Even though it's only been since August, I enjoyed reading back through these and remembering fun times.
The original posts are still on Facebook, of course, and there were some worthwhile comments but I chose not to try to transfer them here.
August 21, 2015
Taking a cue from the Pop Culture Happy Hour, and because my kids think I'm a hater for always grousing about stuff in my social media feeds, I'm going to start a Friday tradition:
What's making me happy this week?
I'm pretty happy that it's not all that hard to fix a decent dinner with veggies and everything. I think we've had everyone at the table for dinner for like four or five days in a row, maybe.
I'm pretty happy that it's not all that hard to fix a decent dinner with veggies and everything. I think we've had everyone at the table for dinner for like four or five days in a row, maybe.
Dana's senior pictures are another bright spot this week. We spent more than technically necessary but got some great images to remember this time.
And, while it does mean some delay and a bit of runaround, I'm happy that it seems like my medical insurance is going to step-up and make the $1200 bill for Thing1's wisdom teeth extraction into a $45 co-pay. Though that's not a done deal yet so fingers crossed.
So, what's making you happy this week?
And, while it does mean some delay and a bit of runaround, I'm happy that it seems like my medical insurance is going to step-up and make the $1200 bill for Thing1's wisdom teeth extraction into a $45 co-pay. Though that's not a done deal yet so fingers crossed.
So, what's making you happy this week?
August 28, 2015
It's already Friday again! Here's what's making me happy this week:
I have the weekend off and I'm spending it up in Blue Ridge with my beautiful and brilliant wife.
What's making you happy this week?
September 18, 2015
Guess I missed my "What's Making Me Happy" last Friday. (In fact, my two posts last Friday were both bitching about something...)
SOOOOO Today you get two things.
I'm happy that I have this weekend off (During football season? OMG!) and I'll get to see both of Emily's soccer games.
AND
I'm having a good time play Destiny on the Xbox. I have a predilection to let games like this take over my life for a while and spend way too much of my time playing do the detriment of other aspects, but meh, it's fun to play and I haven't really played anything else this year.
What's making you happy this week?
September 25, 2015
SOOOOO Today you get two things.
I'm happy that I have this weekend off (During football season? OMG!) and I'll get to see both of Emily's soccer games.
AND
I'm having a good time play Destiny on the Xbox. I have a predilection to let games like this take over my life for a while and spend way too much of my time playing do the detriment of other aspects, but meh, it's fun to play and I haven't really played anything else this year.
What's making you happy this week?
September 25, 2015
Friday again. What's making me happy? Bren and I both took the day off. And we're both off this weekend.
Plus, the Muppets are back on network TV.
October 6, 2015
Well, I forgot again on Friday and last week was mostly a rain-filled fog so I can't think of what might have looked bright and sunny on those dreary days.
What's making me happy?
Well, There were a few moments a month or two ago when I thought I might actually be able to attend the Petit Le Mans race again this year. Work has kept me away for several years now. We still had the camper last time we went (The Patron sponsor's motor home ran their generator all night and kept us awake).
As it turned out, I had to work all weekend but I was happy because I'd totally have gone to Road Atlanta and been miserable all weekend. It was a total mud fest and though the got most of the race in, there wasn't much racing.
Not much in that one, but I was watching the recording of the race yesterday and thinking, "Man, I'm glad we didn't go this year."
Plus, the Muppets are back on network TV.
October 6, 2015
Well, I forgot again on Friday and last week was mostly a rain-filled fog so I can't think of what might have looked bright and sunny on those dreary days.
What's making me happy?
Well, There were a few moments a month or two ago when I thought I might actually be able to attend the Petit Le Mans race again this year. Work has kept me away for several years now. We still had the camper last time we went (The Patron sponsor's motor home ran their generator all night and kept us awake).
As it turned out, I had to work all weekend but I was happy because I'd totally have gone to Road Atlanta and been miserable all weekend. It was a total mud fest and though the got most of the race in, there wasn't much racing.
