<p>Happy Thing: Daylight Savings Time is fast approaching. </p>
<p>Now, if the storm we had in my area yesterday is the last big snow storm of this season–that would be a Happy Thing too.</p>
<p>Happy surprise - Got yearly letter from mortgage company yesterday. The escrow portion of my mortgage has an overage and is going down $23 next year. $150 check attached for overage! Only the second time in 15 years we have had an overage. Better yet, it’s not due to a decreased house value.</p>
<p>allh “The perfect future daughter-in-law found one of my sons.” Does she have a sister?</p>
<p>Happy thing: My d is coming home for at least part of her spring break.</p>
<p>Happy thing: My other d has found a sport that she loves (at 25, never been athletic before)</p>
<p>Happy thing: My parents are still in great health, happy and solvent. At my age, this is a major blessing.</p>
<p>Happy thing: The Carolina jasimine is blooming and the driveway smells like heaven.</p>
<p>Alh, the line about future daughter-in-law is so wonderful! Sounds like she found the perfect mother-in-law!</p>
<p>Happy Thing: I have two wonderful daughters and a super husband
Happy Thing: My daughter is considerate enough to throw a surprise party for a kid in the neighborhood just because no one else thought of it and his family doesnt have the money
Happy Thing: I am planning a summer vacation
Happy Thing: Someone got tired of all the bad news and focused on the positive</p>
<p>Happy Thing Redux:</p>
<p>The future perfect daughter-in-law. The feeling of blissful exhilaration when our children find their soul mates absolutely floored me. It was so unanticipated. When this son shared with me some years back his check list for a future partner, my immediate reaction was, “*****!! She doesn’t exist!” I assumed he would become a little more realistic with time, if he was truly serious about having a life partner. However, The Perfect Woman does exist! But sorry, no sisters.</p>
<p>^^^I’m sorry – it’s not nice to brag about the future kids-in-law. This is all still very new to me. I’ll get better.</p>
<p>oh emerldkty—thats great that you can give your child that freedom and support…and thanks for the reminder to find the golden moments</p>
<p>my happy awareness—my daughter told me while eating yummy frozen yogurt that she was glad she has me. my son called to ask my opinion about his spring classes, and my youngest actually told me all about his day while snuggling with me and our golden on the couch~ </p>
<p>love those moments where what we do day in and day out shows its value…</p>
<p>Happy Thing: The wisteria is blooming and smells incredible.</p>
<p>Happy Thing: DD has 11 offers of acceptance and 1 still to hear from.</p>
<p>I started this cause I learned that ( IMO) you are what you spend your time doing and thinking about.</p>
<p>No matter how good your intentions, if you spend your time doing something that makes you miserable, it is going to show. ( conversely, you * could* find something positive about it & work on that. )</p>
<p>When I first started going back to school, a long time ago, I was really depressed, my husband was abusive and I felt like I deserved it. I started out by taking a psychology course at night and my instructor had me make a list of positive affirmations, adding to them every week. On the way home, instead of listening to the news ( which was stressful) or talk radio ( which was also stressful because it was usually about expressing anger), I began by either reciting affirmations to myself, or listening to Garrison Keillor. ;)</p>
<p>It sounds so simple, it’s hard to think it really makes a difference but it does.</p>
<p>happy thing
that I have lived long enough to realize I can make a difference.
:)</p>
<p>Emeraldkity4 – Could you toss that list of affirmations over to the kid in the “Physically Abusive Parents” thread. He/she could use them.</p>
<p>Happy Thing: That people care for a child half a world away. </p>
<p>Happy Thing: My d comes home in 7 days! Hugging my hubby is great but there’s nothing better than hugging my daughter!</p>
<p>Happy Thing: Today is our 20th wedding aniversary. We enjoy each other and love each other. Our child is the blessing of our lives. I’m glad to be up this late, by myself. It’s giving me time to really reflect, to feel overwhelmed by good fortune and so very thankful.</p>
<p>^^^Happy Aniv. PMK</p>
<p>Happy Thing: My family is all healthy today
Happy Thing: It’s supposed to be 70 degrees here Saturday…yah for Spring
Happy Thing: S1 will graduate in May with no debt and a job he is excited about
Happy Thing: S2 seemed destined to be a college drop-out after first semester but he is doing much better this semester.</p>
<p>Happy thing: I love how our 21-year old lives completely in the moment; he has no idea what is happening anywhere except where he is and what he is doing at that instant. </p>
<p>He is on spring break and called from NYC to tell me about the snow. He expressed total surprise that we actually got snow here too (10 inches in fact).</p>
<p>pugmadkate,
Happy anniversary!</p>
<p>Happy Thing: My oldest turned 21 yesterday. We will get to see him on Friday for a few hours, we are a stopping point for his spring break trip. I’m so happy that he’s going on a trip with good friends, it’s been a stressful semester.
Happy Thing: Oldest said that his stressful class is going better than expected. No one understands the material, he might understand it a little more than the others in the class!
Happy Thing: My youngest is so happy at her school. For a kid that did not fit in in HS and it was not a happy time, to see her so happy is wonderful.
Happy Thing: My youngest who is on spring break this week in DC was finally able to get out of the house and go somewhere. She’s seen enough snow in her life to not be thrilled by snow on her spring break.
Happy Thing: An attached garage in my new house.
Happy Thing: A healthy husband who loves his new job.</p>
<p>I just misread the post above and I thought it said,“A WEALTHY husband who loves his job.” which made me laugh, which is a happy thing.</p>
<p>Happy Thing: I’ve decided to make the leap and get a shelter dog some time soon, because I’m a lot less moody when I have a pet
Happy Thing: I found the cord to my camera so I could put pictures on my facebook.
Happy Thing: I have all three seasons of Arrested Development on DVD now.</p>
<p>Helenback, LOL I wish with 2 in college!</p>
<p>The redbuds are starting to come out. The tulips and daffodils are gorgeous. I love my wife. My S is doing well in college.</p>
<p>Happy Things!</p>
<p>Happything:</p>
<p>mathson will be home for spring break on Friday.</p>