# Feel Good Friday: Today I Smiled Because (Your Replies Wanted) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-today-i-smiled-because-your-replies-wanted/585862 "2011-06-17T17:10:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-today-i-smiled-because-your-replies-wanted/585862/61 "2011-06-18T05:25:38Z")
After many challenges, my daughter graduated from high school yesterday, and earned herself a couple of scholarships which will completely pay for tuition, books and fees for two years at community college, and a fair portion of state college tuition after that. ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-today-i-smiled-because-your-replies-wanted/585862/62 "2011-06-18T05:48:14Z")
Leaving the office after a really rough day and a man walked by me holding his small daughter. As they passed I waved at her and she waved right back and said bye bye in a happy little baby voice! The dad was so surprised that he turned back to see who she was talking to and we all three cracked up. It really is the little things I guess 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-today-i-smiled-because-your-replies-wanted/585862/63 "2011-06-18T06:26:36Z")
I rode my scooter beside my scooting bud on the way to work and back home. The sun was shining each way, and I loved looking over at him while we were riding down the road, together.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-today-i-smiled-because-your-replies-wanted/585862/64 "2011-06-18T11:12:55Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > After many challenges, my daughter graduated from high school yesterday, and earned herself a couple of scholarships which will completely pay for tuition, books and fees for two years at community college, and a fair portion of state college tuition after that. That made me smile this morning! Congratulations to her and you. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-today-i-smiled-because-your-replies-wanted/585862/65 "2011-06-18T15:31:14Z")
> [@Teacake](#): > > That made me smile this morning! Congratulations to her and you. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-today-i-smiled-because-your-replies-wanted/585862/66 "2011-06-18T20:46:08Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > lunch, stripper shoes, and money? Where exactly do you work? :dubious: I hear brown chicken, brown cow . . . 😃 I love that joke! > [@melodyharmonius](#): > > You know what had me laughing today? A librarian I know posted this as her facebook status: _regular patron just reported that a woman in the parking lot is rolling a lint roller all over the torso of a shirtless, tattoo-ed man and has been doing so for some time. Ah, the public library…_ This totally sounds like an average weekend day when I was working in the public library. Weirdness makes the job more fun to work. > [@congodwarf](#): > > By the way, did I mention that MY SHOWER IS BEAUTIFUL!!! 😃 > [Before (after I took the plastic down to prepare for the demolition)](http://s862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/spike1380/?action=view¤t=009.jpg) > > [After](http://s862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/spike1380/?action=view¤t=009.jpg#!oZZ3QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs862.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab183%2Fspike1380%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3D012.jpg) As you can see, my floor tiling job isn’t as nice as his and the ugly ass pink tiles and blue wallpaper are still…ugly. But the shower really improves the whole room. > > [After 2](http://s862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/spike1380/?action=view¤t=009.jpg#!oZZ2QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs862.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab183%2Fspike1380%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3D016.jpg) Our formerly fugly tub. It’s pinkish beige, just like the old tiles. Damn bathroom was hideous (and it had carpet). That stupid tub made the whole thing harder. The shower is slightly bigger than 4’x4’ but has a full size tub because of the angle. The addition of the new tiles completely changes the look of the tub and I love it now. The fact that it’s in perfect condition makes me even happier. > > [After 3](http://s862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/spike1380/?action=view¤t=009.jpg#!oZZ1QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs862.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab183%2Fspike1380%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3D019.jpg) Our new vent fan - to bring the shower up to code. Can I mention to you briefly that I love your strangely angled tub? I wonder if one can acquire a tub like that these days… > [@moejoe](#): > > Leaving the office after a really rough day and a man walked by me holding his small daughter. As they passed I waved at her and she waved right back and said bye bye in a happy little baby voice! The dad was so surprised that he turned back to see who she was talking to and we all three cracked up. > > It really is the little things I guess 🙂 Little kids can be really cute; we had a little boy cheerfully say “Hi!” at us the other day when we were in the Goodwill. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-today-i-smiled-because-your-replies-wanted/585862/67 "2011-06-18T21:13:47Z")
My Friday was spent flying cross country from Anaheim back to Myrtle Beach. I got home around 11:44pm, and saw my 5 year old son for the first time since Tuesday. That made me smile. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-today-i-smiled-because-your-replies-wanted/585862/68 "2011-06-18T21:43:57Z")
> [@pakalolo](#): > > I smiled today because I found an amazing place to hike just minutes from my home. > > I saw so many awesome animals, plants, and insects…and took some great pictures. > Great Herons, several flocks of American White Pelicans, giant Bullfrogs, Nutria, Dragonflies. Such a fantastic day! > > Thanks for starting a thread for me to tell y’all about it. That makes me smile, too! Congrats! I’m smiling because my POS 25 year old beat up convertible truck (beloved because it hauls me and my kayak to all the places I enjoy) stalled in the middle of traffic and stranded me. While wearing a sundress and sandals. In 90 degree weather. With a dangerous, fast moving thunderstorm about ½ mile away and bearing down fast. With no money for a tow and no one nearby to call for a ride. I kicked off the sandals, popped the hood, climbed up on the bumper, leaned over the gnarly 302 guts, pried the clips off the air filter housing, squirted started fluid in. 3 times. It roared to life. Made it home safely. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-today-i-smiled-because-your-replies-wanted/585862/69 "2011-06-18T23:31:22Z")
My daughter had her first swimming lesson today. She was grinning and laughing the whole time she was in the water, and it was awesome to watch. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-today-i-smiled-because-your-replies-wanted/585862/70 "2011-06-19T01:12:59Z")
Watching seals playing 70 feet off the shore, with the family, including the above-mentioned high school graduate. ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-today-i-smiled-because-your-replies-wanted/585862/71 "2011-06-19T03:01:20Z")
My daughter got her first stripe at karate class and is SO stinkin’ proud (and should be!) and it looks like nice weather for my son’s backyard birthday party tomorrow, and I have a beer and a cupcake. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-friday-today-i-smiled-because-your-replies-wanted/585862.md?page=3)