The cheery thread

[TheFifthElement]

I've noticed that we (me as much as anyone) seem to devote a lot of thread time to grumbling and groaning, complaining, quibbling, nitpicking and generally being a bit grumpy and miserable, putting the world to rights, as it were. Anyway, I thought it might be nice to have a thread where we can talk about nice things, things we like, things that make us happy, generally when we're feeling a bit cheerful. Maybe someone has done something nice for you today, a random (or perhaps not so random) act of kindness. Maybe you just feel happy. I think it would be nice to share the cheery feelings. Granted the thread might not get very long but...

anyway, I feel quite cheery today. It's not raining, there's a sky full of fat, fast moving, interesting clouds, my hubby is lovely and I'm getting quite a lot of work done. I feel I have a sense of purpose. I am alive, and I'm glad of it.

How are you feeling today? Cheery? Tell us why. Happiness breeds happiness. Go on...share :D

[Scheherazade]

I have just finished ironing three machine loads of laundry!

Go me! :auto:

[Calidore]

One of the few things more cheering than discovering a good new place to eat is bringing someone else there. A new fast food place near me just gave me my first taste of a Vietnamese bahn mi sub, which was excellent, so I'm taking my uncle to lunch there when weather permits.

[Helga]

I am sitting at my favorite cafe drinking my lovely cup of coffee after walking here in the rain, so it's all of my favorites things. Also I am re-reading Macbeth for class and then I'll pick up my son and go see my mom so it couldn't get any better.

[Paulclem]

I've got a week off with some stuff to do, but lots of time for reading. And I saw a kingfisher twice on Monday. Amazing blue, and we're only a hundred metres from a major road to Birmingham.

[Delta40]

I'm showered, ready for work and not wearing ANY make-up!

[Delta40]

ok so I applied some lippy - but I'm still cheery....:-)

[qimissung]

I'm lying on the couch wearing comfy jammies and reading "Home Game" by Michael Lewis, which is hysterical. We wrote for twenty minutes or so in my 8th period, scary stories. The kids loved it. We read some of them aloud. They felt successful, and so did I. :)

[papayahed]

I'm in a nice hotel room. I love hotels.

[Abookinthebath]

What a cracking Autumn morning! I'm going for a run!

[Vonny]

I met a wonderful new friend! It is so rare to meet someone and feel such a basic connection and understanding that I feel I can call that person a friend, but it seems that it happened to me. Really lovely!

[Lokasenna]

I'm dog-sitting for my boss again, but I rather enjoy it. I'm not keen on animals generally, but this is a very sweet animal who just love to curl up against me while I get on with work - most relaxing.

[qimissung]

Everyone does sound cheery Great idea for a thread, Fifth. I'm an unfortunate slave to complaining, even though I know it's pretty useless. This is a refreshing change.


What kind of animal is it, Lokasenna?

[wessexgirl]

It's half term for me too Paul, so that's a reason to be cheery :yesnod:. I'm feeling quite pleased as I've finally got some trees cut down in the garden which have been bugging me for ages. I had a new fence put up too, which was decimated in recent gales, so two more jobs ticked off my very long list of jobs to get done. I'm in the middle of painting my kitchen at the moment, so that's a drag, but on the positive side it's looking better, and the bulk of it is done, so I'm putting my positive hat on and saying almost there :thumbsup:. And it's my birthday tomorrow, although I don't know if that's something to be cheery about.......it could go either way couldn't it, I could be in a slough of despond about ageing :(, or I could look at it in a better way and hit the bottle, (in a good way :brow:).

[Helga]

I'm dog-sitting for my boss again, but I rather enjoy it. I'm not keen on animals generally, but this is a very sweet animal who just love to curl up against me while I get on with work - most relaxing.

can bosses just get their employees to dog-sit, I need to be a boss, nobody will dog-sit for me...

anyway I am happy about the same thing as yesterday, rain, coffee and books. Also I recently started watching Torchwood so I am always trying to finish all my school work so I can spend the evening with Captain Jack and the rest.

[Lokasenna]

What kind of animal is it, Lokasenna?

A seven month old male Cocker Spaniel named Dennis. Utterly adorable and cuddly, if a little bitey...


can bosses just get their employees to dog-sit, I need to be a boss, nobody will dog-sit for me...

It's a quid pro quo - I occasionally look after the dog, he let's me get on with my work in peace. And, I would offer to dog-sit for you, but I fear it would be too far a commute, much as I would love to do it!

[Helga]

It's a quid pro quo - I occasionally look after the dog, he let's me get on with my work in peace. And, I would offer to dog-sit for you, but I fear it would be too far a commute, much as I would love to do it!

maybe you wouldn't say that if you met them, they bark a lot and my older one is not very fond of guys, also they are very hairy and if people come wearing black clothes they leave white.

but this being a cheery thread I will add that they are very sweet and protective and lovely and I don't want to be without them!

