Why are you happy today?

Because it looks like the AC/DC tour announcement is getting very close and I'd love to see them again.
Yeah, I know.

Because yesterday I spent 3 hours shopping, tried on like 15 different dresses, and didn't really like any of them (that made me feel kind of down), and today it took me an hour and trying on three dresses, out of which I loved two! I decided to buy both to see which one my mom and best friend like best but now I've decided to keep both (seeing as I would have returned the cheaper one anyway).
I also got the wedding present for my friend and got a really witty idea for wrapping it! I love wrapping presents! (The dress(es) are also for the wedding.)

I'm happy because I got a company car today. A Volkswagon Jetta, leather seats, sat radio A/C and a sun roof.

Because this time tomorrow I'll be in Berlin at Diane Krall's concert.

I'm also happy I was able to make a difference in the life of several young children by introducing them to the piano and letting them try to compose a song. They had never touched a keyboard before and had so much fun playing on the piano. The sheer joy on their faces was awe inspiring and it was amazing just how well they played because we have been listening to classical piano music.

It's unfortunate children don't have more exposure to playing instruments during their childhood.

Because I love my wonderful family and my wonderful friends. And because the weather is beautiful. I gaze onto the water, which is full of boats peacefully coasting along with the waves... Sehr schon.

Yeah, friday has finally arrived, and I am about to take my first holiday of the year! Much deserved and needed break.

Because I sold the remainder of the Scogs collection (DVDs) for €30 online, except the 18 and over.

Since i'm not an affianado of the MVG network i was whining last night that i couldn't work out the best way to get around Munich without use of a car or taxi.

I brought up tonight's FBG as an example and was told i could use one bus, well f*ck me sideways i checked today and the 54 bus goes door to door from my flat to the Chinese Tower.

Bloody clever these Chinese i tell ya !

well, coz its friday and the weekend is about to start (well almost like 4 more hours to go), then i will be going for a lovely meal tonight, tomorrow is koelner lichter and sunday im invited for a roast dinner...what else could i ask for???

Weekend! And the gf is coming down! And she doesnt know we are flying to Vienna tomm!

General definition: Happiness is putting on washed and ironed blue jeans that you haven't been able to wear for a few months and you don't have to suck in your tummy and hold your breath to zip them up.

Today, however, I am happy because I set up the new mobile handset with the existing phone after going through at least six different PINs until I remembered the obvious one that Scogs had set six years ago. Being methodical may be boring and pedantic but it sure does come in handy.

Today is a wonderful day and I have an awesome person to walk in the rain with..

New member kristijan

Although kristijan has not yet taken the opportunity to post to the forum, he / she / it went out of there way to send me a PM. I feel sooooo special.

Thank you for noticing my cry for help, and for all your good advice. I am not in a positon to go back from where I came from, but I will try not to be such a negative low life in future

Because Cleo, the newest feline addition to my almost exclusively female menage, found her way home (almost, missed out by one garden and was yowling at the neighbors' door) after giving Cat (= daughter) the slip yesterday afternoon. Also, I am happy because I am not at home right now as Cat has informed me that Cleo just won't stop talking about her adventures what with staying out all night and seeing other cats and finding the field where Emily the Mighty Hunter hunts her mice and dodging cars and sleeping under a bush etc. meowmeowmeow!

Do cats have different accents?

Because today went quite well

Yes.

Apparently so do cows

BBC article

Because I read this article to the end and had to laugh.

Cos i've been to a wonderful night out where people were kind to each other and the principle was the star of the show !

Because I have great friends on and off Toytown who don't turn green at the gills at a bit of naughty showtime. Thank you all for an unforgettable birthday dinner!

Because I've just become an auntie for the second time within a fortnight - baby Isabella is a bumper 9lbs 4oz (ouch!) and first saw the light this afternoon in Wellington, New Zealand.
Mum and baby are doing great, my brother sounds beyond happy, but I'm slightly concerned that it took an earthquake to get her to arrive!

