Has anybody had a really great thing happen to them this week!
If so share the experience as there's so much crap about in peoples lives it's always good to hear good news!
If you've got nothing for this week so far, then why not make somebody happy tomorrow by doing something different.
All you have to say is " I made some one smile today" when you post on this thread. everybody up for the challenge?

Besides picking up an electric soldering-iron with the wrong end at work yesterday, it's ben OK, thanks, apart from the blisters.

Best thing to happen was when I finished work tonight. I am on holiday until Monday. My weekend has already started.

Sam I see you have a problem there,had you been using a lefthanded soldering iron it wouldnt have happened.
Ask your boss if he/she can supply one for you.

You will bw amazed by the results.



Hope your hand is ok.

Yes, it's fine, I let go pretty quick and got it under the cold tap. I would have posted this in the unlucky thread, but it was just plain stupid of me.

the best thing that is going to happen to me this week is breaking up from school on friday!! got a whole week off!!!
but thinking about it i have got maths last thing friday.. and cant even enjoy it as i have got to see the head of my year after maths lessons now to check that i have been behaving!! ARGH! (im a good girl honest!)

Inland revenue sent me a cheque for £10. :o

Normally its the other way round with a few noughts added.

Tuesday:

Spent the day at home with my boy , who had a bit of a fever, and we sat and played and watched teletubbies and talked. I Put my son to bed and read him "the mole who knew it was none of his business" (great book) - cooked some haddock, leek and potato fishcakes with chips and salad, and ate that with a bottle of nice Czech lager.

Went out at about 9pm and spent two hours making an unholy racket with some big drums, dropped in to see a friend at about 12:30am returned home at 1:30, sat down at my spotless workstation after looking in on my soundly sleeping girlfriend and commenced work on a fractal art site with everything working just tickety-boo.

It doesn't get much better than this, despite being unemployed and skint.

Well on Monday I had my first driving lesson, apparently the instructor said I was a natural. Yesterday I found out I start my new college course in two weeks. I am well pleased.

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
It doesn't get much better than this, despite being unemployed and skint.
You didn't go to get yourself on the clerical register then Phan?

Originally posted by cazzaworld
Well on Monday I had my first driving lesson, apparently the instructor said I was a natural. Yesterday I found out I start my new college course in two weeks. I am well pleased.
Did he say you're a Natural or that you were still in Neutral?
Big difference you know :P

Good luck with the lessons!

Good luck with the driving, Cazz! What college course you doing?

I recived a phone call from a friend in Canada who i've not heard from for a long time, they will be visiting soon which cheered me up.

Keep em coming everyone, it really brightens the world up a bit!

Well it's our wedding anniversary today. 3 whole years.
We are still on the honeymoon too :)
This weekend we've booked an apartment overlooking the beach. Sunday morning I'll be enjoying my coffee, reading the paper on the balcony and watching the seagulls and the surf.
Hubby will be casting his rod out and catching us lunch.
Rain and high wind is forecasted unfortunately. Pooh!
Back to work on Monday - back to reality.

Originally posted by DaBouncer
You didn't go to get yourself on the clerical register then Phan?
I did as it happens I have had one interview at the DWP which was filled as an internal vacancy at the last minute, and another interview next week at the Job Centre HR dept in Sharrow.

Also got a juicy lead on a multimedia job in Barnsley, but will be via photoshop 'audition' so may take longer to arrange.

But thanks for the original pointer DaB, it has been a cause of much reassurance for us.

:thumbsup:

The pool team I play on won our match 4-3 after begin 3-1 down! Which was nice. :D

Tonight I have the opportunity to win the local pubs backgammon tournament as I'm in the final! Wooo!
Win or lose, it should be a laugh anyway.

Nomme

The bulbs are flowering in the garden, buds are on the trees and the birds are singing. Spring is coming!

I noticed it's staying light for longer. I'm not having to drive to and from work in the dark.

I also was taught the correct way to lift a large dog. I've had Greyhounds all my life and never really known how to pick em up correctly. Now I know, so i'll not hurt em when I need to pick em up.

Which is cool.

