What made me happy today?

[edamame]

I saw some extended family today. One of my relatives is expecting which made me so happy for her. I also changed my kitchen lightbulb yesterday. I ended up not needing a ladder due to some ingenuity and even though the accomplishment was small, it made me happy.

 

[Rath Darkblade]

Congratulations to your relative, edamame!

Well done on not needing a ladder. Did you use a chair instead?

 

[edamame]

Congratulations to your relative, edamame!

Well done on not needing a ladder. Did you use a chair instead?

Chair and alternately kitchen counter.

 

[GrahamLewis]

Went for a morning walk in the nature conservancy.. Moderately heavy snow, cloudy, 25 degrees (F), mild wind. Great to be out in it all. Great to have the opportunity and ability. Good too to get home to warm coffee, and to win at Scrabble. Little things worth having.

 

[GrahamLewis]

The advent of the first winter storm always brings with it the same routine. Making sure the snowblower is ready (I got a new toy this year, an EGO battery-powered one, so that disproportionally excites me) and asking, "Where did I put my super-warm gloves and my stocking cap that includes a facemask?" I remember putting them somewhere so I would be able to easily find them, but the place itself escapes my memory. Not in the familiar places. Then I remember, and pull open a drawer from an old cabinet in the garage, and there, presto, is all my cold-weather gear, including things I hadn't yet remembered to look for.

Makes me happy.

The snowblower worked wonderfully, quieter than a vacuum cleaner, and about as powerful as the old gas one, but easier to use. We got about a foot of snow, so I cleared things twice -- with once more planned once the sun comes up; and no fear about waking up any slacker neighbors who choose to sleep in on a Sunday morning. Though I've always enjoyed laying (or lying?) in bed listening to someone else laboring -- unless it's one of those high-powered gas-powered blowers.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Snow here, too. We've had the first and second woodfire of the year, which makes me happy.