What brought a smile to your face today?

TheBeardedLady

I know these threads appear a lot all over Boards but thought I'd stick another one up in here as I'm not in the mood today for clicking on one of the more negative threads in the forums I frequent and am in a good mood so want to keep it that way.

Sinead O'Connor's new video made me smile and shed a wee tear. I took from it that it's the small things and the little acts of kindness that keep us (or at least me) going day to day. Beautiful video and a great song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8jjudZBWSI

You can post anything at all (song, image, photo, quote etc.) here that made you smile during your day.

TheBeardedLady

Nobody smiled today?

sullivlo

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

Nobody smiled today?

I smiled in work today and I was accused of being up to no good :P

Today I smiled because I got to spend time with a friend before she flies back to where she lives now.

Dolbert

Impromptu coffee with my old work gang

Getting lots of encouragement and enthusiastic responses about our album launch in November, so nice to have supportive friends.

Having a heart to heart with my husband qnd confirming what a great dad he's gonna be

TheBeardedLady

My (lovely) student this morning telling me since her "beard died", she hasn't wanted another pet (she meant bird).

Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius!

I handed in an assignment yesterday, got an email today from my tutor to say it was excellent, well thought out and that she wouldnt make any changes to it, delighted with meself!

Not just a smile but a big grin! :-D

doubter

had a fat smile on my face when my super speedy lurchergirl didn't quite make the corner and ended up headfirst in the muck.Of course she didn't hurt herself but she got up, looked about herself what happened, looked annoyed at the ground and took off again..hilarious that one.

fits

The warm balmy breeze when I walked up to the end of the lane to get the post.

rainbow kirby

The fact that it's the day before Halloween, it's nearly 20c and it's forecast to be warmer tomorrow.

Also the arrival of badly needed new runners in this morning's post at work.

Stinjy

Having cuddles with this little guy! He always makes me smile!!

And grad yesterday

Being "fixed" by an osteopath and being told I should have pain free running again for this weekend \o/ it's only been three months of increasing pain >.>

Also him having to double check my age because he thought I was much younger.

A few weeks ago I was feeling really homesick and missing the family really badly. I had that waking up with a dead weight in the pit of my stomach feeling, and kept getting impulses to pack it all in and head home to my Grannys house for some spoiling and familiarity.

I told my dad how I was feeling and he sent my Gran out to me on holiday (she's 80+). She came, she saw, and she conquered. Amongst other things she called my sort-of-kinda-boss a wanker (he is), much to the amusement of my actual-boss and me, told the cafeteria ladies she worried about me being too skinny -I've had huge portions handed to me since - and best of all brought her photo albums with her and we pored over them every day, while she told me stories of the strange, the wonderful, and the tragic in the family. Everyone she met loved her, and I had a great time showing her around.

She left last week and I miss her so much, especially since I know I won't be able to get back for Christmas. Every time I say goodbye, I'm afraid it'll be the last goodbye.

I got the iron off the top shelf yesterday to find a post-it stuck to it - "Keep going Candie, I'm only as far away as the phone and love is always right beside you".

It makes me smile, it makes me cry, it makes me realise what's important, and how very lucky I really am. .

XxMCRxBabyxX

Everyone who liked and commented on my Facebook picture of my graduation. It sounds like a really sad thing to say but it was the things that were said and the people themselves that just meant a lot to me. Someone social media has and upside!

Sauve

Candie wrote: »

I got the iron off the top shelf yesterday to find a post-it stuck to it - "Keep going Candie, I'm only as far away as the phone and love is always right beside you".

It makes me smile, it makes me cry, it makes me realise what's important, and how very lucky I really am. .

God almighty that's lovely. Treasure that note

fits

Candie wrote: »

A - "Keep going Candie, I'm only as far away as the phone and love is always right beside you".

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Aww. There's something in my eye...

Lyaiera

My latest smiles have been because I've spent my mid-term doing things I enjoy (including lazing about.) I've gotten back to my photography and this morning (because I hadn't been to sleep yet) I tipsily set up a new website for blogging about my studies, career and anything that interests me. I spent all today getting it ready and I think I have two good posts up on it now. I'm less concerned with getting hits for it than I was with my old site, because this is a personally important website and it means things to me.

Edit: And writing up this post made me smile, even if it does hurt my hungover head.

TheBeardedLady

Candie wrote: »

A few weeks ago I was feeling really homesick and missing the family really badly. I had that waking up with a dead weight in the pit of my stomach feeling, and kept getting impulses to pack it all in and head home to my Grannys house for some spoiling and familiarity.