Not much in that one, but I was watching the recording of the race yesterday and thinking, "Man, I'm glad we didn't go this year."
October 10, 2015
Ok, so I know I'm bad at this but it's been a long week.
What's making me happy this week?
I'm pretty happy that I saw that "The Newsroom" is on Amazon Prime Video. Loving it.
It was also pretty nice that I got to have dinner at the Thai place with Wife 1.0 and Thing2 last night. First dinner with the fam this week.
Like I said, it's been busy.
October 19, 2015
So, in this week's installment of "What's Making Me Happy?" we have:
My Big Green Egg. It has transformed grilling in our house and we've added the smoking element as well. Apple wood and a pork loin in the egg right now. Smells damned good.
What's making me happy this week?
I'm pretty happy that I saw that "The Newsroom" is on Amazon Prime Video. Loving it.
It was also pretty nice that I got to have dinner at the Thai place with Wife 1.0 and Thing2 last night. First dinner with the fam this week.
Like I said, it's been busy.
October 19, 2015
So, in this week's installment of "What's Making Me Happy?" we have:
My Big Green Egg. It has transformed grilling in our house and we've added the smoking element as well. Apple wood and a pork loin in the egg right now. Smells damned good.
Also, my wife makes a kickass French apple pie.
What's making YOU happy?
What's making YOU happy?
October 27, 2015
OK, What's making me happy?
My family, riding in the car and all singing "Walk like an Egyptian" super loud. They're nerds, but they're MY nerds. ;)
Thing2's performance at the choir concert last week. She agreed to be in the class with the special needs kids who want to perform. She and her buddy seemed to be having a great time and I was filled with pride watching her.
What's making you happy?
November 18, 2015
I had some trouble last week coming up with anything but I need to continue with this.
What's making me happy this week?
I had a couple days off this week and got some things done around the house. Some leaves cleared-up, some wood stacked, gas key for the fireplace sorted, lights replaced in the Xterra, etc. Nothing spectacular but it's stuff that needed doing.
I smoked some pork for BBQ sandwiches yesterday. That always smells so good.
And I've been burning through a couple books from Audible. If you like to listen to books, they're the bomb.
November 30, 2015
What's making me happy?
Well, Michigan's football team had a great opportunity to make my list but... sigh. At least the Green guys kicked some booty.
I'm happy for the time we had last week with family. The food was great. And, even though I never won any of the card games, we had fun.
I'm happy GSU's season is over for us. They've won three straight and actually have a shot some bowl game or other so at least one of the "home teams" has a positive atmosphere going into December.
OK, What's making me happy?
My family, riding in the car and all singing "Walk like an Egyptian" super loud. They're nerds, but they're MY nerds. ;)
Thing2's performance at the choir concert last week. She agreed to be in the class with the special needs kids who want to perform. She and her buddy seemed to be having a great time and I was filled with pride watching her.
What's making you happy?
November 18, 2015
I had some trouble last week coming up with anything but I need to continue with this.
What's making me happy this week?
I had a couple days off this week and got some things done around the house. Some leaves cleared-up, some wood stacked, gas key for the fireplace sorted, lights replaced in the Xterra, etc. Nothing spectacular but it's stuff that needed doing.
I smoked some pork for BBQ sandwiches yesterday. That always smells so good.
And I've been burning through a couple books from Audible. If you like to listen to books, they're the bomb.
November 30, 2015
What's making me happy?
Well, Michigan's football team had a great opportunity to make my list but... sigh. At least the Green guys kicked some booty.
I'm happy for the time we had last week with family. The food was great. And, even though I never won any of the card games, we had fun.
I'm happy GSU's season is over for us. They've won three straight and actually have a shot some bowl game or other so at least one of the "home teams" has a positive atmosphere going into December.
And I'm happy we were able to quickly overcome a scary audio system failure yesterday without too much hullabaloo. Sorry for the lack of PA during the pre-game stuff if you were sitting on the south side of the stadium. Once we were aware, we fixed it as fast as we could (which was pretty fast).
