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The Best Thing About Today...
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It's the second time thi..."
Jeeeeeezus.
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An early morning walk in the cold sunshine with my sister--followed by Irish coffee and book talk. :-)
Josh wrote: "The best thing about today? An early morning walk in the cold sunshine with my sister--followed by Irish coffee and book talk. :-)"
Lovely!
I was wondering how early is early though ;-)...
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An early morning walk in the cold sunshine with my sister--followed by Irish coffee and book talk. :-)"
Lovely!
I was wondering how early is early thoug..."
Okay, fair enough. 8:30 ;-D
Josh wrote: "Okay, fair enough. 8:30 ;-D"Oh, good! That's doable. I was already worried for your health ;-)
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But the good thing--the best thing about today--is he seems to be perfectly fine now! I was sure for a second there he had broken something. But nope. And he got extra treats and cuddles out of it, so all is well.
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And the truck was delivered to our local garage @ 0100 (!!!!) and is now safe home and purring. Despite the cost and weirdo RAC guy, it'..."
'They' have their good points. :-D
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He is to me! The SO was like... He just wants more treats. :-D
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And yes, if you cut yourself, or do any other harm to yourself, you should get lots of chocolate, always!
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But the good thin..."
Phew! What a relief that he's okay!
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And the truck was delivered to our local garage @ 0100 (!!!!) and is now safe home and purring. Despite the cost and weirdo RAC guy, it'..."
Yay! :-)
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Woo hoo!
Mymymble wrote: "Voted!"I'm crossing my fingers!
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Jordan wrote: "The best thing about today... is the cookie crawl at work! I got soooo many cookies! And had a lot of fun getting to see staff and offices I don't normally get to see except during the cookie crawl..."Could you define ''cookie crawl'', please?
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I'm crossing my fingers!"
Well, that was depressing.
The kid will probably be waiting another three years for his operations now. )-:"
*HUGS*
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I go with Griffindor. I'm probably, realistically, a Hufflepuff, but I don't like the house colors, being afraid of bees and whatnot. lol.
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So a cookie crawl is a lot like a pub crawl, except instead of alcohol, you get cookies! So each department decorates their space and will either bake or get store bought cookies, cupcakes and whatnot. Then you just walk around to each department and eat and save some for later.
The central library here is huge and we have a lot of departments spread throughout the building, some of which are hard to get to, so one really gets some exercise in all the walking!
My department also gives away free books that we wrap, so that no one knows which book it is, but we do put descriptions on the paper so you can determine if you think you'll like it or not. And we also had a quiz to see if you could name all the characters, whose pictures we had up on the wall.
Jordan wrote: "So a cookie crawl is a lot like a pub crawl, except instead of alcohol, you get cookies!"Thank you for the explanation. I thought that maybe you had to look for the cookies hidden among the book or so ;-).
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It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!
I meant to comment yesterday, so this is the best thing about yesterday! I just finished listening to 12 Seconds by Meg Perry on the Footsteps in the Dark anthology. It mentions my home town of Las Cruces, the Space Port, and nearby Holloman AFB. Yesterday, I got to visit the Space Port and stood in Mission Control. It was very exciting.
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Oh, that's super cool!
I really liked that story too. She did a great job with it, and with getting the setting into the story so that I almost felt like I was there. :-)
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Also, I'm reading Josh's latest book, which makes me happy!
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Both: in your actual neighborhood AND the movie, right? :-)
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Johanna wrote: "Best thing about today is that after work we (me and my colleagues) had our book club meeting in a nice cafe in the city center. We had a lively discussion about our latest book, [book:The Road|628..."Oh, I have it on paper but I never dared to read it, having heard about some gory details... I know you defined it as thought-provoking, but did you like it?
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:-) That's so great!
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I'm not burnt out, but trying to push through when I'm this tired and stressed will not make for the best possible book, and I don't want to end the series with a belly flop.
So it's a sickening feeling, but also it's a huge relief because it's just impossible to get a chunk of undisturbed time right now.
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I listened to it as audio and yes, I did like it. But... most of the time I really had to work hard for making myself listen to it. Many times I truly had to gather courage to continue, because frankly, The Road really scared me. It draws such a brutal picture of the end of civilization—the end of humanity. Mymymble is right, I didn't enjoy listening to it, but I did like it. And I think it was a healthy (?!) thing to do, to read it. If that makes sense.
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You can rest assured that your Holiday meals won't include aubergines. :-D
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I second all of this. Except that I haven't seen the film. But I might watch it because Viggo Mortensen is in it. :-)
Temperatures well above freezing, and for the next seven days!
Mymymble wrote: "But... everywhere in town was playing Wham's 'Last Christmas' on a loop which was a bit sad for a George Michael fan."Thank you for telling us about your day.
About the last bit: I've just found out about the game Whamageddon ;-)
Jordan wrote: "Home with my Dad!"I wish you great time with him. I suppose you'll go and see your mum. How is she doing?
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My best friend should be spending the day with us today, so she’ll get to visit my mom, who is looking forward to seeing her again. Then my friend, her mom, and me and my dad are having lasagna for dinner, who is a sort of tradition for us on Christmas Eve when we’re all available.
Tomorrow, my dad and I will bring my mom home for the day and celebrate Christmas. :-D
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This morning we had our chimney swept ready for Santa. Sweep brought me a Christmas gift!
This afternoon we picked the turkey up from the butcher and when I was bew..."
Thank you for these lovely glimpses into your day, Mymymble.
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My best friend should be spending the day with us today, so she’ll get t..."
All this sounds wonderful, Jordan.
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We're hovering in both sides of 0°C which in my case (in here) is somewhat annoying—and shows clearly the climate change happening. Although it does make nice dog walking weathers...
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Johanna wrote: "Susan wrote: "Temperatures well above freezing, and for the next seven days!"We're hovering in both sides of 0°C which in my case (in here) is somewhat annoying—and shows clearly the climate change happening..."
Last night in northern Italy, in the Turin region, people coming out from the Christmas mass, that is after midnight, found a temperature of 17°C!
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Johanna wrote: "The best thing about today was the fact that my dad read/memorized us a poem with several verses. He's been practicing his speech relentlessly and it's really paying off. I'm so terribly proud of him."Oh, I had seen only your comment about the weather...
I'm glad for him and for the whole family. Speech, and poems, are so important for him!
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It's the second time this has happened to me on that r..."
WHAT???
But other than losing your truck, that's a great story. :-D