I told my dad how I was feeling and he sent my Gran out to me on holiday (she's 80+). She came, she saw, and she conquered. Amongst other things she called my sort-of-kinda-boss a wanker (he is), much to the amusement of my actual-boss and me, told the cafeteria ladies she worried about me being too skinny -I've had huge portions handed to me since - and best of all brought her photo albums with her and we pored over them every day, while she told me stories of the strange, the wonderful, and the tragic in the family. Everyone she met loved her, and I had a great time showing her around.

She left last week and I miss her so much, especially since I know I won't be able to get back for Christmas. Every time I say goodbye, I'm afraid it'll be the last goodbye.

I got the iron off the top shelf yesterday to find a post-it stuck to it - "Keep going Candie, I'm only as far away as the phone and love is always right beside you".

It makes me smile, it makes me cry, it makes me realise what's important, and how very lucky I really am. .

Love your granny. Can she be my granny too?

TheBeardedLady

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

Love your granny. Can she be my granny too?

Feic off, she's mine! :P

Frito

It's not *quite* in the spirit of this thread, but I took a moment to smile at a half-naked Cillian Murphy in tonight's Peaky Blinders. And I bit my lip a little.

My bad.

TheBeardedLady

Frito wrote: »

It's not *quite* in the spirit of this thread, but I took a moment to smile at a half-naked Cillian Murphy in tonight's Peaky Blinders. And I bit my lip a little.

My bad.

No no! I didn't necessarily want it to be all sunshine and lollipops, just something that made you smile (my student talking about her dead beard, as I mentioned earlier). A handsome man is a good reason to smile.:)

Lyaiera

I just realised I won €12 in the Euromillions the other night. I knew them Lucky Star numbers were good for me when I bought that ticket.

beks101

I fell arse-over-tit on the airport runway the last day.

Had just dismounted the steps off the plane and as I was walking into the terminal, the grip on one of my shoes gave way and the result was one of the most spectacular, almost unbelievable Hollywood movie-style falls ever to happen in real life. The kind of fall that should have its own Twitter page. Legs splayed in the air, hands outstretched, arse jutting out, head hugging the tarmac, giant bag with passport, ticket, wallet, keys, notebooks flying in the air and landed in a messy heap about 20 metres away.

There was about a 5-second pause as the enormous ridiculousness of what just happened registered and then a high pitched shriek as the traffic controller dude in the high vis jacket standing at the door of the terminal almost shat himself with laughter and then a 20-strong group of young lads in business suits erupted in applause and cheers behind me.

No amount of red-face could even do justice to the profound embarrassment of the moment but all the lads grabbed my bag and picked up my trail of belongings and I spent the next half hour greeting "fans" at Baggage who "just had to come over and tell me how hilarious that fall was". "Are you the woman who fell?" And more laughter and a pat on the back.

That happened on Monday and I haven't told a single soul. I've just about recovered from the embarrassment. Today I am laughing about it. A lot.

TheBeardedLady

Candie wrote: »

Feic off, she's mine! :P

Giz a go a ur gran!





(I'm a bit tipsy - scuse me)

TheBeardedLady

beks101 wrote: »

I fell arse-over-tit on the airport runway the last day.

Had just dismounted the steps off the plane and as I was walking into the terminal, the grip on one of my shoes gave way and the result was one of the most spectacular, almost unbelievable Hollywood movie-style falls ever to happen in real life. The kind of fall that should have its own Twitter page. Legs splayed in the air, hands outstretched, arse jutting out, head hugging the tarmac, giant bag with passport, ticket, wallet, keys, notebooks flying in the air and landed in a messy heap about 20 metres away.

There was about a 5-second pause as the enormous ridiculousness of what just happened registered and then a high pitched shriek as the traffic controller dude in the high vis jacket standing at the door of the terminal almost shat himself with laughter and then a 20-strong group of young lads in business suits erupted in applause and cheers behind me.

No amount of red-face could even do justice to the profound embarrassment of the moment but all the lads grabbed my bag and picked up my trail of belongings and I spent the next half hour greeting "fans" at Baggage who "just had to come over and tell me how hilarious that fall was". "Are you the woman who fell?" And more laughter and a pat on the back.

That happened on Monday and I haven't told a single soul. I've just about recovered from the embarrassment. Today I am laughing about it. A lot.

Hahahahaha!!! Yet ANOTHER smile/laugh today! Today has been full of 'em!

