# Feel-Good Friday: Something Small You Are Thankful For **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 22, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994 "2010-01-22T15:38:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/21 "2010-01-22T19:02:43Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I’m thankful that when I let my business partner take my car to a meeting yesterday and he got rear-ended, no one was hurt, everyone was cordial and my car is perfectly drivable and just a tad bit scratched. The person who hit him has a messed up car, but hers was drivable too. Two Fords went head-to-head (er, rear) and everyone came out OK 🙂 Phew! That’s good news! 🙂 > [@Munch](#): > > I spent last night crawling under bridges and searching through abandoned buildings looking for homeless people (for our annual homeless count), so I’m pretty thankful for being able to pay rent and utilities. Me too! Of course, that’s no small thing! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gang\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@gang\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gang_green)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/22 "2010-01-22T19:03:27Z")
I bought a shirt that I liked, and for once, other people noticed it and liked it too. Wow, that’s pretty sad… ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/23 "2010-01-22T19:05:50Z")
The furnace repair guy was able to find the control board he needed to fix the furnace, and is currently downstairs doing so (it’s 48 degrees in the house right now). I was able to get warm at my massage therapy appointment today, and she used the heated table and let me stay on it for 10-15 minutes after my massage was done, just to be warm 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/24 "2010-01-22T19:14:45Z")
> [@gang\_green](#): > > I bought a shirt that I liked, and for once, other people noticed it and liked it too. > > Wow, that’s pretty sad… That’s not sad at all. That’s the exact thing I was talking about! Now when you look at that shirt, you’ll smile because you’ve received affirmation that you made a great choice!! > [@Kolga](#): > > The furnace repair guy was able to find the control board he needed to fix the furnace, and is currently downstairs doing so (it’s 48 degrees in the house right now). > > I was able to get warm at my massage therapy appointment today, and she used the heated table and let me stay on it for 10-15 minutes after my massage was done, just to be warm 🙂 A massage, a nice gesture, and a fixed furnace. Hurray!! ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/25 "2010-01-22T19:19:34Z")
It’s cold and rainy outside, and I’m warm and dry inside. That is doubly good because where I live (Tucson) we’ve had a long drought and so we need the rain badly. And it’s also good because there is nothing that makes you appreciate a non-leaking roof than lots of rain. I feel very cozy at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/26 "2010-01-22T19:21:45Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > Then, when I was about 11-12, this girl started telling people she hated me because I was such a snob and goody-goody and thought I was better than everyone else. I went through the same thing. But only one person told me she thought I was stuck up, everyone else just ignored me. Huh? Stuck up? Moi? My self-esteem took quite a battering. 35 years later, I’m still wrestling with that. These days I always try to be the most social guy in the room. It takes some doing, but it feels so good! ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/27 "2010-01-22T19:49:35Z")
I just got out my half-dozen gorgeous knee-length tweed skirts, which I’ve been storing for about three years now, assuming that they wouldn’t fit since I had gained some weight. I was going to try them on, discover they wouldn’t zip, and purge them prior to the move. They all fit perfectly. Did I say they’re gorgeous wool tweed skirts? It’s gonna be all tweed, all the time this spring, baby. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/28 "2010-01-22T19:56:00Z")
My awesome wife has been feeling under the weather all week- sinuses, sore throat, tired- and she’s starting to feel better today. I get to pamper her a bit this weekend. She’s the best. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/29 "2010-01-22T20:05:28Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > It’s cold and rainy outside, and I’m warm and dry inside. > > That is doubly good because where I live (Tucson) we’ve had a long drought and so we need the rain badly. And it’s also good because there is nothing that makes you appreciate a non-leaking roof than lots of rain. I feel very cozy at the moment. I love rain on the roof! With a good comfort food like stroganoff, snuggled under a blanket on the couch. Yay! > [@Sattua](#): > > I just got out my half-dozen gorgeous knee-length tweed skirts, which I’ve been storing for about three years now, assuming that they wouldn’t fit since I had gained some weight. I was going to try them on, discover they wouldn’t zip, and purge them prior to the move. > > They all fit perfectly. Did I say they’re gorgeous wool tweed skirts? It’s gonna be all tweed, all the time this spring, baby. _does snoopy dance of joy_ that really is awesome. i love unearthing stored clothes and finding out they are better than i remembered, too. > [@corkboard](#): > > My awesome wife has been feeling under the weather all week- sinuses, sore throat, tired- and she’s starting to feel better today. I get to pamper her a bit this weekend. > > She’s the best. Sounds like you are too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/30 "2010-01-22T20:09:34Z")
