Why are you happy today?

Because those last two posts show that Ricky Gervais was right all along. Oh how I laughed when I read them. My friends thought the posts were so funny too and well-meant which made them even funnier. Makes my day.

thanks Scuzbucket for your concern, I am touched that a newbie would use their first post to take a shot at me. I am deeply touched.

I can think of things to do with you and two spoons, treacle, but not on this thread.

Because work's done for this year, and last day at office consisted of munching on giant supply of sweets sent by an customer, surfing TT, reading today's paper, coffee...

I'm happy because even though I didn't want to go to my strenous Bauch, Bein, and Po class I went and was able to walk out on my own to feet. Then after the class I jogged for 30 minutes on the treadmill. I gave my trainer a nice bottle of American wine for Christmas to thank him for helping me to stay in shape. He also caters to my inability to speak German very well as he speaks English to me in the class so I can correctly do the exercises.

Because I made a really good batch of Fish and Chips.

Because I am having a really great time in Munich so far.

Because this year has been really good to us and last night when checking the Lotto we had the last 4 numbers on the Super 6 game.According to the lottery website we get € 666 just before or just after Christmas.We started this year on a high and are ending it on a high.My daughter picked the ticket which makes me realise ust how lucky i am.Two loving daughters and wife what more could i ask for?

Because today I had half a Schweinshaxn for lunch.

I had a wonderful evening with some great friends at the Christmas market. Really put me in the christmas mood, that we could put all the bullshit going on in our lives behind us to celebrate the season with positive energies and thoughts.

I just finished wrapping my daughter's very first Christmas presents.

I am happy because tomorrow I will be at a friend´s place for Christmas Eve and won´t feel so alone anymore.

I am happy because all of the presents are wrapped and under the tree, I got to hold my little niece earlier on today and she smiled and brabbled and danced, and I am not rushed off my feet due to good preparation and shopping when the shops weren't full to bursting. Today I prepare the carrots to be glazed tomorrow, marinade the potatoes, cook the pumpkin pie, concoct the mousse au chocolat and put my feet up.

I had a wonderful morning cruising thru Marienpl and shopping for myself.
Hit a sale at my fav shop- Ludwig Becks, and had one last glühwein at the christmas market.

SHopping etc is complete, tonight we eat raclette & tomorrow its Christmas turkey UK-style

Snap. Raclette today and full turkey thing tomorrow!!

The little German Santa outfit I bought for my 8 month old niece fits her and is soooooooo cute.

Pictures!!!
*please*

Huge UK christmas dinner with guests on Christmas eve, and *yum yum* non-traditional BBQ steaks for christmas dinner tomorrow, more than enough presents under the tree for the kids and knowing how lucky we are. Decently priced shoes for the boys leaving room in the budget for a pair of shoes for mommy relaxing and enjoying family and all the BS that goes with it. And - most of all - everyone telling me that the fog delays at heathrow will be over with by the time I fly out next sunday !

just had a great convo with my parents in Canada, and the got the christmas presents and they like them and I sent them special CDs of my recent trip to Vietnam and Cambodia labelled, and they hooked up the TV and got to do the trip with me, and were really happy to be included in my life.
Although I am sad, I am not home to celebrate with them and am 7 time zones away, I feel really happy to know that we are so close at this time of the year.

oh, and the fun Christmas Eve party with the TT group was great too!

Because I cooked christmas dinner yesterday and no-one has any symptoms of food poisoning (yet). And, the vomit bags I'd put beside the serviettes weren't used either, they actually said they liked it .

Its 35 degrees here in Mauritius, the sun is shining, the sky is blue, not a single cloud. I can pick fresh mangoes from the trees in the garden and have a swim in the pool! This is paradise!!!

got invited tonight to a coworkers place for a nice Ukrainain dinner, she made an awesome borscht and holopschi (cabbage rolls) and we sat there chatting and drank a big (didn't look so big at 6pm) bottle of Russia's finest vodka.

I have no headache today, either that was awesome vodka, or I am still drunk?

More likely crap weak vodka.

the mafia doesn't buy the cheap stuff!

yeah, its me again!