TheBeardedLady

A guy I work with mentioned last week that he volunteers and teaches English to Latin American immigrants on Sundays. I asked him if there was any chance I could do it too, so I went along this evening with him and sat in on his class (until I get my own).

The group of students were of all ages and were so lovely and open and kind and we'd such a great time in class while they all told their stories and talked about their lives. Some of their stories were upsetting (employers not treating them well here and not being able to go home, for example) but some were accounts of incredible bravery and resilience. There was a gorgeous young fella of about 14 who spoke great English and was such a lovely guy. He comes along to classes voluntarily and is really studious taking down everything in his notebook and really trying. I was overwhelmed. I've never had students like them.

I spent a year in South America 8 years ago and I was reminded this evening why I loved it so much and I wanted to stay there.

My workmate will be away next week so I'll be teaching his class for him. Really looking forward to it as we got along very well this evening and I'm already planning their class next week thinking of how I can make it really special.

Smile overload today.

dar100

Candie wrote: »

A few weeks ago I was feeling really homesick and missing the family really badly. I had that waking up with a dead weight in the pit of my stomach feeling, and kept getting impulses to pack it all in and head home to my Grannys house for some spoiling and familiarity.

I told my dad how I was feeling and he sent my Gran out to me on holiday (she's 80+). She came, she saw, and she conquered. Amongst other things she called my sort-of-kinda-boss a wanker (he is), much to the amusement of my actual-boss and me, told the cafeteria ladies she worried about me being too skinny -I've had huge portions handed to me since - and best of all brought her photo albums with her and we pored over them every day, while she told me stories of the strange, the wonderful, and the tragic in the family. Everyone she met loved her, and I had a great time showing her around.

She left last week and I miss her so much, especially since I know I won't be able to get back for Christmas. Every time I say goodbye, I'm afraid it'll be the last goodbye.

I got the iron off the top shelf yesterday to find a post-it stuck to it - "Keep going Candie, I'm only as far away as the phone and love is always right beside you".

It makes me smile, it makes me cry, it makes me realise what's important, and how very lucky I really am. .

This is without doubt the best post I've read on Boards, ever! I'm nearly in tears

TheBeardedLady

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

A guy I work with mentioned last week that he volunteers and teaches English to Latin American immigrants on Sundays. I asked him if there was any chance I could do it too, so I went along this evening with him and sat in on his class (until I get my own).

The group of students were of all ages and were so lovely and open and kind and we'd such a great time in class while they all told their stories and talked about their lives. Some of their stories were upsetting (employers not treating them well here and not being able to go home, for example) but some were accounts of incredible bravery and resilience. There was a gorgeous young fella of about 14 who spoke great English and was such a lovely guy. He comes along to classes voluntarily and is really studious taking down everything in his notebook and really trying. I was overwhelmed. I've never had students like them.

I spent a year in South America 8 years ago and I was reminded this evening why I loved it so much and I wanted to stay there.

My workmate will be away next week so I'll be teaching his class for him. Really looking forward to it as we got along very well this evening and I'm already planning their class next week thinking of how I can make it really special.

Smile overload today.

You're a champ! Good for you, and they sound lovely.

dar100

dar100 wrote: »

This is without doubt the best post I've read on Boards, ever! I'm nearly in tears

Read The Bearded Ladys!

TheBeardedLady

Candie wrote: »

Read The Bearded Ladys!

Your granny called somebody a wanker - you win.

loubian

My boyfriend met my friends and family today - brave man. And he got a loan of a car seat and is talking about getting a loan of a travel cot so we can stay in his. He completely accepts me as a mother and accepts that my baby comes first in my eyes and is part of the package. He just makes me smile a lot

shalalala

Chatting to someone I haven't met yet. Made me surprisingly light on my feet! Also my no nonsense friend giving me the low down on boys. One of the only people that can have me gulping for breath when she is having a rant

TheBeardedLady

loubian wrote: »

My boyfriend met my friends and family today - brave man. And he got a loan of a car seat and is talking about getting a loan of a travel cot so we can stay in his. He completely accepts me as a mother and accepts that my baby comes first in my eyes and is part of the package. He just makes me smile a lot

That's deadly. You've posted a few things in the "Things you want to say to your...." thread and I'm glad things are going your way a bit. He sounds like a good guy.

I'm not having a particularly smiley weekend so the few things that helped me get through it.

Something deadly happening for a friend who deserves nothing but happiness. Cheered me right up.

