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Title: What brightens your day?
Post by: jkhanson on April 07, 2020, 09:55:00 am
Today I am off work! (still working 48 hours/week....healthcare)

The weather is glorious!  High will be 70!!!!!  I love Spring time!

I heard a cardinal outside my door and I "talked" back to it. 

I am making face masks for my family today....YEAH!  I still have fabric scraps from projects over the last 30 years!

I am LOVED!
Title: Re: What brightens your day?
Post by: plennis on April 07, 2020, 03:11:01 pm
I have 6 grandkids (7 in a few more days) that make me laugh and entertain me so much.  I miss them while the stay at home thing is happening.  They have little colds and my husband just got out of the hospital for an asthma thing.  So they can't come around.  Pretty soon though they will be back.  I have been talking to them on the phone and facetime.  They crack us all up with their stories and antics.
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Post by: dsosnowski06 on April 07, 2020, 04:35:42 pm
Just hearing from daughter each day and that is doing ok.  She is working in hospital as a dietitian but luckily they have enforced that they can only talk to the patients over the phone or to the nurses for tube feeding instructions
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Post by: gtdoss on April 07, 2020, 04:54:19 pm
Good for you on both the glorious weather and the face masks! I have no ability to sew, so I got on Etsy and ordered some face masks. Hopefully they'll get here before I have to go to the grocery store again. What gets me is that a month ago, the CDC was saying that face masks wouldn't help anybody if they used them. Now they're warning people not to go out into even to the grocery store without one! Oh, well, hindsight is 20/20.  :peace: :heart:
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Post by: judylucas on April 07, 2020, 05:09:33 pm
My day is brightened by beautiful sunshine and my family of course
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Post by: tjshorty on April 07, 2020, 05:25:28 pm
It was a beautiful 85 degrees here.  Getting ready for some more gardening. 
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Post by: PGS28 on April 08, 2020, 04:36:24 am
I hope you have a wonderful day off  :heart: :peace: :heart:
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Post by: PGS28 on April 08, 2020, 04:37:06 am
Planning (I'm a big time geek, I know lol), Netflixing, cooking, getting in a good work out that I didn't feel like doing, but most of all my kids.
Title: Re: What brightens your day?
Post by: PGS28 on April 08, 2020, 04:37:46 am
Congrats on the grandkids :)