What's making you happy?
December 8, 2015
In this week's installment of "What's making me happy?", some minor things and a big deal.
I was happy that the SEC Championship game went very smoothly.
I was glad to see GSU dominated their final game of the season and, at 6-6, earned a minor bowl game appearance.
I was glad NMU took a win and the shootout win from UAH last weekend, even though we couldn't be there to cheer them on.
I was Super-Happy that the Falcons were away last weekend. Needed that day off.
And,
Thing1 got her first college acceptance letter today! Will she wear the green and gold of NMU and cheer the Wildcats? That remains to be seen. We're proud of her either way.
December 15, 2015
This week's edition of "What's making me happy?"
Emily's birthday was nice. Not what some would consider big enough for a young lady's 16th but we're busy, it's the middle of December, she had things to do, and we still had a nice dinner out with friends.
Though I'm not super excited that my car decided not to hold the coolant in anymore, I am happy that I was able to switch my off-day at work and that it was something I could fix. Probably saved myself a few hundred bucks.
The internet in general and YouTube specifically is an enormous help when you need to fix just about anything. If your widget has gone pear-shaped, there's probably a video on how to fix it.
I'm happy the soccer ID camp we went to with Emily on Sunday had great weather and didn't seem to be a waste of money.
And last but by no means least, My parents sent me some Christmas cookies in the mail. How cool is that?
So, what's making you happy?
January 2, 2016
Didn't do a WMMH last week because duh, Christmas.
What's Making Me Happy this week?
I'm happy that football season is ending for me tomorrow. I'm so over it.
This one is kinda sideways but here goes: We've had an unprecedented string of bad luck over the last month or two. It's been frustrating and expensive. Someone could write a whole blues album, seriously.
I'm just happy that this run of luck hasn't hit our health and safety. (knocks wood).
I'm really liking the "Walking the floor" podcast where Chris Shiflett interviews music people. They're mostly old-time country guys with some younger guys who play music kind of like the old school country guys.
What's making you happy this week?
What's making you happy?
December 8, 2015
In this week's installment of "What's making me happy?", some minor things and a big deal.
I was happy that the SEC Championship game went very smoothly.
I was glad to see GSU dominated their final game of the season and, at 6-6, earned a minor bowl game appearance.
I was glad NMU took a win and the shootout win from UAH last weekend, even though we couldn't be there to cheer them on.
I was Super-Happy that the Falcons were away last weekend. Needed that day off.
And,
Thing1 got her first college acceptance letter today! Will she wear the green and gold of NMU and cheer the Wildcats? That remains to be seen. We're proud of her either way.
December 15, 2015
This week's edition of "What's making me happy?"
Emily's birthday was nice. Not what some would consider big enough for a young lady's 16th but we're busy, it's the middle of December, she had things to do, and we still had a nice dinner out with friends.
Though I'm not super excited that my car decided not to hold the coolant in anymore, I am happy that I was able to switch my off-day at work and that it was something I could fix. Probably saved myself a few hundred bucks.
The internet in general and YouTube specifically is an enormous help when you need to fix just about anything. If your widget has gone pear-shaped, there's probably a video on how to fix it.
I'm happy the soccer ID camp we went to with Emily on Sunday had great weather and didn't seem to be a waste of money.
And last but by no means least, My parents sent me some Christmas cookies in the mail. How cool is that?
So, what's making you happy?
January 2, 2016
Didn't do a WMMH last week because duh, Christmas.
What's Making Me Happy this week?
I'm happy that football season is ending for me tomorrow. I'm so over it.
This one is kinda sideways but here goes: We've had an unprecedented string of bad luck over the last month or two. It's been frustrating and expensive. Someone could write a whole blues album, seriously.
I'm just happy that this run of luck hasn't hit our health and safety. (knocks wood).
I'm really liking the "Walking the floor" podcast where Chris Shiflett interviews music people. They're mostly old-time country guys with some younger guys who play music kind of like the old school country guys.
What's making you happy this week?
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