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It doesn't take much to make me happy. What about you?

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glitabo Thu 06-Sept-12 11:03:02

2 days ago my brown bin was delivered so now I can put all garden waste in that instead of bagging it up and taking it to the tip. Yesterday I had a great time doing -all- some of the jobs in the garden that I have been putting off. I was on a dead heading frenzy and a large unruly buddlia had a very severe hair cut.
The brown bin is nearly full but I have left enough room for the grass cuttings when DGS cuts the grass for me at the weekend.
I feel very good about this. It has just made one part of my life easier and made tidying the garden a more enjoyable experience.
sunshine

Littlenellie Tue 11-Sept-12 15:44:45

How gorgeous is wee ma. soop really could eat him up sunshine

soop Tue 11-Sept-12 15:33:49

Thank you for looking. Although he "poses" for the camera, he manages to pull it off. Lurve the brighly coloured outfit. grin

Ella46 Tue 11-Sept-12 15:12:00

soopdoes the wee man know that he's got this huge fan club? wink

Bags Tue 11-Sept-12 15:08:29

He's bonny enough to make us all smile, soop smile

soop Tue 11-Sept-12 14:46:30

Back home again to find a lovely new photo of wee man in a new outfit. Have uploaded it. Made me smile smile smile

soop Tue 11-Sept-12 09:51:24

Awoke to the news that Andy has won the US open ...the first Brit since Fred Perry who won it 70 years ago. Amazing! Now I'm off to work. Take good care of yourselves. smile

AlisonMA Mon 10-Sept-12 13:07:14

All looking good soop Please let us know how it goes

soop Mon 10-Sept-12 13:05:59

Alison...it's a test to establish how porous, or not, the site is. Because there is no mains sewage system, drainage from a septic tank, or whatever, has to be man enough for the job...so to speak. We're hiring a local man with a wee digger. Results then go to a surveyor. We'll be taking Mr soop's initial drawings in to the planners on Friday. We've dealt with them before, and they are a decent bunch of fellas. In fact, at one point, when we had nowhere to live, the chief planner suggested that we might like to camp in his office. grin

AlisonMA Mon 10-Sept-12 12:20:00

So pleased to hear that Ella

Soop What is 'percolation' in this sense please?

Nanadogsbody Mon 10-Sept-12 12:10:33

ella sunshine

Littlenellie Mon 10-Sept-12 08:14:36

happier days ella wine

whenim64 Sun 09-Sept-12 22:39:22

Pleased to hear it Ella flowers

Ella46 Sun 09-Sept-12 18:59:54

Thank you all, flowers

Bags Sun 09-Sept-12 18:55:42

ella! Yay! So pleased to hear that. sunshine

Greatnan Sun 09-Sept-12 18:14:18

Ella - I am so glad for you.

soop Sun 09-Sept-12 12:59:02

Ella That's wonderful. smile flowers

Anagram Sat 08-Sept-12 19:59:38

Ella flowers

Nonu Sat 08-Sept-12 19:34:06

Ella 46 that is wonderful , the last thing we want to do is fall out with our Family .

Ella46 Sat 08-Sept-12 19:29:31

My dd has made me happy today by refriending me on facebook.
Things have been quite fraught over the last few months,and she removed all the family and mutual friends from her fb, and I felt she was shutting me out of her life.
This week I told her how I felt and she has made a real effort to reassure me that it's not so.
smile smile

baNANA Sat 08-Sept-12 19:20:53

Anagram it's a coffee, like a cappuccino but without the froth.

Anagram Sat 08-Sept-12 19:16:36

What's a great flat white? confused

baNANA Sat 08-Sept-12 18:52:49

Clear blue skies and sunshine, getting two loads of washing outside and getting it dry the same day makes me very happy. Apart from that starting the day with a great flat white and ending it with a good book = bliss!

Nonu Sat 08-Sept-12 18:34:06

Oldjohn , you are a card, csl

Oldjohn Sat 08-Sept-12 18:31:32

Having smoked 80 cigarettes a day for fifty years I have decided on my doctors advice to reduce my daily intake to 79 to avoid the risk of becoming an addict.

soop Sat 08-Sept-12 15:50:52

Ella and Ana...Yep, you're so right. flowers I shall keep you updated. We're both full of beans at the prospect of another exciting chapter in our lives.