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From: LilyFestre
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 02:37 PM

1. I got to go for a walk, enjoying this absolutely BEAUTIFUL fall day!

2. I had to do some public speaking today (something I normally DREAD) and I had a good time!

What about you? Why makes today a good day for you?

Michelle

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From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 02:40 PM

Starting it off not dead is a pretty good indication it's gonna be a good day...

Better than most, that's for sure...

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From: Amos
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 04:36 PM

I yam gettin' older successfully, which is preferable to NOT. doing so.

A

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From: GUEST
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 04:38 PM

the sun is shining

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From: wysiwyg
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 04:54 PM

Got the inside of the microwave clean, and thought it was impossible till I hit on the right combo of cleaning products.

~S~

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From: Teresa
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 04:59 PM

Just met someone I have a lot in common with.

The 'cat came back, and I appreciated it more for that.

My kitty Hans is continuing to be very much a charmer ... he is five months old today. :)

T

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From: Georgiansilver
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 05:00 PM

I was able to do everything I planned to do. The sun was shining and Iam happy with life in general.
Best wishes.

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From: GUEST
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 05:15 PM

It is Monday.

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From: CarolC
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 06:04 PM

The weather is gorgeous here today and I got two loads of laundry done. I'm going outside to fold them so I can enjoy the beautiful weather while I fold.

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From: LilyFestre
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 06:53 PM

Ahhh yes.....laundry outside. I LOVE to hang wash on the line and today was my lucky day because I got to hang out 4 loads! I find that to be very relaxing.......

Michelle

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From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 07:26 PM

Even the seemingly "nothing" days are good. Today, nothing in particular happened, but I kinda enjoyed that. Yesterday, my wife and I tracked down two old friends, who were in the same health care center recuperating from knee replacement operations. We'd been trying to reach them by phone for weeks with no luck. The day before yesterday, we were able to visit two other friends who we hadn't seen in a long while.. one is the women I've mentioned in other threads who suddenly went blind one day (after not even wearing glasses up to that point.) She was in very high spirits (she's in her mid-90's) because she was feeling good that day. I notice that she corrects herself now when she kept saying, I'ts so good to... pausing where she naturally would say "see you again," and then saying... "have you here again." There is no way we could have lifted her spirits half as much as she lifted ours. That same day, we went to a picnic with one of the church choirs, and we had a great time, with abundant food and friendship. Got a chance to sit and talk with my Messenger friends Joe and Frankie. And then, yesterday, Joe, Frankie and I sang with the Men's Chorus, and Joe and I shared the lead on a song.

Today, I needed just what I got. A chance to finish trimming the hedge, and then watching a Miss Marple movie this evening with my wife.

Life is good.

Jerry

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From: katlaughing
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 07:35 PM

My daughter and grandson made it safely to their destination after a seven hour drive. It's the first time we've been apart, for any length of time, since he was born 10 months ago come tomorrow. I miss them, but oh! the Silence! It's nice...for a change. By tomorrow I won't know what to do with myself!**bg**

Great thread, Michelle, thanks,

kat

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From: kendall
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 07:53 PM

I woke up from the biopsy

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From: Teresa
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 08:22 PM

Jerry,

It's so odd how people use figures of speech, or don't use them. I'm blind and I use phrases like, "watch TV" or "see you later" all the time ... but maybe that's because I was born blind and don't think of them as anything other than figures of speech. ...

Sorry, I saw that comment ;) and had to add my two cents. :)

T

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From: Tinker
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 09:11 PM

Wonderful weather and five loads of wash, chores that all seemed to get completed and errands I could check off. Tommorrow the last of the horde goes off to school and I should have a few minutes for me. It's been a good day.

tinker

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From: GUEST
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 09:58 PM

I'm still on this side of the grass.
My incision infection is getting better.
Boudicca the Wicked is very sweet to sleep with.
Mr. vacumed the carpets.
Got to see Owen who has an ear infection and is cranky. But he's still cute.
Son's wedding kilts are all done and have found him a Piper (here in Torrington!!!)
Sang a song (YES, ME!!!) at the Nursing Home on Sunday...OK, ok, so it was only Seamus' 'I Know a Song That Gets On Everybody's Nerves' but I did it!!! In Public!!
Spent all day Saturday with daughter and Seamus Kennedy.
Beautiful fall weather here too. I miss my clothes line and the smell of 'hung outside' bedding.

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From: Sorcha
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 10:00 PM

OK, now listen....that last was me, Sorcha and I WAS LOGGED IN but when I hit submit, it posted and reverted to no cookie. What gives? This is Sorch too, in case it does it again....

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From: lucky_p
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 10:07 PM

I was able to share with others, give and take, give and take, and be enriched by doing so.

