Reasons to be optimistic

felice I like your style.

felice what a lovely post. It is heartening to hear such a positive attitude especially when you have faced such challenges.

Lona fingers and toes crossed!

Felice and thumbs up!

Lona

Thank you felice, I'm very happy

Lona I am so glad for you, I havn't seem to have managed the emoticons on this so, xx

felice

My dd and ds actually had a cuppa and a chat together, with their children!!

I thought it was never going to happen again.

Bit long so bear with me,,,, I am an optimist,,, 8 years ago had a heart valve replacement, urgent, following year a bad accident smashed right shoulder and upper arm, following year survived a Pulmonary Embollism, then discovered compressed discs in the spine and knees knackered. Then,,, DD who had always been in same-sex relationships, no probs as long as she was happy, met a lovely MAN had DGs and got married, then I had a knee replacement, didn't take so need another one and other knee getting worse.
But, yes I know I'm a pedant too, I feel happy, friends think I am wierd at times and anyone who has read other posts by me will realise that life has not been a bed of roses, one with thorns perhaps.
I get a big huggy from DGS every day, DD loves me, I have wonderful friends, cooking dinner for one as we speak,,, have a lovely SO, red roses last week, and just feel blessed.
I love small things, small pleasures, take every day as it comes, and love all of you on here, hope to meet some of you at some time. God bless have a lovely evening x

Taking her home soon, should have taken her out but she seems to be happy playing, and anyway she has a streaming nose ...

Oh bless margaret. I shall be seeing my grandson this afternoon (he will be two on Saturday). Looking forward to some sticky kisses too ..... and probably another cold

I am not allowed to sing or say anything at the moment. Orders of a 2 year old.

They are all lovely !

I just got a very sticky kiss (DD2 having a snack of banana and satsuma jumps down and hugs me)

Sherish - I hope so. She is a lovely child (yes I know I would say that, but she is)

That is so nice of her. You obviously mean a lot to her.

They lift your spirits, don't they NanKate?

How lovely KatyK treasure those words.

When I went to see my 3 year old grandson recently he said to me 'lets have a cuddle Nan' . I keep replaying that moment in my mind.

A reason to be cheerful for me (having not had many reasons to be cheerful lately) - yesterday my DGD who is almost 14 (and according to her mum 'getting very stroppy') said to me today whilst we were having a little chat 'nan, you are the nicest person I know'. Shhh don't tell her mum

How lovely! better get knitting the time flies and I never did get everything done that I intended to do - the shawl took forever.

My first Grandchild is due in early Autumn

not that I'm wishing summer gone ...

Yes my red one has no buds

Daffodils are "well-up" and waiting for more days like today. It's perfect. Have taken a few photos. Shall see if any are good enough to upload.

The buds on mine are fat and promising, Galen, though another one is utterly pathetic.

Nankate