**MH** you come across as a very cheery and pleasant person! thanks for starting a pleasant thread, being nice to everyone that posts in it - and being nice in the thread I started myself. You’re a wonderful lady and I just wanted to let you know. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/31 "2010-01-22T20:13:50Z")
> [@otternell](#): > > **MH** you come across as a very cheery and pleasant person! thanks for starting a pleasant thread, being nice to everyone that posts in it - and being nice in the thread I started myself. > > You’re a wonderful lady and I just wanted to let you know. I’m changing the things I am grateful for to include this statement. You gave me a reason to tear up at work! (Don’t mention that in the thread that forbids us girls to do that.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/32 "2010-01-22T20:14:41Z")
Unemployed with few prospects at present. Which leaves me time for walking, (2 dogs, 1 only visiting), making grapefruit cupcakes, mmm, and having people in for dinner, often. Oh, and home renovation too. Today, priming the kitchen ceiling! ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/33 "2010-01-22T20:23:30Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > I’m changing the things I am grateful for to include this statement. You gave me a reason to **tear up at work**! (Don’t mention that in the thread that forbids us girls to do that.) > > 😃 I’m having a bit of a problem with that as well today! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/34 "2010-01-22T20:24:21Z")
> [@otternell](#): > > **MH** you come across as a very cheery and pleasant person! I was just about to post that. I loves me some good optimism. Before I even read this thread, I got an e-mail from a friend, and she was all kinds of negative. I realize that lately I have been, too. So I responded to her and declared today to be Optimism Day. Then I saw this thread. Clearly that’s a sign. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/35 "2010-01-22T20:43:56Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Unemployed with few prospects at present. > > Which leaves me time for walking, (2 dogs, 1 only visiting), making grapefruit cupcakes, mmm, and having people in for dinner, often. Oh, and home renovation too. Today, priming the kitchen ceiling! I confess, grapefruit cupcakes intrigue me . . . they sound fabulous! > [@tdn](#): > > I was just about to post that. I loves me some good optimism. > > Before I even read this thread, I got an e-mail from a friend, and she was all kinds of negative. I realize that lately I have been, too. So I responded to her and declared today to be Optimism Day. Then I saw this thread. Clearly that’s a sign. Thank you for the compliment! Personally, I think we eventually come to a point where something really bad happens and we _survive_ and then we say, well, if I can survive _that_ - the rest is doable . . .no point in being miserable in the process. Signs are good. I like signs. Like signs for corn! (winks at otternell) ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/36 "2010-01-22T21:22:10Z")
mmmm porn! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/37 "2010-01-22T21:25:25Z")
Hot buttered porn! Creamed porn! Porn chowder! ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/38 "2010-01-22T21:28:29Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Hot buttered porn! > > Creamed porn! > > Porn chowder! I was with ya until the porn chowder. That could be something worth seeing the doctor about. I don’t have it - so I’m grateful! see what I did there? I took our little hijack and turned it around to the OP. Cause I’m goooood. lol. ---
**Author:** ![1GothMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/90ced4/32.png) [@1GothMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1GothMama)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/39 "2010-01-22T21:35:51Z")
-This week we found a house we love and hope to put an offer on it as soon as some mortgage paperwork is done. -The kitty we thought might have hyperthyroidism had 100% perfect blood work. Her symptoms were likely just a reaction to some milk she drank earlier in the week. -Earlier this week when I was upset about the kitty and stressed about house hunting I started crying on the couch. My daughter climbed in my lap and gave me hugs and kisses, then started stealing my glasses and putting them on herself to make me laugh. **MH** thanks for reminding me that even bad weeks have bright spots! ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994/40 "2010-01-22T21:39:47Z")
> [@1GothMama](#): > > -This week we found a house we love and hope to put an offer on it as soon as some mortgage paperwork is done. > > -The kitty we thought might have hyperthyroidism had 100% perfect blood work. Her symptoms were likely just a reaction to some milk she drank earlier in the week. > > -Earlier this week when I was upset about the kitty and stressed about house hunting I started crying on the couch. My daughter climbed in my lap and gave me hugs and kisses, then started stealing my glasses and putting them on herself to make me laugh. > > **MH** thanks for reminding me that even bad weeks have bright spots! House hunting is tough!! But I’ll be crossing my fingers that you get the house - keep us posted! Yay for healthy kitty and for a cute daughter - you obviously raised her right 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-something-small-you-are-thankful-for/525994.md?page=3)