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From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 10:23 PM

Teresa:

I have other friends who are blind, and they too say, "It's so nice to see you." It just seems natural. They were either blind from birth, or at least for most of their life. I don't know what is harder (never having experienced either.) My Mother's Father went blind in his 80's, and became a very bitter man. I guess blindness is like other physical handicaps. How you deal with it depends on your attitude toward life. My Grandfather who went blind was always pretty bitter and hard-hearted. His blindness just made him moreso.

One of the people I most greatly admire is Kathy Leigh Johnson.. a wonderful woman I met at the Adirondack Folk/Gospel Festival many years ago. Kathy had everything imaginable going against her. Blindness was only part of the problem. And yet, she persevered and was living a very positive life when I met her. A few years after that, she met a wonderful young man who was a minister (and also a musician) and they wre married. He is blind, too.

For those of us like me, who have been blessed with wonderful health, there is no way of truly understanding what it is like to have a seriously limiting handicap. But, it seems like everything else... you find people who live fully productive, rich lives who are handicapped, just as you meet people in perfect health who bitch constantly.

Only goes to show.

Kathy had a machine that could "read" letters for her, which made it easy to communicate. She also had a computer that could do the same.
How great!

Jerry

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From: khandu
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 10:23 PM

I still have a lucky wife who loves me & who is loved by me!

My God has proven Himself faithful for the 18,885th (approx) day of my life!

My guitar still holds its tune!

Yes, Life is good!!

ken

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From: Teresa
Date: 14 Sep 04 - 12:08 AM

What you said, jerry. It's the head and not the physical disability that makes all the difference. ... :D

T

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From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 14 Sep 04 - 02:24 AM

It's a good day because Kendall is still alive, it's sunny here in the UK after a night of high winds and rain, my daughter got a sticker for being good and I've got two chocolate cakes to eat.

LTS

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From: Mudlark
Date: 14 Sep 04 - 03:07 AM

It was a good day for me for a lot of reasons: temps fell well below 100 for the first time in a while and I was able to leave the windows open, fresh air blowing through, sound of the fountain filling the house until noon; I started another writing class today with a wonderful teacher and enjoyed every minute of the 3 hours; came home, got a bite to eat and then went to a new session only a miraculous 15 miles from me, with really good musicians and great music; and...it's still 2 days until I have to hae gallbladder surgery. This was a very good day.

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From: GUEST,milk monitor
Date: 14 Sep 04 - 04:54 AM

It's my youngests second day at school, ( often harder than their first day),but she loved her first day SO much there were no morning tears.

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From: wysiwyg
Date: 14 Sep 04 - 12:13 PM

Cuz the Cat came back!

~S~

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From: John MacKenzie
Date: 14 Sep 04 - 12:52 PM

We just picked our dogs up from kennels where they've been incarcerated for 2 weeks while we were away. They smell funny though!
Giok

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From: CarolC
Date: 14 Sep 04 - 01:10 PM

It's beginning to look like we might not be in the path of the eye of Ivan the terrible. Still too early to tell for sure, but things are looking hopeful.

It's another gloriously beautiful day here and I have beautiful music to listen to while I paint.

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From: fat B****rd
Date: 14 Sep 04 - 02:35 PM

Bits of all the above but mainly 'cos I try to keep my
glass half FULL.

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From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 14 Sep 04 - 10:16 PM

The Mudcat's back!

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From: Teresa
Date: 14 Sep 04 - 10:18 PM

Don't jinx it! ;););)

Superstitious T

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From: LilyFestre
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 07:38 AM

Since I could post yesterday, I'm gonna tell you what was good about yesterday!   :)

I learned a new chord on my guitar.
Dishes are done.
Laundry is on the line.
Floors are swept.
Visuals for my presentation were a hit!
Millie, aka Stinky Cat, curled up with me last night (Normally, she is Papa's girl)
I was able to rearrange my schedule so that I can do something in the middle of the day that is important to me.   :)

Michelle

PS. Something good about today so far (seeings how I just crawled out of bed), my husband is making coffee just for ME!!!!! :)

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From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 09:21 AM

I'm on the 3rd day of a 2 week holiday. I've achieved lots of little things that needed doing - like adding a pocket to my summer waistcoat, shortening a pillow case so it fits a smaller pillow, rearranged stuff, messed up stuff, read a few books, done a bit of shopping and packed almost everything (except might gear & toiletries bag) for a festival that JennyO & I are heading to tomorrow. Lots of great company & music in a wonderful location.

and Mudcat was back when I logged on

sandra

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From: LilyFestre
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 07:53 PM

Today is a good day for 2 reasons.....