Spent a nice day with a good friend and her kids ice skating, and then hit the polish butcher to get some frozen perogies and some kubasa. The Kubasa tastes awesome! Glad Renia showed me the shop and then I found a Cilantro plant so, now I can make a nice salsa for new years eve.

its amazing how the world seems so much better when you don't have to work.

Because I just had a really strenuous but exciting and fun day skiing, with great company, fantastic snow and weather conditions and hardly anyone else on the slopes, and because on the way home I still managed to stop off at the new sports shop on Theresienhöhe and allow myself to be talked into a pair of supa dupa new skis - which I get to try out tomorrow. Yoohoo!

I managed to fit all our christmas crap into three bags - the same number of bags we flew to England with. Ok, I have an extra carry one, and now have a bag packed into a bag just incase ...

And I am leaving tomorrow!!

I had the comfirmation (yet another one ... ) of why I left my country 9 years ago...Popped in the village next to my place and a few minutes later I witnessed a family feud with knifes etc...after living in Munich for 3 years I must say that it took me a while to realise that I was not dreaming!!! and I was happy to hear from one of of the hot tempered women fighting that WE WOMEN FROM MAURITIUS ARE STRONG AND WONT LET ANY MEN WALK ON US... but sadly once again because of my white skin I was labelled as a white girl ... Anyway I am happy because despite all of this...I am SO PROUD to be Mauritian and African!!! by the way the police came and I manage to get a pic with them...ohhh guys in uniform!!!

Scogs has set up my super-duper new computer with the 22" flat screen and the new office chair. Reading TT is now like watching a tennis game, my head swivels from left to right.

Must be catching, Sara. I installed Vista Ultimate on my new computer and I think I love it.

I am so happy and grateful now, that I finally made good decisions for our future lives and took action immediately ...
I booked flights and seminar to Arizona in January and also set up the first WAM (weekly action meeting)
in Cologne for the SGR Club program

I'm ecstatic because today I got a letter from my landlord informing me I'm getting 640 Euros back from overpayment of nebenkosten for year 2007!!!

That's cool, LR, I wonder how often something like that happens? Usually it's it opposite!
I am happy because I am feeling much better now, my throat is much better and I can breathe a lot more easily. And that I was able to go downtown yesterday and see the fireworks. I didn't know yesterday whether I would feel well enough to do that.

I am happy because I had an Overshoot at the Stimmt So at Isartorplatz in a smoke-free environment.

Check the date. Not April 1st?

I had a wonderful time last night at a party with some wonderful friends, and didn't have a hangover in the morning.

Ha, ha, it' authentic. My landlord sent me all the paperwork to substantiate it. Paris in the spring here I come.

What an unusual story. I think it's headline material to rival War and Poverty Eliminated Worldwide or perhaps even Bush Autopsy Reveals Heart, Brain, Perfect Asshole.

Tennessee just beat Wisconsin in the Outback Bowl!

because im sat at work

I didn't really want to go and exercise for two hours. But I went to the gym and did one hour of dance step aerobics and afterwards one hour of power weight lifting with a barbell. I'm happy that I did go.

I'm also happy Rilana is selling me her Buena Vista Social Club tickets for the concert in Frankfurt on Saturday.

The first episode of Lost in Space is on BBC4! Awesome!

Danger Will Robinson, Danger, Danger!

God i remember lost in Space and also saw that Land of the Giants was on too

It was an evening of Irwin Allen.

I got pulled over by the polizei for the first time tonight while driving home from my tram stop that I use to get from G-wald to Munich center, so that made me unhappy because I've only ever been pulled over once in my life before this and it just makes me nervous, even though I had no reason to worry.

What made me really happy was that 1) my German wasn't TOO bad, even with my nervousness, 2) the look on the guy's face when I handed him a Texas driver's license was priceless, 3) he was very nice and friendly and let me go without too much interrogation, and 4) he was absolutely GORGEOUS. Ahhh, polizei.

I always say... Men in unirforms... yummy!!!

who wants to mess with texas?

well, for a computer illiterate, I was able to hook up my wireless today alone! Not one tear was shed!
And I had a great night last night out with some wonderful friends, and am looking forward to my midweek work break.