[TheFifthElement]

:D It's great to see so many cheery people around. I am a bit tired today, but am cheerful because I had my performance review and slamdunked a superior rating despite having a bit of a tough year. This means I've scored nothing less than a superior rating now for about 5 years. That's some achievement.

I also got to go for lunch with my hubby and kids today and even though we went to McDonalds it was really, really nice to see them all.

It's been a good day.

I think I've earned myself a nice glass of wine :)

[Vonny]

Just the vision of two puppies curled up together is enough to make me feel cheery.

[Charles Darnay]

Cat on my keyboard when I'm trying to do work - highly unproductive but cheery nonetheless

[Abookinthebath]

Watching the inbetbweeners....yes, it is incredibly childish, but I can't actually breathe for laughing!

[NikolaiI]

Jethro Tull - Mother Goose (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpO_oVtXCa4)
Really has me super cheery! :smile5:

[Vonny]

puppies puppies puppies

[JuniperWoolf]

After an entire day where I have to hide who I am and meekly try to please terrifying and humourless people in business clothes who take themselves way too seriously, there's nothing like coming home, getting baked and watching Penn and Teller in my most comfortable lounge chair with every pillow and blanket that I own.

[Helga]

I don't really have anything cheery to say at the moment except that I am trying to be cheery, it's not really working but I am trying. gonna get myself a cup of coffee and see if that cheers me up

[Vonny]

While on the topic of cheery, humans have a full range of emotions, and it's important to embrace all of them, embrace all emotions as if they were puppies, and then before you know it - you're cheery again - especially if you think of puppies. It's just as fine to be sad as any other emotion. We wouldn't be human otherwise.

[papayahed]

I stopped at Panera's on my way in to work and I'm having a greek salad and italian sandwich as we speak. We do not have a Panera in my town so this a treat.

[symphony]

I'm in love!
:D

[Vonny]

I'm in love!
:D

So am I :) It's the best!

[symphony]

So am I :) It's the best!

It is. I'm still in love with the guy I fell in love with over a year ago, and it feels wonderful. :)

[Vonny]

It is. I'm still in love with the guy I fell in love with over a year ago, and it feels wonderful. :)

I'm in love with the guy I fell in love with about 6 months ago! Hehe!!

[The Comedian]

That stack of papers? Done. Yeehaw!

[Buh4Bee]

I have a three day weekend! Yes!

[MystyrMystyry]

I stole their basketball!

Yes...

[Helga]

Someone is singing 'stop in the name of love' on tv and I am very cheery about the fact that I would never allow myself to be in a situation were I would be inspired to write a song like that.

[tonywalt]

..sitting under an Oceanfront Cabana with a very tall drink. There is a massive rainstorm in the distance slowly marching towards the Island. Huge raindrops, like little water ballons, beginning to fall.

[JuniperWoolf]

I bloody LOVE Halloween! On monday night, at midnight, I have a campfire in the woods with an H.P. Lovecraft recitation among shadowy people and pumpkin-heads.

[MystyrMystyry]

I know quite a few pumpkin-heads you're welcome to.

In fact that would make my life very cheery indeed...

[TheFifthElement]

I am home. That cheers me up no end.

[Helga]

had an OK weekend even though I was working and now it's over and I'll go to school in the morning and then pick my son up, so very cheery for me.

[symphony]

Bread (toasted and generously buttered), slices of a perfect soft-boiled double-yolked egg... black pepper... touch of cinnamon... and a very light sprinkle of table cream on it all.
A steaming mug of dark coffee to contrast all that cold creaminess, and to complete the evening.
I deserve these delights in life every once in a while.

There's a Brett Dennen song that always adds a strange shrugging smile to my bad days. So I'm humming this one again today, and being happy.
(I uploaded a cover earlier this year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLVgdKNRkgs)

[Helga]

I am sitting in my living room listening to the Coconut records cd I just got yesterday from Amazon and drinking my third cup of coffee, just finished reading the paper and decided to read a few books by a certain Icelandic author when school is out for Christmas. also my son is not sick anymore so he is cheery too watching the children's program this lovely dark Saturday morning.

[irinmisfit92]

Awesome. I feel happy because my friend's here <3

[Lokasenna]

I'm both happy and nervous, because today marks my first ever attempt at baking! I've had a load of dry fruit soaking in strong, sweet tea over night, with which I am going to attempt to make a loaf of bara brith - let's hope it works!

[Vonny]

Interesting, I never heard of that before!

Had to google that one.

[qimissung]

I painted today, ending a long dry spell of not painting. It felt great! So I'm cheerful about that.


..sitting under an Oceanfront Cabana with a very tall drink. There is a massive rainstorm in the distance slowly marching towards the Island. Huge raindrops, like little water ballons, beginning to fall.