1. The out pouring of care, concern and love for Kendall here on the Mudcat gives me faith in humanity.

2. While I was dusting (dusting around here is a good thing in itself...but I digress), I found a little, square, purple sticky note written in the hand of my very favorite 12 year old. It reads: "Thank you for taking very good care of me. You rock on the violin. Love you. Bye. Veronica"

*sigh*

Michelle

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From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 08:22 PM

Nice note, Michelle!

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From: Little Hawk
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 09:05 PM

The cat ALWAYS comes back!

There were lots of good things about today. Too many to list, in fact.

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From: GUEST
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 10:21 PM

Found out about a guy named Anderson today. Interesting.

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From: CarolC
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 10:21 PM

Pobrecita, Michelle.

We (me and JtS) got something done today that feels good to have done. Now if we can make it through Hurricane Ivan unscathed, I'll feel good about that, too.

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From: LilyFestre
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 04:08 PM

Today is a good day because I finished an assignment ahead of time (YEA ME!), there was a 4 month old baby in the teaching lounge for a bit today and she was SOOOOOOOOOO SWEET...a head full of dark, dark hair and big, bright eyes....very alert! What a precious little thing she is! Another good thing about today is that my blood sugars have all been running normal (some lows..but not too bad) and physically I feel GREAT! I was out taking photographs of the sunflowers up in the field, romping with the dog...and just having some fun! Soon I will settle into the final stages of touch ups for my presentation tomorrow!

Tschuss!

Lily

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From: jacqui.c
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 07:55 PM

I finally got the energy up to REALLY start on the house clearance I am going to have to do in the next two weeks - and it wasn't nearly as painful as I thought it might be.

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From: Teresa
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 08:14 PM

Well, not today ... it was last night, but it was my first time taking public transportation in las vegas, and my first outing here by myself. I had fun, too, and it felt good to be out on my own, using my white cane in a new city. It sure is different, but I do like it. Now I know I can take the buses here. :)

T

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From: SINSULL
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 08:37 PM

I finally got started on the "putting the house back together" project. Never did find Dad's will but I started to throw out things I don't need and will never get more that 25 cents at a house sale. Got a romantic e-card from an admirer. Who knows what possibilities tomorrow mat bring.

I spent some time thinking how wonderful it was to take care of twin boys even if they did keep me up all night. Babies are so sweet and smell so good. Mostly they are tomorrow.
SINS

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From: wysiwyg
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 11:21 PM

Today was a good day because I trusted my body to guide my actions and was able to spend the last several hours putting finishing touches on a complicated funding request that I think may go well. It's all off my desk, now, at any rate!

~S~

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From: Amos
Date: 23 Sep 04 - 11:35 PM

Hey Carol:

Did you get through the Ivan nova?

A

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From: CarolC
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 12:33 AM

Yup Amos. It was a bit scary being in a tornado warning / tornado watch area for a couple of days, and some of the high winds were also a bit scary, but we were very fortunate. No damage to any of our stuff, and no damage to life or limb.

Today has been a good day for painting outdoors with a cool(ish) breeze playing about the patio area. I'm enjoying the painting a lot. I've started exploring the design esthetic of the Arts and Crafts Movent from the second half of the 1800s and the first few decades of the 1900s. I'm using it for painted canvas table mats. It's a lot of fun.

This movement, by the way, is a very interesting one to read about. It had many philosophical similarities to other movements that have produced a lot of beautiful designs, such as the Shaker Movement and the Arts and Crafts Guilds of pre-industrial Europe.

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From: Rasener
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 01:18 AM

Its my daughters 9th Birthday.

I get to run my Folk Club at Market Rasen tonight. My daughter is treating it like a birthday party, so is looking forward to it.

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From: Paco Rabanne
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 05:24 AM

1) Sophia gets out of hospital today
2) The harri watts band is playing at The Oddfellows pub
3) I am 46 and I still don't need viagra.

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From: Georgiansilver
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 05:36 AM

Life in the old dog yet Eh? Ted. I am 56 and still don't need viagra, so you may have a few years left yet!!!!! What was up with Sophia? Hope she is O.K now. Best wishes.

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From: Moses
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 07:22 AM

Honey, our 9 year old Golden Retriever, was given the all clear by the Vet last night after recovering from heart problems that, luckily, did not require the risky open-heart surgery we were told may be necessary.

Windward (St Albans) folk club re-starts tonight for the Autumn season
and I've learned a new song.

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From: muppett
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 07:35 AM

IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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From: muppett
Date: 24 Sep 04 - 11:04 AM

It's Friday & I've just finished a report that's taken me yonks to write, 20 mins before the weekend finishes, WAY HA !!!!!!!!!!!!!