Last night I met friends in the pub, I haven't seen some of these friends in months but we have been friends since we were 15 and no matter how long it has been, it's always like we just saw each other yesterday. The funny thing was, this morning, another of this group of friends posted a song on Facebook that always reminds me of this gang of friends. I remember at one of their 30th birthday parties, standing in his garden in a circle in his garden singing this song, and tears of happiness filled my eyes because as I looked around I couldn't believe how lucky I was to have friends like these. That was a few years ago now so it was really lovely to meet some of them last night and be reminded of that moment this morning.

Stinjy

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Last night I met friends in the pub, I haven't seen some of these friends in months but we have been friends since we were 15 and no matter how long it has been, it's always like we just saw each other yesterday. The funny thing was, this morning, another of this group of friends posted a song on Facebook that always reminds me of this gang of friends. I remember at one of their 30th birthday parties, standing in his garden in a circle in his garden singing this song, and tears of happiness filled my eyes because as I looked around I couldn't believe how lucky I was to have friends like these. That was a few years ago now so it was really lovely to meet some of them last night and be reminded of that moment this morning.

^^^This... This made me smile, I'm moving in like a week and probably won't see most of my friends for a year or more... I really hope in 15 or 20 years I still have songs reminding me of these people and nothing changes even when you don't see them...

Also I got to visit gran and granda today! Always good!!

LynnGrace

I just walked through the local park. It's a beautiful crisp, sunny evening, and the amazing variety of colour of the leaves on the trees and shrubs, brought a smile to my face.

olive20

Got a bunch of roses delivered this morning from my bf who has emigrated to Canada to try it out for him/us but I want him to try it for him.
Miss him and I didn't think he was a rose guy lol.
21 year old that's cute and old fashioned but not too old fashioned!

Just taut I'd share that.

mollybird

the thing that made me smile today was meeting my husband for a lunch date today. it's something we very rarely get to do so think it brightened up both our days

TheBeardedLady

One of my adult students was really struggling for ages with his English writing. He was the hardest working student in the class but his writing was all over the place and no matter how much I tried to help him, it didn't seem to penetrate at all but he continued to try and even did extra writing homework to get it right. Last week he gave me a writing piece that was just brilliant and completely blew me away and it was obvious that everything I'd told him had finally hit home.

When I told him this evening how delighted I was with him and his progress and that his essay was excellent, he smiled a big smile and was obviously so pleased with himself, which was lovely to witness after a long day.

pharmaton

hid a co workers shoe, just the one, and then went to lunch.

Frito

My mam today who was trying to control the tremor in her hand long enough to press the button that reclines her chair, whilst singing along to the Rolling Stones and substituting "I can't get no......sexy action. But I try".

I about wet meself.

Greenduck

Having the morning from hell on top of getting drenched.

Some aul fella says to me in Spar while buying my salad 'Jaysis fair play love for eating that stuff on a day like today. Must be why you look so good'

Made me smile despite myself even though I really wanted to be in bad form.

cactuspaw

Pleasant phone call, after a really crap day( rain, lost key, people being horrible) 20 mins chat of general laugh and planning really helped.

Corkgirl210

Plenty! Great day in work, customers in good form Boss left early heading out with girls tonight date tomorrow night

stop animal cruelty

found a pack of choc Hob Nobs in the press....the little things ehh?? :P (plus it wasnt opened )

newtoboards

Got some feedback today that really boosted me after a horrific week

carolinespring

Taking the afternoon of work and spending it drinking coffee and playing games of Draughts with my husband. Was lovely

Stinjy

So I moved to Canada, but what has made me smile is 1) the amount of contact I've had from people. I'm genuinely blown away about how interested people are and how much they care.
2) I have a Canucks hockey game on the telly and I dont have to stream it so I'm getting proper quality!!

TommieBoy

(1) Took the day off from my social responsibilities, which I never allow myself to do.
(2) Found the Country Music forum and grooved on some tunes
(3) Was brave enough to start some medication, which will improve my life, and...
(4) Chatted with a friend who always makes me smile
...was a good day of simple pleasures

rainbow kirby

- England losing in the rugby
- Pretty decent run this morning
- First mince pies of the season
- OH's sisters having a good race in their 5k today
- Cold bottle of Brewdog Punk IPA open in front of me

Happy kirby

SarahBeep!

I surprised my mom with flights to come see me in a few week. A bit selfish but I've been finding it hard to be so far away from her since my Nan died in October and I know she'll enjoy breaking up the time between now and Christmas.

beks101

I spent the week with my mum and I'm back in London less than 24 hours and miss her terribly. Realizing how selfless, relentless and almost other-worldly self-sacrificing someone's love can be for you has made me smile this week. I love my mammy.