Did you, like, want to invite any of us to join you in raincloud watching in paradise, cause that would make me cheerful! :D


I bloody LOVE Halloween! On monday night, at midnight, I have a campfire in the woods with an H.P. Lovecraft recitation among shadowy people and pumpkin-heads.

That is one awesome way to celebrate Halloween (one of my favorite holidays :))

[JuniperWoolf]

I've had a metal splinter in my hand for two months, and I finally got it out.

[Buh4Bee]

Got the job offer to become the K-1 special educator today.

[LadyLuck]

Found out I can exert more control over my circumstances than I thought. It felt very liberating.

[Buh4Bee]

Finished report cards!

[Pensive]

Absolutely delighted, ecstatic, jumping for joy, on cloud nine, etc - all pretty words will do. :D But I don't know why, and since I don't know why I must have been fooled into believing I am happy while in reality I must be unhappy. You can't be happy without a reason now can you *confused*

[Scheherazade]

Absolutely delighted, ecstatic, jumping for joy, on cloud nine, etc - all pretty words will do. :D Don't worry... It'll pass I am sure.

:p

As for me:

Another day is over... Yay?

[Helga]

I finished my essay YAY!!!!! and now I have to start another one

[Vonny]

Absolutely delighted, ecstatic, jumping for joy, on cloud nine, etc - all pretty words will do. :D But I don't know why, and since I don't know why I must have been fooled into believing I am happy while in reality I must be unhappy. You can't be happy without a reason now can you *confused*

I think it's the opposite. A lot of people are really happy but they don't realize it.

I read in Buddhist literature that if you're happy but lack awareness of the fact then you're happy, then you're happy and don't know it, and that made a lot of sense to me.

You have no reason to be happy you say... but you can read and write. I assume you have vision since apparently you typed this post. Apparently you aren't scrubbing floors 24/7 like Cinderella if you can come to the computer.

If you look back in history 150 years, even the wealthiest people didn't have nice shampoo for their hair... or a shower.

I don't know why, but shampoo always makes me cheery.

Anyway, I think the first part of your post is your natural state. :)

[papayahed]

My cotton finally bloomed. I've been babying that plant since the early summer.

[Pensive]

I think it's the opposite. A lot of people are really happy but they don't realize it.

I read in Buddhist literature that if you're happy but lack awareness of the fact then you're happy, then you're happy and don't know it, and that made a lot of sense to me.

You have no reason to be happy you say... but you can read and write. I assume you have vision since apparently you typed this post. Apparently you aren't scrubbing floors 24/7 like Cinderella if you can come to the computer.

If you look back in history 150 years, even the wealthiest people didn't have nice shampoo for their hair... or a shower.

I don't know why, but shampoo always makes me cheery.

Anyway, I think the first part of your post is your natural state. :)

The reason stands unknown to me, still. Oh well, I should better not bother about it and stick to just being happy! :D

[NikolaiI]

It's for days like this that I love living here. I went outside and leaned on my door this morning, and it felt like 100 degrees. It was still cool then but now it's around 70, just perfect! The last two or three days were overcast and raining, and cold, but today there's not a cloud in the sky.

[Helga]

it is snowing on the ice, the ground is layered with thick snow and it's around -7°c, the perfect weather, I have a cold but I will survive! I just 'tea' through the pain

[NikolaiI]

hehe, that's funny Helga - what perfect weather is for you :smile5:

here it was maybe.. 50 or 60 (F) when I got off work at 7.. I love this. It got cold but this is wonderful.. I love mild winters.

Annd... Vashti Bunyan.. I know people have mentioned her but I never listened.. she's so wonderful.

[NikolaiI]

I love Burning Spear.

[tonywalt]

Easy day at work today. Looking out my office window at a crystal blue sea that is calm as a milk pond. There is Christmas music playing from somewhere faintly in the background.

[Buh4Bee]

You need to get a real job.

[TheFifthElement]

We've had snow overnight and today is my last day in work before Christmas. My boss is off, which means I'll have a quiet day. I have wet socks. I think I'll go shopping for boots at lunchtime. It's all good. Cheer on people :D

[Lokasenna]

I'm currently marking my winter crop of undergrad essays, and a large number of them are pleasingly excellent - this is most gratifying!

[qimissung]

My last day before the holiday-now I just need to get up!

[PoeticPassions]

leaving work a bit early today and going on a little trip with a couple of friends... We will be on the road for a while, but it will be a welcome change to get out of town for the weekend. I love adventures.

[Helga]

I am cheery at the moment, I got a new bed last night that is so big (it's not really big, my old bed was small) that I can't even feel it when my dogs jump in and I didn't have to sleep in a fetus position. Also it is the weekend and I have Monday off too and I gave my boy the day off too on Monday and we are gonna do all sorts of Christmassee things paint cookies and decorate the tree and all that stuff cause our Christmas will be on the 22 cause he will then go to his dads house for Christmas and coma back on the 26.