Three Good Things

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I’m seeing a lot of major bummers on the Board, lots of people I’m thinking of and things I’m thinking about. Plus, off-Board I’ve had a pisser of a week for reasons too tiresome to go into. So in search of a pick-us-up in a sea of drag-us-downs, I propose another round of Three Good Things. I’ll start:

  1. The sun is shining and it is a bee-utiful day outside my office window, which is a minor miracle here in Seattle in early December.

  2. My college alma mater football team is playing in the quarter finals game tomorrow, continuing an awesome season, and so I’m spending the evening sitting in a sports bar with friends drinking beer and yelling at the TV, which frankly is pretty much the epitome of a good time in my world. Go Griz!

  3. My brother and his kids are going to be able to make it out for Christmas, so for the first time in over five years my entire immediate family (including spouses and kids) will be together for the holidays.

Let’s see your Three Good Things for today. :slight_smile:

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  1. I just got free cake and ice cream! (Every month my office buys a big cake for all the birthday people)

  2. This will be the first Christmas in 5 years that I haven’t had to work, so I will actually get to be with my family!

  3. My dogs are cute and slobbery. I love them!

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  1. Hubby’s coming home tonight for the weekend.

  2. Daughter’s going to a sleepover tonight.

  3. ummmmmm, it’s payday!

:smiley:

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Hot coffee

It’s Friday

Warm bed soon

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  1. I made some kid happy by paying him 20 bucks to shovel my walk even though the sun will likely melt it. (Hey, it made me feel good.)

  2. Yesterday and today I will be getting off work many hours early because of the snow. :slight_smile:

  3. I saw some of my family for the first time in about 2.5 years over Thanksgiving.

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  1. I’m going home early today and spend some extra time with my 5-month-old daughter! She’s such a sweet baby girl!
  2. It’s snowing! I love snow!
  3. I get to drive my Jeep in 4X in the snow! Whee!
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  1. Everyone in my family is finally over their colds and we’re all well at the same time.

  2. I’ve got two weeks of uninterrupted vacation coming up and almost all my work to be done beforehand is complete.

  3. The refrigerator is full of smoked turkey.

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  1. I have my first craft show this weekend! I’m nervous and excited and very busy.

  2. When I give the Beansprout a new toy, he will stop whatever he’s doing, and look at it VERY seriously. He will then start to examine it with great intensity. It’s cool. (He’s almost 7 mos, now, BTW)

  3. I learned a new joke the other day, and I’ve been laughing at it ever since. (I already posted it in another thread, but what the hey!)
    A pirate walked into a bar with a steering wheel stuffed in his pants.
    The bartender said, “Hey, what’s that steering wheel doing in your pants?”
    The pirate said, “ARRR! It’s drivin’ me nuts!”

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  1. I’m 3 hours from finishing my first week at my new job!!! (The happy part is that I have a job. For clarification.)

  2. I have a fluffy puppy and a warm hubby waiting for me at home, bear hugs and sloppy kisses at the ready!

  3. I get to go to ballet class tonight.

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  1. Last night I saw Bono, and the lovely Ashley Judd.

  2. I’m kicking ass in school this semester.

  3. I have a very good job prospect. The interview should be in January.

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  1. I get to go home in less than an hour to sex my man up.

  2. I get to eat at Buca di Beppo tomorrow night.

  3. I have traded my acoustic guitar for an electric, the neighbor is brining it over on Sunday and I’m gonna JAM! (As if playing Michael Rows the Boat Ashore could ever be called jamming.)

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  1. I just bought a new guitar.

  2. I just bought four VHS tapes that teach guitar playing.

  3. I’m going to learn how to play the guitar.

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  1. Girl’s night out tomorrow night - We’re going to see Joe Satriani.

  2. My husband received two weeks vacation pay in his check today.

  3. I’m going to do some Christmas shopping.

WooHOO!

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  1. Dancing the night away to techno trance!

  2. I get to sleep in tomorrow!

  3. the excitement of what might happen next in my life!

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monster, we should try to play Michael Rows the Boat Ashore at the same time… Noon on Sunday. I’m in the Central Time Zone too. Maybe we could create a disturbance in the space-time continuum between Chicago and Minneapolis.

Acoustic or electric?

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  1. My husband came home last night and let me know he’s been offered a promotion.

  2. My son (4) just started to write his name.

  3. I have a coupon in my purse for free Godiva.

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  1. Work has been slow: no one is breathing down my neck.

  2. Girlfriend called, she’s cooking salmon for dinner. And baking cream cakes.

  3. Half a dozen juicy books are wending their way to me from Amazon.

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  1. I’m good at my job, and the kids I teach (and their parents)appreciate what I do.

  2. There’s someone at “home” who loves me.

  3. I have two wonderful dogs who do their best to keep me cheered up and sane when I’m feeling homesick…

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  1. I got a sexy new haircut today. :wink:

  2. Dinner tonight is Bowtie Pasta w/ Sun dried Tomatoes, Oregano, Olive Oil & Parmesan Cheese instead of “I’m to lazy to cook, I’ll eat cereal”. Yum. (And a nice glass of wine)

  3. My Christmas shopping is done!

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PS - Nice thread, Jodi. The SDMB has been so sad lately.

And that should read too lazy. Argh!