HA! I just found the last can from the stash of Dr. Pepper!

...because my daughter passed her judo grading. Atta girl!

Because a good friend just told me she is pregnant!!! Must admit I am not very surprised even though they're not really taking their time. Her sister got married in May 2007, a day later her boyfriend of not even a year proposed to her, they got married in September. Then her sister had her first baby in May, and she got pregnant in June. I see a pattern... Still happy for her and her husband though, and I hope I will be able to visit some day.

Because finally the ex-wife and birth-mother of my children has agreed that they can come to Germany and see Dad and his new life.

The kids are bouncing and I'm quite overwhelmed.

Congratulations , that must be a great great feeling.

I'm so happy I get full access to my kids and I do wonder what would happen if that ever went belly up.

On holiday all week, got my sister out to visit, had a great day down at StarnbergerSee yesterday, lazy day today watching "Gone with the Wind" and then looking forward to 5 friends coming out on Saturday for the Billy Idol concert on Sunday ... might need another week off to recover !!!

Just found out I'm being paid £200 this weekend for coaching something I enjoy and would have done for free...

Bit of a small drop in a 3 grand overdraft ocean though :S

Cos i've just bought all the ingredients to make a chili and some fajitas this weekend.

Just have to persuade myself to get off my arse and do something with them now . . .

I'm happy I managed to complete my fast paced dance step aerobic class and then one hour of power barbell lifting with minimal fatigue.

I'm also happy the inflammation in my joints is much better since I stopped eating all wheat products.

Dear god LR, you're running out of things to eat ffs!

Vegi and now no wheat either, what's left?

Because I actually got the entire Kaution back for my apartment when I thought everything was going wrong in that dump of a place.

1 Day, 3 hours and 52 minutes to go before I become less dependant on Toytown due to me starting a worthwhile job again

Nuff said.

Congrats, Crawlie!

I'm happy because by this time tomorrow I'll be laying on a sundrenched African beach, far away from work and this crap weather.

and by this time Sunday lying in bed applying aftersun to the raw bits.

Heh. I learned my lesson earlier this spring: one musn't forget to put suncream round the edges of one's swimsuit bottoms, else you end up with a burnt bum. Not an experience I recommend to anyone. Especially if you have to spend the next day on a Jeep safari bumping through the Sahara on a hard plastic seat.

If you're in Africa I am sure you can find a local willing to wipe some cream around your bum.

Despite the grey and boring weather outside I feel completely happy today.

7 hours and 9 minutes to go

I'm on vacation as of tonight.

I'm free to roam the planet for the next 6 weeks as I have nothing to do and all the time to do it in.

Has anyone else ever had one of those days where everything goes so badly at work that you just feel like throwing up? My day has been like that. My past 2 weeks have been like that. Except for tonight- when I felt especially like hanging myself... suddenly it all seemed to turn out ok again. Bizarre. But in a good way.

I don't know.

Because the vine tomatoes in my garden are growing like a house on fire, the green peppers are starting to bud and the sweet-peas are running rampant while the low sunflowers are showing their flashy blossoms. I'm gonna miss this garden big style.

We're wishing for rain, but agree that this is one of the most verdant seasons we've seen in quite a while.

Stupidly but I bought a 1963 version of Mousetrap and me and Siobhan have just had two great games even though its S*** itwas great nostalgia for 50c

Reminds me of when I bought an English-language mid-1980s version of Trivial Pursuit at a German yard sale two years ago for one euro. We play it all the time ... and are routinely beaten by our bilingual >10 year-olds I just remember how at the time in the US, this particular Canadian game was the most expensive board game ever marketed (c. US$25) ... but clearly packed more play value than all our others combined.

That said, Battleship, Scrabble and chess still retain timeless appeal

I found a tree next to the Lech that looks like a real live acid-trip the way the water reflects off of the branches and leaves. It's mesmerizing. Ahh the glory of nature.