My Boro Boys beat Man Utd at Old Trafford

and that of course follows having beaten Arsenal at home and away the previous week for a place in the League Cup final

Imagine, my lads beat the top two teams on their home territory

Bad news for our forum pal Lou though I would say, she is alas a Man U fan

Thanx guys. Haha, he definantely said I was a natural. I will be studying the next level in Counselling.

Originally posted by jackthedog
I noticed it's staying light for longer. I'm not having to drive to and from work in the dark.

I also was taught the correct way to lift a large dog. I've had Greyhounds all my life and never really known how to pick em up correctly. Now I know, so i'll not hurt em when I need to pick em up.

Which is cool.

Originally posted by nomme
Tonight I have the opportunity to win the local pubs backgammon tournament as I'm in the final! Wooo!


Double Woooooo! I won!!!
I am backgammon king!

Nomme

All hail the backgammon master :)

Congrats!

well done Nomme
It will be the worldchampionship next!

So today I'm returning home on a long distance train run , there's this mum and a youngster sat opposite to me on the train, the youngster's fidgeting and stressing out the mum. He's ploughing his way through all the food and drink she brought with her until she eventually runs out. And then boredom sets in!
I heard her mention that she couldn't afford anything extra from the shop.
Kid's and trains weren't meant for each other especially Virgin!
Any way I went to the shop for myself and doubled up on the order, made some pathetic excuse about the eyes being bigger than the belly and palmed the remainder off on them.
The young 'un was happy, the mum was destressed and a bit of happiness and good humour was restored.
You can't buy that!

Originally posted by Sam Miguel
Besides picking up an electric soldering-iron with the wrong end at work yesterday, it's ben OK, thanks, apart from the blisters.


I've had this trouble in the past, but fitting a makeshift wooden handle to the 'stupid' end of the soldering iron usually cures the problem.

Originally posted by bulldog D
So today I'm returning home on a long distance train run , there's this mum and a youngster sat opposite to me on the train, the youngster's fidgeting and stressing out the mum. He's ploughing his way through all the food and drink she brought with her until she eventually runs out. And then boredom sets in!
I heard her mention that she couldn't afford anything extra from the shop.
Kid's and trains weren't meant for each other especially Virgin!
Any way I went to the shop for myself and doubled up on the order, made some pathetic excuse about the eyes being bigger than the belly and palmed the remainder off on them.
The young 'un was happy, the mum was destressed and a bit of happiness and good humour was restored.
You can't buy that!

Nice one!! :thumbsup: (Next time you travel let me know as I might be peckish ;) :D :thumbsup: )

The thing that was CRAP this week was that I am on here at 3am posting messages like a sad weirdo freak.

I think its nice when people make a lot of effort to move out of the way of ambulances which was highlighted to me on several occasions this week. Everyone moves, even the boy racers with blue neon lights a-shining on their 20 year old vauxhall Novas and baseball caps atop their angry, stupid,alcohol doused brains. Human kind arent so bad really.

Best thing happened to me this week was 4.00pm Friday afternoon. I clocked out and came home. Phew.
Yesterday lunchtime I thought it was Friday and I was ****** when I realized it was only Thursday. It's been a long week. A new manager to break in at work, the hotel manager breathing down everyone's necks and a guest being rude to me as I walked in the door - with my bag still on my shoulder. I stayed in my office with my door closed.
I made cherry chocolate bread though to cheer me up. Ohhhh that was gooood. It was so good it was disgustingly good.

It's Friday so it must be good samaritan day again,
I arrived nice and early back on the train, the sun was shining , there was snow on the ground and I needed some exercise. So I decided to walk home! midland station to S12.
My route took me through Norfolk Park (Where are the gates on the Granville Road entrance?) There were the usual parents walking dogs and kids sledging and making the most of the weather . As I approached the top of the park, I was approached by a few teenagers fresh out of an early closing school panicking about a lost mobile phone. It transpired that in the middle of the snowball fights and pushing each other over, one of the girls had lost her mobile.
Would I mind if I rang her number while they listened for it?
sounded like a good Idea to me! and ten minutes later far from where they thought they'd lost it , we found it.
resulting in one very relieved and grateful lass and companions. The moral of the story is , if your going to prat around in the Snow , put your valuables in zipped pockets!