hide and bones by turkey vultures and various insects.

I live in an area where dogs are more highly prized than business. I paid more for my annual dog license yesterday than my business license.

BCAA only took 15 minutes to rescue me yesterday at the local municipal hall, when for the 2nd time in less than a month month, I locked my keys in the car.

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: IceWolf
Date: 08 May 01 - 01:31 PM

My wife just graduated cum laude from Law School this past Saturday! Now she's got to pass the Bar Exam!

IceWolf

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Kim C
Date: 08 May 01 - 01:37 PM

way to GO, Mrs. Ice!!!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Metchosin
Date: 08 May 01 - 01:40 PM

Oh yeah, and best of all, my Westie didn't die after spending two days in intensive care after ingesting neuro toxins from rotting compost and going into convulsions when my father-in-law took her for a walk.

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: kendall
Date: 08 May 01 - 07:20 PM

More good news. I'm getting my voice back, I'm free, healthy and over 21.

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: GUEST,Dancing Mom
Date: 08 May 01 - 08:55 PM

Ma Fazoo, our 18th wedding anniversary is also May 14. Congratulations to you.Great thread, guys.

Subject: RE: BS: What's your good news?
From: Kim C
Date: 09 May 01 - 09:56 AM

Great, Kendall! Keep us posted on your progress. :-)