I have 6 grandkids (7 in a few more days) that make me laugh and entertain me so much.  I miss them while the stay at home thing is happening.  They have little colds and my husband just got out of the hospital for an asthma thing.  So they can't come around.  Pretty soon though they will be back.  I have been talking to them on the phone and facetime.  They crack us all up with their stories and antics.
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Post by: lywb2168 on April 08, 2020, 04:47:16 am
My day is bright by waking up and knowing that my family is all healthy,but what makes my day easier and brighter than anything are my Grand Children, 1 of them lives here with us and she is the sunshine that warms up the day.  My other grandson comes to visit 3 times a day, they live up the road, and we make sure that the kids play with each other, since they cannot go to preschool right now.
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Post by: gaylasue on April 08, 2020, 05:00:28 am
Seeing my precious grandson each morning during our FaceTime.  He makes the world turn for me.  :heart:
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Post by: stevensm4 on April 08, 2020, 06:48:19 am
As depressing at it will sound, nothing brightens my day. I would say being alone does but being a house full of people is not conducive to that end.
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Post by: nmbrown863 on April 08, 2020, 08:23:01 am
My son. He is always so happy. He will be 17 months in a few days!
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Post by: catchow on April 08, 2020, 01:50:06 pm
When a friend sends me a text to say hi, or calls, usually Im the one calling
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Post by: jkhanson on April 08, 2020, 04:37:20 pm
I am also thankful for SnapChat.  Our daughter sends snaps nearly every day of our 2 year old granddaughter.  It makes being apart tolerable!
Title: Re: What brightens your day?
Post by: lightningclix on April 08, 2020, 06:40:30 pm
I'm not on snapchat. Well, I am...I just don't use it. lol  I prefer Facebook. My oldest daughter that has my 2 grandson's and I video each other so the kids don't forget about us. It breaks my heart when they say "I wanna go to your house Grandma".   :crybaby2: :crybaby2:  I just try to take his mind off it by doing something silly. :D
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Post by: darkxtsuna on April 09, 2020, 04:25:08 am
For me it was finally being able to sleep 8+ hours without disturbance of any kind.
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Post by: beatsdrop on May 01, 2020, 07:57:45 am
Hearing from my fiancé. I miss him.
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Post by: Donnamarg323 on May 01, 2020, 08:06:32 am
How we just exposed CG & Jedi.
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Post by: pkrahmer on May 01, 2020, 08:41:26 am
these days the 2 things that tend to brighten my day. One when the sun is out( unfortunately not today) and second talking to friends and family on the phone. :rainbow: :peace: :wave:
Title: Re: What brightens your day?
Post by: vg7405 on May 01, 2020, 10:27:23 am
The weather is absolutely wonderful today (and the rest of the week); I am returning to work next week (ugh but yes at the same time); and I started the month with my total debt being reduced by close to $900.
Title: Re: What brightens your day?
Post by: oldbuddy on May 01, 2020, 10:31:30 am
Since I am still walking daily to recover from my by-pass surgery (and will be for months to come and beyond) all it takes to brighten my day is to look outside and see the sun in all it's glory and dry sidewalks with no rain clouds in sight.
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Post by: sipingyu on May 01, 2020, 11:38:42 am
Beautiful, sunny weather for sure.
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Post by: DEBMZ6 on May 01, 2020, 12:23:47 pm
Taking long walks in the sunny weather and being able to spend time with my family! :)
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Post by: minioncookies on May 02, 2020, 09:57:37 am
My two furbaby doggies rocky and adriane brighten my day every day. Pretty much the only thing these days that do it
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Post by: BUBBLEGUMBEN10 on May 02, 2020, 04:47:27 pm
My pet lionhead bunny,Ted.
He makes my happy and laughing at how silly he is .
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Post by: dancer139 on May 03, 2020, 07:20:26 am
When I get up and the sun is shinning !!   I really hate gloomy days. 
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Post by: Mizzkizz7 on May 03, 2020, 03:13:25 pm
Nature brightens my day, the sound of the birds, crickets, and the beautiful sun, and breeze brightens my day! Especially the wind against my face.
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Post by: beatsdrop on June 01, 2020, 06:17:14 am
Music
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Post by: mrisha on June 06, 2020, 01:53:50 pm
Being alive and grateful to being able to rise to see another great day.
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Post by: janesue on June 06, 2020, 03:30:19 pm
my daughter and my cats.
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Post by: nickylanena on June 06, 2020, 06:08:07 pm
 My friends and family have been good at brightening my day. Also, going outside for walks and trying out my new skates!  ;D
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Post by: braggin on June 07, 2020, 04:45:42 am
Usually going on a two mile walk cheers up my day considerably and gives me energy to do other things. Also talking to the grandkids on Facetime gives a real lift to my day.
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Post by: darkxtsuna on June 07, 2020, 05:12:34 am
Playing video games and getting a good score  :) and of course making my favorite meal for the day and enjoying it while watching my favorite show.
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Post by: PGS28 on June 07, 2020, 05:14:04 am
It's nice to see this thread still going :)  Getting things knocked off my to do list (I'm a geek, I know lol), spending time with my kids, and finding a new tasty yet healthy treat brightens my day.
Title: Re: What brightens your day?
Post by: PGS28 on June 07, 2020, 05:14:47 am
I hope all you guys have a wonderful day admist all the chaos- be the peace you want to see in the world.  I'm not sure who's quote that is but it's befitting for these times.
Title: Re: What brightens your day?
Post by: jkhanson on June 07, 2020, 08:54:40 am
Another day brightener for me is calling my Mom on the GrandPad.

She doesn't have a cell phone, or a computer so she has no internet, no wifi.....just a landline phone.

Since this COVID19 stuff, we found an amazing way to SEE my Mom.  It is from Consumer Cellular and it is called the GRANDPAD.  Basically it is a tablet or an oversize cellphone with large buttons on it.  It does NOT need phone contract or internet service.  We call each other nearly everyday.   All of my siblings have downloaded the GrandPad app to their cellphones so they too can SEE Mom.

It also has the functionality for us to upload PHOTOS for all in the contact list to see.  Mom loves seeing photos that we all share with her and each other.
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Post by: dreamyxo on June 07, 2020, 09:26:19 am
Warm sunny weather.
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Post by: darkxtsuna on June 09, 2020, 01:38:10 am
Today I just ended up waking up myself no alarms and everything and I felt awesome cooked my favorite meal and just watched my shows.
Title: Re: What brightens your day?
Post by: vg7405 on June 16, 2020, 03:00:56 am
Being able to wake up each morning and have the opportunity to be better than I was the day before is something that makes me happy. :) Second to this is knowing that my family and friends are happy and healthy.
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Post by: suemgross on June 16, 2020, 04:45:42 am
Just visited my daughter to celebrate her birthday!  She's a very successful, motivated, hard working young woman.  And she's a really good person.  I couldn't be prouder.  She makes me happy.  Watching her follow her dreams brings me great joy! :heart: